APUSH Unit 5
The most pressing porblem facing Frankllin Roosevelt when he became president was
A chaotic banking situation
Most "Okies" in California escaped the deprivation and uncertainty of seasonal farm labor when they
Acquired farms in California
This World War II poster recognizes the
Contributions of women to wastime defense
All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s EXCEPT
Dry-farming techniques
The Social Security Act of 1935 provided all of the following:
Economic provisions for the blind and disabled, old-age pensions, unemployment insurance
All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s
Erosion, drought, wind
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the stock market crash?
Excessive American loans to European countries
The Wagner Act of 1934 proved to be a trailblazing law taht
Gave labor the right to bargain collectively
The Battle of the Atlantic involved
German submarine warfare against Allied shipping
The Social Secuirty Act of 1935 provided all of the following EXCEPT:
Health care for the poor
President Roosevelt's "Court packing" scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to make the Supreme Court
More sympathetic to New Deal programs
The popularity of Huey Long and Father Coughlin in the mid-1930s demonstrated that
Most Americans felt that the government should do more to end the problems associated with the Depression
The first Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the "farm problem" by
Reducing agricultural production
The Indiand Reorganization Act of 1934 attempted to
Reverse the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society
Which of the following names does not belong in this list?
Rommel
Wealthy businessmen who objected to the New Deal programs of Franklin Roosevelt claimed that
Roosevelt was personally a traitor to his class
"For conscpicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of duty in action on 5 and 6 April, 1945, Lieutenant Baker advanced at the head of his weapons platoon, along with Company C's three rifle platoons, toward his objective." The actions of Vernon Baker, described above resulted in his being
awared the Cognressional Medal of Honor
The bracer program:
brought some 200,000 Mexican farm workers into the western United States
Among the objectives of the Tennessee Valley Authority were all the following except:
building dams
Just befoer D-Day, General Eisenhower
deceived the Germans as to where the landings would take place
To increase the public's confidence in American banks, Roosevelt did all the following except:
declare a four-day banking holiday
The skill and courage of the Tuskegee Airmen served to-
decrease opposition to integrating the armed forces
Many of the U.S. soldiers involved in the event mentioned in this headline (Japanese Forces Occupy Bataan Peninsula)
died during a force dmarch to a prison camp in the Philippines
The government issued ration books during World War II in order to
ensure the fair distribution of scarce goods
The Supreme Court in Kokrematsu v. United States (1944) uphedl Executive Order 9066, which had authorized the
exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast
The Yalta Conference:
gave the Soviet Union control of eastern Germany
America's "good neighbor" policy:
included nonintervention in Latin America
One of the loudest complaints of wealthy conservatives against the New Deal was that it?:
increased the size of the government and threatened their wealth
The spirit of isolationism in the United States in the 1920s was seen in all the following except the:
low tariff
In the case of Schlecter Poultry Corporation v. United States, the Supreme Court:
overturned the National Industrial Recovery Act
In response to a proposed march on Washington in 1941, President Roosevelt issued an executive order:
prohibiting racial discrimination in defense work
The main purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps was to:
provide useful jobs for young working-class men
Roose velt abandoned the gold standard to:
raise prices
During World War II, the Office of War Information as created in the United States to-
rally public opinion and regulate messages about the war effort
Huey Long's "Share Our Wealth" advocated -
taxing the rich and distributing a guranteed annual income to each family
Operation Overlord was
the D-Day invasion at Normandy
With the Lend0Lease bill:
the United Staets moved further away from isolationism
The Atlantic Charter included all of the following principles except:
the elimination of communism
The most profound and long-lasting effect of the New Deal on American politics was that?:
the increasing power of the president lessened the power of Congress
The most significant legacy of the New Deal was:
the rise of the "broker state," a government that mediated among various interest groups.
The primary reason Presiden ttruman ordered the use of atomic bombs was:
to prevent an invasion of Japan
Black participation in the armed forces:
was mainly in segregated units
The development of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima:
was the responsibility of the Manhattan Project
The Battle of Midway
was the turning point of the war in the Pacific
The "Roosevelt coalition" that would allow the Democratic party to dominate politics for several decades rested on three pillars. Specifically, these included all of the following EXCEPT?:
wealthy industrialists
The poser below expresses the idea that victory Gardens during World War II
were a patriotic way in which the home front aided in the war effort
The Works Progress Administration aimed to do all of the following
• Povide handouts to the unemployed • Provide loans and jobs for college students • Povide employment on useful projects
The spirit of isolationism in the United States in the 1910s was seen in
• Red Scare • higher tariff • tight immigration laws
Which of the following was a cause of the stock market crash?
• Uneven distribution of wealthy • Installment buying • Purchasing of stocks on the margin
To increase the public's confidence in American banks, Roosevelt did all the following:
• assure the public of the safety of banking institutions in his first radio "fireside chat" • persuade Congress to pass the Emergency Banking Relife Act • double the percentage of total deposits that banks were required to keep on hand, available for withdrawal
Native Americans supported the war by
• becoming "code talkers" • working in defense-related industries • serving in the armed forces
The Atlantic Charter included the following principles:
• self-determination for all peoples • economic cooperation • freedom of the seas
Among the objectives of the Tennessee Valley Authority were all the following
• the production of cheap electric power • foster conservation • the development of air transportation
The "Roosevelt coalition" that would allow the Democratic party to dominate politics for several decades rested on three pillars. Specifically, these included all of the following:
• traditional solid • support in the South industrial workers
The attack on Pearl Harbor:
• was accompanied by other strikes across the Pacific Ocean • resulted in thousands of American casualties • occurred on December 7, 1941
What does the sticker in this illustration represent to patrons of the bank?
The federal government's assurance of protection on individual bank deposits
The phrase "Hundred Days" refers to
The first months of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency
The Works Progress Administration aimed to do all of the following EXCEPT:
Quiet the grounswell of protest produced by Huey Long and Dr. Francis Townsend
Which of the following names belongs in this list?
Patton, Marshall, Nimitz
Which of the following does this 1937 political cartoon satirize?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's attempt to reorganize the Supreme Court