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I have a 61 question exam in my history 101 course that I am not prepared for. Can you answer the questions for me??
Question 1
1.
The 1904 Roosevelt Corollary:
Answer
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Was invalidated by the Supreme Court |
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Stated that neighboring countries had to become democracies |
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Was created as a result of the crisis in CUBA |
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Stated that the US had a right to intervene in the affairs of neighboring countries |
1 points
Question 2
1.
When the war (WWI) erupted in Europe in 1914, President Wilson:
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Asked the American public to remain neutral |
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Offered military support to only England |
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Declared that the Triple Alliance must be defeated |
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Sent secret agents to France to spy |
1 points
Question 3
1.
In March 1917, the United States moved closer to entering the Great War after:
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The czarist government in Russia was overthrown in a revolution |
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Russian communists agree to help the British |
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Russia asked the United States to convene peace talks |
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A German offensive successfully captured Moscow and Czar Nicholas |
1 points
Question 4
1.
What event triggered the beginning of World War I in Europe?
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The land conflict between Russia and Serbia |
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The assassination of ARch-duke Franz Ferdinand |
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The treat agreement between Russia and France |
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The secret alliance system |
1 points
Question 5
1.
All of the following were causes that led the US to join the fight in WWI EXCEPT:
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Zimmerman Telegram was discovered |
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Ships, like the Lusitania were sunk by German u-boats |
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A broken treaty with Germany |
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Trade agreements with France and the British increased our concern with the outcome of the war |
1 points
Question 6
1.
Who created the Committee on Public Information and what was its purpose?
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George Creel controlled the propaganda during WWI |
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Teddy Roosevelt returned to politics to create anti-Germany war posters |
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Woodrow Wilson created this committee to support his 1916 campaign |
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John Pershing led this committee to support war bonds in the Midwest |
1 points
Question 7
1.
What was the name of Wilson’s peace plan? What was the plan that ended World War I?
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Paris Peace Plan and the 21 points |
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14 points and the Treaty of Versailles |
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10 points for Peace and the Treaty of Marsailles |
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None of the above |
1 points
Question 8
1.
Who was the leader of the UNITED NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION?
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Jean Toomer |
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Langston Hughes |
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Marcus Garvey |
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W. E. B. Dubois |
1 points
Question 9
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During World War I, the GREAT MIGRATION in the US referred to:
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War refugees from Europe moving to the United States |
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Immigrants from Mexico moving to the East Coast of the US |
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Rural white women moving to the far west |
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Rural southern Blacks moving to the northern industrial cities |
1 points
Question 10
1.
In the 1920s, the FLAPPER lifestyle:
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Had a particular impact on lower middle class and single women |
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Was evidence that women were losing their morality |
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Was evidence that women would no longer desire to marry |
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Was only a clothing fad |
1 points
Question 11
1.
In THE GREAT GATSBY (1925),
F. Scott Fitzgerald
:
Answer
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GLorified wealthy Americans for their hard work in their success |
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Ridiculed the hypocritical beliefs of Southern Baptists |
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Satirized the American political system |
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Criticized the American obsession with material wealth |
1 points
Question 12
1.
Who was the poineer of the American birth control movement?
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Helen Keller |
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Margaret Sanger |
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Dorothea Dix |
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Jane Addams |
1 points
Question 13
1.
All of the following are authors and/or poets from the HARLEM RENAISSANCE–EXCEPT FOR:
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Toni Morrison |
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Zora Neal Hurston |
1 points
Question 14
1.
What do the spread of the KKK, Prohibition, and the Scopes Trial all have in common? HINT: what is going on in the 1920s and how are people reacting?
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Fear of change |
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Fear of immigrants |
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Fear of African Americans |
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All of the above |
1 points
Question 15
1.
The 18th Amendment:
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Made alcohol illegal |
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Was supported mainly by women |
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was violated by thousands of bootleggers |
1 points
Question 16
1.
ALl of the following were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT for:
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Lack of regulation in the banking industry |
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Stock market speculation |
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Lack of housing in the construction market |
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Unpaid debts from the European countries (WWI loans) |
1 points
Question 17
1.
