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1
These characteristics marked the period known as
  • Scientific revolution
  • Interest in Greek and Roman geography and
    mathematics
  • Development of new technologies
  1. the Reformation.
  2. the Crusades.
  3. the Renaissance.
  4. feudalism.

2
ANSWER
  • C. the Renaissance.

3
The MAIN reason that European nations began their
voyages of exploration was to
  1. find a Northwest Passage to Asia to bypass Arab
    kingdoms.
  2. find an all-water route to Asia to bypass Arab
    kingdoms.
  3. establish colonies in Asia and Africa.
  4. find gold.

4
ANSWER
  • B. find an all-water route to Asia to bypass Arab
    kingdoms.

5
Which statement describes the Columbian Exchange?
  1. The introduction of silver as a method of payment
    after its discovery in Mexico.
  2. Another name for the Northwest Passage.
  3. The triangular trade between Europe, Africa, and
    the Americas.
  4. Interactions between Europe and the Americas that
    began with Columbias first voyage.

6
ANSWER
  • D. Interactions between Europe and the Americas
    that began with Columbias first voyage.

7
What was the Spanish approach to colonization?
  1. They usually immersed themselves into the
    cultures of the Native Americans with whom they
    interacted.
  2. They were only interested in land, which they
    worked and mined by themselves.
  3. They created a highly structured society based on
    class.
  4. They worked closely with Native Americans,
    learning from them how to grow plants native to
    their colonies.

8
ANSWER
  • C. They created a highly structured society based
    on class.

9
France became interested in colonizing North
America because of
  1. the riches to be made in the fur trade.
  2. the discovery of gold along the St. Lawrence
    River.
  3. Spains colonizing efforts in Florida.
  4. Englands establishment of colonies along the
    Atlantic coast.

10
ANSWER
  • A. the riches to be made in the fur trade.

11
The House of Burgesses was
  1. the building in which the Virginia government
    met.
  2. the governors building in Jamestown.
  3. the general assembly of the representatives in
    the Virginia colony.
  4. another name for the Virginia Company.

12
ANSWER
  • C. the general assembly of the representatives in
    the Virginia colony.

13
Roger Williams and the leaders of the
Massachusetts Bay colony disagreed about
  1. the role of women in Puritanism.
  2. who could become a minister.
  3. who could be elected to the General Court.
  4. the kings authority over Native American lands.

14
ANSWER
  • D. the kings authority over Native American
    lands.

15
Which colony was founded as a holy experiment
where complete political and religious freedom
would be allowed?
  1. Pennsylvania
  2. Maryland
  3. Georgia
  4. New York

16
ANSWER
  • A. Pennsylvania

17
The economy of the Middle Colonies was based on
  1. lumbering and shipbuilding.
  2. wheat farming and fishing.
  3. tobacco and indigo cultivation.
  4. wheat farming and trade.

18
ANSWER
  • D. wheat farming and trade.

19
The purpose of these acts was to
  1. Standardize colonial trade duties.
  2. Ensure that colonial trade benefited England.
  3. Help the depressed English shipping industry.
  4. Provide work for English officials in the
    colonies.

YEAR
ACT
Colonial trade was to be carried in English
ships Tightened earlier restrictions certain
items, including tobacco, to be sold only to
England or its colonies Colonial goods sold to
Europe had to pass through English ports first to
be taxed Gave customs officials the power to use
general search warrants Board of Trade created
to oversee colonial economic activity
1651 1660 1663 1696
20
ANSWER
  • B. Ensure that colonial trade benefited England.

21
According to John Lockes social contract theory,
the right of a monarch to rule comes
  1. from Parliament.
  2. through heredity.
  3. from the people.
  4. from God as a divine right.

22
ANSWER
  • C. from the people.

23
The Proclamation of 1763 created tension between
the colonies and Great Britain because Great
Britain
  1. Allowed France to keep New Orleans and the land
    west of the Mississippi River.
  2. Created a reservation for Native Americans in the
    Ohio Valley.
  3. Allowed the French in Quebec to keep their system
    of laws.
  4. Prohibited colonial settlement west of the
    Appalachian Mountains.

24
ANSWER
  • D. Prohibited colonial settlement west of the
    Appalachian Mountains.

25
These are characteristics of a movement in the
colonies known as
  1. The Enlightenment.
  2. The Great Awakening.
  3. Separatism.
  4. Fundamentalism.
  • Individual piety
  • Emotional union with God
  • Questioning of religious authority
  • New religious denominations

26
ANSWER
  • B. The Great Awakening.

27
Congress argued that the Stamp Act of 1765
  1. was an unnecessary measure to regulate trade.
  2. violated the rights of British citizens and
    colonists alike.
  3. was taxation without representation.
  4. would hurt colonial trade with Great Britain.

