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WWI to Great Depression WWI to Great Depression 1 The government of the United States first became 6 Prior to entering World War I, the United States directly involved in supporting the price of agricultural protested Germany’s use of submarine warfare primarily products as a result of because it (1) increased imports of foreign food products during (1) violated the Monroe Doctrine the Progressive Era (2) discouraged immigration to the United States (2) the Depression of the 1930's (3) posed a direct threat to American cities (3) participation in World War II (4) violated the principle of freedom of the seas (4) the global need for more food after World War II 7 Many farmers failed to share in the general prosperity of 2 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the the 1920s mainly because they Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), (1) lacked new farm machinery to increase production established during the New Deal, were important because they (2) did not have sufficient numbers of farm laborers (3) had to pay high wages to their workers (1) increased the supply of money in the economy (4) received low prices for crops due to (2) guaranteed loans to failing businesses and banks overproduction (3) attempted to restore public confidence in 8 President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s reelection in 1940 financial institutions created a controversy that eventually led to (4) provided grants to unemployed workers (1) the Supreme Court declaring the election 3 President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s response to Supreme unconstitutional Court decisions that declared several New Deal laws unconstitutional was to (2) the establishment of presidential term limits (3) an effort to increase voter participation (1) ask Congress to limit the Court’s jurisdiction (4) an attempt to increase the number of Justices on (2) propose legislation to increase the size of the the Supreme Court Court 9 Which pair of events illustrates an accurate (3) demand the resignation of several justices cause-and-effect relationship? (4) ignore the Court’s rulings (1) Sacco and Vanzetti trial ratification of the 4 The major purpose of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s woman suffrage amendment bank holiday of 1933 was to (2) rebirth of the KKK formation of the Populist (1) restore public confidence in the nation’s banks Party (2) reinforce strict laws to punish banks charging high (3) Red Scare demand for limits on immigration interest rates (4) high food prices start of the Great Depression (3) reduce the number of banks to a manageable 10 President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor number policy was designed mainly to (4) encourage the nation’s banks to loan more money to failing businesses (1) reduce border conflicts with Canada 5 Public disregard for Prohibition and for laws prohibiting (2) increase acceptance of minorities within the gambling indicates that United States (3) encourage Germany and the Soviet Union to (1) the American film industry has great influence on resolve their differences public opinion (4) improve relations with Latin America (2) the system of checks and balances does not work (3) attempts to legislate public morality may be met with strong resistance (4) American citizens have little, if any, respect for laws WWI to Great Depression 11 The "dust bowls" described by John Steinbeck in The 16 During World War I, what was President Woodrow Grapes of Wrath had the greatest impact on Wilson's purpose in outlining the Fourteen Points? (1) residents of urban slums (1) asking Congress for additional funding for the (2) workers in factory sweatshops war effort (3) plantation owners in the rural south (2) suggesting a peace plan to prevent future wars (4) farmers on the Great Plains (3) proposing war crimes trials for leaders of enemy nations 12 A main reason that demand for American farm goods dropped dramatically in the 1920's was that (4) calling for military alliances against aggressor nations (1) European need for imported farm products 17 The Red Scare, the growth of the Ku Klux Klan, and declined after World War I the murder convictions of Sacco and Vanzetti were (2) fashion styles required less cotton material than influenced by previous styles (3) Americans refused to buy foods that were (1) the rise of organized crime genetically altered (2) the passage of immigration quota acts (4) people left the cities to return to the farms (3) a distrust of foreigners 13 A major criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's (4) an effort to stop fascism programs to combat the Great Depression was that 18 In the 1920s, which economic factor led to the Great these programs Depression? (1) reduced the power of the Federal Government (1) lack of investment in the stock market (2) ignored the plight of homeowners with mortgages (2) attempt by the United States to promote free trade (3) provided too much protection for big business (3) failure to develop new consumer goods industries (4) made people dependent on the Federal (4) overproduction of farm products and Government manufactured goods 14 What was an