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Q:
As a result of their threat in 1941 to mobilize a march on Washington by 100,000 people, black leaders
A) obtained FDR's agreement to initiate a policy eliminating discrimination in the employment of defense workers.
B) were unable to obtain any concessions from President Roosevelt because of his dependence on southern votes.
C) brought about an executive order immediately desegregating the United States armed forces.
D) successfully ended discrimination in the United States.
Q:
After the outbreak of war between the United States and Japan in 1941,
A) the civil rights of German Americans and Italian Americans were restricted, as were those of Japanese Americans, because Germany and Italy were allied with Japan.
B) the U.S. government carefully protected the civil rights of Japanese living in the United States.
C) Japan launched an attack on the California coast.
D) the United States forced most Japanese in the United States to move from their homes.
Q:
During World War II, the ethnic group that faced the most difficult test of loyalty to the United States were the
A) Germans.
B) Japanese.
C) English.
D) Swedes.
Q:
In America during World War II, generally
A) there was little sense of involvement in the war effort because none of the fighting occurred in the United States.
B) people of all ages joined in supporting the war effort.
C) only the young supported the war enthusiastically.
D) the government found it difficult to promote support for the war effort.
Q:
During World War II, in general, the American people
A) were acutely aware of the horror and destruction of the war.
B) supported the war through purchase of war bonds.
C) increased their spending on consumer goods.
D) had little personal experience with the tragedy of the war.
Q:
The impact of World War II on American society
A) led to a reduction of inflation.
B) retarded the growth of labor unions.
C) increased the number of Americans who had to pay an income tax.
D) loosened government control over the economy.
Q:
During World War II, labor unions in the United States
A) failed to gain any wage increases for their members.
B) increased in membership.
C) in general, refused to cooperate with the war effort.
D) agreed fully with the government's labor policy.
Q:
In his effort to mobilize the American economy for the war effort during World War II, FDR
A) was generally successful in achieving his goals.
B) openly antagonized American businessmen.
C) refused to support a policy of rationing.
D) condemned the efforts of the War Production Board.
Q:
According to the authors of the textbook, President Franklin Roosevelt
A) did not know that the Japanese planned to attack Hawaii.
B) deliberately provoked an attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor to force American entry into World War II.
C) ordered military leaders to prepare for a possible attack on Pearl Harbor.
D) anticipated that the Japanese would attack Hawaii.
Q:
Japan's master plan for the Far East
A) was designed to accommodate American interests in the region.
B) had little effect on East-West relations.
C) called for the right to self-determination for all Asians.
D) brought them eventually into confrontation with the United States.
Q:
After his reelection in 1940, FDR's response to the developments in Europe was to
A) support the Lend-Lease Act in order to aid the British war effort.
B) aid Germany as much as possible without involving the United States in the war.
C) develop a carefully planned strategy to deal with the problems of war in Europe.
D) maintain strict neutrality.
Q:
World War II officially began with the
A) bombing of Great Britain.
B) invasion of the Soviet Union.
C) invasion of Poland.
D) sinking of the Bismarck.
Q:
Franklin Roosevelt's decision to change America's foreign policy during the 1930s was based on
A) his irritation with the isolationists.
B) aggression by certain European countries.
C) militarism in America.
D) his realization that the New Deal had failed.
Q:
The U.S. Congress responded to developments in Europe between 1933 and 1937 by
A) providing military aid to England.
B) declaring war on Germany.
C) approving disarmament agreements.
D) passing a series of neutrality acts.
Q:
The United States responded to the Spanish Civil War by
A) remaining neutral.
B) providing humanitarian aid to victims.
C) secretly aiding Franco.
D) giving arms to the anti-fascist forces.
Q:
In its relations with Latin America during the Franklin Roosevelt administration, the United States
A) continued to implement the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
B) intervened in Cuba to protect American investments.
C) broke diplomatic relations with Mexico when the Mexican government nationalized property owned by American oil companies.
D) reversed the earlier policy of intervention in Latin America.
Q:
At the end of World War II, the United States
A) found its influence in world affairs considerably diminished.
B) had become a debtor nation.
C) no longer pursued a foreign policy of isolation from the world.
D) returned to its traditional isolationist policy.
Q:
The author ________ wrote novels such as As I Lay Dying in the early 1930s that revealed southern racial problems.
Q:
In his book, ________, John Steinbeck writes of the plight of Mexican migrant workers.
Q:
In 1937, the Supreme Court upheld the ________ Act.
Q:
Critics called Roosevelt's attempt to reform the Supreme Court, "______________."
Q:
In 1936, the Republicans nominated Governor ________ of Kansas.
Q:
Designed to help prevent economic hardship for Americans during their old age, the ________ Act was passed in l935.
Q:
One of his critics whom President Franklin Roosevelt considered a great threat to the New Deal was the senator from Louisiana, ________.
