US HISTORY-Final Exam Review Part C Semester 1

Which event is credited with starting the Great Depression

• The election of Herbert Hoover as president

• The increased spending of the U.S. government

• the Great Crash of 1929

• The U.S. involvement in World War II

What foreign policy did the U.S. employ in the 1920's whereby we wanted to avoid interaction and war with foreign countries?

• Isolationism
• Expansionism
• Imperialism
• Big Stick Diplomacy

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

• Excessive stock market speculation
• High unemploment
• Increased use of credit
• Overproduction of goods

One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Roosevelt was-

• more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems

• unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs

• able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office

• opposed to any type of government regulation of financial institutions

Henry Ford's most noteworthy contribution to industry is the

• invention of the computer

• invention of buying cars on credit

• innovation of "interchangeable parts."

• perfection of the assembly line process of production

The cartoon seen here was probably drawn by someone who felt that the United States

• should not enter World War I
  
• should join the League of Nations
• was taking advantage of smaller nations
• should not join the League of Nations because it might be pulled into other nations's disputes

When World War I began, the official United States policy was

• to enter on the side of the Allied Powers.

• to enter on the side of the Central Powers.

• to remain militarily and politically neutral.

• to support the Central Powers by providing war materials.

Which of these was a factor in the United States entrance in World War I?

• the invasion of Poland

• Japan's invasion of China

• The Axis threat to the Panama Canal

• German unrestricted submarine warfare

The most popular form of mass entertainment following World War I was

• radio.

• television.

• Broadway shows.

• motion pictures.

Why is the Harlem Renaissance of major importance in American History?

• It brought the African-American experience into the cultural conscious of the country.

• It finally gave much needed jobs to African-Americans during the Great Migration.

• The area of New York was rebuilt after a devastating fire.

• The government finally passed a law banning slavery.