It can be said that most people opposed socialism75 U.S. History questions

QUESTION 1

1. It can be said that most people opposed socialism.
   

   		TRUE
   		FALSE

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QUESTION 2

1. What is the economic theory behind socialism?
   

   		Command economy
   		Supply and demand
   		Capitalistic economy
   		Free enterprise

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QUESTION 3

1. The number 22 represents the average ____________ in 1900.
   

   		number of dollars per week that contract laborers pay in fees
   		average hours laborers worked per week
   		average wages laborers earn in cents per hour
   		average wages laborers earn in dollars per week

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QUESTION 4

1. ________ was approximately the average pay per week for a factory worker in 1900.
   

   		$22.00
   		$12.98
   		$129.80
   		$5.90

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QUESTION 5

1. The AFL platform included
   

   		an 8-hour workday.
   		better working conditions.
   		increased wages.
   		all of the above

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QUESTION 6

1. Unions used ______________ to force demands.
   

   		strikes
   		boycotts
   		collective bargaining
   		all of the above

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QUESTION 7

1. Because of this railroad strike, the Sherman Antitrust Act was used against union members.
   

   		The Haymarket Riot
   		The B and O Railway Strike
   		The Homestead Strike
   		The Pullman Strike

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QUESTION 8

1. ____________ were hired to replace striking workers.
   

   		Boycotts
   		Wobblies
   		Scabs
   		Sores

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QUESTION 9

1. Why was the Homestead Strike called off?
   

   		Carnegie met union demands.
   		The Pinkertons killed the strikers.
   		A radical striker tried to kill Henry Frick.
   		Carnegie sold Carnegie Steel.

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QUESTION 10

1. ________ is founder of the Industrial Workers of the World and was a Socialist Party candidate.
   

   		Eugene Debs
   		Samuel Gompers
   		Terence Powderly
   		George Pullman

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QUESTION 1

1. Non-industrialized countries were ideal for expansionist efforts because
   

   		there was space to store resources from the U.S.
   		they had untapped natural resources.
   		they had weak militaries.
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 2

1. Which of the following was a result of imperialism on the American economy at the turn of the twentieth century?
   

   		Expansion would add more poor people to the U.S. as citizens.
   		Expansion would slow the economy.
   		Expansion would pull the economy out of depression.
   		Expansion could help sustain better economic times.

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QUESTION 3

1. Which of the following is a reason why the American public supported Cubans who rebelled against Spain?
   

   		America disliked Spain.
   		Cuba had natural resources that the U.S. wanted.
   		The plight of the Cubans was sensationalized in American publications.
   		Americans in Florida witnessed the plight of the Cubans.

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QUESTION 4

1. The U.S. entered into the Spanish-American War after
   

   		Cuba promised the U.S. access to their natural resources.
   		Spain raised taxes on Cuban exports.
   		The Spanish soldiers put Cuban rebels in concentration camps.
   		The U.S.S. Maine sank.

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QUESTION 5

1. In the 1880s, Hawaii was ruled by the _____________ family.
   

   		Dole
   		Liliuokalani
   		Kamehameha
   		Kaui

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QUESTION 6

1. What type of ruling system did Hawaii have In the 1880s?
   

   		An Anarchy
   		A Monarchy
   		An Autocracy
   		A Republic

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QUESTION 7

1. Which of the following was Teddy Roosevelt known for?
   

   		Foreign policy of isolationism
   		Foreign policy of imperialism
   		WW I
   		Facing Hawaiian annexation

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QUESTION 8

1. Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy
   

   		was profitable for the U.S.
   		was profitable for bankers.
   		was not always profitable for the U.S.
   		increased agricultural exports.

