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// question: 1464252 name: Introduction ::Introduction::[html]
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Match the woman with her description.
\nthe first female cabinet member, Secretary of Labor
-> Frances Perkins =progressive leader of the Hull House settlement house in Chicago
-> Jane Addams =reformer responsible for leading the crusade against lynching
-> Ida Wells =leader of the National American Women's Suffrage Association
-> Carrie Chapman Catt =pacifist from Montana who voted against U.S. participation in WWI and WWII while a member of the House or Representatives
-> Jeanette Rankin =muckraking journalist who exposed the workings of the Standard Oil Company
-> Ida Tarbell } // question: 1464187 name: MATCHING Definitions ::MATCHING Definitions::[html]Match term with its definition as it has been used in this history class.{ =intense opposition to an internal minority on the ground of its foreign, un-American connections -> nativism =somebody who advocates social, political, or economic reform -> Progressive =to change and improve something by correcting faults -> reform =making decisions without consulting the people -> elitism =a tax charged on imports -> tariff } // question: 1464189 name: MATCHING Definitions 2013 ::MATCHING Definitions 2013::[html]Use the drop down menu on the right to match term with its correct definition on the left (as it has been used in this history class).
{ =intense opposition to an internal minority on the ground of its foreign, un-American connections
-> nativism =someone who advocates social, political, or economic reform
-> Progressive =to change and improve something by correcting faults
-> reform =on the liberal-conservative spectrum, the term that is on the opposite end of the spectrum from "radical"
-> reactionary =refers to having the elective franchise, the vote
-> suffrage =term which illustrates the tendency to treat labor unions, Bolsheviks, Socialists, and Anarchists as members of the same entity
-> Red Scare } // question: 1464186 name: MATCHING New Deal Agencies ::MATCHING New Deal Agencies::[html]Match the New Deal Agency with its description.{ =Brought the stock market under government regulation -> Securities and Exchange Commission =Provided old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and welfare benefits for dependent children -> Social Security Act =Supplied environmental and forestry jobs to young men during the Great Depression -> Civilian Conservation Corps =This became the first government owned electric power company -> Tennessee Valley Authority =Helped to increase the price of farm products by causing shortages -> Agricultural Adjustment Administration =Attempted to revive the business sector with limited hours, minimum wages, price supports, and other governmental oversights -> National Recovery Administration } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer // question: 1464191 name: "Yellow journalism" or the "yellow press" ::"Yellow journalism" or the "yellow press"::[html]"Yellow journalism" or the "yellow press"{ =[moodle]featured shocking and sensational stories designed to appeal to a mass audience.# Correct ~[moodle]was rejected by leading newspapermen such as Joseph Pulitzer.# Incorrect ~[moodle]focused American attention away from the Cuban rebellion at the end of the nineteenth century.# Incorrect ~[moodle]disappeared after 1900 because of the increased intelligence and sophistication of the reading public.# Incorrect ~[moodle]refers to the use of comic strips.# Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc // question: 1464319 name: A growing fear of immigrants by Americans in the early 20th Century led to all of the following negative reactions or results EXCEPT which one? ::A growing fear of immigrants by Americans in the early 20th Century led to all of the following negative reactions or results EXCEPT which one?::[html]A growing fear of immigrants by Americans in the early 20th Century (especially the wrong "kind" of immigrants) led to all of the following negative reactions or results EXCEPT which one?
{ ~[moodle]National Origins Act 1924 ~[moodle]Prohibition ~[moodle]Ku Klux Klan =[moodle]Hawley-Smoot Tariff ~[moodle]Voting patterns in the 1928 presidential election } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video // question: 1464354 name: According to the historians in the video clip, Ame ::According to the historians in the video clip, Ame::[html]According to the historians in the video clip, American socialism was not the same as Russian communism, although the two are often incorrectly treated as the same. Who did they consider the most prominent socialist leader in the United States at the turn of the century?
\nNicholas Sacco and Bartolome Vanzetti.
