CPUSH Review

1. Use the following information to complete the statement.
     "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are
       endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
        Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."

                               --The Declaration of Independence
The idea included in the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence can be attributed to

John Locke

Montesquieu

Voltaire

Jean-Jacquese Rousseau

2. Yesterday, December 7, 1941
-- a date that will live in infamy ....
-- President Franklin Roosevelt
December 8, 1941

What was President Roosevelt referring to in his speech?

A police attack on strikers in Detroit

The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor

An explosion in a West Virginia coal mine

The collapse of the New York Stock Exchange

3. Why did both jazz and rock 'n roll have their roots in the American South?

Because the music industry was centered thre.

Because they were both connected with country music.

Because they were both grounded in African-American culture.

Because the most prominent music schools were located there.

4. Partly because Japanese Americans living on the West Coast during World War II were considered security risks, they were

Forced to give up their U.S. citizenship.

Barred from military service throughout the war.

Moved from their homes to internment camps.

Prohibited by law from seeking employment with the federal government.

5. Most programs on 1950s television reflected images of

Rural families working on small farms.

Single women with careers in business.

African-American families living in cities.

White families living in the suburbs.

6. One reason labor union leaders opposed the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 was that the act

Placed a limit on wage rates.

Favored big business interests over union interests.

Forced the consolidation of teh AFL and CIO unions.

Placed too much bargaining control in the hands of Congress.

7. The railroad building boom during the nineteenth century contributed to

Increasing agricultural production in the Northeast.

The establishment of trade relations with Mexico.

Dramatic population decreases in Southern cities.

The rapid industrialization of the United States.

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Explanation

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8. The "Red Scare" in the United States immediately following World War I was a reaction to

President Wilson's attempts to include the U.S. in the League of Nations.

He perceived growth of organized crime in major urban areas.

A perceived threat of a communist revolution in the United States.

A rise in the number of immigrants from Germany.

9. Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes had which of the following in common?

They were leaders involved with the 1960s civil rights movement.

They were initial members of President Franklin Roosevelts Black Cabinet.

They were writers associated with the Harlem Renaissance.

They were outspoken opponents to U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

10. The Declaration of Independence elaborates on the Enlightenment idea of

Natural rights

Collective ownership

Religious freedom

Political equality

John Locke's idea of natural rights of life, liberty, and of people's right to overthrow a government that did not uphold those rights influenced Jefferson's writing of the Declaration of Independence

Explanation

John Locke's idea of natural rights of life, liberty, and of people's right to overthrow a government that did not uphold those rights influenced Jefferson's writing of the Declaration of Independence

11. President Eisenhow supported the establishment of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) as an attempt to

Assist nationalist movements in Asian countries.

Counter British attempts to establish colonies in Asia.

Restrict communist aggression in Asian countries.

Initiate programs for the protection of human rights in Asia.

12. Which of the following was an effect of the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906)?

It aided the growth of federal social services.

It contributed to the development of settlement houses.

It influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act.

It led to the development of child labor laws.

13. The muckraking journalists associated with the Progressive Era were known primarily for their

Willingness to expose the corruption of U.S. society.

Articles supporting the economic benefits of laissez-faire econmics.

Use of the media to advocate the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Support for the formation of U.S. military alliances with European countries.

14. In 1900 the United States declared an Open Door policy that reflected which of the following beliefs?

The Chinese were secretly negotiating trade priveleges with European countries.

Japan might conquer China and cut off all foreign trade.

All countries should have equal trading rights in China.

American consumers would be hurt by international trade.

15. How did professional sports change after World War II?

African Americans were barred from professional teams.

Interest in professional sports was spread through nationwide television.

Professional sports were limited to elite audiences in big cities.

People were more interested in playing sports than watching professional teams.

16. Members of the Populist Party supported public ownership of railroads because they thought it would

Help small farmers.

Reduce immigration.

Decrease income taxes

Change monteary policy.

17. Marcus Garvey's program in the 1920s emphasized

Vocational training.

A back-to-Africa movement.

Integration into mainstream society.

Separate but equal doctrines.

18. To many Californians, the arrival of the Dust Bowl refugees of the mid-1930s represented

A welcome addition to the labor force.

A source of much needed capital investment.

New markets for California businesses.

Unwanted additions to the ranks of the unemployed.

