HIstory 13 and 14 chapters

Question 1 British economist John Maynard Keynes argued that deficit spending was needed to end the depression. T or F

1- True, According to Keynes, putting people to work on public projects put money into the hands of consumers who would buy more go

Question 1 At the Yalta Conference, the Big Three agreed that Hawaii, Canada, and Cuba would hold free elections. T or F

1-False, it was Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania.

Question 1 At the Yalta Conference, the Big Three agreed that Hawaii, Canada, and Cuba would hold free elections. T or F

1-False, it was Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania. 2-c 3-b 4-T 5-a

Question 1 The New Deal affected millions of individual workers and their families. T or F

1-Selected:True, the Wagner act boosted union membership, which continued to grow after World War II.This answer is correct. • False, the poor got poorer

Question 1 Charles Lindbergh was the leading isolationist voice in America. T or F

1-T

Question 1 Kristallnacht was a serious attack on German Jews that took place on November 9, 1938. T or F

1-T

Question 1 The war eventually cost Americans $330 billion, which was double the total amount of federal expenditures since the founding of the nation. T or F

1-T

Question 1 Roosevelt announced that the Allies would accept only unconditional surrender. T or F

1-True, Germany would have to give up completely without any concessions. • False, The Allies were willing to negotiate.

Question 1 The attack on Los Angeles was a turning point for the United States and a compelling reason for the United States to enter the war. T or F

1-True, The Japanese dictatorship's aggression led to the attack. • Selected:False, the attack was on Hawaii.This answer is correct.

Question 1 How did the Great Depression affect employment in the United States? a. Almost one fourth of all workers lost their jobs. • b. Most businesses could not fill the growing demand for more workers. • c. Many workers fled the country in search of foreign employment. • d. About half of all laborers were forced to work longer hours.

1-a

Question 1 On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler • a. was killed by Soviet troops. • b. was assassinated by a group of ninjas • c. committed suicide in his bunker. • d. gave orders to surrender.

1-a

Question 1 Why did many conservatives criticize Roosevelt's New Deal? • a. They argued that the massive expansion of the government threatened individual liberty and the free market system. • b. They were suspicious of Roosevelt's privileged background and said his programs mainly helped wealthy bankers. • c. They believed the New Deal did not do enough to help the unemployed. • d. They believed that the New Deal was largely an effort to promote space travel.

1-a

Question 1 How did Hitler gain territory between 1930-1938? • a. by sending his navy to expand overseas colonies • :b. through international pressure and intimidation • c. by economic boycotts and sanctions • d. through a dance off

1-b

Question 1 What happened as a result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff? • a. The United States asked for loans from European nations. • b. European nations prospered while the United States suffered. • c. Foreign companies dominated the thriving world market. • d. Foreign nations increased their tariffs in response, leading to a decline in trade

1-d

Question 2 A year before the 1936 election, the Supreme Court refused to overturn any of the key laws of Roosevelt's first hundred days. T or F

2-False, In the case of Schechter Poultry v. United States, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled against the President

Question 2 The bravery and contributions of an Japanese American fighter squadron known as the Tuskegee Airmen played a key role in Allied strategic bombing. T or F

2-False, the Tuskegee Airmen were African American.

Question 2 What position did Eleanor Roosevelt take up after the war? a. U.S. delegate to the Justice League. b. executive vice-president of the International Monetary Fund c. chairman of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights d. head of the United Nations Security Council

2-c. chairman of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights

Question 3 Many of the New Deal public-works water projects had an enormous impact on the development of the American West. T or F

3-:True, The government funded the complex Central Valley irrigation system in California

Question 3 The executive branch of the U.S. government was given unprecedented authority with a. the creation of the International Monetary Fund. b. the passing of the War Powers Acts. c. the signing of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. d. the establishment of weekly dance parties

3-b. the passing of the War Powers Acts.

Question 4 The Social Security Act, passed by Congress in 2015, established a pension system for retirees. T or F

4- False, it was passed in 1935.

