Which of the following is not an action taken by President Hoover at the beginning of the Great Depression?

Started the Agricultural Adjustement Agency to lower food prices.

What event is considered the ending of WWII?

The bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki.

Which of the following was not a factor that lead to the Great Depression?

Government action to hire people and fund state relief agencies.

Which of the following poor farming practices contributed to the Dust Bowl?

Farmers began plowing land poorly suited to farming due to dropping prices., Deep plowing that contributed to soil erosion., Farmers burned plants to control weeds, removing soil anchoring vegetation

What was the policy of appeasement?

Allowing Germany to annex Czechoslavakia in the hope they would stop there.

What was the Manhattan Project?

Top secret plan to develop atomic bombs.

What was the economic plan of Huey Long?

To seize excess wealth and redistribute it to the poor.

What was the Yalta Conference?

Allied meeting to discuss post-war Europe.

What was the Lend-Lease Act?

US loaning or selling weapons to Great Britain without immediate payment.

What was President Hoover's response to the Bonus Army?

He ordered MacArthur & the army to forcibly remove them.

What was the Townsend Plan?

To pay older Americans not to work.

What was the Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact?

An agreement to not attack one another.

What was the economic plan of Father Charles Coughlin?

To nationalize banks and cause inflation to make it easier to pay debts.

What was the American Liberty League?

Conservative politicians & business leaders opposed to the New Deal.

What was FDR's New Deal?

Gov't programs designed to pull America out of the Great Depression.

Which event led to the US being involved in WWII?

The Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor.

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1
Which of the following is not an action taken by President Hoover at the beginning of the Great Depression?
Emergency Relief Construction Act gave $1.8B to states for relief
Started the Agricultural Adjustement Agency to lower food prices.
Met with business leaders and made them promise to not cut wages.
Created Reconstruction Finance Corp. to give emergency loans to businesses.
2
What event is considered the ending of WWII?
Allied victory at Iwo Jima.
The death of Adolf Hitler.
Fall of Berlin to Soviet troops.
The bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
3
Which of the following was not a factor that lead to the Great Depression?
Uneven distribution of income.
Government action to hire people and fund state relief agencies.
Stock Market Crash.
Loss of export sales.
4
Which of the following poor farming practices contributed to the Dust Bowl?
Seasonal crop rotation to keep the soil fertile.
Farmers began plowing land poorly suited to farming due to dropping prices.
Deep plowing that contributed to soil erosion.
Farmers burned plants to control weeds, removing soil anchoring vegetation
5
What was the policy of appeasement?
Allowing Germany to annex Czechoslavakia in the hope they would stop there.
Germany & Russia's plan to attack and split Poland.
America's policy of isolationism that was hoped to keep them out of the war
The agreement between Germany & Russia to not attack each other.
6
What was the Manhattan Project?
Top secret plan to develop atomic bombs.
Top secret US plan to sell weapons to Great Britain.
Top Secret plan for the Allied invasion of Europe.
Top secret Nazi plan to develop rockets to launch against Great Britain.
7
How did America respond to the rise of European fascism?
Passing the Neutrality Acts.
Joining the League of Nations.
Attacking Japan.
Creating defense treaties with non-fascist nations.
8
Who was placed in internment camps by the US Government?
Americans opposed to US involvement in WWII.
Japanese Americans.
Italian Americans.
German Americans.
9
What was the economic plan of Huey Long?
To cause inflation so people could pay off their debts easier.
To seize excess wealth and redistribute it to the poor.
To cut New Deal programs and allow private business to take them over.
To pay older Americans not to work.
10
What was the Yalta Conference?
The Trial of Nazi war criminals.
Allied meeting to discuss post-war Europe.
Allied meeting to discuss Japan's surrender.
The Allied plan to invade Germany.
11
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
US loaning or selling weapons to Great Britain without immediate payment.
A secret US program to develop atomic weapons.
US law forbidding the sale of weapons to warring nations.
USSR lending weapons to Germany to invade Czechoslavakia.
12
Drought and ______ brought about the conditions that caused the Dust Bowl.
famine
overgrazing at large cattle ranches
uneven distribution of income
poor farming practices
13
What was President Hoover's response to the Bonus Army?
He ordered the Department of Veteran Affairs to pay their bonuses.
He met with them in the White House to hear their demands.
He ordered MacArthur & the army to forcibly remove them.
He created soup kitchens to feed them and "Hoovervilles" to house them.
14
What was the Townsend Plan?
To limit immigration during the Great Depression.
To pay older Americans not to work.
To pay farmers to grow less food.
To seize money from the rich and give it to the poor.
15
What was the Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact?
The peace treaty signed when the USSR left WWII.
An agreement to divide Europe at the end of WWII.
An agreement to not attack one another.
Secret plan to attack and split Poland between the two nations.
16
What state was FDR governor of before he was elected President?
New York.
New Jersey.
New Hampshire.
Virginia.
17
What was the economic plan of Father Charles Coughlin?
To allow private businesses to take over New Deal programs.
To pay older Americans not to work.
To seize money from the wealthy and give it to the poor.
To nationalize banks and cause inflation to make it easier to pay debts.
18
What was the American Liberty League?
Group opposed to immigration.
Conservative politicians & business leaders opposed to the New Deal.
Political group that wanted to pay older Americans not to work.
Political group that wanted to seize and redistribute wealth.
19
What was FDR's New Deal?
Series of "fireside chats" to ease fears over the Depression.
Gov't program designed to "Americanize" new immigrants.
Gov't programs designed to pull America out of the Great Depression.
Gov't program to build up the American military for WWII.
20
Which event led to the US being involved in WWII?
The German invasion of Poland.
The Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor.
The sinking of the Lusitania.
The Battle of Britain.
21
What type of government considered the nation more important than the individual citizen?
Fascism.
Monarchy.
Democracy.
Communism.

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