19. The purpose of the Manhattan Project was to

Provide economic aid to Latin America countries.

Develop atomic weapons for the U.S. military.

Bring about an end to poverty in U.S. urban areas.

Offer assistance to relocated European refugees.

20. Which action by President Harry Truman would be an example of his post-World War II containment policy?

He demanded human rights guarantees from Latin American allies.

He helped the Greek and Turkish governments resist communist rebels.

He negotiated with the U.S.S.R. to eliminate long-range nuclear weapons.

He provided economic recovery aid to China and Japan.

21. Why did the number of votes cast in the U.S. Presidential election rise by 8.2 million from 1916 to 1920?

The Nineteenth Amendment gave millions of women the right to vote.

The people were excited about voting on the issue of Prohibition.

Demobilization of the military released millions of men for voting.

Warren G. Harding's call for "normalcy" energized the voters.

22. Early in the Depression, the Hoover Administration established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to

Make direct grants to unemployed workers.

Loan money to banks, insurance companies, and other depressed businesses.

Purchase American manufactured goods for export to foregin markets.

Guarantee a minimum income to all of the nation's farmers.

23. The United Nations statement of principles was based on the belief that

The development of nuclear weapons must be closely monitored.

Germany must be punished by being forced to pay war reparations.

An international peacekeeping organization could settle disputes without warfare.

A strong military alliance was needed to prevent the emergence of new fascist dictators.

24. Which of these events was the closest the United States and the Soviet Union actually came to fighting each other during the Cold War?

Suez Crisis, 1956

Bay of Pigs, 1961

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Gulf of Tonkin, 1964

25. Which of the following best describes President Lyndon B. Johnson's action toward Vietnam during the 1960s?

He threatened to use nuclear weapons to the Vietnam War.

He initiated the complete democratization of North Vietnam.

He escalated U.S. military involvement in South Vietnam.

He refused to participate in a French-led occupation of Vietnam.

26. Use the excerpt to answer the following question.
   Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
   United States of America in Congress assembled. That the
   Congress approves and supports the determination of the
   President as Commander in Chief to take all necessary measures
   to repeal any armed attack against the forces of the United States
   and to prevent further aggression ....
                -- Joint Resolution of Congress
                 August 7, 1964

What effect did the 1964 joint resolution of Congress have regarding the deployment of U.S. troops to Vietnam?

It limited the powers of Congress during time of war.

It limited the power of the President to use U.S. troops overseas.

It authorized the President to send troops into battle.

It granted the President the authority to declare war.

27. The federal government initiated the bracero program during World War II in an effort to

Restore the agricultural industry in the Plains states.

Provide financial support for irrigation projects.

Address the urgent need for agricultural laborers.

Increase the revenue of crop producers.

28. How did architecture reflect the values of the 1950s?

Buildings reflected a burst of creativity after the limitations of the war.

Regional building styles reflected a return to small-town values.

New building styles reflected the rebellious spirit of beat culture in cities.

Mass-produced houses in the suburbs reflected the culture of conformity.

29. Which religious group has had the greatest increase in membership due to the increasing immigration from Latin American countries to the United States over the last fifty years?

Catholics

Muslims

Jews

Protestants

30. In 1944, the Supreme Court upheld the internment of Japanese Americans residing on the West Coast by ruliing that the actions were

Part of an international agreement with U.S. allies.

Approved by both houses of Congress.

Allowed under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Necessary for national security.

31. Which of these events was the closest the United State to help Greece and Turkey

Avoid engaging in a war over oil reserves.

Recover land they had lost during World War II

Resist the spread of communism in the region.

Prosecute captured military leaders for war crimes.

32. The successful formation of the United Farm Workers indicated that the ideals of the civil rights movement had influenced the actions of

Native Americans.

Hispanic Americans

Korean Americans.

Chinese Americans.

33. The followers of the Social Gospel movement believed that organized religion must place greater emphasis on

Reconstructing American society.

Raising funds.

Supporting the Populist Party.

Stopping immigration to the United States.

34. Since its establishment in 1945, the United Nations has

Prevented border wars around the world.

Provided a forum for international negotiations.

Eliminated hunger and starvation worldwide.

Replaced national armies with an international armed force.

35. What would be considered a major factor in the declining number of family farms during the last half-of the twentieth century?

