exam 3

How many people were out of work in early 1933? a. 13,000 d. 12 million b. 130,000 e. 1.3 billion c. 1.3 million

12 millions

Which of the following statements about the attack on Pearl Harbor is NOT true? a. It was one part of a larger Japanese offensive launched into Southeast Asia and the Pacific. b. A specific attack on Pearl Harbor had been long expected by American officials. c. The attack killed more than 2,400 U.S. servicemen and sank nineteen ships. d. The attack ignored onshore facilities and oil tanks. e. The Japanese missed the U.S. aircraft carriers in the attack.

A specific attack on Pearl Harbor had been long expected by American officials.

What did the governments of Italy and Germany have in common by the 1930s? a. Both had established communist forms of government. b. Both had thriving liberal democracies. c. Both had strong monarchies. d. Both had established fascist forms of government. e. Both went to war with the United States.

Both had established fascist forms of government.

Baseball was integrated in 1947 when Jackie Robinson played for the: a. New York Yankees d. St. Louis Cardinals b. Boston Red Sox e. Brooklyn Dodgers c. Chicago Cubs

Brooklyn Dodgers

Of the following presidents, which tied government and business closer together than at any other time in the twentieth century? a. Warren Harding b. Calvin Coolidge c. Herbert Hoover d. Franklin Roosevelt e. Woodrow Wilson

Calvin Coolidge

Which amendment to the Constitution is known as the Prohibition amendment? a. Seventeenth d. Twentieth b. Eighteenth e. Twenty-first c. Nineteenth

Eighteenth

During the presidential election of 1944: a. Franklin Roosevelt chose not to run for a fourth term because of his health problems and progress toward winning the war b. Franklin Roosevelt was defeated in his run for a fourth term as president c. Harry Truman was elected president d. Franklin Roosevelt won a fourth term as president e. Republican Wendell Willkie opposed Democrat Franklin Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt won a fourth term as president

In 1935, Hitler, in flagrant violation of the Versailles Treaty, began rebuilding: a. Germany's economy d. Germany's new opera halls b. Germany's infrastructure e. Germany's armed forces c. Germany's spy service

Germany's armed forces

The use of atomic bombs against Japan had what significance? a. They prevented the Soviets from entering the war in Asia. b. They shocked Germany into surrendering before facing the same fate. c. They killed the Japanese emperor and paved the way for surrender. d. It saved thousands of potential military casualties but killed civilians and paved the way for the threat and use of weapons of mass destruction. e. They rendered the entire island of Honshu inhabitable for twenty-three years.

It saved thousands of potential military casualties but killed civilians and paved the way for the threat and use of weapons of mass destruction.

The literary work that best captured the ordeal of the Depression was The Grapes of Wrath by: a. Lucy Mercer d. William Faulkner b. Margaret Mitchell e. John Steinbeck c. Paul Muni

John Steinbeck

Germany's invasion of what country triggered the beginning of World War II in Europe? a. Czechoslovakia d. Poland b. the Soviet Union e. Austria c. Britain

Poland

Less than a month before the surrender of Germany: a. President Roosevelt died in office b. the war in Asia ended with the Japanese surrender c. Hitler was captured by advancing Allied forces d. atomic bombs were dropped on Japan e. President Roosevelt lost his reelection bid

President Roosevelt died in office

Which agency was created to direct industrial conversion to war production? a. Commerce Department b. Treasury Department c. War Production Board d. Office of Scientific Research and Development e. Office of War Information

War Production Board

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were: a. convicted of bombing eight army supply trucks b. two Italian-born anarchists sentenced to death and executed even though there was doubt as to their guilt c. finally exonerated of the charges of payroll robbery and murder d. murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan e. the New York Yankees' double-play combination during the 1920s

b. two Italian-born anarchists sentenced to death and executed even though there was doubt as to their guilt