Q:
The informal group of advisers with which President Franklin Roosevelt surrounded himself was known as the ________.
Q:
In 1932, World War I veterans organized the so-called ________ to march on Washington.
Q:
Write an essay explaining why you feel the New Deal was or was not successful in solving the problems of the Great Depression.
Q:
Discuss the major reform legislation passed by Congress during the Third New Deal during 1937 and 1938 and evaluate the degree to which these measures were successful.
Q:
Discuss the issues, candidates, and outcome of the 1936 presidential election.
Q:
Imagine yourself a black working-class person during the 1930s. Describe the probable conditions of your life, and indicate how you might respond to the programs of the New Deal.
Q:
Illustrate how the New Deal programs during the Second New Deal (1935-1936) placed greater emphasis on social reform and social justice by discussing the major welfare programs inaugurated after that date.
Q:
Discuss Franklin Roosevelt's general approach to dealing with the problems of the Great Depression and give appropriate examples from his programs implemented in the first 100 days to illustrate your analysis.
Q:
Imagine yourself a member of the Bonus Army that marched on Washington in May 1932. Explain why you participated in the march and describe your reaction to the events that occurred during the march.
Q:
Explain the philosophy on which Herbert Hoover based the programs he implemented in an attempt to deal with the problems of the Great Depression and explain why his programs failed to deal adequately with the Depression crisis.
Q:
In 1938, the tourist industry was the third largest industry in the United States, a reflection of the increasing use of the automobile.
Q:
The U.S. economy recovered in 1936 and continued to rise through World War II.
Q:
The New Deal was a consistent and well-organized effort to end the Depression and restructure society.
Q:
In response to economic suffering, feminism increased during the 1930s.
Q:
The early New Deal programs did much to assist the roughly 140,000 homeless women in the nation.
Q:
More women occupied high positions in government in the Roosevelt administration than ever before in U.S. history.
Q:
The New Deal probably aided the West less than any other region.
Q:
The Works Progress Administration was a controversial New Deal program designed to deal with the demoralizing effect of unemployment on the American people.
Q:
The Communist party lost members during the 1930s as the New Deal addressed labor's complaints.
Q:
In developing his New Deal policies, President Franklin Roosevelt rejected all the programs that President Hoover had instituted.
Q:
During the Great Depression, the lives of American women were probably disrupted less than those of men.
Q:
All of the following statements describe the development of American leisure by the late 1930s EXCEPT:
A) Many Americans found themselves with more time on their hands during the era because of the lack of jobs.
B) Sports continued to attract crowds, though attendance declined.
C) Contract bridge swept the country.
D) Leisure fascinated the working class much more than professionals, who failed to write on the subject.
Q:
Which of the following were the two top industries in the United States by the late 1930s?
A) tourism and agriculture
B) agriculture and mining
C) mining and tourism
D) steel and automobile
Q:
The "Okies" fled
A) the Dust Bowl in the Southwest.
B) blizzards in Alaska.
C) hurricanes in Florida.
D) earthquakes in California.
Q:
The Fair Labor Standards Act
A) was passed in 1939.
B) was not able to raise workers' wages over time.
C) barred child labor in interstate commerce.
D) made major distinctions between men and women.
Q:
The Federal Housing Administration
A) was created in 1934 by the National Housing Act.
B) departed from HOLC policies.
C) failed to enable families to buy their own homes.
D) favored remodeling urban homes to building new suburban homes.
Q:
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation
A) was created after the first 100 days.
B) was something FDR desperately wanted.
C) helped very few people save their homes from foreclosure.
D) had a minimal impact on housing policy.
Q:
Which of the following accurately relates the housing situation facing the nation in the late 1930s?
A) A shortage of urban housing existed.
B) Reformers convinced FDR to create low-income housing.
C) Slum clearance became a major focus of New Deal housing programs.
D) All of the above.
Q:
All of the following accurately relate the history of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 EXCEPT the act
A) tried to solve the problem of farm surpluses by controlling production.
B) enabled the federal treasury to make direct payments to farmers.
C) tried to market surplus crops.
D) was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Q:
Which of the following groups defected from the GOP during the 1936 election?
A) African Americans
B) Native Americans
C) Asian Americans
D) immigrants
Q:
Which of the following groups did not make up the Roosevelt coalition in the election of 1936?
A) organized labor
B) farmers
C) urbanites
D) elites and the rich
Q:
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 sought to
A) restore tribes' political independence.
B) promote "study of Indian Civilization."
C) end the Dawes Act's allotment policies.
D) None of the above.
Q:
During the New Deal, American blacks
A) controlled the Tennessee Valley Authority.
B) viewed Eleanor Roosevelt as an opponent of racial justice.
C) benefited equally with whites from relief programs.
D) found FDR generally unwilling to support civil rights legislation.
Q:
With the passage of the Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act),
A) labor-management strife came to an immediate end.
