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# 23 questions were answered correctly.
2 questions were answered incorrectly.
1 "
●
In response to the 1973 oil crisis, a new policy was passed to establish fuel economy standards for automobiles.
What was the name of that policy?
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
●
Clean Air Act
●
Energy Policy and Conservation Act
" $
National Environmental Policy Act
●
CONCEPT
→ Emergence of Environmentalism in the 1970s
2 "
●
What was the purpose of Theodore Roosevelt’s “Square Deal?”
Use the government to establish the United States as a military
● power on the world stage.
Use the government to address racial violence, inequality and
● women’s suffrage.
Use the government to ensure big business had the freedom to
● profit from its efforts.
Use the government to create a level playing field for all
" $ hardworking Americans.
CONCEPT
→ Theodore Roosevelt
3 "
●
Choose the statement that explains one way the federal government supported private business during World
War II.
“We will assume the majority of costs associated with converting
" $ your factory to produce wartime materials.”
“We will enforce antitrust regulations while wartime mobilization and
● production are in effect.”
“We will decrease taxes on corporations and allow them to lower
● wages for the duration of the war.”
“We will award defense contracts to the smallest 100 corporations in
● the United States.”
CONCEPT
→ Arsenal of Democracy
4 "
●
White Democrats, or "redeemers," were central to the development of the Jim Crow system in the South during the
late 19th century.
Which statement most represents their efforts?
They passed laws that required potential voters to read and
interpret the Constitution to the satisfaction of white voting
" $
registrars.
They held rallies to highlight challenges facing small business
● owners.
They supported efforts to improve the condition of poor white
● citizens as well as poor black citizens.
They worked to dismantle unions that had farmers and common
● laborers as members.
CONCEPT
→ Race in the New South
5 "
●
Prior to Brown v. Board of Education, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
achieved several significant civil rights victories in the Supreme Court.
These victories concerned which of the following issues?
An end to the federal government's redlining practices
●
Equal access to graduate and law schools
" $
An end to segregation in public accommodations
●
Equal access to undergraduate education
●
CONCEPT
→ The Origins of Brown V Board
6 "
●
Choose the statement that best reflects historian Lawrence Goodwyn’s interpretation of populism.
Populism was a political style that has often been revisited and
● repeated by conservative presidential campaigns.
Populism was an authoritarian view of politics aimed at electing
● leaders who were strongly anti-immigrant.
Populism was a movement against the politics of the Gilded Age
" $ that supported big business rather than farmers and laborers.
Populism was a form of egotism that prevented people from
● considering issues outside of their own views.
CONCEPT
→ How Historians View Populism
7 "
●
Study the political cartoon published in Judge in 1905.
Louis Dalrymple, “The World’s Constable," Judge, January 14, 1905
Which of the following is the best example of Theodore Roosevelt's use of "The New Diplomacy?"
U.S. Marines occupied Nicaragua after that country refused to
● accept loans from American banks to pay off its debts.
The U.S. Army participated in a joint operation with Spanish forces
● to put down an insurrection in Cuba.
The Roosevelt Corollary reversed the Monroe Doctrine by allowing
● European nations to intervene in Latin American affairs.
The U.S. Navy intervened in the Panamanian revolution to secure
" $ American access to a canal site in Central America.
CONCEPT
→ American Foreign Policy in the Progressive Era
8 "
●
President Franklin Roosevelt oversaw both a First New Deal and a Second New Deal to curb the Great
Depression.
Choose the action that was part of his First New Deal.
To put Americans back to work quickly, the Public Works
Administration contracted with private companies to build highways,
" $
bridges and military bases.
The Works Progress Administration provided jobs for more than
● eight million unemployed workers over an eight-year span.
The National Labor Relations Act reformed labor relations by
protecting American workers’ right to unionize and bargain
●
collectively for wages and benefits.
