These questions
are used as quizzes. These questions are also
1/3 of the questions for the objective part of the Exam that ends Unit 2, with
the other 2/3rds coming from the two other quizzes in this Unit.
These questions
are from Chapter 24 and 25.
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1. |
A movement from the far left,
this “system of social organization in which all economic and social
activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and
self-perpetuating political party”[1]
is best associated with: a. capitalism
*b. communism
c.
fascism
d. liberalism
e.
socialism |
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2. |
A movement from the far
right, this “governmental system led by a dictator having complete power,
forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry,
commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often
racism.”[2]
is best associated with: a. capitalism
b. communism
*c.
fascism
d. liberalism
e.
socialism |
F |
3. |
The Great Depression was not just in the United States, but worldwide. Nations responded with varied solutions from both the left and right, and some in the United States argued for the application of those solutions to the United States as well. To use the definition from Webster's Encyclopedia Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, this "system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party" is best associated with this movement from the far left: a. capitalism *b. communism c. fascism d. liberalism e. socialism |
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4. |
In the 1920s and 1930s, this
nation was fascist and led by Benito Mussolini (Duce) It joined in
an alliance with another fascist nation in 1935 and attacked Ethiopia in
1935 and Albania in 1939. a. Germany
*b. Italy
c. Japan
d. Soviet Union
e.
Spain |
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5. |
In the 1930s, this nation was
communist and led by Joseph Stalin. He rose to power with assassination
and maintained it with secret police and massive purges of dissidents.
Combining nationalism and communism, this nation industrialized and
collectivized its farms quickly but at great cost to the people. It had
lost territory at the close of World War I, including part of its
territory to Poland. Terms associated with this nation in this era are 5
Year Plan, Kremlin, and Comintern (an earlier term but still an issue).
Unlike his predecessors since World War I, FDR recognized this nation in
1933. a. Germany
b. Italy
c. Japan
*d. Soviet Union
e.
Spain |
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6. |
In the 1930s, this nation was
dominated by the military. Military fascism gained and maintained its
power by assassination. It had a tradition of emperor worship and of
belief in national superiority. It attacked Manchuria in 1931 and began
in 1933 to push into China, an invasion that will continue throughout the
decade, including the “Rape of Nanking.” a. Germany
b. Italy
*c. Japan
d. Soviet Union
e.
Spain |
F |
7. |
In the 1930s, this nation was
led by Adolf Hitler. His early rise to power came in part from
paramilitary organizations, such as the Storm Troopers and maintained it
with the Gestapo, the secret police. A fascist nation, its economic
policies had the continuation of private ownership, but with the state
racism is seen in its anti-Semitism and its nationalism in its
reoccupation of the Rhineland, its takeover of Austria, and its takeover
of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. Terms associated with this nation
in this era are Aryan, Führer, Mein Kampf, Nazi, swastika,
and the Third Reich. *a. Germany
b. Italy
c. Japan
d. Soviet Union
e.
Spain |
F |
8. |
In the mid 1930s, this nation
had a civil war between the fascists under General Francisco Franco
(aided by Germany and Italy) and the Loyalists, the supporters of the
elected government (aided by Russia and by anti-fascist groups and
individuals). The war let the Germans, Italians, and Russians experiment
with their new weapons. Franco won by 1939 and established a
dictatorship. a. Germany
b. Italy
c. Japan
d. Soviet Union
*e.
Spain |
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9. |
A factor in the world-wide
economic problems was that Germany's repayment of war reparations hinged
on a. the good will of the
French in accepting German marks. *b. loans from the United
States. c. the Germans' ability to
produce oil for sale. d. the ability of Great
Britain to serve as a mediator. |
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10.
|
This President began his
administration with great hope to eliminate poverty in the United States.
Instead, his administration included the stock market crash and the first
three years of the nation’s decade-long crisis that became known as the
Great Depression. His administration began by trying to deal with the
crisis by using voluntary action by business, but ended with government
subsidies for business and charity, actions that still did not reduce the
crisis. a. Calvin Coolidge *b. Herbert Hoover
c. Franklin D. Roosevelt
d. Theodore Roosevelt e. Harry S
Truman |
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11.
|
People who lost jobs in the
1920s were usually helped by a. unemployment
insurance. b. old age
pensions. c. federal welfare
programs. d. all of the
above *e. none of the
above |
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12.
