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Pregunta 1
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All of the following are among Warren G. Harding's weaknesses as president EXCEPT:
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a lack of political experience
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an inability to detect moral weaknesses and ethical lapses in his associates
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an unwillingness to hurt people's feelings by saying "No"
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administrative and executive management shortcomings
Pregunta 2
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Which of the following best describes the Republican economic policies implemented under President Warren G. Harding?
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A continuation of the same laissez-faire doctrine practiced by President William McKinley's Republican administration
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A modification of laissez-faire economic doctrine that included using the courts and administrative agencies to maximize the profits of the business sector
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The institution of many government regulatory schemes to curb the exploitative economic and labor relations practices of big business
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The development and implementation of economic policies that aided small business at the expense of big business
Pregunta 3
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Which of the following best characterizes U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the 1920s?
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Extremely hostile to progressive social reform legislation enacted during the progressive era
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Overall, hostile to progressive social reforms, with the exception of maintaining workplace protections for women
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Attempting to strike a fair balance between labor and business over collective-bargaining, union-organizing, and right-to-strike legal issues
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Upholding antitrust and government regulatory schemes designed to expand government intervention in the economy
Pregunta 4
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As president, Warren G. Harding proved to be:
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thoughtful and ambitious but rather impractical
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an able administrator and diplomat but a poor politician
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politically competent and concerned for the welfare of ordinary people
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weak-willed and tolerant of corruption among his friends
Pregunta 5
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The general policy of the federal government toward industry in the early 1920s was:
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a weakening of federal regulation and encouragement of trade associations
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an emphasis on federal regulations rather than state and local controls
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an emphasis on vigorous antitrust enforcement rather than on regulation
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a turn toward direct federal control of key industries like the railroads
Pregunta 6
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Two groups who suffered severe political setbacks in the immediate post-World War I environment were:
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Protestants and Jews
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Organized Labor and Blacks
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Small Businesses and Farmers
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Women and City Dwellers
Pregunta 7
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Two terms that describe the Harding and Coolidge administrations' approach toward foreign policy are:
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Internationalism and moralism
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Interventionism and militarism
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Isolationism and disarmament
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Balance of power and alliance-seeking
Pregunta 8
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The proposed ratio of "5-5-3" in Washington Disarmament Conference of 1921-1922 referred to:
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the allowable ratio of American, British, and Japanese troops in China
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the number of votes Britain, France, and the United States would have in the League of Nations
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the allowable ratio of battleships and carriers among the United States, Britain, and Japan
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the number of nations from Europe, the Americas, and Asia respectively, that would have to ratify the treaties before they went into effect
Pregunta 9
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The very high tariff rates of the 1920s had the economic effect of:
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stimulating the formation of common markets among the major industrial nations
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causing severe deflation in the United States and Europe
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turning American trade away from Europe and toward Asia
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causing the Europeans to erect their own tariff barriers and thus reduce international trade
Pregunta 10
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The central scandal of Teapot Dome involved members of Harding's Cabinet who:
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sold spoiled foodstuff to the army and navy
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took bribes for leasing federal oil lands
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violated prohibition by tolerating gangster liquor deals
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stuffed ballot boxes and played dirty tricks on campaign opponents
Pregunta 11
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The one major group that experienced hard economic times amidst the general prosperity of the 1920s was:
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Small -Business People
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Farmers
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Bankers and Stock Brokers
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The Oil Mining Industries
Pregunta 12
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Besides deep divisions within the Democratic party, the elections of 1924 revealed:
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Coolidge's inability to attain Harding's level of popularity
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the weakness of pro-farmer and pro-labor Progressive reform
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the turn of the solid South from the Democrats to the Republicans
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the rise of liberalism within the Democratic party
Pregunta 13
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The international economic crisis cause by unpaid war reparations and loans was partially resolved by:
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private American bank loans to Germany
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forgiving the loans and reparations
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creation of a new international economic system by the League of Nations
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the rise of Mussolini and Hitler
Pregunta 14
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Al Smith's Roman Catholicism and opposition to prohibition hurt him especially:
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in the South
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among ethnic voters
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among African-Americans
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among women voters
Pregunta 15
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The election of Hoover over Smith in 1928 seemed to represent a victory of:
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northern industrial values over southern agrarianism
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small business over the ideas of big government and big business
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ethnic and cultural diversity over traditional Anglo-Saxon values
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big business and efficiency over urban and Catholic values
Pregunta 16
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One important cause of the great stock-market crash of 1929 was:
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over-expansion of production and credit beyond the ability to pay for them
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a "tight" money policy that made it difficult to obtain loans
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the lack of tariff protection for American markets from foreign competitors
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excessive government regulation of business
Pregunta 17
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The sky-high Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 had the economic effect of:
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providing valuable protection for hard-pressed American manufacturers
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lowering the value of American currency in international money markets
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crippling international trade and deepening the depression
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forcing foreign governments to negotiate fairer trade agreements
Pregunta 18
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The federal agency Hoover established to provide "pump-priming" loans to businesses was the:
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Bonus Expeditionary Force
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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American Legion
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