1. The Dollar Diplomacy of William Howard Taft promoted which one of the
following?
a. American Business
b. International cooperation
c. American military bases
d. Democratic principles
2. When Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer conducted his raids, his fear was that
a. Communist workers were holding positions in the State Department.
b. A radical movement was attempting to take over the United States.
c. A few fanatic anarchists were about to be elected to office.
3. President Hoover’s response to the Great Depression included which of the
following programs?
a. Tennessee Valley Authority
b. National recovery act
c. Reconstruction finance corporation
d. Agricultural adjustment act
4. Marcus Garvey is best known for which one of the following?
a. Promotion of racial pride among African-Americans.
b. Non-violent, non-cooperation with unjust racial laws
c. Sit-ins aimed at gaining full equality for African-Americans
d. Full acceptance and integration for African-Americans in U.S. society
5. What was the main goal of the resurgent Ku Klux Klan members in the 1920s?
a. Opposition to the establishment of protestant schools
b. Repeal of the 18th amendment, prohibition
c. Restoration of white protestant domination
d. Development of a rural society with traditional values
6. The movie, Birth of a Nation, and the terms “nativism,” and “anti-semitism” are
most closely associated with which of the following?
a. Ku Kluz Klan
b. Modernists
c. Scopes trial
d. A. Mitchell palmer
7. Which of the following was a New Deal program designed to put people back to
work?
a. Federal deposit Insurance corporation
b. Securities and exchange commission
c. Home owners’ loan corporation
d. Civilian Conservation Corps
8. The programs of the New Deal established a legacy for managing the U.S.
economy. Which on of the following is part of the legacy of the New Deal?
a. State-controlled cooperatives and farms
b. Protection of individuals’ bank accounts
c. Tax cuts with a reduction in government spending
d. A balanced budget to reduce the national debt
9. the movement of blacks to return to Africa was fostered by which one of the
following people?
a. Marcus Garvey
b. Booker t. Washington
c. Fredrick douglass
d. Malcolm X
10. During the 1920s, anti-immigrant sentiments were expressed by all of the
following EXCEPT the
a. National origins Act of 1928
b. Ku KLUX KLAN
c. Nativists.
d. Anti-Defamation League.
11. What was the main message of the Roosevelt Corollary?
a. U.S. territories could not enter any foreign alliances with other European
nations unfriendly to the U.S.
b. The U.S. would use military force to prevent other powers from
interfering in the affairs of Latin America
c. U.S. territories could remain as trading partners and keep their
“unincorporated” status.
d. The U.S. would support only those revolutionary movements promoting
democratic principles.
12. Teddy Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” philosophy was concerned with which of the
following?
a. Breaking up of trusts and monopolies
b. Public health problems in food and drugs
c. Unites States’ relationships in foreign policy
d. Dissatisfaction with his own political party
13. The National Origins Act (1924) limited the number of immigrants to the United
States based on
a. The number of applications from their home countries
b. The background of the population already in the U.S.
c. When they arrived during the calendar year.
d. The intended destination of the immigrant.
14. Socialists and progressive politicians attacked Roosevelt’s New Deal because
they believed it did not resolve
a. Over-speculation in the stock market
b. Reduction of the money supply by the Federal Reserve system
c. Uncontrolled consumer credit spending
d. Unequal distribution of wealth in the nation
15. “Nativism”, or the intense hostility to foreigners prevalent in the 1920s, led to all
of the following EXCEPT the
a. elimination of all immigration quotas
b. executions of Sacco and Vanztti
c. founding of new political parties
d. larges Ku Klux Klan demonstrations
16. Two causes of the Great Depression were and uneven distribution of wealth and
a. Low-interest rates charged by banks
b. Excess regulation of big business
c. Over-speculation in the stock market
d. The decline in credit purchases
17. In proposing his Fourteen Points at the Treaty of Versailles, Woodrow Wilson
called for which one of the following?
a. Redrawing the map of the Middle East by the major powers
b. Self-determination for the countries of Eastern Europe
c. Funds to help the new countries emerging in Africa
d. A return to “isolationism” for American foreign policy
18. Under the court-packing plan, what was President Roosevelt’s “excuse” for
adding more justices to the Supreme Court?
a. To lighten the workload for the Supreme Court
b. To provide employment for out-of-work judges
c. To speed-up the New Deal programs
d. To increase funding for the Social Security system
19. During the first part of the Great Depression, Congress passed the Hawley-Smoot
tariff to
a. Ease the pain and suffering of the unemployed
b. Encourage business leaders to maintain employment rates
c. To finance the Bonus Army pension fund
d. To protect American industries from foreign imports
20. President Hoover’s overall strategies to combat the economic crisis included
a. The voluntary actions of business leaders along with government program
b. The government putting economic regulations on businesses
c. the government creation the New Deal program
d. the government increasing taxes for the wealthy
21. William Howard Taft’s program of “substituting dollars for bullets” was also
know as which of the following?
