// 22 // question: 2041 name: Alfred Thayer Mahan called for the United States to do all of the following except ::Alfred Thayer Mahan called for the United States to do all of the following except::Alfred Thayer Mahan called for the United States to do all of the following except{ ~modernize and enlarge its navy.#Incorrect ~build a canal through Central America.#Incorrect ~acquire overseas bases and colonies.#Incorrect =challenge Britain to a naval showdown.#Correct ~acquire Hawaii.#Incorrect } // question: 2051 name: As an imperial power, the United States successfully ::As an imperial power, the United States successfully::As an imperial power, the United States successfully{ ~created the largest, most modern navy in the world.#Incorrect =expanded its military and economic influence in Asia and the Western Hemisphere.#Correct ~supported self-government and civil rights in its colonies.#Incorrect ~acquired an empire that ruled over one-fourth of the world's population.#Incorrect ~expanded its control to Africa.#Incorrect } // question: 2024 name: Which of the following did not guide America's rise to power in the world? ::Which of the following did not guide America's rise to power in the world?::Which of the following did not guide America's rise to power in the world?{ ~self-interest#Incorrect ~international events#Incorrect ~American idealism#Incorrect =slow population growth#Correct ~expansion of U.S. investments.#Incorrect } // question: 2018 name: Which of the following does not help to explain the U.S. emergence from its relative isolation in the late 19th Century? ::Which of the following does not help to explain the U.S. emergence from its relative isolation in the late 19th Century?::Which of the following does not help to explain the U.S. emergence from its relative isolation in the late 19th Century?{ ~imperialism#Incorrect ~capitalism#Incorrect =military maneuvers in Europe#Correct ~missionary activity#Incorrect ~navalism#Incorrect } // 21 // question: 1906 name: Which of the following was not a political reform designed to weaken the power of party bosses in national politics? ::Which of the following was not a political reform designed to weaken the power of party bosses in national politics?::Which of the following was not a political reform designed to weaken the power of party bosses in national politics?{ ~the introduction of the direct primary#Incorrect =the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, granting female suffrage#Correct ~the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment, mandating the direct election of senators#Incorrect ~the introduction of the initiative and the referendum#Incorrect ~the recall.#Incorrect } //23 // question: 2138 name: All of the following statements describe Bernard Baruch's leadership of the War Industries Board except ::All of the following statements describe Bernard Baruch's leadership of the War Industries Board except::All of the following statements describe Bernard Baruch's leadership of the War Industries Board except{ ~war production increased substantially.#Incorrect ~his methods favored large corporations over small enterprises.#Incorrect =his methods favored small corporations over large enterprises.#Correct ~the agency functioned better after he assumed leadership.#Incorrect ~industries were permitted to charge high prices.#Incorrect } // question: 2128 name: During World War I, the complicated alliances of the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance were ::During World War I, the complicated alliances of the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance were::During World War I, the complicated alliances of the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance were{ ~entente\: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy; alliance\: Great Britain, France, Russia.#Incorrect ~entente\: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia; alliance\: Great Britain, France, Italy.#Incorrect =entente\: Great Britain, France, Russia; alliance\: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy.#Correct ~entente\: Great Britain, France, Italy; alliance\: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia.#Incorrect ~none of the above.#Incorrect } // 24 // question: 2264 name: All of the following was part of the new consumer lifestyle of the 1920s except ::All of the following was part of the new consumer lifestyle of the 1920s except::All of the following was part of the new consumer lifestyle of the 1920s except{ ~new appliances eased the burden of housework.#Incorrect ~the automobile made vacations and camping trips popular.#Incorrect =poverty was eliminated from American society.#Correct ~high quality, fashionable clothes were available to most Americans.#Incorrect ~advertising increased consumer demand.#Incorrect } // question: 2262 name: The modernists of the 1920s ::The modernists of the 1920s::The modernists of the 1920s{ ~feared that the liberation of women would destroy society.#Incorrect ~longed for a return to small town values.#Incorrect ~feared the growing influence of Freudian psychology.#Incorrect ~rejected the consumer economy.#Incorrect =put their faith in science rather than in religion.#Correct } // question: 2250 name: The rise of fundamentalism was ::The rise of fundamentalism was::The rise of fundamentalism was{ ~fueled by renewed popularity of broad interpretations of the Bible.#Incorrect =a reaction to the growth of liberal Protestantism.#Correct ~most pronounced in large cities.#Incorrect ~short-lived.#Incorrect ~supportive of scientific theories.#Incorrect } // question: 2252 name: Which of the following is not true of the Scopes trial? ::Which of the following is not true of the Scopes trial?::Which of the following is not true of the Scopes trial?{ ~It was a test of the First Amendment.#Incorrect ~It contributed to the removal of references to Charles Darwin in texts.#Incorrect ~It featured two key public figures as opposing attorneys.#Incorrect =It indicated that support for fundamentalism was waning.#Correct ~It was set up by the American Civil Liberties Union.#Incorrect } // 25 // question: 2391 name: Between 1918 and 1929 ::Between 1918 and 1929::Between 1918 and 1929{ =the share of national income that went to the wealthiest Americans rose, while the share that went the poorest fell.#Correct ~the share of national income that went to the poorest Americans rose, while the share that went to the wealthy fell.#Incorrect ~the wealthy spent a higher portion of their income on consumption than wage earners did.#Incorrect ~income distribution did not have a significant effect on the economy.#Incorrect ~government policy ensured an equitable distribution of income.#Incorrect } // question: 2389 name: Buying on "margin" meant that ::Buying on "margin" meant that::Buying on "margin" meant that{ =stocks could be purchased by paying a percent of the price and borrowing the rest.#Correct ~consumer products could be purchased and paid for on the installment plan.#Incorrect ~European nations could borrow needed capital from U.S. banks so that their citizens could buy U.S. products.#Incorrect ~the government could use deficit spending to solve the problems of the depression.#Incorrect ~farmers could use government loans to finance enterprises.#Incorrect } // question: 2354 name: Probably the most formative experience in the life of Franklin Roosevelt was his ::Probably the most formative experience in the life of Franklin Roosevelt was his::Probably the most formative experience in the life of Franklin Roosevelt was his{ ~early privileged childhood.#Incorrect ~marriage to Eleanor.#Incorrect ~years at Harvard.#Incorrect =paralysis from polio.#Correct ~early poverty.#Incorrect } // question: 2355 name: The reform movement spearheaded by Roosevelt, known as liberalism, can best be described as ::The reform movement spearheaded by Roosevelt, known as liberalism, can best be described as::The reform movement spearheaded by Roosevelt, known as liberalism, can best be described as{ ~unlimited government spending and restrictive social policies.#Incorrect =interventionist in economic matters and libertarian on questions of personal behavior.#Correct ~promoting free enterprise in economic matters but social regulation of personal behavior.#Incorrect ~limited government spending and no stance on personal liberties.#Incorrect ~expanding government ownership of business and government regulation of personal behavior.#Incorrect }