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Unit 2 Evaluation Evaluation 2 American History 2 (SSTH 034 060) This evaluation will cover the lessons in this unit. It is open book, meaning you can use your textbook, syllabus, and other course materials. You will need to understand, analyze, and apply the information you have learned in order to answer the questions correctly. To submit the evaluation, follow the directions provided. Part A: Multiple-Choice Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question. _____ 1. The Triple Alliance nations were a. b. c. d. _____ France, Russia, and Great Britain. Great Britain, France, and the United States. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. 2. More women joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association after the organization a. changed its focus from women’s suffrage to peace. b. succeeded in winning voting rights for women. c. declared its opposition to American involvement in the war. d. began to support the war objectives of the United States. _____ 3. Which organization existed to promote support for the war among the American people? a. b. c. d. _____ the Committee on Public Information the Red Cross the Council of National Defense the War Industries Board 4. One reason for the German surrender in 1918 was that a. b. c. d. Unit 2 Evaluation many German soldiers were no longer willing to fight. the Germans did not use trench warfare. the German submarine fleet had been destroyed. the German blockade of France had failed. SSTH 034 _____ 5. Convoys were used to a. b. c. d. _____ 6. The League of Nations can best be described as an organization that provided a a. b. c. d. _____ peace treaty. secret alliance. division of territory. mutual guarantee of political independence. 7. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were a. b. c. d. _____ transport wounded soldiers to hospitals. protect soldiers on the battlefield. prevent submarine attacks on ships. move troops behind enemy lines. anarchists. communists. union leaders. conscientious objectors. 8. When World War I began, which two groups were most likely to support the Central Powers? a. b. c. d. _____ German Americans and Jewish Americans German Americans and French Americans British Americans and Mexican Americans British Americans and Russian Americans 9. What was the greatest effect of the Espionage and Sedition Acts? a. b. c. d. It limited freedom of speech. It created distrust of German Americans. It increased the size of the Army. It gave women the right to vote. _____ 10. How did World War I change the lives of American women? a. b. c. d. It broadened job opportunities for women. It delayed the extension of voting rights to women. It made military service mandatory for young women. It increased educational opportunities for women. _____ 11. When World War I began, President Wilson wanted the United States to remain neutral because of the nation’s a. b. c. d. Unit 2 Evaluation ethnic diversity. economic problems. military weakness. secret alliances. SSTH 034 _____ 12. World War I brought increased immigration to the United States from a. b. c. d. France. Germany. Italy. Mexico. _____ 13. How did World War I contribute to the Great Migration? a. b. c. d. by forcing African-American men to become soldiers by ending segregation in the military by improving the South’s economy by creating jobs in the North _____ 14. After which event did President Wilson advocate war? a. b. c. d. Germany’s invasion of Belgium the sinking of the Lusitania exposure of the Zimmermann note the sinking of the Sussex _____ 15. Why did Congress pass the National Defense Act and the Naval Construction Act in 1916? a. Congress passed the acts as a means to provoke war. b. Congress passed the acts to prepare Americans for the possibility of United States involvement in the war. c. Congress passed the acts as a reaction to the sinking of the Lusitania and the Sussex. d. Congress passed the acts because Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare. _____ 16. What event led to the Red Scare of 1919? a. b. c. d. a murder in Italy an election in Britain a revolution in Russia an epidemic in Germany _____ 17. Women’s efforts and sacrifices during World War I led to government support for which reform? a. b. c. d. Unit 2 Evaluation universal suffrage racial equality religious freedom alcohol prohibition SSTH 034 _____ 18. As the 1920s progressed, farm incomes a. b. c. d. declined. increased more rapidly than incomes in urban areas. remained steady. gradually increased. _____ 19. As suburbs developed, people who lived in them a. b. c. d. became less conservative. became more conservative. became less interested in business. became less interested in stocks. _____ 20. American handling of the post-World War I war debt situation a. b. c. d. helped America’s economy. hurt America’s international reputation. helped the international economy. had little effect. _____ 21. The Teapot Dome Scandal a. involved transferring oil reserves from the Navy Department to the Interior Department, and then forgetting about the Navy’s needs. b. allowed the Attorney General to accept money from criminals. c. wasted taxpayers’ money by spending many thousands of dollars on unnecessary construction. d. allowed Harding to reduce government regulation of business and return to a more traditional laissez-faire approach. _____ 22. Why did Marcus Garvey’s movement fall apart? a. b. c. d. His ideas became too extreme to attract many supporters. His supporters were too poor to keep his organization going. Garvey was jailed and deported to Jamaica. Garvey was discredited because he opposed involvement in World War I. _____ 23. The demand for automobiles in the 1920s a. b. c. d. Unit 2 Evaluation stimulated growth in many other industries. led to a nationwide recession. closed down the steel industry. brought about the collapse of the suburbs. SSTH 034 _____ 24. Under President Coolidge, the concerns of Mexican Americans and African Americans were a. b. c. d. a high priority. addressed in a series of fiery radio speeches. answered with hostility. largely ignored. _____ 25. Why was formal education more important for urban Americans than rural Americans? a. b. c. d. Urban children