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_unused 2010 $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_unused 2010 // question: 1464757 name: According to the video on Imperialism, which of th ::According to the video on Imperialism, which of th::[html]According to the video on Imperialism, which of the following was NOT a reason that President McKinley decided to acquire the Philippines?{ ~[moodle]returning them to Spain would be cowardly and dishonorable =[moodle]the U.S. had a long history of relations with Emelio Aguinaldo, the Philippine president ~[moodle]to turn them over to other imperialist nations would be "bad business" ~[moodle]granting them independence would be irresponsible, since they were “unfit” for self government ~[moodle]the U.S. has a duty to educate, uplift, and Christianize them } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video // question: 1464355 name: According to the video on the Great Depression, by ::According to the video on the Great Depression, by::[html]According to the video on the Great Depression, by 1929, the United States alone, of all the industrialized nations, did not have{ ~[moodle]a nationwide system of relief for the poor ~[moodle]a program of financial aid for the elderly ~[moodle]a system of unemployment insurance for the jobless =[moodle]all of the above ~[moodle]none of the above } // question: 1464356 name: According to the video on the Progressive Impulse, ::According to the video on the Progressive Impulse,::[html]According to the video on the Progressive Impulse, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union gained strength and merged working class women with middle class reformers as a result of the{ ~[moodle]Ludlow Massacre. =[moodle]Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. ~[moodle]"Bread and Roses" strike. ~[moodle]"Uprising of the 20,000." ~[moodle]Massacre on Miller Road } // question: 1464357 name: According to the video, which is NOT considered a ::According to the video, which is NOT considered a::[html]According to the video, which is NOT considered a cause of World War I?
{ ~[moodle]imperialism =[moodle]nativism ~[moodle]militarism ~[moodle]entangling alliances (also referred to as international anarchy) ~[moodle]nationalism } // question: 1464358 name: According to the video, which of the following was ::According to the video, which of the following was::[html]According to the video, which of the following was NOT a cause of the growing interest in American imperialism at the turn of the 20th Century?{ ~[moodle]a new spirit of nationalism was sweeping the country ~[moodle]advocates of a big Navy ~[moodle]the country's emergence as an industrial giant ~[moodle]the emergence of sensationalized news and the yellow press =[moodle]all of the above were causes } // question: 1464363 name: According to the videos, the immediate event that triggered the war in Euro ::According to the videos, the immediate event that triggered the war in Euro::[html]According to the videos, the immediate event that triggered the war in Europe in 1914 was{ ~[moodle]the death of Bismarck and German unrestricted submarine warfare. ~[moodle]the sinking of the Lusitania. ~[moodle]the alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary. ~[moodle]the German invasion of neutral Belgium and the secret treaty with Mexico. =[moodle]the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer // question: 1464194 name: After Theodore Roosevelt's and Woodrow Wilson's tenures in office, which one of the following statements would not be true? ::After Theodore Roosevelt's and Woodrow Wilson's tenures in office, which one of the following statements would not be true?::[html]After Theodore Roosevelt's and Woodrow Wilson's tenures in office, which one of the following statements would NOT be true?
{ ~[moodle]The federal government gained more power.#Incorrect
=[moodle]The tariff was eliminated.#Correct
~[moodle]A federal banking system was established.#Incorrect
~[moodle]The role of the president was redefined and strengthened.#Incorrect
~[moodle]A new commitment to conservation had emerged.#Incorrect
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video // question: 1464366 name: After World War I, film footage clearly shows that ::After World War I, film footage clearly shows that::[html]After World War I, film footage clearly revealed that
{ ~[moodle]the United States entered a period of internal peace and harmony.#Incorrect
=[moodle]violent labor disputes aroused public distrust of unions.#Correct
~[moodle]thousands of black workers and war veterans enjoyed economic independence and equality in northern cities.#Incorrect
~[moodle]the federal government aggressively protected the First Amendment rights of U.S. citizens.#Incorrect
~[moodle]the right of workers to join unions was encouraged and upheld by the courts.#Incorrect
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer // question: 1464190 name: All of the following motivated U.S. foreign policy from 1898 to 1917 except a ::All of the following motivated U.S. foreign policy from 1898 to 1917 except a::[html]All of the following motivated U.S. foreign policy from 1898 to 1917 EXCEPT a
{ =[moodle]genuine desire to promote goodwill and friendship with other nations.#Correct
~[moodle]belief in the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race and its responsibility for uplifting inferior races.#Incorrect
~[moodle]need for new markets for American goods.#Incorrect
~[moodle]belief that the United States could and should become a world power.#Incorrect
~[moodle]concerted effort to strengthen and increase the size of the navy.#Incorrect
} // question: 1464195 name: All of the following statements regarding Eugene V Debs are true except he ::All of the following statements regarding Eugene V Debs are true except he::[html]All of the following statements regarding Eugene V Debs are true EXCEPT he
