Harding/Coolidge/Hoover
FDR/New Deal
WWII (1)
WW II (2)
WWII (3)
100

During the _______ and __________ administrations, domestic policy returned to favoring big business. 

Coolidge, Harding 

100

T or F: FDR's main goals during the Great Depression were:

1) Relief 

2) Recovery 

3) Restoration 

F - relief, recovery, reform 

100
In his speech The Lights are Going Out, _______ argued that ________ could have been deterred from aggression in the country of _________________ if other nations had resisted in a united stand. 

Churchill, Hitler, Czechoslovakia. 

100

The Supreme Court case __________ _ __________ upheld the constitutionality of Japanese internment during WWII. 

Korematsu v United States 

100

T or F: In justifying Japanese internment during WWII, Justice Hugo Black argued that there were significant military dangers that justified the exclusion order. He argued that the military authorities feared an invasion, the emergency was urgent, and Congress had given the military the authority to make a judgement in such circumstances. 

200

During the Harding presidency the US hosted the _____________ _____________ __________ Conference in 1922. 

Washington Naval Disarmament Conference 

200

The New Deal attempted to address the problems of the Great Depression by creating the _____________ Adjustment ____, the ____________ _____________ Authority, and the Public ________ ____________. 

Agricultural Adjustment Act, Tennessee Valley Authority, Pubic Works Administration. 

200

T or F: Churchill suggested that there has never been a case where progress has been made by submitting to violence and that the glory of the west was built on resistance to tyranny and the idea that individuals have rights. He also urged the US to get involved in the war before Japan launched an attack. 

F - he urges the US not to keep out of the fight until they are the last country standing

200

T or F: The Allies turned the tide against the Axis powers because:

1) They had a Europe first strategy 

2) US became the Arsenal of Democracy

3) They cracked the Enigma code which helped them turn the tide the Pacific

F - cracking the Enigma code helped them turn the tide in the Atlantic 
200

T or F: Germany surrendered on the same day that Hitler committed suicide: April 30, 1945. 

F - it was on May 7, 1945 

300

T or F: During the Harding and Coolidge presidencies the US returned to a strictly isolationist stance. 

F - the US was more isolationist but not fully. 

The US supported the Kellog- Briand Pact in 1928 and the financed the Dawes Plan which loaned $ to Germany who used the $ to pay off war reparations to France and Britain who then could pay off their war debts to the US. 

300

After FDR won 4 elections the ____ amendment was passed, limiting a president to 2 terms. 

22nd amendment. 

300
The following events exacerbated tensions between Japan and the US prior to WWII.

1) the settlement of the _______ ____________ war

2) the US blocked Japanese immigration to the US

3) the US blocked a racial equality clause in the __________ ___________. 

4) limitations placed on Japanese navy due to the __________ ______________ _____________ ________ . 

Russo - Japanese war

Versailles Treaty 

Washington Naval Disarmament Conference

300

The Allies turned the tide against the Axis power because

1) the Russian defeated the Germans at _______________.

2) the US and UK drive the Axis powers out of ________ __________ before invading ___________ after the successfully fooling the Axis powers through  ____________ ______________. 

3) The Battle of ___________ turned the tide in the Pacific where the Japanese lost __________ (how many) aircraft carriers. 

Stalingrad, 

North Africa, Sicily, Operation Mincemeat

Midway, 4 

300

As part of their island hopping strategy to defeat Japan, the US liberated ____________.

the Philippines. 

400

In Herbert Hoover’s Principles and Ideals of the United States Government speech, he argued that ____ ______ is at risk if the government controls industry since the government will be forced to protect itself from the political consequences of bad decisions. 

Free speech 

400

FDR attempted to reform the banking sector by passing the ___________ _____________ ______________ _______________. 

Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation which provided insurance for deposits to prevent runs on banks. 

400

In response to Japanese aggression in Asia, FDR cancelled a trade treaty with Japan and placed an embargo on several items. Later, the US would place an oil embargo on Japan which harmed Japan as they imported _________ percent of their oil from the US 

80 percent. 

400

T or F: During 1944 and 1945:

1) the Allies attack 5 beaches in Normandy on D-Day

2) liberated Paris

3) successfully counter attacked against Germany at the Battle of the Bulge 

4) defeated Germany at Stalingrad 

4) carpet bombed Dresden and Berlin

F - the Battle of Stalingrad was in 1942-1943

The Russians did launch a massive offensive on the Eastern front around the same time as D-Day. 

400

In Korematsu v United States, Justice Robert Jackson argued that the exclusion order violated the ___________ _______________ ____________ of the 14th amendment. 

due process clause 

In addition, Frank Murphy argued internment was racist and went against the principles of the Constitution. 

500

T or F: In Herbert Hoover’s Principles and Ideals of the United States Government speech, he argued that:

1) The American system of self government prioritizes local responsibility and is founded on liberty, freedom, and equal opportunity which bring about progress.

2) While during WWI, the country temporarily resorted to a centralized despotism, we cannot continue down that path. Rather we should return to the rugged individualism of the American system.

3) It would be a mistake for the federal government to involve itself in business as that would undermine liberty and the local governments might succeed where the federal government would fail because the federal government is too busy taking care of other business. 

F - Hoover said it would be a mistake for the federal government to involve itself in business as that would undermine liberty and the local governments might succeed where the federal government would fail, given local government’s proximity to the people. 

500

T or F: The New Deal changed the economic and political landscape of the Unites States for future generations by:

1) creating the New Deal coalition of southern whites, northern blue color workers, midwestern farmers, African Americans, and bankers - this coalition gave the Democrats control of Congress for decades. 

2) the size and scope of the federal government expanded and the basis of the welfare state was created. 

F - bankers were not part of the New Deal coalition. 

500

Prior to the Japanese attack on the US, Japan was running low on fuel. They decided to attack the _______ _________ ____________ to take the oil fields there. Before they did so, they needed to cripple the US fleet stationed at _________ __________. The Japanese attacked on __________ (month) _______ (day) ______________ (year). The US responded by declaring war on Japan with _____ dissenting vote/s. 

Dutch East Indies, Pearl Harbor, december 7, 1941, one

500

The Allies agreed on an invasion of occupied France during the ________ Conference. 

Tehran. 

500
The US faced fierce fighting on the islands of ______ __________ and ___________. They carpet bombed _____________. The war finally ended after atomic bombs were dropped on _______________ and ____________ and Emperor _____________ agreed to surrender. 

Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Hirohito 

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