Directions: Please choose the best answer choice for each of the following questions. 1. Which of the following can be attributed to W.E. DuBois? the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). the weakening of the Back to Africa movement. the international popularity of the Harlem Renaissance. the increase of industrial education available for African Americans. 2. Marcus Garvey led a movement to segregate blacks in public schools. develop black self-respect and potential. create new black homelands in the Midwest. unionize all black factory workers. 3. An example of anti-immigrant attitudes in the 1920s was the Boston Police Strike. Scopes Trial. Sacco and Vanzetti Case. Selective Service Act. 4. Which social movement from the 1920s is illustrated in these headlines? the Harlem Renaissance nativism the Red Scare prohibition 5. Which of the following was a main cause of nativism following World War II? the rise of organized crime decreased immigration from Southern Europe labor unrest caused by unions increased economic prosperity 6. The Nineteenth Amendment adopted the language of suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt. Susan Anthony. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Eleanor Roosevelt. 7. What impact did women's suffrage have on the politics of the 1920s? Women were elected to political offices. Women began to vote in national elections. Women assumed leadership positions in the political parties. Women were appointed as federal judges. 8. The purpose of the Nineteenth Amendment was to grant women suffrage. institute an income tax. allow the direct election of senators. prohibit the sale of alcohol. 9. Use the excerpt below to answer the question. In Congress... the pioneer Congresswomen... were far outside the party power structure. Not only did they face institutional prejudices, but many of them... were dependent on their husbands or their fathers for their positions. Moreover, these first women in Congress would not agree among themselves which form the political participation of American women should take: as public officeholders or as participants in nonpartisan reform groups? Women in Congress, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives According to the excerpt, which challenge did women face after the passage of the 19th Amendment? working for pay balancing family with work proposing legislation speaking in public DataDirector Assessment ID: 91693 Page 1 of 7 2011 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
10. The Nineteenth Amendment received its greatest support from people who appreciated the efforts of American women to end the sale of alcoholic beverages. work in industry during World War I. reform the meat-packing industry. help establish a system of public education. 11. During the 1920s, jazz found a worldwide audience. How did this style of music reflect American culture? The music openly discussed racism in the United States. The music expressed the fear and uncertainty of many Americans. The music expressed the creativity of African American musicians. The music focused on religious beliefs associated with African American worship. 12. How did the Harlem Renaissance make an impact on American history? African American movies were made in large numbers. African American literature and poetry found a wide audience. African American athletes dominated professional sports. African American architects developed their own distinctive style. 13. Who was BEST known for literary works that described the obstacles faced by African American artists during the 1920s and 1930s? Duke Ellington Eugene O Neill Langston Hughes W. E. Du Bois 14. What was one effect the writings of Langston Hughes had on U.S. culture? His writings exposed the dangerous conditions in meatpacking plants. His writings raised public awareness about the injustices of a segregated society. His writings illustrated the unsafe living conditions of immigrants in urban areas. His writings uncovered a scandal involving oil companies in Southern states. 15. Which of these BEST describes the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s? 16. an assistance program to provide jobs for minority workers a movement seeking to attract people back to the inner cities an organization created to help promote African American businesses a period of great achievement by African American writers and artists The information in the graph above illustrates a direct cause of the New Deal. World War I. corporate mergers. the stock market crash. 17. The Populist Party advocated that the United States be taken off of the gold standard and support the Federal Reserve. coin silver as currency. support unrestricted immigration. grant rebates to railroads. DataDirector Assessment ID: 91693 Page 2 of 7 2011 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
18. Use the excerpt below to answer the question. We found ourselves with more agricultural products than we could possibly consume ourselves and surpluses which other nations did not have the cash to buy from us except at prices ruinously low. We have found our factories able to turn out more goods than we could possibly consume, and at the same time were faced with a falling export demand. We found ourselves with more facilities to transport goods and crops than there were goods and crops to be transported. President Franklin Roosevelt, Fireside Chat, July 24, 1933 What did President Roosevelt believe was the MAIN cause of the situation he described? lack of regulation of production and markets low-interest loans on new technological equipment economic depression caused by high tariffs and overproduction increased wartime production in response to the rise of totalitarianism 19. Which effect did the end of World War I have on U.S. agricultural production in the 1920s? Imported food products became less expensive to buy. Land values rose as agricultural profits increased. Overproduction of crops resulted in lower food prices. Buyers reduced consumption to boycott unfair tariffs. 