The Social Security Act established a permanent safety net to help
the most vulnerable Americans, including the elderly, the disabled
●
and single parents.
CONCEPT
→ Roosevelt's New Deal
9 "
●
The Red Scare was a period following World War I in which Americans began to limit radical dissent.
Which event is a consequence of the Red Scare?
Labor union members of Russian descent were deported to the
" $ Soviet Union.
Radical groups and labor unions raided the offices of federal
● agents.
Prices for consumer goods doubled within just a few years.
●
Americans became concerned about the Russian Revolution.
●
RATIONALE
The Red Scare—the period following World War I in which Americans restricted and discriminated against radical
dissent—was preceded by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, one of the most significant periods of labor unrest in U.S.
history, and increased fear of violence by anarchists and other radicals. During this period of fear and intolerance,
thousands of suspected radicals, including 250 members of the Union of Russian Workers, were deported.
CONCEPT
→ The Significance of 1919
10 "
●
Choose the true statement about the Knights of Labor.
It required members to understand spoken English.
●
It called for equal pay and the elimination of convict labor.
" $
It was founded in Huntsville, Alabama.
●
It originated in 1866 as a society of shoemakers.
●
CONCEPT
→ Working Class Life and Labor Unions in the Gilded Age
11 #
●
The United Nations issued a Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
Which of the following statements reflects an idea contained in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of
Human Rights?
The ideals outlined shall be enforced equally in all of the world’s
# $ nations and governments.
Reason and conscience can guide human beings to treat one
" ● another as equals.
The Declaration of Human Rights shall be applicable only to
● Christian nations.
Humans must cede some of their rights to governments in
● exchange for protection.
CONCEPT
→ Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement
12 "
●
"Article X diminishes American independence by taking away Congress’s power to declare war."
Choose the person or group that held this belief regarding the proposed League of Nations, particularly Article
X.
President Wilson
●
Democrats
●
Irreconcilables
" $
Reservationists
●
RATIONALE
American ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, including its provisions on the League of Nations, provoked heated
debate in Congress. Irreconcilables opposed ratification of the Treaty, arguing that Article X infringed upon American
sovereignty and Congress's power to declare war.
CONCEPT
→ Woodrow Wilson's Vision: America and the League of Nations
13 "
●
Which of the following was associated with the New Left in the 1960s?
Seeking to end poverty among poor people of color throughout the
" $ country
Freedom Rides
●
The March on Washington
●
Woodstock
●
CONCEPT
→ The Liberal Coalition Unravels
14 "
●
Choose the statement that best reflects a reaction against Brown v. Board of Education by Southerners during
the 1950s.
“The enforcement of the Brown decision is unconstitutional.”
" $
"We will protest school integration only through peaceful means."
●
"The court decision is unnecessary because Southern schools are
● already well-integrated."
"We're glad the president respected our decision to use the state
● National Guard to protect our children."
CONCEPT
→ The Consequences of Brown V Board
15 "
●
Choose the statement that best reflects an argument used by Chief Joseph to oppose federal assimilation.
“If the white man wants to live in peace with us, we only ask that all
" $ men are treated equal and are subject to the same laws.”
“Indians must conform to American society in order to grow and
● advance as a people.”
“Indians want to live in peace and we are willing to forego our
● traditions in order to do so.”
"The government is not planning to provide us with enough land to
● grow crops."
CONCEPT
→ Western Conquest and Indian Assimilation
16 "
●
Which of the following actions or groups increased gender equality in the 1970s?
The "Silent Majority"
●
Boston's ROAR
●
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
●
Title IX of the Education Amendments
" $
CONCEPT
→ The 1970s
17 "
●
Choose the true statement about the press’s role in uncovering the Watergate scandal.
An anonymous source in the FBI provided information that
implicated President Richard Nixon's administration in the Watergate
" $
break-in.
Newspapers ignored the 1972 presidential election and de-
escalation of the war in Vietnam to cover a break-in at the
●
Watergate Hotel.
