INDV Dr. D Fall 2003 Final Exam

INDV 103 Fall 2003 Final Exam

1. In Brown v. Board of Education (1954) the United States Supreme Court reversed its previous decision made in
a. Munn v. Illinois
b. Plessy v. Ferguson
c. Korematsu v. United States
d. None of these

2. In Nickel and Dimed the author discusses her work in
a. Target
b. Wal-Mart
c. Kohl’s
d. Home Depot

3. Rock Springs, Wyoming was the site
a. Of the birth of the SDS
b. Where a massacre of Chinese people occurred
c. Where railroads from the West met railroads from the east
d. Where the “rubber hit the road”

4. Which president indicated his sense of moral superiority by saying, “I am going to teach the South American Republics to elect good men?”
a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. Calvin Coolidge
d. Franklin. D. Roosevelt

5. The 14th Amendment:
a. outlawed slavery
b. defined who was an American citizen
c. prevented Americans from drinking alcohol
d. gave the vote to women

6. The Pujo Committee:
a. exposed crooked politicians who favored corrupt defense politicos
b. focused on the concentration of wealth in the United States
c. called for an end to the draft
d. proposed the impeachment of Woodrow Wilson

7. In all but one of these presidential elections a majority of the popular vote went to one candidate while the majority of electoral votes went to the other. In which of these elections did the person running for President receive both a majority of the popular vote and a majority of the electoral vote?
a. 1876
b. 1888
c. 1936
d. 2000

8. J. P. Morgan was known for his work in
a. agriculture
b. banking
c. airplane manufacturing
d. defense contracts

9. The Populists called for government ownership of
a. railroads
b. mines
c. banks
d. slaves

10. Jim Fiske and Jay Gould
a. started the American shipping business
b. cornered the gold market in 1869
c. advocated national health insurance
d. were active in the campaign for women’s rights

11. Credit Mobilier was a term referring to
a. banking
b. corruption in government
c. international trade
d. the rebuilding of the American post office system after the Civil War

12. The Pendleton Act created
a. the Department of Commerce
b. civil service reform in the federal government
c. the Indian Schools in the late nineteenth century
d. an alcohol free America

13. The “Yellow Dog” contract was made illegal by
a. the McKinley Tariff of 1890
b. the Norris-LaGuardia Act
c. the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
d. the CCC

14. Samuel Gompers was affiliated with the
a. Knights of Labor
b. American Federation of Labor (AfofL)
c. The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
d. The start up of the Peace Corps

15. The first President to intervene on the side of labor in a labor-management dispute was
a. William McKinley
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Herbert Hoover

16. On which issue did Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling disagree:
a. the importance of keeping slavery in the United States
b. the “white man’s burden”
c. votes for women
d. the findings of the Pujo Committee

17. Alfred Thayer Mahon wrote about the importance of
a. railroads
b. sea power
c. air power
d. the need for agricultural assistance during the New Deal

18. Who made the remark that the interests of the laboring class would be cared for “by the Christian men to whom God in his infinite wisdom has given the control of the property interests in this county?”
a. Woodrow Wilson
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. Upton Sinclair
d. George Baer

19. Clarence Darrow interrogated William Jennings Bryan
a. In the Watergate Scandal
b. In their clash over American entry into World War II
c. during the “Monkey Trial”
d. over their disputes concerning “Greenbacks”

20. Bruce Barton saw Jesus as
a. a labor organizer
b. an advertising man
c. a diplomat
d. a war hero

21. George Washington Plunkit favored
a. American entry into World War I
b. Reconversion after World War II
c. Honest graft
d. New Deal agricultural policies

22. Which of the following were not among the “Four Freedoms” during World War II:
a. freedom from fear
b. freedom from want
c. freedom of worship
d. freedom of movement

23. The G. I. Bill of Rights, passed in 1944, helped veterans
a. get an education
b. enter politics
c. get into the printers’ union
d. embrace the views of Senator Joe McCarthy

24. The Watergate investigation devastated which of these Presidents
a. Carter
b. Nixon
c. Clinton
d. None of these

25. Which of these Presidents called for “open covenants of peace, openly arrived at?”
a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Bill Clinton

26. George Creel’s Committee on Public Information
a. served as a propaganda unit during World War I
b. exposed waste and corruption in defense industries
c. exposed American exploitation in Cuba
d. warned against the acquisition of foreign territories

27. Conservative Christians would probably have endorsed which of these
Constitutional Amendments? a. 16th b. 17th c. 18th d. 19th