28
ANSWER
  • C. was taxation without representation.

29
What action by the colonists prompted the British
to pass the Coercive Acts?
  1. The Boston Massacre
  2. The Boston Tea Party
  3. The meeting of the First Continental Congress
  4. The skirmishes at Lexington and Concord

30
ANSWER
  • B. The Boston Tea Party

31
The purpose of the Continental Congress was to
  1. Provide a central government for the colonies
    during the Revolutionary War.
  2. Provide a central government for the new nation.
  3. Provide a way for the colonies to meet and
    discuss actions against British policies.
  4. Help the colonies to shape the public opinion and
    coordinate plans.

32
ANSWER
  • C. Provide a way for the colonies to meet and
    discuss actions against British policies.

33
By acting for the colonies that sent them to
Philadelphia, the delegates of the Second
Continental Congress applied the principle of
  1. Limited government.
  2. Representative democracy.
  3. Federalism
  4. States rights.

34
ANSWER
  • B. Representative democracy.

35
Thomas Jefferson based this section of the
Declaration of Independence on
  1. The writings of Baron Montesquieu.
  2. Thomas Paines pamphlet Common Sense.
  3. The writings of John Locke.
  4. The Magna Carta.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty, and the
pursuit of Happiness.
36
ANSWER
  • C. The writings of John Locke.

37
I was a Patriot in Boston. When the British
decided to seize a military supply depot, I set
out to warn the minutemen at Lexington and
Concord that the British were coming. Who am I?
  1. Sam Adams
  2. Paul Revere
  3. Crispus Attucks
  4. John Adams

38
ANSWER
  • B. Paul Revere

39
The major turning point in the South during the
Revolutionary War was
  1. The Battle of Bunker Hill.
  2. Yorktown.
  3. General Burgoynes surrender at Saratoga.
  4. The Battle of Kings Mountain.

40
ANSWER
  • D. The Battle of Kings Mountain.

41
Which of the following is the BEST title for this
diagram?
Weak central government
Small army
  1. Colonial Advantages
  2. Colonial Disadvantages
  3. British Advantages
  4. British Disadvantages

?
Shortage of supplies
Untrained soldiers
42
ANSWER
  • B. Colonial Disadvantages

43
As the new nation expanded, slavery was
prohibited in the new western territories by
  1. Each new states constitution.
  2. The Land Ordinance of 1785.
  3. The Northwest Ordinance.
  4. The Articles of Confederation.

44
ANSWER
  • B. The Land Ordinance of 1785.

45
Great Britain recognized the United States as a
sovereign nation as a result of the
  1. Treaty of Paris of 1783.
  2. Declaration of Independence.
  3. Articles of Confederation.
  4. Olive Branch Petition.

46
ANSWER
  • A. Treaty of Paris of 1783.

47
As a result of the American Revolution, enslaved
African Americans
  1. Could not be emancipated in the Northern states
    unless a court approved.
  2. Received emancipation in most of the Northern
    states.
  3. Could not be freed by the state legislatures.
  4. Could be returned to Africa.

48
ANSWER
  • C. Could not be freed by the state legislatures.

49
Which of the following BEST describes the role of
the central government in regulating commerce
under the Articles of Confederation?
  1. The central government completely directed all
    aspects of commerce.
  2. The central government directed the states in how
    to set import duties.
  3. The Articles of Confederation gave no power to
    the central government to regulate commerce.
  4. Each state set its own import duties, which were
    then approved by the central government.

50
ANSWER
  • C. The Articles of Confederation gave no power to
    the central government to regulate commerce.

51
The Virginia Plan would have established a
legislative branch that favored
  1. Large states.
  2. Small states.
  3. Neither large nor small states.
  4. Large states for purposed of taxation and smaller
    states for purposed of representation.

52
ANSWER
  • A. Large states.

53
Which idea reflected in Baron Montesquieus
writings was incorporated into the Constitution?
  1. Limited government
  2. Popular sovereignty
  3. Federalism
  4. Separation of powers

54
ANSWER
  • D. Separation of powers

55
Which of the following is an example of a check
on the power of the executive branch?
  1. Congress can impeach and remove judges.
  2. The president can veto legislation.
  3. Congress must ratify treaties negotiated by the
    president.
  4. The president makes appointments to federal
    offices, including judgeships.

