Question 1

In response to the Bonus Army marchers, Herbert Hoover:

Accepted Answer

A)  got Congress to approve immediate payment of their bonuses 
B)  put them to work building schools and roads 
C)  sent the U.S. Army to evict them 
D)  promised them that prosperity was just around the corner 
E)  met with them personally at the White House to hear their concerns 
A)  got Congress to approve immediate payment of their bonuses 
B)  put them to work building schools and roads 
C)  sent the U.S. Army to evict them 
D)  promised them that prosperity was just around the corner 
E)  met with them personally at the White House to hear their concerns

Question 2

Trace the rise of Calvin Coolidge to the presidency of the United States.

Accepted Answer

Calvin Coolidge rose to the presidency o

Question 3

As president, Warren Harding was actually more progressive than Woodrow Wilson in his attitudes and policies toward African Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The biggest scandal of the Harding administration:

Accepted Answer

A)  led to an attempt to impeach Harding that fell just four votes short of success in the House of Representatives 
B)  concerned a corrupt U.S. customs official who had regularly allowed Chinese imports into the country duty-free 
C)  was the impeachment of the attorney general for fraudulent handling of German assets seized after World War I 
D)  was his fathering a child out of wedlock 
E)  involved the leasing of government-owned oil deposits to private companies 
A)  led to an attempt to impeach Harding that fell just four votes short of success in the House of Representatives 
B)  concerned a corrupt U.S. customs official who had regularly allowed Chinese imports into the country duty-free 
C)  was the impeachment of the attorney general for fraudulent handling of German assets seized after World War I 
D)  was his fathering a child out of wedlock 
E)  involved the leasing of government-owned oil deposits to private companies

Question 5

The "Bonus Expeditionary Force" was organized to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

At the end of 1928, President-elect Herbert Hoover sought to demonstrate his activist bent by:

Accepted Answer

A)  calling for term limits on the office of the president 
B)  asking Congress to pay World War I veterans their bonuses 
C)  calling for Alaska's statehood 
D)  touring ten Latin American nations 
E)  stating he would attack Cuba 
A)  calling for term limits on the office of the president 
B)  asking Congress to pay World War I veterans their bonuses 
C)  calling for Alaska's statehood 
D)  touring ten Latin American nations 
E)  stating he would attack Cuba

Question 7

Whose campaign song was "Happy Days Are Here Again"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Al Smith 
B)  Herbert Hoover 
C)  Franklin D. Roosevelt 
D)  Eugene Debs 
E)  Theodore Roosevelt 
A)  Al Smith 
B)  Herbert Hoover 
C)  Franklin D. Roosevelt 
D)  Eugene Debs 
E)  Theodore Roosevelt

Question 8

Harding's secretary of the treasury:

Accepted Answer

A)  favored retaining the high wartime level of taxation in order to build up the public treasury 
B)  favored a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation but mainly for the rich 
C)  favored a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation but mainly for the poor and middle class 
D)  persuaded Congress to drop the personal income tax instituted under Wilson 
E)  supported the calling in of all loans to Europe 
A)  favored retaining the high wartime level of taxation in order to build up the public treasury 
B)  favored a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation but mainly for the rich 
C)  favored a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation but mainly for the poor and middle class 
D)  persuaded Congress to drop the personal income tax instituted under Wilson 
E)  supported the calling in of all loans to Europe

Question 9

As secretary of commerce under Coolidge, Herbert Hoover's prioritywas the trade-association movement, about which all of the following are true EXCEPT that it:

Accepted Answer

A)  gave business leaders an opportunity to share information 
B)  allowed businessmen to more accurately foresee developments 
C)  allowed for price fixing among companies 
D)  was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1925 
E)  successfully blocked all monopolistic practices 
A)  gave business leaders an opportunity to share information 
B)  allowed businessmen to more accurately foresee developments 
C)  allowed for price fixing among companies 
D)  was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1925 
E)  successfully blocked all monopolistic practices

Question 10

Although Herbert Hoover strictly resisted giving federal assistance directly to individuals, he did actively pursue avenues intended to put the nation's economy on the path of recovery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Democratic presidential nominee Al Smith was hurt in 1928 by the fact that he was:

Accepted Answer

A)  a New Yorker and a Catholic 
B)  a boring public speaker 
C)  a member of the Ku Klux Klan 
D)  a supporter of Prohibition 
E)  an actor 
A)  a New Yorker and a Catholic 
B)  a boring public speaker 
C)  a member of the Ku Klux Klan 
D)  a supporter of Prohibition 
E)  an actor

Question 12

In November 1930:

Accepted Answer

A)  Herbert Hoover was soundly defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt 
B)  Herbert Hoover won a second term as president, but by a very small margin 
C)  Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives 
D)  Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives 
E)  the House of Representatives, Senate, and presidency remained in the hands of the incumbent parties 
A)  Herbert Hoover was soundly defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt 
B)  Herbert Hoover won a second term as president, but by a very small margin 
C)  Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives 
D)  Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives 
E)  the House of Representatives, Senate, and presidency remained in the hands of the incumbent parties

