US History Chapters 21-26

What percent of married women worked outside of the home in the 1920s? *

10%

Approximately how many civilians were killed by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? *

180,000

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 accomplish? *

Created a Civil Rights Commission in the Department of Justice to investigate claims of racial discrimination

What was the result of the King-Crane Commission? *

Discovery that most inhabitants of the Middle East favored an independent state free of European control

What is the name of the University of Chicago economist who helped to develop the intellectual position of libertarian economics? *

Milton Friedman

What percent of Americans were investing in the stock market prior to the crash? *

2.5%

Approximately how many women served in the military during WWII? *

350,000

Of the over 110,000 Japanese-descended Americans who were detained in internment camps, approximately how many were American citizens? *

70,000

Roughly ____ of all German casualties in World War II came in the battle against the Soviet Union. *

80%

What was the top tax rate during World War II? *

94%

One of the intellectual leaders of the Harlem Renaissance wrote that "we are achieving something like a spiritual emancipation." Who was this intellectual? *

Alain Locke

When was the Atlantic Charter issued? *

Before the United States entered World War II

Congressional opposition from which faction plagued Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration? *

Both

Upon assuming office, how did Roosevelt respond to the collapsing bank system? *

Declared a bank holiday and then pushed through the Emergency Banking Act

Army General John "Black Jack" Pershing used all of the following technologies in his attempt to capture Pancho Villa EXCEPT *

Destroyers

Who first advocated the policy of containment? *

George Kennan

Which of the following statements are true regarding Soong May-ling, known to the public as Madame Chiang? *

Her American education made her an effective diplomat in Chinese-American relations

Two events are widely credited with inspiring the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan. One is the release of the film The Birth of the Nation. What was the second? *

Lynching of Leo Frank

Which of the following describes the place of the labor movement during the 1920s? *

Membership declined

The Teapot Dome Scandal sent several prominent members of the Harding administration to jail. The scandal involved the leasing of government land to what group? *

Oil companies

How did the Federal Reserve respond to the financial collapse? *

Overcorrected by raising interest rates and tightening credit

Who first challenged segregation on buses? *

Sarah Keys

Which group of Americans benefitted the least from the economic changes of the 1920s? *

Southern farmers

Which Allied nation was the first to reach Berlin? *

Soviet Union

Greece and Turkey were early flashpoints in the Cold War. How did the United States respond to unrest in Greece and Turkey in 1947? *

The United States sent $400 million to both nations to be used in resisting communism

The National Origins Act restricted the number of immigrants from any given country to____ percent of the number of current Americans from that country *

Two