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Which of the following helps
to explain the stock market crash of 1929? a. Too few people were
investing in the stock market, making it a risky
venture. b. Margin buying overstated
the real amount of money in the market, when investors did not put up the full price of
the stock. c. Government regulation of
stock issues was very lax, allowing unscrupulous companies to sell stock
in almost nonexistent enterprises. *d. both b and
c |
F |
13.
|
The economy continued to
worsen after the stock market crash because a. some banks had invested in
the stock market and thus had placed their assets at
risk. b. some bankers had embezzled
funds from their institutions to play the market. c. when strong banks
continued to make more loans to weak or small ones, they just spread the
banking difficulties around. *d. both a and
b |
F |
14.
|
Which of the following does
not
describe how the Depression affected Americans? a. Tens of thousands of
Mexicans were deported, and many others fled the United
States. b. Blacks encountered
violence from whites when unemployed whites wanted their
jobs. *c. Married women were
favored to keep their jobs, mostly because they would work for lower
wages. d. Native Americans continued
to suffer from a legacy of neglect that had endured for
decades. e. All of these resulted
from the Depression. |
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15.
|
Which of the following was not
a cause of the Depression in America? a. stock market
speculation b. unequal distribution of
wealth c. agricultural
overproduction *d. FDR's banking
policies e. Business problems such as
market saturation, including
in the market for new cars and new houses Tip:
Something can’t cause something that it happens after.
|
F |
16.
|
Adding to the burden of
farmers, the Dust Bowl of the 1930s devastated farm lands, with winds so
powerful that dust was found on ships at sea. The Dust Bowl occurred in
such states as: a. Alabama
b. Oklahoma
c. Tennessee
d. Texas
*e. both b and
d |
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17.
|
One of the consequences of
the Dust Bowl was that
farmers in those states became part of the growing numbers of migratory
workers thrown off the land and seeking work in such areas as
California’s vegetable and fruit fields. One of these migratory groups
was: a. African Americans
b. Native Americans *c. Okies
d. Texans
e. both a and c
|
F |
18.
|
All of the following were
popular pastimes during the Great Depression of the 1930s except: a. going to the
movies *b. watching
television c. listening to Amos
'n' Andy d. listening to swing music
played by jazz bands |
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19.
|
Which of the following
statements was true of the Bonus March? a. Veterans of World War I
came to Washington hoping for early disbursement of the promised bonus
due in 1945. They camped in makeshift dwellings across the Anacostia
River from downtown Washington D.C. and received strong public support
from the Hoover administration. b. Before the Congressional
session ended for the summer, Congress appropriated funds to go ahead and
pay the bonus early. *c. Under the leadership of
Douglas MacArthur, troops razed the camp of the bonus marchers in
Anacostia Flats. Newsreels showed McArthur, in military uniform, with
tanks and with troops with machine guns, forcing the veterans out.
d. Hoover’s administration
blamed Communists among the veterans, and law enforcement investigations
confirmed Communists had instigated the protest. |
F |
20.
|
This man was President at the
time of the Bonus March and Milo Reno’s Farmers’ Holiday Association,
when unemployment was nearly 25%, and when the government shifted
from advocating voluntary actions by business to trying
government intervention, such as the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
and the Emergency Relief and Reconstruction Act, to stop the Great
Depression. a. Calvin Coolidge *b. Herbert Hoover
c. Franklin D. Roosevelt
d. Theodore Roosevelt e. Harry S
Truman |
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21.
|
In his speech accepting the
Democratic nomination for President, this man promised Americans a “new
deal” in their struggle with the Great Depression. a. Calvin Coolidge b. Herbert Hoover
*c. Franklin D.
Roosevelt
d. Theodore Roosevelt e. Harry S
Truman |
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22.
|
Between the election of
Roosevelt and his taking office: a. The Great Depression
reached its lowest point, with 25% of workers unemployed and GNP 50% of
what it was in 1929. b. An attempt was made on
Roosevelt's life. c. The banking system neared
collapse. *d. all of the
above |
F |
23.
|
Roosevelt's immediate
response to the banking crisis was representative of his approach to
solving problems and commitment to capitalism. His response included all
of the following except a. proposing an emergency
banking act b. declaring a "bank
holiday," which closed banks for four days and inspected them for their
solvency *c. calling for government
ownership of the banks d. assuring Americans by
radio that they could entrust their money to any banks allowed to reopen
after federal inspection |
F |
24.
|
This President took office in
the third year of the Great Depression and remained in office as the
Great Depression continued through the 1930s. a. Calvin Coolidge b. Herbert Hoover
*c. Franklin D.
Roosevelt
d. Theodore Roosevelt e. Harry S
Truman |
F |
25.
|
All of these associations of
programs or legislation and their purpose are true for the New Deal except: a. Agricultural Adjustment
Act (AAA) - To help farmers,
payment of subsidies to farmers who reduced their crop
production b. Civilian Conservation
Corps (CCC) - To help young men (who
received $5) and their families (who received $25) and to perform
regional conservation projects, camps where young men cleared land,
planted trees, dug drainage ditches, and fought
fires c.
