World War I World War II Preview Test 1. The main purpose of the bank holiday was to a. Restore confidence in the banking system b. Nationalize the banking system c. Prevent sound banks from providing loans to industry d. Make the withdrawal of savings from unsound banks illegal 2. Why was Herbert Hoover elected president? a. To continue prosperity under Republican leadership b. To provide old-age pensions, disability and unemployment benefits c. To create jobs in public works d. To insure bank deposits 3. Which of the following actions did Herbert Hoover take to fight the depression? a. Created jobs through work programs b. Closed banks c. Gave food and money directly to the people d. Provided relief to businesses 4. Which is a factor generally accepted as contributing to the Great Depression? a. There was a high demand for manufactured goods b. Liquor was prohibited c. Vast expansion of industry (overproduction) d. Overspending on social welfare programs 5. How did most investors react to a sudden fall in stock prices in late October, 1929? a. They called in their loans b. They raced to sell their stocks c. They pooled money to purchase stocks d. They pledged their stocks as collateral 6. Writers like Claud McKay and Langston Hughes are examples of a group of writers known as a. Lost Generation b. Sons of Anarchy c. Harlem Renaissance d. Ghost Writers 7. How did Eleanor Roosevelt change the traditional role of the First Lady? a. Openly advising the president b. Drawing a salary as First Lady c. Serving as an official cabinet appointee d. Refusing to serve as the official White House hostess
8. On what did the First New Deal concentrate? a. Relief and reform b. Relief and recovery c. Reform and recovery d. Reform and restoration 9. In the 1920 s the U.S. sees a return of Lassez Faire. Which of the following Presidents did this occur under? a. Taft b. Coolidge c. Hoover d. Roosevelt 10. Which of the following pieces of legislation was responsible for putting people to work? a. Securities and Exchange Commission b. Fair Labor Standards Act c. Indian Reorganization Act d. Public Works Administration 11. What was the federal government s responsibility when establishing the Social Security Act? a. Welfare of the elderly, poor and handicapped b. Establishment and enforcement of fair labor practices c. Funding of cultural and artistic activities d. Funding of public works projects 12. Which of the following is true about the Second New Deal? a. It began in 1938 b. It overturned the policies of Hoover c. It s supporters included Upton Sinclair and Francis Townsend d. Its goals were aimed largely at the reform of the First New Deal 13. Why did Franklin Roosevelt attempt to pack the Supreme Court? a. To get the court to support the federal government s regulation of the economy b. To build the court s strength c. To preserve the heritage of the court d. To provide more jobs to out-of-work judges 14. What group was affected by the lack of education and malnutrition during the Great Depression? a. Women b. The elderly c. Men d. Children 15. What statement best describes the overall effect of the Great Depression? a. Farmers fared better than most Americans b. Big business leader were hurt the most c. Most rural banks withstood the depression d. The hardest hit were those at the bottom of the economic ladder
16. Whom did the Tennessee Valley Authority help directly? a. Farmers and the unemployed b. Politicians and government c. Educators and schools d. Environmentalists and the environment 17. In efforts to allow the U.S. to join in World War I, the allies allowed the U.S. to operate independently. This is known as the a. Selective Service b. Convoy System c. Armistice Fighting Force d. American Expeditionary Force 18. This group of Americans were placed into internment camps for the duration of World War II out of fear that they may aid U.S. enemies during and invasion of the west coast. a. Japanese b. Germans c. African Americans d. Irish 19. Which of the following was a major factor in the United States decision to enter World War I? a. Britain s naval blockade of Germany b. Germany s unrestricted submarine warfare c. Vladimir Lenin s rise to power d. France s fall to the Central Powers 20. Why did Congress oppose the Versailles treaty? a. They did not want the U.S. to join the League of Nations b. They wanted harsher terms for Germany c. They believed the treaty violated the Fourteen Points d. They opposed reparations for the Allies 21. Of the following, which was NOT a responsibility of the Office of War Mobilization? a. Dealt with war production b. Handled labor questions c. decided on resource issues d. selling of War Bonds for fund raising 22. The Selective Service was a means of a. Financing the war effort b. Getting women to take over jobs formerly done by men c. Drafting young men for military service d. Finding jobs for men after they left the military 23. Fears of spies and sabotage in the United States during World War I led to a. Restrictions on immigration b. Discrimination and violence toward Germans c. Repression on free speech d. All of the above
