Question 1

1. The 1904 "Roosevelt Corollary"

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stated that the U.S. had a right to intervene in the affairs of neighboring countries.

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stated that neighboring countries had to adhere to U.S. policy in times of war.

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was invalidated by the Supreme Court during the Wilson administration.

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was created as a result of a military crisis in Cuba.

Question 2

2. After the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905,

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President Roosevelt sent a fleet of ships around the world, including to Japan, as a show of force.

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the Japanese military presence in the Pacific declined.

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relations between Japan and the Roosevelt administration steadily improved.

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the Russian government collapsed.

Question 3

3. "Dollar Diplomacy" is associated primarily with the administration of

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William Howard Taft.

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Woodrow Wilson.

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William McKinley.

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Theodore Roosevelt.

Question 4

4. In his dealings with Pancho Villa, President Woodrow Wilson

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ordered a military expedition into Mexico to capture Villa.

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saw American troops capture Villa and bring him to the United States.

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eventually released Villa in order to smooth relations with the Carranza government.

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both ordered a military expedition into Mexico to capture Villa, and eventually released Villa in order to smooth relations with the Carranza government.

Question 5

5. The immediate spark for hostilities in Europe in 1914 was

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the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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a struggle between European powers for control of the international diamond trade.

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the sinking of the British passenger liner Lusitania.

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the death of Otto von Bismarck in Germany.

Question 6

6. During World War I, extensive systems of trenches were used by both sides

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because the destructive power of weapons made conventional field battles too destructive.

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because soldiers were safer from poisonous mustard gas closer to the ground.

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because trenches prevented tanks from reaching the soldiers' positions.

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both because the destructive power of weapons meant soldiers could not live in the open field,.

Question 7

7. In the aftermath of the sinking of the British passenger liner Lusitania,

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Germany pledged to the United States it would not repeat such an action.

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President Wilson prohibited Americans from traveling to Europe.

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the United States began leasing its submarines to Great Britain.

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the United States declared war on Germany.

Question 8

8. In the fall of 1915, President Woodrow Wilson

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began to support a rapid increase of the nation's armed forces.

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stated that the United States was likely to enter the war within a year.

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ordered American troops to staging camps in England.

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sent Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan to broker a peace settlement.

Question 9

9. During World War I, the War Industries Board (WIB)

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coordinated government purchases of military supplies.

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was seen as a model for rational organization when led by Herbert Hoover.

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was plagued by mismanagement and inefficiencies under Bernard Baruch.

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saw itself as an adversary of individual businesses.

Question 10

10. In the election of 1916, supporters of Woodrow Wilson

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hinted that his Republican opponent would lead the nation into war.

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were anxious for the president to declare war before election day.

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called his Republican opponent a pacifist who would not act to save England.

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helped the president easily beat his Republican opponent.

Question 11

11. The so-called "Zimmermann telegram"

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included a proposal for the return of the American Southwest to Mexico.

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revealed plans by Germany to expand the use of its submarine fleet.

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helped weaken public support in the United States for war.

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was intercepted by agents working for the United States.

Question 12

12. Immediately following World War I, the American economy

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boomed for many months.

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fell into a deflationary spiral.

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fell into a protracted recession.

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saw prices plunge.

Question 13

13. Regarding the Treaty of Versailles, the United States Senate decided in 1919 to

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not ratify it.

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ratify it only after Article X was struck from the treaty.

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ratify it after Democrats accepted the Republican "reservations."

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ratify it without change.

Question 14

14. The Sabotage Act and the Sedition Act of 1918

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made illegal any public expression opposing the war.

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were most frequently directed at German Americans.

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were rarely if ever enforced by the Wilson administration.

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eliminated jury trials for anyone charged under these laws.

Question 15

15. As a result of the service of African American soldiers in World War I,

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activism by blacks for their rights increased.

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the federal government integrated the armed forces.

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public attitudes on race were significantly altered.

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the country saw a general improvement in race relations.

Question 16

16. 16. In 1920&#44; Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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All these answers are correct.

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drew widespread support from the public.

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admitted they were anarchists.

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were convicted of murder.

Question 17

17. The most prominent exponent of black nationalism following World War I was

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Marcus Garvey.

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Booker T. Washington.

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W. E. B. Du Bois.

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Claude McKay.

Question 18

18. In 1919, the Red Scare in the United States

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was partly motivated by a series of bombings.

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led to government raids that uncovered large caches of weapons.

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saw more than 6,000 people deported from the country.

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saw the arrest of several major government figures.

Question 19

19. In the 1920s, "welfare capitalism"

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was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers.

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forced workers to donate much of their salaries to the less fortunate.

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gave workers a measure of control over their industry.

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encouraged employees to form single-industry labor unions.

Question 20

20. During the Harding administration, the Teapot Dome scandal involved

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transfers of national oil reserves.

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graft in federal construction contracts.

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the illegal sale of timber rights.

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political blackmail.

Question 21

21. In the 1920s, artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance

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drew heavily from their African heritage.

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included writers Edna Ferber and Ezra Pound.

