Exam 3

During the Spanish Civil War, about 3000 American citizens joined the _____Brigade

Abraham Lincoln

Which of these facts suggests that the banking reforms of 1933 were a success?

After 1933 fewer than 10 banks closed per year

Which statement regarding the Allied development of an atomic bomb during World War II is NOT true?

Albert Einstein was the director of the program at Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Which of the following was a fortunate break for the Americans at Pearl Harbor?

American aircraft carriers were at sea during the attack, escaping destruction.

The "Roosevelt recession" caused the president to

Ask Congress for $5 billion in public works and relief programs

By winning the Battle of the Coral Sea, the U.S. prevented the Japanese from attacking

Australia

After surrendering to the Japanese, many American and Filipino soldiers died on the 65- mile _____ Death March.

Bataan

In 1944 Eisenhower overruled Gen. Patton and British Gen. Montgomery, who argued that they should rush to reach _____ before the Russians.

Berlin

All of the following groups were part of the New Deal political coalition EXCEPT

Big business owners

At the Munich Conference, Britain and France agreed to let Hitler take the Sudetenland from _____

Czechoslovakia

Social Security Act of 1935

Did not begin making monthly payments for several years

In response to pressure from A. Philip Randolph, Roosevelt banned

Discrimination in war-related industries

The pension system established by the Social Security Act of 1935

Excluded domestic servants and agricultural laborers

During World War II the NAACP urged black Americans to

Fight for victory over fascism abroad and racism at home

In 1942-1943, the British and American war effort against Germany concentrated on

Fighting in North Africa

Which of these was not a feature of Huey Long's Share-Our-Wealth Society?

Free health care for all

The National Labor Relations Act of 1935

Gave the government the authority to force employers to accept labor unions

All of these countries were neutral during the Spanish Civil War except

Germany

In the Washington Naval Conference, all of these countries except _____ agreed to limit the size of their navies.

Germany

Early in World War II, the Japan conquered all of the following U.S. territories except

Hawaii

What did FDR do in his 1937 "Quarantine" speech?

He denounced the Japanese invasion of China.

The Social Security Act of 1935 provided all of the following except

Health insurance benefits

In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that

Helped inspire the Social Security Act

The Japanese were forced to surrender after Americans dropped atomic bombs on

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's call to expand the Supreme Court came from

His desire to change the ideological balance of the Court

Which of the following statements about the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany is FALSE?

Hitler called his new government "the Weimar Republic".

The National Recovery Administration of 1933 did all of the following EXCEPT

Increase competition between companies

"Rosie the Riveter" symbolized the importance of female _____ during World War II.

Industrial workers

Father Charles E. Coughlin, founder of the National Union for Social Justice,

Initially supported Roosevelt, but later turned against him

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the Emergency Banking Act of 1933?

It caused over ¾ of the banks in the Federal Reserve System to permanently close

How did the Hoover administration "Stimson Doctrine" respond to the Japanese conquest of Manchuria?

It refused to grant diplomatic recognition to the new Japanese territories.

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the Battle of Midway (1942)?

It was the last major victory in the Pacific for Japan

In 1943, after driving the Germans out of North Africa, the Allies launched an invasion of ______

Italy

Between 1943 and 1945 the U.S. invaded and conquered all of these islands except

Japan

The economist who thought the U.S. should borrow and spend money to end the Depression was

John Maynard Keynes

Works Progress Administration

Kept an average of roughly 2 million workers employed

During the first year of the National Recovery Administration

Large producers consistently dominated the code-writing process

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 did all of the following except

Limited gender discrimination in the workplace

Which of the following contributed significantly to bringing an end to the New Deal?

Limited interest in new reforms

The atomic bomb was developed in the _____ Project.

Manhattan

Mussolini came to power after the 1922

March on Rome

Thousands of innocent civilians were raped and/or murdered during the Rape of ______

Nanking

Under Adolf Hitler, the Nazis opposed all of these except

Nationalism

The National Socialist German Workers' Party was better known as the _____ Party.

Nazi

Which of the following statements regarding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is FALSE?

No American aircraft carriers escaped the attack.

Some of the deadliest fighting in the D-Day invasion took place on _____ Beach.

Omaha

The beginning of World War II is usually dated from when Germany invaded _____

Poland

The "Second New Deal" was launched in response to

Political pressure from Huey P. Long

In 1941, prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

President Franklin Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in the United States.