underlying cause of the Great Depression? (1) unequal distribution of income throughout the 1920s (2) adoption of high federal income tax rates during the 1920s (3) failure of American farmers to produce enough food after World War I (4) rapid increase in federal defense spending following World War I 15 The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s most enhanced American culture by (1) pressuring southern states to extend voting rights (2) expanding African American access to education (3) popularizing African American contributions to the arts (4) convincing the Supreme Court to allow affirmative action WWI to Great Depression Base your answers to questions 19 and 20 on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies. 19 The main idea of this 1937 cartoon about President Franklin D. Roosevelt is that the president is (1) trying to increase the public's respect for the Supreme Court (2) seeking the Supreme Court's help against his political opponents (3) attempting to exercise too much influence over the Supreme Court (4) refusing to allow the Supreme Court to review legislation WWI to Great Depression 20 One outcome of the situation referred to in the cartoon was that (1) President Roosevelt decided not to seek reelection (2) the Supreme Court ended most New Deal programs (3) President Roosevelt was impeached for abuse of his powers (4) Congress rejected President Roosevelt's effort to pack the Supreme Court 21 Which event of the 1920s symbolized a conflict over Base your answers to questions 23 and 24 on the cultural values? cartoon below. (1) election of Herbert Hoover (2) transatlantic flight of Charles Lindbergh (3) Scopes trial (4) stock market crash 22 One common theme in many of the writings of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Langston Hughes was (1) the need to regulate business (2) the benefits of mass production (3) optimism for reforms promised by the Great Society (4) dissatisfaction with the American culture of the 1920 23 To try to correct the problem shown in the cartoon, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed (1) increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court (2) raising the salaries of federal judges (3) reducing the Supreme Court's use of judicial review (4) exercising his veto power over Supreme Court decisions 24 President Roosevelt's attempt to correct the problem shown in the cartoon resulted in (1) the quick end of New Deal reforms (2) resignations of several federal judges (3) congressional rejection of the president's proposal (4) a decrease in the authority of the Supreme Court WWI to Great Depression 25 What was the goal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 29 The conviction of John Scopes in 1925 for teaching plan to add more justices to the Supreme Court? about evolution supported the ideas of those Americans who (1) to help the Supreme Court implement its decisions (1) believed in religious freedom and the separation (2) to limit judicial opposition to New Deal of church and state programs (2) hoped to lessen the differences between rural and (3) to convince Congress to enact new economic urban lifestyles laws (3) wanted to promote traditional fundamentalist (4) to replace the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court values 26 Which statement best describes Franklin Roosevelt's (4) favored the changes resulting from the new New Deal programs? technology of the 1920's 30 A major reason the United States became involved in (1) They reduced the number of people who could World War I was to participate in governmental decision-making. (2) They expanded the economic role of (1) fulfill treaty obligations to European allies government, while attempting to preserve (2) protect the shipping rights of a neutral nation capitalism. (3) reinforce the Monroe Doctrine (3) They stressed the need for state and local (4) gain colonies in the Pacific government leadership rather than national 31 In the United States, the decade of the 1920's was leadership. characterized by (4) They emphasized the importance of the gold standard as the basis for economic recovery. (1) a willingness to encourage immigration to the United States 27 President Franklin D. Roosevelt's controversy with the Supreme Court was a result of (2) increased consumer borrowing and spending (3) the active involvement of the United States in (1) the requirement that all judges must retire at age European affairs 70 (4) major reforms in national labor legislation (2) his belief that the Court was too liberal in its interpretations 32 Breadlines, Hoovervilles, and the Bonus Army were all direct results of (3) the Court's unwillingness to accept difficult cases (4) the Court's opposition to several New Deal (1) housing shortages in the 1920s laws (2) relief efforts of the New Deal 28 In the years before the United States entered World (3) mechanization of agriculture War I, President Woodrow Wilson violated his position (4) unemployment during the Great Depression of strict neutrality by 33 What was a central belief of the Transcendentalists? (1) secretly sending troops to fight for the democratic (1) People can rise above basic reason.
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