chapter 24/25 APUSH
By the middle of 1940, Germany had defeated
All these answers are correct.
In 1934, strong criticism of the New Deal came from
All these answers are correct.
The Dawes Plan of 1924
All these answers are correct.
The German sinking of the American ship Reuben James
All these answers are correct.
The secretary of state of the Harding administration was
Charles Evans Hughes.
The Munich Conference of 1938 was precipitated by a crisis over
Czechoslovakia.
The most influential advocate for African Americans in the Roosevelt administration was
Eleanor Roosevelt.
President Franklin Roosevelt's sharpest foreign policy break with Herbert Hoover concerned
Europe
As part of his foreign policy, President Herbert Hoover moved to withdraw American troops from
Haiti.
John Collier is associated with New Deal
Indian policies.
In 1929, a fascist-led government was in power in
Italy
The Tripartite Pact was a defensive alliance among
Japan, Germany, and Italy.
In 1934, U.S.-Soviet relations soured in part because the United States demonstrated little interest in stopping the expansion of
Japan.
The American ambassador to London who insisted in 1940 that the British plight was already hopeless was
Joseph Kennedy.
In 1941, prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,
President Franklin Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in the United States.
The New Deal program that created utility cooperatives for rural Americans was the
Rural Electrification Administration.
All of the following nations were signatories to the Five-Power Pact of 1922 EXCEPT
Russia.
To oversee activities in the stock market, in 1934 Congress established the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Which of the following statements regarding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is FALSE?
The State Department assumed the Japanese would never attack American interests.
Which of the following statements about the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany is FALSE?
Upon coming to power in 1933, Hitler called his new government "the Weimar Republic."
Germany began World War II in Europe days after
a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and Russia.
In 1940, the "lend-lease" plan
allowed the U.S. to loan weapons to England, to be returned or paid for when the war was over.
The Neutrality Act of 1937
allowed warring nations to purchase nonmilitary goods in the United States if they paid cash.
The Burke-Wadsworth Act of 1940
approved the first peacetime draft in American history.
The Five-Power Pact of 1922 dealt with
armament limitations.
The Works Progress Administration provided federal assistance to
artists, sculptors, writers, and musicians.
The Washington Conference of 1921
attempted to prevent a global naval arms race.
During the Second New Deal, President Franklin Roosevelt
became more willing to attack corporate interests openly.
In July 1940, opinion polls showed the clear majority of the American public
believed Germany posed a direct threat to the United States.
All of the following groups were part of the New Deal political coalition EXCEPT
big-business owners.
Following the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt
declared the United States would remain neutral.
The Social Security Act of 1935
did not begin making payments to participants for years.
In the American West, New Deal programs
disproportionately benefited the region, with more funding than any other part of the country.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
established a national minimum wage.
In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt carried out international policies that
established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
President Franklin Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor Policy"
expanded initiatives begun under Herbert Hoover.
In 1941, Germany's declaration of war against the United States
occurred before the United States declared war on Germany.
In response to the breakout of the civil war in Spain, the U.S. government joined with Britain and France in an agreement to
offer no help to either side.
During its first year, the Civil Works Administration
put four million people to work.
Civilian Conservation Corps
put the unemployed to work on rural and wilderness areas.
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's "quarantine" speech
received a decidedly hostile response by the American people.
Under the New Deal, African Americans
received more sympathy than under most previous administrations.
During the 1937 sit-down strike of General Motors, the federal government
refused to intervene in the dispute.
In his foreign policy for Latin America, President Herbert Hoover
repudiated the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
In 1941, the Atlantic Charter
saw the United States and England claim to share common principles.
By the end of 1938,
the New Deal had largely come to an end.
One long-term consequence of the New Deal was that
the national government assumed responsibility for the basic welfare of the people.
In what became known as the 1933 "bombshell" message, Franklin Roosevelt declared that
America would reject any international agreement on currency stabilization.
In 1934, the American Liberty League was formed
by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal.
The principle New Deal government aid to women during the 1930s was in the form of
cash assistance.
Much of Father Charles Coughlin's outspoken criticism of the Roosevelt administration revolved around the issue of
changing the banking and currency system.
President Franklin Roosevelt's decision in 1940 to give fifty American destroyers to England
circumvented the cash-and-carry provision of the Neutrality Acts.
In 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt
closed all banks for a short period.
One of the major effects the New Deal had on the United States was that it
fostered stronger and more varied interest groups.
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935
gave government the authority to force employers to accept labor unions.
In the 1930s, the industrial union movement
grew more militant and powerful.
In the 1930s, the Congress of Industrial Organization
grew out of a dispute within the American Federation of Labor.
In 1935, Senator Huey Long
had proposed a national wealth-sharing plan that involved heavily taxing the wealthiest Americans.
During President Franklin Roosevelt's early days in office,
he promised to take drastic, even warlike, action against economic conditions.
In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that
helped pave the way for the Social Security system.
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's call to expand the Supreme Court came from
his desire to change the ideological balance of the Court.
All the following statements regarding the New Deal and women are true EXCEPT that
in general, women were major critics of the New Deal.
The Neutrality Act of 1935
included a mandatory arms embargo of both sides during any military conflict.
The National Recovery Administration of 1933 did all of the following EXCEPT
increase competition between companies.
In 1932, the Hoover administration, in response to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria,
issued warnings to the Japanese government.
Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member in American history, was secretary of
labor.
During the first year of the National Recovery Administration,
large producers consistently dominated the code-writing process.
The "Second New Deal" was launched partly in response to the
persistence of the Great Depression.
The election of 1936
produced a new and enduring coalition of voters for the Democratic Party.
During the Harding administration, the United States
proposed a dramatic reduction in the fleets of the United States, Britain, and Japan.
The Economy Act of 1933
proposed to balance the federal budget and cut government workers' salaries.
Beginning in 1933, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
protected the assets of bank depositors.
During the 1920s and 1930s, interest in pursuing an isolationist foreign policy
seemed to grow in the U.S. as it became apparent that Italy would invade Ethiopia.
In the election of 1940, Franklin Roosevelt
selected Henry Wallace as his new running mate.
All of the following occurred as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT
significant reduction in poverty in the region.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant.
In the 1930s, industrial unionism was
strengthened, partly, by New Deal legislation.
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt decided
that he should try to balance the federal budget.
The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
All of the following programs were part of the Second New Deal EXCEPT
the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
By September 1941,
the United States extended lend-lease privileges to the Soviet Union.
During the recession of 1937,
the economy was almost as bad as during the worst economic period of the Hoover administration.
In 1937, regarding the organizing of industrial labor,
the great majority of strikes were settled in favor of the unions.
During the 1930s, the sit-down strike
was a new and controversial labor tactic.
The America First Committee
was a powerful lobby against U.S. involvement in the war.
Tennessee Valley Authority (1933)
was an experiment in regional planning by the federal government.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
was declared unconstitutional in large part by the Supreme Court.
President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court
was eventually defeated in Congress.
New Deal policy toward American Indians, as led by John Collier,
was grounded in a commitment to cultural relativism.
The Works Progress Administration of 1935
was much larger than previous programs of its kind.
1938 Anschluss
was proclaimed by Hitler.
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)
was signed with wide international acclaim.
Munich Agreement (1938)
was supported by President Franklin Roosevelt.
African Americans employed by New Deal relief programs
were among the first to be released when funds ran out.
