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1
What best describes a way in which the Great Depression affected the lives of Americans?
Many people moved from shantytowns to the suburbs.
Many children quit school to help their families earn money.
Farmers and businessmen were hurt by the rising crop prices
More people got married immediately after finishing school.
2
Why did United Nations form
Because many nations wanted peace only in their country
Because they wanted happiness
Because many nations wanted to promote global peace
3
Why did the US join WW2
Japan attacked them
Japan bombed the US
Peal Harbor was attacked
Japan declared war
4
Margaret Mitchell
Circle of Friends
Gone With the Wind
Sarah's Key
5
The works for progress unionism (WPA) was...
employed millions of unemployed to carry out public works projects
series of programs, and public work projects
Window shoping
The method used to activate Windows for single-user licenses
6
What was the Holocaust?
Kristallnacht
The Murder of Jews
Genocide
The Murder of Russians
7
What did the TVA do?
Nothing
It didn't help us at all.
It flooded areas to created better electricity to rural areas of america.
It flooded all our homes and made us move.
8
What was the purpose of Japanese aggression in China?
Japan lacked natural resources
China was developing nuclear weapons
China was being over aggressive in Hong Kong
They both wanted to colonize Korea
9
Which president was blamed for causing the Great Depression
President Roosevelt
President Hoover
President Bush
President Coolidge
10
Why did Truman decide to drop the bomb?
help China
persuade USSR to surrender
to save US lives by avoiding invasion
force Germany to surrender
11
Which leader was active in resisting German aggression in Europe
Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
12
Which 1930s artist is featured on this stamp from the country of Togo?
Jesse Owens
Margret Mitchel
Babe Ruth
Duke Ellington
13
What is VE day?
A day for old people
Victory in Europe day
Victorian Empire day
Vegan day
14
How did programs like the CCC and the WPA provide relief to the needy?
By creating jobs for the needy
By distributing food to the needy
By giving loans to the needy
By providing pensions to the needy
15
Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?
It was an enormous accident.
The United States had bombed Iwo Jima already.
Germany told them they had to do it to prove their loyalty.
Japan felt threatened by American presence in the Pacific.
16
Tennessee Valley Authority
UNEMPLOYED VETERANS WHO MARCHED ON WASHINGTON DC
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM TO CONSTRUT DAMS, FLOOD CONTROL & POWER PLANTS
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM USED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT
HOOVER ADMINISTRATION ATTEMPT TO BOLSTER THE ECONOMY & PROVIDE JOBS
17
Who was Langston Hughes
poet
singer
dancer
novilist
18
What was the New Deal?
A promise to end WWII.
A plan to provide food for the homeless.
A promise to get people's money back.
A plan to create jobs and put people back to work and end the GD
19
what is rationing?
controlled distribution of resources/goods
only wealthy people receive goods
dictatorship
only poor people receive goods
20
What was the date of the Wall Street stock market crash?
29 October 1929
28 November 1929
28 October 1928
29 December 1928
21
The Tuskagee airmen were held as an example for the Civil Rights Movement. Why?
They inspired more lynchings
They proved they didn't need white pilots
They paved the way for desegregation of the US military
They proved that segregation was necessary for good flying
22
Where is Pearl Harbor?
A
C
D
B
23
Truman's decision to drop The Bomb
was unequivocally supported
was made with full understanding of the long term impacts
Was following FDR's choice to use it
Was made instead of a full invasion of Japan
24
What is the MOST LIKELY reason these unemployed men are standing in a line during the Great Depression?
to go to work
to see a movie
to go to the soup kitchen
25
Which New Deal program was created for young men ages 18 to 25 whose purpose was to plant trees on public lands?
TVA
NBA
WPA
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
26
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Banks had to close because they did not have enough money
People bought stocks on credit or borrowed money
The New Deal tried to start too many new programs
Many businesses had a surplus of goods that couldn't be sold
27
Axis leaders were:
Chamberlain, Hitler and Stalin
Chamberlain, Charles de Gaulle, Queen Wilhemena
Churchill, Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-shek
Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito
28
Labor specialization means...
special labor
more people working
different jobs for different people
many kinds of files
29
Why was the battle of Iwo Jima important?
Adolf Hitler was there
They kidnapped the president
tactical position - airfields to invade Japan
Natural resources - oil for refueling
30
What is the Battle of Iwo Jima?
battle that saved Australia
the first attack against German troops in Africa
out of 22,000 Japanese, only 1,000 survived
known as the “Island of Death”
31
Who were the Tuskagee Airmen?
A tribe of men.
First African Americans to fly combat missions.
32
Allied Leaders
Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo
Horthy, Antonescu, Zhekov
Churchill, Stalin, De Gaulle, Roosevelt
33
The US government had a food rationing program. Which economic concept does this show?
Opportunity Cost
Specialization
Voluntary Exchange
Supply and Demand
34
Hoover believed...
The the Gov. should play a big role in the economy.
Everyone should own a turtle. (Not turtleneck.)
Uh... in politics... and stuff?
That the Gov. should not play a big role in the economy it would fix itself
35
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
Japan saw the US as a threat to their expansion into Asia
Japan wanted the US to become an Axis power.
