US History II Clep Exam With Guaranteed Accurate Answers

Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? - correct answer poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... - correct answer Jazz Tet Offensive - correct answer failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War What even triggered the Truman Doctrine? - correct answer The Greek Civil War What was the Greek Civil War about? - correct answer Greece was torn between Communism and democracy and they could not have defeated communism without western help. Cause of the Spanish-American War: - correct answer American expansionism and support for the Cuban nationalism. US Senate reaction to the 1918 Treaty of Versailles? - correct answer The senate was angry at Wilson for the way he handled the negotiations and for the treaty that the peace conference produced. Wilson refused to compromise on various treaty provisions and the senate rejected the treaty both times it was sent to them. The Lost Generation - correct answer young writers disillusioned by the materialism, decadence, and conformity dominating 1920s America Boss Tweed - correct answer Leader of the Democratic Tammany Hall, New York political machine (greedy) Name four factors that contributed to the Great Depression - correct answer excessive stocks and securities speculation//protectionist trade measures//huge farm debts resulting from collapsed crop prices//imbalance of distribution of wealth in which the rich controlled far too much of the available income Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 - correct answer This Act reversed previous Indian policy by guaranteeing religious freedom and tribal self-government and providing economic assistance. Lyndon Johnson's Great Society Program - correct answer aimed to secure civil rights for all Americans and eliminating poverty Jim Crow Laws - correct answer established separate segregated facilities for blacks and whites Smoot-Hawley Tariffs long term effect: - correct answer Europe retaliated and our economy as well as theirs weakened. Smoot-Hawley Tariffs - correct answer raised US tariffs on imported goods. second highest raise in US history...decreased our exports and imports by half Why was the Iran-Contra affair upsetting? - correct answer we traded arms to Iran for the release of our hostages what area of the US saw the greatest percentage of population increase between 1860 and 1910? - correct answer the great plains