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Which of the following best represented conservative opposition to FDR’s New Deal programs?
a) US Supreme Court
b) Father Charles Coughlin
c) Huey Long
d) US Senate

During the 1930s, the New Deal demonstrated the willingness of the United States government to
a) strictly follow the practices of laissez-faire economics.
b) avoid any economic practices that could be labeled as socialistic.
c) provide military aid to European nations fighting against fascism.
d) become more involved in the direction of the United States' economy.

What impact did US governmental policies have on business and industry during the late 1800’s?
a) The US government regulated industry for the public good
b) The US government had little or no influence on business and industry
c) The US government tried to limit and regulate industrial and business growth
d) The US government tried to control public and private utilities and transportation

Who was NOT a member of the Central Powers during World War I?
a) Germany
b) Serbia
c) Ottoman Empire
d) Austria-Hungary

Which statement BEST describes the position of American Christian missionaries on the country's imperialism in the late-19th and early-20th centuries?
a) Imperialism should be banned because of the way natives were treated.
b) Imperialism should be banned because it is against the word of God.
c) Imperialism is good because it gives the natives a chance to be converted.
d) Imperialism is good because it gives the natives a chance to get a good job.

A major cause of the economic depression of 1929 was
a) government programs designed to reduce agricultural production.
b) decline in consumer purchasing power.
c) a return to the gold standard.
d) increased number of public works projects.

How did corporations become stronger during the Gilded Age?
a) Many corporations began to invest their money in charitable organizations.
b) Many corporations stayed independent and invested all of their earned money back into themselves.
c) Many corporations teamed up with other corporations to create monopolies, which often controlled the industry.
d) Many corporations began to ignore US politics, and look for foreign intervention.

The Bessemer Process was an innovation in the production of cheaper, stronger
a) houses
b) iron
c) mines
d) steel

Cattle ranching and mining were instrumental in the nineteenth century in getting more people to settle
a) the American West
b) the American South
c) the American northeast
d) the American northwest

Following the stock market crash in 1929, President Hoover was criticized for
a) declaring a bank holiday and ordering banks to close.
b) waiting for the economy to come out of the Depression
c) starting many new programs without Congress' approval.
d) his insistence on increasing spending on the military.

During World War I, many American women helped gain support for the suffrage movement by
a) protesting against the war.
b) joining the military service.
c) working in wartime industries.
d) lobbying for child-care facilities.

Yellow Journalism during the late 19th century was marked by
a) a decrease in readership.
b) a decline of the popularity of radio.
c) over-reliance on facts and evidence.
d) sensational headlines and questionable facts.

Al Jolson's movie The Jazz Singer was important culturally because
a) it was the first movie widely distributed across the country.
b) it portrayed the plight of urban society in the most realistic way ever seen.
c) sound was introduced to film for the first time.
d) it was the first American motion picture shot entirely in color.

Which of these best describes the term flapper in U.S. history?
a) women who wore the new bathing suits to American beaches; referencing how the suits flapped in the wind.
b) women who campaigned for the abolition of slavery
c) women who worked in factories during World War II
d) women of the 1920s who listened to jazz, wore short hair and skirts, and challenged standards of behavior for women

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle impacted the passage of the
a) Twentieth Amendment
b) Eighteenth Amendment
c) Nineteenth Amendment
d) Meat Inspection Act of 1906

As one of the New Deal programs, the F.D.I.C. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) was credited with restarting people's faith in
a) banks
b) education
c) industry
d) military

A policy that tries to avoid foreign alliances and involvement is called
a) imperialism
b) isolationism
c) nationalism
d) restrictionism

What is a monopoly?
a) US government regulations that allow for fair business practices and regulation
b) A socialist factory system
c) Exclusive control of a product or service by one company.
d) Cooperation between companies through competition

During Roosevelt's New Deal, the S.E.C. was created. The purpose of this agency was to
a) employ workers in public work projects.
b) insure bank deposits in the United States.
c) provide retirement income for U.S. workers and payments to disabled Americans.
d) regulate the sale of stocks and oversee the disclosure of information on stocks being sold.

This work-place disaster in 1911 helped to bring about better safety laws in factories and was the inspiration in the forming of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union.
a) Pullman Strike
b) Haymarket Riot
c) Winecroft Fire
d) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

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