After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940, two members of Congress introduced what?

Selective Service and Training Act

What was the International Military Tribunal (IMT) was created to do?

punish German and Japanese military leaders

During the Great Depression, who were many farmers forced to turn their farms over to?

banks that held their mortgages

What was true of stock prices before the late 1920s?

generally reflected the stocks' true value

The "Double V" campaign meant victory over what?

Hitler's racism abroad and victory over racism at home

During World War II, why did Americans buy over $150 billion worth of bonds?

to lend the government money to pay for the war

How did successes of Tuskegee Airmen & other African Amer units influence US military policy?

Pres Truman fully integrated the military in 1948 after war

What was Rosie the Riveter a symbol of?

campaign to hire women to work in factories during the war

What was President Roosevelt trying to do by presenting his "Four Freedoms"?

shift public opinion toward helping Britain

How did most Americans of the 1920s want to avoid future wars?

avoiding involvement in world affairs

What kept the bull market of the 1920s going?

investors continued putting new money into the market

What did Roosevelt use the Lend-Lease Act for?

get around the requirements of the Neutrality Act

What did Roosevelt create the Fair Employment Practices Commission to do?

end discrimination in hiring workers in defense industries

In 1929, the top 5% of all Amer households earned 30% of the nation's income, an example of

an uneven distribution of income

Where did companies that wanted to convert their factories to war production received loans?

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

The Allies placed props along the coast of Britain to convince the Germans of what?

Allies planned to land invasion forces on Pas-de-Calais

What did the Nuremberg Laws do?

took citizenship away from Jewish Germans

What was one of the reasons the US Marines had severe casualties at Tarawa?

the shallow reef prevented landing craft from reaching shore

Why did thousands of World War I veterans go to Washington DC in 1932 to lobby Congress?

pass legislation giving vets their promised bonuses early

When did the British and French realize that appeasement had failed?

when Hitler made demands for territory in Poland

Why could Liberty ships be produced quickly?

assembled from prefabricated parts

What did Albert B. Fall receive bribes for in the Teapot Dome scandal?