What did Americans (angry at the government) call shanty towns built by the unemployed on the outskirts of cities?
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Shantyvilles |
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Poverty towns |
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Hoover Towns |
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Hoovervilles |
1 points
Question 18
1.
What was the Great Plains region called during the drought of the 1930s?
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Dust Range |
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Iron Range |
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Dust Bowl |
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Dry Range |
1 points
Question 19
1.
What did President Hoover order in response to the Bonus Army protest? What was the consequence of this order?
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Bonus payments to help impoverished people to eat in the Great Depression |
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The Third Cavalry forced protesters to leave causing over 100 injuries |
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Food payments that saved the lives of 100s of army veterans |
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Protesters were given temporary shelter during the winter |
1 points
Question 20
1.
The 1931 Scottsboro court case saw:
Answer
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Black teenagers accused of rape by two white women |
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A Georgia jury convict three white boys of murder |
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Eight of the convicted youths executed for their crime |
1 points
Question 21
1.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) of 1933:
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Sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant |
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Set minimum prices for retailers selling farm products |
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Provided farmers with free seed and fertilizer |
1 points
Question 22
1.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:
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Offered depositors assurance that their funds would be protected |
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Attempted to win back the support of the American public |
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Did not affect the majority of American banks hit by the Depression |
1 points
Question 23
1.
The Works Progress Administration provided federal assistance to :
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Writers and artists |
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Actors |
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Historians |
1 points
Question 24
1.
All of the following statements about the INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT are correct EXCEPT FOR:
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John Collier enforced the act for President Roosevelt |
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The act encouraged American Indians to return to tribal customs |
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The act helped American Indians regain many lands lost to them |
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The Act ended up cutting federal aid to many reservations during the Great Depression |
1 points
Question 25
1.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
was the only US PRESIDENT:
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Elected four times by the American people |
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Elected three times by the American people |
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Who died in office |
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Who led the country in two world wars |
1 points
Question 26
1.
The 21st Amendment repealed what earlier Amendment and ended what?
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Repealed Prohibition (18th Amendment) |
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Repealed voting restrictions (15 Amendment) |
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Repealed the voting age (19th Amendment) |
1 points
Question 27
1.
What program created jobs, electricity for the South and a dam?
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National Industrial Recovery Act |
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Tennessee Valley Authority |
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Federal Emergency Relief Adminstration |
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Civil Works Administration |
1 points
Question 28
1.
What program created jobs for urban, young men so they would work in rural settings building roads, bridges and parks?
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National Industrial Recoverty Act |
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Tennessee Valley AUthority |
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Civilian Conservation Corps |
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
1 points
Question 29
1.
What country invaded Manchuria in 1931 and later expanded throughout Asia?
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China and we started a new pact with japan |
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Japan and we started an oil embargo |
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Russia and we facilitated the Nazi Soviet Pact |
1 points
Question 30
1.
After Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia, England and France promised to assist WHAT COUNTRY if Hitler invaded them next (oh, and of course he did….)
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| France | |
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Belgium |
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Poland |
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Italy |
1 points
Question 31
1.
The
Lend Lease
Act:
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Allowed the United States to essentially give weapons to the British |
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Charged interest on any weapon loaned to the British and French |
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Was rejected by the Senate |
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Saw England call for American bases to be built in their country |
1 points
Question 32
1.
By 1940, NAZI expansion into Europe included the defeat of:
Answer
1 points
Question 33
1.
All of the following statements about PEARL HARBOR are true EXCEPT FOR:
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The state department believed Japan to be a strong ally at the time |
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American aircraft carriers were removed before the attack |
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Japanese suffered few casualties in the attack |
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Americans were shocked that anyone could attack the US |
1 points
Question 34
1.
Unlike the trench warfare of WWI, what was the NAZI’s new STYLE OF WARFARE called?
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Blitzkrieg |
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Munich March |
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Berlin Attack |
| Lend Lease |
1 points
Question 35
1.