The fair practices codes of the NRA did all of the following EXCEPT: a. prohibit child labor b. establish minimum wages of $13 per week c. set a forty-hour workweek d. break up large corporations e. establish minimum wages of $12 per week in the South

break up large corporations

The bracero program: a. led to the forced evacuation of over 100,000 Japanese Americans b. was a reaction to the Zoot Suit Riots c. allowed most recent immigrants to join the American armed services after a thorough background check d. sought to mobilize Indian reservations in support of the American war effort e. brought some 200,000 Mexican farmworkers into the western United States

brought some 200,000 Mexican farmworkers into the western United States

In his 1920 campaign for president, Warren Harding said the country needed a return to: a.energetic government b.patriotism c.normalcy d.experimentation e.progressivism

c. normalcy

Following the defeat of Germany: a. came the shocking realization of the full extent of the Holocaust b. Hitler was executed after his conviction of war crimes c. the Prussian monarchy was restored to the German throne d. the Allies established a liberal democratic government with its capital in Berlin e. Franklin Roosevelt died in office

came the shocking realization of the full extent of the Holocaust

The Scopes Trial: a. pitted William Howard Taft, former U.S. president and confessed agnostic, for the prosecution against fundamentalist Clarence Darrow for the defense b. prosecuted Klansmen for lynching c. represented victory of the feminist movement in America d. concerned a state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools e. brought Americans together on the subject of education

concerned a state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools

Through the Lend-Lease bill, passed in January 1941, "any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States": a. could receive American military equipment, supplies, and other necessary materials if they rented them at fair market value b. could purchase American military equipment, supplies, and other necessary materials made available through Canada c. must declare war on Germany in order to be eligible for American material support d. could receive military equipment, supplies, and other necessary materials even if that country lacked the funds to pay for those items e. was prohibited from receiving any American military equipment, supplies, and other necessary materials

could receive military equipment, supplies, and other necessary materials even if that country lacked the funds to pay for those items

At the outset of his presidency, to deal with the banking crisis, Roosevelt: a. pushed through a bank bailout bill worth more than $7 billion b. used his emergency powers to nationalize the banking industry c. put strict limits on the issuance of paper currency d. ordered the Federal Reserve Board to lower interest rates e. declared a bank holiday, shutting the banks down briefly

declared a bank holiday, shutting the banks down briefly

The "Ohio gang": a. rivaled Charlie Chaplin in box office receipts in the 1920s b. directed Herbert Hoover's rise to the presidency c. was a group of angry young men in a short story by Sinclair Lewis about the consumer culture d. hosted the first national radio program e. was a group of President Harding's friends who were named to political office

e. was a group of President Harding's friends who were named to political office

In the 1920s, farm prices: a. were subsidized by the federal government b. stayed at their high wartime levels c. stayed at their low wartime levels d. fell sharply e. rose sharply

fell sharply

The Neutrality Act of 1935: a. was directed against Japanese aggression in China b. allowed the U.S. Navy to stop and search German ships on the high seas c. permitted the United States to sell arms and munitions to warring nations to ensure the United States did not have to get involved d. stopped German and Italian military aid to Francisco Franco e. forbade the sale of arms and munitions to warring nations

forbade the sale of arms and munitions to warring nations

In yellow-dog contracts, employers: a. agreed to submit all grievances to an arbitration panel whose decision was binding b. forced workers to agree to stay out of unions c. agreed to hire only union workers d. forced workers to sign a statement that they would vote the Democratic ticket e. agreed to automatic wage increases in return for the workers' promise not to strike

forced workers to agree to stay out of unions

The Nye Committee: a. investigated and criticized the role that bankers and munitions makers played in America's entry into World War I b. recommended that Europeans appease Hitler by allowing him to annex Czechoslovakia c. compiled an official list of America's international obligations under existing treaties d. praised the role that bankers and munitions makers played in applying their resources to protect national security e. encouraged greater U.S. involvement in international affairs to stop the spread of fascism

investigated and criticized the role that bankers and munitions makers played in America's entry into World War I