The U.S. agricultural industry shift to the use of corporate farms.

The U.S. government initiated the use of food production centers.

Demand for grains declined in the United States because of European imports.

Exports of U.S. agricultural products to Asian countries declined.

36. Franklin Roosevelt's immediate responsse to the banking crisis after becoming president was to

Declare a bank holiday that closed banks in the United States for several days.

Nationalize the banks to ensure they were following federal regulations.

Establish the Federal Reserve to reduce the possibility of another bank emergency.

Borrow money from foreign banks to support the U.S. banking industry.

37. What New Deal program employed large numbers of artists and writers during the Great Depression?

National Recovery Administration (NRA)

Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA)

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

National Youth Administration (NYA)

38. During the second half of the twentieth century, the largest source of labor in California agriculutre was

Unemployed Midwestern industrial workers.

Relocated Southern sharecroppers.

Displaced workers from the Plains states.

Immigrants from Mexico

39. How has satellite technology changed television since it began in the 1950s?

Satellites have increased the cost of television sets dramatically.

Satellites have brought worldwide events into American homes.

Satellites have decreased the number of news broadcasts on TV.

Satellites have increased the number of television stations.

40.

Which shaded area on the map was least industrialized in the second half of the 1800s?

Area A

Area B

Area C

Area D

41. What factor would be considered most responsible for the employment trend depicted in the chart?

Employement Figures for three economic sectors*
Year           Agriculture            Manufacturing         Service
1900             11,050                   7,252                     6,832
1950                6,001                 18,475                   20,721

*numbers in millions
Sources: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970;
             Statistical Abstrcts of the United States, 1953, 1954, 1999

The increasing use of technology.

The issuance of an isolationist trade policy.

The establishment of a restrictive immigration policy.

The initiation of an extensive farm subsidy program.

42. The primary religious issue of the 1960 presidential election in the United States was

The Catholic faith of John F. Kennedy.

Richard Nixon's upbringing as a Quaker.

The teaching of creationism in public schools.

The Mormonism of George Romney.

43. The primary objective of Harlem Renaissance writers was to

Encourage militant protest among African Americans.

Support educational programs for African Americans.

Improve literacy rates among African Americans.

Generated pride in African-American culture.

44. Which of these was an outgrowth of mass production techniques used during the 1920s?

An increase in the advertising industry.

A decrease in the need for female workers.

An increase in environmental protection laws.

A decrease in demand for unionization.

45. A major accomplishment of medical science since the end of World War II has been the virtual worldwide elimination of death caused by

Malaria.

Smallpox.

Cholera.

Tuberculosis.

46. What new technology greatly expanded the audience for professional sports in the years immediately following World War II?

Electric lighting

Radio broadcasting

Satellite

Television

47. In 1957, President Eisenhower used federal troops in Little Rock, Arkansas, to

Eliminate racial discimrimination in housing.

Allow African Americans to vote in local elections.

Integrate the public schools.

Admit African Americans to graduate programs.

48. Which event most contributed to the establishment of the United States Securitites and Exchange Commission (SEC)?

The Panic of 1893

The formation of the Standard Oil Trust

The Teapot Dome Scandal

The 1929 Crash of the Stock Market

49. Many business groups opposed the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in the 1930s on the grounds that it

Unfairly competed with the private power companies.

Charged too much for the electricity it sold.

Did not treat its electric customers equally.

Generated electricity with obsolete methods and equipment.

50. In comparison to the earlier conferences at Casablanca and Teheran, the message at Yalta and Potsdam were more focused upon

Postwar issues.

Military supply issues.

Long-term military planning.

Technological developments.

51. Many Americans opposed the 1941 Lend-Lease Act because they feared it would

Draw the United States into the war in Europe.

Cause the country to fall into an economic recession.

Be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Place the United States in violation of the Versailles Treaty.

52. Changes in the balance of power among the three branches of the Federal government during the 20th century have resulted from the

Passage of Constitutional Amendments on voting.

Expansion of executive power during periods of crisis.

Loss of the Supreme Court's power to review Congressional actions.

Revival of the authority of the states.

53. The acquisition of an American oversaes empire during the late 1890s created legal controversies concerning the

Power of the government to make and ratify peace treaties.

Role of the President as Commander in Chief.

Constitutional rights of the inhabitants of the new American territories.