56
ANSWER
  • C. Congress must ratify treaties negotiated by
    the president.

57
People who became concerned about the weaknesses
of the Confederation Congress and supported a
stronger central government became known as
  1. Confederates.
  2. Antifederalists.
  3. Nationalists.
  4. Patriots.

58
ANSWER
  • C. Nationalists.

59
Which amendment prevents the federal government
from claiming that the only rights that
individuals have are those listed in the Bill of
Rights?
  1. First Amendment.
  2. Second Amendment.
  3. Ninth Amendment.
  4. Tenth Amendment.

60
ANSWER
  • C. Ninth Amendment.

61
Prohibiting the search of a residence without a
search warrant is the purpose of the
  1. Third Amendment.
  2. Fourth Amendment.
  3. Sixth Amendment.
  4. Seventh Amendment.

62
ANSWER
  • B. Fourth Amendment.

63
The Three-Fifths Compromise related to arguments
over
  • Representation of large states in Congress.
  • How to count women for purposes of
    representation.
  • How to count African Americans for purposes of
    representation.
  • How to count population in determining when a
    territory could become a state.

64
ANSWER
  • C. How to count African Americans for purposes of
    representation.

65
Federalism is built on the principle of
  1. Republicanism.
  2. Limited democracy.
  3. Reserved powers.
  4. Shared powers.

66
ANSWER
  • D. Shared powers.

67
The first political parties in the United States
developed when members of Congress disagreed over
  1. Alexander Hamiltons financial program.
  2. The amendments to be included in the Bill of
    Rights.
  3. The presidents cabinet.
  4. Westward expansion.

68
ANSWER
  • A. Alexander Hamiltons financial program.

69
The election of 1800 showed that
  1. The nation was being torn apart just as George
    Washington had feared.
  2. Power could be transferred peacefully even if
    political parties disagreed.
  3. Only Federalists could win national elections.
  4. The Electoral College did not work and needed to
    be replaced.

70
ANSWER
  • B. Power could be transferred peacefully even if
    political parties disagreed.

71
Although the War of 1812 ended in a deadlock, as
a result of the war the United States won
  1. Territory in the southeast.
  2. Recognition as a sovereign nation from Britain.
  3. European nations respect for standing up to
    Great Britain.
  4. Large reparations for British impressment of U.S.
    sailors.

72
ANSWER
  • C. European nations respect for standing up to
    Great Britain.

73
I began my political career favoring policies
that unified the nation, such as a national bank
and a protective tariff. I ended my career as an
ardent defender of states rights. Who am I?
  1. Henry Clay.
  2. James Monroe.
  3. John C. Calhoun.
  4. Daniel Webster.

74
ANSWER
  • C. John C. Calhoun.

75
The expansion of voting rights between 1824 and
1828 occurred as a result of the
  1. Elimination of poll taxes.
  2. Elimination of property taxes.
  3. Lowering or elimination of property ownership as
    a voting requirement.
  4. Lowering of the voting age.

76
ANSWER
  • C. Lowering or elimination of property ownership
    as a voting requirement.

77
The issue in the Nullification Crisis was whether
  1. The federal government could tax imports.
  2. The federal government could regulate commerce
    with foreign nations.
  3. The president could order the military to enforce
    a law.
  4. A state could declare a federal law invalid.

78
ANSWER
  • D. A state could declare a federal law invalid.

79
The Trail of Tears was the name given to the
  1. Oregon Trail.
  2. Relocation of Native American groups from the
    Southeast to the West.
  3. Removal of the Cherokee from the Southeast to the
    West.
  4. Mormon trek from the Midwest to the Utah
    Territory.

80
ANSWER
  • C. Removal of the Cherokee from the Southeast to
    the West.

81
An early nineteenth-century author who wrote
frontier tales was
  1. James Fennimore Cooper.
  2. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
  3. Edgar Allan Poe.
  4. Ralph Waldo Emerson.

82
ANSWER
  • A. James Fennimore Cooper.

83
The temperance movement worked to...
  1. Reform prisons.
  2. Improve the treatment of the mentally ill.
  3. Prohibit the sale of alcohol.
  4. Provide social services to immigrants.

