United States History B MIDTERM

United States History B MIDTERM

Choose the best answer for each item. 1. This Republican won the presidential election of 1928. a. Herbert Hoover c. Edgar J. Hoover b. Alfred E. Smith d. Hawley Smoot 2. This term specifically refers to the stock market crash of October 29, 1929. a. Black October c. Black Tuesday b. Black September d. Black Monday 3. This term is the name of the most widely used measure of the stock market s health. a. Speculation c. Fortune 500 b. Dow Jones Industrial Average d. Measured price support 4. This term refers to paying a small percentage of stock s price as a down payment and borrowing the rest. a. Speculation d. Buying on margin b. Great Depression e. credit c. Price support 5. This term refers to making extremely risky business transactions on the chance of making quick or considerable profits. a. Speculation d. Buying on margin b. Great Depression e. credit c. Price support 6. This reduced the flow of goods into the United States and prevented other countries from earning American currency to buy American exports. a. Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act c. Hawley-Smoot Ordinance b. Hawley-Smoot Reimbursement Law d. Hawley-Smoot Revenue Bill 7. This is the period from 1929 to 1940 in which the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed. a. Speculation d. Buying on margin b. Great Depression e. Credit c. Price support 8. A neighborhood where people live in shacks a. Shantytown b. Soup Kitchen c. Bread Line d. Dust Bowl e. Direct relief 9. Many of those hit hard by the Dust Bowl migrated to a. Texas d. Oregon b. New York e. Chicago c. California 10. President who believed the government should not take too much power or give direct aid to poor people. a. Woodrow Wilson d. Theodore Roosevelt b. Herbert Hoover e. Franklin D. Roosevelt c. J. Edgar Hoover

11. Law passed in 1931 to reduce mortgage rates to save farmers from foreclosure a. Federal Deposit Insurance Commission c. Federal Home Loan Bank Act b. Federal Trade Commission d. Reconstruction Finance Corporation 12. Agency established in 1932 to provide emergency relief to large businesses, insurance companies, and banks. a. Federal Deposit Insurance Commission c. Federal Home Loan Bank Act b. Federal Trade Commission d. Reconstruction Finance Corporation 13. Unemployed World War I veterans who marched to Washington demand their war bonuses. a. Association of Veterans of America c. American Legion b. Bonus Army d. Veterans of Foreign Wars 14. Shantytowns that sprung up outside of towns a. Love shacks b. Shacks c. Hoovervilles d. Herbertburgs 15. The Federal Home Loan Bank was designed to help a. small businesses b. big business c. farmers d. factory workers 16. In the end, Hoover took the following actions against the veterans a. Sent food until they left c. Sent the police to evict them b. Encouraged them to stay for a new vote d. Sent the Army to evict them 17. Which of the following did Hoover NOT believed a. Individuals should take care of themselves b. Private groups should help the needy c. Charities should help the needy 18. Roosevelt s (FDR) programs to end the Depression a. New Game b. New Deal d. Government should actively take a role in the economy. e. The economy would fix itself c. Fair Deal d. Square Deal 19. Established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system, created insurance for bank deposits a. Glass-Steagall Act d. Agricultural Adjustment Act b. Federal Securities Act e. National Industrial Recovery Act c. Civilian Conservation Corps 20. Required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the stock market. Regulates stock information a. Glass-Steagall Act d. Agricultural Adjustment Act b. Federal Securities Act e. National Industrial Recovery Act c. Civilian Conservation Corps 21. Put 3 million young men to work building roads, developing parks, and helping in soil-erosion and flood control projects. Employed young men in work projects a. Glass-Steagall Act d. Agricultural Adjustment Act b. Federal Securities Act e. National Industrial Recovery Act c. Civilian Conservation Corps 22. Helped to create prosperity in a poverty-stricken region by providing funds to rebuild and repair dams, flood-control projects, and power plants. a. Tennessee Valley Authority d. Civilian Conservation Corps b. National Industry Recovery Act e. Federal Emergency Relief Administration c. Emergency Banking Relief Act