Question 5 In the spring of 1935, Congress appropriated $50,000.00 for new jobs and created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to administer the program. T or F

5-False, $5 billion was appropriated

Question 5 Which of these events helped increase world support for the establishment of Israel? a. the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights b. the independence of former British colonies in the Middle East c. popular cartoons. d. the prosecution of Nazi war criminals in the Nuremberg Trials

A

Question 2 How did the Federal Reserve try to limit speculation in 1929? • a. by closing banks • b. by limiting the money supply • c. by printing more money • d. by cutting interest rates

B

Question 4 How did Eleanor Roosevelt contribute to women's rights? • a. She became the first female to serve as a member of the Cabinet. • b. She provided women with unprecedented access to the President. • c. She reinforced the ceremonial significance of the office of sheep herding. • d. She effectively ended gender discrimination in the United States.

B

Question 2 The Axis Powers included Germany, Italy, and China. T or F

F

Question 2 The German counterattack, known as the Battle of the Bulge succeeded. T or F

F

Question 5 The federal Office of War Information (OWI) refused to work closely with the media to encourage support of the war effort. T or F

F

Question 2 The Battle of Coral Sea helped to kindle hope for the American military in the Pacific. T or F

T

Question 3 After Lenin's death in 1924, Joseph Stalin took Lenin's plae as the head of the Communist Party. T or F

T

Question 3 FDR established the War Refugee Board, a government agency that worked with the Red Cross to save thousands of Eastern European Jews. T or F

T

Question 3 The Indian New Deal gave Indians economic assistance and greater control over their own affairs. T or F

T

Question 4 During the Nuremberg Trials, the Allies prosecuted Nazis for war crimes. T or F

T

Question 4 Japanese kamikaze pilots deliberatley crashed their planes into American ships. T or F

T

Question 5 As the New Deal progressed, Eleanor Roosevelt increasingly used her position to protest against racial discrimination. T or F

T

Question 2 How did President Roosevelt help to expand the rights of African Americans? • :a. He invited African Americans to serve as his unofficial advisors • b. He passed numerous civil rights reforms that benefited African Americans. • c. He appointed an African American to the office of Vice President. • d. He ensured that Social Security extended to all African Americans.

a

Question 2 Which policy best demonstrates appeasement during the 1930s? • a. United States policy toward South America. • b. British policy toward Germany • c. Italian policy toward Ethiopia • d. Japanese policy toward China

a

Question 2 Why were Japanese Americans interned during World War II? • a. Without any significant factual evidence, the government perceived Japanese Americans as being a threat to national security. • b. The safety of Japanese Americans was threatened because most of the Japanese American community lived in war zones. • c. There were several well-publicized cases of Japanese American spies being caught operating in the United States. • d. Japanese Americans feared that Japan would try to punish them for siding with the United States in the war

a

Question 3 How does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation continue to affect the American public today? • a. It strengthens confidence in the financial system by insuring bank deposits • b. It allocates a portion of all bank deposits to federal reform initiatives. • c. It redistributes wealth by providing housing loans to people in poor communities. • d. It guarantees the safety of investments by buying sheep, cows, and camels.

a

Question 3 Why did Roosevelt and the other Allied leaders decide to pursue a "Europe First" strategy in the war? • a. They felt that Germany posed the greatest long-term threat to all parties involved • b. They needed to wrest control of the Suez Canal and the oilfields in the Middle East from Italy first. • c. They underestimated Cuba's ability to project military force in the Pacific. • d. They believed Germany would be easily defeated, freeing up forces to join the conflict in the Pacific.

a

Question 4 How did WACs contribute to the American war effort? • a. WACs did important jobs, including driving trucks and clerical work, for the United States Army. • b. WACs sponsored fund raisers to purchase government war bonds. • c. WACs coordinated recruiting efforts for all of the armed services. • d. WACs worked in bakeries.

a

Question 4 The so-called Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles in 1943 were a result of • a. racial tensions related to the huge influx of laborers from Mexico. • b. the establishment of internment camps for resident aliens. • c. the enforced rationing of sugar. • d. opposition to policies requiring racial segregation of factory workers.

