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1) Prohibition led to all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Widespread smuggling
b) Rise of organized crime c) Splits in the Democratic party d) Many people defying the law
e) Greater tolerance among temperance reformers
2) The Supreme Court’s decision in Korematsu vs. U.S. supported which government policy?
a) Drafting men into the military during peacetime b) Placing Japanese Americans in internment camps
c) Enacting a trade embargo against Japan d) Giving financial compensation to victims of discrimination e) Placing quotas on Japanese immigration
3) Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer’s “Palmer raids” were aimed at:
a) Stopping shady labor union deals b) Exposing high-ranking KKK officials c) Unearthing immigrant exploitation rings in the cities d) Finding and arresting suspected Communist group members e) Ending corruption in state governments
4) Which of these was NOT an effect of WWII on society?
a) Propaganda became a part of everyday life through posters, movies, and music b) The black civil rights movement became stronger
c) Land grants were given to Native Americans as a reward for their service
d) American prejudices turned against Japanese American citizens e) Mexican braceros began entering the US in large numbers
5) Which of these was NOT a result of the nativism following WWII?
a) Thousands of Mexicans were deported to avoid job competition with whites b) Efforts to stop Communist groups increased due to the Red Scare c) The Ku Klux Klan was revived to assert white supremacy d) Congress passed quota acts limiting immigration e) Race riots broke out in cities across the country
6) Which of the following jobs was closed to married women?
a) Secretary b) Lawyer c) Seamstress d) Factory worker e) Teacher
7) Which state was the first to grant total woman suffrage?
a) Idaho b) Florida c) Wyoming d) Montana e) New York
8) Who was the leader of the militant suffragists?
a) Elizabeth Palmer b) Anthony Comstock c) Carrie Chapman Catt d) Alice Paul e) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
9) Who wrote the Indian Reorganization Act?
a) Henry Dawes b) John Collier c) Senator Wheeler d) Representative Howard e) None of the above
10) Which was NOT a method the government used to assimilate Native Americans?
a) Education Native American children b) Dawes Act c) Suppressing Indian culture d) Moving Native American families into white towns and communities e) None of the above
11) The Civil Rights Cases of 1883 ruled that:
a) Militant civil rights organizations such as the Niagara Movement had to be disbanded b) Poll taxes were a fair price c) Congress could forbid discrimination by people d) Segregation was unconstitutional e) All ice cream should be of the flavor Pralines n’ Cream
12) The Plessy vs. Ferguson case is considered a landmark case primarily because:
a) It provided that Jim Crow and other segregation laws were illegal b) It was the precedent for legal segregation c) The unanimous decision showed how racist the American white population was d) The decision contained the disclaimer “our Constitution is color-blind” e) Created an institution to help blacks obtain legal rights
13) African American migration to northern cities during the early 20th centuries was prompted by all of the following except:
a) A severe drought in the south b) Cotton devastation by the boll weevil c) Job opportunities in northern factories
d) Worsening race relations e) All of these contributed to the urban migration of African Americans
14) Who was the first real Progressive leader to be elected into a political office?
a) Teddy Roosevelt b) William Howard Taft c) Jacob Riis d) Robert La Follette e) Woodrow Wilson
15) Which of the following was not part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “New Deal” program?
a) National Recovery Administration (NRA) b) Emergency Banking Act c) Civilian Conservative Corps (CCC) d) Agricultural Adjustment Agency (AAA) e) Elkins Act
16) Which of the following people was NOT a muckraker?
a) Ida M. Tarbell b) Upton Sinclair c) Jacob Riis d) Jack London e) All of these people were muckrakers
17) The National Labor Union supported all of the following policies EXCEPT:
a) Higher wages b) Exclusion of unskilled workers c) Equal rights for women and blacks d) Worker cooperatives e) Monetary reform
18) Which of the following is NOT a method businessmen used to fight against unions?
a) Lockouts b) Blacklists c) Bribes d) Yellow-dog contracts e) Private guard/militia
19) Which of these was NOT a reason for increased Chinese immigration to the US?
a) Floods b) Famines c) Communist take over of China d) Civil disorder in the country e) The Opium War
20) Which of these was NOT a result of urbanization?
a) Building of cities upward in the form of skyscrapers b) Competition for jobs that forced immigrants to primarily settle in the countryside c) Crowded, poor living conditions d) Improvements in transportation made necessary by the influx of people e) Rise of corrupt political machines
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