23. Established direct relief in the form of food and clothing to the neediest people hit by the Depression, the unemployed, the aged, and the ill. a. Tennessee Valley Authority d. Civilian Conservation Corps b. National Industry Recovery Act e. Federal Emergency Relief Administration c. Emergency Banking Relief Act 24. Authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks and to close those that were unsound, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system. a. Tennessee Valley Authority d. Civilian Conservation Corps b. National Industry Recovery Act e. Federal Emergency Relief Administration c. Emergency Banking Relief Act 25. Created an administration that set fair prices on many products and established labor standards, with the greater goal of ensuring fair business practices and promoting industrial growth. a. Tennessee Valley Authority d. Civilian Conservation Corps b. National Industry Recovery Act e. Federal Emergency Relief Administration c. Emergency Banking Relief Act 26. First lady, social reformer, political advisor a. Molly Dewson b. Mary McLeod Bethune c. Eleanor Roosevelt 27. Works Program Administration a. New Deal jobs program b. Law to protect workers rights c. Provide to provide aid and jobs to young people 28. Social Security Act a. New Deal jobs program b. Law to protect workers rights c. Provide to provide aid and jobs to young people 29. Wagner Act a. New Deal jobs program b. Law to protect workers rights c. Provide to provide aid and jobs to young people 30. National Youth Administration a. New Deal jobs program b. Law to protect workers rights c. Provide to provide aid and jobs to young people d. Huey Long e. Francis Townsend d. Provided aid to people with disabilities and pensions for retired workers d. Provided aid to people with disabilities and pensions for retired workers d. Provided aid to people with disabilities and pensions for retired workers d. Provided aid to people with disabilities and pensions for retired workers 31. The 1936 election marked the first time that African Americans voted a. Republican d. Democrat b. Independent e. Reform c. Libertarian 32. The Second New Deal included a. Provided unemployment insurance & old age insurance b. Aid to disabled & families with children c. Extended electricity to rural areas. d. All of the above e. Only A & B 33. Set the maximum hours and minimum wage for the first time. a. Works Progress Administration d. Fair Labor Standards Act b. Social Security Act e. Minimum Wage and Hours Act. c. Wagner Act

34. The Soil Conversation and Domestic Allotment Act tried to solve the problem of a. Soil erosion c. Unfair wages b. Unemployed workers d. Poverty 35. As secretary of labor she played a major role in creating the Social Security system and in crafting labor legislation. a. Molly Dewson c. Eleanor Roosevelt b. Mary McLeod Bethune d. Frances Perkins 36. Helped to organize a Black Cabinet of influential African Americans to advise the Roosevelt administration on racial issues. a. Molly Dewson d. Frances Perkins b. Mary McLeod Bethune e. Francis Townsend c. John Collier 37. Voters from different groups that support the Democratic Party because of the New Deal. a. New Deal Coalition c. Socialist Party b. Congress of Industrial Organization d. Welfare Workers 38. Was organized in an attempt to unionize both skilled and unskilled laborers. a. New Deal Coalition c. Socialist Party b. Congress of Industrial Organization d. Welfare Workers 39. This classic novel focuses on the difficulties faced by people who, forced off the Great Plain during the Dust Bowl, move to California. a. Grant Wood d. John Steinbeck b. Orson Wells e. Clarke Gable c. Richard Wright 40. Starred in one of the most popular movies of all time, a sweeping drama about life among Southern plantation owners during the Civil War. a. Grant Wood d. John Steinbeck b. Orson Wells e. Clarke Gable c. Richard Wright 41. His classical novel, Native Son, depicts the difficulties faced by a young man trying to survive in a racist world. a. Grant Wood d. John Steinbeck b. Orson Wells e. Clarke Gable c. Richard Wright 42. His famous painting, American Gothic, depicts two stern-faced farmers standing stiffly in front of their farmhouse. a. Grant Wood d. John Steinbeck b. Orson Wells e. Clarke Gable c. Richard Wright 43. This actor, director, producer, and writer created one of the most famous radio broadcasts of all time, The War of the World, and directed the movie classic, Citizen Kane. a. Grant Wood d. John Steinbeck b. Orson Wells e. Clarke Gable c. Richard Wright 44. Nationalism is an intense loyalty to one s a. family b. race c. religion d. country

