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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY. SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY. The Supreme Court case of Adkins v Children’s Hospital ruled that Minimum wage laws for women were unconstitutional Child labor laws were unconstitutional The 16 th Amendment was constitutional - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) The Supreme Court case of Adkins v Children’s Hospital ruled

that

a. Minimum wage laws for women were unconstitutional

b. Child labor laws were unconstitutional

c. The 16th Amendment was constitutional

d. Anti-trust laws could not be used to target unions

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY1) Which of the following was not an example of America seeking to isolate

itself from world affairs?

a. Kellogg-Briand Pact

b. Good Neighbor Policy

c. Stimson Doctrine

d. Keating-Owen Act

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) Which of the following would not be an example of Wilson’s

attack on the Triple Wall of Privilege?

a. Clayton Antitrust Act

b. Federal Reserve Act

c. Underwood Tariff

d. Jones Act

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) The US opposed joining the League of Nations due to…

a. The requirement to maintain a large standing army

b. The need for the US to give up its colonies

c. The requirement that all member nations follow League decisions

d. Opposition from Progressives

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) Which of these was not a progressive amendment?

a. XV

b. XVI

c. XVII

d. XVIII

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) The execution of Sacco and Vanzetti can be seen as a form of…

a. Isolationism

b. Internationalism

c. Nativism

d. Social Darwinism

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) The Scopes-Monkey Trial centered the issue of the teaching of…

a. Religion

b. Sex

c. Evolution

d. Socialism

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) This scandal tarnished the Harding presidency…

a. Capper-Volstead

b. Credit-Mobilier

c. Teapot Dome

d. Watergate

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) Which of these was not a cause of the stock crash of 1929?

a. Low farm prices

b. Buying on Margin

c. Low Interest Rates from the Federal Reserve

d. Keynesian Economics

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) President Roosevelt did which of the following to end bank runs

and restore confidence in the banking industry?

a. Executive Order 6102

b. AAA

c. TVA

d. Bank Holiday

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY1) The Hundred Day’s Congress…

a. Was the name given to the time period between the election of FDR and his

inauguration

b. Was the name given to the Congress of Hoover that passed hundreds of pieces of

legislation

c. Was the name given to the Congress of FDR that passed the New Deal programs

d. Was the name given to the number of days that Congress served in 1929.

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) The XXI Amendment…

a. Began prohibition

b. Moved the inauguration to January

c. Ended prohibition

d. Gave women the right to vote

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) FDR’s response to the Supreme Court overturning his programs

was…

a. To suggest appointing more judges to the court

b. To suggest removing all current judges

c. To suggest creating another court to balance out the Supreme Court

d. To suggest allowing Congress to overrule the Court

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY1) Which was not a reason for the rise in the American economy during the 1950’s?

a. The beginning of the arms race which necessitated the

production of arms.

b. The rise of teenagers as a part of American consumption.

c. The GI Bill

d. The decrease in women workers in factories.

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY1) This couple was arrested for supplying the Soviets with nuclear

secrets?

a. Kings

b. Smiths

c. Goldsteins

d. Rosenbergs

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY1) Which best describes the Truman Doctrine?

a. The US will send troops to confront any possible Soviet invasion

b. The US will stay out of Europe, if Europe stays out of the Americas

c. The US will provide military aid to confront any communist aggression

in Europe

d. The US will fund communist uprisings in any countries that request them

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY1) Which was not a reason for the US failing to achieve outright victory in Korea?

a. Truman’s concept of a limited war.

b. America’s inability to convince others to help during the war.

c. Truman’s failure to attack Chinese and Korean bases in Manchuria.

d. The difficulty of identifying enemy Koreans from friendly Koreans.

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY1) Which of these is an accurate comparison of the 1920’s and 1950’s?

a. Both decades were dominated by Democrats and experienced slow growth.

b. Both decades were dominated by Republicans and experienced slow growth.

c. Both decades contained an undercurrent of rebellion and civil rights movements.

d. Both decades saw movement backwards in terms of women's’ rights

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY1) The movement of Americans after WWII including which of the

following

a. The White Flight out of the suburbs and into cities

b. Movement from the South to the North and Northeast

c. Movement of Americans to the suburbs from the cities

d. Movement of population from the west coast to the east coast

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY1) Which of the following was not a Western loss during the early Cold

War?

a. U-2 Incident

b. Battle of Dien Bien Phu

c. Launch of Sputnik

d. Berlin Airlift

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) Which was not a foreign policy event during the presidency of

JFK?

a. Bay of Pigs Invasion

b. Cuban Missile Crisis

c. Berlin Wall

d. Gulf of Tonkin Incident

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY1) Which was a reason for Johnson increasing American involvement in

Vietnam?

a. North Vietnam had already conquered the South by 1964

b. The South was unable to defend itself successfully simply with US monetary

aid.

c. China had committed troops to the war.

d. The USSR had begun to bomb South Vietnam.

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) This act required US allies to pay for and ship their own supplies

from America

a. Neutrality Act of 1935

b. Neutrality Act of 1934

c. Neutrality Act of 1939

d. Johnson Debt Default Act

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution…

a. Limited US involvement to only South Vietnam

b. Granted the president carte blanche to act in Southeast Asia

c. Allowed the president to use force only against North Vietnam

d. Limited US involvement to 5 years

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) Which could be considered a cause of the inner city riots of the

1960’s?

a. Increased government spending and programs

b. Poverty and a decline in employment

c. The Civil Rights Act of 1964

d. The ending of the Cold War

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) This group served as an overall umbrella organization for student

groups during the Vietnam protests.

a. SNCC

b. SCLC

c. SDS

d. STD

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) Walter Cronkite began to refer to the Vietnam War as a

“quagmire” following what event?

a. Pentagon Papers

b. Gulf of Tonkin

c. Tet Offensive

d. Invasion of Cambodia

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) Which was not a reason for being involved in Vietnam?

a. Stop the spread of communism

b. Maintain treaty obligations

c. White Man’s Burden

d. Reconquer North Vietnam and China

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) Kennedys victory in 1960 was based on his accusation that there

was a _____________ gap between the US and USSR.

a. Tank

b. Bomber

c. Missile

d. Submarine

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SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY

1) This economic act by FDR did the most to help the Allies, push

the US closer to war, and improve the American economy.

a. Johnson Debt Default Act

b. Neutrality Act of 1937

c. Neutrality Act of 1939

d. Lend Lease Act

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Part II – Short Answer – In a well written short answer, evaluate the success of the “Great Society” programs and policies of President Lyndon Johnson. Discuss whether America had become a “great”, “almost great”, or “not so great” society by 1972?