\nIncorrect
=[moodle]was a radical revolutionary who called for the violent overthrow of capitalism.#Correct
~[moodle]was the leader and founder of the Socialist Party of America.#Incorrect
~[moodle]was a presidential candidate in the election of 1912.#Incorrect
~[moodle]saw himself as the savior of American political and cultural traditions.#Incorrect
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_unused 2010 $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_unused 2010 // question: 1464317 name: Although generalizations, which of the following i ::Although generalizations, which of the following i::[html]Although generalizations, which of the following is the most UNTRUE statement about United States South?{ ~[moodle]Most turn of the century immigrants did not settle there. =[moodle]It was a home to the most significant progressivism and later to the most numerous socialist local officials ~[moodle]Most turn of the century lynchings took place there. ~[moodle]Citizens there mostly voted for the Democratic party in presidential elections ~[moodle]It remained one of the most rural areas in the nation. } // question: 1464359 name: Although most women in the 1920's did not model t ::Although most women in the 1920's did not model t::[html]Although most women in the 1920's did not model their behavior on the image of the Jazz Age flapper, these "flappers" were seen as{ ~[moodle]prostitutes ~[moodle]poor unfortunate souls =[moodle]the social elite and the aspiration of many young girls ~[moodle]a symbol of a more traditional America ~[moodle]the "spiritual sister" of the suffragette since both strongly supported feminist political action } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer // question: 1464198 name: Americans were outraged by the "Zimmermann telegram" of 1917 because it ::Americans were outraged by the "Zimmermann telegram" of 1917 because it::[html]Americans were outraged by the "Zimmermann telegram" of 1917 because it
{ ~[moodle]revealed Woodrow Wilson's secret negotiations with both sides.#Incorrect
~[moodle]caused the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.#Incorrect
~[moodle]insulted President Wilson.#Incorrect
~[moodle]was clearly a hoax created by the British to sour U.S.-German relations.#Incorrect
=[moodle]encouraged Mexico to side with Germany in case the United States entered the war#Correct
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_map $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_map // question: 1464278 name: At the Treaty of Versailles, which country was bla ::At the Treaty of Versailles, which country was bla::[html]At the Treaty of Versailles, which country, although it did not start the Great War, was blamed for the entire war and was made to pay reparations to the Allies?
\nConsidering the Scopes Trial spectrum of the 1920's, with modernism on one side and fundamentalism on the other, which of the following terms is out of place or does not belong with the others?
\nlawyer William Jennings Bryan and the WCTU
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video // question: 1464360 name: During his presidency, Herbert Hoover (according t ::During his presidency, Herbert Hoover (according t::[html]During his presidency, Herbert Hoover (according to the video on the Great Depression){ ~[moodle]grew steadily and increasingly willing to resort to federal spending to pull the country out of the Depression. ~[moodle]was consistently opposed to any level of federal spending. ~[moodle]was consistently willing to use federal money to help end the Depression. =[moodle]failed to use federal spending to directly feed the American people. ~[moodle]completely abandoned his conservative doctrine of American individualism } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer // question: 1464202 name: Economically, the 1920s was a period of ::Economically, the 1920s was a period of::[html]Economically, the 1920s was a period of{ ~[moodle]high unemployment and recession.# Incorrect ~[moodle]declining standards of living.# Incorrect =[moodle]growth, prosperity, and unprecedented productivity.# Correct ~[moodle]economic stagnation.# Incorrect ~[moodle]return of farm prosperity.# Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc // question: 1464309 name: FDR responded to the Supreme Court's nullifying of New Deal legislation by ::FDR responded to the Supreme Court's nullifying of New Deal legislation by::[html]FDR responded to the Supreme Court's nullifying of New Deal legislation by
\nFederal income taxes during World War I
{ ~[moodle]were increased dramatically, primarily on the middle class.#Incorrect
~[moodle]did not go up significantly.#Incorrect
=[moodle]were increased primarily on the wealthy.#Correct
~[moodle]actually went down.#Incorrect
~[moodle]paid all of the cost of the war.#Incorrect
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_map $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_map // question: 1464279 name: Following the Great War, a number of new countries emerged from territorial changes made during negotiations at the Treaty of Versailles. Poland and Yugoslavia were two of the largest and most important changes made to the map of Europe. Find them. ::Following the Great War, a number of new countries emerged from territorial changes made during negotiations at the Treaty of Versailles. Poland and Yugoslavia were two of the largest and most important changes made to the map of Europe. Find them.::[html]Following the Great War, a number of new countries emerged from territorial changes made during negotiations at the Treaty of Versailles. Poland and Yugoslavia were two of the largest and most important changes made to the map of Europe. Find them.
