____ 2. Which of the Following Was NOT an Important Figure of the Harlem Renaissance?

Unit 11: The 1920s (2012)

____ 1. You should associate the names Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan, and John T. Scopes with which of the following?

A. / Prohibition / C. / the Harlem Renaissance
B. / Fundamentalism v. modernism / D. / Jazz Age arts and entertainment

____ 2. Which of the following was NOT an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance?

A. / Langston Hughes / C. / A. Mitchell Palmer
B. / Duke Ellington / D. / Zora Neale Hurston

____ 3. With which of the following would rural residents MOST LIKELY give their approval?

A. / Prohibition
B. / Speakeasies
C. / Flappers
D. / teaching evolution theory in high schools

____ 4. Which of the following has been described as, “The Noble Experiment”?

A. / giving women the right to vote / C. / the “Back to Africa” movement
B. / Prohibition / D. / teaching evolution theory in high school

____ 5. Young women who adopted many of the new styles of the 1920’s, including the “Bob”, were called

A. / nativists / C. / bootleggers
B. / “womens’ libbers” / D. / flappers

____ 6. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of the “installment plan”?

A. / it encouraged women to rebel
B. / it caused farm prices to fall drastically
C. / it gave consumers the ability to “buy now, pay later”
D. / it gave the federal government the right to deport immigrants

____ 7. Which of the following pairs identifies the two immigrant anarchists who were executed for a crime in which their nationality and political views, and NOT solid evidence, were the likely reasons for their convictions?

A. / Sacco and Vanzetti / C. / Esposito and Orr
B. / Palazzola and Carlucci / D. / Petrocelli and Yastrzemski

____ 8. Assume that you are writing a paper on the “clash of cultures” during the 1920’s. Which of the following would be LEAST relevant to the topic?

A. / womens’ changing role in American society
B. / new sports stars became national heroes
C. / the Scopes Trial
D. / public attitudes towards Prohibition

____ 9. All of the following correctly identify problems facing post-WWI America EXCEPT

A. / what to do with all of the left over helmets
B. / the cost of living had doubled during the war years while wages remained stagnant
C. / lower demand for farm products
D. / fear of a Bolshevik-inspired revolution in America

____ 10. An important reason why people settled on the outskirts of major cities in the 1920’s was

A. / passage of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff
B. / Prohibition
C. / the availability of an affordable automobile
D. / growth of organized crime in American cities

____ 11. All of the following are true statements about the 1920s EXCEPT

A. / There was a clash between traditional values and new values.
B. / Prohibition encouraged the rise of organized crime.
C. / It was a period of mass consumerism made possible, in part, by installment buying.
D. / The American economy stalled as few new technologies were introduced.

____ 12. Which statement BEST describes the Harlem Renaissance?

A. / It was the main reason why black Americans left the cities and settled in rural America
B. / It was a clash of traditional values and liberal values.
C. / It was a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture.
D. / It was the main cause of the movie industry’s rise to prominence in American society.

____ 13. Which of the following was a DIRECT result of the 18th Amendment?

A. / Rising prices but stagnant wages / C. / Women having a voice in government
B. / the Great Migration / D. / Bootlegging

____ 14. Which of the following saw a rise in membership as the nation became increasingly urban and ethnically more diverse?

A. / The Ku Klux Klan / C. / The Harlem Renaissance
B. / The League of Nations / D. / The “Lost Generation”

____ 15. Which of the following was most responsible for the rise in organized crime in the 1920s?

A. / The Red Scare / C. / the 18th Amendment
B. / The Harlem Renaissance / D. / the 21st Amendment

UNIT 13: Part 1 - The Road to War (2012)

____ 1. German troops overwhelmed Poland in 1939 by unleashing a blitzkrieg,

A. / a propaganda strategy that promised “peace for our time.”
B. / a new military strategy known in Britain as a “phony war.”
C. / a secret invasion of the Sudetenland region.
D. / a new style of warfare that emphasized speed and firepower.

