Help Ap Us History Practice Questions

<p>Can any of you help me figure these answers out? I arleady did the other 56, I need help on these:</p>

<p>Question 34 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>In the 1920s, mass culture––magazines, books, radio, and movies–– </p>

<p>became increasingly standardized as the same amusements were available in all parts of the country. </p>

<p>still retained regional favor in the South, New England, the Southwest, and other areas with strong cultural traditions. </p>

<p>was available only to the middle class, who could afford it. </p>

<p>became less important as Americans placed renewed emphasis on individualism. </p>

<p>was strongly influenced by the radical, bohemian art world. </p>

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<p>Question 35 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>In order to manage the nation's agriculture during World War I, Herbert Hoover </p>

<p>instituted strict government controls over what was grown and what consumers were able to purchase. </p>

<p>withheld meat, wheat, and sugar from the Allies as a form of political pressure. </p>

<p>focused on organizing food relief in Belgium. </p>

<p>employed a combination of propaganda and voluntary efforts to ensure adequate food supplies. </p>

<p>acted as a private watchdog to prevent the government from interfering with private agricultural initiative. </p>

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<p>Question 36 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>In the years immediately after World War II, American civil-rights leaders </p>

<p>ended most of their activity in the South because of intimidation, repression, and murder. </p>

<p>found themselves shut out of the White House because of President Harry Truman's fear of alienating southern white Democrats. </p>

<p>launched aggressive voter-registration drives in the South. </p>

<p>were revealed by congressional investigations to be pro-communist. </p>

<p>celebrated their new status as celebrities and their new power as leaders of the Truman administration. </p>

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<p>Question 37 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>Generally, what attitude did most American intellectuals, cultural leaders, and reformers have about United States participation in World War I? </p>

<p>They were opposed because they believed that the war was a dirty and cruel business. </p>

<p>They were unconcerned with the war because it had little impact on their intellectual pursuits. </p>

<p>Because they had supported President Wilson in his domestic crusades, they now felt obliged to support him in his international crusade. </p>

<p>They saw the war as a struggle to defend culture and believed that increased government activism during wartime would lead to increased reform at home. </p>

<p>They tended to oppose the war because they believed that German culture was superior and the German social-welfare system more humane. </p>

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<p>Question 38 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>Who, according to Vice President Spiro Agnew, were "curled-lip boys in eastern ivory towers" and "nattering nabobs of negativism"? </p>

<p>white supporters of George McGovern </p>

<p>entrenched bureaucrats in the Federal Reserve System </p>

<p>antiwar protesters </p>

<p>the justices of the Supreme Court </p>

<p>television network newscasters </p>

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<p>Question 39 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to </p>

<p>help the hungry and homeless of Europe. </p>

<p>help stop the spread of communism in Europe. </p>

<p>help expand sales of American goods in Europe. </p>

<p>help to build the economies of both the United States and Europe. </p>

<p>all of these </p>

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<p>Question 40 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>What happened to the white-collar middle class in the United States from 1900 to 1920? </p>

<p>It more than doubled in size and grew at over twice the rate for the work force as a whole during the same period. </p>

<p>Its size remained about the same, but its influence declined dramatically in proportion to the rest of the population. </p>

<p>It disappeared because the changing nature of the American economy required mainly blue-collar workers. </p>

<p>Although it was growing dramatically, it wasn't growing as fast as the work force as a whole. </p>

<p>none of these. </p>

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<p>Question 41 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>The Reagan administration came to support the widow of an assassinated politician who had led the opposition to which nation's corrupt and tyrannical government? </p>

<p>South Africa </p>

<p>the Philippines </p>

<p>Panama </p>

<p>Russia </p>

<p>Iran </p>

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<p>Question 42 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>The professional managerial class in the 1950s was composed of </p>

<p>capitalists rather than executives. </p>

<p>conformists. </p>

<p>radicals. </p>

<p>"inner-directed" people. </p>

<p>all of these </p>

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<p>Question 43 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>Which of the following contributed to the fighting style of the Plains Indians? </p>

<p>gunpowder introduced by Chinese immigrants in the nineteenth century </p>

<p>horses introduced by the Spanish in the sixteenth century </p>

<p>firearms introduced by Hessian soldiers in the eighteenth century </p>

<p>swords introduced by the Spanish in the sixteenth century </p>

<p>none of these </p>

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<p>Question 44 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>Which of the following groups is correctly paired with its position on the tariff? </p>

<p>businessmen involved in foreign trade: they wanted protection against foreign competition </p>

<p>farmers of the West and South: they opposed tariffs for raising the price of equipment and impeding the sale of American farm products abroad </p>

<p>shoe manufacturers: they opposed tariffs for being the "mother of trusts" </p>

<p>producers of coal, hides, timber, wool: they wanted lower tariffs to encourage foreign trade </p>

<p>immigrants: they wanted lower tariffs on products from the ¡§Old Country¡¨ </p>

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<p>Question 45 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>The War Industries Board </p>

<p>allocated raw materials. </p>

<p>established production priorities. </p>

<p>coordinated military purchasing. </p>

<p>coordinated competing businesses. </p>

<p>all of these </p>

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<p>Question 46 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)</p>

<p>The American Federation of Labor's main source of strength was in </p>

<p>factories and mills. </p>

<p>skilled trades. </p>

<p>farm workers. </p>

<p>immigrant blue collar workers. </p>

<p>urban white-collar workers.</p>

<p>34 is a................</p>

<ol>
<li>television network newscasters</li>
<li>all of these</li>
<li>Philippines (supported Corazon Aquino)</li>
</ol>

<p>I could be wrong on some, i didnt answer if i was clueless though</p>

<p>34 A
35 D
36
37
38 C
39 E
40
41 B
42
43 B
44 A</p>

<p>35 probably D...with meatless mondays and hooverzing your plate and wheatless tuesdays, etc
43 prolly B
44 A
45 all of above</p>

<p>i tend to think that when letter E is all of the above or none of the above, it's usually, but not always, that one...anybody agree?</p>

<p>But I always thought Hoover was into no government controls. He believed in rugged individualism which basically means there is no need for the government to interfer because man can work out his problems by himself. I think 35 is e.</p>

<p>where are the answers?</p>

<p>heres what i think...
34 A
35 D
36 B or C
37 A
38
39 E
40 D
41 B
42
43 B
44 B
45 E
46 C</p>

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