History Midterm 2
In Shcenck v. United States, the Supreme Court
ruled that bans on dangerous were constitutional
During World War II, Indigenous people of the U.S.
worked in war production and served in the military, including the Navajo code-talkers
Which of the following statements is true of the great steel strike of 1919
workers demanded union recognition
FDR's economic Bill of RIghts
would have enabled the government to provide education, housing and medical care
What was one result of the Good Neighbor Policy
The United States supported dictators in Latin America
Which statement is true about the UAW sit-down strikes in Flint, Michigan
The workers stayed inside the plants and kept the machines in working order
The Treaty of Versailles
imposed harsh conditions on Germany
Which of the following underlying problems did the New Deal fail to address
racial inequality
African Americans migrated north during the great migration for all of the following except
to escape industrial pollution
What led Great Britain and France to declare War on Germany
Germany invaded Poland, a country Britain and France had promised to protect
What was the "Final Solution"
Germany's plan of mass extermination, which targeted slavs, gypsies Queer people, those who were disabled, and above all Jews
Which statement is not true of the Communist Party of American during the Great Depression
It became much less active during the Depression
What influenced the ideas in the reports of the National resources Planning Board in 1942
Keynesian economics
How did the government try to discourage women in the workforce during the Depression
Legislation banned both members of a married couple from holding federal jobs
How did Roosevelt's opponents characterize liberty
Liberty meant freedom from powerful government regulation
Why did Executive Order 9066 NOT apply to persons of Japanese descent living in Hawaii?
Since nearly 40 percent of the population was of Japanese decent the evacuation order would have been impractical
The Equal Rights Amendment
intended to eliminate legal distinctions made on the basis of sex
The "Zoot Suit" riots of 1943
involved sailors and policemen attacking Mexican American youths wearing flamboyant clothing
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation
made loans to banks, railroads and other business
What was the purpose of the appeasement policy
many nations wanted to avoid another conflict like world war 1
Men like Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and Father Coughlin were members of the:
America First committee an isolationist group
The Lend Lease Act
Authorized military aid as long as countries promised to return the arms after war
Which of the following had been a traditional belief prior to economic theories oh John Maynard Keynes
Balanced budgets were sacred
During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was most likely to support which of the following principles
Control of national institutions should be returned to native-born Protestants.
While many Americans embraced modern culture, others found it alarming. Which of the following groups felt threatened by mass entertainment and a pluralist society.
Evangelicals
In the case of Korematsu v United states (1944), Justice Robert Jackson's Dissent argued that
Executive order 9066 was unconstitutional because guilt is not inheritable
During the war, Americans
Experienced the rationing of scarce consumer goods such as gasoline
Why did General Motors surpass Ford in sales of automobiles in the 1920's
GM designed and produced several models with stylish designs
How would woodrow wilson endorse the Ku Klux Klan?
He attended a KKK rally in Washington DC
Why did FDR try to change the balance of power on the Supreme Court
He feared the Supreme Court might invalidate the Wagner and Social Security Acts
How did the role of the federal government change during the war
It created several new federal agencies to regulate war effort
Which of the following statements is true of the Indian New Deal
It ended the policy of forced assimilation
Which of the following is true of the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s
Many of the members held respected positions in their communities
During the 1920's what happened to union membership
Membership declined precipitously, falling by more than 2 million members
According to the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Mexican Americans were white and deserved the same rights that other white Americans had
Under the bracero program
Mexican nationals were brought to the U.S as contract workers without the rights of citizenship
How did World War II affect the West Coast of the United States
Millions of Americans moved to California for jobs and military service
What political group most influenced FDR's New Deal
Progressives
The Scottsboro Case (a black man rape 2 white girls/women)
Reflected the racism that was prevalent in the south and nation during the 1920s
which of the following statement about Prohibition is true?
Religious fundamentalists opposed prohibition on the grounds that it violated individual freedom.
