Advanced Placement American History'

Unit VIII: The Age of FDR: 1933-1945"

Sample Objective Exam

April 2000

 

Directions: Each of the questions or statements below is followed by four or five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is BEST in each case and place what you think is the correct letter on the answer sheet provided.

 

1. All of the following occurred during the Second World War EXCEPT:

(A) a dramatic increase of married women entering the paid work force.

(B) the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast to camps in the interior.

(C) the prohibition of interstate travel without government permission.

(D) the federal rationing of gasoline and sugar.

(E) an increase in Black immigration to urban areas.

 

2. Franklin D. Roosevelt's farm policy was primarily designed to:

(A) reduce farm prices to make food cheaper for the consumer.

(B) increase production by opening new lands to farmers.

(C) reduce production in order to boost farm prices.

(D) use price and wage controls to stabilize farm prices.

(E) end federal controls over agriculture.

 

3. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred after:

(A) diplomatic negotiations with the United States reached a stalemate.

(B) the United States declared war on Japan.

(C) Japan invaded the Philippines.

(D) Japanese-Americans were forcefully evacuated from the West Coast.

(E) Germany declared war on the United States.

 

4. The main purpose of the Wagner Labor Relations Act of 1935 was to:

(A) end the sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan.

(B) settle the struggle between the AFL and the CIO.

(C) ensure workers' right to organize and bargain collectively.

(D) guarantee workers a minimum wage.

(E) exempt organized labor from the Sherman Antitrust Act.

 

5. The principal reason for the economic boom in the United States after the Second World War was:

(A) full employment, because the United States kept ten million men in the armed services as a precautionary measure.

(B) the continual production of war materials on a round-the-clock basis.

(C) a shortage of consumer goods combined with a reserve of purchasing power in the form of accumulated savings.

(D) the continuance of the federal government's operation of some of the basic industries, such as railroads.

(E) strong action by the federal government in behalf of organized labor.

 

6. The Good Neighbor Policy promised all of the following EXCEPT:

(A) an end to Latin America as a sphere of influence of the United States.

(B) restraint in the use of American military forces.

(C) more caution in defending exploitative practices.

(D) increased consultations with Latin America.

7. During the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recommended legislation to achieve all of the following EXCEPT:

(A) nationalization of the banks.

(B) legal protection for workers who sought collective bargaining.

(C) government payments to farmers who plowed up their crops.

(D) the development of public power-generating facilities.

(E) government-business cooperation in formulating "codes" of fair competition.

 

8. The Federal Emergency Relief Act, authorizing aid to states for relief, established the governmental precedent of:

(A) grants rather than loans for relief.

(B) aid for basic living necessities rather than aid to strengthen business institutions.

(C) Both A and B

(D) Neither A nor B

9. During the Manchurian crisis of 1931-1932, the Hoover administration did which of the following?

(A) Levied an embargo on Japanese goods.

(B) Banned the sale of arms to either side.

(C) Ordered the United States ground forces to Mukden.

(D) Withdrew diplomatic representation from Tokyo.

(E) Refused to recognize Japan's new conquests.

 

10. The legislation of the first New Deal set a NOTABLE precedent by its:

(A) acceptance of deficit spending and government intervention to

assure public well-being.

(B) effort to combine private and government forms of relief.

(C) commitment to "pump priming" as a way to induce economic growth.

(D) abandonment of any "laissez-faire" approach to government.

 

11. Those who attacked Roosevelt for using too much federal power in New Deal measures feared:

(A) the rise of totalitarian government.

(B) the destruction of the free enterprise system.

(C) the loss of local and state government's power.

(D) All of the above

 

QUESTION #12 REFERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUOTATION:

 

"With millions of men and women still unemployed and the whole industrialized world critically dependent upon the scope and vigor of the American economic recovery, veto of the tax cut would be poor public policy, which political headline-hunting could not justify."