28. The United States Supreme Court’s decision, Roe v. Wade
a. increased women’s rights
b. provided labor with its “magna carta”
c. gave President Richard Nixon a “free hand” in the Vietnam War
d. sanctioned the New Deal legislation of 1935

29. “The International Jew” was published under the auspices of
a. Henry Ford
b. William Randolph Hearst
c. Joseph Pulitzer
d. H. L. Mencken

30. Sacco and Vanzetti were responsible for
a. the stock market crash
b. the slight victory of Richard Nixon over Hubert Humphrey in 1968
c. the opposition to the war in Vietnam
d. none of these

31. The idea that the frontier promoted individualism and democracy came from the writings of
a. Sinclair Lewis
b. Frederick Jackson Turner
c. Helen Hunt Jackson
d. Josiah Strong

32.Which of these constitutional amendments would have been opposed by
Conservative Christians: a. 16th b. 17th c. 18th d.19th

33. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) was passed during the administration of President a. Harding b. Coolidge c. Hoover d. F. D. Roosevelt

34. The Supreme Court decision in Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923) contradicted the Court’s previous decision in

a. Lochner v. New York
b. Muller v. Oregon
c. Plessy v. Ferguson
d. Milliken v. Bradley

35. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) won Congressional approval in
a. 1922 b. 1942 c. 1962 d. 1972 e. none of these

36. In Griswold v. Connecticut the Supreme Court
a. outlawed child labor
b. struck down a state law that prohibited the use of contraceptives
c. approved of the vote for 18 year olds
d. prevented states from allowing lotteries on state property

Match the name on the left with the topic that is most closely associated with the person, phrase, book, or idea on the right:

37. Nelson Rockefeller a. AF of L labor union
38. William Jennings Bryan b. Nickel and Dimed
39. Bruce Barton c. “It’s the economy, stupid!”
40. Lyndon B. Johnson d. satirized “The Battle Hymn of the
41. Richard Wright “Republic”
42. Jacob Riis e. students who wanted to reform
43. Henry Ford society
44. Josiah Strong f. The Other America
45. Lincoln Steffens g. opposition to smoking
46. George F. Kennan h. corruption in government
47. Betty Friedan i. Oakies
48. SDS j. American Indians
49. Presidential campaign of 1992 k. The Feminine Mystique
50. Barbara Ehrenreich l. Jesus as an advertising man
51. Franklin D. Roosevelt m. “The Monkey Trial”
52. G.I. Bill n. Sacco and Vanzetti
53. Mark Twain o. African American experiences
54. John Steinbeck p. containment
55. Samuel Gompers q. war on poverty
56. Michael Harrington r. Anglo-Saxon superiority
s. Standard Oil heir
t. benefits for WW II veterans
u. Standard Oil
v. the Four Freedoms
w. How the Other Half Lives

57. The Mann Act (1910) was intended to protect:
a. farmers b. children c. women d. railroad workers

58. SCLC was the acronym for
a. a labor organization b. a civil rights organization c. an environmental movement
e. none of these

59. The “Manhattan Project” involved work
a. building bridges in New York City
b. rebuilding the University of Kansas
c. increasing aid to the poor
d. on the development of the Atom Bomb

60. President Jimmy Carter
a. made no appointments to the United States Supreme Court
b. appointed Richard Nixon as Ambassador to the United Nations
c. ended the “Cold War”
d. coined the phrase “WIN” to “whip inflation now”

Match the Presidents on the left with the names of their programs on the right:
61. Theodore Roosevelt a. Big Deal
62. Woodrow Wilson b. Raw Deal
63. Calvin Coolidge b. Great Society
64. Franklin D. Roosevelt c. none of these
65. Harry S Truman d. Square Deal
66. John F. Kennedy e. New Frontier
67. Lyndon B. Johnson f. New Deal
g. New Freedom
h. Fair Deal

68. The “quarantine” speech was given by President
a. Hoover b. F. D. Roosevelt c. Harry Truman d. Dwight Eisenhower

69. The “Good Neighbor Policy” was developed by President
a. Theodore Roosevelt b. William Howard Taft c. Woodrow Wilson
e. Franklin D. Roosevelt

70. The “Zoot Suit” riots occurred during
a. World War I b. World War II c. the Korean War d. the war in Vietnam

71. Which of these groups of Americans were interned in the United States during World War II: a. African Americans b. Mexicans c. Japanese d. Jews

72. D-Day refers to
a. the dropping of the atomic bomb on Tokyo
b. the allied in invasion of France during World War II
c. the second world war began in Europe
d. the day that victory in Europe (V-E Day) was proclaimed