allowing private interests to lease lands with US Navy oil

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1
June 1941, in violation of a non-aggression treaty, where did Hitler launch a massive invasion?
France
Czechoslovakia
the Soviet Union
Austria
2
After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940, two members of Congress introduced what?
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Selective Service and Training Act
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
War Production Board
3
In addition to the stock market crash of 1929, the economy was shaken by a slowdown in
farm production
mortgages
retail sales
tariff rates
4
What did the government introduce in the Southwest to help farmers overcome the labor shortage?
Migrant Worker Program
Rosie the Riveter Program
Bracero Program
Relocation Program
5
What was the International Military Tribunal (IMT) was created to do?
punish German and Japanese military leaders
set reparations dues for Germany and Japan
indict Japanese Emperor Hirohito for war crimes
establish military rules of engagement for future wars
6
During the Great Depression, who were many farmers forced to turn their farms over to?
banks that held their mortgages
court officers
nonpaying tenants
government agencies
7
When FDR & Churchill met near Newfoundland in 1941 they agreed on the text of what document?
Lend-Lease Act
Export Control Act
Atlantic Charter
Neutrality Act
8
In the 1920s, how did the Federal Reserve contribute to weaknesses in the stock market?
by speculating on market interest rates
by keeping interest rates low
by lending to foreign companies
by lending to speculators
9
After being trapped in Belgium, the only port open for Brit &Fr to evacuate their troops was?
Danzig
Brussels
Antwerp
Dunkirk
10
What created the impression FDR was trying to interfere with the separation of powers in govt?
the court-packing plan
the recession of 1937
cutting federal programs
the broker state
11
What was true of stock prices before the late 1920s?
were to high for most people to afford
did not change much
had little to do with the economy
generally reflected the stocks' true value
12
How did President Roosevelt and his advisers primarily see the Social Security Act?
a retirement pension measure
a welfare measure
a relief measure
an insurance measure
13
In addition to the stock market crash in 1929, what was a key cause of the Great Depression?
overconsumption
overproduction
deflation
inflation
14
The "Double V" campaign meant victory over what?
the Nazis and victory over the Fascists
land and victory on the seas
Europe and victory in the Pacific
Hitler's racism abroad and victory over racism at home
15
During World War II, why did Americans buy over $150 billion worth of bonds?
to avoid paying taxes
to donate part of their wages to the military
to lend the government money to pay for the war
to finance public works projects
16
What was the night of anti-Jewish violence known as?
blitzkrieg
Gestapo
Kristallnacht
Anschluss
17
How did successes of Tuskegee Airmen & other African Amer units influence US military policy?
Pres Truman fully integrated the military in 1948 after war
FDR desegregated military after 99th Pursuit Squadron in1941
FDR ordered military begin recruiting AfricanAmer soldiers
President Truman continued the policy of segregated armies
18
What was Rosie the Riveter a symbol of?
campaign to hire women to work in factories during the war
Mexican farmworkers who helped with the harvest
women who joined the armed forces
Japanese civilians who were sent to internment camps
19
In 1938 Brit &Fr agreed to Hitler's demand for the Sudetenland- an area of what country?
Czechoslavakia
Poland
Austria
Belgium
20
Who was President Harding's secretary of commerce?
Herbert Hoover
Harry Daugherty
John W. Davis
Andrew Mellon
21
What was President Roosevelt trying to do by presenting his "Four Freedoms"?
justify America's neutrality
shift public opinion toward entering the war
shift public opinion toward helping Britain
justify his call for speeding up America's military build-up
22
The center of creativity &freedom where artists, writers, &intellectuals of the 1920s gathered
Greenwich Village
Haight -Ashbury
Charleston
Boston
23
How did most Americans of the 1920s want to avoid future wars?
banning Japan from the League of Nations
forbidding Germany to rebuild its armed forces
avoiding involvement in world affairs
dividing Germany among the Allies
24
What kept the bull market of the 1920s going?
banks continued to invest in stocks
investors continued putting new money into the market
stock brokers continued to make loans to investors
the federal reserve continued to lower interest rates
25
What did Roosevelt use the Lend-Lease Act for?
spy on German U-boat activities
get around the requirements of the Neutrality Act
assure the return of borrowed American ships
bring in revenue needed for the American military buildup
26
To get resources, where did the Japanese military invade?
Tibet
Korea
Manchuria
Taiwan
27
During the Great Depression, what happened when a bank collapsed?
depositors were repaid if their accounts were insured
the government covered the bank's debts
depositors lost their savings
the government stepped in to run the bank
28
1942 most of the W Coast declared military zone & all ppl w/Jap ancestry ordered to relocate to
the East Coast
internment camp
Japan
the Sunbelt
29
Where did penniless families wiped out by the Depression & drought, leave the Dust Bowl go to?
Washington DC
the Midwest
the South
California
30
What did Roosevelt create the Fair Employment Practices Commission to do?
control wages and prices
meditate disputes between labor and management
end discrimination in hiring workers in defense industries
coordinate all government housing projects
31
Bank runs increased bc some ppl feared FDR would abandon the gold standard &reduce the value of
mortgages
the dollar
silver
farm crops
32
In 1929, the top 5% of all Amer households earned 30% of the nation's income, an example of
overproduction
a bull market
an uneven distribution of income
a recession
33
Where did the Bataan Death March occur?
the Philipines
North Africa
Corregidor
the Soviet Union
34
Where did companies that wanted to convert their factories to war production received loans?
Selective Service
Office of War Mobilization
