MCA q4 US 1

1. Under the concept of imperialism, strong nations attempted to

A) control; weaker nations
B) use threats to control weaker nations
C) use trade agreements to force alliances

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) gain control of utilities
B) stay out of the affairs of business
C) intervene in unfair business practices

6. Municipal reformers favored

A) Marshall law
B) a system based on merit
C) city control of utilities

7. Henry George and Edward Bellamy both supported

A) imperialism
B) a land tax
C) free trade

8. Most Progressives agreed that the government should

A) stay out of the affairs of business
B) protect workers and help the poor
C) regulate utilities

9. Progressives felt that the Sherman Anti-trust act of 1890

A) was not necessary
B) was to strict
C) was not being enforced

10. Municipal reformers aimed to

A) spread Christianity
B) use force to end imperialism
C) end government corruption

11. Muckrakers

A) exposed political and business corruption
B) spread the word of God
C) used government reforms to stop monopolies

12. Civil service based on merit would require that anyone who had a government job would have

A) jobs from their friends
B) the support of political bosses
C) been qualified for the job based on training

13. Some Americans resisted progressive reforms because they disliked

A) government control over their lives
B) the immigrants
C) the way the country was changing

14. During World Wat 1, the Central powers were

A) France and Great Britain
B) Bulgaria and the US
C) Germany and Austria- Hungary

15. The event that triggered the war in Europe

A) bombing of the Hague
B) the assassination of the Arch Duke
C) the US involvement in Afghanistan

16. During WW1, the Allied powers were made up France, Britain and

A) Austria-Hungary
B) Australia
C) Russia

17. Warfare in WW1 consisted of

A) cavalry charges
B) trench warfare
C) nuclear arms

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) Mexico
B) Canada
C) the US

20. Much of Europe was drawn into WW 1 because of a

A) network of alliances
B) the threat of nuclear war
C) the US involvement

21. The term of the Sussex Pledge required the Germans to

A) rescue soldiers
B) eliminate generals from their army
C) warn ships before attacking

22. Americans thought German submarine warfare was

A) needed to make the fighting fair
B) barbaric
C) fair and balanced

23. Americans were more willing to join the allies after the

A) trench war fare
B) Russian revolution
C) new deal

24. President Wilson urged Congress to declare war on Germany when the Germans

A) violated the Sussex pledge
B) tried to form an alliance with Mexico
C) used bombs in London

25. The goals of Wilson's 14 points was to

A) begin the new world order
B) start a world war
C) create a lasting peace

26. In the Senate, the main criticism of the League of Nations was that it would

A) draw the US into another war
B) create an alliance with Germany
C) open the US to Communism

27. Under the terms of the peace treaty, Germany had to

A) pay reparations to the Allies
B) create an alliance with the US
C) use submarines to troll for lost bombs

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) labor
B) government
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) ordinary people could afford
B) were only sold in New York
C) were manufactured by hand

32. The new morals and manners of the 1920's were reflected in

A) novels and newspapers
B) women's fashions
C) the religious movements

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) country
C) rap

35. Some members of the lost generation

A) created their own newspapers
B) left the country to live in Paris
C) began the Tea Party

36. One of the unforeseen results of Prohibition was

A) municipal reforms
B) the treaty of Versailles
C) racketeering

37. In the Scopes trial the right to teach this was the issue

A) evolution
B) sex education
C) biology

38. As a result of the Scoped Trial this group lost some momentum

A) fundamentalists
B) Muslims
C) Christians

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