Rights of American businesses to operate in the territories.

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Explanation

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54. The United States supported a revoultion in Panama at the turnh of the 20th century in order to

Stop human rights abuses in Latin American countries.

Prevent the spread of communism in Latin America.

Secure the right to build a canal through Central America.

End European colonialism in Central America.

55. Which of these was a cause of the Korean War?

NATO air and naval forces blocked ships sailing to North Korea.

North Korean forces, with Soviet approval, invaded South Korea.

United Nations inattention allowed guerillas to infiltrate South Korea.

Widespread anti-colonial riots forced the Korean government to begin the war.

56. For President Kennedy, the New Frontier included

Exploring space and helping poor people.

Supporting labor unions and better working conditions.

Spreading democracy and international trade through wars.

Beginning a large aid program to Europe.

57. 'Which action belongs in teh empty box below as it relates to World War I?

The U.S. Senate approves a military alliance with Great Britan.

The U.S. Senate refuses to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.

The U.S. Senate fails to pass the Selective Service Act.

The U.S. Senate authorizes the use of troops in Europe.

58. Lord Baltimore established the Maryland colony in response to

Spanish attempts to seize lands along the Chesapeake Bay.

The overcrowding of England's large industrial centers.

The growing demand for cotton in English textile mills.

Discriminating against Roman Catholic in England.

59. The Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Permitted affirmative action in admission to college.

Ended Bible reading and prayer in public schools.

Outlawed racial segregation in public schools.

Authorized schools to censor student newspapers.

60.

During the last half of the twentieth century, what region of the United States saw a decrease in its population due to a decline in factory jobs?

Region A

Region B

Region C

Region D

61. The Americanization movement of the early twentieth century sought to

Assimilate ethnic immigrant groups into the dominant culture.

Restrict the military involvement of the United States in foreign conflicts.

Protect domestic businesses from foreign competition.

Diminish the role of government in the regulation of industry.

62. Ford's production of Model T's in the early 20th century demonstrated the economic relationship between specialization and

Reduced labor demand.

Greater efficiencies in production.

Higher production costs.

Decreased union organization.

63. A wave of U.S. industrial strikes at the end of World War II contributed to President Harry Truman's attempts to

Increase the collective bargaining power of labor union leaders during wartime.

Place strict limits on striking labor unions when national interests were at stake.

Register the names of striking union workers with a federal review board.

Activate National Guard units in order to force labor unions back to work.

64. During President Theodore Roosevelt's administration, Congress gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to

Enforce legislation regulating railroad rates.

Construct a national canal system.

Impose lower import tariffs on foreign goods.

Mint a national currency.

65. The Espionage Act of 1918 included
punishments for speaking or writing
"disloyal scurrilous or abusive language
about the American form of government,
the Constitution the armed forces or the
flag..."
- The Espionage Act of 1918
The passage and the enforcement of the Espionage Act by the Wilson Administration reflected the belief that the

Fourteenth Amendment permitted suspending the Bill of Rights in wartime.

Nation's war effort would be threatened if dissenters were allowed free speech.

Public should be shielded from hearing about the reality of the war.

Other countries at war had already curtailed civil liberties.

66. What organization was formed in the 1920s to ensure that the individual rights of citizens were protected from government abuse?

House of Un-American Activities Committee

American Civil Liberties Union

American Liberty League

United Services Ogranization

67. Which of these was a formal statement of intention, of the United States, to aid any country threatened by communist aggression?

Truman Doctrine

Marshall Plan

Alliance for Progress

Vietnamization

68. The large-scale movement of Great Plains residents to California during the Great Depression resulted in

An increase in wages for California laborers.

A decrease in the number of California residents seeking relief.

A significant decrease in the number of industrial workers in California.

A greater demand on available relief funds in California.

69. Social Security was a New Deal program designed to

Foster the growth of trade unions.

Promote recovery through economic development.

Give direct aid to American businesses.

Provde a minimum retirement income.

70. This administration, today, here, and now,
declares unconditional war on poverty in
America and I urge this Congress and all
Americans to join with me in that effort.
         -- President Lyndon B. Johnson
             State of the Union Address
                              January 8, 1964

The program President Lyndon B. Johnson created to wage his unconditional war on poverty was the

Alliance for Progress

Fair Deal

Great Society

New Deal

71. "Pop Art" in the 1960s took images from

Advetisements and comic strips.