\nFranklin Roosevelt considered the most important legislation of his first Hundred Days to be the
{ ~[moodle]Emergency Banking Act and the Economy Act.#Incorrect
=[moodle]Agricultural Adjustment Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act.#Correct
~[moodle]Securities Exchange Act.#Incorrect
~[moodle]Tennessee Valley Authority Act.#Incorrect
~[moodle]Social Security Act.#Incorrect
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video // question: 1464368 name: From what you witnessed in class and read in your textbook, which of the following is true of Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt? ::From what you witnessed in class and read in your textbook, which of the following is true of Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt?::[html]From what you witnessed in class, which of the following is true of Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt?{ ~[moodle]Hoover was upper class / Roosevelt was middle class.#Incorrect =[moodle]Hoover's personality was cold and distant / Roosevelt's personality was warm and friendly.#Correct ~[moodle]Hoover did not attend college / Roosevelt was a college graduate.#Incorrect ~[moodle]Hoover held numerous elective offices / Roosevelt held only two elective offices.#Incorrect ~[moodle]Hoover was a Democrat / Roosevelt was a Republican.#Incorrect } // question: 1464367 name: Herbert Hoover's position on the question of relief was that ::Herbert Hoover's position on the question of relief was that::[html]Herbert Hoover's position on the question of providing relief during the Great Depression was that
{ ~[moodle]it was the responsibility of the federal government to provide economic security for U.S. citizens.#Incorrect
~[moodle]the unemployed should be drafted into the military.#Incorrect
=[moodle]individual citizens were responsible for their own survival and welfare.#Correct
~[moodle]the homeless should be deported.#Incorrect
~[moodle]only the urban unemployed should receive relief.#Incorrect
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc // question: 1464291 name: Identify this leader of the women\'s suffrage move ::Identify this leader of the women\\'s suffrage move::[html]Identify this leader of the women's suffrage movement whose radical ideas included forming a National Women's Party and proposing an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
\nIn 1898, Spanish ambassador to Washington, Enrique Depuy de Lome outraged U.S. public opinion when he
{ ~[moodle]ordered the execution of Cuban rebels.#Incorrect
~[moodle]ordered the attack on the U.S. battleship Maine.#Incorrect
~[moodle]supported terrorist attacks on the United States.#Incorrect
~[moodle]raped an American woman.#Incorrect
=[moodle]insulted President McKinley.#Correct
} // question: 1464203 name: In 1920 the National American Woman Suffrage Association was transformed into the ::In 1920 the National American Woman Suffrage Association was transformed into the::[html]In 1920 the National American Woman Suffrage Association was transformed into the{ ~[moodle]National Women's Party.# Incorrect ~[moodle]National Organization of Women.# Incorrect =[moodle]League of Women Voters.# Correct ~[moodle]Women's International Peace and Freedom League.# Incorrect ~[moodle]Ladies' Sewing Circle.# Incorrect } // question: 1464204 name: In 1924, the Johnson-Reed Act ::In 1924, the Johnson-Reed Act::[html]In 1924, the Johnson-Reed Act{ ~[moodle]enlarged the total number of immigrants annually admitted to the United States.# Incorrect =[moodle]virtually eliminated immigration of eastern Europeans and Asians.# Correct ~[moodle]restricted immigration from Western Hemisphere nations for the first time in history.# Incorrect ~[moodle]favored immigrants who would speak English.# Incorrect ~[moodle]opened immigration to Asians.# Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_unused 2010 $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_unused 2010 // question: 1464755 name: In an attempt to address the causes of the Great War, Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following EXCEPT ::In an attempt to address the causes of the Great War, Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following EXCEPT::[html]In an attempt to address the causes of the Great War, Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following EXCEPT{ ~[moodle]the principle of self-determination and freedom of the seas. ~[moodle]ending economic barriers to international trade (tariffs) =[moodle]mandated democratic elections in the newly created states. ~[moodle]a League of Nations and the creation of new Eastern European states. ~[moodle]an end to secret treaties between nations. } // question: 1464193 name: In his "gentleman's agreement" with the Japanese, President Roosevelt agreed to ::In his "gentleman's agreement" with the Japanese, President Roosevelt agreed to::[html]In his "gentleman's agreement" with the Japanese, President Roosevelt agreed to{ =[moodle]end anti-Japanese discrimination.# Correct ~[moodle]accept increased numbers of Japanese workers' entrance into the U.S.# Incorrect ~[moodle]lift his opposition to Japanese expansion in East Asia.# Incorrect ~[moodle]withdraw U.S. troops from Tokyo Bay.# Incorrect ~[moodle]recognize the rebel government in Japan.# Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video // question: 1464365 name: In the video, settlement houses, and the progressive female reformers who worked there, ::In the video, settlement houses, and the progressive female reformers who worked there,::[html]In the video, settlement houses, and the progressive female reformers who worked there,President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal of 1937 that aroused tremendous public resistance was the
