U.S. History Semester Exam Review Part 1

How did President Hoover and President Roosevelt differ on their policies during the Great Depression?

• Hoover believed government should make small loans to banks and businesses to stimulate economy; Roosevelt believed in large government projects
• Hoover believed government should not intervene and Roosevelt thought they should intervene
• Hoover and Roosevelt had no policies during the Great Depression
• Roosevelt believed building up military would help; Hoover thought building up economy would help

Why was civil service reform initiated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

• To combat the stereotypes of immigrants
• Corrupt and inefficient distribution of government jobs by political machines
• Ignorance of voters caused a inequality of minority officials
• Loss of influence from political machines

Which of the following was a main reason for building the Panama Canal?

• Because America wanted to impose its will on the weaker Latin American countries
• To show France how it was supposed to be done 
• To provide a safer and faster route for ships from the Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean
• It was built by Spain to connect their Caribbean territories with their Pacific Ocean ones

The Red Scare was the direct cause for which of the following effects?

• Allowance of more immigrants coming in to the U.S.
• Ratifying the 18th Amendment prohibiting alcohol
• The Great Depression
• Demand for limits on immigration

The Roaring Twenties was best known for. . . 

• installment plans (buying on credit), flapper girls, and Prohibition
• Stock Market Crash, Roosevelt's New Deal, bread lines
• WWI, WWII, and the use of military force to bend the will of other countries
• Dollar Diplomacy, Big Stick Policy, and Wilson's Fourteen Points

Senator Lodge made this statement opposing what?

• Funding the Navy to become the world's most powerful one
• U.S. entry into the Spanish-American War
• Joining the League of Nations after WWI
• Relaxing immigration restrictions

The invention of machines that work more effectively, especially use in agriculture, led to what?

• Made farms smaller in size
• Had fewer goods to export
• Increasing production of goods
• Not depending on railroad as much anymore

The fear of a rapid population growth of the Chinese population in the Northeast United States led to what?

• San Francisco being a hub for Asian immigrants
• Starting immigration quotas on European immigrants
• Welcoming all Asian immigrants to America, not just the Chinese
• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

How did the United States enlarge its military before WWI?

• by passing the Selective Service Act
• establishing the four branches of military
• creating a veteran's affairs agency
• promising everyone free trips around the world if they joined

Due to the public concern raised by Muckrakers who brought to light all the horrible things about the low society of America, the U.S. government took a larger role in. . . 

• working with labor unions to increase salaries
• taking responsibility for the safety of consumers
• making sure companies don't grow too large
• taking care of the rich factory owners so they could take care of their workers