A federal district judge threatened harsh sentences unless
● witnesses came forward about what they knew.
The Senate Watergate Committee held public hearings in which
● those accused of wrongdoing denied the accusations.
CONCEPT
→ The Watergate Scandal
18 "
●
Consider the case of the Scottsboro Boys, who were arrested in 1931.
What does this incident suggest about the state of racial relations during the Great Depression?
African Americans were turning to the courts to enforce civil rights.
●
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Racial bias remained ingrained within society and the justice
" $ system.
Blacks were not as adversely affected as whites by the Great
● Depression.
Racial divides eased somewhat as every citizen was affected by the
● poor economy.
RATIONALE
Everyday Americans endured the Great Depression in a variety of ways, depending on their race, gender, region or
class, among others. The case of the Scottsboro Boys, who were convicted and sentenced to death within two weeks
of being falsely accused of raping two white women on a train, revealed the racial injustice still engrained within the
southern court system. Like whites, African Americans endured economic hardship during the Great Depression, but
they also continued to endure racism and inequality.
CONCEPT
→ Enduring the Great Depression
19 "
●
Why did President Ronald Reagan begin to change his position toward the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s?
Reagan was determined to exploit obvious weaknesses within the
● Soviet economy and government.
He wanted to distract from his administration’s secret weapons
● sales to Iran and support of the Contras.
Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev made efforts to reform the Soviet
" $ government and economy.
America’s stature as the world’s greatest power had been
● acknowledged by all other nations.
RATIONALE
President Reagan began to change his position toward the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s because of the actions of
Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, who came to power in 1985. Gorbachev sought to reinvigorate the Soviet
government and economy through perestroika (political openness) and glasnost (economic restructuring), which
signaled a change from the policies of his predecessors.
CONCEPT
→ The End of the Cold War
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MILESTONE 23/25
23/25 " that's 92% RETAKE
# 23 questions were answered correctly.
2 questions were answered incorrectly.
1 "
●
In response to the 1973 oil crisis, a new policy was passed to establish fuel economy standards for automobiles.
What was the name of that policy?
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
●
Clean Air Act
●
Energy Policy and Conservation Act
" $
National Environmental Policy Act
●
CONCEPT
→ Emergence of Environmentalism in the 1970s
2 "
●
What was the purpose of Theodore Roosevelt’s “Square Deal?”
Use the government to establish the United States as a military
● power on the world stage.
Use the government to address racial violence, inequality and
● women’s suffrage.
Use the government to ensure big business had the freedom to
● profit from its efforts.
Use the government to create a level playing field for all
" $ hardworking Americans.
CONCEPT
→ Theodore Roosevelt
3 "
●
Choose the statement that explains one way the federal government supported private business during World
War II.
“We will assume the majority of costs associated with converting
" $ your factory to produce wartime materials.”
“We will enforce antitrust regulations while wartime mobilization and
● production are in effect.”
“We will decrease taxes on corporations and allow them to lower
● wages for the duration of the war.”
“We will award defense contracts to the smallest 100 corporations in
● the United States.”
CONCEPT
→ Arsenal of Democracy
4 "
●
White Democrats, or "redeemers," were central to the development of the Jim Crow system in the South during the
late 19th century.
Which statement most represents their efforts?
They passed laws that required potential voters to read and
interpret the Constitution to the satisfaction of white voting
" $
registrars.
They held rallies to highlight challenges facing small business
● owners.
They supported efforts to improve the condition of poor white
● citizens as well as poor black citizens.
They worked to dismantle unions that had farmers and common
● laborers as members.
CONCEPT
→ Race in the New South
5 "
●
Prior to Brown v. Board of Education, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
achieved several significant civil rights victories in the Supreme Court.
These victories concerned which of the following issues?
