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The Roaring 20s through WWII
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What was the Emergency Banking Relief Act?
An act proposed by FDR to create jobs in banking
An act proposed by Hoover to end the bank failures
An act proposed by FDR to regulate banks more tightly
An act proposed by Hoover to pay the “Bonus Army”
2
Even before Pearl Harbor, Congress enacted
A Resolution of War
A military draft
A war bond campaign
A rationing law
3
What were homeless communities often called in the early 1930s?
Little Toledos
Roosevelt Townships
Americavilles
Hoovervilles
4
What criticism did some DEMOCRATS have on the New Deal?
It did not go far enough in helping the poor.
It did noting to relive the overworked judges
Government pensions were not large enough
It went too far in regulating businesses
5
The 19th Amendment
gave women the right to vote (suffrage)
began prohibition
ended the Sedition Act
ended prohibition
6
The destruction of which two Japanese cities brought the war in the Pacific to an end
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nagasaki and Tokyo
Okinawa and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Okinawa
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What were the “black blizzards?”
Severe snowstorms occurring at night
Severe dust storms
Snow mixed with air pollution
Economic hard times
8
A speakeasy was
a secret bar/nightclub
an alcohol free nightclub
a therapy for injured WWI vets
a place where people exercised their right to free speech
9
How did President Hoover think the Great Depression would be resolved?
Through voluntary action on the part of the people
by building up the military
Through foreign aid from Europe
Through taxes imposed by the government
10
World War II started when invaders entered which European country?
Austria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
France
11
Japanese pilots who flew their planes directly into American battleships were called
Suicide pilots
Nipon pilots
Kamikaze pilots
Wasabi pilots
12
Mussolini was the leader of
Enland
Italy
USA
Soviet Union
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Stalin was the leader of
Enland
Soviet Union
USA
Italy
14
The Scopes Monkey Trial was about
Teaching evolution in the classroom
Teaching about gorillas in the classroom
Teaching about evolution in college
Teaching creationism in the classroom
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Which U.S. president ordered the use of the atomic bomb?
Churchill
Eisenhower
Truman
Roosevelt
16
What was the “Day that will live in infamy?”
December 7, 1941
August 25, 1944
July 4, 1776
December 24, 1814
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Which World War II major battle opened the way for the Allies to enter Europe?
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Retain
The D-Day invasion
The Battle of the Bulge
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The purpose of the Nuremberg Trials was to....
make the Nazis give back land it had occupied during the wa
prosecute Nazi leaders for atrocities and war crimes
try Nazis for destroying European cities
write laws declaring the status of Jews in Nazi Germany
19
How did radio change Americans buying habits
Commentators cautioned people against buying on credit
The ads encouraged people to buy on credit
The ads encouraged people to shop in the malls more.
It didn’t change anything
20
How did margin buying contribute to the stock market crash?
It made it harder to buy stocks
It made it harder to buy stocks
It led to deficit spending
made it too easy to buy risky stocks
21
The 1944 the Supreme Court ruled that
Japanese Americans couldn't face discrimination
Japanese Americans could be sent to special camps
Japanese Americans could be deported
Japanese American could not join the American armed forces
22
October 29, 1929 is
Black Tuesday
The day the Depression began
the day the stock market crashed
the day FDR was elected for the first time
23
FDR was the leader of
Enland
Soviet Union
USA
Italy
24
FDR was the only president to
drive a car
be in a wheelchair
smoke cigarettes
be related to a former president
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What prompted FDR to first use the phrase “a day which will live in infamy”?
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
German attack on the Soviet Union
In invasion of Poland by Germany
The German bombing of London, England
26
Churchill was the leader of
Enland
Soviet Union
USA
Italy
27
Truman was the leader of
Soviet Union
Enland
Italy
USA
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What criticism did some CONSERVATIVES have on the New Deal?
It went too far in regulating businesses
It did noting to relive the overworked judges
It did not go far enough in helping the poor.
Government pensions were not large enough
29
What was the purpose of the FDIC?
To provide competition for private power companies
To limit the amount of stock people could purchase
To insure depositors’ bank accounts
To cut down on pollution
30
Which of the following was a way that the United States aided Britain in 1941
Advocating appeasement
Passing the Neutrality Act
Passing the Lend-Lease Act
Signing a nonaggression agreement
31
“Installment buying” is another way of saying
trade
theft
buying on credit
charitable giving
32
How many European Jews did the Nazis in the Holocaust kill?
6 million
12 million
100,000
1 million
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During World War II, millions of America women
Faced curfews and travel restrictions
Protested equality in hiring
Took over jobs in factories and shipyards
Fought in Europe and in the Pacific
