HIST212 Final Exam - Introduction to United States History - Reconstruction to the Present | Practice Test / Quiz / MCQs

1. What was the primary objective of Progressive reformers engaged in the City Beautiful movement?

To use the power of modern architecture and urban design to correct urban problems and inspire moral behavior among city residentsTo develop extensive urban public transit systems that would enable urban residents to move away from crowded neighborhoods to the suburbsTo develop new types of architecture that could accommodate both commercial and residential activitiesTo replace urban slums with modern housing projects that could accommodate large number of immigrants

2. Why did white southerners pass 'black codes' following the Civil War?

To guarantee that former slaves would remain second-class citizens in the South and would be unable to exercise basic civil rightsTo provide a path for citizenship to former slavesTo ensure that ex-slaves received jobs from their former mastersTo protect freed slaves from violence by white supremacists

3. The ____________ was a law enacted in 1935 which among its provisions provided assistance to dependent children who did not have a wage-earning parent.

Wagner ActFederal Emergency Relief ActFair Labor Standards ActSocial Security Act

4. What was the primary difference between Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction?

Presidential Reconstruction focused on civil rights issues, while Congressional Reconstruction focused on economic issues.Presidential Reconstruction focused on defeating the southern military forces, while Congressional Reconstruction focused on rebuilding the South.Presidential Reconstruction focused on reintegrating the southern states into the Union as quickly as possible, while Congressional Reconstruction focused on reorganizing the southern states politically and guaranteeing the civil rights of African-Americans before southern states could be readmitted to the Union.Presidential Reconstruction required all white citizens of the South to take a loyalty oath to the Union, while Congressional Reconstruction required only 10% of white citizens to take a loyalty oath.

5. Which of the following was NOT a way that Progressive reformers sought to correct problems in America's cities?

Changing election practices to undermine machine politicsInstituting nonpartisan commissions to investigate urban problemsEstablishing settlement houses to assist new immigrantsBribing political bosses to carry out reforms

6. What motivated President Woodrow Wilson to ask Congress to declare war on Germany and its allies in the spring of 1917?

Wilson was responding to the sinking of five merchant ships by German submarines in January of 1917, but he also wanted to play a direct role in dictating the postwar peace terms.Wilson asserted that the United States needed to join the war in order to defend Russia from German aggression.Wilson was responding to the sinking of five merchant ships by Germany submarines in January of 1917.Wilson was responding to the German invasion of Great Britain in January of 1917.

7. Which of the following statements BEST characterizes the legacy of the New Deal?

The federal government began to play a more direct role promoting civil rights for Americans of all races and ethnicities.The federal government continued to play a minor role in overseeing the American economy.The federal government began to play a far more active and direct role in ensuring the economic and social welfare of the American people.The federal government took over all state government functions.

8. Why did the Populist Party support coining silver and thereby increasing the supply of money in circulation throughout the United States?

They believed that more money in circulation would make western development easier.They believed that more money in circulation would decrease farm prices and make food more affordable for urban workers.They believed that more money in circulation would reduce unemployment across the nation.They believed that more money in circulation would increase industrial wages and farm prices and allow workers and farmers to pay down their debts faster.

9. Which of the following statements BEST characterizes American society during the 1950s?

Many Americans embraced conservative social norms, but a younger generation of Americans began to feel alienated from society and rebel against values of their parents.American both young and old embraced conservative social norms.The Civil Rights Movement inspired major social changes in the United States during this decade.Americans embraced liberal political values during this decade and fought for social change.

10. Which of the following statements BEST describes the beliefs of Progressive reformers in the United States at the turn of the 20th century?

Progressives believed that local, state, and national governments should regulate businesses, correct social problems, and advance American democracy.Progressives believed that local, state, and national governments should play no role in regulating business activities, addressing social problems, or advancing American democracy.Progressives believed that local and state governments should regulate businesses and correct social problems but that the national government should not deal with these subjects.Progressives believed that local, state, and national governments should address social problems but should not regulate business activities in any manner.

11. Which of the following statements BEST describes the key differences between the economic and social development of the East and the economic and social development of the American West in the 19th century?

Immigration played a very important role in the economic and social development of the East but almost no role in the economic and social development of the West.Immigration, industrialization, and urbanization did not play a major role in the economic and social development of neither the East nor the West.Industrialization played a very important role in the economic and social development of the East but almost no role in the economic and social development of the West.Immigration and industrialization both played an important role in the economic development of both East and West, but urbanization only affected the East.The same forces (immigration, industrialization, and urbanization) that influenced economic and social development in the East also influenced western development.

12. Which of the following statements BEST describes Theodore Roosevelt's policies regarding America's diplomatic relationships with countries in Central and South America?

Roosevelt asserted that nations in the Western Hemisphere should pay their debts to European lenders but noted that the United States would not intervene if they failed to do so.Roosevelt asserted that the United States would serve as the Western Hemisphere's 'policeman' and would intervene if any nations in the Americas failed to pay their debts to European lenders.Roosevelt asserted that the United States should remain isolated from world affairs and have no diplomatic relations with countries in Central and South America.Roosevelt encouraged European nations to send troops to Central and South American nations to collect debts.

