1. Booker T. Washington's message to Progressive Era African Americans urged them to
A.  focus on economic improvement and self-reliance.
B.  stand up for their civil rights.
C.  migrate to the West.
D.  establish black colleges for professional studies.
Answer: A
2. W. E. B. Du Bois challenged the Booker T. Washington message on the grounds that it
A.  set unrealistic standards
B.  gave hope where no hope existed
C.  antagonized whites
D.  accepted the idea of black racial inferiority
Answer: D
3. Incidents involving the Lusitania and Sussex graphically illustrated
A.  the risks American merchants took in selling contraband to the Allies.
B.  the Allies' refusal to recognize American neutral rights.
C.  the difficulty of remaining neutral in the face of German submarine activity.
D.  the difficulty of protecting American ships in a war zone.
Answer: C
4. During World War I, American labor unions
A.  benefited from their close association with the government in mobilizing the economy.
B.  abstained from involvement in labor disputes in the interest of wartime unity.
C.  lost membership as a result of the successful open shop movement led by business.
D.  endured government raids on their headquarters in the search for subversive material.
Answer: A
5. One of the major results of prohibition was
A.  an actual increase in the amount of alcohol consumed per capita.
B.  the creation of a high law enforcement bureaucracy to enforce it.
C.  a drop in reported cases of alcoholism.
D.  an increase in violent organized crime.
Answer: D
6. Underlying weaknesses in the American economy in the 1920's that contributed to the coming of the Great Depression included all of the following EXCEPT
A.  wages that did not keep up with productivity.
B.  overproduction in industry and agriculture.
C.  inequitable distribution of wealth.
D.  a constant tight credit policy that limited borrowing.
Answer: D
7. One of the most important ways the Agriculture Adjustment Act assisted farmers was by
A.  offering cheap loans to buy seed and livestock.
B.  relocating sharecroppers displaced by foreclosures.
C.  electrifying impoverished rural areas.
D.  subsidizing farmers who cut production.
Answer: D
8. In creating the Tennessee Valley Authority, the federal government broke precedent by
A.  establishing a public corporation to provide cheap hydroelectric power to states in the Tennessee River Valley.
B.  setting up work relief camps for young men to work on conservation projects in the Tennessee River Valley.
C.  establishing model planned community projects for displaced workers in the Tennessee River Valley.
D.  creating a public agency to undertake an experimental defense project in the Tennessee River Valley.
Answer: A
9. Franklin Roosevelt's attempt to restructure the Supreme Court in 1937
A.  passed overwhelmingly in Congress.
B.  cost him some political power as the plan failed, with resistance from both Democrats and Republicans.
C.  resulted in a complete reversal of Roosevelt's New Deal programs.
D.  delighted conservatives but appalled liberals in Congress.
Answer: B
10.  Which of the following is NOT considered characteristic/assumption of Progressivism?
A.  it was an optimistic vision
B.  it deemed that human intervention was necessary
C.  its followers believed that government had to play an important role
D.  it relied on Social Darwinism and the principle of laissez faire
E.  it was generally conservative, promoting social order and stability
Answer: D
11.  Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle led to federal regulation of
A.  the railroad industry.
B.  the steel industry.
C.  city government.
D.  the meatpacking industry.
E.  the oil industry.
Answer: D
14.  Which feature of late 19th/early 20th Century Imperialism is SIMILAR to that of mid-19th century Manifest Destiny?
A.  most territory involved was non-contiguous to the U.S.
B.  Americans believe that expansion was a God-given right.
C.  new territories would attract little settlement by American people.
D.  newly acquired lands would not become states.
E.  all of the above are similar features.
Answer: B
15.  According to your text AND video, which of the following were NOT causes/developments for the increased interest in American imperialism?
A.  a precedent for the subjugation of "foreign" peoples had been accomplished in the 19th Century against Native Americans
B.  the "official" closing of the American frontier in 1890, according to the census
C.  the influence of the "yellow press" and country's emergence as an industrial giant
D.  social protests by Americans, including Populist farmers and labor union disputes
E.  all of the above were causes
Answer:  E
18.  According to the vide and text, which of the following was NOT an argument by the Anti-Imperialists in the Philippine Annexation debate?
