Foreign Policy and Characteristics Quiz

● Europeans seek industrial jobs in the United States.

● World War I begins.

● Nativism resurges in the United States.

What was one way the U.S. government responded to this combination of events?

• Made labor unions illegal

• Passed immigration restrictions

• Implemented a military draft

• Established a federal income tax

The author of the quote would most likely support the extension of which of the following laws?

• Dawes Act

• Social Security Act of 1935

• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

• National Industrial Recovery Act

The Open Door policy was implemented as a result of attempts by foreign nations to restrict trade with —

• Japan

• India

• Korea

• China

The purpose of the Open Door policy proposed by the United States in 1899 was to —

• protect U.S. interests by establishing equal trading rights in China

• established a trade embargo against Japan until the Japanese withdraw from Korea

• form a military alliance with countries opposed to Russian expansion

• encourage Asian nations to form an economic coalition

Which legislative action was intended to preserve jobs for Americans living on the west coast?

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Pendleton Act of 1883

President Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy was intended to —

• raise the standard of living in Latin America

• protect U.S. businesses from foreign takeovers

• raise funds needed for building the Panama Canal

• encourage U.S. investment in Latin American businesses

The United States adopted the Open Door policy primarily to —

• spread democracy in Asia

• secure trade opportunities in China

• promote immigration to U.S. territories

• negotiate free trade concessions from Britain

How did the passage of immigration quotas at the beginning of the 1920s affect the economy?

• Mechanization in factories increased

• Tariffs on imported goods were raised

• Taxes increased in order to cover war debts

• Job opportunities for native born Americans improved

Which event would result in a decrease in cheap labor after 1921?

• The beginning of the Red Scare

• The end of the First World War

• The onset of economic recession

• The adoption of immigration quotas

● African Americans migrated from the rural South to the urban North

● Literacy rates among African Americans increased

● National organizations dedicated to African American civil rights were created

The developments on this list contributed to what development of the 1920s and1930s?

• African American painters of the Hudson River School focused on the beauty of nature.

• African American architects created the Neoclassical style based on Roman and Greek models.

• African American artists and writers celebrated their culture in a movement called the Harlem Renaissance.

• African American musicians developed rock and roll music based on African rhythms and beats.