MCA q4 US 1
  • 1. Under the concept of imperialism, strong nations attempted to
A) use trade agreements to force alliances
B) control; weaker nations
C) use threats to control weaker nations
  • 2. Which of the following was a factor in the growth of imperialism
A) the need to expand the nations work force
B) the need to expand the sphere of influence
C) the need for natural resources
  • 3. Anti-imperialists believed that imperialism was based on
A) religion
B) racism
C) democracy
  • 4. The Progressive movement was a response to rapid, unplanned changes caused by the
A) Industrial revolution and urbanization
B) the growth of immigration
C) business regulation
  • 5. Most Progressives believed that the government should
A) intervene in unfair business practices
B) gain control of utilities
C) stay out of the affairs of business
  • 6. Municipal reformers favored
A) a system based on merit
B) city control of utilities
C) Marshall law
  • 7. Henry George and Edward Bellamy both supported
A) a land tax
B) free trade
C) imperialism
  • 8. Most Progressives agreed that the government should
A) protect workers and help the poor
B) regulate utilities
C) stay out of the affairs of business
  • 9. Progressives felt that the Sherman Anti-trust act of 1890
A) was not necessary
B) was not being enforced
C) was to strict
  • 10. Municipal reformers aimed to
A) use force to end imperialism
B) end government corruption
C) spread Christianity
  • 11. Muckrakers
A) used government reforms to stop monopolies
B) spread the word of God
C) exposed political and business corruption
  • 12. Civil service based on merit would require that anyone who had a government job would have
A) been qualified for the job based on training
B) the support of political bosses
C) jobs from their friends
  • 13. Some Americans resisted progressive reforms because they disliked
A) the immigrants
B) government control over their lives
C) the way the country was changing
  • 14. During World Wat 1, the Central powers were
A) France and Great Britain
B) Germany and Austria- Hungary
C) Bulgaria and the US
  • 15. The event that triggered the war in Europe
A) the US involvement in Afghanistan
B) the assassination of the Arch Duke
C) bombing of the Hague
  • 16. During WW1, the Allied powers were made up France, Britain and
A) Australia
B) Austria-Hungary
C) Russia
  • 17. Warfare in WW1 consisted of
A) nuclear arms
B) cavalry charges
C) trench warfare
  • 18. The joining together of nations for mutual protection is known as the
A) protectionism
B) the buddy system
C) alliance system
  • 19. In the Zimmerman note, Germany proposed and alliance with
A) Canada
B) the US
C) Mexico
  • 20. Much of Europe was drawn into WW 1 because of a
A) the US involvement
B) the threat of nuclear war
C) network of alliances
  • 21. The term of the Sussex Pledge required the Germans to
A) warn ships before attacking
B) eliminate generals from their army
C) rescue soldiers
  • 22. Americans thought German submarine warfare was
A) barbaric
B) needed to make the fighting fair
C) fair and balanced
  • 23. Americans were more willing to join the allies after the
A) new deal
B) trench war fare
C) Russian revolution
  • 24. President Wilson urged Congress to declare war on Germany when the Germans
A) used bombs in London
B) tried to form an alliance with Mexico
C) violated the Sussex pledge
  • 25. The goals of Wilson's 14 points was to
A) create a lasting peace
B) begin the new world order
C) start a world war
  • 26. In the Senate, the main criticism of the League of Nations was that it would
A) open the US to Communism
B) create an alliance with Germany
C) draw the US into another war
  • 27. Under the terms of the peace treaty, Germany had to
A) use submarines to troll for lost bombs
B) pay reparations to the Allies
C) create an alliance with the US
  • 28. Americans feared communism because
A) the leaders would invade the US
B) the US had an alliance with France
C) it was against American values
  • 29. Republican Presidents in the 1920's favored
A) government
B) labor
C) business
  • 30. In the 1920's American consumers began to adopt the practice of
A) using bartering
B) paying cash
C) buying goods on credit
  • 31. Henry Ford's dream was to sell cars that
A) were only sold in New York
B) were manufactured by hand
C) ordinary people could afford
  • 32. The new morals and manners of the 1920's were reflected in
A) novels and newspapers
B) the religious movements
C) women's fashions
  • 33. The growth of radio and other mass media in the 1920's produced
A) a way to spread propaganda
B) a national culture
C) new political parties
  • 34. Clubs in Harlem were the hottest places to listen to
A) jazz
B) rap
C) country
  • 35. Some members of the lost generation
A) left the country to live in Paris
B) began the Tea Party
C) created their own newspapers
  • 36. One of the unforeseen results of Prohibition was
A) municipal reforms
B) racketeering
C) the treaty of Versailles
  • 37. In the Scopes trial the right to teach this was the issue
A) sex education
B) evolution
C) biology
  • 38. As a result of the Scoped Trial this group lost some momentum
A) Christians
B) fundamentalists
C) Muslims
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