WWII
WWII cont'd
Great Depression
Roaring 1920s
WWI
100
During World War II, women and minorities made economic gains mainly because 1.a shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace 2.more educational opportunities increased the number of skilled workers in these groups 3.labor unions successfully demanded equal opportunities for these groups 4.new civil rights legislation forced businesses to change their hiring practices
1.a shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace
100
During World War II, the federal government used rationing to 1. hold down prices of military weapons 2. increase educational benefits for veterans 3. increase imports of scarce products 4. provide more resources for the military
4. provide more resources for the military
100
President Herbert Hoover’s response to the Great Depression was often criticized because it 1. wasted money on new social programs 2. caused widespread rioting and looting in major cities 3. raised taxes on businesses and the wealthy 4. failed to provide direct relief for the neediest persons
4. failed to provide direct relief for the neediest persons
100
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s was a period when African Americans 1. left the United States in large numbers to settle in Nigeria 2. created noteworthy works of art and literature 3. migrated to the West in search of land and jobs 4. used civil disobedience to fight segregation in the Armed Forces
2. created noteworthy works of art and literature
100
The Fourteen Points and the Atlantic Charter were both 1. statements of post-war goals for establishing world peace 2. plans of victorious nations to divide conquered territories 3. military strategies for defeating enemy nations 4. agreements between nations to eliminate further development of weapons
1. statements of post-war goals for establishing world peace
200
Which statement identifies a change in American society during World War II? 1. Economic opportunities for women increased 2. Government regulation of the economy decreased. 3. The Great Depression worsened. 4. Racial tensions were eliminated.
1. Economic opportunities for women increased
200
During World War II, many Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were relocated to detention centers primarily because they 1. were known spies for Japan 2. were seen as a security threat 3. refused to serve in the United States military 4. expressed their support for Italy and Germany
2. were seen as a security threat
200
During President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) were created as a way to 1. provide jobs to those who were unemployed 2. raise revenue for relief and recovery programs 3. limit risks associated with savings and investments 4. implement the new income tax amendment
3. limit risks associated with savings and investments
200
The 1920’s are sometimes called the "Roaring Twenties" because 1. foreign trade prospered after World War I 2. the United States assumed a leadership role in world affairs 3. political reforms made government more democratic 4. widespread social and economic change occurred
4. widespread social and economic change occurred
200
From 1914 to 1916, as World War I raged in Europe, Americans were not able to remain neutral in thought as well as action mainly because 1. United States membership in military alliances required the nation to fight 2. United States newspapers encouraged a policy of imperialist expansion 3. the warring powers interfered with the United States right to freedom of the seas 4. President Woodrow Wilson supported the war aims of Germany and Austria-Hungary
3. the warring powers interfered with the United States right to freedom of the seas
300
In 1944, Congress enacted the GI Bill of Rights in order to 1. provide economic aid to veterans 2. reduce military expenditures 3. ban racial segregation in the armed forces 4. create government jobs for returning soldiers
1. provide economic aid to veterans
300
To help pay for World War II, the United States government relied heavily on the 1. money borrowed from foreign governments 2. sale of war bonds 3. sale of United States manufactured goods to neutral nations 4. printing of additional paper money
2. sale of war bonds
300
Which economic factor was a major cause of the Great Depression? 1. purchase of stocks on credit 2. increases in taxes on business 3. reduction of tariffs on imports 4. failure to produce enough consumer goods
1. purchase of stocks on credit
300
Public disregard for Prohibition and for laws prohibiting gambling indicates that 1. the American film industry has great influence on public opinion 2. the system of checks and balances does not work 3. attempts to legislate public morality may be met with strong resistance 4. American citizens have little, if any, respect for laws
3. attempts to legislate public morality may be met with strong resistance
300
After World War I, the opposition of some Members of Congress to the Versailles Treaty was based largely on the idea that the Treaty 1. did not punish the Central Powers harshly enough 2. did not give the United States an important role in world affairs 3. would require the United States to join the League of Nations and might result in a loss of United States sovereignty 4. would require the United States to assume the cost of rebuilding the war-torn European economies
3. would require the United States to join the League of Nations and might result in a loss of United States sovereignty
400
The United States Supreme Court decision in Korematsu v. United States (1944) concerned 1. restricting freedom of the press 2. the president’s right to use atomic weapons 3. limiting civil liberties during wartime 4. the right of women to serve in military combat
3. limiting civil liberties during wartime
400
The Neutrality Acts passed by Congress in the mid-1930s were efforts to 1. avoid mistakes that led the country into World War I 2. create jobs for the unemployed in the military defense industry 3. support the League of Nations efforts to stop wars in Africa and Asia 4. help the democratic nations of Europe against Hitler and Mussolini
1. avoid mistakes that led the country into World War I
400
What were two basic causes of the Dust Bowl during the early 1930s? 1. strip mining and toxic waste dumping 2. overfarming and severe drought 3. clear-cutting of forests and construction of railroads 4. overpopulation and urban sprawl
2. overfarming and severe drought
400
Which events best support the image of the 1920’s as a decade of nativist sentiment? 1. the passage of the National Origins Act and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan 2. the Scopes trial and the passage of women’s suffrage 3. the Washington Naval Conference and the Kellogg-Briand Pact 4. the growth of the auto industry and the Teapot Dome Affair
1. the passage of the National Origins Act and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan
400
The "clear and present danger" ruling of the Supreme Court in Schenck v. United States illustrates the continuing conflict between 1. free speech and governmental authority 2. the use of search warrants and the rights of the accused 3. state powers and Federal powers 4. religious freedom and separation of church and state
1. free speech and governmental authority
500
In the 1930s, Congress attempted to avoid the situations that led to United States involvement in World War I by 1. enacting a peacetime draft law 2. passing a series of neutrality acts 3. authorizing the deportation of American Communist Party members 4. relocating Japanese Americans to internment camps
2. passing a series of neutrality acts
500
The decision of the Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States (1944) upheld the power of the president during wartime to 1. ban terrorists from entering the country 2. limit a group’s civil liberties 3. stop mistreatment of resident legal aliens 4. deport persons who work for enemy nations
2. limit a group’s civil liberties
500
A lasting result of the New Deal in the United States has been the 1. reduction of the national debt 2. control of stock prices by the Federal Government 3. joint effort of business and labor to strengthen the Presidency 4. assumption by the Federal Government of greater responsibility for the nation’s well-being
4. assumption by the Federal Government of greater responsibility for the nation’s well-being
500
In the United States, the decade of the 1920’s was characterized by 1. a willingness to encourage immigration to the United States 2. increased consumer borrowing and spending 3. the active involvement of the United States in European affairs 4. major reforms in national labor legislation
2. increased consumer borrowing and spending
500
President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points were intended to 1. make the United States, Great Britain, and France into leading world powers 2. redistribute Germany’s colonies among the Allied nations 3. prevent international tensions from leading to war 4. punish Germany for causing World War I
3. prevent international tensions from leading to war
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