73. Emmett Till was a contemporary of
a. Rosa Parks b. Susan B. Anthony c. Charles Evans Hughes d. Madeline Albright

74. In 1957 cheer leaders at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, chanted
a. “two four six eight we don’t want to graduate”
b. “two four six eight we don’t want to integrate”
c. “two four six eight everyone wants to participate”
d. “two four six eight we don’t want to offer bait”

75. The Tet Offensive occurred during the war in
A. Korea
B. Vietnam
C. Afghanistan
D. Iraq

76. All of these businesses started in the 1950s except
A McDonald’s
b. Disneyland
c. IBM
e. Diner’s Club

77. Alaska and Hawaii became states during the presidency of
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Harry S Truman
c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
d. John F. Kennedy

78. All of these books were published in the 1950s except:
A. The Old Man and the Sea
b. From Here to Eternity
c. Invisible Man
e. Native Son

79. Thurgood Marshall was the first African American
a. astronaut b. movie star c. Supreme Court Justice d. member of President’s Cabinet

80. The difference between civil liberties and civil rights is
a. civil rights are only for African Americans
b. prosecution because of individual culpability or because of group affiliation
c. one applies to states; the other to the federal government
d. they are essentially the same thing

81. In its decision, Smith v Allwright, the United States Supreme Court outlawed
a. The white primary
b. Integrated amusement parks
c. Integrated religious services
d. Federal labor unions

82. All of the following are civil liberties cases except:
a. Brown v. Board of Education
b. Miranda v.Arizona
c. Gideon v. Wainwright
d. Escobedo v. Illinois

83. The Watergate Scandal occurred in the
a. 1940s b. 1950s c. 1960s d. 1970s

84. Daniel Ellsberg is associated with
a. The Other America
b. Silent Spring
c. The Pentagon Papers
d. The Rise of the Unmeltable Ethnics

85. The “cost of living” tripled in the years from
a. 1929-41 b. 1950-1964 c. 1969-81 d. 1999-2003

86. The Philadelphia Plan refers to
a. affirmative action
b. environmental controls
c. a new tax scheme
d. COLAs

87. “Hawks” and “Doves” were terms used to indicate American support of, or opposition to, the war in a. Korea b. Vietnam c. Bosnia d. none of these

88. COLAs would be of particular interest to
a. Physicians
b. People living on social security
c. University Faculty
d. Movie stars

89. Kent State University made headlines in the 1970s because
a. It’s basketball team made the “Final Four”
b. Four students were killed on campus
c. Vice-President Spiro Agnew was found to be a fraud while speaking there
d. Richard Nixon called it “one of the best universities in the United States”

90. The Pentagon Papers
a. unearthed fraud and corruption in the Department of Health and Human Services
b. promoted the growth of labor unions
c. “laid bare the blunders and deceptions of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations” in regard to American participation in the war in Vietnam
d. explained why Roe v. Wade led to declines in industrial production

91. All of these authors wrote books that received a great deal of attention in the
1960s except
a. Michael Harrington
b. Rachel Carson
c. Spiro Agnew
d. Betty Friedan

92. Many of the people described in All the Presidents’ Men
a. Engaged in skullduggery
b. helped promote the welfare of labor unions
c. called for federal aid to education

93. The My Lai massacre involved
a. Vietnamese
b. Koreans
c. Chinese
d. Cambodians

94. The ERA was:
a. one of the New Deal “alphabet agencies”
b. promoted by feminists
c. opposed by civil rights groups
d. the name of Ford’s economic development program

95. The battle at Dien Bien Phu helped
a. Eisenhower end the Cold War
b. Encouraged the French to remain in India
c. End the French occupation of Indo-China
d. The Military understand that women needed to be treated with greater respect in the Armed Services

96. The highest birth rate in the United States occurred in
a. 1937 b. 1947 c. 1957 d. 1967

97. Earl Warren served as
a. Attorney General of California
b. Governor of California
c. Chief Justice of the United States
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

98. This President promoted the use of an “enemies” list of people who should be
given a “hard time” by members of his administration:
a. Kennedy b. Johnson c. Nixon d. Reagan

99. Sam J. Ervin served
a. on the Supreme Court
b. in Congress
c. “at the pleasure of the President”
d. in the Cabinet

100. This President called for “a Fight Against Sin, Evil, and Communism”
a. Ronald Reagan
b. George Bush who served 1989-1993
c. Bill Clinton
d. George Bush (the current President)

Essay: 25% (Multiple choice questions are worth 75% of exam grade)

What indications were there in any (or all) of your readings that people with money affect government appointments and both legislative and executive decisions? In your essay be sure to cite specific examples FROM YOUR READINGS (which include handouts during the semester) to support your arguments.