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sought to inspire civil disobedience to further racial justice.

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started in Atlanta, Georgia.

Question 22

22. The Scopes trial of 1925 was a legal battle concerning the conflict between

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creationism and evolution.

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urban and rural society.

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blacks and whites.

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nativists and immigrants.

Question 23

23. In the 1920s, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon succeeded in

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All these answers are correct.

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dramatically trimming the federal budget.

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eliminating half of the WWI debt.

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cutting taxes on corporate profits and personal incomes.

Question 24

24. In the 1920s, the "flapper" lifestyle

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had a particular impact on lower-middle-class single women.

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was largely reserved for upper-class women.

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was largely rejected by upper-class women.

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was simply a clothing fad.

Question 25

25. As president, Warren Harding

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never abandoned the party hacks who had brought him to success.

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had no sense of his own intellectual limits.

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sought a revival of progressive reform.

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proposed the United States join the League of Nations.

Question 26

26. Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge were similar in

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their passive approach to the presidency.

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both supported unions for workers

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their personalities.

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ethics.

Question 27

27. The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921

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provided federal funds for child health-care programs.

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was criticized for its promotion of birth control.

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promoted the establishment of daycare centers for the children of working women.

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was promoted by the National Women's Party.

Question 28

28. In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

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criticized the American obsession with material wealth.

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glorified wealthy Americans as examples of the "success ethic."

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ridiculed the hypocritical behavior of some in evangelical religion.

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satirized the inequalities in American politics.

Question 29

29. The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s

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was a product of changing environmental conditions.

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stretched from Kansas to California.

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experienced years of heavy rainfall.

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was created by the national economic collapse.

Question 30

30. During the Great Depression in the rural United States,

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one-third of all farmers lost their land.

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economic conditions were slightly better than in industrial cities.

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the farm economy could not keep up with consumer demand.

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farm income dropped by twenty-five percent.

Question 31

31. President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by

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urging a program of voluntary cooperation from business leaders.

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calling for a tax increase to prevent a federal deficit.

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shutting down the bank system until confidence in it could be restored.

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proposing a series of economic reform programs.

Question 32

32. During the 1930s, southern rural blacks who moved to northern urban areas

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generally experienced conditions that were in most respects little better than in the South.

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joined the NAACP in large numbers.

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could easily find domestic service jobs that no whites wanted.

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faced blatant discrimination, much as they had in the South.

Question 33

33. In response to the Great Depression, many Mexican Americans

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left the United States entirely.

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migrated to the South.

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moved into California.

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successfully organized agricultural unions.

Question 34

34. During the Great Depression, Asian Americans

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had trouble competing for jobs with poor white migrants from the Midwest.

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found it easier to move into mainstream professions.

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who were college educated generally weathered the crisis fairly well.

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were generally able, unlike African Americans, to keep from losing their jobs to white Americans.

Question 35

35. Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932

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was a convincing mandate.

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was decided only in the final days of the election.

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saw Roosevelt carry every state.

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was disputed in several states.

Question 36

36. The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established

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the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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the Federal Reserve Board in Washington.

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both the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Question 37

37. The Agricultural Adjustment Act

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was declared unconstitutional in large part by the Supreme Court.

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fostered further instability in the agricultural economy.

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protected tenant farmers.

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favored small farm operations over large ones.

Question 38

38.  The Civilian Conservation Corps

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put the unemployed to work on rural and wilderness areas.

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mostly employed the jobless rural poor.

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was racially integrated.

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included women.

Question 39

39. In 1934, strong criticism of the New Deal came from

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All these answers are correct.

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the political far left.

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the political far right.

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dissident populists such as Huey Long.

Question 40

40. The Social Security Act of 1935

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did not begin making payments to participants for years.

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initially only offered a pension for retired workers.

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covered all full-time working American citizens.

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originally included a program for universal health-care.

Question 41

41. The Works Progress Administration provided federal assistance to

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artists, sculptors, writers, and musicians.

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colleges and schools

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to farmers and banks

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grooms and jockeys.

Question 42

42. In 1935, Senator Huey Long

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had proposed a national wealth-sharing plan that involved heavily taxing the wealthiest Americans.

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advocated a $200 monthly pension for all Americans over the age of 60.

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advocated a "flat tax" plan.

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had as much popular support as Franklin Roosevelt, according to opinion polls.

Question 43

43. The "Second New Deal" was launched partly in response to the

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persistence of the Great Depression.

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political challenges of Senator Long and the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the National Industrial Recovery Act.

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president's sympathy toward the ideas of Senator Long.

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Supreme Court's decision to strike down the National Industrial Recovery Act.

Question 44

44. President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court

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was eventually defeated in Congress.

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drew significant support from conservatives.

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did little political damage to his administration.

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had little effect on future rulings by the Court.

Question 45

45. In 1934, the American Liberty League was formed

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by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal.

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by western business leaders who felt ignored by the New Deal.

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to help win public support for the more controversial New Deal programs.

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by a coalition of radical and semi-radical organizations, including the Socialist Party.

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