{ ~[moodle]cancellation of the WPA.#Incorrect
=[moodle]plan to increase the size of the Supreme Court.#Correct
~[moodle]refusal to make lynching a federal crime.#Incorrect
~[moodle]plan to nationalize federal industries.#Incorrect
~[moodle]plan to enter the war in Europe.#Incorrect
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc // question: 1464293 name: President Wilson returned home from the peace conf ::President Wilson returned home from the peace conf::[html]President Wilson returned home from the peace conference to find congressional opposition to the Treaty of Versailles because
\nPrior to the Stock Market Crash of 1929, underlying weaknesses in the American economy during the 1920s that contributed to the coming of the Great Depression included all of the following EXCEPT
{ ~[moodle]wages that did not keep up with productivity. ~[moodle]overproduction in industry and agriculture. ~[moodle]unequal distribution of wealth. =[moodle]a tight credit policy that limited borrowing. } // question: 1464294 name: Refer to the cartoon for this question. As preside ::Refer to the cartoon for this question. As preside::[html]Refer to the cartoon for this question. In the forum, you heard a speech from President Calvin Coolidge on taxation by the federal government. It is clear that Coolidge felt his primary function was to
\nThe Attorney General of the United States who orchestrated a campaign to crush the forces of subversive radicalism during the "Red Scare" was
\nThe Bonus Army of 1932
{ =[moodle]were World War I veterans who marched on Washington during the Great Depression to lobby for immediate cash payments of their veterans bonuses ~[moodle]were farmers who threatened to dump milk and other agricultural products if they did not receive a government bonus for not producing farm surpluses ~[moodle]were trade unionists who marched on Washington when industrialists refused to pay the bonuses stipulated in union contracts ~[moodle]were young people who marched in the Civilian Conservation Corps demanding the creation of jobs by the federal government ~[moodle]and the crackdown by the troops of the federal government dealt a severe blow to the presidential campaign of Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt } // question: 1464311 name: The Committee on Public Information which provided the government's view of the war was headed by the Progressive journalist ::The Committee on Public Information which provided the government's view of the war was headed by the Progressive journalist::[html]The Committee on Public Information which provided the government's view of the war was headed by this former Progressive journalist
\nThe Committee on Public Information's MAIN function was to
{ ~[moodle]encourage young men to register.#Incorrect
~[moodle]raise money for the war.#Incorrect
~[moodle]ensure support for the peace treaty.#Incorrect
~[moodle]deliver regular updates on the war's progress.#Incorrect
=[moodle]raise the level of patriotism and public support for the war#Correct
} // question: 1464207 name: The Federal Reserve board intensified the severity of the 1929 stock market crash by ::The Federal Reserve board intensified the severity of the 1929 stock market crash by::[html]The Federal Reserve board intensified the severity of the 1929 stock market crash by
{ ~[moodle]ignoring the crisis.#Incorrect
~[moodle]borrowing heavily from European banks.#Incorrect
~[moodle]inflating the currency and making credit more available.#Incorrect
~[moodle]prohibiting banks from participating in stock purchases.#Incorrect
=[moodle]raising interest rates and reducing the amount of money in circulation.#Correct
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_video // question: 1464361 name: The glorification of celebrities (as exemplified in the video on the 1920's) was expressed in all the following ways EXCEPT ::The glorification of celebrities (as exemplified in the video on the 1920's) was expressed in all the following ways EXCEPT::[html]The glorification of celebrities, as exemplified in the 1920's, was expressed in all the following ways EXCEPTThe major issue of the 1928 presidential election between Al Smith and Herbert Hoover was
{ ~[moodle]whether or not prohibition should be repealed. ~[moodle]United States membership in the League of Nations. =[moodle]religion, because Smith was Roman Catholic. ~[moodle]the economic crisis brought on by the stock market crash. ~[moodle]whether or not the United States should enter World War I. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer // question: 1464196 name: The Progressives were ::The Progressives were::[html]The Progressives were