Japan wanted to prove to Hitler that they had a strong army
They wanted to control the Hawaiian Islands.
36
Which of the following contributed to American culture by writing a romance novel during the Great Depression?
Jesse Owens
Margaret Mitchel
37
TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
Built dams along rivers to prevent flooding
Caused many people to vacate Tennessee and move out west.
Was the cause of a major drought in the United States.
Built power lines to give people electricity.
38
Duke Ellington
jazz musician
painter
trial lawyer
boxer
39
What was the reason for Japanese aggression in the Pacific ?
join the Axis powers
dislike of foreigners
help the Emperor get rich
to gain raw materials and expansion of lands
40
What was the CCC?
Program to help farmers, paying them to not grow some crops
Program to give jobs to young men, soil conservation, trees
Program to create CoOps providing low cost electricity
Program to help the elderly, unemployed, and disabled
41
What was the US response to Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia?
Nuclear bombing
Cutting oil supplies and setting an embargo
Joining the war
Threatening Violence against japan
42
Jazz in the 1930's was a distraction from what low point in American history?
Revolutionary War
Great Depression
Slavery
Civil War
43
The largest New Deal Agency was the WPA which stands for
Washington Proud Administration
Works People Administration
Weak Progress Administration
Works Progress Administration
44
Soup kitchens were
Places where people who had no money could get free food
Restaurants that sold only soup
Factories that made delicious soup
Business started by entrepreneurs hoping to get rich
45
Allied Leaders
Woodrow Wilson, H.H. Asquith, Czar Nicholas II
Chiang Kai-Shek, Mau, Hirohito
Ho Chi Minh, Lyndon Johnson, Ngo Dinh Diem
Churchill, Truman/Roosevelt, Stalin
46
In what ways did the New Deal help Americans?
It provided jobs, food, and shelter for those in need
It protected people from discrimination
It helped people pay taxes
It improved education for all citizens
47
The New Deal was a
President Wilson's new job program
a new farm program
bank loan program
a government-sponsored job program
48
Tennessee Valley Authority
Supported farming communities
Built parks and roads
Hired young men to work away from home & send money back
Built and repaired dams
49
Who committed the crime known as the Holocaust?
Nazis
British soldiers
French soldiers
Japanese soldiers
50
Made decision to drop the "Bomb"
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Truman
Kennedy
51
The largest group of people killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust were
Gypsies
Communists
Jews
Americans
52
what was one impact of the stock market crash
stocks collided
The New Deal
People got more money
people lost thei jobs
53
Why did farmers leave the Dust Bowl states during the 1930s?
Because they were unable to farm the land anymore
To join the bonus Army in Washington D.C.
To try farming in the North
Because the New Deal gave everyone a job in the factories
54
What is VJ day?
Victory in Japan
Victory in Europe
The day WW2 ended
55
What was Jesse Owens famous for?
Playing professional baseball
Being a famous jazz singer
Winning 4 gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in track
Writing poetry during the Harlem Renaissance.
56
What is D-day?
The day for remembering the holocaust.
Allies landed on the beaches of France to fight Germany.
The day England dropped an atomic bomb on Berlin.
The anniversary for victory over Japan.
57
The leaders of the Axis powers were known as?
Monarchs
Kings
Dictators
Presidents
58
Rosie the Riveter
Icon which represented woman's contribution in ww1
Boys contribution to production of war materials
Cultural icon of ww2 showing women who worked for war effort
icon which represents grandma's effort in the war
59
Margaret Mitchell
Pianist
From Georgia
Novelist
Olympic athlete
60
Who attacked Pearl Harbor?
Russia
China
Germany
Japan
61
Eleanor Roosevelt helped the United Nations establish
the Declaration of Independence
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
the Japanese constitution
Lend Lease Act
62
How did the dust bowl get its name?
water and air
mud
dust and sand carried by the wind
cold weather
63
Eleanor Roosevelt lead the United Nations.
False
True
64
What was a result of the Dust Bowl?
Increased nativist sentiment in the Midwest
Creation of the Environmental Protection Agency
farmers coulkd not grow crops
Demands made by the Populist movement
65
Pearl Harbor
Florida
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Hawaii
66
Who was Duke Ellington?
famous jazz musician
introducer of the Charleston to the black community
Famous Poet
a media entreppeneurer
67
Civilian Conservation Corps
paid farmers not to grow certain crops to raise the prices
hired unemployed men to work on public service projects
offered benefits to the old or unemployed
brought electricity to the country for a good price
68
The German aggression that started WW II in Europe was:
The use of submarines against the British.
The invasion of Poland.
The invasion of France.
The bombing of Russia.
69
Jesse Owens is associated with which of the following?
He won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
He donated $1 million to build Jackson State College in 1947
He was a soldier during WW1 & volunteered for WW2 at age 47
He wrote firsthand accounts that described Germany's attacks
70
What was President Roosevelt's plan for getting the United States out of the Great Depression?
The Alphabet Agencies
The New Deal
FDR's Deal
Te Relief, Recovery,Reform Act
