Devry HIS405 week 6 quiz

Question 1.1. (TCO 10) Which group discouraged immigrants from joining American culture? (Points : 2)

Settlement houses

Americanization programs

Fraternal organizations

Nativist groups

Question 2.2. (TCO 2) The major benefit of building skyscrapers was (Points : 2)

supporting the steel industry.

using limited land efficiently.

creating a distinctive skyline.

adding artistic buildings to the city.

Question 3.3. (TCO 6) One justification for the new social and economic order of the North was based on (Points : 2)

Marxism.

Social Darwinism.

Utilitarian doctrine.

None of the above

Question 4.4. (TCO 10) Which reformer led the effort to provide birth control for women? (Points : 2)

Jane Addams

Margaret Sanger

Walter Rauschenbusch

Francis Ellen Watkins

Question 5.5. (TCO 6) What were some of the most serious problems faced by U.S. volunteer soldiers during the Spanish-American War? (Points : 2)

The trip to Cuba was long and dangerous.

Inadequate medical care

They could not communicate with their families at home.

They did not speak Spanish and did not know their way around Cuba.

Question 6.6. (TCO 7) What nation informed American authorities about the Zimmermann note? (Points : 2)

Germany

Great Britain

Mexico

Russia

Question 7.7. (TCO 7) What was the name of the agreement that ended World War I? (Points : 2)

The Fourteen Points

The League of Nations

The Treaty of Versailles

The Paris Peace Conference

Question 8.8. (TCO 11) This trial became a symbol of the conflict within Protestantism between modernists and fundamentalists. (Points : 2)

Scopes Monkey Trial

Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

Fatty Arbuckle Trial

None of the above

Question 9.9. (TCO 11) Prohibition was enforced by (Points : 2)

the Volstead Act.

the Kellogg-Briand Act.

the National Industrial Recovery Act.

None of the above

Question 10.10. (TCO 11) Stock speculation became common because (Points : 2)

many banks had closed.

stock prices kept going up.

credit became more difficult to get.

investors lost confidence in the market.

Question 11. 11. (TCOs 6 and 7) Identify and explain at least two causes of World War II. Then analyze America’s foreign policy before the war, and describe how that policy changed as the war progressed. Be sure to include a discussion of how the Battle of Britain influenced American opinion. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer. (Points : 20)

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