Question 1

In response to the Bonus Army marchers, Herbert Hoover:

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A)   got Congress to approve immediate payment of their bonuses
B)   put them to work building schools and roads
C)   sent the U.S. Army to evict them
D)   promised them that prosperity was just around the corner
E)   met with them personally at the White House to hear their concernsF) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

In the 1928 presidential election, the Democrats nominated:

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A)   Franklin D. Roosevelt
B)   Herbert Hoover
C)   Rex Tugwell
D)   Al Smith
E)   Harry TrumanF) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 3

As secretary of commerce under Coolidge, Herbert Hoover's prioritywas the trade-association movement, about which all of the following are true EXCEPT that it:

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A)   gave business leaders an opportunity to share information
B)   allowed businessmen to more accurately foresee developments
C)   allowed for price fixing among companies
D)   was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1925
E)   successfully blocked all monopolistic practicesF) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 4

In November 1930:

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A)   Herbert Hoover was soundly defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt
B)   Herbert Hoover won a second term as president, but by a very small margin
C)   Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives
D)   Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives
E)   the House of Representatives, Senate, and presidency remained in the hands of the incumbent partiesF) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

One major cause of the Depression was that workers' wages were too high.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Of all the causes of the stock market crash of October 1929, the greatest culprit was:

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A)   Hoover's tax policies
B)   the weak foundation of the 1920s economy
C)   international monetary policy
D)   unethical practices on Wall Street
E)   union influences on businessF) B) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 7

The biggest scandal of the Harding administration:

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A)   led to an attempt to impeach Harding that fell just four votes short of success in the House of Representatives
B)   concerned a corrupt U.S. customs official who had regularly allowed Chinese imports into the country duty-free
C)   was the impeachment of the attorney general for fraudulent handling of German assets seized after World War I
D)   was his fathering a child out of wedlock
E)   involved the leasing of government-owned oil deposits to private companiesF) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

The result in the presidential election of 1920 might be attributed to:

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A)   the smear campaign directed against Democratic candidate A. Mitchell Palmer
B)   the fact that Americans in the 1920s were "tired of issues, sick at heart of ideals, and weary of being noble"
C)   southerners who expressed their displeasure at President Wilson's policies by voting Republican
D)   the lack of African American voters in the election
E)   the lack of women voters in the electionF) All of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 9

Whose campaign song was "Happy Days Are Here Again"?

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A)   Al Smith
B)   Herbert Hoover
C)   Franklin D. Roosevelt
D)   Eugene Debs
E)   Theodore RooseveltF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 10

The progressive coalition that elected Woodrow Wilson president dissolved by 1920 for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

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A)   many of the progressive reforms still seemed unattainable
B)   intellectuals became disillusioned because of the anti-evolution movement
C)   intellectuals became disillusioned with grassroots democracy's popular support for the Ku Klux Klan
D)   the middle class became more interested with restoring a "new era" of prosperity based on mass production and mass consumption
E)   Prohibition was unpopularF) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 11

Businessmen flew "Hoover flags" to show their support for the president's hands-off approach to the Depression.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Trace the rise of Calvin Coolidge to the presidency of the United States.

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Question 13

Although Herbert Hoover strictly resisted giving federal assistance directly to individuals, he did actively pursue avenues intended to put the nation's economy on the path of recovery.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

At the end of 1928, President-elect Herbert Hoover sought to demonstrate his activist bent by:

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A)   calling for term limits on the office of the president
B)   asking Congress to pay World War I veterans their bonuses
C)   calling for Alaska's statehood
D)   touring ten Latin American nations
E)   stating he would attack CubaF) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 15

As president, Warren Harding was actually more progressive than Woodrow Wilson in his attitudes and policies toward African Americans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Harding's secretary of the treasury, who pushed tax cuts for the wealthy, was:

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A)   Herbert Hoover
B)   Calvin Coolidge
C)   Charles Evans Hughes
D)   Albert Fall
E)   Andrew MellonF) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 17

Harding's secretary of the treasury:

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A)   favored retaining the high wartime level of taxation in order to build up the public treasury
B)   favored a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation but mainly for the rich
C)   favored a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation but mainly for the poor and middle class
D)   persuaded Congress to drop the personal income tax instituted under Wilson
E)   supported the calling in of all loans to EuropeF) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

Calvin Coolidge was notorious for his love of whiskey, poker, and women.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The "Bonus Expeditionary Force" was organized to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Democratic presidential nominee Al Smith was hurt in 1928 by the fact that he was:

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A)   a New Yorker and a Catholic
B)   a boring public speaker
C)   a member of the Ku Klux Klan
D)   a supporter of Prohibition
E)   an actorF) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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The "Bonus Expeditionary Force" was organized to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Harding's secretary of the treasury, who pushed tax cuts for the wealthy, was:

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As secretary of commerce under Coolidge, Herbert Hoover's prioritywas the trade-association movement, about which all of the following are true EXCEPT that it:

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One major cause of the Depression was that workers' wages were too high.

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As president, Warren Harding was actually more progressive than Woodrow Wilson in his attitudes and policies toward African Americans.

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In response to the Bonus Army marchers, Herbert Hoover:

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The biggest scandal of the Harding administration:

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Although Herbert Hoover strictly resisted giving federal assistance directly to individuals, he did actively pursue avenues intended to put the nation's economy on the path of recovery.

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The result in the presidential election of 1920 might be attributed to:

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Of all the causes of the stock market crash of October 1929, the greatest culprit was:

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The progressive coalition that elected Woodrow Wilson president dissolved by 1920 for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

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