____ 2. During the mid-1930s, President Roosevelt realized that most Americans

A. / opposed U.S. intervention in the problems of Europe.
B. / were more concerned with the war than with U.S. domestic affairs.
C. / were eager for the United States to solve Europe’s problems.
D. / supported the aims of the Axis Powers.

____ 3. After coming to power in Italy, Benito Mussolini

A. / became a communist dictator and ally of Joseph Stalin.
B. / banned political parties, took over the press, and suppressed strikes.
C. / denounced Italian nationalism as a dangerous threat to peace.
D. / built a strong democratic government to lead his country.

____ 4. What impact did the appeasement policy of Britain and France have on German aggression?

A. / It restricted aggression to certain regions.
B. / It brought peace to Europe.
C. / It reduced aggression.
D. / It encouraged more aggression.

____ 5. The disastrous effects of World War I and the Great Depression led

A. / totalitarian regimes to die out worldwide.
B. / to strong democracies taking shape throughout Europe.
C. / people throughout the world to feel more hopeful about the future.
D. / to the rise of totalitarian regimes in some countries.

____ 6. Hitler’s plans to invade Britain depended on

A. / the Luftwaffe controlling the skies above the English Channel.
B. / German forces taking no more than 35 days to capture Paris.
C. / the United States pledging not to declare war on Germany.
D. / British forces being unable to penetrate the Maginot Line.

____ 7. What was Congress’s purpose in passing the Lend-Lease Act?

A. / to provide Britain with the aid it needed but could not afford
B. / to charge Britain more for U.S. weapons than Britain could afford
C. / to provide equal amounts of aid to Britain and Germany
D. / to lease U-boats from Germany and then lend them to Britain

____ 8. Which political party rose to power in Germany during the 1930s?

A. / the Nazi Party / C. / the Communist Party
B. / the Socialist Party / D. / the Fascist Party

____ 9. Interventionists believed that providing aid to Britain would

A. / draw the United States into war. / C. / provoke attacks on the United States.
B. / prompt other countries to expect aid. / D. / keep the United States out of war.

____ 10. Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany largely

A. / through legitimate means and then working from within the system to gain total control
B. / leading a violent overthrow of Kaiser Wilhelm’s government
C. / because of the successful 1923 Munich putsch
D. / because Benito Mussolini personally selected Hitler to lead the nation

____ 11. Recognizing the threat posed by Hitler, FDR tried to move American public opinion away from isolationism. In his 1937 “Quarantine Speech”, FDR compared aggressor nations to

A. / monsters / C. / a disease
B. / barbarians / D. / slave owners

____ 12. The Japanese took aggressive, hostile actions in China in 1931 and again in 1937 primarily

A. / to get revenge for China’s support of Germany in WWI
B. / to secure a source of iron ore and coal
C. / to secure a source of good chow mein and orange chicken
D. / to practice their tactics for a future attack on Poland

____ 13. The main outcome of the Munich Pact was that

A. / the Nazis and Soviets agreed not to attack one another
B. / the Sudetenland was handed over to Germany
C. / Thousands of Jews were arrested and hundreds of Jewish businesses were destroyed
D. / Italy and Germany formed an alliance

UNIT 13 Test: The Road to War and World War Two

____ 1. During the mid-1930s, President Roosevelt understood clearly that most Americans

A. / opposed U.S. intervention in the problems of Europe.
B. / were more concerned with the on-going war in Europe than with U.S. domestic problems.
C. / were eager for the United States to help solve Europe’s problems.
D. / supported the aims of the Axis Powers.

____ 2. After coming to power in Italy, Benito Mussolini

A. / became a communist dictator and an ally of Joseph Stalin.
B. / banned political parties, took over the press, and suppressed labor strikes.
C. / criticized Italian nationalism as a dangerous threat to peace.
D. / built a strong democratic government to lead his country.

____ 3. What impact did Britain’s policy of appeasement have on German aggression?

A. / It restricted aggression to certain regions.
B. / It brought peace to Europe.
C. / It reduced aggression.
D. / It encouraged more aggression.

