A Nation at War Unit Test (SCCA) 18 questions = not counting written responses

Question

1) Which is an event of the Progressive Era enacted by the local government in South Carolina?
A) the first Grange chapter was established for farmers.
B) The grandfather clause gave poor whites the right to vote.
C) Blacks were disfranchised through a poll tax.
D)A law restricted child labor.

2) During the Progressive Era, how did the government work to reduce corruption during elections?
A)It adopted the secret ballot rather than having people vote openly in front of others.
B)It outlawed unions, thereby reducing their influences over elections.
C)It made it illegal for carpetbaggers to hold office in South Carolina.
D)It required all voters to hold a high school diploma.

3) Which best summarizes the Progressive reform movement in South Carolina?
A)Citizens wanted to give the right to vote to poor whites.
B)Citizens wanted the government to help correct social and economic problems.
C)Citizens wanted the government to protect trusts and monopolies.
D)Citizens wanted children to participate more directly in the economy.

4) What effect did the suffrage movement have on women in South Carolina?
A)Women gained the right to work outside the home.
B)Women gained the right to belong to political parties.
C)Women gained the right to attend public schools.
D)Women gained the right to vote through the Nineteenth Amendment.

5) How did World War I benefit the economy in South Carolina the most?
A)The government improved transportation systems.
B)The government opened military bases for training.
C)The people of South Carolina bought Liberty Bonds.
D)The people planted victory gardens, increasing food production.

6) Which event caused the United States to enter World War I?
A)Serbian nationalists shot the Archduke of Austria-Hungary.
B)An alliance with France required the U.S. to help protect them if attacked.
C)Germany sank American merchant ships.
D)The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

7) How did mass production in the 1920s affect life in South Carolina?
A)The variety of available consumer products decreased.
B)Some citizens bought mass produced cars.
C)Farmers bought mass produced farm vehicles
D)Citizens purchased more hand-made items.

8) How did the economic boom of the 1920s affect the majority of South Carolinians?
A)More people were able to invest in new cars.
B)Farmers had the opportunity to purchase more land.
C)Electricity was made available to more rural areas.
D)Farmers did not benefit much from the boom.

9) Which event did NOT change the culture of the United States during the early 1920s?
A)bank failures that closed factories and decreased job opportunities
B)installment plans used to purchase expensive consumer goods
C)boll weevil infestations which changed agricultural production to peaches
D)prohibition causing people to bootleg alcohol

10) Which of the following most hurt South Carolina’s economy during the Great Depression?
A)the lack of electricity and water in rural areas
B)the closing of textile mills and reduced agricultural production
C)the organization of wood yards that gave away free wood
D)the spread of diseases, such as tuberculosis

11) Which New Deal agency is best remembered for its art-related projects?
A) CCC
B) NIRA
C) PWA
D) WPA

12) Why did the United States Supreme Court declare the AAA unconstitutional?
A)because it did not treat all farmers equally
B)because participation in its programs was not voluntary
C)because it was not approved by the United States Congress
D)because South Carolina charged that the agency was corrupt
13) Which event proved to European leaders that the policy of appeasement was not working?
A)Germany’s attack on France
B)Germany’s military alliance with Italy
C)the rise of Nazism in Germany
D)Germany’s attack on Poland

14) How did World War II affect the role of women in society?
A)More women married and started raising families.
B)More women began working outside the home
C)Women became less likely to receive schooling
D)Women who worked made the same amount as men in similar jobs

15) What was one way Franklin Roosevelt addressed racial discrimination in hiring practices in the United States?
A)He issued an executive order that set quotas for hiring blacks and whites.
B)He issued an executive order that guaranteed jobs for blacks in defense plants
C)He issued an executive order that promised bonuses to industries that employed blacks.
D)He issued an executive order that gave blacks preferential treatment in hiring for government jobs.

16) How did South Carolina respond to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that all-white primaries were unconstitutional?
A)South Carolina canceled primaries.
B)South Carolina made political primaries privately controlled
C)South Carolina filed an appeal to have the decision reversed.
D)South Carolina continued to hold primaries in defiance of the Supreme Court

17) Which of the following most caused the Cold War?
A)different views on communism and democracy
B)different views on the use of the atomic bomb
C)the division of Germany, Austria, and Berlin into zones of occupation
D)the creation of the Warsaw Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

18) Which court case legally ended segregation within the United States?
A)Plessy v. Ferguson
B)Smith v. Allwright
C)Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
D) Briggs v. Elliott

Answer 1

1) D)A law restricted child labor.
2) A)It adopted the secret ballot rather than having people vote openly in front of others.
3) B)Citizens wanted the government to help correct social and economic problems.
4) D)Women gained the right to vote through the Nineteenth Amendment.
5) B)The government opened military bases for training.
6) C)Germany sank American merchant ships.
7) B)Some citizens bought mass produced cars.
8) D)Farmers did not benefit much from the boom.
9) A)bank failures that closed factories and decreased job opportunities.
10) B)the closing of textile mills and reduced agricultural production.
11) D) WPA.
12) B)because participation in its programs was not voluntary.
13) D)Germany’s attack on Poland.
14) B)More women began working outside the home.
15) B)He issued an executive order that guaranteed jobs for blacks in defense plants.
16) D)South Carolina continued to hold primaries in defiance of the Supreme Court.
17) A)different views on communism and democracy.
18) C)Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.