An end to the federal government's redlining practices
●
Equal access to graduate and law schools
" $
An end to segregation in public accommodations
●
Equal access to undergraduate education
●
CONCEPT
→ The Origins of Brown V Board
6 "
●
Choose the statement that best reflects historian Lawrence Goodwyn’s interpretation of populism.
Populism was a political style that has often been revisited and
● repeated by conservative presidential campaigns.
Populism was an authoritarian view of politics aimed at electing
● leaders who were strongly anti-immigrant.
Populism was a movement against the politics of the Gilded Age
" $ that supported big business rather than farmers and laborers.
Populism was a form of egotism that prevented people from
● considering issues outside of their own views.
CONCEPT
→ How Historians View Populism
7 "
●
Study the political cartoon published in Judge in 1905.
Louis Dalrymple, “The World’s Constable," Judge, January 14, 1905
Which of the following is the best example of Theodore Roosevelt's use of "The New Diplomacy?"
U.S. Marines occupied Nicaragua after that country refused to
● accept loans from American banks to pay off its debts.
The U.S. Army participated in a joint operation with Spanish forces
● to put down an insurrection in Cuba.
The Roosevelt Corollary reversed the Monroe Doctrine by allowing
● European nations to intervene in Latin American affairs.
The U.S. Navy intervened in the Panamanian revolution to secure
" $ American access to a canal site in Central America.
CONCEPT
→ American Foreign Policy in the Progressive Era
8 "
●
President Franklin Roosevelt oversaw both a First New Deal and a Second New Deal to curb the Great
Depression.
Choose the action that was part of his First New Deal.
To put Americans back to work quickly, the Public Works
Administration contracted with private companies to build highways,
" $
bridges and military bases.
The Works Progress Administration provided jobs for more than
● eight million unemployed workers over an eight-year span.
The National Labor Relations Act reformed labor relations by
protecting American workers’ right to unionize and bargain
●
collectively for wages and benefits.
The Social Security Act established a permanent safety net to help
the most vulnerable Americans, including the elderly, the disabled
●
and single parents.
CONCEPT
→ Roosevelt's New Deal
9 "
●
The Red Scare was a period following World War I in which Americans began to limit radical dissent.
Which event is a consequence of the Red Scare?
Labor union members of Russian descent were deported to the
" $ Soviet Union.
Radical groups and labor unions raided the offices of federal
● agents.
Prices for consumer goods doubled within just a few years.
●
Americans became concerned about the Russian Revolution.
●
RATIONALE
The Red Scare—the period following World War I in which Americans restricted and discriminated against radical
dissent—was preceded by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, one of the most significant periods of labor unrest in U.S.
history, and increased fear of violence by anarchists and other radicals. During this period of fear and intolerance,
thousands of suspected radicals, including 250 members of the Union of Russian Workers, were deported.
CONCEPT
→ The Significance of 1919
10 "
●
Choose the true statement about the Knights of Labor.
It required members to understand spoken English.
●
It called for equal pay and the elimination of convict labor.
" $
It was founded in Huntsville, Alabama.
●
It originated in 1866 as a society of shoemakers.
●
CONCEPT
→ Working Class Life and Labor Unions in the Gilded Age
11 #
●
The United Nations issued a Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
Which of the following statements reflects an idea contained in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of
Human Rights?
The ideals outlined shall be enforced equally in all of the world’s
# $ nations and governments.
Reason and conscience can guide human beings to treat one
" ● another as equals.
The Declaration of Human Rights shall be applicable only to
● Christian nations.
Humans must cede some of their rights to governments in
● exchange for protection.
CONCEPT
→ Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement
12 "
●
"Article X diminishes American independence by taking away Congress’s power to declare war."
Choose the person or group that held this belief regarding the proposed League of Nations, particularly Article
X.
President Wilson
●
Democrats
●
Irreconcilables
" $
Reservationists
●
RATIONALE
American ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, including its provisions on the League of Nations, provoked heated
debate in Congress. Irreconcilables opposed ratification of the Treaty, arguing that Article X infringed upon American
sovereignty and Congress's power to declare war.