45. throughout the 1930 s, dictators seized control in many countries, but not in a. Germany c. Italy b. France d. Japan 46. Benito Mussolini began building his new Roman Empire by seizing a. Ethiopia c. Spain b. Manchuria d. the Rhineland 47. On the eve of World War II, Italy and Germany helped fascist forces win a civil war in a. Spain c. Japan b. China d. Ethiopia 48. President Franklyn Roosevelt s Good Neighbor policy applied to a. Asia c. Great Britain b. Canada d. Latin America 49. America s Neutrality Acts outlawed arms sales to a. Fascist countries b. Communist countries 50. Communist leader of the Soviet Union a. Joseph Stalin b. Benito Mussolini c. Adolf Hitler 51. Fascist dictator of Italy a. Joseph Stalin b. Benito Mussolini c. Adolf Hitler 52. Fascist dictator of Germany a. Joseph Stalin b. Kaiser Wilhelm 53. Fascist dictator of Spain a. Joseph Stalin b. Benito Mussolini c. all European countries d. all countries at war d. Francisco Franco e. Chen Kai Shek d. Giovanni Giuseppe e. Francisco Franco c. Adolf Hitler d. Kaiser Soosay c. Adolf Hitler d. Francisco Franco 54. On the eve of the outbreak of war. Germany and the Soviet Union signed a, in which they vowed never to attack each other. a. nonaggression pact d. ordinance b. treaty e. Bill c. law 55. The first country conquered by Hitler s lighting war was. a. Australia d. Poland b. Italy e. Russia c. France 56. Hitler sought to annex Czechoslovakia to provide more living space for Germans and control the region s important. a. air force d. Blitzkrieg b. navy e. Natural resources c. Petroleum fields

57. Britain repelled Germany s attack due to the heroic effort by its. a. royal marines d. royal navy b. royal air force e. royal army c. natural defenses 58. Was accused of appeasing Hitler in order to keep the peace. a. Winston Churchill d. Joseph Stalin b. Neville Chamberlin e. FDR c. Charles de Gaulle 59. Prime minister of Great Britain during World War II a. Winston Churchill d. Joseph Stalin b. Neville Chamberlin e. FDR c. Charles de Gaulle 60. Head of the French government in exile in England a. Winston Churchill b. Neville Chamberlin c. Charles de Gaulle 61. What is a scapegoat a. a goat that escaped b. a goat to blame 62. Who did Hitler blame for Germany s problems a. the French b. the British c. the Jews 63. What was kristallnacht? a. The night of broken glasses. b. November 9, 1938 c. night Germans attacked Jews 64. What is Genocide a. systematic suicide of a race b. deliberate and systematic killing of an entire people 65. What was Hitler s final solution? a. His plan for total victory against the Russians b. His plan for total victory against the British c. His plan for total removal of Jews from Europe d. Joseph Stalin e. FDR c. someone to blame for failures and frustrations d. a hyperbole d. the Russians e. the Austrians d. all of the above e. none of the above c. deliberate suicide of a people d. all of the above e. none of the above d. His plan for total removal of Aryans from Europe 66. Germans began mass exterminations of Jews a. By inviting them to drink poison. c. By burning them and then gassing their bodies. b. By gassing them and then burning them in d. By poisoning and burning their bodies. ovens. 67. The concentration gas chambers could kill people a day. a. 12,000 c. 2,000 b. 3,000 d. 1,000 68. Who was made to live in ghettos? a. blacks b. Latinos c. Mexicans d. Jews

69. Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan a. Axis Powers b. Allied powers c. western powers d. central powers 70. Alliance between Britain, France, and the United States. a. Axis Powers c. western powers b. Allied powers d. central powers 71. The Atlantic Charter was a statement of goals for fighting World War II between what countries? a. United States of America and Britain c. Britain and France b. United States of America and Germany d. Germany and Japan 72. Law that allowed lending or leasing arms to any nation whose defense was vital to the United States. a. Lend and Borrow Act c. the Lend Lease Act b. Borrow and Lease Act d. the Pay as you go Act 73. Hideki Tojo a. German Prime minister b. Japanese Prime minister c. Japanese ambassador to the United States d. American ambassador to Japan 74. Who ran for an unprecedented 3 rd term as president? a. Winston Churchill d. Franklyn D. Roosevelt b. Woodrow Wilson e. John Kennedy c. Theodore Roosevelt 75. In the President of the United States gave permission to the US navy to attack German U- boats in self-defense. a. December 1941 d. January 1942 b. June 1941 e. September 1941 c. June 1940 76. What started World War II for the United States? a. The bombing of Pearl Harbor b. the bombing of San Francisco Bay c. the bombing of New York City d. the bombing of Manila Bay 77. While segregated and limited largely to noncombat roles, about one million served in the military during the war. a. Asian Americans c. Mexican Americans b. American Women d. African Americans 78. The Office of Price Administration tried to fight by freezing prices on most goods. a. inflation c. unemployment b. women d. rationing 79. The most significant development of the Office of Scientific Research and Development was the. a. inflation c. unemployment b. atomic bomb d. rationing 80. Many average Americans contributed to the war effort by engaging in. a. inflation c. unemployment b. atomic bomb d. rationing

81. Government agency that decided which companies would make war materials and how to distribute raw materials. a. Women s Auxiliary Army Corps c. War Production Board b. Office of Price Administration d. Manhattan Project 82. Secret research project that resulted in the atomic bomb. a. Women s Auxiliary Army Corps c. War Production Board b. Office of Price Administration d. Manhattan Project 83. Army chief of staff during World War II a. George Marshall b. George Patton c. George Washington d. George Lopez 84. The D-day in France, the invasion to liberate Western Europe begins. a. 1941 d. 1944 b. 1942 e. 1945 c. 1943 85. Americans invade North Africa a. 1941 b. 1942 c. 1943 86. Victory in Europe a. 1941 b. 1942 c. 1943 d. 1944 e. 1945 d. 1944 e. 1945 87. Roosevelt and Churchill meet and agree to defeat Hitler first. a. 1941 c. 1943 b. 1942 d. 1944 88. The Germans are pushed out of Stalingrad and the Americans invade Italy. a. 1941 d. 1944 b. 1942 e. 1945 c. 1943 89. After scoring numerous victories throughout the Pacific, the Japanese navy was finally turned back at the a. Battle of the Bulge c. Battle of Midway b. Battle of the Coral Sea d. Battle of Leyte Gulf 90. The island on which nearly 8,000 U.S. soldiers and some 111,000 Japanese soldiers lost their lives was a. Iwo Jima c. Okinawa b. the Philippines d. Midway 91. The Japanese finally surrendered after the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on a. Nagasaki c. Tokyo b. Hiroshima d. Okinawa 92. The Yalta Conference to discuss the fate of the post war world brought together the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and. a. France c. Spain b. China d. the Soviet Union

93. The Japanese navy was no longer a threat and spent the rest of the war in-harbor after the a. Battle of the Bulge c. Battle of Midway b. Battle of the Coral Sea d. Battle of Leyte Gulf 94. Japanese suicide pilots/flights a. Hiroshima b. Aikido 95. American commander in the Philippines a. Chester Nimitz b. J. Robert Oppenheimer c. Kamikaze d. Nagasaki c. Douglas MacArthur d. Dwight D. Eisenhower 96. World War II ended on a. May 8, 1945 b. September 1, 1939 c. September 2, 1945 d. December 7, 1941 e. June 6, 1944 97. Law passed by Congress to help servicemen readjust to civilian life a. Japanese American Citizens League d. National Association for the advancement of b. Congress of Racial Equality Colored People c. GI Bill of Rights 98. This group of Americans was interned in concentration camps solely because of their race. a. Germans d. Japanese b. Italians e. Jews c. Russians 99. This group of Americans received a cash payment in 1990 for having been interned in concentration camps during WWII. a. Germans d. Japanese b. Italians e. Jews c. Russians 100. During the Zoot Suit riots were beaten and stripped of all their clothes a. Italian Americans b. Mexican Americans c. Japanese Americans d. German Americans