a. Wealth of nations
b. Good neighbor policy
c. Dollar diplomacy
d. Gospel of wealth
22. President Herbert Hoover tried to stop the economic downturn known as the Great
Depression by
a. Calling of voluntary actions by business leaders
b. Repaying the Bonus Army
c. Ordering massive government spending
d. Lowering tariffs on European goods
23. President Roosevelt’s program that put money into people’s hands in the form of
old age benefits was the
a. Work progress administration
b. Social security administration
c. Public works administration
d. Federal emergency relief administration
24. What was the New Deal program that put people to work building flood control
and electrical power generation facilities?
a. Civilian conservation corps
b. Agricultural adjustment administration
c. Tennessee valley authority
d. Work progress administration
25. As a result of Woodrow Wilson” Moral Diplomacy, all of the following
legislation was passed EXCEPT the
a. Sherman anti-trust act
b. Federal reserve act
c. Clayton anti-trust act
d. Federal trade commission
26. When Theodore Roosevelt added his Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, it did all
of the following EXCEPT
a. Allow the U.S. to use force in Latin America when it was deemed
necessary
b. Settle a dispute between Britain, Germany, and Venezuela
c. Give the United States control of the Panama territory
d. Give the United States responsibility for several Caribbean territories
27. The Palmer raids and the Sacco and Vanzetti case demonstrated which of the
following?
a. Americans were beginning to react to and reject isolationism
b. Traditional American social boundaries were being eliminated
c. The Ku Klux Klan had become more influential in government
d. Fear of foreigners and communists provoked injustices
28. Which of the following organizations aggressively pushed the passing of a federal
anti-lynching law in the 1920s?
a. Universal negro improvement association
b. National association for the advancement of colored people
c. American liberty league
d. Anti-defamation league
30 The Agricultural Recovery Act of 1933 was designed to
a. Relocate poor farmers to urban areas for better jobs
b. Raise farm prices and increase farmers’ purchasing power
c. Increase the amount of farm land planted to cash crops
d. Eliminate the middlemen in the sale of agricultural commodities
31. Which of the following from Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal for relief, recovery,
and reform was considered a “relief’ program?
e. Social security administration
f. Tennessee valley authority
g. Security and exchange commission
h. Civilian conservation corps
32. Which of the following from Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal for relief, recovery,
and reform was considered a “reform” program?
i. Security and exchange commission
j. Civilian conservation corps
k. Agricultural adjustment act
l. Works progress administration
33. During the early 1920s, which was a MAIN reason for African Americans
migration from the south to the north?
a. A lack of public services in the south
b. Better job opportunities in the north
c. Marcus garvey’s UNIA organization located to the north
d. The NAACP moved its headquarters to the north
e.
34. Which of the following New Deal programs was designed primarily to create
jobs?
a. Social security act
b. Home owners’ loan corporation
c. Emergency banking act
d. Public works administration
35. all of the following items were included in the social security EXCEPT
a. old-age pensions
b. unemployment insurance
c. food stamps
d. aid for the physically disabled
36. “He kept us out of war” was the campaign slogan of
a. Woodrow Wilson
b. William Howard Taft
c. Theodore Roosevelt
d. William McKinley
37. Theodore Roosevelt said, “I took the isthmus.” To what was he referring?
a. Sending troops to Nicaragua
b. Recognizing the Venezuelan borders
c. Recognizing the nation of Panama
d. Taking the small islands of Hawaii
38. What was one of the main reasons Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points failed to
be adopted by the Versailles conference?
a. He refused to compromise his moral values
b. He was too hard on Germany
c. He refused to accept reparations from Germany
d. He was not welcome at the Versailles conference
39. What occurred as a result of the problem that developed between President Taft
and Theodore Roosevelt’s Bull Mooose Party?
a. The progressive party gained power
b. Roosevelt defeated Taft in the next election
c. Woodrow Wilson was elected president
d. Roosevelt supported Wilson
ANSWERS:
1. A 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.A 7.D 8.B 9.A 10.D 11.B 12.C 13.B
14.D 15.A 16.C 17.B 18.A 19.D 20.A 21.C 22.A 23.B 24.C 25.B
26.A 27.D 28.B 29.NA 30.B 31.E 32.I 33.B 34.D 35.B 36.A 37.C
38.A 39.C