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MCA q4 US 1
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  • 1. Under the concept of imperialism, strong nations attempted to
A) use threats to control weaker nations
B) 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 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) the growth of immigration
B) business regulation
C) Industrial revolution and urbanization
  • 5. Most Progressives believed that the government should
A) intervene in unfair business practices
B) stay out of the affairs of business
C) gain control of utilities
  • 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) 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) spread Christianity
C) end government corruption
  • 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 way the country was changing
B) government control over their lives
C) the immigrants
  • 14. During World Wat 1, the Central powers were
A) Bulgaria and the US
B) Germany and Austria- Hungary
C) France and Great Britain
  • 15. The event that triggered the war in Europe
A) the US involvement in Afghanistan
B) bombing of the Hague
C) the assassination of the Arch Duke
  • 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) trench warfare
B) cavalry charges
C) nuclear arms
  • 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) the US
C) Canada
  • 20. Much of Europe was drawn into WW 1 because of a
A) the US involvement
B) network of alliances
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) barbaric
B) fair and balanced
C) needed to make the fighting fair
  • 23. Americans were more willing to join the allies after the
A) trench war fare
B) new deal
C) Russian revolution
  • 24. President Wilson urged Congress to declare war on Germany when the Germans
A) violated the Sussex pledge
B) used bombs in London
C) tried to form an alliance with Mexico
  • 25. The goals of Wilson's 14 points was to
A) start a world war
B) begin the new world order
C) create a lasting peace
  • 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) use submarines to troll for lost bombs
B) create an alliance with the US
C) pay reparations to the Allies
  • 28. Americans feared communism because
A) it was against American values
B) the leaders would invade the US
C) the US had an alliance with France
  • 29. Republican Presidents in the 1920's favored
A) business
B) labor
C) government
  • 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) women's fashions
C) novels and newspapers
  • 33. The growth of radio and other mass media in the 1920's produced
A) new political parties
B) a national culture
C) a way to spread propaganda
  • 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) created their own newspapers
B) began the Tea Party
C) left the country to live in Paris
  • 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) biology
C) sex education
  • 38. As a result of the Scoped Trial this group lost some momentum
A) Muslims
B) fundamentalists
C) Christians
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