____ 4. The disastrous effects of World War I and the Great Depression were important factors for

A. / causing totalitarian regimes to die out worldwide.
B. / causing strong democracies to emerge throughout Europe.
C. / causing people throughout the world to feel more hopeful about the future.
D. / causing the rise of totalitarian regimes in some countries.

____ 5. The Neutrality Acts allowed nations at war to buy non-military supplies from the United States as long as those nations

A. / agreed to keep the United States out of the conflict.
B. / adopted democratic policies in their own countries.
C. / paid cash and transported the materials themselves.
D. / promised not to use the materials against the United States.

____ 6. Hitler’s plans to invade Britain depended upon

A. / the Luftwaffe controlling the skies above the English Channel.
B. / German forces taking no more than 2 months to capture Paris.
C. / the United States pledging not to declare war on Germany.
D. / Germany’s ability to withdraw from the Munich Conference

____ 7. What was Congress’ purpose in passing the Lend-Lease Act?

A. / to provide Britain with the aid it needed but could not afford
B. / to charge Britain more for U.S. weapons than Britain could afford
C. / to prevent weapons from falling into Nazi hands
D. / to lease U-boats from Germany and then lend them to Britain

____ 8. Interventionists argued that the United States could avoid war if it

A. / sent aid to Britain. / C. / refused aid to Britain.
B. / sent aid to all nations at war. / D. / refused aid to any nation at war.

____ 9. Which of the following is the ONLY false statement about Japan?

A. / The military directed Japanese foreign policy in the 1930s
B. / Japan’s lack of natural resources was a basic reason for her aggressions in Manchuria.
C. / The Treaty of Versailles gave Japan control of Manchuria.
D. / Japan intended to exert influence over the Pacific region.

____ 10. A pivotal moment in world history was the signing of the Munich Pact in which

A. / Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to an alliance and to divide Poland
B. / Nazi Germany added Austria to the Third Reich
C. / Hitler demanded and was given the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia
D. / Germany and Italy formed a military alliance

____ 11. The war in North Africa was fought primarily

A. / to establish air bases from which to attack London and Berlin
B. / to liberate the Ethiopians from Italian rule
C. / for control of the iron ore deposits in Egypt
D. / for control of the Suez Canal

____ 12. What event gave Americans an enormous morale boost in early 1942 but actually had very little military value?

A. / the Doolittle Raid / C. / the invasion of Normandy
B. / the fire-bombing of Dresden / D. / the re-capture of the Philippines

____ 13. What proved to be a decisive turning point in the ETO was

A. / the Battle of Stalingrad
B. / the Battle of Britain
C. / the failed plot by Rommel and others to kill Hitler
D. / the Battle of the Coral Sea

____ 14. The “date that will live in infamy” refers to

A. / the day the Allies invaded the beaches of Normandy, France
B. / the day Stalingrad surrendered
C. / the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
D. / the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

____ 15. Following the battle of Stalingrad,

A. / the Nazis controlled the Caucasus oil fields.
B. / both German and Soviet troops refused to surrender.
C. / The Soviets began the long process of driving back the Nazis toward Germany
D. / German troops continued their blitzkrieg eastward.

____ 16. The decisive battles that turned the tide of war in the PTO were the battles of

A. / Iwo Jima and Okinawa / C. / Stalingrad and El Alamein
B. / Midway and Iwo Jima / D. / the Coral Sea and Midway

____ 17. President Truman’s chief priority in using the atomic bomb against Japan was to

A. / become a superpower. / C. / protect the lives of Japanese civilians.
B. / save American lives. / D. / prepare for a U.S. invasion of Japan.

____ 18. President Roosevelt ordered the internment of the Nisei as a direct result of

A. / Germany’s surrender in May, 1945 / C. / Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
B. / Hitler’s attacks on Great Britain / D. / Japan’s invasion of Manchuria

____ 19. Japan’s purpose in attacking Pearl Harbor was to

A. / force the U.S. to transfer some of its troops from Europe to the Pacific
B. / gain control of Hawaii’s natural resources of oil, tin, and rubber
C. / gain a military base from which to attack China
D. / destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet

____ 20. Japan sought control of the Dutch East Indies because