13. How did the contentious presidential election of 1876 lead to the official end of Reconstruction?

Democrats won the presidency and control of Congress outright and moved to end Reconstruction.Republicans agreed to let Democrat Samuel Tilden become president, if he agreed to end Reconstruction.The election did not play any direct role in ending Reconstruction.Democrats agreed to let Republican Rutherford B. Hays become president only if he agreed to withdraw all federal troops from the South.

14. How did President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Congress respond to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik in October of 1957?

Eisenhower signed the National Defense Education Act to improve science and engineering education for school children but also directed Congress to lower spending on national defense.Eisenhower argued that the Sputnik launch was faked by the Soviets and represented no threat to Americans.Eisenhower asserted that the United States should respond to the launch by attacking the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons.Eisenhower increased spending on national defense, supported the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and signed the National Defense Education Act to improve science and engineering education for school children.

15. Which of the following statements BEST characterizes President Woodrow Wilson's actions during the Versailles Treaty negotiations?

Wilson abandoned his proposal for the League of Nations in exchange for British and French support for his anti-colonial policies.Wilson held firm to the idealistic peace proposals he first enumerated in his 14 Points speech.Wilson compromised his idealistic peace proposals in exchange for British and French support for the League of Nations.Wilson compromised all of his idealistic peace proposals and played no role in the final treaty settlement.

16. Which of the following factors contributed to the 'Red Scare' of 1920?

Postwar strikesDomestic fear of Communism following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917Mail bombs sent to prominent AmericansAll of theseRace riots

17. Which of these statements BEST describes the role that the federal government played in encouraging westward migration during and after the Civil War?

The federal government encouraged migration by providing free land to settlers, subsidizing the construction of railroad lines, and forcibly relocating Native American inhabitants to reservations.The federal government encouraged settlers to treat Native Americans with respect and helped mediate conflicts between the two parties.The federal government played no direct role in encouraging westward migration.The federal government established a few army posts throughout the West to protect western settlers but otherwise did little to encourage migration.

18. Fill in the blanks.American treatment of Filipino rebels during the three-year war for control of the Philippine Islands may BEST be described as _______________ and _________________.

Brutal, inhumaneIndifferent, supportiveKind, humaneFriendly, supportive

19. Which of the following was a significant foreign policy accomplishment of the Carter administration?

A peace agreement between China and JapanThe negotiation of a peace treaty between Israel and EgyptA negotiated end to the Cold War with the Soviet UnionA peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians

20. Which of the following factors account for the expansion of the labor movement in the United States during the second half of the 19th century?

The decreasing power of individual workers within large corporationsThe increasing economic power of large corporations in the United StatesThe increasing cost of living for workers in the decades following the Civil WarAll of theseWorker frustration about the limited prospects for advancement within the new corporate system

21. Which of the following is an argument that African-American leaders made as to why voting rights were essential for African-Americans in the postwar South?

To prevent violence between whites and blacksTo ensure that racist white southerners did not regain political control of southern states or exercise undue power in CongressTo ensure that African-Americans would be able to migrate from the South to the NorthTo provide greater economic opportunities for freed slaves

22. Which of the following statements BEST describes the reaction of white Americans to the civil rights movement by the end of the 1960s?

Some whites continued to embrace the movement, but many felt that the federal government needed to focus on other priorities and allow society to catch up with the rapid changes that had occurred during the 1960s.All white Americans continued to support the civil rights movement at the end of the 1960s.The vast majority of whites in the United States began to oppose the civil rights movement by the end of the 1960s.Few whites continued to embrace the movement, but all felt that the federal government needed to focus on other priorities and allow society to catch up with the rapid changes that had occurred during the 1960s.

23. How did Malcolm X's message of Black Nationalism differ from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s nonviolent, integrationist approach to civil rights?

Malcolm X argued that African Americans must seize economic and political power in the United States but explicitly ruled out violence as a tool for achieving these goals.Malcolm X argued that African Americans must seize economic and political power in the United States and did not rule out violence as a tool for achieving these goals.Malcolm X argued that African Americans must leave the United States and return to Africa in order to gain civil rights.Malcolm X argued that African Americans should promote racial segregation through violence.

24. How did World War II affect African Americans in the United States?

The war exposed racial tensions between whites and blacks in the North and South and also prompted African Americans to intensify efforts to challenge racial discrimination in American society.The war eased racial tensions between white and black Americans.The war led to violent uprisings in urban black communities against the U.S. government.The war exposed racial tensions between whites and blacks in the North and South but also led African Americans to temporary suspend efforts to challenge racial discrimination in American society.

25. How did the United States' economic and political status in the international community change as a result of World War II?

The United States emerged from the war more powerful economically and politically but still ranked below European powers, such as Great Britain and France.Following the war, the United States became a neutral nation and refused to use military force to deal with international political problems.The United States emerged from the war as an economic and political superpower.The United States emerged from the war with greater economic power and continued to play a minor political role in international matters.Following the war, the United States re-embraced Isolationism and refused to participate in international economic and political matters.

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