History 1700- Ch 21-26
Federal programs such as the Agricultural Adjustment Act helped nearly all sharecroppers live better, more productive, and more profitable lives.
False
President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 ordered the internment of all Japanese-Americans who refused to sign an oath of loyalty to the United States.
False
This New Deal program sought to improve the conditions of poor landowning farmers and sharecroppers.
Farm Security Administration
During World War II, the Axis powers were
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in
Hawaii
Which of the following is true of Franklin D. Roosevelt?
He contracted polio and lost the use of his legs in 1921.
Congress passed this legislation in 1941, which authorized military aid so long as countries promised to return it all after the war. The passing of this act allowed the United States to funnel billions of dollars' worth of arms to Britain, China, and later the Soviet Union.
Lend-Lease Act
How did World War II affect the west coast of the United States?
Millions of Americans moved to California for jobs and military service.
Why were American suburbs of the 1950s so heavily segregated?
Residents, brokers, and realtors dealt in contracts and mortgages that barred the sale to non-white residents.
Why did Executive Order 9066 not apply to persons of Japanese descent living in Hawaii?
Since nearly 40 percent of the population was of Japanese descent, the evacuation order would have been impractical
In what ways did the counterculture represent the fulfillment of the consumer marketplace?
The counterculture extended the concept of individual choice into every realm of life.
What taste of freedom did women enjoy in World War II?
The perks of doing men's jobs.
American officials used anticommunist sentiment to investigate political dissenters and to otherwise widen their powers.
True
As the war ended, tensions emerged among the Allied powers over Stalin's reluctance to allow self-rule in eastern Europe, and Churchill's reluctance to allow self-rule for Great Britain's colonies.
True
During World War II, the federal government spent twice the amount of money it had spent during the previous 150 years of American history.
True
In the context of the Cold War, no matter how repressive a nation was, so long as it supported the United States it was counted as a member of the Free World.
True
The Marshall Plan proved to be one of the most successful foreign aid programs in history.
True
The Reagan administration conducted a massive expansion of military spending during the 1980s.
True
The United States emerged from World War II as the world's greatest power; it had the world's most powerful navy and air force and accounted for half the world's manufacturing capacity.
True
The emergence of a popular culture geared toward the emerging youth market suggested that significant generational tensions lay beneath the bland surface of 1950s life.
True
How did the United States respond to Joseph Stalin's blockade around Berlin?
Truman ordered that supplies be brought to Berlin via an airlift.
This area of the country emerged as a focus of military-industrial production during WWII.
West Coast
Which of the following was created by the Social Security Act of 1935, launching the modern American welfare state?
a system of unemployment insurance
For most women workers, World War II:
allowed them to make temporary gains.
The Truman Doctrine in March 1947
asserted that the United States, as the leader of the "free world," must take up responsibility for supporting "freedom-loving peoples" wherever communism threatened them.
The Gulf of Tonkin resolution:
authorized the president to take "all necessary measures to repel armed attack" in Vietnam.
William Levitt, with the help of the GI Bill, gave many Americans the opportunity to:
buy a home.
The antiwar movement:
challenged the foundations of Cold War thinking.
The War on Poverty
concentrated on equipping the poor with skills and rebuilding their spirit and motivation.
The impact of the Cold War on American culture was:
especially evident in the movies.
During the Cold War, Americans:
formed anticommunist groups who pressured public libraries to remove ""un-American" books from their shelves.
The election of 1980 reflected:
growing frustration over America's condition.
During the 1950s, American teenagers:
increased in number and were often perceived to be alienated.
In foreign policy, Reagan:
initiated the largest military buildup in American history.
In 1949, Mao Zedong:
led a successful communist revolution in China
Women working in defense industries during the war:
made up one-third of the West Coast workers in aircraft manufacturing and ship building.
The policy of "containment" can best be described as:
preventing the spread of communism worldwide.
The Black Panther Party:
provided education and healthcare to urban residents. became a target of the FBI and California police. B & D
"Rosie the Riveter":
refers to Norman Rockwell's image of a female industrial laborer.
Reagan's economic policies:
resulted in a rise in economic inequality.
Determined to overturn the Vietnam syndrome, President Reagan:
sent troops to Grenada and Lebanon.
A major success for Germany and its allies during World War II was
the "blitzkrieg" campaign.
In the 1930s, unusually dry weather blew winds over much of the Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Colorado soils, creating
the Dust Bowl
During the second half of the 1960s and the 1970s, conservative Christianity increasingly aligned with
the Republican Party.
"Containment" in the context of post-World War II international diplomacy on the part of the United States referred to
the policy by which the United States committed itself to preventing any further expansion of Soviet power.
In the United States during World War II:
unemployment declined, production soared, and income taxes increased.
Ngo Dinh Diem:
was backed by the United States in his decision to ignore the Geneva Accords' plan for elections in Vietnam.
The Civil Rights Act:
was seen by Lyndon Johnson as "a fitting memorial" to John F. Kennedy, after his assassination.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott:
was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a white man.
When World War II ended, most female war workers, especially those in better-paying industrial employment
were laid off as men returned from warfare abroad.
