Question 33 of 43
Despite President Woodrow Wilson’s efforts, the United States never officially signed the Treaty of Versailles. Why was this the case?
A.
Germany declined to take public responsibility for the death and destruction of World War I.
B.
Many U.S. senators opposed the League of Nations and voted against the treaty.
C.
Wilson suffered a stroke in 1919 and was unable to personally approve the treaty.
D.
Wilson withdrew the originally worded treaty after Democrats in the Senate amended it.
B. Many U.S. senators opposed the League of Nations and voted against the treaty.
What was a common policy feature of the Republican presidents in the 1920s?
A.
support for progressive domestic policies
B.
laissez-faire economic policies
C.
reliance on imports to stimulate the economy
D.
interference in foreign affairs
B. Laissez-faire economic policies
How did Charles Lindbergh’s flight to Paris affect the aviation industry in the 1920s?
A.
The aviation industry experienced a decline because of increased fear among Americans about air travel.
B.
The aviation industry experienced a decline because of better alternatives, such as the automobile, for travel.
C.
The aviation industry experienced a boom because Americans felt safer flying in an airplane.
D.
The aviation industry had to develop more comprehensive guidelines and training for flights between coastal cities.
C. The aviation industry experienced a boom because Americans felt safer flying in an airplane.
During the 1920s, how did the growth of immigrant populations in cities cause a cultural backlash in the United States?
A.
The economy took a downturn due to increased competition for jobs in urban areas.
B.
The government initiated the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921 to remove limits on immigration.
C.
Immigrants launched protests due to the United States’ involvement in World War I.
D.
Many Americans in rural areas felt that their way of life was being threatened.
D. Many Americans in rural areas felt that their way of life was being threatened.
Question 37 of 43
Drag the following choices to categorize them as causes or effects of the stock market crash of 1929. There are two causes and two effects.
Banks demanded immediate payment for loans they had given to investors.
Investors made high-risk purchases, often using low down payments.
Low interest rates and a high money supply encouraged risky investments.
In one year, the stock market lost more than half its value.
Causes of the Stock Market Crash
Effects of the Stock Market Crash
Causes of the Stock Market Crash:
- Investors made high-risk purchases, often using low down payments.
- Low interest rates and a high money supply encouraged risky investments.
Effects of the Stock Market Crash:
- In one year, the stock market lost more than half its value.
- Banks demanded immediate payment for loans they had given to investors.
Read the excerpt from Franklin Roosevelt’s inauguration speech in January 1933.
Select the two highlighted examples that show aspects of his recovery plan for America.
Restoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone. This Nation asks for action, and action now.
Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same time, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our natural resources.
Hand in hand with this we must frankly recognize the overbalance of population in our industrial centers and, by engaging on a national scale in a redistribution, endeavor to provide a better use of the land for those best fitted for the land. The task can be helped by definite efforts to raise the values of agricultural products and with this the power to purchase the output of our cities. It can be helped by preventing realistically the tragedy of the growing loss through foreclosure of our small homes and our farms. It can be helped by insistence that the Federal, State, and local governments act forthwith on the demand that their cost be drastically reduced. It can be helped by the unifying of relief activities which today are often scattered, uneconomical, and unequal. It can be helped by national planning for and supervision of all forms of transportation and of communications and other utilities which have a definitely public character. There are many ways in which it can be helped, but it can never be helped merely by talking about it. We must act and act quickly.
Finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order: there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments, so that there will be an end to speculation with other people's money; and there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency.
These are the lines of attack. I shall presently urge upon a new Congress, in special session, detailed measures for their fulfillment, and I shall seek the immediate assistance of the several States.