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 for natural resources
B) the need to expand the nations work force
C) the need to expand the sphere of influence
  • 3. Anti-imperialists believed that imperialism was based on
A) racism
B) democracy
C) religion
  • 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) 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) imperialism
C) a land tax
  • 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 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) spread the word of God
B) used government reforms to stop monopolies
C) exposed political and business corruption
  • 12. Civil service based on merit would require that anyone who had a government job would have
A) jobs from their friends
B) been qualified for the job based on training
C) the support of political bosses
  • 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) Bulgaria and the US
B) France and Great Britain
C) Germany and Austria- Hungary
  • 15. The event that triggered the war in Europe
A) the assassination of the Arch Duke
B) bombing of the Hague
C) the US involvement in Afghanistan
  • 16. During WW1, the Allied powers were made up France, Britain and
A) Austria-Hungary
B) Russia
C) Australia
  • 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) alliance system
B) protectionism
C) the buddy 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) the threat of nuclear war
B) the US involvement
C) network of alliances
  • 21. The term of the Sussex Pledge required the Germans to
A) eliminate generals from their army
B) warn ships before attacking
C) rescue soldiers
  • 22. Americans thought German submarine warfare was
A) fair and balanced
B) barbaric
C) needed to make the fighting fair
  • 23. Americans were more willing to join the allies after the
A) Russian revolution
B) new deal
C) trench war fare
  • 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) create an alliance with the US
B) use submarines to troll for lost bombs
C) pay reparations to the Allies
  • 28. Americans feared communism because
A) the US had an alliance with France
B) the leaders would invade the US
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) buying goods on credit
C) paying cash
  • 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) 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 way to spread propaganda
B) new political parties
C) a national culture
  • 34. Clubs in Harlem were the hottest places to listen to
A) country
B) jazz
C) rap
  • 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) the treaty of Versailles
B) racketeering
C) municipal reforms
  • 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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