home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
800 College Boards
/
800 College Boards.iso
/
cbrd20
/
module6
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1992-01-01
|
5KB
|
188 lines
NEW SET
A
Type the letter of the best answer.
next
1
1. The Platt Amendment of 1901 provided that:
(A) the United States could intervene in Cuba to preserve
Cuban independence
(B) the states of Latin America would be free from foreign
interference
(C) the United States would insure an open door policy in China
(D) a Panama Canal zone would be protected
(E) the United States would open diplomatic relations with Mexico
next
a
0
2
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
2
(A) It insured U. S. control over Cuba.
next
2
2. All of the following laws affected American immigration policy EXCEPT:
(A) the Literacy Test Act
(B) the National Origins Act
(C) the Chinese Exclusion Act
(D) the McCarran-Walter Act
(E) the Morrill Act
next
e
0
3
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
3
(E) The Morrill Act of 1862 provided land grants to states for establishment
of colleges. It contributed to the expansion of higher education, especially
in the Midwest and Far West.
next
3
3. Which of the following novels deals with World War I?
(A) THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
(B) THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
(C) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
(D) FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
(E) THE CAINE MUTINY
next
c
0
4
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
4
(C) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Erich Marie Remarque is the only
World War I novel listed.
next
4
4. Which of the following candidates represented the Socialist Party in 1920?
(A) Henry A. Wallace
(B) Robert M. La Follette
(C) James B. Weaver
(D) Eugene V. Debs
(E) William Jennings Bryan
next
d
0
5
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
5
(D) Eugene Debs ran for President five times as the Socialist Party candidate:
in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1920. In the 1920 election he received more
than 900,000 votes, despite being sentenced to jail for sedition in 1918.
next
5
5. Which of the following served as President Wilson's Secretary of State and
sought to prevent United States involvement in World War I?
(A) Henry L. Stimson
(B) Charles Evans Hughes
(C) William Jennings Bryan
(D) Cordell Hull
(E) Colonel House
next
c
0
B
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
B
(C) As Secretary of State from 1913 to 1915, William Jennings Bryan advocated
a policy of neutrality. He resigned in 1915 due to disagreements with
President Wilson.
next
NEW SET
B
Type the letter of the best answer.
next
1
6. The United States declared war on Germany in 1917 when:
(A) German submarines attacked American vessels
(B) German armies occupied France
(C) Germany declared war on England
(D) President Wilson left office
(E) the League of Nations failed
next
a
0
2
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
2
(A) German employment of unrestricted submarine warfare was the major factor
that brought the United States into World War I.
next
2
7. "The Democratic candidate could not have been more unlike his opponent. He
had grown up in a big city; he represented a religious minority; and he
steadfastly opposed prohibition, which did not endear him to rural
constituencies." The candidate described most likely is:
(A) Woodrow Wilson in 1916
(B) Warren G. Harding in 1920
(C) Calvin Coolidge in 1924
(D) Al Smith in 1928
(E) Herbert Hoover in 1932
next
d
0
3
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
3
(D) This could only describe Al Smith.
next
3
8. The Scopes trial occurred in the same decade as all of the following
EXCEPT:
(A) the revival of the Ku Klux Klan
(B) the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti
(C) the defeat of the Bonus Army
(D) Charles Lindbergh's Atlantic flight
(E) the Teapot Dome scandals
next
c
0
4
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
4
(C) All of the other events occurred in the 1920s. The Bonus Army of
unemployed veterans marched on Washington, D. C., in 1932.
next
4
9. The goal of the National Origins Act of 1924 was to:
(A) restrict immigration
(B) establish free trade
(C) limit suffrage to the literate
(D) improve relations with the Far East
(E) deport pacifists
next
a
0
C
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
C
(A) The National Origins Act of 1924 severely curtailed immigration in order to
reduce the quotas of immigrants from southern or eastern Europe.
end