21. Read the list below. over-speculation overproduction farming crisis consumer credit/debt The events listed above led to the Great Migration. World War I. the Great Depression. the Industrial Revolution. 22. Use the information below to answer the question. In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the Democratic nomination for president and campaigned on a platform to help the forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid. Which group was President Roosevelt discussing? returning soldiers unemployed people minorities who had few civil rights stock owners who sustained heavy losses 20. What were Hoovervilles? Shantytowns that appeared during President Hoover's term in office New homes built under legislation signed by President Hoover Towns that supported President Hoover and benefited from his policies Abandoned mining towns that President Hoover's opponents blamed on him DataDirector Assessment ID: 91693 Page 3 of 7 2011 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
23. Use the quote and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question below. To which government agency is President Roosevelt referring? Veterans Administration Social Security Administration Food and Drug Administration Works Progress Administration 24. Use the excerpt below to answer the question. As I have already described, the banking sector faced enormous pressure during the early 1930s.... The Federal Reserve had the power at least to ameliorate improve the problems of the banks. For example, the Fed could have been more aggressive in lending cash to banks (taking their loans and other investments as collateral), or it could have simply put more cash in circulation. Either action would have made it easier for banks to obtain the cash necessary to pay off depositors.... In the end, Fed officials decided not to intervene in the banking crisis, contributing once again to the precipitous fall in the money supply. Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve Governor, 2004 According to Governor Bernanke, the Federal Reserve s response described in this excerpt led to which event? Banks failed as depositors panicked and withdrew their funds. Unemployment increased as businesses began to close down. Stock values dropped leading to a stock market crash. Foreign nations defaulted on loans and debts. 25. How did U.S. foreign policy change immediately after Pearl Harbor? The United States proposed a series of trade negotiations. The United States adopted a policy of containment. The United States reversed its policy of détente. The United States abandoned its policy of isolationism. 26. The Lend-Lease Act was an effort by the United States in the early days of World War II to sell materials to all countries for economic gain. negotiate a settlement without getting involved. support the allies without getting into the war. support the countries fighting against communism. DataDirector Assessment ID: 91693 Page 4 of 7 2011 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
27. During the 1930s, Congress attempted to prevent American involvement in any situation that might lead to future wars by 30. passing a series of neutrality acts. deporting communists and anarchists. repealing the draft laws. interning Japanese Americans. 28. Use the list below to answer the question. 1940: The United States places embargoes on steel, scrap iron, and aviation fuel to Japan. 1941: The U.S. government enacts an oil embargo against Japan and freezes Japanese assets in the United States. What motivated the United States to take the actions in this list? fear of competition with Japan due to the Open Door Policy Japan s failure to make reparation payments from World War I aggressive actions by Japan in China and Southeast Asia Japan s refusal to join the League of Nations 29. In what way did the United States first become involved in World War II? By sending troops to fight in France By providing weapons and supplies to England By signing an alliance with the Soviet Union By declaring war against Japan The above sequence refers to the United States strategy in World War II called Mainland Invasion. Island Hopping. Aerial Bombing. Naval Quarantine. 31. Allied leaders discussed each of the following topics during the Teheran and Yalta conferences EXCEPT? the division of Germany once the war concluded. Allied military actions. plans for collective security during peace time. whether to use the atomic bomb against Japan. 32. In 1942, the Allies invaded territory controlled by the Axis powers in North Africa. southern France. the Japanese islands. western Europe. 33. The architect of the D-Day invasion of Normandy was General Patton. General MacArthur. General Eisenhower. General Rommel. 34. The Allied strategy for victory in the Pacific, as exemplified at the Battle of Midway, was a naval quarantine. the Alcan Attack. aerial bombing. island hopping. DataDirector Assessment ID: 91693 Page 5 of 7 2011 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