Public Works
Administration (PWA) - To help manufacturers of
such products as steel and concrete, construction of such bridges as
the Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco and Boulder Dam in Colorado (This
New Deal program also constructed small projects such as schools and
hospitals meant to improve communities, including black
communities.) *d. Reconstruction Finance
Corporation (RFC) - To help banks, life
insurance companies, building and loan companies, farm mortgage
companies, and railroads, loans e. Social Security Act
- To help the aged and
unemployed, creation of a national pension fund and a federal-state
unemployment insurance system |
F |
26.
|
The farmers helped most by
the AAA were a.
sharecroppers. b. tenant
farmers. c. black
farmers. *d. large
landowners. |
F |
27.
|
This
New Deal program paid $5 per month to young men and $25 per month to
their families. The young men lived in camps and did regional
environmental products such as planting trees, digging ditches, and
fighting fires. *a. Civilian Conservation
Corps (CCC). b. Public Works
Administration (PWA). c. Works Progress
Administration (WPA). d. Federal Emergency Relief
Administration (FERA). e. National Recovery
Administration (NRA). |
F |
28.
|
Congress created the
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to aid America’s poorest region. It
provided flood control, electric power, and jobs, but was also criticized
because of such problems as displacement of people. TVA
was located in such states as: a. Alabama
b. Oklahoma
c. Tennessee
d. Texas
*e. both a and
c |
F |
29.
|
To insure bank deposits and
to prevent the manipulation of people’s assets that had helped lead to
the Depression, Congress passed the Glass-Steagall Act that preventing
banks from selling stock and that created this
program: a. Agricultural Adjustment
Act (AAA) *b. Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC) c. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) d. Social Security Act
e. Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA) |
F |
30.
|
To prevent manipulation of
the stock and bond market and the disastrous drain of America’s resources
into speculation and to create transparency so people could know about
companies before they bought stock, Roosevelt argued for and Congress
created: a. Agricultural Adjustment
Act (AAA) b. Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC) *c. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) d. Social Security Act
e. Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA) |
F |
31.
|
For the first time, a labor
organization dealt directly with the challenge of unskilled workers by
organizing by industry and not by trade. They eventually evolved a new
kind of labor action, the sit-down strike inside the factory. This
organization was: a. American Federation of
Labor *b. Committee for Industrial
Organization c. International Workers of
the World d. Knights of
Labor |
F |
32.
|
Public support for the New
Deal was widespread, but the FDR proposal that drew the most opposition
from the American people was his plan to: a. nationalize the
banks b. end Social
Security *c. enlarge the Supreme
Court d. run for a fourth
term |
F |
33.
|
Which of the following was not
a reason why African Americans began to vote for the
Democrats? a. The WPA gave blacks jobs
in northern cities, while the PWA built black schools and
hospitals. b. Blacks liked the New Deal
because it gave jobs and assistance to Americans regardless of
race. c. Blacks admired the efforts
of Eleanor Roosevelt, who visited black colleges and socialized with
black women during an age of segregation. *d. Urged on by Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt encouraged Congress to write the first
major civil rights bill since the Reconstruction
Era. e. Mary McLeod Bethune, a
prominent African American, was named by FDR to head the NYA's Office of
Negro Affairs. |
F |
34.
|
The Fair Labor Standards
Act: *a. established a minimum
wage (of 40 cents) and a maximum work week (of 40 hours) for industries
in interstate commerce b. failed to deal with the
serious problem of child labor c. covered farm workers and
domestic workers d. both a and
b |
F |
35.
|
The “Good Neighbor”
policy: a. Is most associated with
Franklin D. Roosevelt b. Improved US relations with
Latin America c. Resulted in our renouncing
the Platt Amendment in return for our keeping Guantánamo Bay in
Cuba d. Faced its greatest test in
Mexico, where the Roosevelt administration convinced Mexico to compensate
American companies after Mexico nationalized industries
there *e. All of the
above |
F |
36.
|
The Japanese attack on
Manchuria is representative of many general problems in the era. The
attack demonstrated that: a. the American army was in
no position to stop the Japanese. b. no European country was
ready to start an economic boycott on Japan in the midst of a
depression. c. the League of Nations was
not
powerful enough to enforce its will when called on to do
so. d. the Japanese were
determined to build an empire of their own. *e. all of the
above |
F |
37.
|
At a meeting in Munich,
Germany, in 1938, both Great Britain, led by Neville Chamberlain, and
France accepted Hitler’s demands for this area, in spite of France’s
treaty alliance with this nation. Hitler’s justification was that it had
a high German population. Carrying an umbrella (later became a symbol of
appeasement), Chamberlain proclaimed that this would bring "peace in our
time." The area was: a. The Rhineland between
France and Germany
*b. The Sudetenland in
Czechoslovakia
c. Austria
. Poland
|
F |
38.
|
In response to German and
Italian aggression in Europe in the 1930s, the United
States: a. proclaimed its intention
to support its allies in all cases whatsoever and sign a mutual
assistance treaty with Britain and France *b. issued a 1st, and then a
2nd, Neutrality Act, with
the 1st trying to stop Americans from shipping goods to combatants by
using an embargo and the 2nd trying to stop what the Nye Commission had
called the “merchants of death” from lending and selling to combatants
and thereby entangling us in the war c. rescinded the Neutrality
Act of 1929 d. supported Roosevelt when
he called for increasing America's military
preparedness |
These
questions are in some cases based on questions in the test database for
American Passages.
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C. J. Bibus, Ed.D. 2009 |
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