The election of 1936

Produced a new and enduring coalition of voters for the Democratic Party

During its first year, the Civil Works Administration

Put four million people to work

Civilian Conservation Corps

Put the unemployed to work on reforestation and conservation projects

According to Franklin Roosevelt's 1933 Inaugural Address, what was the government's primary task?

Putting people to work

The National Recovery Administration focused on

Regulating a wide range of businesses

On June 4, 1944, the U.S. Army captured

Rome

Which of these places was not an object of Nazi aggression before World War II?

Russia

The ______ was created during the New Deal to regulate the stock and bond markets.

Securities and Exchange Commission

In the 1930s the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany supported opposite sides of a civil war in

Spain

In 1943 a major turning point in the European war was the Soviet victory at _____

Stalingrad

The Battle of _____ was a German counteroffensive in December 1944 that briefly forced back the Allies

The Bulge

Which of the following is a true statement about the D-Day operation?

The Germans were fooled into thinking the Allies would land at a different place.

By the end of 1938,

The New Deal had largely come to end

Which of the following countries was not a member of the Anti-Comintern Pact of 1937?

The Soviet Union

How did the U.S. respond to the Japanese invasion of China?

The U.S. allowed volunteer pilots, the Flying Tigers, to fight for China

How did the United States respond to the sinking of the gunboat Panay in 1937?

The United States accepted Japan's apology.

Which of the following statements regarding the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 is NOT true?

The landing was made on the beaches of Calais, across the narrowest part of the English Channel.

Benito Mussolini and his theory of fascism emphasized the primacy of

The state

Which of these is NOT a true statement about Mussolini and the fascists after they took power:

They believed in free market economics and refused to regulate the economy

With the Gold Standard Act (1933), Congress

Took the U.S. off the gold standard

The Nye Committee

Tried to blame bankers and the arms industry for American involvement in World War I

President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court

Was eventually defeated in Congress

Huey P. Long

Was the governor of Louisiana and then a senator

The Japanese surrendered to the United States

a few days after a second atomic bomb had been dropped

. Germany began World War II in Europe days after

a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and Russia

During World War II, the Japanese word "kamikaze" referred to:

a suicide mission in which a Japanese pilot purposely crashed his plane into an enemy ship.

Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944)

all but destroyed Japan's ability to continue serious naval warfare.

Government efforts to raise revenue and control inflation during World War II included three of the following. Which is the exception?

balancing the federal budget

The Neutrality Acts of the 1930s were based on the assumption that the United States could stay out of war by:

banning arms sales to countries at war.

The New Deal did all of the following EXCEPT:

end the great depression

In the final months of World War II in Europe, American and British forces:

entered Germany from the west while Soviet troops entered Germany from the east and occupied Berlin.

The Neutrality Act of 1935

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

During the war years, the federal budget

increased by 1000%.

In 1933, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

insured the assets of small bank depositors

Which of the following is not a true statement about the National Recovery Administration?

it set minimum prices for products

Huey P. Long's Share-Our-Wealth Society proposed all of the following except

nationalization of American industries

The Nye committee concluded that an important factor leading the United States into war in 1917 was the:

need to protect American bank loans to the Allies.

Social Security is funded by

payroll taxes

The significance of the Wagner Act to organized labor was that it:

provided strong government protection for unions.

Roosevelt's first concern as president was the:

public panic caused by the bank failures.

The Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway were significant in:

stemming the tide of Japanese advances in the Pacific

The American Liberty League was dedicated to:

strong conservative opposition to the New Deal.

In response to economic indices in the summer of 1937, Franklin Roosevelt decided

that he should try to balance the federal budget

The Nonaggression Pact formed an alliance between Nazi Germany and _____

the Soviet Union

Which Allied country's armies reached Berlin first?

the Soviet Union

In 1940, the "lend-lease" plan allowed

the U.S. to loan weapons to any country deemed vital to the defense of the United States.

During the recession of 1937,

the economy was as bad as during the worst period of the Hoover administration

During World War II, the Fair Employment Practices Commission was created

to investigate racial discrimination in war industries

The Roosevelt administration instituted all of the following financial reforms except to:

transfer control over interest rates from the Federal Reserve Board to Congress

The America First Committee

was a powerful lobby against U.S. involvement in World War II.

American Liberty League

was vehemently opposed to free enterprise and individual property rights