EOC Practice Questions Unit 7

Which occurred as a result of the Espionage Act?

• Immigrants were interned in forced labor camps.

• Arthur Zimmerman was convicted of sedition and deported to Germany.

• Socialist leader Eugene Debs was arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison.

• Americans began spying on their neighbors and reporting on who was disloyal to the United States

The following picture depicts New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watching agents pour liquor into a sewer following a raid.

Which amendment to the Constitution contributed MOST directly to the event depicted in the image?

• Sixteenth Amendment

• Seventeenth Amendment

• Eighteenth Amendment

• Nineteenth Amendment

How did the increase in advertising after World War I MOST affect consumer spending trends?

• It contributed to the rise of chain stores.

• It contributed to the development of brand loyalty.

• It convinced people to spend more money closer to home.

• It convinced people that they needed the things they wanted.

"The country is ready for the five-day week. It is bound to come through all industry. Without it, the country will not be able to absorb its production and stay prosperous. The industry of this country could not long exist if factories generally went back to the ten-hour day...Just as the eight-hour day opened our way to prosperity in America, so the five-day week will open our way to still greater prosperity” Henry Ford

What does Ford’s quote imply about the connection between increased production efficiency and the rise of consumerism in America after World War I?

• Employees are more productive when they know they have less time within which to work.

• Shorter days and weeks allow producers to pay employees less money and so make greater profits.

• People need enough rest to operate the complex machinery which came with industrialization and mass production.

• Industry depends on people having a certain amount of leisure time in which to use the products they have bought

How did the invention of radio and movies MOST contribute to decreasing the role of regionalism in the United States?

• They reduced the importance of local newspapers to regional communities.

• They displayed the same fashions, styles, and products to people across the country.

• They commercially advertised the same products to consumers across the United States.

• They created more interest in the presidency and the national government than in local politics.

Which of the following explains why jazz music gained popularity in the United States in the 1920s?

• American soldiers who fought in France during World War I learned about jazz from European musicians.

• African American musicians from the South migrated to northern cities where more people could hear their music.

• New industrial techniques made possible the mass production of the special musical instruments needed to play jazz.

• Mass immigration from southern and eastern Europe brought new cultural forms, including jazz music, to the United States.

What statement BEST describes the Harlem Renaissance?

• Women challenged traditional norms in dress, attitudes, and behavior.

• African American artists produced notable works in literature and music.

• Advertisers marketed new products leading to growing commercial culture.

• Artists fashioned their works out of modern materials like glass and plastic.

When World War I began, the United States declared that it intended to remain neutral during the conflict.

Which explains a factor that threatened this policy of neutrality?

• The British Royal Navy placed a blockade on European ports and attacked American ships that entered its waters to conduct trade.

• The United States was in a recession and many American businesses were eager to trade with nations which refused trade with a neutral nation.

• The citizens of the United States strongly preferred the cause of the Allies over the cause of the German imperial forces, and this rapidly became clear to the Germans.

• The German government perceived the imbalance between how much the United States traded with the Allies and how much the United States traded with them as a violation of neutrality.

How did the sinking of the Lusitania affect the United States policy of neutrality in the years leading up to World War I?

• The United States immediately ended its policy of neutrality and declared war on Germany.

• The loss of American lives made it clear that neutrality was becoming increasingly impractical.

• The American public saw it as a sign that the United States should stay out of Europe’s conflict.

• It angered the United States government but there were not enough Americans on board for the public to take interest.

Which statement BEST explains how fears of communism and socialism in the United States led to immigration restriction? A. B. C. D. After the Bolshevik Revolution (1917) in Russia, many immigrants from eastern Europe became targets of political suspicions.

• Widespread fears of foreign cultures and radicalism had strong political and popular support and led to restrictions on immigration.

• Domestic intolerance, especially toward native-born and foreign-born radicals, unleashed during World War I continued after the war.

• Many native-born Americans, afraid of radical ideas many immigrants may have had, supported restrictive immigration laws.