84
ANSWER
  • C. Prohibit the sale of alcohol.

85
I crusaded to improve education. I began in
Massachusetts, but my influence soon spread
across the country. I established a state board
of education an set up schools to train teachers.
Who am I?
  1. Dorothea Dix.
  2. Lucretia Mott.
  3. Lyman Beecher.
  4. Horace Mann.

86
ANSWER
  • D. Horace Mann.

87
A split in the abolitionist movement occurred as
a result of the demand for immediate emancipation
of slaves by
  1. The American Colonization Society.
  2. William Lloyd Garrison.
  3. The Free Soil Party.
  4. James Monroe.

88
ANSWER
  • B. William Lloyd Garrison.

89
As part of immigration restrictions, in 1830 the
Mexican government prohibited American settlers
from bringing enslaved labor to
  1. Texas.
  2. New Mexico.
  3. California.
  4. Louisiana.

90
ANSWER
  • A. Texas.

91
The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to
  1. End the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
  2. Outlaw the Underground Railroad.
  3. Enforce the decision of Scott v. Sandford.
  4. Make it easier to find and return escaped African
    Americans to their slaveholders.

92
ANSWER
  • D. Make it easier to find and return escaped
    African Americans to their slaveholders.

93
When the Republican Party organized in 1854,
party members agreed to support
  1. The immediate emancipation of enslaved African
    Americans.
  2. Gradual emancipation of enslaved African
    Americans.
  3. A ban on slavery in the territories.
  4. The principle of popular sovereignty in the
    territories.

94
ANSWER
  • C. A ban on slavery in the territories.

95
Fort Sumter became the focus of the conflict
between the North and the South when
  1. President Lincoln announced the fort would be
    resupplied.
  2. Confederate leaders ordered the fort to
    surrender.
  3. Federal forces renounced the Union and handed
    over the fort to the Confederacy.
  4. Confederate forces overran and captured the fort.

96
ANSWER
  • A. President Lincoln announced the fort would be
    resupplied.

97
The Union Army did not accept African American
enlistees until after
  1. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation
    Proclamation.
  2. The confederate victory at Chancellorsville.
  3. The Battle of Antietam.
  4. Passage of the Thirteenth Amendment.

98
ANSWER
  • A. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation
    Proclamation.

99
Which of the following were two major defeats
from which the confederate Army never recovered?
  1. Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
  2. Gettysburg and Fredericksburg.
  3. Fredericksburg and the Second Battle of Bull Run.
  4. Vicksburg and the Second Battle of Bull Run.

100
ANSWER
  • A. Gettysburg and Vicksburg.

101
Lincolns reelection in 1864 was aided by
  1. The Union defeat of the Southern forces at
    Chattanooga.
  2. The issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
  3. Shermans capture of Atlanta.
  4. The end of the war in the West.

102
ANSWER
  • C. Shermans capture of Atlanta.

103
I led Reconstruction efforts in the Senate. I
distrusted the South and thought the federal
government should vigorously enforce the rights
of freed African Americans. Who am I?
  1. Thaddeus Stevens.
  2. Andrew Johnson.
  3. Stephen Douglas.
  4. Edwin Stanton.

104
ANSWER
  • A. Thaddeus Stevens.

105
One purpose of the Freedmens Bureau was to
  1. Redistribute land from former slaveholders to
    freed African Americans.
  2. Register African Americans to vote.
  3. Established state governments in former
    Confederate states.
  4. Help freed African Americans negotiate labor
    contracts with planters.

106
ANSWER
  • D. Help freed African Americans negotiate labor
    contracts with planters.

107
The purpose of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and
Fifteenth Amendments was to
  1. Punish the former Confederate states.
  2. Satisfy abolitionists.
  3. Guarantee certain rights and freedoms for African
    Americans.
  4. Make it easier for Southern states to be
    readmitted to the Union.

108
ANSWER
  • C. Guarantee certain rights and freedoms for
    African Americans.

109
The Fifteenth Amendment
  1. Emancipated African Americans.
  2. Guaranteed African Americans due process under
    the law.
  3. Conferred citizenship to all African Americans.
  4. Granted all male African Americans the right to
    vote.

110
ANSWER
  • D. Granted all male African Americans the right
    to vote.

111
The federal government passed the Homestead Act
in order to encourage
  • A. Construction of a transcontinental railroad.
  • B. The fencing of the open range.
  • C. Settlement of the Great Plains.
  • D. Development of agricultural colleges.