24. In the, Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico. a. Versailles Treaty b. Sussex Pledge c. Zimmerman Note d. Sedition Act 25. Which of the following BEST describes the first few years of World War I? a. Both sides were locked in a stalemate b. The Central Powers had conquered most of Europe c. Victory for the Allies seemed to be coming soon d. There was little actual fighting 26. What was the purpose of the convoy system? a. To hire workers for war factories b. To place women in the work force c. To get troops safely across the Atlantic d. To drop bombs on the enemy 27. The Red Scare was a response to a. Prohibition b. The Teapot Dome scandal c. The Russian Revolution d. The Kellogg-Briand Pact 28. Which of the following is NOT part of Roosevelt s 1 st 100 Days? a. issuing of a Bank Holliday b. only sound banks would re-open. c. creation of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration d. creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 29. Though relatively few in number, the Flappers represented a. A sign of social stability b. Women s desire to break with the past c. Women s desire to return to conventional roles d. The significant impact of women on national elections 30. One result of prohibition in the 1920s was a. An increase in alcoholism b. A decline in dancing and socializing c. The rise of organized crime d. The creation of urban artistic colonies 31. Why did some states ban the teaching of evolution in public school? a. The theory challenged scientific beliefs b. The theory appeared to violate the Constitution c. The theory contradicted the Bible s account of Creationism d. The theory was unknown to most teachers
32. What made it possible for Henry Ford to produce cars quickly and cheaply? a. The installment plan b. Easy credit c. The assembly line d. The Bessemer process 33. Literary life flourished among African Americans as part of a movement known as a. The Red Scare b. The Jazz Age c. The Harlem Renaissance d. The back to Africa movement Matching 34-40 34. Conscientious Objector 35. Reparations 36. Mass Production 37. Bootlegger 38. Rationing 39. Kamikaze 40. Internment A. Seller of illegally produced and sold alcohol. B. The making of massive quantities of goods. Commonly a result of the assembly line. C. Someone who refuses to fight in a war due to religious convictions. D. Limiting the use, sale, or issuing of goods for consumption for the purpose of maintaining a constant supply. E. Suicide pilot. Japanese pilots who would use themselves and plains as the last bomb. AB. Means putting a person in prison or other kind of detention, generally in wartime. 41. D-Day was the code name for a. The bombing of Pearl Harbor b. The Allied invasion of Normandy c. The Russian invasion of Stalingrad d. The Allied invasion of Italy 42. This event is what immediately led the United States enter World War II? a. When Germany invaded Poland b. When Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor c. When the Allies invaded Normandy d. When Roosevelt initiated the Lend-Lease Act
43. What secret agreement, signed between the United States and Britain, was the basis for the United Nations? a. The Yalta Conference b. The Atlantic Charter c. The Tehran Conference d. The Allied Charter 44. What Native American tribal recruits were used by the United States Marines as radio operators? a. The Cherokee b. The Sioux c. The Navajo d. The Iroquois 45. What fictional woman was described in a 1942 song describing her patriotic work? a. Stella the Steel Worker b. Rosie the Riveter c. Wanda the War Worker d. Sally the Service Worker 46. What was the code name for the program that produced the explosive device for the atomic bomb? a. Chicago Project b. Denver Project c. Manhattan Project d. Big Bang Theory 47. Where was the first atomic bomb dropped? a. Iwo Jima b. Nagasaki c. Tokyo d. Hiroshima 48. Commonly known as the Wagner Act, the National Labor Relations Act provided for which of the following? a. Disability compensation for workers b. Collective bargaining and opportunity for closed shops. c. Playgrounds, schools, and hospitals 49. Which of following New Deal programs were NOT ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court? a. Tennessee Valley Authority b. Agricultural Adjustment Administration c. Public Works Administration 50. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in 1941? a. To conquer the United States b. To overcome their shortages of workers c. To weaken the United States ability to stop Japan s territorial moves in the Pacific d. To regain U.S. holdings in Asia that had been lost during American Imperialism