a

Question 4 What did the dictators of totalitarian systems have in common? • a. desire for power and absolute control • b. support of the United States • c. willingness to include opposition leaders in their government • d. backgrounds as comedians

a

Question 5 How did the Great Depression affect European immigrants? • a. Thousands left the country for both voluntary and involuntary reasons. • b. Immigrants from Europe flooded the country because the depression there was worse than the Great Depression. • c. Thousands were forced into internment camps within the United States. • d. They left northern urban areas to work on ranches in the Southwest.

a

Question 5 What were Roosevelt's fireside chats? • a. radio speeches in which Roosevelt explained his policies and tried restore the confidence of Americans • b. a series of tariff negotiations that took place at Roosevelt's cabin in Maine • c. town hall meetings organized by Eleanor Roosevelt to gather together supporters of the New Deal • d. informal White House meetings where Roosevelt talked to Americans to understand their concerns

a

Question 5 What were the reasons behind the U.S. assault on the island of Guadalcanal? • Selected:a. to force Japan into fighting a two-front war and gain strategic positions from which to attackThis answer is correct. • b. to provide support to the Filipino rebels there who were putting up resistance to the Japanese • c. to rescue U.S. prisoners of war who were being held captive there • d. to destroy Japan's most important naval outpost and eliminate their ability to launch further airstrikes

a

Question 5 Which of these events helped increase world support for the establishment of Israel? • a. the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights • b. the independence of former British colonies in the Middle East • c. popular cartoons. • d. the prosecution of Nazi war criminals in the Nuremberg Trials

a

Question 5 Which series of events is arranged in the correct chronological order? • :a. Hitler became chancellor; Spanish Civil War began; Munich Pact was signed. • b. Hitler became chancellor; Munich Pact was signed; Spanish Civil War began. • c. Spanish Civil War began; Munich Pact was signed; Hitler became chancellor. • d. Munich Pact was signed; Hitler became chancellor; Spanish Civil War began.

a

Question 2 Which policy did Huey Long support in opposition to the New Deal? • a. privatizing all industries • b. taxing corporations and the wealthy to redistribute income • c. designing public-works projects to build statues of the Kingfish! • d. providing a monthly stipend to all seniors in high school

b

Question 3 Audie Murphy famously received the Congressional Medal of Honor for • a. leading the charge at Omaha Beach during the Allied invasion at Normandy. • b. holding off a German offensive by himself after ordering his troops to withdraw. • c. flying super sonic jets! • d. dying in action while leading his troops to victory in Antartica.

b

Question 3 How did U.S. demographic patterns change during the 1930s? • a. Thousands of German Jews immigrated to the United States fleeing Nazi persecution. • :b. City populations grew as farmers left their homes on the Great Plains in search of urban work. • c. Rural populations grew as government-funded relief workers traveled to help farmers during the Dust Bowl. • d. Mexican immigrants flooded into the United States to escape an even worse economic depression in Mexico.

b

Question 3 The executive branch of the U.S. government was given unprecedented authority with • a. the creation of the International Monetary Fund. • b. the passing of the War Powers Acts. • c. the signing of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. • d. the establishment of weekly dance parties

b

Question 3 What demographic effects did the war have on northern cities such as Detroit and Chicago? • a. A large number of African Americans left there to work in shipyards on the West Coast. • :b. A large number of African Americans migrated there from the South to work in the factories. • c. The population stayed roughly the same as auto factories were converted to produce munitions. • d. The population plummeted due to people going to fight the Chinese.

b

Question 3 What event led to the House and Senate voting to declare war? • a. Interventionists finally agreed with the isolationist position. • b. Americans suffered heavy losses at Pearl Harbor. • c. Roosevelt placed an embargo on Japan. • d. The U.S. rejected Japan's demand of expansion.

b

Question 4 What did the Nazi-Soviet pact accomplish for Germany? • a. It gave Germany new territory as the Soviets tried to appease Hitler. • b. It gave Germany a pledge of military support from the Soviet Union. • c. It granted Germany a testing ground for new military uniforms. • d. It allowed Germany to attack Poland with having to fight on two fronts.