112
ANSWER
  • C. Settlement of the Great Plains.

113
As peoples attitudes about the treatment of
Native American changed, Congress passed the
Dawes Act in 1887. This act reflected the new
policy of
  1. Isolationism.
  2. Assimilation.
  3. Recognition of Native American sovereignty.
  4. Naturalization.

114
ANSWER
  • B. Assimilation.

115
The last Native American attempt to resist
federal authority took place at
  1. Sand Creek.
  2. Medicine Lodge Creek.
  3. Wounded Knee.
  4. The Little Big Horn River.

116
ANSWER
  • C. Wounded Knee.

117
I refused to be relocated to a smaller
reservation in Idaho. Instead I led the Nez
Perce in a flight of almost 1,300 miles before I
had to give up. Who am I?
  1. Chief Joseph.
  2. Little Crow.
  3. Sitting Bull.
  4. Crazy Horse.

118
ANSWER
  • A. Chief Joseph.

119
The United States was able to industrialize
quickly because of
  1. Its lack of labor unions.
  2. Its abundance of natural resources.
  3. Its low tariffs on imports.
  4. The depressed price of agricultural products.

120
ANSWER
  • B. Its abundance of natural resources.

121
The Knights of labor lost support as a result of
  1. The unions refusal to accept African Americans.
  2. The failure of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
  3. The unions call for equal pay for women.
  4. The violence of the Haymarket Riot.

122
ANSWER
  • D. The violence of the Haymarket Riot.

123
Andrew Carnegie believed that those who profited
from society should give back to society by using
their money for social progress. This philosophy
is know as
  1. Social Darwinism.
  2. The Gospel of Wealth.
  3. Individualism.
  4. Single tax theory.

124
ANSWER
  • B. The Gospel of Wealth.

125
The Grange, the Greenback Party, and the Populist
Party were established to benefit
  1. Farmers.
  2. Ranchers.
  3. Bankers.
  4. Factory workers.

126
ANSWER
  • A. Farmers.

127
Although not a Populist Party member, my stands
on issues appealed to Populists. I was a
Democrat and the Alabama Commissioner of
Agriculture. I ran for governor in 1892 but was
defeated by another Democrat. Who am I?
  1. Reuben Kolb.
  2. James B. Weaver.
  3. Thomas G. Jones.
  4. Oliver H. Kelly.

128
ANSWER
  • A. Reuben Kolb.

129
The major issue in the presidential election of
1896 was
  1. immigration.
  2. Antitrust laws.
  3. The gold standard versus the silver standard.
  4. Growing U.S. imperialism.

130
ANSWER
  • C. The gold standard versus the silver standard.

131
Segregation was enforced in the South as a result
of the
  1. Grandfather clause.
  2. End of the Freedmens Bureau.
  3. Passage of Jim Crow laws.
  4. Policy of Manifest Destiny.

132
ANSWER
  • C. Passage of Jim Crow laws.

133
The opening of Japan to trade and the annexation
of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines were
the result of
  1. The Open Door Policy.
  2. Congresss desire to establish protectorates.
  3. Cultural superiority.
  4. Imperialism.

134
ANSWER
  • D. Imperialism.

135
As U.S. secretary of state, I championed the idea
of Pan-Americanism. I wanted American nations to
work out their disputes peacefully. Who am I?
  1. James G. Blaine
  2. Henry Cabot Lodge
  3. Matthew Perry
  4. Alfred T. Mahan

136
ANSWER
  • A. James G. Blaine

137
The Rough Riders fought in the Spanish-American
War in
  1. Puerto Rico.
  2. Cuba.
  3. The Philippines.
  4. Panama.

138
ANSWER
  • B. Cuba.

139
As a result of the Platt Amendment, Cuba
  1. Gained complete independence.
  2. Was annexed by the United States.
  3. Became a protectorate of the United States in all
    but name.
  4. Received commonwealth status.

140
ANSWER
  • C. Became a protectorate of the United States in
    all but name.

141
Ida Tarbell, who published The History of the
Standard Oil Company, was one the progressives
whose focus on big business led to
  1. Passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
  2. Washburn v. Illinois.
  3. Establishment of the American Federation of
    Labor.
  4. The prosecution and breakup of the company.

142
ANSWER
  • A. Passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

143
After the Civil War, the suffrage movement split
over
  1. Whether to give up the fight for the vote or
    continue.
  2. Whether to support passage of the Fourteenth and
    Fifteenth Amendments without the inclusion of
    women.
  3. Whether to work for temperance as well as
    suffrage.
  4. The best strategy to use in order to gain the
    vote.

