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1. The Kellog-Briand Pact of 1928:
(A) enabled the United State and European allies to create a joint
peacekeeping force
(B) outlawed all wars, regardless of cause
(C) led to the organization of the Conference of Versailles
(D) permitted wars for the purposes of defense
(E) led to the organization of United Nations
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(D) The Pact permitted defensive wars.
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2. A major factor contributing to the stock market crash of 1929 was:
(A) unprecedented speculation in securities
(B) public disinterest in investment
(C) the decline of consumer goods industries during the 1920s
(D) a series of bank holidays
(E) federal assumption of public welfare costs
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(A) Uncontrolled speculation contributed to the stock market crash.
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3. Which of the New Deal innovations would President Roosevelt have been most
likely to describe as "a corporation clothed with the power of government
but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise"?
(A) the Public Works Administration
(B) the Civilian Conservation Corps
(C) the National Labor Relations Board
(D) the Tennessee Valley Authority
(E) the Social Security Administration
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(D) The TVA, founded in 1933, was intended to develop a neglected region.
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4. Which of the following candidates did NOT run for President against
Franklin D. Roosevelt?
(A) Alfred M. Landon
(B) Norman Thomas
(C) Wendell Wilkie
(D) Robert Taft
(E) Thomas E. Dewey
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(D) Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio never received the Republican party
nomination.
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5. President Roosevelt's Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was intended to:
(A) increase farm production by direct subsidies to farmers
(B) restore parity by raising the level of agricultural production
(C) increase farm income by controlling agricultural production
(D) curtail the impact of inflation by raising the exchange value of
agricultural products
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(C) The purpose of the AAA was to increase farmers' incomes.
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6. Alternatives to the New Deal were advocated by all of the following EXCEPT:
(A) Earl Browder
(B) Huey Long
(C) James A. Farley
(D) Charles E. Coughlin
(E) Francis E. Townsend
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(C) James A. Farley was Roosevelt's Postmaster General and advisor. All of the
others were well-known critics of the New Deal.
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7. The "Grand Alliance" during World War II was composed of:
(A) Britain, the USSR, and the United States
(B) Germany, Italy, and Japan
(C) Italy and Germany
(D) Britain and the United States
(E) Britain, the United States, and France
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(A) The Axis powers, who opposed the "Grand Alliance," were Germany, Italy,
and Japan.
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8. The final wartime conference of World War II, attended by the Allied heads
of state, was held at:
(A) Moscow
(B) Versailles
(C) Potsdam
(D) Yalta
(E) Geneva
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(C) The Potsdam Conference of 1945 was the final wartime conference of World
War II. It was attended by Truman, Stalin, and Clement Atlee, representing
the U. S., the USSR, and Britain.
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9. The "closed shop" was outlawed by the:
(A) Taft-Hartley Act
(B) Wagner Act
(C) Fair Employment Practices Commission
(D) Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
(E) Supreme Court
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(A) One provision of this law outlawed the "closed shop," a workplace where
union membership was required to get a job.
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