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 sphere of influence
B) the need for natural resources
C) the need to expand the nations work force
  • 3. Anti-imperialists believed that imperialism was based on
A) democracy
B) religion
C) racism
  • 4. The Progressive movement was a response to rapid, unplanned changes caused by the
A) Industrial revolution and urbanization
B) business regulation
C) the growth of immigration
  • 5. Most Progressives believed that the government should
A) stay out of the affairs of business
B) gain control of utilities
C) intervene in unfair business practices
  • 6. Municipal reformers favored
A) city control of utilities
B) a system based on merit
C) Marshall law
  • 7. Henry George and Edward Bellamy both supported
A) free trade
B) a land tax
C) imperialism
  • 8. Most Progressives agreed that the government should
A) regulate utilities
B) protect workers and help the poor
C) stay out of the affairs of business
  • 9. Progressives felt that the Sherman Anti-trust act of 1890
A) was to strict
B) was not necessary
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) spread the word of God
B) exposed political and business corruption
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) 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) Bulgaria and the US
C) Germany and Austria- Hungary
  • 15. The event that triggered the war in Europe
A) the assassination of the Arch Duke
B) the US involvement in Afghanistan
C) bombing of the Hague
  • 16. During WW1, the Allied powers were made up France, Britain and
A) Russia
B) Australia
C) Austria-Hungary
  • 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) the US
C) Canada
  • 20. Much of Europe was drawn into WW 1 because of a
A) network of alliances
B) the US involvement
C) the threat of nuclear war
  • 21. The term of the Sussex Pledge required the Germans to
A) warn ships before attacking
B) rescue soldiers
C) eliminate generals from their army
  • 22. Americans thought German submarine warfare was
A) fair and balanced
B) needed to make the fighting fair
C) barbaric
  • 23. Americans were more willing to join the allies after the
A) Russian revolution
B) trench war fare
C) new deal
  • 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) 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) 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 US had an alliance with France
B) it was against American values
C) the leaders would invade the US
  • 29. Republican Presidents in the 1920's favored
A) government
B) business
C) labor
  • 30. In the 1920's American consumers began to adopt the practice of
A) paying cash
B) using bartering
C) buying goods on credit
  • 31. Henry Ford's dream was to sell cars that
A) ordinary people could afford
B) were manufactured by hand
C) were only sold in New York
  • 32. The new morals and manners of the 1920's were reflected in
A) the religious movements
B) novels and newspapers
C) women's fashions
  • 33. The growth of radio and other mass media in the 1920's produced
A) a national culture
B) new political parties
C) a way to spread propaganda
  • 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) began the Tea Party
B) left the country to live in Paris
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) biology
B) sex education
C) evolution
  • 38. As a result of the Scoped Trial this group lost some momentum
A) Muslims
B) fundamentalists
C) Christians
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