Which former enemy of Germany signed a nonaggression pact with them
Soviet Union
In 1921, Congress imposed country by country immigration quotas. Which of the following regions was not subject to them
The Americas
What statement is true of the Federal Housing Administration
The FHA insured long-term mortgages issued by private banks
How did the New Deal discriminate against people of color
The Federal Housing Administration refused to ensure mortgages in integrated neighborhoods
Which statement about Pearl Harbor attack is true
The Japanese Military attacked a U.S Naval base to try to prevent the US from being able ot enter the war quickly
Which of the following statements accurately describes events in Asia during the 1930s
The Japanese military killed an estimated 300,000 Chinese civilians and prisoners of war
Why did more than 400,00 Mexican Americans move to mexico during the Depression
They were coerced by local authorities
In the United States during World War II
Unemployment declined and income taxes increased
How did world war I and the rhetoric of freedom shape the labor movement and workers' expectations
Wartime rhetoric inspired hopes for social and economic justice
In reaction to the Great Depression,
World War I veterans demanded the early payment of a bonus
What ended the great depression
World War II spending
Which of the following policies did fundamentalists support during the 1920s
a prohibition of liquor sales
which of the following statements accurately describes consumerism of the 1920's
advertising created a desire among buyers to purchase new goods
In 1940 the "cash and carry" plan
allowed Great Britain to purchase U.S. arms on a restricted basis
President Harding's call for a return to normalcy meant:
an end to progressive reform
The Great Depression was caused by which of the following factors
an unequal distribution of wealth leading to the problem of underconsumption
In which way was "liberalism" redefined by the New Deal
as an active effort by the government to help people in need
Garveyites defined freedom
as black self-reliance and national self-determination
According to supreme court justice Louis Brandeis, how could corporations have prevented the Great Depression
by giving workers more purchasing power
The "Declaration of Principles" adopted W.E.B Du Bois's Niagra movement
called for both economic and educational racial equality
During World War II, Black Internationalism
connected plight of Black Americans to that of people of color worldwide
in fireside chats and public addresses, President Roosevelt connected freedom with
economic security
At the versailles peace conference in paris, Woodrow Wilson
failed to support the independence of peoples still under British and French colonial rule
What did the Filipino Repatriation Act offer Filipinos
free transportation to return the Philippines
The Civilian Conservation Corps
gave work to unemployed young men in national parks and wildlife preserves
During the 1920's
government polices reflected the pro-business ethos of the decade.
In 1938, Congress established the House Un-American Activities Committee, which
included liberal and unionists in its definition of "un-american"
American Farmers in the 1920's
increasing abandoned family farming and moved to urban areas
Why was the Glass-Steagall Act a key piece of legislation
it banned commercial banks from involvement in buying and selling stocks, and it set up the FDIC
Which statement about the social security act is correct
it created a system of unemployment insurance
The prevailing ideology of the United States Supreme Court in the 1920's can be best described as
laissez-faire
What was one result of the National Recovery Administration's Act
larger companies were able to dominate the code-writing process at the expense of smaller ones.
During the 1920s immigration restriction involved which of the following
legislation that severely limited immigration from southern and eastern Europe
Women working in defense industries
made up about one-third of the west coast workers in aircraft manufacturing and ship building
How did the American public react to the dropping of the Atomic Bomb
most accepted the attack at first, but it was criticized
Anti-Semitism in the United States during World War II resulted in
only 21,000 Jewish refugees from Europe being allowed into the United States
In response to the Russian revolution that led to the creation of communist soviet union, the United States Government
pursued a policy of anticommunism that continued throughout the twentieth century
American foreign policy during the 1920s:
reflected the close relationship between government and business.
The Harlem Renaissance
reflected the quest of writers such as a Claude McKay to locate the roots of the Black experience
What was the dust bowl
soil erosion
According to the philosophy of the "New Negro"
stereotypes should be rejected
The Double-V campaign reflected
the dual effort to fight fascism abroad and end discrimination against African Americans at home
Although American citizenship was granted to Puerto Ricans in 1917, in what way was it limited
they could not participate in presidential elections
Why did southern Democrats start to pull support from the New Deal in the late 1930s
they feared union membership would increase in the south
How did the supreme court react to New Deal legislation
they invalidated key initiatives as conservative judges continued to understand freedom as liberty of contract
What happened to most female war workers after the war
they lost their jobs, especially those in better-paying positions
In his book The American Century(1941), Henry Luce advised Americans
to take up the mantle of world leadership and to spread democracy and freedom
The Wagner Act
was considered the "Labors Magna Carta: because it brought democracy into the American workplace.
Henry Ford's "Fordlandia"
was created to secure a supply of rubber for tires
The GI Bill of Rights
was intended to prevent economic disruption and widespread unemployment