Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or

answers the question.

1. During the 1920s, how were immigrants from southern and eastern

Europe affected by the new quota system of immigration?

A) They continued to immigrate at the same rate as from 1900 to 1914.

B) They found it much more difficult to immigrate.

C) They found it much easier to immigrate.

D) There was a larger quota for them than they could use.

occurred in the 1920s from:

A) Eastern Europe to the United States.

B) Ireland to the United States.

C) blacks moving from the South to the North.

D) urban areas to the West.

3. It would be accurate to say of Henry Ford that he:

A) realized mass production could make a car cheap enough for

the average consumer.

B) was a great inventor.

C) demonstrated the value of a college degree in engineering.

D) campaigned against ignorance and anti-Semitism.

4. The flourishing of black literature, theater, and music during

the 1920s was known as the:

A) Pan-African Renaissance.

B) Harlem Renaissance.

C) Black Power Movement.

D) Back to Africa Movement.

5. Harding's biggest problem in his administration was:

A) an economic slump for 1921-1923.

B) votes against America in the League of Nations.

C) scandals involving his political cronies who had high

positions in the administration.

D) a widespread disenchantment with Republican rule at the time.

A) special newspaper releases.

B) public appearances.

C) press assistants.

D) "fireside chats."

7. Under the Tennessee Valley Authority, what was to happen?

A) flood control of the region

B) provide electric power to a rural region

C) bring in industry to a region

D) improve the economy of a region that was poor

E) all of these

8. The presidential election of 1936 (first time F.D.R. tries to be

re-elected) is most accurately seen as a:

A) tremendous vote of confidence for F.D.R.

B) surprising victory for Alf Landon.

C) sign of F.D.R.'s fading popularity.

D) dramatic example of communism's appeal during the depression.

Act):

A) labor obtained the support to help it in organizing.

B) unions were imposed on many agricultural workers who did not

want them.

C) a complete end to labor-management strife came about.

D) organize labor was restricted to local level.

balance of power in the United States by:

A) having a large national debt.

B) calling for distribution of wealth.

C) pushing Huey Long, the Kingfisher, from power.

D) packing the Supreme Court.

11. The Good Neighbor Policy of the United States in the 1920s and

1930s called for:

A) diminished U.S. influence into the domestic affairs of Latin

America.

B) all Latin American countries to protect U.S. land ownership

in each country.

C) increased rubber production so the U.S. would not be

dependent on the Far East.

D) forcefully removing corrupt dictators like Trujillo of the

Dominican Republic and Somoza in Nicaragua.

12. The American isolationists of the 1930's:

A) felt that U.S. involvement in World War I had been a mistake.

B) included very few well-educated women.

C) were generally favorable to the fascists.

D) discounted the investigations of Senator Genald P. Nye.

13. How did the United States do in the early part of the military

campaigns (first part of 1942) of World War II.

A) Very much like W.W. I, it changed the tide of the war at

once.

B) It took a number of islands from Japan.

C) It did poorly.

D) It started a cross channel attack.

14. A. Philip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

protests led F.D.R. to:

A) end segregation of the army troops.

B) order nondiscrimination in defense plant hiring.

C) nationalize the railroads.

D) end segregation in southern schools.

to

A) demonstrate that the bomb would work.

B) illustrate President Truman's leadership.

C) fulfill an agreement made at Yalta.

D) force Japan to surrender without an Allied invasion.

Multiple-Choice

1. B Type: MC - 5

2. C Type: MC - 7

3. A Type: MC - 8

4. B Type: MC - 13

5. C Type: MC - 15

6. D Type: MC - 24

7. E Type: MC - 28

8. A Type: MC - 33

9. A Type: MC - 34

10. D Type: MC - 35

11. A Type: MC - 42

12. A Type: MC - 43

13. C Type: MC - 59

14. B Type: MC - 63

15. D Type: MC - 78