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Period 7 Strive for 5

Question 1 of 12

1

The above massage from Theodore Roosevelt foreshadowed

Select one of the following:

  • U.S. involvement in the War of 1998

  • an increasingly active U.S role in Latin American affairs

  • retreat to the isolationism of the Gilded Age

  • significantly increased trade with China

Explanation

Question 2 of 12

1

The War of 1898 had convinced Roosevelt of the necessity of

Select one of the following:

  • acquiring Cuba

  • building a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

  • Constructing a two-ocean navy

  • completing a transcontinental railroad to quickly move troops and supplies to the West Coast

Explanation

Question 3 of 12

1

Roosevelt's foreign policy initiatives broke with traditional U.S foreign policy by

Select one of the following:

  • involving the United States prominently in world affairs

  • involving the United States in European Wars

  • establishing passive tactics that shattered the notion of U.S. invincibility

  • establishing U.S. colonies in Africa

Explanation

Question 4 of 12

1

Which of the following most clearly represents what Sinclair Lewis is criticizing in the selection from Babbitt?

Select one of the following:

  • U.S. failure to join the League of Nations following World War 1

  • The growth of big business during the 1920s

  • Control of the U.S. government by Protestant religious establishment

  • The shallow and superficial nature of American society

Explanation

Question 5 of 12

1

A highly charged Tennessee court case in the 1920s reflected religious conflict between

Select one of the following:

  • Catholics and Protestants

  • creationists and "big bang" theorists

  • fundamentalist Christianity and scienctific modernism

  • adherents of Social Darwinism and adherent of the Social Gospel

Explanation

Question 6 of 12

1

The foreign policy of the 1920s reflected what change from the two preceding decades

Select one of the following:

  • An expansive role in international bodies like the WOrld COurt and League of Nations

  • Movement toward a more isolationistic posture

  • A more aggressive and jingoistic policy toward Latin American

  • A massive military buildup so the "preparedness" would never again be an issue

Explanation

Question 7 of 12

1

The tone of Roosevelt's fireside chat reflects his belief that

Select one of the following:

  • the United States should remain completely neutral in World War II

  • World War II will have little impact on the United States

  • moral necessity would force the United States into the war

  • Japan posed the greatest threat to U.S. interests

Explanation

Question 8 of 12

1

Roosevelt's foreign policy in the late 1930s reflected what change from the foreign policy of the 1920s

Select one of the following:

  • A return to the isolationism of the Gilded Age

  • A call for increased military invention in Latin America

  • More aggressive confrontation

  • Greater involvement in world affairs

Explanation

Question 9 of 12

1

By the time of U.S. entry into World War II in December 1941, the United States had done all of the following EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

  • provide the Allies with much-needed supplies

  • move Japanese Americans to internment camps

  • institute the first peacetime draft in U.S. history

  • meet with Allied leaders to agreee on war aims

Explanation

Question 10 of 12

1

Which of the following statements is best supported by the graph above

Select one of the following:

  • Farm foreclosures remained the same throughout the New Deal

  • The rates at which banks failed and farms were foreclosed were about the same

  • Banks recovereed quickly in the early years of the New Deal

  • Farm foreclosures went down steadily throughout the New Deal

Explanation

Question 11 of 12

1

Which of the following represents the greatest change in government policy ushered in by the New Deal?

Select one of the following:

  • The government was responsible for the economic well-being of the country

  • The government should steadfastly retain a laissez-faire appatoach to economic recessions

  • The government's primary role should be to defend the United States from foreign invasion

  • Quack remedies would not put an end to the Great Depression

Explanation

Question 12 of 12

1

The Great Depression was ended by

Select one of the following:

  • New Deal relief programs like the Federal Emergency Relief Administration

  • work programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration

  • industrial expansion fueled by acts like the Lend-Lease Act

  • the Court-packing scheme, which upheld critical New Deal programs

Explanation