Cost-Plus system
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
35
Who was a fervent anti-Communist and a great admirer of Benito Mussolini?
Joseph Stalin
Francisco Franco
Vladimir Lenin
Adolf Hitler
36
The Allies placed props along the coast of Britain to convince the Germans of what?
the Allies had more troops than they really had
an invasion of Britain would be futile
the Allies planned to invade coast of Germany rather than Fr
Allies planned to land invasion forces on Pas-de-Calais
37
Who did one of the Works Progress Administration programs, called Federal Number One, employ?
young men ages 18-25
people in the arts
workers in the construction industry
displaced tenant farmers
38
The Axis powers during World War II consisted of German, Italy &
Austria
Japan
Soviet Union
Spain
39
What did Nazi leaders in the Wannsee Conference do?
planned the final solution
planned the invasion of Poland
negotiated with Britain and France for the Sudetenland
negotiated a nonaggression treaty with the Soviet Union
40
Although the city of Danzig was over 90% German, since WWI it had been a part of what country?
Austria
France
Czechoslovakia
Poland
41
What did the Nuremberg Laws do?
required all Jewish Germans to leave the country
authorized German police to shoot Jewish Germans
took citizenship away from Jewish Germans
required all Jewish Germans to move to concentration camps
42
Where was The "Dust Bowl" located?
the Midwest
the Pacific Northwest
the Southeast
the Great Plains
43
What was one of the reasons the US Marines had severe casualties at Tarawa?
they had no air support
the Japanese used kamikaze fighters against them
the Japanese had the high ground of Mount Suribachi
the shallow reef prevented landing craft from reaching shore
44
On Nov 8, 1942, the American invasion of North Africa began under the command of which general?
George Patton
Chester Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
45
What was the Scopes trial about?
teaching evolution
controlling immigration
curbing the Ku Klux Klan
enforcing Prohibition
46
Why did thousands of World War I veterans go to Washington DC in 1932 to lobby Congress?
provide military jobs for unemployed veterans
provide public works jobs for unemployed veterans
pass legislation giving vets their promised bonuses early
enact a bonus for war veterans and their families
47
When did the British and French realize that appeasement had failed?
when Hitler made demands for territory in Poland
when Hitler invaded Poland
when Hitler invaded Austria
when Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia
48
Why could Liberty ships be produced quickly?
made of steel rather than iron
made with thick hulls
assembled from prefabricated parts
we were just that good
49
Which amendment repealed Prohibition?
Nineteenth Amendment
Twenty-second Amendment
Twenty-first Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
50
What did Albert B. Fall receive bribes for in the Teapot Dome scandal?
allowing private interest to drill for oil in a natl park
promising immunity to businesses who overcharged the US Navy
allowing private interests to lease lands with US Navy oil
preventing federal prosecution of a member of the Ohio Gang
51
At Auschwitz, what happened immediately to elderly, disabled, sick ppl, & mothers &children?
forced to work as slave laborers
sent to the gas chambers
deported to Germany
sent to another concentration camp
52
During the Great Depression farmers under pressure from debt &falling prices were devastated by
unemployment and bank closures
migration and repatriation
homelessness and Hoovervilles
drought and the Dust Bowl
53
What was the result of the Battle of Britain?
the German air force destroyed the Royal Air Force
Brits sunk most of the German ships that crossed Eng Channel
the Royal Air Force saved Britain from invasion
British troops defeated the German ground invasion
54
What is a long period of rising stock prices known as?
bull market
margin call
foreclosure
bank run
55
2yrs into FDRs 1st term, New Deal programs created over 2 million jobs, 10 million Amer workers
joined labor unions
did not support Roosevelt
remained unemployed
could find only temporary employment
56
Some of FDRs advisers supported the New Nationalism of TR & wanted govt agencies to do what?
break up large companies
run key parts of the economy
set up welfare progrms
work with business
57
What was the context of FDR's speech "Dec 7, 1941--a date that will live in infamy"
it was in response to the Normandy invasion
he was asking for a declaration of war against Germany
it was as a justification for dropping the atomic bomb
it was in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor
58
Which New Deal agency insisted contractors couldn't discriminate against African Amer?
Public Works Administration
Civil Works Administration
Farm Credit Administration
National Recovery Administration
59
V-E Day refers to what?
Victory over Hitler and racism
Victory over Japan day
Victory over Europe day
the invasion of Normandy aka Operation Overlord
60
What was the first area that Hitler "unified" with Germany?
Czechoslovakia
Poland
the Sudentenland
Austria
61
What did the new morality of the in 1920s placed a high value on?
personal freedom
work
traditional values
wealth
62
To pay for public works proj to create enough jobs, the govt would have to raise taxes or
borrow money
print money
reduce inflation
lay off federal employees
63
Which term refers to African American arts flourishing in the 1920s?
South Side Renaissance
Great Transformation
Harlem Renaissance
Great Awakening
64
Glass-Steagall Act separated commercial from investment banking & barred commercial banks from
handling everyday banking transactions
risking depositors' money through stock speculation
offering investment advice to depositors
providing government insurance for bank deposits
65
Before FDR became president, many state governors declared "bank holidays" in order to do what?
give bank employees time off
reduce the value of the dollar
prevent bank runs
help the Federal Reserve
66
What did Stalin believe that led him to agree to a nonaggression treaty with Germany?
it was the best way to protect Poland
that the Soviets and the Nazis had much in common
it would free him for a war against Britain and France
that it would turn Germany against Brit &Fr &keep USSR safe