The biggest scandal of the Harding administration: a. led to an attempt to impeach Harding that fell just four votes short of success in the House of Representatives b. concerned a corrupt U.S. customs official who had regularly allowed Chinese imports into the country duty-free c. was the impeachment of the attorney general for fraudulent handling of German assets seized after World War I d. was his fathering a child out of wedlock e. involved the leasing of government-owned oil deposits to private companies

involved the leasing of government-owned oil deposits to private companies

The Great Depression and the economic struggles it caused during the early 1930s generally made Americans: a. more supportive of foreign interventions b. more isolationist in sentiment c. more internationalist d. more supportive of joining the League of Nations e. more supportive of fascism in Europe

more isolationist in sentiment

The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to: a. arrange a summit conference with Stalin b. order the resumption of the military draft c. order the development of a hydrogen bomb d. see the folly of the nuclear arms race e. arm American submarines with nuclear missiles

order the development of a hydrogen bomb

The GI Bill did all of the following EXCEPT: a. provide educational benefits for veterans b. provide housing loans for veterans c. help prevent a postwar depression d. pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military e. provide medical treatment for veterans

pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military

The main purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps was to: a. train young men for the Army Corps of Engineers b. provide work relief for young men c. give young women an opportunity to earn money for higher education d. promote conservation practices by the general public e. build environmental education projects at the first national parks

provide work relief for young men

The greatest failure of the New Deal was its inability to: a. restore economic prosperity and end record levels of unemployment b. end segregation c. be duplicated in Europe d. prevent World War II e. end partisan politics

restore economic prosperity and end record levels of unemployment

During the summer of 1941, the United States attempted to restrain Japanese expansion by: a. restricting oil exports to Japan and freezing Japanese assets in the United States b. ordering the strategic bombing of Japanese military sites c. sending 200,000 troops to China and stationing a large naval force in the South Pacific d. establishing a protectorate over China e. declaring a naval blockade of Japan

restricting oil exports to Japan and freezing Japanese assets in the United States

State Department official George Kennan: a. predicted that the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviets would continue b. said the United States should abandon Europe and focus on the defense of the Western Hemisphere c. said the United States should contain Soviet expansionist tendencies d. urged the use of military force to liberate Eastern Europe e. said the United States should be willing to bomb the Russians

said the United States should contain Soviet expansionist tendencies

The 1924 immigration law: a. stopped the illegal flow of immigrants into the United States b. set strict yearly limits on the number of immigrants allowed into the country c. continued an open-door policy, whereby almost all new arrivals would be admitted d. encouraged immigration from Japan and China e. restricted immigration to those from eastern Europe

set strict yearly limits on the number of immigrants allowed into the country

When not able to convict Al Capone on bootlegging charges, the federal government convicted him of: a. illegal immigration activities d. tax evasion b. drug trafficking e. prostitution c. contempt of Congress

tax evasion

The Dust Bowl can be associated with: a. large migrations from the impacted area to the Atlantic coast b. terrible storms that plagued the Great Basin c. a severe blow to farmers in Illinois, Ohio, and Wisconsin d. the blowing away of millions of acres of topsoil e. a movie made by the Works Progress Administration filmmaker Ansel Adams

the blowing away of millions of acres of topsoil

Conservatives lambasted the Social Security Act as: a. an unfair tax d. tyrannical b. communistic e. fascism c. pure socialism

tyrannical

Eleanor Roosevelt: a. primarily played the role of White House hostess b. had more influence than her husband in shaping New Deal policies c. was an official member of FDR's cabinet d. was especially supportive of women, blacks, and youth e. became most famous for her "fireside chats"

was especially supportive of women, blacks, and youth

"War relocation camps": a. were the bases that housed American servicemen before being sent to the front lines b. were actually prisoner of war camps for captured Germans c. was the German euphemism for Nazi concentration camps d. helped the families of American servicemen cope with the absence of husbands and fathers e. were where over 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced to go during the war

were where over 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced to go during the war