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AP US History 4 th Quarter Review. Part 1. The Great Depression – Question 100 Part of the reason for the stock market crash was… A . the buying of great amounts of stock "on margin." B . the high rate of deflation in the 1920s.
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The Great Depression – Question 100 • Part of the reason for the stock market crash was… • A. the buying of great amounts of stock "on margin." • B. the high rate of deflation in the 1920s. • C. the tax policies of the 1920s, which especially hurt the wealthy who might otherwise have brought more stocks. • D. the low tariff, which allowed imports to corner several important American markets.
The Great Depression – Question 200 • Which of the following methods of fighting the Depression did President Herbert Hoover oppose throughout his administration? • A. continued promotion of cooperation and conferences between government and business. • B. federal welfare programs to give relief directly to the poor. • C. loans by the government to big businesses to keep them from failing. • D. increased state and local spending for public works programs.
The Great Depression – Question 300 • One result of the "Dust Bowl" was that… • A. California became the most populous state in the Union. • B. Mexican-Americans and African-Americans took advantage of the opportunity to settle abandoned land. • C. several million people on the Plains abandoned their farms and moved West. • D. big, industrial agricultural cooperatives broke up into smaller units.
The Great Depression – Question 400 • An important result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act was… • A. new prosperity for factory workers in the United States. • B. tariff reprisals from a number of foreign countries. • C. an increase in farm income. • D. a great increase in the development of foreign trade. • a great increase in the development of foreign trade.
The Great Depression – Question 500 • One effect of the Great Depression before American entry into WWII on women was to… • A. gain increased public support for such feminist organizations as the National Woman's Party. • B. open up new opportunities for women in the professions. • C. drive all women out of the labor force by the time the economic crisis was over. • D. strengthen the belief that a woman's place was in the home
FDR’s New Deal(s) – Question 100 • The philosophy behind the New Deal was primarily to... • A. Restore laissez-faire capitalism • B. Cut down the size of government and return more power to the states so they could each deal with their specific economic problems • C. Expand the role of federal government in providing jobs, relief for the unemployed, better wages, and regulation of industry • D. Eliminate the massive federal deficit which had led to the Great Depression by mandating a balanced federal budget
FDR’s New Deal(s) – Question 200 • During the period of the New Deal, the program of organized labor was most successful in… • A. removing obstacles to unionization. • B. restoring full employment to the economy. • C. securing a nationwide system of workers' compensation. • D. unifying the labor movement.
FDR’s New Deal(s) – Question 300 • In personally taking over the task of setting the dollar amount the government would pay for gold, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s announced purpose was to… • A. Prevent a run on the banks, which would be likely to deplete the nation’s gold supply dangerously • B. Manipulate the price of gold so as to raise prices • C. Maintain the value of the dollar at a constant level • D. Revise the value of the dollar so as to force prices down to affordable levels in America’s depressed economy
FDR’s New Deal(s) – Question 400 • All of the following statements about the Civilian Conservation Corps are true EXCEPT: • A. Its members lived in camps, wore uniforms, and were under semi-military discipline. • B. It engaged in such projects as preventing soil erosion and impounding lakes • C. It eventually came to employ over 1/3 of the American work force. • D. It provided that some of the workers’ pay should be sent home to their families.
FDR’s New Deal(s) – Question 500 • The most enduring change that occurred in United States banking during the administration of Franklin Roosevelt was the… • A. federal insurance of bank deposits. • B. regular and repeated use of "bank holidays." • C. nationalization of the banking system. • D. rigid exclusion of large banks from the provision of venture capital.
World War II – Question 100 • The United States during World War II adopted all of the following strategies EXCEPT… • A. an eventual second front by invading Europe. • B. victory in the European area first. • C. support of de Gaulle's Free French forces. • D. use of atomic bombs on Germany and Japan
World War II – Question 200 • At the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the US found itself • A. Fully prepared through complete mobilization and training beginning at the outbreak of the war in Europe • B. Partially prepared by over a year, in light of the fact that the nation’s first peacetime draft had been in place for more than a year • C. With a large but untrained army of conscripts called up within the past six weeks • D. With a large and modern navy, but an army of under 100,000 men
World War II – Question 300 • Which of the following was agreed to at the Yalta Conference (1945)? • A. an agreement to divide Germany into four military zones. • B. the establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers to draft peace treaties. • C. the Soviet Union agreed to enter the war against Japan once Germany was defeated. • D. a commitment to open a second front in France.
