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Best Of Times, Worst Of Times Review
Test Description: This is the review that will see you through the worst of times.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which statement would a muckraker express and fight for
A
Government will only improve when women are never given fulll suffrage.
B
The government should not get involved in making sure food is safe for consumption.
C
Big businesses should be allowed to do whatever it takes to make more money.
D
Poor immigrants in big cities are living in horrible conditions.
2) Which of the following events best support the 1920's as a decade of nativism?
A
The Scopes “Monkey Trial” and the passage of women’s suffrage.
B
The passage of the immigration quotas and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.
C
The growth of the auto industry and the Teapot Dome Affair.
D
The Washington Naval Conference and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
3) What term supports this quote: “The business of America is business. Let businesses be.”
A
higher taxes
B
democratic socialism
C
laissez-faire
D
banking regulation
4) In the United States, which of the following characterized the decade of the 1920s?
A
A willingness to encourage immigration to the United States
B
An increase in consumer borrowing and spending
C
A set of major reforms in national labor legislation
D
The active involvement of the United States in European affairs
5) What has been the impact of authors such as, Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, or Ida Tarbell on American History?
A
American business has corrected poor conditions quickly
B
These works have had significant influence on social, political, and economic reforms
C
Most Americans have developed a preference for escapist and romance literature
D
Most American authors have adopted a conservative viewpoint
6) What famous trial involves hypothetical monkeys?
A
Tennessee vs. John Scopes
B
Scottsboro Boys Trial
C
Illinois vs. Leopold and Loeb
D
Sacco and Vanzetti vs. Massachusetts
7) Which of the following is not a way that the views on women changed during the 1920s
A
Women could vote in elections
B
Women could perform the work of men
C
Women could wear more revealing clothing as a way to rebel
D
Women could serve in the military
8) Which idea did President Hoover belief was the best way to solve the Great Depression?
A
Creating government job programs for the unemployed
B
requiring business to pay a minimum wage to workers
C
relying mostly on private businesses and individual effort to improve economic conditions
D
nationalizing major industries
9) Which of the following statements is true about the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
A
Roosevelt was more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
B
Roosevelt was unable to win congressional support for his economic programs
C
Roosevelt was able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office
D
Roosevelt was unwilling to allow government agencies to establish job programs
10) What has been a lasting result of the New Deal in the United States?
A
The control of stock prices by the national government
B
The reduction of the national debt
C
The joint effort of business and labor to strengthen the Presidency
D
The assumption by the national government of greater responsibility for the nation's well-being
11) Why did the Stock Market crash in 1929?
A
Over speculation
B
Buying on Credit
C
The US government used a hands-off approach in American business
D
Rock and roll music became popular
12) In the 1930s, the enactment of New Deal programs demonstrated which of the following?
A
The United States Constitution is not relevant to 20th Century life
B
Corporations were best left to operate without government interference
C
State governments should give up control over commerce inside their states
D
The federal government must concern itself with the people's economic well-being
13) What was the purpose of legislative acts such as, The US Forest Service, Meat Inspection Act, or Department of Labor being establish?
A
to promote the general well being of the American public
B
To advance the growth of big business
C
To improve conditions for recent immigrants to the United States
D
To protect the nation's natural resources
14) Headlines such as, Pubic Ignores Prohibition Restriction, Evolution and Creation Debated in Scopes Trial, and Women Bring Change to the Industrial Workforce, demonstrate what?
A
A trend towards mass consumption of consumer goods
B
A debate over the role of government in the economy
C
A conflict between traditional and modern values
D
A hostility of certain groups toward ethnic minorities
15) What is most likely the cause of the election results of 1932? (Roosevelt won by landslide)
A
Franklin Roosevelt had more business experience than Herbert Hoover
B
It is difficult to defeat a currently serving president
C
The Republican Party's popularity had been declining for several elections
D
Most voters blamed President Hoover for the Great Depression
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