{ ~[moodle]all members of the Republican Party.#Incorrect
~[moodle]isolationists in foreign policy.#Incorrect
=[moodle]mostly Protestant middle-class idealists and reformers.#Correct
~[moodle]mostly laissez-faire politicians and conservative businessmen.#Incorrect
~[moodle]mostly farmers.#Incorrect
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc // question: 1464313 name: The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed as a direct result of the ::The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed as a direct result of the::[html]The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and the Meat Inspection Act were passed as a direct result of the public awareness and outrage, and resulting government investigations caused by the
{ ~[moodle]publication of Steffen's The Shame of the Cities. =[moodle]publication of Sinclair's The Jungle. ~[moodle]discovery of fingers in canned sausages. ~[moodle]European nations' ban on the import of American meat products. ~[moodle]The Agricultural Adjustment Act during the New Deal. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_computer // question: 1464201 name: The Red Scare of the 1920's ::The Red Scare of the 1920's::[html]The Red Scare of the 1920's
{ =[moodle]exemplified postwar American fear of foreign ideas and influences.#Correct
~[moodle]ended when Woodrow Wilson voiced his opposition to repression.#Incorrect
~[moodle]was led by labor unions and social reformers.#Incorrect
~[moodle]completely destroyed the Socialist party of America.#Incorrect
~[moodle]resulted from dozens of attacks by radicals in the United States.#Incorrect
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc // question: 1464314 name: The writer who argued American aspirations for world power could only be fulfilled with a powerful navy was ::The writer who argued American aspirations for world power could only be fulfilled with a powerful navy was::[html]The writer who argued American aspirations for world power could only be fulfilled with a powerful navy was
\nW. E. B. Du Bois
\nCorrect
~[moodle]encouraged the African American community to compromise with white racists.#Incorrect
~[moodle]opposed the organization of the NAACP.#Incorrect
~[moodle]called for segregation of the races.#Incorrect
~[moodle]supported black nationalism.#Incorrect
} // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_unused 2010 $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_unused 2010 // question: 1464756 name: What can readily be supported by the results of this opinion poll, answered by students during the 4th week of the term, after we had studied WWI? ::What can readily be supported by the results of this opinion poll, answered by students during the 4th week of the term, after we had studied WWI?::[html]What can readily be supported by the results of this opinion poll, answered by students during the 4th week of the term, after we had studied WWI? The poll asked, "where do you stand TODAY on the issue of the U.S. involvement in the world."What can you infer from this relatively recent, 1999 political cartoon (and even the more recent movie/documentary Expelled in 2008)?
\nWhat is Billie Holiday singing about in this song, Strange Fruit?
\nWhen confronted with the growing economic crisis after the stock market crash, President Hoover responded
{ ~[moodle]by resigning. ~[moodle]with massive federal assistance and relief programs for individuals and corporations. =[moodle]optimistically, that prosperity would soon return and urged private charities to meet social needs. ~[moodle]by immediately spending federal money, even deficit spending, to get the economy working again. ~[moodle]by signing into law any helpful legislation passed by members of Congress. } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_mc // question: 1464316 name: When studying U.S. history in this class, all of t ::When studying U.S. history in this class, all of t::[html]When studying U.S. history in this class, and to get closer to historical truth, all of the following helpful hints and suggestions that you should follow were given to you by your instructor, EXCEPT
{ ~[moodle]follow the money "trail" ~[moodle]watch for anomalies/things that are out of the ordinary ~[moodle]know definitions/terminology =[moodle]the "experts" always know what's best for you ~[moodle]you can't always believe what you see } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_map $CATEGORY: $course$/Midterm Exam/mt_map // question: 1464280 name: Which country signed the Treaty of Brest Litovsk w ::Which country signed the Treaty of Brest Litovsk w::[html]Which country signed the Treaty of Brest Litovsk with Germany in 1918, thus leaving the other Allied Powers to face the Central Powers without them?
\nWhich neutral country was invaded by Germany at the start of the war, thus causing the United States to consider Germany the aggressor and a threat?
\nWhich of the following countries were INITIAL members of the Triple Alliance at the very start of World War 1?
