APUSH Period 7 Test

What is the most likely reason that Truman dropped the atomic bombs?

• The Japanese started the war, so the U.S. would end it

• To prevent additional loss of life that might accompany a prolonged war

• It would be cheaper than a land war in Japan

• To promote American business interests

What was one of the reasons for the worsening conditions for African Americans in the south?

• influence of Communist agitators

• dust storms made it impossible to farm

• widespread racist violence, such as lynchings

• return of industrial workers to the south

One significant effect of the move to northern cities such as Chicago was

• the breakdown of African American families

• the outbreak of race riots as white immigrants viewed blacks as competitors for jobs

• decreased educational opportunities for African Americans

• the return of the majority of black families to the South after the North failed to meet expectations

How did the U.S. acquire the Philippines and Guam?

• They were acquired through a joint resolution of Congress.

• The indigenous residents of the islands petitioned for annexation.

• They were ceded by Spain after the War of 1898.

• They were acquired after a U.S.-engineered coup deposed the Filipino monarch.

Which of the following was a contributing factor to U.S expansion in the Pacific?

• the belief that Americans had much to learn from the indigenous cultures of the Pacific islands

• the idea that the U.S. had an obligation to increase the material standard of living in undeveloped areas

• the goal to subjugate all of Asia and establish a U.S.-controlled global empire

• the idea that the U.S. had a mission to foster democracy and Protestant Christian civilization

Alfred Thayer Mahan suggested that the key to U.S. prosperity is

• to rectify problems at home before venturing abroad..

• to interfere with the internal affairs of other countries.

• to engage in international warfare.

• to seek overseas markets for its domestic products

Which of the following was a direct effect of American expansion into the Pacific?

• the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act and an increase in anti-Asian prejudice

• the conflict with Russia over the purchase of Alaska

• the acquisition of territories—not future states—with inhabitants who were not U.S. citizens, but “subjects”

• the initiation of “yellow journalism” and the rise of mass-circulation newspapers

Which of the following groups contributed most directly to exposing economic, social, and political evils in the Progressive era?

• activist policemen

• populist farmers

• muckraking journalists

• immigrant anarchists

President Wilson ended the policy of U.S. neutrality in response to which of the following?

• Germany’s policy of unrestricted submarine and air warfare

• the fear of an immediate attack on the U.S. by Mexico

• Germany’s policy of unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann telegram

• distrust of the activities of German Americans within the United States

Which of the following did Woodrow Wilson propose after World War I in order to establish a lasting peace?

• the UN

• the League of Nations

• NATO

• Alliance for Progress