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Why did the stock Market crash?
Investors panicked and started to sell
depositors made runs on the nation's banks
the Federal Reserve increased the money supply
2
How did the New Deal programs change life in the West?
Introduced labor unions and minimum wage
built dams to supply power and stop flooding
cut taxes and encouraged farmers to stop grazing sheep
3
term used to describe extreme reckless charges
arms race
genocide
Red Scare
McCarthyism
4
a medication used to keep people from getting certain sicknesses
antibiotic
genocide
assimilate
closed group
5
general who led the United States Army in Asia
Douglas MacArthur
Adolf Hitler
Rationing
Hideki Tojo
6
President Truman's military advisers predicted that an invasion of Japan....?
could force the Japanese to surrender quickly
might cost as many as 1,000,000 American lives
could strategically target cities devoted to war production
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car manufacturing method copied from meatpacking plants
speculation
business cycle
pump priming
Mass production
8
As suburbs developed, the people who lived there...
became more conservative and more politically active
became less conservative and more politically active
became less conservative and less politically active
9
Which of the following was seen as an economic declaration of war against the Axis Powers
Atlantic Charter
the Tripartite Act
Lend-Lease Act
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an independently owned retail outlet of a large company
franchise business
mutual assured destruction
antibiotic
closed group
11
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C?
General MacArthur attacked protestors demanding their bonuse
Congress refused to pay veterans their bonuses
President Hoover vetoed a bill for early payment of bonuses
12
The National Defense Education Act provided federal funds to train...?
politicians
soldiers
scientists
13
willful annihilation of a racial political, or cultural group
genocide
red scare
assimilate
closed shop
14
unions used ______ to achieve goals
Works progress administration
rationing
collective bargaining
welfare state
15
The Allies' Europe First" strategy meant that.....?
Until Hitler lost, pacific would be a second theater of war
Allies did not consider the German U-boat attacks as threats
Allies would withdraw all of their troops from North Africa
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African Americans and Mexican Americans had a hard time in the Great Depression because they...
were forced to move to northern cities to find work
faced discrimination when competing for jobs
had little community and family support
17
Why did Marcus Garvey's movement fall apart?
his supporters were to keep his organization going
His ideas became too extreme to attract many supporters
Garvey was jailed and deported to Jamaica
18
having so many weapons that both sides would be totally destroyed in an all-out war
closed shop
assimilate
genocide
mutual assured destruction
19
The Neutrality Act of 1939 allowed nations at war to buy supplies as long as they...?
paid cash and moved the supplies themselves
used the supplies for peaceful purpose only
did not attack the U.S
20
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Congress passed the _______ to deal with the banking crisis.
Federal Deposit Insurance Cooperation
Bonus Army Act
Emergency Banking Bill
21
Antiwar protesters were called....
hawks
guerillas
doves
22
When FDR tried to put more judges on the supreme court, his action was called ______?
court packing
pump priming
Klu Klux Klan
mass production
23
limiting the amount of certain goods that civilians can buy
rationing
island hopping
welfare state
collective bargaining
24
About how many total miles did U.S troops travel on the Bataan Death March
125
65
90
25
Russian convicted and executed for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviets
genocide
McCarthyism
Red Scare
Julius Rosenburg
26
Why was the conflict between the Soviet Union and the U.S described as "Cold War"?
the Soviet Union has a very cool climate
neither side engaged in direct military conflict
it was "cold" because it was not significant or important
27
Conservatives tend to prefer helping the needy through.....
gov't programs such as Social Security
higher minimum wage
charity provided by private organizations and individuals
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strategy to capturing some Japanese-held islands and ignoring others
rationing
island hopping
Works progress administration
collective bargaing
29
The Appeasement policy of the United States encouraged Germany to be...?
more aggressive
less aggressive
peaceful
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means putting money in consumers' hands so they can buy goods and stimulate the economy
pump priming
scopes trial
trickle down economics
court packing
31
In 1933, Congress repealed the Prohibition with what amendment?
Twenty-first Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
Twentieth Amendment
32
endless race to acquire greater numbers of more and more powerful weapons
arms race
assimilate
antibiotic
closed shop
33
What set the theory of evolution against fundamentalism?
Mass Production
court packing
Sit-down strike
Scopes Trials
34
What did the FDIC insure?
bank deposits
farm loans
business investments
35
why did volunteerism fail?
Businesses and citizens acted in their own best interests
President Hoover did not support the policy
Federal Gov't took control of local and state relief efforts
36
the theory of repressive government
collective bargaining
totalitarianism
Douglas MacArthur
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fear of communists, both outside and within the United States
genocide
Red Scare
McCathyism
Julius Rosenburg
38
Many people moved to the Sunbelt to....
work in defense industries
farm the land
escape traffic and overcrowding in northern cities
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a draft of military personal
trickle down economics
business cycle
selective service act
pump priming
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general who staged a surprise attack on American forces
Hideki Tojo
Adolf Hitler
Blitzkrieg
Douglas MacArthur
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dictator and head of the Nazi Party
Hideki Tojo
Douglas MacArthur
Adolf Hitler
rationing
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"lightning war"
blitzkrieg
island hopping
totalitarianism
Hideki Tojo
43
Problems caused by the Great Depression made German people likely to believe promises made by?
Hitler's Nazi Party
USA
Weimar Republic
44
What best describes the underlying cause of the Cold War
the remaining anger of enemies on opposing side in WWII
political & economic differences between the U.S & Soviets
Soviet anger at the U.S for interfering with Greece & Turkey
45
Which country was the first to begin accumulating nuclear weapon?
Britain
the Soviet Union
the United States
46
Oppenheimer and Einstein were against the development of a hydrogen bomb because they.....
were against all war and military spending
were afraid the Soviets would invent something more powerful
thought it would lead to an arms race
47
the theory that money invested in business will also reach and help workers
business cycle
speculation
trickle down economics
selective service act
48
To recover from the Great Depression, Japan
took control of the resources of other nations
spent less money on the military
elected civilians to run the country
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fitting in, making another culture your own
closed shop
red scare
genocide
assimilate
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As the 1920s progressed, farm incomes....
Declined
remained steady
increased more rapidly than incomes in urban areas
51
Which group was created to increase support for the war among the American people?
The Committee on Public Information
The Red Cross
The War Industries Board
52
the periodic growth and contraction of the economy
speculation
court packing
business cycle
mass production
53
a risky stock purchase
court packing
trickle down economics
sit-down strike
speculation
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A place where only union employees can be hired
Franchise business
red scare
Mutual Assured Destruction
closed group
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United Auto worker stage a 44-day against General Motors
sit-down strike
speculation
mass production
scopes trial
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the _____ built and improved highways, dredged rivers, and promoted conservation
collective bargaining
rationing
Works progress administration
welfare state
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a government that is responsible for the welfare of certain citizens is a .......
totalitarianism
Welfare state
Works Progress Administration
collective bargaining
58
Which group faced the most restrictions in the U.S during the war?
Japanese Americans
Italian Americans
German Americans
59
In the Korean War, United Nations' forces...
remained neutral, became peacekeepers after the war
fought together with the U.S against North Korea
fought with communist North Korea against U.S & South Korea
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target blacks, Jews, Catholics, and immigrants
court packing
Scopes Trials
Pump priming
Klu Klux Klan
