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MCA q4 US 1
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  • 1. Under the concept of imperialism, strong nations attempted to
A) use trade agreements to force alliances
B) use threats to control weaker nations
C) 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 sphere of influence
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) the growth of immigration
B) Industrial revolution and urbanization
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) city control of utilities
C) a system based on merit
  • 7. Henry George and Edward Bellamy both supported
A) a land tax
B) imperialism
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) use force to end imperialism
B) end government corruption
C) spread Christianity
  • 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) been qualified for the job based on training
C) the support of political bosses
  • 13. Some Americans resisted progressive reforms because they disliked
A) the way the country was changing
B) government control over their lives
C) the immigrants
  • 14. During World Wat 1, the Central powers were
A) Germany and Austria- Hungary
B) Bulgaria and the US
C) France and Great Britain
  • 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) Austria-Hungary
B) Russia
C) Australia
  • 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) Canada
B) Mexico
C) the US
  • 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) rescue soldiers
B) warn ships before attacking
C) eliminate generals from their army
  • 22. Americans thought German submarine warfare was
A) barbaric
B) fair and balanced
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) 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) start a world war
B) create a lasting peace
C) begin the new world order
  • 26. In the Senate, the main criticism of the League of Nations was that it would
A) create an alliance with Germany
B) open the US to Communism
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) it was against American values
B) the US had an alliance with France
C) the leaders would invade the US
  • 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) were manufactured by hand
B) ordinary people could afford
C) were only sold in New York
  • 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) new political parties
C) a national culture
  • 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) began the Tea Party
B) created their own newspapers
C) left the country to live in Paris
  • 36. One of the unforeseen results of Prohibition was
A) racketeering
B) municipal reforms
C) the treaty of Versailles
  • 37. In the Scopes trial the right to teach this was the issue
A) sex education
B) biology
C) evolution
  • 38. As a result of the Scoped Trial this group lost some momentum
A) fundamentalists
B) Christians
C) Muslims
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