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QUESTION 9

1. He led the naval attack of the Spanish-American War.
   

   		William McKinley
   		Theodore Roosevelt
   		George Dewey
   		Woodrow Wilson

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QUESTION 10

1. The Hay Bunau-Varilla Treaty was singed in 1903.
   

   		TRUE
   		FALSE

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QUESTION 1

1. Average households did not have purchase options if they could not afford goods in the 1920s.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 2

1. Advertising agencies made their mark between 1910 and 1920 by publishing
   

   		book inserts.
   		war propaganda.
   		suffragist material.
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 3

1. During the 1920s, Ford’s automobile manufacturing operation was the biggest industry.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 4

1. Henry Ford used this process to produce cars quickly.
   

   		Unskilled labor
   		Pay per part wages
   		Child labor
   		An assembly line

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QUESTION 5

1. Warren G. Harding’s foreign policy was one of
   

   		Imperialism.
   		Expansionism.
   		Isolationism.
   		Dollar Diplomacy.

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QUESTION 6

1. To avoid being pulled into wars, Warren G. Harding
   

   		avoided economic alliances.
   		avoided political alliances.
   		increased import allowances.
   		both a and b

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QUESTION 7

1. Calvin Coolidge supported the McNary-Haugen bill.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 8

1. The McNary-Haugen bill
   

   		allowed farmers to always make back production costs with government subsidies.
   		raised crop tariffs.
   		gave farmers a rebate.
   		suspended payback of farm loans.

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QUESTION 9

1. He was Commerce Secretary during the Coolidge administration.
   

   		Warren Harding
   		Herbert Hoover
   		Franklin D. Roosevelt
   		None of the above

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QUESTION 10

1. He sold drilling rights on land in Wyoming during the early 1920s.
   

   		The Secretary of State
   		The Interior Secretary
   		The Commerce Secretary
   		The Secretary of the Treasury

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QUESTION 1

1. Companies that adhered to the government set standards regarding production often received
   

   		public praise.
   		monetary compensation.
   		war bonds.
   		free publicity.

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QUESTION 2

1. As a whole, the nation was forced to do without luxury items, such as cars and refrigerators, so that factories could focus on producing wartime goods.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 3

1. In 1941, this was created in an effort to avoid wartime shortages.
   

   		The Poll Tax
   		WPB
   		OPA
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 4

1. The federal government also relied on ____________ to help finance the war.
   

   		government raffles
   		federal salary cuts
   		wealthy Americans
   		deficit spending

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QUESTION 5

1. Civilians had no role in wartime efforts.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 6

1. ____________ became a way of life within America during World War II.
   

   		Picketing
   		Riots
   		Rationing
   		Bootlegging

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QUESTION 7

1. Who founded the All-American Girls Softball League?
   

   		Allan Bakke
   		Spiro Agnew
   		John Ehrlichman
   		Phillip Wrigley

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QUESTION 8

1. Before the war, women worked if they chose to regardless if they were married.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 9

1. The need for day care became obvious during World War II.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 10

1. Americans of Japanese descent were placed in internment camps during World War II because they were seen as possible threats to the war effort.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 1

1. ___________ was considered well educated having earned a degree from Harvard University.
   

   		George H. Bush
   		Richard M. Nixon
   		John F. Kennedy
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 2

1. ______________ was the first Presidential candidate of the Catholic faith.
   

   		John F. Kennedy
   		Robert Kennedy
   		Richard M. Nixon
   		Dwight D. Eisenhower

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QUESTION 3

1. President Kennedy saw a need to focus on advancing the ____________ during his administration.
   

   		Olympic program
   		space program
   		automotive industry
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 4

1. John F. Kennedy’s assassin was eventually shot by
   

   		Jack Ruby.
   		Alvin York.
   		Clarence Thomas.
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 5

1. Lee Harvey Oswald is remembered for
   

   		serving in the Marines.
   		assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
   		running as a third party candidate.
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 6

1. Lyndon B. Johnson began his political career in
   

   		South Carolina.
   		Alabama.
   		Texas.
   		Florida.

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QUESTION 7

1. President Johnson’s administrative goals were referred to as the
   

   		Enlightenment.
   		Great Society.
   		Harlem Renaissance.
   		Great Communicator.