35. Which statement BEST explains how World War II affected the U.S. home front? Women were limited to traditional roles. Rationing of resources became important. The number of business closures increased. The demand for foreign products decreased. 36. Posters of Rosie the Riveter were used during World War II to recruit women into military service. the nursing profession. the suffrage movement. wartime industries. 37. Which of the following were the result of the combined industrial growth and the entry of new workers into industrial jobs when many white male Texans went away to fight in World War II? Increased immigration from Mexico Movement out of state by most African Americans Loss of many tenant farmers to permanent jobs in cities Decline in number of military bases in Texas 38. Which action did the U.S. government take during World War II in response to suspicion of foreign immigrants? adopted restrictions on religious practices established internment camps desegregated the military created rationing programs for scarce goods 39. Which group was prevented from benefiting economically from the greater availability of jobs after the U.S. entry into World War II? Women African Americans Mexican Americans Japanese Americans 40. The Federal Reserve was created with Herbert Hoover as its first director. by President Franklin Roosevelt. to coin silver as a currency. to restructure the nation's banking system. 41. In September 1957, nine African-American students tried to enroll in a white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Arkansas s Governor ordered police to keep the students out. President Eisenhower sent in the U.S. Army to protect the nine African-American students. Please read the following two letters sent to President Eisenhower and answer the questions: Document A: Mr. President: All mothers and fathers of the South are strongly against using federal troops to integrate the schools. This is true for both white and black parents. The use of soldiers will completely destroy the public schools. The innocent victims will be children of both races. It is our tradition to keep the races separate. We ve passed this tradition from mother to daughter, from father to son. Letter from Mississippi Senator to President Eisenhower. October 1, 1957 Document B: Mr. President, We, the parents of the nine children enrolled at Little Rock Central High School, want you to know that your actions in protecting our children s rights have strengthened our faith in democracy. We believe that freedom and equality can only be achieved if everyone has the same opportunities. You have shown that you also believe in freedom and equality. We are deeply grateful to you. Letter from the parents of the nine African-American students to President Eisenhower. October 1, 1957. Document A is written by someone who says that he speaks for all the mothers and fathers of the South. From this statement, we might assume that: The Senator has spoken to equal numbers of black and white parents. The Senator thinks that his argument will be stronger if he uses this phrase. All white parents in the South agree with Mississippi Senator All black parents support using federal troops to integrate the schools. DataDirector Assessment ID: 91693 Page 6 of 7 2011 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
42. In September 1957, nine African-American students tried to enroll in a white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Arkansas s Governor ordered police to keep the students out. President Eisenhower sent in the U.S. Army to protect the nine African-American students. Please read the following two letters sent to President Eisenhower and answer the questions: Document A: Mr. President: All mothers and fathers of the South are strongly against using federal troops to integrate the schools. This is true for both white and black parents. The use of soldiers will completely destroy the public schools. The innocent victims will be children of both races. It is our tradition to keep the races separate. We ve passed this tradition from mother to daughter, from father to son. Letter from Mississippi Senator to President Eisenhower. October 1, 1957 Document B: Mr. President, We, the parents of the nine children enrolled at Little Rock Central High School, want you to know that your actions in protecting our children s rights have strengthened our faith in democracy. We believe that freedom and equality can only be achieved if everyone has the same opportunities. You have shown that you also believe in freedom and equality. We are deeply grateful to you. Letter from the parents of the nine African-American students to President Eisenhower. October 1, 1957. If read together, the two letters above provide support for the claim that: 43. Kate Bighead, a Cheyenne Indian, told the following story to Dr. Thomas Marquis in 1922. Dr. Marquis was a doctor and historian of the Battle of Little Bighorn, which occurred in 1876. He interviewed and photographed Cheyenne Indians in the 1920s. Little Big Horn was not the first meeting between the Cheyennes and General Custer. In 1868 Custer attacked our camp, destroying all our food and belongings. Then, Custer promised peace and moved the Cheyenne to a reservation. When gold was discovered, white people came and the Indians were moved again. My brothers and I joined Sitting Bull and the Sioux. As conditions on the reservations became worse more and more Indians moved west, joining our group. Six tribes lived peacefully for several months, hunting buffalo, curing the meat for the winter, and tanning buffalo hides. In the early summer, 1876, we set up camp near Little Big Horn River. If you wanted to question this document s trustworthiness, you could say: Kate Bighead doesn t know what she s talking about. Kate Bighead can only speak for the women, not the men. Kate Bighead is telling this story forty-six years later, and probably doesn t remember all the details. Kate Bighead is lying to make the Indians look good. {c}eisenhower made a mistake by sending the U.S. Army to Arkansas. EisEisenhower did a great thing by protecting the nine students. { Not everyone in the South thought the same way about segregation. {c The use of the military in the schools always leads to violence. Stop! You Go have on finished to the next this page exam.» DataDirector Assessment ID: 91693 Page 7 of 7 2011 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.