January 2024 United States History And Government Regents Questions 11-28 Question Preview (ID: 62954)

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The main goal of the women’s rights movement in the early 20th century was to achieve

a) political equality

b) equal pay for equal work

c) improvements in living conditions

d) better job opportunities

Which statement best represents a reason why this protest was considered controversial?

a) The Senate had already repealed the Prohibition amendment.

b) The country was dealing with public outrage over government corruption.

c) President Wilson did not include women’s demands in his Fourteen Points.

d) Suffragists were picketing while German submarines were attacking American ships.

What concept is best illustrated in this 1924 poem written by Langston Hughes?

a) patriotism

b) nationalism

c) racial pride

d) passive resistance

This poem is an example of the cultural movement known as

a) Transcendentalism

b) Social Darwinism

c) the Lost Generation

d) the Harlem Renaissance

Which policy is most directly related to the point of view expressed in this cartoon?

a) Quotas should be established for immigration.

b) World War I refugees should be given jobs.

c) Tariff rates on imports should be increased.

d) Federal authorities should provide assistance to immigrants.

The policy represented by this cartoon was a response to

a) the country’s demands that the United States follow a more open policy of immigration

b) the belief that the United States needed to become more culturally diverse

c) the growing number of immigrants arriving from Southern and Eastern Europe

d) the demands by leaders of organized labor for more workers

What was one impact of the situation described in this letter?

a) Settlements on the Great Plains were banned.

b) Many families were forced to migrate westward.

c) Taxes on family farms were increased.

d) Limitations were placed on agricultural exports.

Which New Deal action attempted to address the causes of this situation?

a) The Securities and Exchange Commission limited stock speculation.

b) The Civilian Conservation Corps implemented reforestation projects.

c) The Social Security Act provided old age pensions.

d) The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation protected bank savings accounts.

Which later presidential program is most similar to the idea expressed in this passage?

a) President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society in the 1960s

b) President Jimmy Carter’s Camp David Accords in the 1970s

c) President Ronald Reagan’s supply-side fiscal policy in the 1980s

d) President George W. Bush’s War on Terror in the 2000s

What was the major reason President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed the action illustrated in this cartoon?

a) The membership of the Supreme Court required greater social diversity.

b) The Supreme Court had declared some New Deal programs unconstitutional.

c) Current Supreme Court justices were not working hard enough.

d) The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court needed to be expanded.

Which constitutional principle was threatened by President Roosevelt’s action?

a) checks and balances

b) federalism

c) popular sovereignty

d) limited government

By implementing this policy in Europe, the United States hoped to stabilize

a) democratic governments

b) military dictatorships

c) population growth

d) colonialism

Which foreign policy does George Marshall’s proposal most directly support?

a) isolationism

b) containment

c) imperialism

d) disarmament

The issue discussed in this interview resulted from an effort to enforce the Supreme Court decision in

a) Dred Scott v. Sanford

b) Plessy v. Ferguson

c) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

d) Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States

Which action did President Eisenhower take to address the issue raised in this interview?

a) sending federal troops to protect African American students in Arkansas

b) signing the Voting Rights Act passed by Congress

c) forcing the resignation of Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus

d) desegregating all southern schools

What was a major result of the situation portrayed in the cartoon?

a) Political support for an incumbent president increased.

b) The debate over American intervention abroad intensified.

c) The United Nations gained influence over American foreign policy.

d) Expenditures on domestic programs increased.

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s statements are most closely associated with the work of which Progressive Era muckraker?

a) Jane Addams

b) Jacob Riis

c) Upton Sinclair

d) Ida B. Wells

What conclusion can be drawn from President Johnson’s statement?

a) President Johnson favored policies to deregulate industry.

b) American consumption of poultry was declining.

c) The federal government should take ownership of meatpacking plants.

d) President Johnson supported the expansion of consumer protection.

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