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Depression through the Sixties Staar Review
Depression through the Sixties Staar Review
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1
The U.S. involvement in WW II ended with the . . .
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Japan
The surrender of Hitler
Kennedy's Assassination
The Surrender of the U.S.
2
The 26th Amendment allows which group the right to vote . . .
Blacks
Zombies
18 year olds
Women
3
Roosevelt's promised to fix the Depression by giving Americans . . .
A Great Society
A kick in the behind
A New Deal
A Square Deal
4
New Deal programs were aimed at all of the following except, . . .
Creating REFORM laws to regulate banks and businesses
Invented RADIO so he could have his " Fireside Chats"
Direct RELIEF to the people in the form of "work" projects
Helping banks, businesses and farmers RECOVER
5
President Hoover made the mistake of trying to fix the Depression by . . .
Extending aid to banks and businesses
Doing Nothing
Performing magic tricks
Giving aid directly yo out of work citizens
6
The Great Depression began when after the stock market crashed, . . .
The government shut down banks
Banks closed because they couldn't pay their depositors
Banks started making risky loans
Banks began making human sacrifices
7
The Cold War led to all but one of the following . . .
Civil Rights Movement
Vietnam and Korean Wars
Cuban Missile Crisis and Embargo
Nuclear Arms Race and Space Race
8
Hitler used the idea of eugenics to attempt to exterminate the Jews in the . . .
Holocaust
Last Stand
Extermination
Great Lie
9
In an attempt to put Americans back to work during the Depression Hoover authorized . . .
The Navajo Indians to do a rain dance
Sending 1000s of American workers to Mexico to work
Importing cheep labor from Mexico
The Mexican Repatriation Act sending Mexicans back to Mexico
10
The Cold War was waged without actual battles between the U.S. and . . .
The Soviet Union
Germany
France
Japan
11
America's official policy toward communism was and is one of . . .
Aggression
Fear
Containment
Tolerance
12
The event which caused the U.S. to enter WW II combat operations was . . .
The bombing of Pearl Harbor Hawaii
The bombing of Tokyo,
The invasion of Poland
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
13
The "Little Rock Nine" were peacefully allowed to attend a white high school.
False
True
14
After WW II Germany and its capital were divided betwenn the US and Soviets by the . . .
Berlin Wall
The Brick Wall
Barbed Wire Curtain
The Hedge Row
15
America's involvement in WW II ended the . . .
American Revolution
Great Depression
New Deal
Civl War
16
Roosevelt did manage to get some aid to the allies through the ________________.
The Cash and Carry Act
The Berlin Airlift
The 21st Amendment
Lend-Lease Act
17
The House Un-American Activities Committe under Joseph McCarthy . . .
Held fair and impartial hearings on suspected communists
Tried Nazi war criminals
Persecuted many innocent people without credible evidence
Convicted Saddam Hussein of war crimes
18
Roosevelt's "Court Packing Scheme" was an attempt to . . .
Add more Justices to the Court who would support his plans
Send members of the Supreme Court on a long vacation
Encourage citizens to go see the Supreme Court in action
Abolish the Supreme Court
19
African Americans served alongside Whites and were recognized for their service during the war.
False
True
20
Which Constitutional Amendment repealed Prohibition?
26th
18th
21st
19th
21
Droughts and Over-farming created ___________ in the Great Plains during the depression.
The Super Bowl
The Chili Bowl
The Dust Bowl
The Cotton Bowl
22
Which important Civil Rights Supreme Court case overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Brown vs. Board of Education
Wisconsin vs. Yoder
Mendez vs. Westminster
Sweatt vs. Painter
23
Americans made many sacrifices during WW II with the exception of . . .
Buying War Bonds to finance the war
Victory Gardens where they grew there own food
Rationing of fuel and recycling of all metals
Human Sacrifices
24
The Supreme Allied Commander in WW II who later became President was . . .
Dwight Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
Alvin York
George Patton
25
In 1933 Adolf Hitler took power in Germany which was also in a Depression because of . . .
The League of Nations
Greedy Jews
The Treaty of Versailles
Dirty Gypsies
26
As Hitler gained power in Germany he began to regain areas lost in WW I because at first . . .
He attacked England and France, scaring them
The Mexicans were distracting the Americans
He distracted the allies with magic tricks
England and France did not want war so they appeased him
27
All civil rights leaders believd in peaceful protests.
True
False
28
Early in WW II Roosevelt wanted to go to the aid of our allies France and England, but . . .
Americans were on the side of Germany
The Russians said they could handle it
Americans preferred isolationism to another foreign war
The atomic bomb was not ready
29
Martin Luther King's " I Have a Dream" speech led to this important legislation.
The 19th Amendment
The Truman Doctrine
The Equal Rights Amendment
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
30
The Cold War was essentially a difference of opinion about which was better, Communism or . . .
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Democracy
Socialism
