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Q.1)	Most urban working opposed the actions of the progressives against the party machines because...

A.	the machines were a source of jobs and services.

B.	the bosses tended to be of the same nationality as the progressives.

C.	they felt that the progressives were meddling, middle-class snobs who did not understand their lives.

D.	they had been threatened with violence by the bosses if they supported the progressives.

Q.2)	American involvement in World War I brought about which of the following social and economic changes in the United States?

A.	Extensive black migration to the North.

B.	Decline of trade unions.

C.	A loosening of controls on freedom of speech.

D.	Reduction of the number of women in the workplace.

E.	A strengthening of anti-trust laws.

Q.3)	What do those who question whether United States foreign policy between the years of 1914 to 1916 was truly neutral point to?

A.	The sinking of unarmed ships by German submarines.

B.	The president's prejudices on racial issues.

C.	Increased U. S. trade with Britain and France.

D.	The reelection of President Woodrow Wilson.

E.	Germany's secret diplomacy with Mexico.

Q.4)	Which of the following characterized the economy of the 1920s?

A.	An emphasis on heavy industry, such as the production of locomotives.

B.	A drop in the real wages of workers.

C.	Increasing wealth for the agricultural sector.

D.	An emphasis on cash rather than credit purchases.

E.	A shift to the production of consumer goods.

Q.5)	The mood of "normalcy" invoked by President Warren G. Harding connoted which of the following?

A.	A return to the Jeffersonian ideal of an agrarian republic.

B.	Strict government regulation of business.

C.	Turning away from Europe and away from the programs of the Progressive Era.

D.	U. S. assertiveness and leadership in world affairs.

E.	A progressive government that would care for the needs of the common man.

Q.6)	All of the following were part of American economic policy during the 1920s EXCEPT?

A.	Lower taxes on the wealthy.

B.	Support of public works projects.

C.	High tariffs.

D.	Limits on regulation of business.

E.	Opposition to parity prices for farmers.

Q.7)	Which of the following was NOT a reason given by President Franklin Roosevelt in his attempt to "pack" the Supreme Court?

A.	He believed he had a mandate after the 1936 election.

B.	Most Supreme Court justices were interpreting the Constitution too broadly.

C.	He wanted to ease the work load of the Court's older members.

D.	Most of the Supreme Court justices were conservative.

E.	The Court was declaring too many New Deal programs unconstitutional.

Q.8)	Until the 1930s came around, the Supreme Court objected to social legislation passed by the states to protect works on the basis that such laws...

A.	made American business less competitive.

B.	interfered with the natural order of things.

C.	were reserved to the federal government.

D.	interfered with the workers' right of contract.

E.	did not contribute to the health and well-being of the citizens.

Q.9)	Which of the following statements comes closest to Franklin D. Roosevelt's meaning of the New Deal?

A.	It is time for a change, that will call forth abundant capital to turn the wheels of industry and activate the channels of trade.

B.	Our policy calls for a full dinner pail for every worker. It can be best accomplished by a moderate protective tariff.

C.	The farmer has too long been aided by federal laws. We need a new deal that favors no segment of our people but assures opportunity for all.

D.	Capital and labor should be treated equally by government.

E.	These times call for policies that will bring a decent standard of living to the forgotten people at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

Q.10)	In 1933, the United States finally recognized the government of communist Russia, in part because the...

A.	United States hopes for substantial trade with Russia.

B.	Soviet Union completely abandoned support of the Comintern.

C.	communists had established their legitimacy through free elections.

D.	United States felt it needed a new ally against Hitler.

Q.11)	During World War II, The United States adopted all of the following military strategies EXCEPT...

A.	unconditional surrender.

B.	an eventual second front by invading Europe.

C.	victory in the European area first.

D.	support of de Gaulle's Free French forces.

E.	use of atomic bombs on Germany and Japan.

Q.12)	All of the following changes were brought about by World War II, EXCEPT...

A.	increasing the number of Americans who moved from rural areas to cities.

B.	accelerating long-developing social changes for black Americans.

C.	increasing the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest Americans.

D.	dramatic changes in the roles and expectations of women.

E.	accelerating the legal migration of Mexicans to southern California.

Q.13)	What was the essential element of the policy of containment?

