UNIT 8 TEST Great Depression to WWII

Which list of events are in the correct order they occurred?(7.1A)

• World War II, New Deal, Dust Bowl, Great Depression

• Dust Bowl, World War II, New Deal, Great Depression

• New Deal, World War II, Great Depression, Dust Bowl

• Great Depression, Dust Bowl, New Deal, World War II

The New Deal Programs were enacted by which president?

• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Abraham Lincoln
• George Washington

The refugee farm families that migrated from Oklahoma to California due to drought were given the derogatory name of ______. 

• Black Blizzards 
• The Okies
• Panhandle
• Dust Bowl

Which of these lists correctly describes reasons for the Great Depression?  

• The stock market crash of 1929, bank failures, and misuse of credit
• Black Tuesday, Al Capone, and the assembly line
• Misuse of credit, soup kitchens, and flappers
• Prohibition, women’s suffrage, and bank failures

Who believed the economy would fix itself if the government stayed out of it? 

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Joseph Stalin

During WWII, many items such as tires, gas, and meat were rationed by the government. Rationing means that people can only buy a certain amount of a product that they want. Why was rationing necessary?

• The government favored big corporations over citizens.
• The U.S. wanted to make things difficult for its citizens.
• Many goods were available, and people could get what they wanted.
• There were shortages of many goods needed for the war effort. 

The U.S. believed in isolationism leading up to WWII. What event led to U.S. involvement in the war?

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor
• The Battle of Iwo Jima
• The sinking of the USS Maine
• The sinking of the Lusitania

Allied Powers during WWII included:

• Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States
• Great Britain, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States
• Germany, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States
• Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United States

Axis Powers during WWII included:

• Great Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union
• Germany, Italy, and Japan
• Great Britain, France, and Japan
• Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union

Which New Deal program gave jobs to young men between the ages of 18-25? The employees built roads, planted forests, and worked on irrigation and national park projects.

• CCC
• UGA
• WPA
• TVA