Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Robert La Follette

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Robert La Follette was a prominent Ameri...

Question 2

President Hoover supported the following antidepression measures

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A)   federal government loans to banks, corporations, and local governments.
B)   the Muscle Shoals Bill.
C)   the public dole system then being used in Britain.
D)   federally financed public works projects.
E)   employment of young people in conservation projects.F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 3

As a result of America's insistence that its Allies' war debts be repaid in full,the

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A)   French and British demanded enormous reparations payments from Germany.
B)   German mark was ruined by drastic inflation.
C)   Allies borrowed money from Switzerland to repay the loans.
D)   Allies imposed enormously high new taxes on their citizens.
E)   Allies demanded that the United States lower its tariffs.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 4

In what ways did Herbert Hoover combine the values and beliefs of an older,nineteenth-century America with the experience and outlook of the modern corporate economy?

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Herbert Hoover combined the values and b...

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-McNary-Haugen Bill

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The McNary-Haugen Bill was a piece of pr...

Question 6

The major political scandal of Harding's administration resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of his secretary of

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A)   the treasury.
B)   state.
C)   the navy.
D)   commerce.
E)   the interior.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 7

Warren G.Harding's weaknesses as president included all of the following except a(n)

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A)   lack of political experience.
B)   mediocre mind.
C)   inability to detect moral weaknesses in his associates.
D)   unwillingness to hurt people's feelings by saying no.
E)   administrative weakness.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Teapot Dome

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The Teapot Dome scandal was a significan...

Question 9

The great event that essentially crippled organized labor throughout the 1920s was

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A)   the Supreme Court's ruling against the union closed shop in the Adkins case.
B)   the deportation of the most effective labor organizers to the Communist Soviet Union.
C)   the split within the American labor movement between the American Federation of Labor and the Socialists.
D)   the federal government's antilabor intervention that broke the 1919 steel strike.
E)   repeal of the Clayton Act guaranteeing unions the right to organize.F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

Explain how American tariff policy and policy on war debts and reparations contributed to deepening the Great Depression,even if they did not cause it.Why were Americans so generally indifferent to the effects of their policies on Europe during these years?

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The American tariff policy, particularly...

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles R.Forbes

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Charles R. Forbes was the first director...

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Reconstruction Finance Corporation

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The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (...

Question 13

Hoover was criticized for his handling of the Great Depression,but some historians consider this unfair for all of the following reasons except

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A)   his measures probably prevented a more serious collapse than the one that occurred.
B)   his expenditures for relief were revolutionary in that day.
C)   his government programs paved the way for the massive spending programs of the New Deal.
D)   his handling of the crisis proved that old notions and programs would no longer work in a major crisis.
E)   his policies enabled local and state governments to act more efficiently to help people in need.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Dawes Plan

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The Dawes Plan was an economic plan firs...

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Albert B.Fall

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Albert B. Fall was a U.S. Senator from N...

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-American Legion

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The American Legion is a U.S. war vetera...

Question 17

After the initial shock of the Harding scandals,many Americans reacted by

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A)   demanding that all those involved be sent to prison.
B)   excusing some of the wrongdoers on the grounds that "they had gotten away with it."
C)   demanding the impeachment of the president.
D)   suggesting that Harding resign the presidency so that Calvin Coolidge could take control.
E)   calling for a thorough Congressional investigation.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 18

In the years 1900-1920 progressivism enjoyed widespread support among the American public.Why were progressives of the 1920s,including La Follette's Progressive party,so ineffective and uninfluential? What happened to the once-powerful progressives and their ideals?

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The progressives of the 1920s, including...

Question 19

America's major foreign-policy problem in the 1920s was addressed by the Dawes Plan,which

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A)   ended the big-stick policy of armed intervention in Central America and the Caribbean.
B)   established a ratio of allowable naval strength between the United States, Britain, and Japan.
C)   condemned the Japanese aggression against Manchuria.
D)   aimed to prevent German re-armament.
E)   provided a solution to the tangle of war-debt and war-reparations payments.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Henry L.Stimson

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Henry L. Stimson was an American statesm...

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -McNary-Haugen Bill

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