Term
A number of changes took place in the intellectual
life of college-educated Americans between
about 1880 and 1930. Which of the following
changes are characteristic of this group
during this period? |
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Definition
Expanded popularity of Freudian psychology, Rise of pluralistic and relativistic
worldviews, More rigorous training for academic
professions, Increased attention to the methods and
outlook of the sciences |
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Term
In its 1932 march on Washington, the Bonus
Army demanded which of the following? |
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Definition
Early payment to veterans of a promised
reward for service in the First World War |
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Term
Franklin D. Roosevelt was successful
in securing congressional support for which of
the following? |
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Definition
Negotiation of tariff agreements by the
executive department, Reduction of the gold content of the dollar, Removal of the restraints of the antitrust
acts to permit voluntary trade associations, Adoption of processing taxes on agricultural
products |
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Term
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s farm policy was primarily
designed to |
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Definition
reduce production in order to boost
farm prices |
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Term
The main purpose of the Wagner Act (National
Labor Relations Act) of 1935 was to |
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Definition
ensure workers’ right to organize and
bargain collectively |
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Term
Who of the following was a prominent
supporter of expanding women’s rights during
the 1920s? |
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Definition
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Term
“. . . the bargaining strength of employees, under
these conditions, no longer rests in organizations
of skilled artisans. It is dependent upon a
national union representing all employees . . .”
The statement above best represents the views of |
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Definition
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Term
American participation in the Second World
War had which of the following major effects
on the home front? |
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Definition
A temporary movement of women into
heavy industry |
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Term
Which of the following is true of the forced
relocation of Japanese Americans from the West
Coast during the Second World War? |
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Definition
President Roosevelt claimed that military
necessity justified the action. |
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Term
During the Second World War, the federal
government attempted to control infl ation by all
of the following means: |
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Definition
| rationing consumer goods, limiting wartime wages, limiting agricultural prices, selling war bonds |
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