A.	A commitment to rolling back communism.

B.	A rejection of involvement in affairs outside the Western Hemisphere.

C.	A commitment to holding communism within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

D.	A commitment to working with the Soviet Union.

E.	A commitment to fight a defensive war against the Japanese while taking the offensive against Germany.

Q.14)	All of these statements about the 1948 presidential campaign are true EXCEPT...

A.	the Dixiecrats were a special group of Southern Democrats who would not support Truman.

B.	Truman was a heavy favorite to defeat his Republican rival, Governor Thomas Dewey of New York.

C.	Henry Wallace broke from the Democratic party and became a candidate on the Progressive party ticket.

D.	not only did Truman win the election, but his party made gains in both houses of Congress and picked up most of the governorships.

E.	the Democrats lost electoral votes from the states once known as the "Solid South."

Q.15)	President Eisenhower's domestic strategy of modern Republicanism advocated which of the following?

A.	Acceptance of existing New Deal programs.

B.	Increasing military spending.

C.	A continuation of McCarthyism.

D.	Large deficit spending to finance socialized medicine.

E.	The support of civil rights activism.

Q.16)	The Soviet Union's launching of Sputnik in 1957 immediately led to...

A.	an easing of US-USSR tensions.

B.	massive federal aid to American higher education.

C.	the Suez Crisis.

D.	the Geneva Summit's endorsement of Open Skies.

E.	the U-2 Incident.

Q.17)	The decade of the 1950s in the United States was characterized by which of the following?

A.	More women than men in the legal and medical professions.

B.	A declining birth rate.

C.	Widespread use of oral contraceptives.

D.	A steady rise in the number of women employees in the overall work force.

E.	A decline in the life expectancy of women.

Q.18)	"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay           any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose           any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty." This statement by John F. kennedy best supports a foreign policy of...?

A.	Colonialism

B.	Neutrality

C.	Non-involvement

D.	Containment

E.	Non-alignment

Q.19)	The "centerpiece" of Lyndon Johnson's "war on poverty" was the...

A.	Department of Family Services, with an emphasis on social work.

B.	Children's Relief Fund, with an emphasis on preschooling.

C.	Office of Economic Opportunity, with an emphasis on community action.

D.	Agency for Economic Advancement, with an emphasis on job training.

Q.20)	Which of these describes what the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution did?

A.	aroused strong opposition and a lengthy debate in Congress before being narrowly passed.

B.	limited President Johnson to a one-time retaliatory bombing strike on the northern part of Vietnam.

C.	was claimed by President Johnson as legal authorization for the military escalation of the U. S. role in the conflict.

D.	marked the beginning of significant international support for the American response to communist aggression in Indochina.

Q.21)	Sources of discomfort among youth during the decade of the 1960s included all of the following EXCEPT?

A.	Failure of the Johnson administration to face the social and economic problems of the underclass.

B.	The unpopular war in Vietnam.

C.	The unequal treatment of blacks and other minorities.

D.	Resentment against the traditional practices of college and university administrations which were conceived as authoritarian.

Q.22)	The Watergate scandel grew out of the efforts of Nixon's administration to do what?

A.	Control all new appointments for the Supreme Court.

B.	Tighten the security against leaks to reporters on the Washington Post.

C.	Arrest the growing influence and power of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

D.	Assure the re-election of Nixon in 1972.

E.	Control inflation in the United States during the early 1970s.

Q.23)	Richard Nixon attempted to reverse certain political and social trends of the recent past. His efforts to do this included all of the following EXCEPT...

A.	strategies to discredit student protesters and other critics.

B.	diplomatic initiatives to reduce tensions with those communist regimes that the containment policy had sought to contain.

C.	political maneuvering to get union workers and Southerners to switch to the Republican party.

D.	legislative efforts to expand federal government control over how states spent their allocations from federal revenues.

Q.24)	Gerald Ford's main liability in the 1976 presidential election was...

A.	his inexperience in foreign policy.

B.	the Republican party's position on civil rights.

C.	the war in Vietnam.

D.	the Watergate scandal.

E.	his support for a national health insurance plan.

Q.25)	"Reaganomics" was based upon which of the following theories?

A.	Cutting taxes would stimulate investment which would in turn increase employment and tax revenue.

B.	Government must "prime" the economic pump by large expenditures in order to produce prosperity.

C.	The United States was an undertaxed country where taxes must be increased substantially and the money spent on public needs.

D.	The government must institute wage and price controls in order to control inflation.

E.	The government must turn to tight controls on the money supply in order to cut inflation.

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