Once in office, McKinley
 *supported business and expansionist interests.
 promoted regulation of business.
 enacted moderate versions of populist reforms.
 encouraged the continued formation of unions.



Oregon progressives were particularly known for
 public educational reform.
 civil service reforms.
 environmental policies.
 *strengthening direct democracy.




Which one of the following was not an immediate response of President Wilson after the Lusitania and the Sussex incidents?
 He threatened to break off diplomatic relations with Germany.
 *He went to Congress to ask for a declaration of war.
 He received a pledge from Germany to visit or warn vessels before attack.
 He increased financial assistance to the Allies.



All of the following contributed to the decline of unions in the 1920s except:
 *strong government support of labor
 the establishment of company unions
 weak and timid union leadership
 Supreme Court rulings against unions

The following were all reasons for a weakened U.S. economy except:
 *closing of banks
 overproduction
 weak farm sector
 unequal distribution of wealth


The "White Man's Burden" was considered to be which one of the following?
 The rich were responsible for feeding the poor.
 *The benefits of western civilization should be brought to the non-white parts of the world.  
 The industrial giants were responsible for the working class.
 White Americans should look after black Americans. 

Progressive reformers believed in all of the following except:
 *rugged individualism
 common bonds to make society more efficient
 optimism about the future
 the active use of government


All of the following were major themes of the Creel Committee except:
 *The Germans had rights and goals that must be considered.
 America is a unified moral community.
 The war is an idealistic crusade for peace and freedom.
 The enemy is despicable.



What did the 1920 census report for the first time?
 lessening of immigration
 *more people lived in urban area
 decline of manufacturing
 no more open land was available in the U. S





The following was the most powerful sign of a deepening depression in the early 1930s:
 *rising unemployment
 closed offices
 government welfare
 soup kitchens

Frederick Jackson Turner wrote a famous essay titled
 "The White Man's Burden."
 "Looking Backward."
 *"The Significance of the Frontier in American History."
 "If Christ Came to Chicago."


As a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, the following positive action was taken:
 *Women saw an improvement in safety conditions and limited working hours.
 Women received large annual bonuses.
 Women were allowed to remain home with their families.
 Women received health care and paid vacations. 

The most important and long-lasting economic legacy of WWI was
 *the implementation of a government-corporate partnership.
 the break up of corporations.
 the reduction of government.
 an increase in small, family-owned businesses.



Hoover had a strong commitment to the principle of
 *government-business partnerships.
 government assistance to individuals.
 executive intervention in Supreme Court decisions.
 government assistance to unions.


In an effort to save the banking structure of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt declared
 *a bank holiday.
 social security.
 the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
 the Wagner Act.


All of the following are true of the Spanish-American War except:
 *More men were killed in combat than died of disease.
 It was short in duration.
 It claimed relatively few lives.
 The cost was fairly inexpensive.


Margaret Sanger and other new birth control advocates wanted birth control because
 *they wanted to advance sexual freedom for middle-class women and to protect poor working women.  
 birth control would allow poor women to work longer hours.
 birth control would curtail the birth explosion.
 birth control would prevent child labor.


Two amendments were added to the constitution in the post-World War era. The Eighteenth Amendment provided for ________ and the Nineteenth for ________.
 income tax / women's suffrage
 *prohibition / women's suffrage
 women's suffrage / prohibition
 prohibition / income tax


A call for immigration restrictions resulted from
 *a form of racism directed at immigrants from eastern and southern Europe.
 a dislike of northern and western Europeans.
 a feeling that the U.S. population had reached its maximum capacity.
 the belief that new immigrants would use up too much of the existing farm land. 


The National Recovery Administration looked to stimulate production through
 *government planning and code writing.
 government ownership of private corporations.
 federal government loans to corporations.
 federal price controls.


In general, progressives were
 *optimistic about citizens improving socio-economic conditions.
 revolutionaries who wanted to organize cells for soldiers.
 applying the ideas of Social Darwinism as reforms.
 anti-political, preferring to emphasize improving individual character.  

Why was the federal government more supportive of unions during WWI?
 *Labor shortages required more attention to labor.
 The government recognized past policies were unjust.
 Business asked the government to improve conditions for workers.
 A decline in union membership caused the government to fill the vacuum.




In the 1928 presidential election, Al Smith was criticized for all of the following except:
 being a man of the city
 supporting the repeal of Prohibition.
 being Catholic
 *favoring business




President Roosevelt's attempt to restructure the Supreme Court in 1937
 passed overwhelmingly in Congress.
 resulted in an overturning of all his New Deal programs.
 *cost him political power with Congress and with his own party.
 delighted conservatives but appalled his own liberal supporters.



The creation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation reflected President Hoover's philosophy that the federal government should    
 *restore business expansion.    
 address the public's low purchasing power.    
 create agencies to do what competition failed to do.    
 organize work relief through private companies.
