2022 Mid Term Exam- US2 Practice Questions – COMPLETE SOLUTION. Graded A+

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2022 Mid Term Exam- US2 Practice Questions – COMPLETE SOLUTION Which of the following did the United States insist that Cuba include in its constitution? - ✔✔the Platt Amendment During the G... reat Depression, the overall unemployment rate was about - ✔✔25 percent Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust? - ✔✔Jews Who told the artist Frederic Remington, "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war"? - ✔✔William Randolph Hearst Crowded wooden barracks infested with rats and fleas; meager meals; long, hard work; constant threat of being beaten or killed - ✔✔Life in camps What does the cartoon imply about the Open Door Policy? - ✔✔It favored American interests over other foreign interests in China. This term is the name of the most widely used measure of the stock market's health. - ✔✔Dow Jones Industrial Average Which of the following pieces of New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court? - ✔✔National Industrial Recovery Act What caused widespread starvation in Germany? - ✔✔the British blockade Which of the following nations suffered the fewest casualties? - ✔✔the United States Who proclaims Hawaii an American territory? - ✔✔CongressWhat was the Manhattan Project? - ✔✔the plan to develop the atomic bomb Which of the following did Winston Churchill oppose? - ✔✔the Munich Pact Henry Cabot Lodge voiced strong objections to it. - ✔✔Treaty of Versailles In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles," people conveyed their - ✔✔disgust with Hoover. What was also known as "big stick" diplomacy, and was the official American policy stating that disorder in Latin America could force the United States to send its military into Latin American nations to protect American economic interests? - ✔✔Roosevelt Corollary To which nation did the Treaty of Paris of 1898 guarantee independence from Spain? - ✔✔Cuba In which directions did German troops advance into France? - ✔✔south and west The Espionage and Sedition Acts affected freedom of speech because they - ✔✔allowed the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority. In total, _____ states had full woman suffrage before 1920. - ✔✔15 This federally regulated crop price was intended to stabilize farmers' incomes. - ✔✔parity To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being - ✔✔Communists What does buying a stock on margin mean? - ✔✔borrowing money to help pay for the stockThe war might have involved only two nations, Austria-Hungary and Serbia, if not for - ✔✔the alliance system Woodrow Wilson was a key player in its creation. - ✔✔Both the Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles Except for ___, alcohol caused all of the following, according to most fundamentalists. - ✔✔evangelism This trumpet player's astounding sense of rhythm and ability to improvise has led many to consider him the single most important and influential musician in the history of jazz. - ✔✔Louis Armstrong Armed only with a rifle and a revolver, he killed 25 Germans and, with 6 other soldiers, captured 132 prisoners - ✔✔Alvin York This writer's poems celebrated youth and a life of independence and freedom from traditional restraints. - ✔✔Edna St. Vincent Millay Forced Jews to wear Jewish stars sewn to their clothing - ✔✔Nuremberg Laws Deliberate killing of an entire group of people - ✔✔genocide This describes the era after the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. - ✔✔Prohibition What do the people outside the door seem to want? - ✔✔to walk through the door Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact considered useless? - ✔✔It provided no means of enforcing the "no war" agreement This reduced the flow of goods into the United States and prevented other countrie [Show More]

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