2024 American Studies Final Exam Review

What is the point of view of the Prohibition Era poster above?

• In favor of Prohibition, because alcohol has led to job loss in the US

• Opposed to Prohibition, because alcohol has generated tax revenue for the government

• In favor of Prohibition, because alcohol has caused issues for America families

• Opposed to Prohibition, because alcohol has been limited to only brewers

What would a study of the "flappers" during the 1920s in the US indicate?

• Some women rejected traditional restrictions

• Many women were elected to political office

• Women were confined to traditional gender roles

• The earning power of women equaled that of men

The changing image of American women during the 1920's was symbolized by what?

• Passage of an amendment granting women the right to vote

• Drafting women into the military

• Most women supporting the Communist Party in America

• College educated women surpassing the number of male college graduates for the first time

Which of the following events is depicted by the photo above?

• The Great Migration

• The Harlem Renaissance

• The Jazz Age

• Prohibition Era

The Great Migration was mainly a result of which of the following?

• The desegregation of the US military

• Martin Luther King and other civil rights activists

• Availability of factory jobs in the North due to WWI

• The Great Depression

Based on your knowledge of the Presidents during the Great Depression, which would have made the following statement? "I believe in a limited role for government and worry that excessive federal intervention poses a threat to capitalism and individualism. I feel that assistance should be handled on a local, voluntary basis."

• Herbert Hoover

• FDR

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

Based on your knowledge of the Presidents during the Great Depression, which would have made the following statement?(CS#19)"I will propose to Congress a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform to our economic system"

• Herbert Hoover

• FDR

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

After the election of 1932, a friend told FDR that if he succeeded, he'd go down in history as the greatest US President. FDR replied, "Yet if I fail, I may be the last one

• The U.S. Constitution limited him to only two terms.

• Great Depression threatened the people's faith in democracy.

• US military was considering a takeover of the federal government.

• American people were opposed to any changes in the role of government.

The New Deal changed forever the role of government in the economy. Select the two from the options below that were true of the New Deal(CS#19)

• Despite rising unemployment, the federal government's role is not to aid the people who are unemployed

• The federal government bears the responsibility for protecting the economy.

• It is solely the responsibility of the private organizations and charities to provide help to people who are homeless and unemployed.

• The government's role is to increase its power in the social and economic life of American citizens.

• The federal government resumed the Laissez-Faire economic policy of a "hands off" approach to the US economy

The image below is a monument to what reality of the Great Depression? (CS#19)

• The CCC New Deal program

• The TVA New Deal program

• Breadlines

• "Hoovervilles"