All of the following NEW technologies aided our success in WORLD WAR II EXCEPT FOR:
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Aircraft carriers |
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Atomic Bomb |
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Poisonous Gas |
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Aircraft bombing |
1 points
Question 36
1.
The BATTLE OF MIDWAY in 1942:
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Saw the United States suffer great loses |
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Was a stunning defeat of the Japanese navy |
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Was a turning point in the war of the Pacific |
1 points
Question 37
1.
In regards to European Jewish refugees (1939-1945), the United States
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Refused to accept Jewish refugees |
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Agreed to take several thousands of Jewish children |
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Made efforts to help refugees escape the Nazi death camps |
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Was working out a deal with the Russians to help them |
1 points
Question 38
1.
The end of the GREAT DEPRESSION came:
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Right before World War II |
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During the Roosevelt era due to the New Deal programs |
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During World War II due to war time spending |
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Never came; we are still in it |
1 points
Question 39
1.
In 1943, the ZOOT SUIT RIOTS in Los Angeles:
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Resulted from tensions between Black and Mexican American gangs |
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Illustrated the respect that servicemen had for all racial and ethnic groups |
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Led to a city-wide ban on wearing Zoot Suits |
1 points
Question 40
1.
The American public contributed to the war effort by:
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Buying war bonds |
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Recycled matals and rubber (like a kid’s bike!) |
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Used their ration booklets |
1 points
Question 41
1.
What was EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 and what impact did it have on Japanese and Japanese Americans living on the West Coast?
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Ended immigration into the US during WWII to protect the current Japanese residents |
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Sent Japanese Americans to internment camps for “security purposes” |
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Sent Japanese Americans back to Japan for “security purposes” |
1 points
Question 42
1.
In World War II, all of the following are true EXCEPT
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African Americans fought in separate units |
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Japanese Americans fought in separate units |
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Mexican Americans fought in separate units |
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Women did not fight in combat |
1 points
Question 43
1.
What was the MANHATTAN PROJECT?
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Creation of the first aircraft carrier |
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Creation of the Atomic Bomb |
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Creation of nuclear missiles |
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Creation of underwater sonar |
1 points
Question 44
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All of the following statements about the end of World War II are true EXCEPT FOR:
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The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan |
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The Japanese were only bombed after they had created an alliance with the Soviet Union |
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The bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki because the Emperor of Japan refused to surrender without condition |
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The bombs were dropped as a message about American power to the Soviet Union |
1 points
Question 45
1.
Match the correct answer for each of the following terms
Answer
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THE GRAPES OF WRATH Read Answer Items for Question 45 Red Scare Read Answer Items for Question 45 Consumerism in the 1920s Read Answer Items for Question 45 Pershing Read Answer Items for Question 45 Social Security Read Answer Items for Question 45 Dawes Plan Read Answer Items for Question 45 Rosie the Rivoter Read Answer Items for Question 45 Sacco and Vanzetti Read Answer Items for Question 45 African Americans Read Answer Items for Question 45 Normandy Invasion Read Answer Items for Question 45 Bootlegging Read Answer Items for Question 45 Eugene Debs Read Answer Items for Question 45 SEC Read Answer Items for Question 45 Tariffs Raised Read Answer Items for Question 45 Repatriation Read Answer Items for Question 45 |
Answer
a. Term used to describe women working in factories during World War II b. Hoover created this tax on imports and further hurt the US economy c. Illegal smuggling and sale of alcohol during Prohibition d. New Deal program to create restrictions on stock market trade e. General who was sent to find Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution (and he failed) f. The last hired in the 1920s and the first fired during the Great Depression g. New Deal plan for unemployment insurance to create a safety net for the elderly h. Fear of communism in the 1920s; this led the government to attack unions i. Plan to deport Mexicans (and Mexican Americans) during the Great Depression j. Steinbeck’s novel illustrating the struggles of the OKIES during the Great Depression k. Government funds sent to Europe to stablize the post WWI economies of European countries l. Two Italian immigrants suspiciously convicted of murder and executed m. Socialist leader who was sent to prison for making an anti-war speech (during World War I) n. World War II allied invasion into France o. Post-World War I spending boom includes the use of credit |
30 points
Question 46
1.
