Hey guys! So I have some questions that I need to finish for AP U.S. History homework...I did most of it, but these last ones I'm stuck on. I don't usually ask for answers like this but I'm working with limited time to complete them. If you know ANY (doesn't necessarily need to be all of them), please offer any help you can! Thanks!
1. Which of the following is true about the concepts of isolation?
a. it became obsolete with the formulation of the monroe doctrine
b. it had almost no influence on u.s. foreign policy after 1900
c. it was generally applied to Europe and Latin America but not to Asia
d. it emphasized the avoidance of binding political commitments to other nations
2. President Eisenhower's economic policy can best be characterized as:
a. a continuation of his predeccessor's efforts to expand the role of the federal government
b. the acceptance of the new deal, but moderation in expansion of government social programs
c. the rejections of the new deal and an attempt to restore laissez-faire policies
d. the adoption of deficit financing to promite economic growth, but the repudiation of the progressive income tax
3. A rapid anticommunist, he exploited the nation's fear of internal subversion in early 1950's. his sensational charges of "fellow travelers" and "card-carrying communists" excited the nation, but his irresponsible charges quickly turned public opinion against him. who is described?
a. Joseph McCarthy
b. Jimmy Hoffa
c. Douglas Macarthur
d. Adlai Stevenson
4. In a famous 1947 article in foreign affairs, George Keenan argued that the us should pursue the policy of:
a. containment
b. isolationism
c. one worldism
d. multilateralism
5. The mood of the "beat generation" is best reflected in which of the following books?
a. F. Scott Fizgerald's "This Side of Paradise"
b. Jack Kerouac's "On the Road"
c. James Joyce's "Ulysses"
d. Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"
6. The initial response of the U.S to the outbreak of war in Korea was to:
a. request a summit meeting with the Soviet Union
b. increase American aid to Indocina to meet the threat of communist aggression
c. encourage Japan rearm
d. seek collective action against north Korea through the united nations
7. Which of the following made the Soviet Union suspicious of the motives of the U.S and Great Britain during WWII?
a. the delay in opening a second front in Europe
b. the failure of the west to accept changes in the borders of Poland
c. the American monopoly on atomic bomb technology
d. the refusal to grant the soviet union lend-lease aid
8. President Truman removed General Douglas MacArthur from command of the American forces in Korea for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a. risk of drawing China further into the war
b. MaCarthur's lack of bold military initiatives
c. insubordination to the commander-in-chief
d. risk of drawing the Soviet Union into more active support of north Korea
9. The America First Committee was organized in 1940 by people who articulated which perspective?
a. fascism
b. isolationism
c. one worldism
d. interventionism
10. Just prior to leaving office in 1961, President Eisenhow warned the nations to guard against the "potential for disastrous rise of misplaced power" in the hands of the:
a. labor unions
b. military-industrial complex
c. Soviet Union
d. central intelligence agency
11. In negotiations to end the Cuban Missile Crisis, Presidennt Kennedy promised to:
a. allow Cuban propoganda in the U.S
b. reduce the number of U.S missiles on North American continent
c. refrain from military invasion of Cuba
d. establish a quota system for Cuban refugees to the U.S
12. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred after:
a. Germany declared war on U.S
b. Japanese Americans were forcefully evacuated from west coast
c. U.S declared war on Japan
d. diplomatic negotiations with the U.S reached a stalemate
13. Following the 2nd World War, President Truman was unable to expand significantly his predecessor's new deal programs primarily because of:
a. the need to maintain a large military force in Asia
b. continuation of the great depression
c. domination of congress by republicans and conservative democrats
d. budget expenditures required to rebuild Europe
14. The neutrality act of 1939:
a. was passed by congress in response to the outbreak of war in Europe
b. was enacted over President Roosevelt's veto
c. provided for the cancellation of war debts
d. maintained the ban against trade with countries at war
15. Japanese Americans living on the west coast of the U.S in early 1942 were sent to intermant camps on the alleged grounds that they:
a. were a potential threat to the security of the U.S
b. refused to take an oath of loyalty
c. wished to return to Japan in great numbers
d. worked with German and Italian groups to weaken American resolve
16. One reason the U.S supported the French colonial regime in Vietnam after WWII was:
a. Mao-Tse-Tung was victorious in the Chinese cival war
b. the U.S agreed at Yalta to protect the French regime
c. the U.S was rewarding the French government for its support during WWII
d. Vietnam was an important trading partner for the U.S
1. Which of the following is true about the concepts of isolation?
a. it became obsolete with the formulation of the monroe doctrine
b. it had almost no influence on u.s. foreign policy after 1900
c. it was generally applied to Europe and Latin America but not to Asia
d. it emphasized the avoidance of binding political commitments to other nations
2. President Eisenhower's economic policy can best be characterized as:
a. a continuation of his predeccessor's efforts to expand the role of the federal government
b. the acceptance of the new deal, but moderation in expansion of government social programs
c. the rejections of the new deal and an attempt to restore laissez-faire policies
d. the adoption of deficit financing to promite economic growth, but the repudiation of the progressive income tax
3. A rapid anticommunist, he exploited the nation's fear of internal subversion in early 1950's. his sensational charges of "fellow travelers" and "card-carrying communists" excited the nation, but his irresponsible charges quickly turned public opinion against him. who is described?
a. Joseph McCarthy
b. Jimmy Hoffa
c. Douglas Macarthur
d. Adlai Stevenson
4. In a famous 1947 article in foreign affairs, George Keenan argued that the us should pursue the policy of:
a. containment
b. isolationism
c. one worldism
d. multilateralism
5. The mood of the "beat generation" is best reflected in which of the following books?
a. F. Scott Fizgerald's "This Side of Paradise"
b. Jack Kerouac's "On the Road"
c. James Joyce's "Ulysses"
d. Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"
6. The initial response of the U.S to the outbreak of war in Korea was to:
a. request a summit meeting with the Soviet Union
b. increase American aid to Indocina to meet the threat of communist aggression
c. encourage Japan rearm
d. seek collective action against north Korea through the united nations
7. Which of the following made the Soviet Union suspicious of the motives of the U.S and Great Britain during WWII?
a. the delay in opening a second front in Europe
b. the failure of the west to accept changes in the borders of Poland
c. the American monopoly on atomic bomb technology
d. the refusal to grant the soviet union lend-lease aid
8. President Truman removed General Douglas MacArthur from command of the American forces in Korea for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a. risk of drawing China further into the war
b. MaCarthur's lack of bold military initiatives
c. insubordination to the commander-in-chief
d. risk of drawing the Soviet Union into more active support of north Korea
9. The America First Committee was organized in 1940 by people who articulated which perspective?
a. fascism
b. isolationism
c. one worldism
d. interventionism
10. Just prior to leaving office in 1961, President Eisenhow warned the nations to guard against the "potential for disastrous rise of misplaced power" in the hands of the:
a. labor unions
b. military-industrial complex
c. Soviet Union
d. central intelligence agency
11. In negotiations to end the Cuban Missile Crisis, Presidennt Kennedy promised to:
a. allow Cuban propoganda in the U.S
b. reduce the number of U.S missiles on North American continent
c. refrain from military invasion of Cuba
d. establish a quota system for Cuban refugees to the U.S
12. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred after:
a. Germany declared war on U.S
b. Japanese Americans were forcefully evacuated from west coast
c. U.S declared war on Japan
d. diplomatic negotiations with the U.S reached a stalemate
13. Following the 2nd World War, President Truman was unable to expand significantly his predecessor's new deal programs primarily because of:
a. the need to maintain a large military force in Asia
b. continuation of the great depression
c. domination of congress by republicans and conservative democrats
d. budget expenditures required to rebuild Europe
14. The neutrality act of 1939:
a. was passed by congress in response to the outbreak of war in Europe
b. was enacted over President Roosevelt's veto
c. provided for the cancellation of war debts
d. maintained the ban against trade with countries at war
15. Japanese Americans living on the west coast of the U.S in early 1942 were sent to intermant camps on the alleged grounds that they:
a. were a potential threat to the security of the U.S
b. refused to take an oath of loyalty
c. wished to return to Japan in great numbers
d. worked with German and Italian groups to weaken American resolve
16. One reason the U.S supported the French colonial regime in Vietnam after WWII was:
a. Mao-Tse-Tung was victorious in the Chinese cival war
b. the U.S agreed at Yalta to protect the French regime
c. the U.S was rewarding the French government for its support during WWII
d. Vietnam was an important trading partner for the U.S
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