APUSH Chapter 32 Questions & Answers. 100% verified. Rated A

APUSH Chapter 32 Questions & Answers. 100% verified. Rated A A) lack of political experience. - 1. Warren G. Harding's weaknesses as president included all of the following except a (n) a. lack of political experience. b. mediocre mind. c. inability to detect moral weaknesses in his associates. d. unwillingness to hurt people's feelings by saying no. e. administrative weakness. B) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2, E-5 - 2. Match each member of President Harding's cabinet below with his major area of responsibility. A. Charles Evans Hughes 1. taxes and tariffs B. Andrew Mellon 2. naval oil reserves C. Herbert Hoover 3. naval arms limitation D. Albert Fall 4. foreign trade and trade associations E. Harry Daugherty 5. justice and law enforcement a. A-5, B-3, C-2, D-4, E-l b. A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2, E-5 c. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-5, E-l d. A-4, B-5, C-1, D-3, E-2 e. A-1, B-2, C-5, D-3, E-4 E) Albert Fall - 3. Which one of the following members of President Harding's cabinet proved to be incompetent and corrupt? a. Herbert Hoover b. Calvin Coolidge c. Andrew Mellon d. Charles Evans Hughes e. Albert Fall B) hoped to encourage the government actively to assist business along the path to profits. - 4. Republican economic policies under Warren G. Harding a. sought to continue the same laissez-faire doctrine as had been the practice under William McKinley. b. hoped to encourage the government actively to assist business along the path to profits. c. sought to regulate the policies of large corporations. d. aimed at supporting increased competition in business. e. aided small business at the expense of big business. A) often ruled against progressive legislation. - 5. During the 1920s, the Supreme Court a. often ruled against progressive legislation. b. rigorously upheld the antitrust laws. c. generally promoted government regulation of the economy. d. staunchly defended the rights of organized labor. e. upheld laws providing special protection for women E) Organized labor - 6. __________ was (were) adversely affected by the demobilization policies adopted by the federal government at the end of World War I. a. The cement industry b. The railroad industry c. The shipping industry d. Veterans e. Organized labor D) the question of whether women merited special legal and social treatment. - 7. The Supreme Court cases of Muller-and Adkins centered on a. racial discrimination in employment. b. affirmative action. c. anti-union "right to work" laws in several states. d. the question of whether women merited special legal and social treatment. e. antitrust legislation. E) veterans. - 8. The nonbusiness group that realized the most significant, lasting gains from World War I was a. labor. b. blacks. c. the Ku Klux Klan. d. women. e. veterans. D) secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies. - 9. One exception to President Warren G. Harding's policy of isolationism involved in the Middle East, where the United States sought to a. support a homeland for Jews in Israel. b. prevent the League of Nations from establishing British and French protectorates in the region. c. stop the Soviet Union from dominating the area. d. secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies. e. curb the rise of Arab nationalism. C) businesspeople were unwilling to help pay for a larger United States Navy. - 10. Warren G. Harding was willing to seize the initiative on the issue of international disarmament because a. he feared renewed war in Europe. b. he recognized that an arms race was imminent. c. businesspeople were unwilling to help pay for a larger United States Navy. d. he did not want the League of Nations to take the lead on this problem. e. American public opinion supported peacemaking efforts. E) outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry. - 11. The 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact a. formally ended World War I for the United States, which had refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles. b. set a schedule for German payment of war reparations. c. established a battleship ratio for the leading naval powers. d. condemned Japan for its unprovoked attack on Manchuria. e. outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry. C) raised; raised; raised - 12. In the 1920s the Fordney-McCumber Tariff __________ tariff rates and the Hawley-Smoot Tariff __________ tariff rates, so that by1930the tariff rates had been substantially __________ from the opening of the decade. a. raised; lowered; lowered b. lowered; raised; raised c. raised; raised; raised d. lowered; lowered; lowered e. raised; lowered; raised E) the American economy slipped into recession. - 13. Which of the following was not a consequence of the American policy of raising tariffs sky-high in the 1920s? a. European nations raised their own tariffs. b. the postwar chaos in Europe was prolonged. c. international economic distress deepened. d. American foreign trade declined. e. the American economy slipped into recession. A) naval oil reserves. - 14. The Teapot Dome scandal involved the corrupt mishandling of a. naval oil reserves. b. funds for veterans' hospitals. c. the budget for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. d. European war-debt payments. e. presidential pardons. E) the interior. - 15. The major political scandal of Harding's administration resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of his secretary of a. the treasury. b. state. c. the navy. d. commerce. e. the interior. D) wordiness - 16. Which of the following descriptive attributes is least characteristic of President Coolidge? a. honesty b. frugality c. shyness d. wordiness e. caution B) the business community. - 17. During Coolidge's presidency, government policy was set largely by the interests and values of a. farmers and wage earners. b. the business community.