What are some goals or justifications for imperialism?
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Expansion into Africa for new trade markets and world power |
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Expansion into South America for better relationships with countries |
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Expansion to model powerhouse Russia for money and world power |
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Expand into the Pacific for new trade markets and world power |
1 points
Question 47
1.
Later evidence related to the explosion that sank the USS MAINE suggested that the likely cause was:
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An accident in the engine room |
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A bomb planted by the Spanish |
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A terrorist action |
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Someone’s cigarette in the bomb storage area |
1 points
Question 48
1.
We went to war with Spain for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
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The outcry over the explosion of the USS Maine |
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The support of Cuban nationalists |
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The need to support France over Spain for new trade markets |
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McKinley was embarassed by the de Lome letter |
1 points
Question 49
1.
What did Hay’s Open Door Notes ask for?
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New routes to China |
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Equal access to trade with Japan |
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Equal access to trade with China |
1 points
Question 50
1.
The theory that naval development was the key to world power was developed and promoted by:
Answer
| Teddy Roosevelt |
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Alfred Thayer Mahan |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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Douglass Mac Arthur |
1 points
Question 51
1.
The Filipino Revolt was led by:
Answer
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Emiolio Cruz |
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Penelope Cruz |
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Emiliano Aguinaldo |
| Pancho Villa |
1 points
Question 52
1.
Samuel Clemens was:
Answer
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Famous novelist Mark Twain |
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An anti-imperialist |
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An outspoken critic of the Moro Massacre by the American troops |
2 points
Question 53
1.
Sometimes, though, there is a ghostly rumble among the drums, an asthmatic whisper in the trombones that swings me back into the early twenties when we drank wood alcohol and every day in every way grew better and better….”
Who is the author of this quote (from the
Voices
document)?
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Rose Chernin |
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| F. Scott Fitzgerald | ||
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Nate Cobb |
2 points
Question 54
1.
In Bartolomeo Vanzetti’s document he:
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Described hyow he was unfairly accused of a train robbery |
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Admitted that he had committed several crimes that he was not accused of doing |
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Explained that he had never stolen, killed, or even “spilled blood” of anyone in his life |
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Encouraged anarchists to “seize the moment” and change history |
2 points
Question 55
1.
“Sister got sick
And the Doctor wouldn’t come
Cause we couldn’t pay him
The proper sum…”
Who is the author? (
Voices
document)
Answer
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John Steinbeck |
2 points
Question 56
1.
Mary Licht wrote about the Scottsboro defense. All of the following statements are true about this incident, EXCEPT:
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Eight of the Scottsboro boys were sentenced to death |
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This case illustrated the injustices suffered by African Americans in the “legal” system |
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The boys were accused of armed robbery and the murder of the paymaster |
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The communist party demanded justice for the boys and supported their legal fight |
2 points
Question 57
1.
“For about twenty years after the war, I couldn’t look at any film on World War II…I hated to see how they glorified war.”
Who is the author? (see
Voices
documents)
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Gene Larocque |
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Richard Wright |
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Yuri Kochiyama |
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Paul Fussell |
2 points
Question 58
1.
According to Richard Wright, the conditions in the North for African Americans:
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Include segregation on trains, but not streetcars or housing complexes |
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Offer the opportunity to go to the best schools available |
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Can be described as being surrounded in a “world of things” |
2 points
Question 59
1.
“They took those who were leaders of the community, or Japanese school teachers, or were teaching martial arts, or were Buddhist priests. Those categories which would make them very ‘Japanesesy’ were picked up.”
Who is the author? (see
Voices
documents)
Answer
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Yamaoka Michiko |
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Gene Laroque |
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Pete Seeger |
2 points
Question 60
1.
The author of this Voices document was almost killed by the atomic bomb:
Answer
2 points
Question 61
1.
All of the following were great writers of the 1920s-30s EXCEPT:
Answer
