AMH 2020 module 4 quiz

Which of the following best describes the practice of redlining?

Giving neighborhoods bad credit ratings based, in practice, on color.

What ended the Great Depression in the United States?

Government intervention, especially through massive spending, which was needed to fight WWII.

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

The U.S., in an attempt to curb Japan's aggression in Asia, enacted sanctions against Japan and placed an embargo on oil to Japan.

Why did the Germans bomb British cities in a campaign known as the Blitz?

They hoped to end the British will to fight, which would have led to surrender.

Although the twenties seemed to be prosperous and exciting, what is important to remember about the 1920s?

. All of the above. Many farmers struggled to make money.

Which of the following showed that U.S. and Japanese war tactics were culturally different?

All of the above. a. Americans viewed suicide as opposed to surrender as fanatical while the Japanese viewed it as honorable. b. The Japanese viewed surrender as cowardice. c. The Americans viewed surrender as a practical aspect of war.

Which of the following is true?

All of the above. a. During the war the U.S. detained over 10,000 German nationals and over 110,000 persons of Japanese descent, many of whom were Americans. b. The internment of people with Japanese ancestry has since been condemned by the military and judicial leaders of that time. c. The internment of people with Japanese ancestry was condemned in the 1980s by Congress and President Ronald Reagan.

Which group (or groups) was the 1920s ("second") Ku Klux Klan against?

All of the above. a. Feminists, bootleggers, and atheists. b. African-Americans. c. Non-Protestants including Catholics and Jews.

What helped the United States not become a totalitarian state, like a number of others in the world, during the 1930s?

All of the above. a. New Deal programs such as the Federal Housing Administration. b. FDR's commitment to democratic government. c. FDR's fireside chats that helped raise morale.

Which of the following is true?

All of the above. a. The Great Depression allowed the Nazis to rise to power and their policy of gaining Lebensraum directly led to WWII. b. The Great Depression prompted the militaristic faction in Japan to take control, which followed an expansionist policy to gain more resources. c. The U.S. was already engaged in military battles in the Pacific when it worked with British and Free French forces to take land from the Axis powers in Europe.

What did the National Origins Act of 1924 and the Sacco and Vanzetti trial show?

All of the above. a. They show that progressive legislation continued into the 1920s, which further supports the idea that history is a linear process toward progress. b. Nativism that resulted from the anxiety that a number of white Protestant Americans felt because of the changes that occurred in American society by 1920. c. They show that the main concern motivating Americans was anti-Communism.

Which of the following is true regarding the 1920s and 1930s, which have been called America's era of isolationism?

All of the above. a. Isolationism is not really accurate because the U.S. took part in international conferences and agreements. b. Isolationism is not really accurate because the U.S. was active in Latin America, even during the era of the Good Neighbor Policy, which itself was named "good neighbor" because the U.S. had not been a "great neighbor." c. In general the U.S. did attempt to stay neutral with regard to Europe for most of the 1930s; Congress passed Neutrality Acts, which from a Euro-centric perspective probably made it appear that the U.S. was isolationist.

Which of the following contributed to the Harlem Renaissance?

All of the above. a. The Great Migration of African-Americans moving from the South to northern cities, along with immigration from the Caribbean. b. Black pride and experience in serving during WWI. c. Urban life for black people living in Harlem; the dynamic energy that is created when a large number of people live close together.

Which of the following is true of the KKK during the 1910s and 1920s?

All of the above. a. The Klan was reborn in Georgia after the popularity of the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation. b. It was modeled after fraternal organizations with rituals and a hierarchy and it attracted others through large picnics, parades, and rallies. c. In addition to its influence in electoral politics, it used violence in an attempt to achieve its political goals.

Which of the following contributed to the Great Depression?

All of the above. a. The international finance system set up during the WWI era. b. U.S. banks making it easier for people to borrow money. c. Overproduction and a decline in demand.

According to Niall Ferguson, what was FDR's "antidote to red revolution"?

Creating a property-owning democracy through the FHA.

As the American Yawp mentioned in chapter 24, how did Germany and Japan respond to the economic crisis of the 1930s?

Each sought to control other territories -- Germany to gain land and Japan to gain natural resources.

What did Marcus Garvey believe and promote?

He supported black independence and thought that it could best be obtained through a "back to Africa" campaign.

Which of the following is true regarding Christian Fundamentalism?

It began in the 1910s with a collection of essays known as The Fundamentals and emphasized a literal interpretation of the Bible.

What was the U.S.'s policy regarding Jewish refugees from 1938-1944?

It turned many Jewish refugees away because of continued anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant sentiment within the U.S.

Why have more recent scholarly interpretations of how WWII ended disagreed with earlier accounts?

Research based on U.S., Soviet, and Japanese documents has been conducted.

According to the Yawp, which country "broke Hitler's army"? To think of it another way, Germany began its "long retreat" after several bloody battles with which country?

Soviet Union

What was the CFR's "Lesson Learned"?

That the U.S. internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII show that Americans have sacrificed civil liberties of minority groups for a sense of security and such actions are viewed, after the hysteria has faded, as morally wrong.

Out of the incidents that helped bring about WWII, which of the following was first?

The Japanese invaded China.

Which of the following had its origins in the 1920s?

The modern culture wars.