American History Short Cycle #9 Pretest

Between 1919 and 1941, anti-immigrant sentiments had a significant impact on social trends in the United States. Identify the general trends during this time that were related to these anti-immigrant sentiments.

• foreign-born workforce increased

• Nativism became widespread

• Immigration quotas were enacted

• Religious tolerance increased

• Immigrants were targeted by the Ku Klux Klan

What foreign policy did the United States pursue after its involvement in World War I?

• The United States limited its involvement in international affairs.

• The United States led the League of Nations to promote peace.

• The United States paid for the rebuilding of Great Britain and France.

• The United States seized territories from its European rivals to build its empire.

During the 1920's, several movements contributed to social change. Identify the movement that contributed to the following social change:

Enhanced participation in the political process.

• The Great Migration

• Prohibition

• Women's suffrage

During the 1920's, several movements contributed to social change. Identify the movement that contributed to the following social change:

Divided the nation along secularist/fundamentalist lines.

• The Great Migration

• Prohibition

• Women's suffrage

During World War I, Congress passed legislation making the following offense punishable by fines and/or imprisonment: to "wilfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal...or abusive language about the form of government of the United States, or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States..." (Source: Amendment to the Espionage Act of 1917) Which thesis about the rights of U.S. citizens would this legislation help support?

• The exercise of certain rights can be restricted during wartime.

• Publication of materials in support of war is against the law.

• Government can be legally criticized during wartime.

• It is permissible to place limitations on the right to vote during wartime.

Identify the effects brought about by changes in car ownership in the 1920's.

• Passage of the Interstate Highway Act

• Expansion of businesses related to travel

• Massive increase in traffic congestion

• Expanded use of railroads

• growth of suburbs

After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson played a role in shaping the Treaty of Versailles. Despite President Wilson's efforts, the United States Senate refused to ratify the Treaty. Which concern led the U.S. Senate to reject the Treaty of Versailles?

• The treaty would be too forgiving on Germany following its defeat in the war.

• The treaty would allow the League of Nations to develop its own powerful standing army.

• The treaty would force the United States to surrender the territorial gains it made during the war.

• The treaty would draw the United States into foreign entanglements through the League of Nations.

In the late 1800's, the United States began to assert itself politically and militarily beyond North America. For example, the United States took over the independent kingdom of Hawaii and fought a war against Spain in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean. Identify reasons the United States participated in expansionist (imperialist) policies such as these.

• to gain access to raw materials and new markets

• to establish military bases around the world

• to spread the "blessings" of American culture and democracy

• to help the people in these places

• to industrialize conquered areas

Effective historians must employ a thorough understanding of cause and effect. Identify factors that led to the Great Depression.

• the federal government's monetary policy

• stock market speculation

• increasing consumer debt

• sub-prime mortgages

• the cost of Social Security

What was one way in which banks were weakened after the stock market crash?

• Regulations stopped banks from acting responsibly

• Stocks rapidly dropped in 1928

• Banks loaned money to speculators, who made risky gambles

• President Hoover was previously a banker