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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
Big businesses should be allowed to do whatever it takes to make more money.
B
Government will only improve when women are never given fulll suffrage.
C
Poor immigrants in big cities are living in horrible conditions.
D
The government should not get involved in making sure food is safe for consumption.
2) Which of the following events best support the 1920's as a decade of nativism?
A
The passage of the immigration quotas and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.
B
The growth of the auto industry and the Teapot Dome Affair.
C
The Washington Naval Conference and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
D
The Scopes “Monkey Trial” and the passage of women’s suffrage.
3) What term supports this quote: “The business of America is business. Let businesses be.”
A
laissez-faire
B
higher taxes
C
democratic socialism
D
banking regulation
4) In the United States, which of the following characterized the decade of the 1920s?
A
An increase in consumer borrowing and spending
B
A set of major reforms in national labor legislation
C
A willingness to encourage immigration to the United States
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
Most Americans have developed a preference for escapist and romance literature
B
Most American authors have adopted a conservative viewpoint
C
American business has corrected poor conditions quickly
D
These works have had significant influence on social, political, and economic reforms
6) What famous trial involves hypothetical monkeys?
A
Scottsboro Boys Trial
B
Tennessee vs. John Scopes
C
Sacco and Vanzetti vs. Massachusetts
D
Illinois vs. Leopold and Loeb
7) Which of the following is not a way that the views on women changed during the 1920s
A
Women could wear more revealing clothing as a way to rebel
B
Women could vote in elections
C
Women could perform the work of men
D
Women could serve in the military
8) Which idea did President Hoover belief was the best way to solve the Great Depression?
A
requiring business to pay a minimum wage to workers
B
Creating government job programs for the unemployed
C
nationalizing major industries
D
relying mostly on private businesses and individual effort to improve economic conditions
9) Which of the following statements is true about the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
A
Roosevelt was unable to win congressional support for his economic programs
B
Roosevelt was able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office
C
Roosevelt was unwilling to allow government agencies to establish job programs
D
Roosevelt was more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
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 joint effort of business and labor to strengthen the Presidency
C
The assumption by the national government of greater responsibility for the nation's well-being
D
The reduction of the national debt
11) Why did the Stock Market crash in 1929?
A
Over speculation
B
The US government used a hands-off approach in American business
C
Rock and roll music became popular
D
Buying on Credit
12) In the 1930s, the enactment of New Deal programs demonstrated which of the following?
A
The federal government must concern itself with the people's economic well-being
B
Corporations were best left to operate without government interference
C
State governments should give up control over commerce inside their states
D
The United States Constitution is not relevant to 20th Century life
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 advance the growth of big business
B
to promote the general well being of the American public
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 debate over the role of government in the economy
B
A trend towards mass consumption of consumer goods
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
Most voters blamed President Hoover for the Great Depression
D
The Republican Party's popularity had been declining for several elections
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