 

12. The above quotation suggests all but which of the following?

(A) The United States continues to be in a depression.

(B) A presidential veto would be harmful to the nation.

(C) Other nations are heavily affected by the U.S. economy.

(D) The president in determining policy should be guided solely by political impact of the policy.

(E) The unemployment rate is high in the nation.

 

13. The Great Depression of the 1930's contributed LEAST to which of the following?

(A) Emergence of the Democratic party as the majority party.

(B) Establishment of federal aid and support programs for agriculture.

(C) Desegregation of federal facilities.

(D) Unionization of mass production industries.

(E) Establishment of a social security system.

 

14. The Works Progress Administration (WPA), established during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, was the federal agency empowered to:

(A) protect employees from unfair labor practices.

(B) provide financial aid to western farmers suffering from low grain prices.

(C) provide aid to dependent children.

(D) investigate charges of discrimination against women in job hiring practices.

(E) provide jobs for the unemployed.

 

15. Those who favored more government participation in resolving depression ills believed:

(A) business institutions were not expanding their funds to increase production.

(B) the free enterprise system was no longer capable of generating economic growth.

(C) the wealth of the nation was not equitably distributed.

(D) only the government had access to large funds needed for relief.

 

16. The court-packing plan threatened which principle set forth by the Constitution?

(A) The independence of the judicial branch of government.

(B) The size deemed most effective for efficient operation of the Court.

(C) Life appointments of Supreme Court Justices.

(D) Balanced political representation on the Court.

 

17. The handling of the depression problems by the Roosevelt admini-

stration revealed:

(A) the irrelevance of "rugged individualism" during an intense depression.

(B) the social basis, as well as economic, for levying taxes to collect revenue.

(C) Both A and B

(D) Neither A nor B

 

18. The Neutrality Acts of the 1930's permitted:

(A) the shipment of arms and munitions to belligerents.

(B) the President to institute an embargo if a state of war exists between nations.

(C) American vessels to carry nonmilitary goods to belligerents on a "cash and carry" basis.

(D) None of the above

 

19. Which of the following have historians perceived as ending American neutrality and committing the United States to an Allied victory?

(A) The collapse of France

(B) The passage of the Lend-Lease Act

(C) The ABCD Encirclement

(D) The invasion of Manchuria

(E) The Neutrality Act of 1939

 

20. Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt's policies were primarily criticized by isolationists on the grounds that they:

(A) were giving too much attention to strengthening American defenses.

(B) oscillated between cooperation with the Allies and adherence to strict neutrality.

(C) were misleading the American people and maneuvering the nation into war.

(D) were failing to educate the American people as to their responsi-

bilities in halting aggression.

 

21. President Roosevelt's policies between 1939 and 1941:

(A) stand in sharp contrast to Wilson's preceding the nation's entry into World War I.

(B) were supported by a very powerful majority of the American people.

(C) were clearly designed to lead to this nation's intervention into

World War II.

(D) All of the above.

 

22. The "Hundred Days" refers to:

(A) the period immediately after Roosevelt's election in 1932 and his inauguration.

(B) the period immediately after Roosevelt's first inauguration.

(C) the feverish last days of the presidential campaign of 1932.

(D) None of the above

 

23. The New Deal coalition included significant support from all of the following EXCEPT:

(A) organized labor.

(B) the urban masses.

(C) wealthy businessmen

(D) blacks in northern cities.

(E) midwestern farmers.

 

24. A major objective of the federal government during World War II was:

(A) to allow wage increases only within certain limits.

(B) to avoid strikes in war-related industries.

(C) to prevent businesses from overcharging the public for goods in short supply.

(D) All of the above

 

25. Probably the MOST important factor in Roosevelt's decision to seek an unprecedented third term was:

(A) the worsening depression.

(B) the threats to democratic security imposed by the actions of an aggressive Germany.

(C) his strong dislike for Wendell Wilkie.

(D) his desire to balance the budget before leaving the Presidency.

 

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