b

Question 5 What was the Atlantic Charter? • a. a pact signed by the Soviet Union and the United States agreeing to first focus on the war in the Pacific before turning their attention to defeating Germany • b. a pact signed by Great Britain and the United States that endorsed certain principles for building a lasting peace and establishing free governments in the world • c. a pact signed by Great Britain, France, and the United States agreeing to declare war on Spain. • d. a pact signed by Great Britain and the United States agreeing to avoid entangling alliances with the Soviet Union

b

Question 2 In 1948, President Truman demonstrated major support for the Jewish cause by • a. setting up a National Holiday. • b. pressuring Germany into providing financial reparations to victims of the Holocaust. • c. officially recognizing the state of Israel. • d. creating a military tribunal to punish those who participated in the Nazi genocide.

c

Question 2 What happened to some Mexican Americans during the Great Depression? • a. Employers hired more Mexican Americans as Chinese American laborers left the country. • b. White citizens were deported while Mexican citizens were encouraged to stay. • c. Government repatriation efforts forced them to return to Mexico. • d. They were forced to take over farms that had been abandoned by Okies.

c

Question 2 What position did Eleanor Roosevelt take up after the war? • a. U.S. delegate to the Justice League. • b. executive vice-president of the International Monetary Fund • c. chairman of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights • d. head of the United Nations Security Council

c

Question 4 How did new farming methods in the 1920s impact the Great Plains? • a. They introduced irrigation systems that improved the quality of crops. • b. They led to increased deforestation. • c. They altered landscapes and made the land more vulnerable to drought. • d. They allowed farmers to grow crops even in severe droughts.

c

Question 5 General Eisenhower was appointed Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe because • a. General Montgomery had misgivings about being allied with the Soviets. • b. General Bradley had less experience in launching amphibious attacks. • c. General Marshall was too valuable to remove from his position as Army Chief of Staff. • d. General Patton had already turned down the position.

c

Question 5 The Bataan Death March foreshadowed • a. the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor. • b. new Geneva Convention agreements about prisoners. • c. the brutal nature of the war in the Pacific.. • d. a victory by Filipino soldiers over the Japanese

c

Question 5 The Nuremberg Laws • a. restricted the number of countries that accepted Jewish refugees. • b. forced Jews out of their homes and into tightly cramped ghettoes. • c. segregated Jews at every level of German society. • d. outlawed speeding in Germany

c

Question 5 Which 1929 event sparked a chain reaction that led to the Great Depression? • a. Herbert Hoover became president. • b. The Federal Reserve outlawed speculation. • c. The stock market crashed. • d. Bandits robbed banks across the country.

c

Question 3 What was the effect of Hitler's blitzkrieg tactics? • a. France and Britain sent troops to defend Poland. • b. The German economy was strained, and Hitler began to beg for money. • c. The United States was convinced to remain neutral. • d. Germany was able to take over much of Europe by 1940.

d

Question 3 Why did many banks fail in 1929? • a. The Federal Reserve decreased the money supply. • b. Corruption plagued the banking system. • c. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates. • d. Depositors withdrew their money all at once.

d

Question 4 Admiral Nimitz was able to secure a decisive victory against the Japanese naval forces at the Battle of Midway because • a. the Japanese were not expecting a U.S. offensive there. • b. Japan had committed too many of its resources to defending Hong Kong. • c. all of Japan's aircraft carriers were mistakenly directed to Guam. • Selected:d. U.S. code breakers had intercepted the Japanese plans.This answer is correct.

d

Question 4 What happened in 1929 as a result of stock speculation? • a. Increased consumer spending led to greater production. • b. The Federal Reserve had to make more money to match the stock market. • c. Investors became wealthy and helped to stimulate the economy. • d. Investors lost their expected profits and faced economic devastation.

d

Question 4 What was the main result of the Wannsee Conference in January 1942? • a. The Nazi racial classification laws were officially put into effect. • b. A group of Nazi generals hatched the plan to assassinate Hitler. • c. Hitler designated nazi uniforms. • d. The Nazis outlined their plan to systematically exterminate the Jewish population.

d

Question 4 Why was President Roosevelt's reform policy more successful than Hoover's approach? • a. It relied on volunteerism. • b. It depended on a policy of localism. • c. It recognized the benefits of trickle-down economics. • d. It advocated strong leadership by the federal government.

d