The Korean and Vietnam Wars.

Photographs of the natural world.

The daily lives of working people.

72.
Which of the following belongs in the empty box above?

The Missouri Compromise.

The Great Compromise.

The Federalist Papers.

The Articles of Confederation

73.

During the late 19th century, the above sequence of events resluted in the

Disfranchisement of most African Americans in the South.

Movement to repeal the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

Strengthening of the Repbublican Party in the South.

Expansion of free public education to all children.

74. How did the growth of U.S. manufacturing affect the country's international relations during the late nineteenth century?

Increasing industrial production led to support for an isolationist foreign policy.

Increasing demand for natural resources led to the U.S. acquistion of African colonies.

Increasing demand for markets contributed to support for an Open Door policy in China.

Increasing need for trading partners encouraged the United States to lower tariff rates.

75. Which of the following is the most accurate example of President Taft's policy of "dollar diplomacy"?

Allowing for the nationalization of Latin America property owned by U.S. citizen.

Excerting econmic influence rather than military force in Latin American countries.

Using international trade organizations to stablize Latin American economies.

Maintaining a military forcde to discourage European colonization in Latin America.

76. The outstanding record of African Americans who served in the military forces during World War II was one reason President Truman decided in 1948 to

Began drafting African Americans into the armed forces.

Order an end to racial segregtion in the military.

Create special African American combat units.

Continue the Tuskegee Airmen program.

77. One way Eisenhower showed his belief in the U.S. Constitution was by

Preventing Vice-President Nixon from accepting gifts from supporters.

Ordering U.S. troops to invade Korea.

Using federal troops to enforce a Supreme Court decision.

Ending the Truman Doctrine.

78. President Carter proposed the "moral equivalent to war" to combat the problem of

Abuse of the welfare system.

U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Drug abuse among teenagers.

Racial problems in large cities.

79. One reason the United Farm Workers had difficulty gaining national recognition for their union was that

There were relatively few agricultural workers in California.

Most agricultural workers were already members of other labor organizations.

There was no prior federal protection of agricultural workers.

Wages for agricultural workers in California were already high.

80. Since 1950, life expectancy in the United States has

Remained about the same.

Increased slightly, by about 5 years.

Increased greatly, by about 20 years.

Dropped slightly because of diseases like cancer and AIDS.

81. Growing anti-Catholic sentiment in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century was related to

Increasing immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

Interference by the Catholic Church in U.S. foreign policy.

The reduction in the number of Catholic social programs.

The church's refusal to ordain women to the priesthood.

82. Which statement best describes the diffusion of beat literature in the 1950s?

It started in New Orleans and spread to northern cities.

It started in the South and spread through network television.

It started on both coasts and spread to college students.

It started in Cleveland and spread through national radio.

83. President Johnson's "Great Society" was

Mostly focused on support for new businesses.

Intended to fight inflation and spur the economy.

A plan for government to support social programs.

Focused on fighting communism in Vietnam.

84. Key decisions of the Supreme Court under the leadership of John Marshall solidified the power of the Supreme Court to

Try cases between states.

Accept appeals from lower federal courts.

Try cases involving foreign diplomats.

Review the constitutionality of state and federal laws.

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Explanation

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85. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries U.S. government attempted to facilitate the growth of domestic industry by

Placing high tariff barriers on foreign imports.

Encouraging the growth of labor unions.

Repealing the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Providing subsidies to small businesses.

86. Japanese attempts to create an empire prior to World War II were in conflict with the U.S. goal of

Maintaining an open trade policy in Asia.

Gaining a sphere of influence in Asia.

Establishing a military presence in China.

Creating a military alliance with China.

87. Which statement best describes changes in agriculture since World War II?

Crop yields have gone up; new strains of crops are more resistant to disease and drought.

Crops have stayed about the same, but farms are bigger and more efficient.

The government has used technology to support the return of families to farming.

Better agricultural distribution leaves few people hungry in today's world.

88. What would be considered a significant social effect of the First Great Awakening?

The number of women assuming a leadership role in reliegious institutions increased.

The number of Protestant religious denominations in the colonies declined.

The colonies experienced an increase in the number of Catholic immigrants.

The colonists began to challenge the hierarchical structure of existing religious denominations.

89. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, urban immigrants generally supported local political machines that

Discouraged the new immigrants from participating in civic affairs.

Were usually supported by urban farmers.

Provided essential services to the immigrants.

Reminded immigrants of political practices in their homelands.

90. Why did industrialists oppose the increased coinage of silver during the nineteenth century?

It would have led to greater political power for southern states.

It would have caused economic inflation.

It would have made it more difficult to secure business loans.

It would have limited the amount of money in circulation.

91. One of the key goals of the 1913 Federal Reserve Act was to

Place a banking system under the direct control of Congress.

Decentralize the banking industry in order to allow for local control of money.

Protect the banking industry by removing the country from the gold standard.

Create a banking system that could regulate the amount of money circulation.

92. Theodore Roosevelt's "speak softly and carry a big stick" policy relied on the United States having a

Competitive economy.

System of military alliances.

Strong navy.

Tax in imports.

93. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the federal government from making any law "respecting an establishment of religion," was one response to the

Attempts by Maryland to make Catholicism the official state religion.

Increasing number of Puritans arriving in the country.

Religious persecution exhibited by the Church of England.

Anti-religious sentiments expressed during the Great Awakening.

94. The purpose of the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was to

Use tariffs to restrict international trade with communist countries.

Raise money through tariffs to rebuild Europe after World War II.

Encourage countries to repay war debts by increasing tariffs.

Expand international trade by mutual reduction of tariffs.

95. The U.S. Congress passed a series of neutrality acts beginning in August 1935 in repsonse to

British requests to blockade German ports.

American antiwar sentiment.

The German invasion of Poland.

The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

96. One result of President Reagan's new economic policies was

A huge increase in international trade.

An increase in energy conservation.

A drop in the stock market.

A sharp rise in the national debt.

97. What did the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine state?

The United States would permanently station troops in the Phillipines and other Pacific Islands.

The United Stated reserved the right to intervene in the affairs of Central America and the Caribbean.

The United States had the right and duty to expand its colonial possessions in Asia.

The United States would provide military aid to Europe to resist communism.

98. The immigration policies in place since the 1960s have

A reinforced the population patterns reflected in the laws of the 1920s.

Greatly increased in the number of Eastern European immigrants.

The elimination of an immigration policy based on national origins quotas.

An increase in the deportation of Asian immigrants.

99. President Clinton's welfare reform program changed welfare distribution so that money went

Rarely to the elderly.

Directly to the states.

Only to philanthropic organizations.

Primarily to mothers and children

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2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Yesterday, December 7, 1941-- a date that will live in infamy .... -- President Franklin Roosevelt December 8, 1941What was President Roosevelt referring to in his speech?

3. Why did both jazz and rock 'n roll have their roots in the American South?

4. Partly because Japanese Americans living on the West Coast during World War II were considered security risks, they were

5. Most programs on 1950s television reflected images of

6. One reason labor union leaders opposed the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 was that the act

7. The railroad building boom during the nineteenth century contributed to

8. The "Red Scare" in the United States immediately following World War I was a reaction to

9. Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes had which of the following in common?

10. The Declaration of Independence elaborates on the Enlightenment idea of

11. President Eisenhow supported the establishment of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) as an attempt to

12. Which of the following was an effect of the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906)?

13. The muckraking journalists associated with the Progressive Era were known primarily for their

14. In 1900 the United States declared an Open Door policy that reflected which of the following beliefs?

15. How did professional sports change after World War II?

16. Members of the Populist Party supported public ownership of railroads because they thought it would

17. Marcus Garvey's program in the 1920s emphasized

18. To many Californians, the arrival of the Dust Bowl refugees of the mid-1930s represented

19. The purpose of the Manhattan Project was to

20. Which action by President Harry Truman would be an example of his post-World War II containment policy?

21. Why did the number of votes cast in the U.S. Presidential election rise by 8.2 million from 1916 to 1920?

22. Early in the Depression, the Hoover Administration established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to

23. The United Nations statement of principles was based on the belief that

24. Which of these events was the closest the United States and the Soviet Union actually came to fighting each other during the Cold War?

25. Which of the following best describes President Lyndon B. Johnson's action toward Vietnam during the 1960s?

27. The federal government initiated the bracero program during World War II in an effort to

28. How did architecture reflect the values of the 1950s?

29. Which religious group has had the greatest increase in membership due to the increasing immigration from Latin American countries to the United States over the last fifty years?