A.  a business presence in the Philippines would lead to the domination of trade in the Orient
B.  imperialism was immoral to the "American commitment to freedom"
C.  inferior Asian races would "pollute" the American population
D.  the influx of cheap labor would hurt American workers
E.  the military was needed for this foreign intervention and American lives would be lost
Answer: A
19.  Which women's suffrage organization is INCORRECTLY paired with its leaders?
A.  American Women's Suffrage Association - Lucy Stone
B.  National Women's Suffrage Association - Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
C.  National Women's Party - Alice Paul
D.  National American Women's Suffrage Association - Carrie Chapman Catt
E.  all are correctly paired
Answer: E
20.  Which is considered the true start of the women's suffrage movement in America?
A.  the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848
B.  the passage of the 19th Amendment
C.  the state of Wyoming's granting of women's suffrage in 1890
D.  the Declaration of Independence in 1776
E.  the Niagara Movement 1905
Answer: A
21.  Progressives favored a graduated income tax because
A.  all incomes would be taxed at the same rate
B.  the wealthy would carry the greatest tax burden
C.  government could control large trusts
D.  workers would not have to pay any taxes
E.  none of the above
Answer: B
22.  Which of the following had most to do with the decline of the progressive movement?
A.  Wilson's belief in weak Presidential leadership
B.  American participation in World War I
C.  disappearance of the Progressive party
D.  the Senate's rejection of the Treaty of Versailles
E.  Teddy Roosevelt's splitting the Republican Party in the Election of 1912
Answer: B
23.  Which is NOT considered a cause for WWI?
A.  imperialism
B.  nativism
C.  militarism 
D.  international anarchy
E.  nationalism
Answer: B
24.  Which of the following terms is NOT correctly associated with the definition of American "nativism" (Presented in class by your instructor, according to historian John Higham in his book Strangers in the Land)?  In other words, how do we define what America IS and what America IS NOT?
A.  anti-Catholic
B.  militaristic
C.  racial
D.  anti-radical
E.  all are correctly associated
Answer:  B
30.  Which of the following BEST characterizes Herbert Hoover's handling of the Great Depression?
A. He strictly followed the advice of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon to do absolutely nothing and wait for  economic recovery to occur naturally.
B. His efforts were limited by his fears of unbalancing the federal budget and concentrating too much power and responsibility in the government in Washington.
