CPUSH EOC Standard 4 Review

Multiple Choice

The goal of the Open Door Policy was to

• allow all immigrants to enter the United States, regardless of their country of orgin

• trade with Britain before WWII, despite the desire for neutrality

• protect United States trade in China

• prevent railroads from securing a monopoly

Multiple Choice

How did the Spanish-American War change U.S. foreign policy?

• The U.S. began imperializing outside of its borders

• It led to greater trade in Asian nations such as China

• The war ushered in decade of neutrality in the Western Hemisphere

• Yellow journalism led to foreign alliances

Multiple Choice

President Theodore Roosevelt’s “Big Stick Diplomacy” is associated with the

• exercise of international police power by the United States.

• withdrawal of the United States from international organizations.

• loaning of military technology to United States allies.

• use of economic sanctions against enemies of the United States.

Multiple Choice

The Zimmerman Telegram of 1917

• was sent by the United States Secretary of War to Great Britain asking for a firm alliance

• offered an end to unrestricted German submarine warfare

• was an attempt by Germany to form a Mexican-German alliance

• illustrated the need for America to remain neutral during the war

Multiple Choice

Laws passed by Congress that made it illegal to criticize the war. Those who participated in anti-war activities faced fines and prison.

• War Bonds

• Propaganda

• Mobilize

• Espionage and Sedition Acts

Multiple Choice

The United States did not join the League of Nations or ratify the Treaty of Versailles because

• they refused to keep Germany divided after WWI

• there were reservations to the idea of making firm alliances with foreign nations

• the United States did not want to donate troops to the League of Nations army

• France and Germany had not signed the treaty

Multiple Choice

The change in consumer behavior following World War I was that consumers

• became more willing to buy on credit.

• became more likely to save money.

• paid less attention to advertising.

• had less access to household goods.

Multiple Choice

Why did large numbers of African Americans migrate to the North in the early twentieth century?

• Northern states offered them free farmland.

• Labor unions in the North recruited them as members.

• Southern Jim Crow laws restricted their job opportunities.

• New laws forced them to leave the South or pay heavy fines

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Palmer Raids?

• to find and deport illegal immigrants

• to break the power of the Ku Klux Klan

• to identify and punish suspected communists

• to undermine the Civil Rights movement

Multiple Choice

At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between

• religion and science

• biology and science

• evolution and science

• education and science

Multiple Choice

The growth of communism in the United States during the early 1900s directly led

to

• a reform of labor laws

• a restriction of immigration

• an extreme decline in nationalism

• an increased public support of unions

Multiple Choice

The stock market crash weakened the nation’s banks because

• banks had invested their deposits in the stock market.

• investors no longer had money to deposit in banks.

• banks depended on their stock for operating funds.

• investors could no longer afford to take out loans from banks.

Multiple Choice

Why did people in the Great Depression call their temporary settlement communities “Hoovervilles”?

• President Hoover was very popular during the depression.

• They blamed President Hoover for the depression.

• They wanted to remember President Hoover.

• President Hoover grew up in similar housing.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a way in which Franklin Roosevelt raised the morale of the American people?

• closing down all Hoovervilles

• frequently addressing citizens through new media

• attempting to appoint more justices to the Supreme Court

• giving WWI veterans a stipend

Multiple Choice

Which was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?

• “Rugged individualism” will end social inequality

• Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate

• Antitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise system

• State governments should have more power over the economy than the national government

Multiple Choice

What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address?

• Excessive stock market speculation

• High unemploment

• Increased use of credit

• Overproduction of goods

Multiple Choice

A lasting legacy of FDR’s New Deal is that more people believe

• Free market economies are best without government interference.

• The government is responsible intervening in the economy.

• Long depressions and recessions are natural and should be expected.

• Wars are the only way to improve the economy.

Multiple Choice

Franklin Roosevelt's "court-packing plan" was a serious mistake because-

• Many Americans opposed the idea of forced retirement

• The angry judges reacted by striking down much of the New Deal legislation

• It appeared to interfere with the Constitution's separation of powers

Multiple Choice

Policy adopted by the United States in 1939 to preserve neutrality while aiding the Allies. Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in full and transported them.

• Lend Lease Act

• Atlantic Charter

• Neutrality Act

• Cash and Carry

Multiple Choice

A law passed in 1941 that allowed the US to ship arms and other supplies without immediate payment to nations fighting the Axis powers.

• Cash and Carry

• Lend Lease Act

• Neutrality Acts

• Atlantic Charter

Multiple Choice

What did Executive Order 9066 do?

• Suggested that all Japanese Americans stay in their homes until the war was over.

• Require that Japanese Americans fight during WWll.

• Removed Japanese Americans from their homes and schools and relocated them to Interment Camps.

Multiple Choice

Which was a cause of President Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan?

• There were not enough soldiers to fight on the ground.

• The United States had run out of regular bombs.

• Using the atomic bomb would save the lives of American soldiers.

• The Japanese were making their own nuclear weapons.

Multiple Choice

How did the formation of the United Nations resemble the formation of the League of Nations?

• It was created to prevent the spread of communism.

• It was set up to promote international efforts to stop war.

• It was intended to prevent another global Great Depression.

• It was boycotted by both the United States and the Soviet Union.