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QUESTION 8

1. The Immigration Act of 1965 was passed during _________ administration.
   

   		Johnson’s
   		Kennedy’s
   		Nixon’s
   		Ford’s

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QUESTION 9

1. The _____________ consisted of the efforts of ordinary citizens trying to end racial discrimination during the 1950s and 1960s.
   

   		Civil Rights Movement
   		ERA
   		Alliance for Progress
   		Alien and Sedition Acts

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QUESTION 10

1. Who did the United States back as the dictator of Cuba?
   

   		Manuel Noriega
   		Mikhail Gorbachev
   		Fidel Castro
   		Fulgencio Batista

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QUESTION 11

1. President Kennedy’s actions towards Cuba were considered aggressive.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 12

1. ____________ sent over 20,000 Marines to the Dominican Republic due to civil unrest.
   

   		President Kennedy
   		President Johnson
   		President Nixon
   		President Ford

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QUESTION 13

1. President Johnson’s administration was able to pass several pieces of legislation regarding
   

   		the economy.
   		gas prices.
   		tax incentives.
   		civil rights.

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QUESTION 14

1. Who accepted the office of the Presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
   

   		Lyndon B. Johnson
   		Richard M. Nixon
   		Robert Kennedy
   		Dwight D. Eisenhower

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QUESTION 15

1. ___________ was a civil rights group that was formed by students.
   

   		CORE
   		SNCC
   		SCLC
   		NAACP

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QUESTION 16

1. Who was the famous civil rights leader from Georgia who was assassinated?
   

   		A. Phillip Randolph
   		Rosa Parks
   		Martin Luther King, Jr.
   		Thurgood Marshall

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QUESTION 17

1. Who was a civil rights activist who put pressure on President Roosevelt regarding defense jobs?
   

   		Martin Luther King, Jr.
   		Barbra Jordan
   		A Phillip Randolph
   		Thurgood Marshall

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QUESTION 18

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. played a prominent role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 19

1. _____________introduced the idea of nonviolent protest.
   

   		Lucretia Mott
   		Rosa Parks
   		SCLC
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 20

1. The ERA was never ratified by Congress.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 21

1. ____________ founded the National Organization for Women.
   

   		Gloria Steinem
   		Barbra Jordan
   		Sandra Day O’Conner
   		Betty Friedan

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QUESTION 22

1. The United States had issues with Vietnam as far back as
   

   		Reconstruction.
   		Hoover’s administration.
   		Truman’s administration.
   		the War of 1812.

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QUESTION 23

1. President Diem served as the President of the South Vietnam.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 24

1. _____________ was a policy of replacing American military forces with South Vietnamese troops.
   

   		Vietnamization
   		Vertical consolidation
   		The Warsaw Pact
   		War of attrition

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QUESTION 25

1. The continuing threat of communism was a basis for the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 26

1. Which President was known for his routine televised updates regarding the Vietnam War?
   

   		Kennedy
   		Nixon
   		Lyndon B. Johnson
   		Eisenhower

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QUESTION 27

1. The Gulf of Tonkin Incident was a similar to the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor in that it drove the United States to commit to war.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 28

1. The Tet Offensive in 1968 was an attack by ___________ and __________ forces throughout South Vietnam.
   

   		Viet Cong and North Vietnamese
   		Viet Cong and Russian
   		North Vietnamese and Russian
   		Britain and American

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QUESTION 29

1. The 1960 Presidential debate was between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 30

1. President Nixon advocated ___________ as an economic stimulus.
   

   		tax breaks
   		deficit spending
   		buying stocks on margin
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 31

1. America supported Israel in 1973 when they went to war against Egypt and Syria.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 32

1. The Nixon administration was credited with the SALT I.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 33

1. Nixon was considered guilty in the Watergate Scandal because he was involved in the cover-up.
   

   		True
   		False

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QUESTION 34

1. Nixon’s initial Vice President was __________, who also resigned in October 1973.
   

   		Spiro Agnew
   		Gerald ford
   		Henry Kissinger
   		none of the above

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QUESTION 35

1. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein played a key role in the Watergate investigation.
   

   		True
   		False

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