Regents #5

A major effect of the Harlem Renaissance was that it

• exposed corruption in New York City politics

• led to the end of the Great Migration

• increased awareness of African American culture

• inspired the Progressive movement

During the 1920s, members of the Ku Klux Klan were closely associated with

• favoring increased urbanization

• promoting nativist ideas and policies

• expanding educational opportunities for minorities

• opposing the deportation of political dissidents

In the 1930s, the shaded area outlined on the map became known as the

• Rust Belt

• Dust Bowl

• Continental Divide

• Mississippi Delta

In the 1930s, what was a major impact of the events that occurred in the shaded area on the region’s population?

• A large number of people migrated west

• Many people arrived seeking economic opportunity.

• Farm prosperity raised land values

• Major dam building ended annual fl ooding

This cartoonist believes that President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s actions related to the Supreme Court were

• embraced by most of the American public

• necessary to protect the Bill of Rights

• harmful to the system of checks and balances

• needed to navigate safely through the Great Depression

Congressional legislation passed in 1940 to create a military draft was controversial primarily because it

• required ratification by three-fourths of the states

• made women eligible for combat

• overturned President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s veto

• raised fears that the United States would be drawn into war

The Lend-Lease Act was passed by Congress in 1941 primarily to

• assist Great Britain in World War II

• stabilize the international banking system

• maintain the traditional policy of strict neutrality toward Germany

• encourage trade with Japan

As a result of the situation shown on the map, the foreign policy of the United States during the administration of President Harry Truman was dominated by the belief that

• communist expansion in Europe should be contained

• cooperation with the Soviet Union should be increased

• satellite nations of the Soviet Union should not be recognized as legal states

• economic aid was not likely to help nations in Western Europe

One action taken by the United States in response to the situation shown on the map was to

• attack Soviet-controlled territories

• return to a foreign policy of isolationism

• help form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• sign trade agreements with nations taken over by the Soviet Union