30. In 1944, the Supreme Court upheld the internment of Japanese Americans residing on the West Coast by ruliing that the actions were

31. Which of these events was the closest the United State to help Greece and Turkey

32. The successful formation of the United Farm Workers indicated that the ideals of the civil rights movement had influenced the actions of

33. The followers of the Social Gospel movement believed that organized religion must place greater emphasis on

34. Since its establishment in 1945, the United Nations has

35. What would be considered a major factor in the declining number of family farms during the last half-of the twentieth century?

36. Franklin Roosevelt's immediate responsse to the banking crisis after becoming president was to

37. What New Deal program employed large numbers of artists and writers during the Great Depression?

38. During the second half of the twentieth century, the largest source of labor in California agriculutre was

39. How has satellite technology changed television since it began in the 1950s?

40. Which shaded area on the map was least industrialized in the second half of the 1800s?

42. The primary religious issue of the 1960 presidential election in the United States was

43. The primary objective of Harlem Renaissance writers was to

44. Which of these was an outgrowth of mass production techniques used during the 1920s?

45. A major accomplishment of medical science since the end of World War II has been the virtual worldwide elimination of death caused by

46. What new technology greatly expanded the audience for professional sports in the years immediately following World War II?

47. In 1957, President Eisenhower used federal troops in Little Rock, Arkansas, to

48. Which event most contributed to the establishment of the United States Securitites and Exchange Commission (SEC)?

49. Many business groups opposed the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in the 1930s on the grounds that it

50. In comparison to the earlier conferences at Casablanca and Teheran, the message at Yalta and Potsdam were more focused upon

51. Many Americans opposed the 1941 Lend-Lease Act because they feared it would

52. Changes in the balance of power among the three branches of the Federal government during the 20th century have resulted from the

53. The acquisition of an American oversaes empire during the late 1890s created legal controversies concerning the

54. The United States supported a revoultion in Panama at the turnh of the 20th century in order to

55. Which of these was a cause of the Korean War?

56. For President Kennedy, the New Frontier included

57. 'Which action belongs in teh empty box below as it relates to World War I?

58. Lord Baltimore established the Maryland colony in response to

59. The Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

60. During the last half of the twentieth century, what region of the United States saw a decrease in its population due to a decline in factory jobs?

61. The Americanization movement of the early twentieth century sought to

62. Ford's production of Model T's in the early 20th century demonstrated the economic relationship between specialization and

63. A wave of U.S. industrial strikes at the end of World War II contributed to President Harry Truman's attempts to

64. During President Theodore Roosevelt's administration, Congress gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to

66. What organization was formed in the 1920s to ensure that the individual rights of citizens were protected from government abuse?

67. Which of these was a formal statement of intention, of the United States, to aid any country threatened by communist aggression?

68. The large-scale movement of Great Plains residents to California during the Great Depression resulted in

69. Social Security was a New Deal program designed to

71. "Pop Art" in the 1960s took images from

72. Which of the following belongs in the empty box above?

73. During the late 19th century, the above sequence of events resluted in the

74. How did the growth of U.S. manufacturing affect the country's international relations during the late nineteenth century?

75. Which of the following is the most accurate example of President Taft's policy of "dollar diplomacy"?

76. The outstanding record of African Americans who served in the military forces during World War II was one reason President Truman decided in 1948 to

77. One way Eisenhower showed his belief in the U.S. Constitution was by

78. President Carter proposed the "moral equivalent to war" to combat the problem of

79. One reason the United Farm Workers had difficulty gaining national recognition for their union was that

80. Since 1950, life expectancy in the United States has

81. Growing anti-Catholic sentiment in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century was related to

82. Which statement best describes the diffusion of beat literature in the 1950s?

2. Yesterday, December 7, 1941
-- a date that will live in infamy ....
-- President Franklin Roosevelt
December 8, 1941

What was President Roosevelt referring to in his speech?

40.

Which shaded area on the map was least industrialized in the second half of the 1800s?

60.

During the last half of the twentieth century, what region of the United States saw a decrease in its population due to a decline in factory jobs?

72.
Which of the following belongs in the empty box above?

73.

During the late 19th century, the above sequence of events resluted in the