World War II – Question 400 • Which statement best represents the United States' response to reports of the German persecution of Jews? • A. Americans overwhelmingly supported legislation to admit twenty thousand German refugee children. • B. the United States expressed sympathy for the plight of the Jews, and liberalized its restrictive immigration laws. • C. the United States expressed sympathy for the plight of the Jews, but refused to liberalize its restrictive immigration laws. • D. the United States expressed sympathy for the plight of the Jews, and liberalized its restrictive immigration laws.
World War II – Question 500 • Issued by President Roosevelt in 1941, Executive Order No. 8802… • A. fully integrated the United States armed forces. • B. established the internment camps for Japanese-Americans • C. assisted blacks attempting to move out of the South. • D. required defense industries to make jobs available without discrimination based on race, creed, color, or national origin.
The Vietnam and Korean Wars – Question 100 • The United Nations was able to provide military assistance to South Korea in 1950 because? • A. the USSR boycotted the session of the Security Council at which the decision was made. • B. the USSR opposed the North Korean invasion of the South. • C. the United States outvoted the Soviet Union. • D. other nations in Southeast Asia pledged their support.
The Vietnam and Korean Wars – Question 200 • The Truman administration's decision to oppose the invasion of South Korea by North Korea in June, 1950 was made… • A. after the United States Senate declared war on North Korea. • B. at the insistence of General Douglas MacArthur. • C. because the United Nations refused to act. • D. without congressional approval.
The Vietnam and Korean Wars – Question 300 • Lyndon Johnson obtained congressional approval for a greater American role in Vietnam by… • A. claiming that the North Vietnamese had fired on American ships in international waters. • B. using his political skills to charm congressmen into granting him emergency powers. • C. offering to cut many of his social programs in order to pay for an expanded role. • D. claiming that nuclear weapons were being developed in North Vietnam.
The Vietnam and Korean Wars – Question 400 • The Pentagon Papers, published in 1971… • A. exposed President Nixon's secret bombing war of Cambodia. • B. exposed the use of the FBI to spy on American citizens • C. exposed the deception that had led the United States into the Vietnam War. • D. revealed President Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal.
The Vietnam and Korean Wars – Question 500 • In both the Korean War and the Vietnam War, the… • A. United States managed to achieve a stalemate with the Communist forces. • B. United Nations sanctioned the U. S. efforts to stop an aggressor. • C. United States fought for years without Congress ever declaring war. • D. lack of U. S. success in combat led to the creation of a large anti-war movement.
The Cold War – Question 100 • At the beginning of the Cold War, U. S. policy toward the Soviet Union tended to follow the ideas of George F. Kennan, that is… • A. an aggressive policy of rolling back the gains already made by the Soviet Union. • B. active aid to nationalist movements attempting to throw off Soviet domination. • C. a policy of containment of Soviet expansionist tendencies. • D. strict enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine with regard to Soviet expansionism in the Western Hemisphere.
The Cold War – Question 200 • President Kennedy's main goal in the United States' 1962 decision to blockade Cuba was to… • A. use the CIA to overthrow the Castro government forcibly. • B. encourage Castro to reopen diplomatic relations with the United States. • C. force the Soviet Union to remove its missiles from Cuba. • D. encourage the Soviet Union to stop sending soldiers and aid to Castro.
The Cold War – Question 300 • Which of the following is generally regarded as THE major accomplishment of the Nixon administration?: • A. economic reforms. • B. détente with the Soviet Union and China. • C. new social programs. • D. environment regulations.
The Cold War – Question 400 • The SALT I Agreement… • A. called for a phased withdrawal of American missiles and troops in Europe, in exchange for a comparable Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. • B. brought about the end of the OPEC oil embargo. • C. arranged for the Soviet Union's purchase of at least $750 million in American grain over a three-year period. • D. limited the antiballistic missiles of the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Cold War – Question 500 • During the struggle in China between nationalists and communists after World War II, the United States… • A. intervened militarily to put an end to the struggle. • B. continued to support Chiang Kai-shek with money and weapons even when it became clear his cause was lost. • C. supported Ho Chi Minh, a compromise leader. • D. supported the communist leader Mao Zedong hoping that a communist China friendly to the United States would help stop Soviet aggression.
