Question 1

In the 1924 presidential election:

Accepted Answer

A)  Robert M. La Follette barely won the nomination of a faction-ridden Republican party 
B)  the Democratic candidate almost upset the Republican candidate 
C)  Calvin Coolidge swept both the popular and electoral votes by decisive majorities 
D)  A. Mitchell Palmer was the Democratic candidate 
E)  Herbert Hoover challenged Coolidge for the Republican nomination 
A)  Robert M. La Follette barely won the nomination of a faction-ridden Republican party 
B)  the Democratic candidate almost upset the Republican candidate 
C)  Calvin Coolidge swept both the popular and electoral votes by decisive majorities 
D)  A. Mitchell Palmer was the Democratic candidate 
E)  Herbert Hoover challenged Coolidge for the Republican nomination

Question 2

In the presidential election of 1932:

Accepted Answer

A)  radical Socialist and Communist party candidates won nearly 1 million votes 
B)  FDR's training as vice president under Herbert Hoover helped him win the Democratic nomination 
C)  Republican Alfred Landon won the electoral votes of only six states 
D)  FDR promised to continue the economic policies of Herbert Hoover 
E)  FDR lost the popular vote but won the electoral college 
A)  radical Socialist and Communist party candidates won nearly 1 million votes 
B)  FDR's training as vice president under Herbert Hoover helped him win the Democratic nomination 
C)  Republican Alfred Landon won the electoral votes of only six states 
D)  FDR promised to continue the economic policies of Herbert Hoover 
E)  FDR lost the popular vote but won the electoral college

Question 3

Of the following presidents, which tied government and business closer together than at any other time in the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Warren Harding 
B)  Calvin Coolidge 
C)  Herbert Hoover 
D)  Franklin Roosevelt 
E)  Woodrow Wilson 
A)  Warren Harding 
B)  Calvin Coolidge 
C)  Herbert Hoover 
D)  Franklin Roosevelt 
E)  Woodrow Wilson

Question 4

How did farmers and veterans react to the Hoover administration's response to the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Farmers and veterans had different react

Question 5

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  The gold standard caused a tightening of currency supplies worldwide. 
B)  Corporate structures had been bloated by the success of the 1920s but were unprepared for the tightening of the economy. 
C)  Mellon's business-friendly tax policies enticed the rich into more frenzied stock market speculation. 
D)  Much of the profits that had been taken during the 1920s had been put back into companies rather than saved or invested in other ways. 
E)  As consumer spending declined, the rate of investment in new factories and businesses also plummeted. 
A)  The gold standard caused a tightening of currency supplies worldwide. 
B)  Corporate structures had been bloated by the success of the 1920s but were unprepared for the tightening of the economy. 
C)  Mellon's business-friendly tax policies enticed the rich into more frenzied stock market speculation. 
D)  Much of the profits that had been taken during the 1920s had been put back into companies rather than saved or invested in other ways. 
E)  As consumer spending declined, the rate of investment in new factories and businesses also plummeted.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT true about Robert La Follette's 1924 presidential campaign?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was supported by the Socialists and organized labor. 
B)  It resulted in one of the best third-party showings in history. 
C)  He was the candidate for the Progressive party. 
D)  He tried to unite the fractured Democratic party. 
E)  The only state he carried was his native Wisconsin. 
A)  It was supported by the Socialists and organized labor. 
B)  It resulted in one of the best third-party showings in history. 
C)  He was the candidate for the Progressive party. 
D)  He tried to unite the fractured Democratic party. 
E)  The only state he carried was his native Wisconsin.

Question 7

Discuss how corruption during the Harding administration got so widespread. Survey the various scandals and show the effects they had on the administration.

Accepted Answer

The corruption during the Harding admini

Question 8

Harding's administration is most remembered for:

Accepted Answer

A)  the fact that he died while in office 
B)  the poor state of the economy while he was president 
C)  his promotion of the arts and culture 
D)  the scandals that plagued it 
E)  its overwhelming popularity with the American people 
A)  the fact that he died while in office 
B)  the poor state of the economy while he was president 
C)  his promotion of the arts and culture 
D)  the scandals that plagued it 
E)  its overwhelming popularity with the American people

Question 9

According to Calvin Coolidge, the president should passively defer to Congress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What had the progressivism of the prewar period turned into by the 1920s? What factors led to this transformation?

Accepted Answer

The progressivism of the prewar period h

Question 11

What did Warren
G. Harding mean by "normalcy"? Is that a good term to describe the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of

Question 12

Match between columns
                        Premises: Herbert Hoover
Robert La Follette
Warren G. Harding
Douglas MacArthur
Calvin Coolidge
William H. Taft
Al Smith
Andrew Mellon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Albert Fall

Accepted Answer

The Answer of was a Supreme Court chief justice and is...

