Quiz 4: New Deal & Global Crisis

Which of the following statements about the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany is FALSE? -Hitler argued in favor of extending German territory for the purpose of Lebensraum. -Hitler believed in the genetic superiority of the Aryan people. -Hitler displayed a pathological anti-Semitism and a passionate militarism. His rise was partially precipitated by ruinous inflation. -Upon coming to power in 1933, Hitler called his new government "the Weimar Republic."

-Upon coming to power in 1933, Hitler called his new government "the Weimar Republic."

Germany began World War II in Europe by invading Poland shortly after -Germany and Austria were unified. -Germany's occupation of additional areas of Czechoslovakia. -France promised Poland it would provide military support if attacked. -a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and Russia. -Hitler's violation of the Munich agreement.

-a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and Russia.

A 1937 law, part of the Neutrality Acts, -exempted Asian nations from the provisions of the 1935 Neutrality Act. -banned the sale of all goods from the United States to any nation at war. -allowed warring nations to purchase nonmilitary goods in the United States if they paid cash. -loosened the trade policy for England, while tightening it for Germany and Japan. -stripped the president of many of his powers as commander in chief.

-allowed warring nations to purchase nonmilitary goods in the United States if they paid cash.

The Neutrality Act of 1935 -prohibited Americans from traveling on ships of warring nations. -did not prevent the United States from intervening when Italy invaded Ethiopia. -was passed by Congress with recent acts of Nazi aggression in mind. -sought to protect America's international trade agreements. -included a mandatory arms embargo of both sides during any military conflict.

-included a mandatory arms embargo of both sides during any military conflict.

The "Second New Deal" was launched partly in response to the -failure of the National Labor Relations Board. -Supreme Court's decision striking down the National Industrial Recovery Act. -president's sympathy toward the ideas of Senator Long. -persistence of the economic crisis. -All these answers are correct.

-persistence of the economic crisis.

Under the New Deal, African Americans -received more sympathy than under most previous administrations. -found the government hostile to black aspirations. -received no significant appointments in the Roosevelt White House. -were generally treated equally with other races. -were able to challenge many patterns of race discrimination effectively.

-received more sympathy than under most previous administrations.

The Works Progress Administration of 1935 -gave federal relief money to those deemed "unemployable." -displayed very little flexibility or imagination. -provided assistance only in the industrial and manufacturing fields. -was under the direction of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. -was much larger than previous programs of its kind.

-was much larger than previous programs of its kind.

African Americans employed by New Deal relief programs -were among the first to be released when funds ran out. -were paid the same wages as whites doing the same jobs. -saw existing patterns of discrimination dismantled. -were both paid the same wages as whites doing the same jobs, and among the first to be released when funds ran out. -All these answers are correct.

-were among the first to be released when funds ran out.

The Munich Conference of 1938 was precipitated by a crisis over Belgium. Austria. Hungary. Czechoslovakia. Poland.

Czechoslovakia.