C.  He adopted unprecedented federal initiatives to combat the Depression.
D.  He refused to have the federal government help failing business corporations.
E.  He at least feed the poor with public handouts.
Answer: B
31.  Which of the following is INCORRECTLY paired?
A.  Russia & the Allies
B.  Germany & the Central Powers
C.  France & the Triple Entente
D.  The United States & the Allies
E.  Great Britain & the Triple Alliance
Answer: E
32.  Which of the following was NOT a reason for U.S. involvement in WWI?
A.  German unrestricted submarine warfare & Allied propaganda
B.  American economic interests & Germany's disregard of the League of Nations
C.  American idealism and American security
D.  Hostility toward Germany and a common heritage with the Allies
E.  All of the following were reasons
Answer: B
33.  Which of the following terms is INACCURATELY defined and related to the events of WWI?
A.  General John J. Pershing - leader of the American Expeditiary Force in Europe
B.  conscription - the draft of able bodied individuals into the armed forces
C.  Western Front - the battle front which was characterized by trench warfare and "lack" of great movement
D.  armistice - in warfare, the unconditional surrender of one country to another
E.  Eastern Front - Russia signed the Treaty of Brest Litovsk in 1917 with Germany
Answer: D
34.  The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's was all of the following EXCEPT
A. anti-Black 
B. anti-Catholic   
C. anti-Semitic (Jewish)    
D. anti-nativist   
E. anti-foreigner (immigrant)
Answer: D
35.  All of the following occurred during the Great Depression EXCEPT
A.  Exports increased as manufacturers tried to dump their excess production on foreign markets
B.  The gross national product dropped severely
C.  The banking system was near collapse
D.  Unemployment soared
E.  Social welfare plummeted, especially in the ethnic and farming communities
Answer: A
36.  The postwar anxiety and intolerance of Americans in the 1920's was manifested in the
A.  Sacco and Vanzetti case
B.  Scopes (Monkey) trial
C.  resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan
D.  National Origins (Immigration) Act of 1924
E.  all of the above
Answer: E
37.  Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following EXCEPT
A.  the principle of self-determination and freedom of the seas.
B.  ending economic barriers to international trade (tariffs)
C.  mandated democratic elections in the newly created states.
D.  a League of Nations and the creation of new Eastern European states.
E.  an end to secret treaties between nations.
Answer: C
38.  Aside from the economic conditions of the 1930's, farmers on the Great Plains also suffered from
A.  a cholera epidemic
B.  drought
C.  floods
D.  Indian raids
E.  none of the above 
Answer: B
39.  President Wilson returned home from the peace conference to find opposition to the Treaty of Versailles because
A.  the treaty was not harsh enough on Germany
B.  the Senate was opposed to the League of Nations, specifically Article X
C.  Under the Treaty, the US army was to remain in Europe
D.  the US gained no territory from the war
E.  none of the above
Answer: B
40.  In the "return to normalcy" following World War I, and during Coolidge's presidency, government policy was largely set by the interests and values of
A.  farmers and wage earners
B.  the business community
C.  racial and ethnic minorities
D.  progressive reformers
E.  his cabinet members and war veterans
Answer: B
41.  To raise money for World War I, the American government resorted to which of the following two devices?
A.  taxes and foreign loans
B.  bond sales and taxes
C.  foreign loans and the printing press
D.  the printing press and bond sales
E.  taxes and the printing press
Answer: B
42.  Which of the following alphabet agencies is NOT an example of the New Deal's Relief, Recovery, or Reform governmental agencies?
A.  Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
B.  National Recovery Administration.
C.  War Industries Board.
D.  CCC and WPA
E.  FDIC and SEC
Answer: C
43.  The War Industries Board under Bernard Baruch
A.  was a peculiar wartime partnership between business and government, involving federally approved collusive bidding and price fixing.
B.  was controlled by many groups on the local and regional level.
C.  succeeded in limiting corporate profits.
D.  won the 8 hour day for workers
E.  controlled agricultural production during the Great War.
Answer: A
44.  The wartime Committee on Public Information
A.  saw to it that the American people were protected in their basic freedoms by emphasizing the Bill of Rights in war-time propaganda
B.  kept war-time fever at a high pitch, with scant regard for constitutional guarantees
C.  was prosecuted by George Creel for violating civil liberties.
D.  confined itself to the basic facts rather than overt propaganda and discouraged journalists from stirring anti-Communist feelings.
E.  enforced the Espionage Act.
Answer: B
45.  Which of the following was NOT considered a criticism of FDR's New Deal from the Left?
A.  Huey Long's Share Our Wealth program of economic redistribution
B.  GOP Conservatives and Big business complaints in the New Deal's bureaucratic "make work" programs
C.  Charles Coughlin's plan to nationalize the country's banks
D.  Francis Townshend's Plan to give federal money each month to retired people over 60 years of age
E.  all of the above are criticisms by the Left
Answer: B
46.  The "progressive impulse" included all of the following EXCEPT
A.  the spirit of "antimonopoly."
B.  a belief in the autonomous individual.
C.  a desire for governmental involvement in reform efforts.
D.  a belief in the importance of order and efficiency.
E.  acknowledgment of the importance of social cohesion.
Answer: B
47.  The 16th, 17th, 18th, & 19th Amendments are, respectively:
A.  the income tax, woman suffrage, the direct election of senators, prohibition
B.  the income tax, the direct election of senators, prohibition, woman suffrage
C.  woman suffrage, the direct election of senators, prohibition, the income tax
D.  primary elections, the income tax, woman suffrage, the direct election of senators
E.  none of the above
Answer: B
48.  Which year's census revealed a fundamental shift in population and that the United States was transforming from a rural to urban, modern society?
A.  1890
B.  1900
C.  1910
D.  1920
E.  1930
Answer: D
49.  The Triple Entente consisted of
A.  England, France, and Russia.
B.  England, France, and Japan.
C.  England, France, and the United States.
D.  England, France, and the Ottoman Empire.
E.  England, France, and Spain.
Answer: A