Praxis II World and US History Exam Prep - Question List

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66. How did John D. Rockefeller create his immense fortune?
  1. Horizontal integration
  2. Vertical integration
  3. Building railroads
  4. Discovering gold in the West
67. Which of the following was the most damaging weakness of the League of Nations?
  1. The League of Nations did not include the United States.
  2. The League of Nations did not provide adequate collective security.
  3. The League of Nations did not include Germany.
  4. The League of Nations could not actually enforce any of its mandates.
68. Which of the following two acts both dealt with the issue of workers’ rights to organize unions?
  1. The Wagner Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act
  2. The Wagner Act and the Indian Reorganization Act
  3. The Social Security Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act
  4. The National Industrial Recovery Act and the Triple Entente Act
69. Why was the Social Security Act of 1935 so important?
  1. The Social Security Act provided financial relief for businesses that had suffered loss during the Great Depression.
  2. The Social Security Act offered relief for eligible unemployed and disabled individuals.
  3. The Social Security Act helped to relieve financial strain on banks who suffered in the Great Depression.
  4. The Social Security Act reformed the national unemployment insurance program.
70. How did President Truman justify dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan?
  1. Truman stated that the bomb would only be dropped on remote, uninhabited islands.
  2. Truman feared that the communists would use the technology first if the United States did not.
  3. Truman explained that too many American lives would be lost if the United States needed to invade Japan.
  4. Truman believed that the United States was in danger of being invaded.

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