US History Iib Exam Review

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    FDR's policies for ending the Depression became known as

    • New Deal
    • Cold War
    • Fireside chats
    • Glass-Steagall Act
    • Gold standard
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  • 2. 

    Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Depression because

    • An volcano erupted in Iceland

    • Hurricane Katrina

    • A terrible drought caused dust storms

    • A fungus depleted the soil of nutrients

    • Frequent rains eroded the soil

    Correct Answer
    A. A terrible drought caused dust storms
  • 3. 

    The flowering of African American arts in the 1920s became known as

    • Harlem Renaissance

    • The First Great Migration

    • The Second Great Migration

    • Great Awakening

    • Glory Days

    Correct Answer
    A. Harlem Renaissance
  • 4. 

    During the Depression, charities set up ____ to give poor people a meal.

    • Public works

    • Dust bowls

    • Banks

    • Soup kitchens

    • Communities

    Correct Answer
    A. Soup kitchens
  • 5. 

    Two causes of the rise of dictatorships after WWI were

    • The failure of the Treaty of Versailles and world wide depression

    • The Cold War

    • The peace treaty and rising democratic nations

    • Appeasement and Potsdam Conference

    • New political ideas and lack of strong leadership after the war

    Correct Answer
    A. The failure of the Treaty of Versailles and world wide depression
  • 6. 

    Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks

    • By pooling money with others

    • With mostly borrowed money

    • By borrowing money only from your parents

    • Without any risk

    • Without a broker

    Correct Answer
    A. With mostly borrowed money
  • 7. 

    The goal of the US policy of containment focused on stopping

    • The spread of fascism

    • The spread of democracy

    • Benito Mussolini

    • The spread of communism

    • Adolf Hitler

    Correct Answer
    A. The spread of communism
  • 8. 

    In 1932 the nation's money was based on a system in which an ounce of gold could be exchanged for a setnumber of dollars. This was called the

    • Gold standard

    • Dollar system

    • Fair exchange

    • Fireside chat

    • Bank holiday

    Correct Answer
    A. Gold standard
  • 9. 

    Which of the following the American socioeconomic ideology that challenged communism?

    • Democracy

    • Communism

    • Fascism

    • Capitalism

    • Militarism

    Correct Answer
    A. Capitalism
  • 10. 

    During the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed,

    • The government covered the bank's debts

    • A new bank emerged with new money to lend

    • The government repaid deposits on insured accounts only

    • The government stepped in to run the bank

    • Depositors lost their savings

    Correct Answer
    A. Depositors lost their savings
  • 11. 

    The Cotton Club was a

    • Chicago speakeasy where gangsters, artists and politicians congregated

    • Harlem nightspot where many African American entertainers got their start

    • Ficticious nightclub featured in the famous picture The Jazz Singer

    • A club in Detroit

    • Hollywood nightspot frequented by the stars of the silver screen

    Correct Answer
    A. Harlem nightspot where many African American entertainers got their start
  • 12. 

    Warren G. Harding won the presidency by appealing to Americans' desire to

    • Become a communist satellite nation

    • Become a world power

    • Reform society

    • Return to life as it was before the war

    • Repeal prohibition

    Correct Answer
    A. Return to life as it was before the war
  • 13. 

    The Nuremberg Laws

    • Gave free money to Jewish Germans

    • Required all Jewish Germans to move to concentration camps

    • Authorized German police to shoot Jewish Germans

    • Required all Jewish Germans to leave the country

    • Took citizenship away from Jewish Germans

    Correct Answer
    A. Took citizenship away from Jewish Germans
  • 14. 

    Nearly 1/3 of all military equipment made during the war was manufactured by the

    • Steel industry

    • Ship-building industry

    • Automobile industry

    • Airplane industry

    • Railroad industry

    Correct Answer
    A. Automobile industry
  • 15. 

    John T. Scopes was put on trial for

    • Teaching evolution

    • Violating Prohibition laws

    • Being a leader of the KKK

    • Accepting bribes

    • Being communist

    Correct Answer
    A. Teaching evolution
  • 16. 

    Before the late 1920s, stock prices

    • Did not change much

    • Generally reflected the stocks' true value

    • Were too high for most people to afford

    • Went up and down like a rollercoaster

    • Had little to do with the economy

    Correct Answer
    A. Generally reflected the stocks' true value
  • 17. 

    In the Wannsee Conference, Nazi leaders

    • Planned the "final solution"

    • Negotiated with Britain and France for the Sudetenland

    • Planned the spread of communism

    • Negotiated the Treaty of Versailles

    • Planned the invasion of Poland

    Correct Answer
    A. Planned the "final solution"
  • 18. 

    After WWI, most Americans wanted to avoid future wars by

    • Becoming a communist satellite nation

    • Forbidding Germany to rebuild its armed forces

    • Favoring isolationism

    • Disbanding the League of Nations

    • Excluding Germany from the League of Nations

    Correct Answer
    A. Favoring isolationism
  • 19. 

    President Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed that

    • Individuals should be responsible for taking care of themselves

    • Federal relief would shorten the Depression

    • He wanted to donate all of the federal government's money to charities, such as the Salvation Army

    • Only state and city governments should dole out relief

    • Charities would provide sufficient relief until the economy improved

    Correct Answer
    A. Only state and city governments should dole out relief
  • 20. 

    During WWII, Americans bought over $150 billion worth of bonds in order to

    • Finance public works projects

    • Avoid paying taxes

    • Lend the goverment money to pay for the war

    • Compensate the Bonus Marches for their bonus

    • Donate part of their wages to the military

    Correct Answer
    A. Lend the goverment money to pay for the war
  • 21. 

    The main cause of the Cold War is

    • Competition between capitalism and communism

    • Promoting free trade among members

    • Conflict resulting from Potsdam Conference

    • Nuclear arms race

    • A, C, and D

    Correct Answer
    A. A, C, and D
  • 22. 

    In the 1920s the Federal Reserve contributed to weaknesses in the stock market by

    • Lending to speculators

    • Keeping interest rates low

    • Speculating on market interest rates

    • Issuing credit cards to farmers

    • Lending to foreign companies

    Correct Answer
    A. Keeping interest rates low
  • 23. 

    Oping countries, Eisenhower used

    • Massive retailiation

    • Covert operations

    • Brinkmanship

    • Embargoes

    • Capitalism

    Correct Answer
    A. Covert operations
  • 24. 

    The "Double V" Campaign meant victory

    • Over Europe and victory in the Pacific

    • Over Hitler's racism and racism at home

    • On land and victory on the seas

    • On victory over the Nazis and Fascists

    • On victory for women and minorities

    Correct Answer
    A. Over Hitler's racism and racism at home
  • 25. 

    The Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact in response to NATO's decision to

    • Construct the Berlin Wall

    • Send troops to fight Communist uprisings in Greece and Turkey

    • Intervene in Korea

    • Allow West Gerrmany to rearm and join its organization

    • Send supplies to West Berlin

    Correct Answer
    A. Allow West Gerrmany to rearm and join its organization

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