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1 Calvin Coolidge's views on economic & social policy were best expressed in the phrase "I have not yet begun to fight." "Let them eat cake." "The business of America is business." "Chicken soup will cure all ills." "Forget the Democrats." 2 The US system of mass production of the 1920's was based on the assembly line specialization of labor time-motion studies All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "B" are correct. 3 The power of the 2nd Ku Klux Klan in the 1920's was nationwide & not just confined to the South was based on hatred of Blacks, Jews, Roman Catholics, immigrants, urban dwellers, & the modern woman elected officeholders in the west & midwest as well as south All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "C" are correct. 4 Prohibition opened up new areas of opportunity for organized crime profited organized crime was unpopular with a majority of Americans All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "B" are correct. 5 US foreign policy in Latin America in the 1920's until the Stock Market Crash was interventionist with US troops occupying parts of some countries found the US supporting some reactionary dictators continued as interventionist until the 1960's All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "B" are correct. 6 General Billy Mitchell's cause was the build-up of a massive ground army the development of air power the development of heavy anti-aircraft defenses around major US cities All of these answers are correct. Only "A" & "C" are correct. 7 The Kellogg-Briand Treaty of 1928 outlawed war showed how naive & isolationist many Americans were in the 1920's & 1930's was used to justify cuts in defense appropriations All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "C" are correct. 8 Stock market speculation bought stocks on a 10% margin led speculators to borrow heavily from banks & brokers was relatively safe unless the market went up All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "B" are correct. 9 Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon's tax policy was to cut taxes to increase the profits of business to raise taxes to increase governmental income to repeal all taxes for all businesses All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "C" are correct. 10 The leading representative of the Harlem Renaissance was Adam Clayton Powell Charles Rangel Langston Hughes Martin Luther King Marcus Garvey 11 Herbert Hoover won the 1928 presidential election in a landslide because Hoover was a rural, Protestant who supported Prohibition. Al Smith was a city boy, Roman Catholic who opposed Prohibition. Several southern states including Texas voted Republican in opposition to Smith & his background. All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "C" are correct. 12 Hoover fulfilled the image of a good businessman-politician by appointing wealthy businessmen to his cabinet ending most of the remaining federal regulations left over from Wilson's World War I policies repealing the federal income tax All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "B" are correct. 13 The immediate cause of the Great Depression was Europe defaulting on their World War I loans Germany declaring war on Poland excessive stock market speculation an activist federal government's intervention in the stock market All of the answers are correct. 14 Hoover responded to the Depression in 1929-1930 with limited steps by the federal government doing nothing since he felt relief was strictly a local responsibility blaming European nations for not paying off their World War I debts All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "C' are correct. 15 In the Great Depression wages fell production fell employment fell hope fell All of the answers are correct. 16 In the Congressional elections of 1930 the Democrats captured control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 14 years. The Republicans kept control of the US Senate. The Democrats had little incentive to help Hoover since a nation in depression would help them in the election of 1932. All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "B" are correct. 17 The US foreign policy in Latin America under Hoover after the Stock Market Crash was still interventionist isolationist since Americans were concerned with domestic economic problems actually improved relations with Latin American nations Both "A" & C" are correct. Both "B" & "C" are correct. 18 The US responded to Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931 by protesting it in the League of Nations sending the US Navy to Pearl Harbor as a warning embargoing oil exports to Japan practicing non-recognition of the event Both "B" & "C" are correct. 19 Hoover's reaction to the Veterans' Bonus March in 1932 was a military dispersal of the marchers detrimental to his re-election chances led by GEN Douglas MacArthur with MAJ Dwight Eisenhower in attendance All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "B" are correct. 20 FDR's political strength in 1932 rested on his ability to get northern votes at the Democratic convention his ability to get southern votes at the Democratic convention his going to the Democratic convention before the nomination to prove he could do the job All of the answers are correct. Only "A" & "C" are correct.

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