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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country did Franklin Roosevelt assist at the beginning of World War II?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) Spain.
(d) Great Britain.

2. What role did Theodore Roosevelt wish for the United States to take on in the world?
(a) Master.
(b) Judge.
(c) Servant.
(d) Economic stimulator.

3. What did the Great Depression force Herbert Hoover to do?
(a) Close private banking system.
(b) Implement policies that he opposed philosophically.
(c) Use the National Guard to control private citizens.
(d) Freeze federal funds.

4. What did Theodore Roosevelt believe the Spanish-American War would produce in the United States?
(a) A martial spirit and new political virtue.
(b) The state of Texas.
(c) A boom to the economy.
(d) A sense of righteousness.

5. Which country did Woodrow Wilson support at the onset of World War I?
(a) Italy.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

6. Why did Theodore Roosevelt oppose the League of Nations?
(a) He trusted no one outside of his Cabinet.
(b) He felt it was an economic sinkhole.
(c) He felt war was a necessity.
(d) He did not want to listen to foreign leadership.

7. What studies did Franklin Roosevelt pursue?
(a) Languages.
(b) Science and medicine.
(c) Law and politics.
(d) Literature and writing.

8. With which controversial group is William Jennings Bryan associated?
(a) The Nazi Party.
(b) The Ku Klux Klan.
(c) The Federalists.
(d) The Masons.

9. At what university was Woodrow Wilson president?
(a) Johns Hopkins.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Yale.

10. What did the supporters of the free silver movement wish for the government to do?
(a) Repeal federal taxes.
(b) Allow all Americans access to minted currency.
(c) Mint silver for free.
(d) Establish a standard monetary system.

11. Who was elected president of the United States in 1912?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) William Howard Taft.
(d) Henry Cabot Lodge.

12. Which political philosophies did Woodrow Wilson admire?
(a) German.
(b) British.
(c) French.
(d) Greek.

13. Who were William Jennings Bryan's constituents?
(a) The industrialists of the North.
(b) The farming people of the West and South.
(c) The wealthy elite of the Northeast.
(d) The frontiersmen of the West.

14. What famous treaty was created at the end of World War I?
(a) The Treaty of Versailles.
(b) The North Atlantic Treaty.
(c) The Munich Agreement.
(d) The UN Charter.

15. Who was responsible for organizing the League of Nations after World War I?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) David Lloyd George.

Short Answer Questions

1. What conflict did Herbert Hoover have with Franklin D. Roosevelt?

2. How did Herbert Hoover first react to the stock market crash of 1929?

3. Which country's conquest did William Jennings Bryan openly oppose?

4. Where did Herbert Hoover gain his diplomatic experience?

5. Who won the presidential election in 1916?

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