needed a safe place to stay while their parents worked. Urban Americans needed an education to work in factories. Most higher-paying jobs in the cities required a good education. A better education provided more opportunities to obtain inexpensive housing. _____ 26. How did the consumer economy of the 1920s affect the lives of women? a. b. c. d. It made life easier for rural women. It made life easier for working women. It made it harder for women to be housewives. It made life more liberating for urban women. _____ 27. Why did so many African Americans migrate north throughout the 1920s? a. b. c. d. for the milder climate in the hope of finding urban employment and greater political rights to save money for legal reform in the South to serve in the military _____ 28. Which group faced the greatest financial difficulty during the 1920s? a. b. c. d. farmers industrial workers stock market investors government employees _____ 29. From the early 1920s until 1929, the United States economy was in which phase of the business cycle? a. b. c. d. expansion contraction trough peak _____ 30. Why did the stock market crash? a. b. c. d. Unit 2 Evaluation Investors panicked and started to sell. Depositors made runs on the nation’s banks. The Federal Reserve increased the money supply. The Federal Reserve decreased the money supply. SSTH 034 Part B: Matching Match each term or name with the appropriate description. Use each answer one time only. a. Scopes Trial b. Dawes Plan c. Andrew Mellon d. Harlem Renaissance e. The Jazz Singer _____ 31. wealthy banker who served in the Harding administration _____ 32. the theories of Charles Darwin against those of fundamentalism _____ 33. agreement intended to settle international debts from World War I _____ 34. 1920s cultural celebration associated with African Americans _____ 35. first film with synchronized sound Part C: Matching Match each term or name with the appropriate description. Use each answer one time only. a. Ku Klux Klan b. Bull market c. Mass production d. Sigmund Freud e. Langston Hughes _____ 36. wrote of the pain and pride of being black _____ 37. manufacturing method in which each worker performs one step _____ 38. psychologist who stressed the importance of the unconscious mind _____ 39. targeted blacks, Jews, Catholics, and immigrants _____ 40. a period during which the value of stocks increases Unit 2 Evaluation SSTH 034 Part D: Multiple-Choice Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question. _____ 41. Which factor contributed to the spread of the Great Depression overseas? a. b. c. d. _____ 42. an increase in international trade curtailment of American loans the lowering of tariffs in the United States the lowering of tariffs in Europe According to John Maynard Keynes, what caused the Great Depression? a. b. c. d. federal interference in the economy the interference of state governments in the economy economic problems in Europe a lack of government involvement in the economy _____ 43. Tenant farmers were a. b. c. d. wealthy farmers who kept their lands during the depression. farmers who invested in the stock market. unemployed factory workers who found employment in farming. people farmed land that did not belong to them. _____ 44. Both African Americans and Mexican Americans had an especially difficult time during the Great Depression because they a. b. c. d. had little community and family support. faced discrimination when competing for jobs. were forced to move to northern cities to find work. were not allowed to serve in the military. _____ 45. Why did rugged individualism fail to end suffering in the Great Depression? a. b. c. d. President Hoover did not support the policy. Charities, as well as state and local governments, ran low on money. The federal government took control of local and state relief efforts. President Hoover was so unpopular that no one would support his ideas. _____ 46. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation lent money to banks so that a. b. c. d. Unit 2 Evaluation depositors could withdraw all of their savings. investors could engage in more stock speculation. banks could lend money to businesses to hire workers and increase production. the banks could finance the American military. SSTH 034 _____ 47. Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D. C.? a. b. c. d. Social Security was taxing the veterans’ bonuses. Veterans wanted to be guaranteed retirement bonuses in 1945. Veterans wanted early payment of their bonuses in the Depression. The veterans’ bonuses were not as large as had been promised. _____ 48. Which of these factors helped hide economic problems in the 1920s? a. b. c. d. Investors lost confidence in the market. Farmers sold crop surpluses to pay off their debts. Americans purchased many consumer goods on credit. Wages increased at the same pace as worker productivity. _____ 49. How did mechanized agriculture affect farmers in the 1920s? a. b. c. d. It allowed them to produce more crops and make more money. It allowed the government to provide food relief to poor people. It put many farm laborers out of work. It kept production high, although demand decreased. _____ 50. Why did many Americans decide that the country needed new leadership in 1932? a. b. c. d. Herbert Hoover had caused the depression. People resented that the bonus marchers received aid when others did not. Hoover’s role in the Teapot Dome Scandal was revealed. The depression was not improving, and the bonus march discredited Hoover. Carefully check your answers on this evaluation and make any corrections you feel are necessary. When you are satisfied that you have answered the questions to the best of your ability, transfer your answers to an answer sheet. Please refer to the information sheet that came with your course materials. Unit 2 Evaluation SSTH 034
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Unit 2 Evaluation
Evaluation 2
American History 2
(SSTH 034 060)
This evaluation will cover the lessons in this unit. It is open book, meaning you can use your
textbook, syllabus, and other course materials. You will need to understand, analyze, and apply the
information you have learned in order to answer the questions correctly. To submit the evaluation,
follow the directions provided.

Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
_____

1. The Triple Alliance nations were
a.
b.
c.
d.

_____

France, Russia, and Great Britain.
Great Britain, France, and the United States.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary.

2. More women joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association after the
organization
a. changed its focus from women’s suffrage to peace.
b. succeeded in winning voting rights for women.
c. declared its opposition to American involvement in the war.
d. began to support the war objectives of the United States.

_____

3. Which organization existed to promote support for the war among the American
people?
a.
b.
c.
d.

_____

the Committee on Public Information
the Red Cross
the Council of National Defense
the War Industries Board

4. One reason for the German surrender in 1918 was that
a.
b.
c.
d.

Unit 2 Evaluation

many German soldiers were no longer willing to fight.
the Germans did not use trench warfare.
the German submarine fleet had been destroyed.
the German blockade of France had failed.

SSTH 034

_____

5. Convoys were used to
a.
b.
c.
d.

_____

6. The League of Nations can best be described as an organization that provided a
a.
b.
c.
d.

_____

peace treaty.
secret alliance.
division of territory.
mutual guarantee of political independence.

7. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were
a.
b.
c.
d.

_____

transport wounded soldiers to hospitals.
protect soldiers on the battlefield.
prevent submarine attacks on ships.
move troops behind enemy lines.

anarchists.
communists.
union leaders.
conscientious objectors.

8. When World War I began, which two groups were most likely to support the Central
Powers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

_____

German Americans and Jewish Americans
German Americans and French Americans
British Americans and Mexican Americans
British Americans and Russian Americans

9. What was the greatest effect of the Espionage and Sedition Acts...


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