67
What were blue points and red points a system for?
rationing goods
mapping opposing forces
rewarding American civilians
prioritizing targets for attack
68
What baseball player also became a national hero?
Red Grange
Bill Tilden
Jack Dempsey
Babe Ruth
69
To provide money directly to impoverished families, known as__which Pres Hoover was against
relief
income
credits
bonuses
70
What was a major development in popular culture during the 1920s?
an increase in regional interests & a decline in mass media
a preference for watching TV over listening to the radio
a declining interest in sports and sports heroes
a strong interest in Hollywood and "talking" pictures
71
Economic recovery from the Grt Dep would not be complete &unemployment would remain high until
the end of the Second New Deal
after World War II
the Wagner Act became law
deficit spending was stopped
72
The air battle between the German Luftwaffe and the British air force in 1940 was known as?
sitzkrieg
the Munich Crisis
the Battle of Britain
the "Miracle at Dunkirk"
73
With whose election was the voting power of African Americans exhibited?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Oscar DePriest
John J. Parker
Marcus Garvey
74
During the stock market crash of October 1929, what were prices driven down by?
the government intervening in the market
companies being forced out of business
investors selling stocks at a frenzied pace
banks being forced to close
75
President FDR abandoned a balanced budget & began using what to pay for New Deal programs?
deficit spending
the gold standard
direct relief
binding arbitration
76
Which of the following had become an accepted part of American life by the 1920s?
automobiles
bathtubs
televisions
computers
77
How did the cost-plus system speed up war production?
imposing penalties on CO that didn't meet production quotas
providing bonuses for superior workmanship in war production
provide larger profits to CO that work fast &produced a lot
by allowing previously competing companies to work together
78
WWI vets who marched to Washington, DC to demand early payment of promised bonuses were called
Bonus Army
Bonus Rebellion
Bonus Veterans
Bonus Lobby
79
What was Henry Ford's business philosophy to increase sales?
constantly improving his cars' mechanical reliability
providing consumers with a variety of styles and colors
lowering the cost per car
advertising
80
Because of the Neutrality Act of 1937, what could Americans not do?
join another country's military
join the Nazi or Fascist Party
travel into war zone
ship non-military goods to nations at war
81
Who organized Hunger Marches in Washington DC, and other cities?
the Bonus Army
the American Communist Party
federal government agencies
farm organizations
82
What were members of the Fascist militia that backed Mussolini known as?
storm troopers
Blackshirts
kamikazes
the Gestapo
83
What was developed because of attacks on American cargo ships by German submarines?
convoy system
liberty ship
victory garden
cost plus system
84
The Office of Price Admin rationed many consumer products to make sure enough was avail for
schools
military use
the elderly
children
85
What system of manufacturing divided operations into simple tasks & cut unnecessary motion?
product placement
assembly line
apprentice system
construction design
86
Few Americans wanted to raise immigration quotas, even to accommodate European
refugees
trade
peace
leaders
87
If Brit &Amer troops opened 2nd front by attacking Germny from west-it would take pressure off
Italians
Pacific War
French
Soviet Union
88
In the 1930s, who often sponsored daytime radio dramas such as The Guiding Light?
advertising companies
automobile manufacturers
makers of laundry soaps
Hollywood movie studios
89
The result of a presidential order allowed military to declare part of the US a military zone
many military installations sprang up along the West Coast
many areas of the West became off-limits to civilians
many Japanese Americans were moved to internment camps
much of the Nevada desert became a weapons testing ground
90
What was the central purpose of the Office of War Information?
coordinating espionage
stabilizing wages and prices
developing encrypted codes
improving the public's understanding of the war
91
During 1932 presidential campaign FDRs confidence to do better contrasted sharply w/ Hoover's
limited but real success addressing problems of Depression
willingness to increase govt spending on a massive scale
apparent failure to do anything effective about Depression
criticism of Democratic laissez-faire economic policies
92
What was the fundamental cause the New Deal relief programs were based on?
low consumption
a decline in export sales
high prices
a crisis of confidence
93
What were the bombs, dropped by the US over Tokyo that caused massive fires, filled with?
amphtrac
napalm
grease
dynamite
94
In the case Korematsu v. US, what did the Supreme Court rule relocation of Japanese Amer was?
unconstitutional , and they had to released at once
constitutional because it was based on military urgency
constitutional, but govt had to pay them for property losses
unconstitutional because it was based on race
95
One of NAACP's political triumphs in 1930 was the defeat of Judge Parker's nomination to what?
Circuit Court
US Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Senate
96
FDR won a landslide reelection victory in 1936, in part because millions of Americans
hoped FDR would appoint liberal justices to Supreme Court
supported FDRs decision to fund programs w/deficit spending
believed the Great Depression had come completely to an end
owed their jobs &safety of their bank accounts to New Deal
97
Where did the Nazis build extermination facilities with a number of concentration camps?
Germany
Austria
Poland
France
98
Characters who were flawed individuals but still had heroic qualities of mind & spirit were
Galloping Ghosts
Heroic antiheroes
Hollow Men
the lost generation
99
Who did Adolf Hitler blame Germany's defeat in World War I on?
weak German ruler
democratic form of government
Jews
Slavs
100
The CCC offered unemployed young men the opportunity to work outdoors under whose direction?
the US Army
their state governments
the forestry service
environmental organizations

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