Question 13

The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 created:

Accepted Answer

A)  chaos in the federal budget process 
B)  a rift within the Democratic party concerning the budget 
C)  an end to states budgets 
D)  a tax to rewrite the budget process 
E)  a new Bureau of the Budget to streamline the process of preparing an annual federal budget 
A)  chaos in the federal budget process 
B)  a rift within the Democratic party concerning the budget 
C)  an end to states budgets 
D)  a tax to rewrite the budget process 
E)  a new Bureau of the Budget to streamline the process of preparing an annual federal budget

Question 14

In the 1920s, farm prices:

Accepted Answer

A)  were subsidized by the federal government 
B)  stayed at their high wartime levels 
C)  stayed at their low wartime levels 
D)  fell sharply 
E)  rose sharply 
A)  were subsidized by the federal government 
B)  stayed at their high wartime levels 
C)  stayed at their low wartime levels 
D)  fell sharply 
E)  rose sharply

Question 15

Trace the election of 1932. How did each party settle on its respective nominee, and what was the result of the election?

Accepted Answer

The election of 1932 was a pivotal momen

Question 16

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation:

Accepted Answer

A)  was created over Hoover's veto 
B)  did little to prevent bankruptcies 
C)  was criticized for its alleged favoritism to farmers and workers 
D)  was an initiative of Franklin Roosevelt as governor of New York 
E)  offered emergency loans to banks, life-insurance companies, and railroads 
A)  was created over Hoover's veto 
B)  did little to prevent bankruptcies 
C)  was criticized for its alleged favoritism to farmers and workers 
D)  was an initiative of Franklin Roosevelt as governor of New York 
E)  offered emergency loans to banks, life-insurance companies, and railroads

Question 17

Robert La Follette said, "The chief business of the American people is business."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

On the issue of regulating big business, President Harding:

Accepted Answer

A)  showed his support for regulation by pressuring Congress to pass stricter laws 
B)  named conservative advocates of big business to head the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Trade Commission 
C)  and his administration brought a record number of suits against corporations 
D)  named Robert La Follette, a former leading progressive, to head a government commission to investigate unfair business practices 
E)  appointed former president William Howard Taft as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 
A)  showed his support for regulation by pressuring Congress to pass stricter laws 
B)  named conservative advocates of big business to head the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Trade Commission 
C)  and his administration brought a record number of suits against corporations 
D)  named Robert La Follette, a former leading progressive, to head a government commission to investigate unfair business practices 
E)  appointed former president William Howard Taft as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Question 19

Despite the many well-founded criticisms of Warren Harding as president, he was a visionary for his era in the field of:

Accepted Answer

A)  civil rights 
B)  economic development 
C)  government oversight 
D)  business regulation 
E)  bank development 
A)  civil rights 
B)  economic development 
C)  government oversight 
D)  business regulation 
E)  bank development

Question 20

Who created the Federal Radio Commission:

Accepted Answer

A)  Herbert Hoover 
B)  Robert La Follette 
C)  Warren Harding 
D)  Calvin Coolidge 
E)  John Rockefeller 
A)  Herbert Hoover 
B)  Robert La Follette 
C)  Warren Harding 
D)  Calvin Coolidge 
E)  John Rockefeller

Exam 26: Republican Resurgence and Decline

In the 1924 presidential election:

In the presidential election of 1932:

Of the following presidents, which tied government and business closer together than at any other time in the twentieth century?

How did farmers and veterans react to the Hoover administration's response to the Great Depression?

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Depression?

Which of the following is NOT true about Robert La Follette's 1924 presidential campaign?

Discuss how corruption during the Harding administration got so widespread. Survey the various scandals and show the effects they had on the administration.

Harding's administration is most remembered for:

According to Calvin Coolidge, the president should passively defer to Congress.

What had the progressivism of the prewar period turned into by the 1920s? What factors led to this transformation?

What did Warren G. Harding mean by "normalcy"? Is that a good term to describe the 1920s?

The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 created:

In the 1920s, farm prices:

Trace the election of 1932. How did each party settle on its respective nominee, and what was the result of the election?

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation:

Robert La Follette said, "The chief business of the American people is business."

On the issue of regulating big business, President Harding:

Despite the many well-founded criticisms of Warren Harding as president, he was a visionary for his era in the field of:

Who created the Federal Radio Commission:

The Collision of Cultures

Britain and Its Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Shaping a Federal Union

The Federalist Era

The Early Republic

The Dynamics of Growth

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian ERA

The Old South

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

An Empire in the West

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

Reconstruction: North and South

Big Business and Organized Labor

The South and the West Transformed

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Gilded Age Politics and Agrarian Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

Making the World Over: the Progressive ERA

America and the Great War

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