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

to lend the government money to pay for the war

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

punish German and Japanese military leaders

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

the shallow reef prevented landing craft from reaching shore

What was the context of FDR's speech "Dec 7, 1941--a date that will live in infamy"

it was in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor

What did Stalin believe that led him to agree to a nonaggression treaty with Germany?

that it would turn Germany against Brit &Fr &keep USSR safe

During 1932 presidential campaign FDRs confidence to do better contrasted sharply w/ Hoover's

apparent failure to do anything effective about Depression

In the case Korematsu v. US, what did the Supreme Court rule relocation of Japanese Amer was?

constitutional because it was based on military urgency

What was the central purpose of the Office of War Information?

improving the public's understanding of the war

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 was a major development in popular culture during the 1920s?

a strong interest in Hollywood and "talking" pictures

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

end discrimination in hiring workers in defense industries

Why could Liberty ships be produced quickly?

assembled from prefabricated parts

Glass-Steagall Act separated commercial from investment banking & barred commercial banks from

risking depositors' money through stock speculation

What did the Nuremberg Laws do?

took citizenship away from Jewish Germans

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

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

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