CONCEPT
→ Woodrow Wilson's Vision: America and the League of Nations
13 "
●
Which of the following was associated with the New Left in the 1960s?
Seeking to end poverty among poor people of color throughout the
" $ country
Freedom Rides
●
The March on Washington
●
Woodstock
●
CONCEPT
→ The Liberal Coalition Unravels
14 "
●
Choose the statement that best reflects a reaction against Brown v. Board of Education by Southerners during
the 1950s.
“The enforcement of the Brown decision is unconstitutional.”
" $
"We will protest school integration only through peaceful means."
●
"The court decision is unnecessary because Southern schools are
● already well-integrated."
"We're glad the president respected our decision to use the state
● National Guard to protect our children."
CONCEPT
→ The Consequences of Brown V Board
15 "
●
Choose the statement that best reflects an argument used by Chief Joseph to oppose federal assimilation.
“If the white man wants to live in peace with us, we only ask that all
" $ men are treated equal and are subject to the same laws.”
“Indians must conform to American society in order to grow and
● advance as a people.”
“Indians want to live in peace and we are willing to forego our
● traditions in order to do so.”
"The government is not planning to provide us with enough land to
● grow crops."
CONCEPT
→ Western Conquest and Indian Assimilation
16 "
●
Which of the following actions or groups increased gender equality in the 1970s?
The "Silent Majority"
●
Boston's ROAR
●
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
●
Title IX of the Education Amendments
" $
CONCEPT
→ The 1970s
17 "
●
Choose the true statement about the press’s role in uncovering the Watergate scandal.
An anonymous source in the FBI provided information that
implicated President Richard Nixon's administration in the Watergate
" $
break-in.
Newspapers ignored the 1972 presidential election and de-
escalation of the war in Vietnam to cover a break-in at the
●
Watergate Hotel.
A federal district judge threatened harsh sentences unless
● witnesses came forward about what they knew.
The Senate Watergate Committee held public hearings in which
● those accused of wrongdoing denied the accusations.
CONCEPT
→ The Watergate Scandal
18 "
●
Consider the case of the Scottsboro Boys, who were arrested in 1931.
What does this incident suggest about the state of racial relations during the Great Depression?
African Americans were turning to the courts to enforce civil rights.
●
This study source was downloaded by 1827175 from cliffsnotes.com on 01-08-2026 18:06:42 GMT -06:00
https://www.cliffsnotes.com//study-notes/6876266
Racial bias remained ingrained within society and the justice
" $ system.
Blacks were not as adversely affected as whites by the Great
● Depression.
Racial divides eased somewhat as every citizen was affected by the
● poor economy.
RATIONALE
Everyday Americans endured the Great Depression in a variety of ways, depending on their race, gender, region or
class, among others. The case of the Scottsboro Boys, who were convicted and sentenced to death within two weeks
of being falsely accused of raping two white women on a train, revealed the racial injustice still engrained within the
southern court system. Like whites, African Americans endured economic hardship during the Great Depression, but
they also continued to endure racism and inequality.
CONCEPT
→ Enduring the Great Depression
19 "
●
Why did President Ronald Reagan begin to change his position toward the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s?
Reagan was determined to exploit obvious weaknesses within the
● Soviet economy and government.
He wanted to distract from his administration’s secret weapons
● sales to Iran and support of the Contras.
Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev made efforts to reform the Soviet
" $ government and economy.
America’s stature as the world’s greatest power had been
● acknowledged by all other nations.
RATIONALE
President Reagan began to change his position toward the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s because of the actions of
Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, who came to power in 1985. Gorbachev sought to reinvigorate the Soviet
government and economy through perestroika (political openness) and glasnost (economic restructuring), which
signaled a change from the policies of his predecessors.
CONCEPT
→ The End of the Cold War
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