1.Which One of the Following Members of President Harding's Cabinet Proved to Be Incompetent

Chapter 32 Quiz

1.Which one of the following members of President Harding's cabinet proved to be incompetent and corrupt? A)Herbert Hoover B)Calvin Coolidge C)Andrew Mellon D)Charles Evans Hughes E)Albert Fall

2.The nonbusiness group that realized the most significant, lasting gains from World War I was A)labor. B)blacks. C)the Ku Klux Klan. D)women. E)veterans.

3.The Teapot Dome scandal involved the corrupt mishandling of A)naval oil reserves. B)funds for veterans' hospitals. C)the budget for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. D)European war-debt payments. E)presidential pardons.

4.The major political scandal of Harding's administration resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of his secretary of A)the treasury. B)state. C)the navy. D)commerce. E)the interior.

5.Which of the following descriptive attributes is least characteristic of President Coolidge? A)honesty B)frugality C)shyness D)wordiness E)caution

6.During Coolidge's presidency, government policy was set largely by the interests and values of A)farmers and wage earners. B)the business community. C)racial and ethnic minorities. D)progressive reformers. E)conservative New Englanders.

7.One of the major problems facing farmers in the 1920s was A)overproduction. B)the inability to purchase modern farm equipment. C)passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill. D)the prosecution of cooperatives under antitrust laws. E)drought and insects like the boll weevil.

8.America's European allies argued that they should not have to repay loans that the United States made to them during World War I because A)the United States had owed them about $4 billion before the war. B)the amount of money involved was not significant. C)they had paid a much heavier price in lost lives, so it was only fair for the United States to write off the debt. D)the United States was making so much money from Mexican and Middle Eastern oil that it did not need extra dollars. E)Germany was not paying its reparations to them, so they could not afford to pay off the loans.

9.As a result of America's insistence that its Allies' war debts be repaid in full, A)the French and British demanded enormous reparations payments from Germany. B)the German mark was ruined by drastic inflation. C)the Allies borrowed money from Switzerland to repay the loans. D)the United States began threatening renewed military intervention in Europe. E)the allies insisted on lower U.S. tariffs.

10.America's major foreign-policy problem in the 1920s was addressed by the Dawes Plan, which A)ended the big-stick policy of armed intervention in Central America and the Caribbean. B)established a ratio of allowable naval strength between the United States, Britain, and Japan. C)condemned the Japanese aggression against Manchuria. D)aimed to prevent German re- armament. E)provided a solution to the tangle of war-debt and war-reparations payments.

11.President Herbert Hoover believed that the Great Depression could be ended by doing all of the following except A)providing direct aid to the people. B)directly assisting businesses and banks. C)keeping faith in the efficiency of the industrial system. D)continuing to rely on the American tradition of rugged individualism. E)lending federal funds to feed farm livestock.

12.President Hoover's approach to the Great Depression was to A)leave the economy alone to work itself out of trouble. B)nationalize major industries. C)encourage the states to stimulate spending. D)work for the breakup of business monoplies. E)offer federal assistance to businesses and banks but not individuals.

13.The “alphabetical agency” set up under Hoover's administration to provide aid to business and local governments was the A)Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) B)National Recovery Administration (NRA) C)Works Progress Administration (WPA) D)Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) E)Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)

14.The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was established to A)provide direct economic assistance to labor. B)make loans to businesses, banks, and state and local governments. C)outlaw “yellow dog” (antiunion) contracts. D)provide money for construction of dams on the Tennessee River. E)lend money for federal public works projects.

15.The Bonus Expeditionary Force marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932 to demand A)the removal of American troops from Nicaragua. B)an expanded American army and navy. C)immediate full payment of bonus payments promised to World War I veterans. D)punishment for those who had forced unemployed veterans to leave Washington, D.C. E)housing and health care assistance for veterans. 1.E Albert Fall Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 31 Page: 747, 751-752 2.E veterans. Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 36 Page: 750 3.A naval oil reserves. Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 42 Page: 752-753 4.E the interior. Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 43 Page: 753 5.D wordiness Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 44 Page: 753 6.B the business community. Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 45 Page: 753 7.A overproduction. Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 47 Page: 754 8.C they had paid a much heavier price in lost lives, so it was only fair for the United States to write off the debt. Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 55 Page: 756 9.A the French and British demanded enormous reparations payments from Germany. Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 56 Page: 756-757 10.E provided a solution to the tangle of war-debt and war-reparations payments. Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 57 Page: 757 11.A providing direct aid to the people. Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 65 Page: 763-764 12.E offer federal assistance to businesses and banks but not individuals. Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 66 Page: 766 13.D Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 67 Page: 766 14.B make loans to businesses, banks, and state and local governments. Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 68 Page: 768 15.C immediate full payment of bonus payments promised to World War I veterans. Origin: Chapter 32- The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920û1932, 69 Page: 767-768