\nWhich of the following countries were members of the Triple Entente, but referred to as the "Allies"?
\nWhich of the following groups or organizations in America does NOT belong on the same side of the political spectrum in the 1920's?
{ ~[moodle]Socialist Party ~[moodle]Industrial Workers of the World =[moodle]American Federation of Labor ~[moodle]Bolsheviks ~[moodle]Communists ~The "Wobblies"
} // question: 1464303 name: Which of the following is NOT an element of the definition of American nativism (Presented in class by your instructor, according to historian John Higham in his book Strangers in the Land)? ::Which of the following is NOT an element of the definition of American nativism (Presented in class by your instructor, according to historian John Higham in his book Strangers in the Land)?::[html]Which of the following is NOT an element of the definition of American nativism (Presented in class by your instructor, according to historian John Higham in his book Strangers in the Land)?
\nWhich of the following terms or phrases is NOT related to the period of American imperialism and the country's growing interest in internationalism around the turn of the 20th century?
{ ~[moodle]"white man's burden" ~[moodle]"Remember the Maine" =[moodle]"return to normalcy" ~[moodle]"splendid little war" ~[moodle]"survival of the fittest" ~making the world "safe for democracy"
} // question: 1464306 name: Which of the following was NOT considered a critic ::Which of the following was NOT considered a critic::[html]Which of the following was NOT considered a criticism of FDR's New Deal from the Left?
{ ~[moodle]Huey Long's Share Our Wealth program of economic redistribution =[moodle]GOP Conservatives and Big business complaints in the New Deal's bureaucratic "make work" programs ~[moodle]Charles Coughlin's plan to nationalize the country's banks ~[moodle]Francis Townshend's Plan to give federal money each month to retired people over 60 years of age ~[moodle]all of the above ARE criticisms by the Left } // question: 1464300 name: You can infer all of the following about the state of economic affairs in the U.S. during this time period EXCEPT ::You can infer all of the following about the state of economic affairs in the U.S. during this time period EXCEPT::[html]You can infer all of the following about the state of economic affairs in the U.S. during this time period EXCEPT
\nAccording to the video on the 1920's, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested, tried, and eventually executed for robbery and murder, although it is clear that they were punished because they were Italian immigrants who were also anarchists.
\nAlthough this chart is meant to be humorous, in this class, it has been illustrated repeatedly that the use of statistics when studying history must be done so with great care. Sometimes people will attempt to offer official government documents to make their case, such as Al Frankin did when he used the Bureau of Labor statistics to disprove a comment made by Rush Limbaugh. But we have seen our own government use 30 year old data when it came to passing the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 on immigration. We have also seen official, mainstream newspapers in history, whether employing yellow journalism in an attempt to sell more papers, or even mis-reporting the facts, such as the farmer "revolt" in Arkansas during the Great Depression.
\nAs unlikely as these two photos are, separated by over 75 years of time, both Sapho and Twisted Sister were historical examples used by students to discuss censorship in the United States.
\nEven before the onset of the Depression, Herbert Hoover had a reputation for being an elitist and for not being compassionate to the needs or ordinary people.
\nIt is clear from the two election charts that the majority of American's were supportive of FDR in 1932, and that their approval of his New Deal only increased during his first term in office.
\nIt is clear that the author of this political cartoon is situated "to the right side of center" of the political liberal-conservative spectrum.
\nMembership in labor unions increased significantly during and immediately after World War I. Although union membership did not grow during the 1920s, it at least did not decline. The cartoon from the 1920's and the chart from the 1930's reveal the federal government's unchanging position when it came to supporting or opposing workers unions.
\nThe auto industry, pioneered by Henry Ford, created a new market for cars, but had little impact other businesses.
\nEven though this chart reveals that suffrage was not the same in each state, the one experience that revolutionized women's role in society and contributed to women actually receiving the right to vote in the 19th Amendment was their contribution to America's fight for democracy in World War I.
\nThe video clips clearly illustrate that Presidents Coolidge and Hoover would probably not be elected in our modern age of television and mass media, especially concerning their speaking ability and personal charisma.
\nThis bar chart shows how many people were coming to the United States during given years. Even though it does not show where they were coming from, that is not very important to understanding the history of this time period.
\nWhen interpreting this political cartoon, it is clear that the cartoonist himself is coming from the left end of the spectrum in his criticism of President Franklin Roosevelt.
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