Question 13

Harding's secretary of the treasury, who pushed tax cuts for the wealthy, was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Herbert Hoover 
B)  Calvin Coolidge 
C)  Charles Evans Hughes 
D)  Albert Fall 
E)  Andrew Mellon 
A)  Herbert Hoover 
B)  Calvin Coolidge 
C)  Charles Evans Hughes 
D)  Albert Fall 
E)  Andrew Mellon

Question 14

The progressive coalition that elected Woodrow Wilson president dissolved by 1920 for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  many of the progressive reforms still seemed unattainable 
B)  intellectuals became disillusioned because of the anti-evolution movement 
C)  intellectuals became disillusioned with grassroots democracy's popular support for the Ku Klux Klan 
D)  the middle class became more interested with restoring a "new era" of prosperity based on mass production and mass consumption 
E)  Prohibition was unpopular 
A)  many of the progressive reforms still seemed unattainable 
B)  intellectuals became disillusioned because of the anti-evolution movement 
C)  intellectuals became disillusioned with grassroots democracy's popular support for the Ku Klux Klan 
D)  the middle class became more interested with restoring a "new era" of prosperity based on mass production and mass consumption 
E)  Prohibition was unpopular

Question 15

The result in the presidential election of 1920 might be attributed to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the smear campaign directed against Democratic candidate A. Mitchell Palmer 
B)  the fact that Americans in the 1920s were "tired of issues, sick at heart of ideals, and weary of being noble" 
C)  southerners who expressed their displeasure at President Wilson's policies by voting Republican 
D)  the lack of African American voters in the election 
E)  the lack of women voters in the election 
A)  the smear campaign directed against Democratic candidate A. Mitchell Palmer 
B)  the fact that Americans in the 1920s were "tired of issues, sick at heart of ideals, and weary of being noble" 
C)  southerners who expressed their displeasure at President Wilson's policies by voting Republican 
D)  the lack of African American voters in the election 
E)  the lack of women voters in the election

Question 16

In the 1928 presidential election, the Democrats nominated:

Accepted Answer

A)  Franklin D. Roosevelt 
B)  Herbert Hoover 
C)  Rex Tugwell 
D)  Al Smith 
E)  Harry Truman 
A)  Franklin D. Roosevelt 
B)  Herbert Hoover 
C)  Rex Tugwell 
D)  Al Smith 
E)  Harry Truman

Question 17

Businessmen flew "Hoover flags" to show their support for the president's hands-off approach to the Depression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

One major cause of the Depression was that workers' wages were too high.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Calvin Coolidge was notorious for his love of whiskey, poker, and women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Of all the causes of the stock market crash of October 1929, the greatest culprit was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hoover's tax policies 
B)  the weak foundation of the 1920s economy 
C)  international monetary policy 
D)  unethical practices on Wall Street 
E)  union influences on business 
A)  Hoover's tax policies 
B)  the weak foundation of the 1920s economy 
C)  international monetary policy 
D)  unethical practices on Wall Street 
E)  union influences on business

Exam 26: Republican Resurgence and Decline

In response to the Bonus Army marchers, Herbert Hoover:

Trace the rise of Calvin Coolidge to the presidency of the United States.

As president, Warren Harding was actually more progressive than Woodrow Wilson in his attitudes and policies toward African Americans.

The biggest scandal of the Harding administration:

The "Bonus Expeditionary Force" was organized to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the end of 1928, President-elect Herbert Hoover sought to demonstrate his activist bent by:

Whose campaign song was "Happy Days Are Here Again"?

Harding's secretary of the treasury:

As secretary of commerce under Coolidge, Herbert Hoover's prioritywas the trade-association movement, about which all of the following are true EXCEPT that it:

Although Herbert Hoover strictly resisted giving federal assistance directly to individuals, he did actively pursue avenues intended to put the nation's economy on the path of recovery.

Democratic presidential nominee Al Smith was hurt in 1928 by the fact that he was:

In November 1930:

Harding's secretary of the treasury, who pushed tax cuts for the wealthy, was:

The progressive coalition that elected Woodrow Wilson president dissolved by 1920 for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

The result in the presidential election of 1920 might be attributed to:

In the 1928 presidential election, the Democrats nominated:

Businessmen flew "Hoover flags" to show their support for the president's hands-off approach to the Depression.

One major cause of the Depression was that workers' wages were too high.

Calvin Coolidge was notorious for his love of whiskey, poker, and women.

Of all the causes of the stock market crash of October 1929, the greatest culprit was:

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

The Emergence of Urban America

Gilded Age Politics and Agrarian Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

Making the World Over: the Progressive ERA

America and the Great War

The Modern Temper

New Deal America

The Second World War

The Fair Deal and Containment

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New Frontiers: Politics and Social Change in the 1960s

Rebellion and Reaction: the 1960s and 1970s

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