B) labor was left free to organize without interference from the federal government.
C) unions were imposed on many agricultural workers who did not want them.
D) labor obtained the support necessary for successfully organizing.
Q:
In 1935, during the second phase of the New Deal, President Roosevelt
A) endorsed most of the programs promoted by Huey Long.
B) encouraged more cooperation between business and government.
C) opposed an increase in taxes.
D) increased government regulation of business.
Q:
The Dust Bowl caused
A) prairie fires.
B) the sale of thousands of acres of public land.
C) urban riots.
D) millions of families to relocate.
Q:
An attempt by the New Deal to aid tenant farmers specifically was the
A) Rural Electrification Act.
B) Works Progress Administration.
C) McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill.
D) Resettlement Administration.
Q:
The Works Progress Administration
A) supported actors, musicians, artists, and writers.
B) received great approval.
C) provided jobs to any and all citizens who wanted to work
D) paid higher wages than private industry.
Q:
Relative to the First New Deal, the Second New Deal
A) responded to the demand for more social justice.
B) promoted fewer programs for social reform.
C) attempted to cooperate more with American businessmen.
D) focused on economic rather than social reform.
Q:
Opposition to the New Deal came mostly from
A) conservative labor leaders.
B) the poorer element of the South.
C) extreme left-wingers and extreme right-wingers.
D) the farmers.
Q:
An attempt by the New Deal to experiment with principles of regional planning was the
A) Tennessee Valley Authority.
B) Wagner Act.
C) National Industrial Recovery Act.
D) Civilian Conservation Corps.
Q:
One of the New Deal programs designed specifically to help young people in the United States during the Depression was the
A) Tennessee Valley Authority.
B) Wagner Act.
C) Civilian Conservation Corps.
D) National Industrial Recovery Act.
Q:
The New Deal attempted to revitalize American industry through the
A) R.F.C.
B) N.I.R.A.
C) A.A.A.
D) Wagner Act.
Q:
The Agricultural Adjustment Act, designed by the New Deal to confront the nation's agricultural crisis,
A) rejected the concept of "parity prices."
B) successfully limited agricultural production.
C) helped the larger farmers more than the smaller farmers.
D) helped the smaller farmers more than the larger farmers.
Q:
Harry Hopkins, director of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration,
A) showed little concern for the needs of young people.
B) preferred work relief to direct relief.
C) considered direct relief highly desirable.
D) believed the unfortunate in society should rely exclusively on private charity.
Q:
The most immediate problem facing Roosevelt in March of 1933 was
A) bank failures.
B) labor unrest.
C) farm foreclosures.
D) veterans' bonuses.
Q:
During his first 100 days in office, Franklin Roosevelt
A) collected information and advice about curing the Depression.
B) continued Hoover's policies without adding any new ones of his own.
C) rushed a bewildering number of bills through Congress.
D) did little to assist the nation.
Q:
During the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, his wife Eleanor
A) attempted to remain relatively inconspicuous in order not to embarrass the president.
B) promoted a policy of social reform.
C) had little or no influence on policy.
D) divorced him.
Q:
The first woman to serve in a president's Cabinet was appointed by Franklin Roosevelt to the position of
A) Secretary of Labor.
B) Defense Secretary.
C) Secretary of the Interior.
D) Secretary of State.
Q:
One thing that Franklin Roosevelt was able to do better than Herbert Hoover was to
A) effectively oppose welfare legislation by the federal government.
B) inflexibly pursue a well-defined political program.
C) resist Congress's demand for new and experimental programs.
D) communicate a sense of confidence to the American people.
Q:
During the 1932 presidential campaign, Franklin Roosevelt
A) often appeared vague concerning his plans for dealing with the Depression.
B) promoted a policy of massive spending by the federal government.
C) called for the United States to abandon the gold standard.
D) avoided the South.
Q:
The New Deal was based upon
A) socialist principles.
B) the belief that it was possible to create a just society.
C) strict economic orthodoxy.
D) the suggestions made to Roosevelt by President Hoover.
Q:
Herbert Hoover failed as a presidential leader partially because
A) he wanted to extend the power of the federal government too much.
B) his personality and background limited his actions.
C) he was too political.
D) he was a communist.
Q:
The Bonus Army
A) formed to distribute aid to the poor.
B) was composed of veterans seeking their pay bonuses.
C) acted to prevent violent strikes.
D) broke up urban riots.
Q:
The impact of the Great Depression on family life in the United States resulted in
A) a decrease in the divorce rate.
B) an increase in the birthrate.
C) an increase in the marriage rate.
D) more happy marriages.
Q:
President Hoover initially responded to the collapse of the American economy by
A) stressing the seriousness and long-term nature of the problem.
B) demanding that Congress raise taxes.
C) creating agencies and boards such as the National Credit Corporation and the Emergency Committee for Employment.
D) vetoing the Agricultural Marketing Act.