144
ANSWER
  • B. Whether to support passage of the Fourteenth
    and Fifteenth Amendments without the inclusion of
    women.

145
I was head of the U.S. Forestry Service under
President Theodore Roosevelt. I was a progressive
who believed the role of government was to
regulate private business. I wrote rules
governing how lumber companies could cut timber
in federal forests. Who am I?
  1. J.P. Morgan
  2. Eugene V. Debs
  3. John Muir
  4. Gifford Pinchot

146
ANSWER
  • D. Gifford Pinchot

147
Woodrow Wilsons program of reform was know as
the
  1. New Nationalism.
  2. New Freedom.
  3. Fair Deal.
  4. Square Deal.

148
ANSWER
  • B. New Freedom.

149
The Niagara Movement, which began when
progressives did not address reform issues for
African Americans, led to the formation of
  1. settlement houses.
  2. The Congress of Racial Equality.
  3. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
  4. The National Association for the Advancement of
    Colored People.

150
ANSWER
  • D. The National Association for the Advancement
    of Colored People.

151
The third member of the Triple Entente, along
with Great Britain and Russia, was
  1. France.
  2. Germany.
  3. Austria-Hungary.
  4. the United States.

152
ANSWER
  • A. France

153
Before the United States entered World War I,
U.S. business interests supported Great Britain
rather than Germany because
  1. many U.S. businesspeople were of British
    ancestry.
  2. The British pound relied on the health of the
    U.S. economy.
  3. Many U.S. companies and banks had strong ties to
    businesses in Britain and the other Allied
    countries.
  4. German companies did not do business with U.S.
    companies.

154
ANSWER
  • C. Many U.S. companies and banks had strong ties
    to businesses in Britain and the other Allied
    countries.

155
The Palmer raids occurred as a result of
  1. the rise of organized crime.
  2. The Red Scare.
  3. Prohibition.
  4. The use of strikebreakers during the 1919 strikes.

156
ANSWER
  • B. the Red Scare.

157
Under the provisions of the National Origins Act
of 1924, most immigrants to the United States in
the 1920s came from
  1. northern and western Europe.
  2. Asia.
  3. southern and eastern Europe.
  4. Africa.

158
ANSWER
  • A. northern and western Europe.

159
Racial pride and the flourishing of jazz and
blues are characteristics that describe a
cultural movement during the 1920s known as
  1. romanticism.
  2. Greenwich Village.
  3. realism.
  4. the Harlem Renaissance.

160
ANSWER
  • D. the Harlem Renaissance.

161
As the economy boomed during the 1920s, Americans
changed how they bought and paid for goods as a
result of
  1. an increase in the number of banks.
  2. Installment credit.
  3. the assembly line.
  4. mass production.

162
ANSWER
  • B. Installment credit.

163
The effects of the stock market crash of 1929
were made worse by the
  1. sale of U.S. agricultural products abroad.
  2. passage of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
  3. Federal Reserves raising of interest rates.
  4. continued speculation in the stock market.

164
ANSWER
  • B. passage of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.

165
Franklin D. Roosevelts first act in office was
to
  1. ask Congress to establish the Reconstruction
    Finance Corporation.
  2. Shut down the stock market.
  3. Ask Congress to set up soup kitchens.
  4. Declare a bank holiday.

166
ANSWER
  • D. Declare a bank holiday.

167
Which of the following New Deal programs provided
jobs for Americans?
  1. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  2. National Labor Relations Act
  3. Civil Works Administration
  4. Emergency Banking Relief Act

168
ANSWER
  • C. Civil Works Administration

169
The New Deal era came to an end
  1. when the Supreme Court struck down New Deal
    legislation.
  2. with the recession of 1937.
  3. when World War II began.
  4. when Republicans and Southern Democrats blocked
    additional New Deal legislation in Congress.

170
ANSWER
  • D. when Republicans and Southern Democrats
    blocked additional New Deal legislation in
    Congress.

171
Hitler appealed to many Germans
  1. fear of fascism.
  2. concern over the growing power of right-wing
    political parties.
  3. resentment over the terms of the Treaty of
    Versailles.
  4. hatred of Czechs and Poles.

172
ANSWER
  • C. resentment over the terms of the Treaty of
    Versailles.

173
The turning point for the Allies in the war in
the Pacific was the
  1. Battle of Stalingrad.
  2. Battle of Britain.
  3. Battle of Midway.
  4. Capture of Casablanca.

174
ANSWER
  • C. Battle of Midway.
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