Revision: Basics of US system and Truman

At the beginning of our topic, which political party dominated the 'Deep south'?

• Democrats

• Republicans

Who, within the US constitution had the power to declare war on other nations?

• The President

• Congress

• Supreme court

What ambitious policy had Roosevelt been responsible for in order to allow the USA to recover from the Great Depression?

• New Frontier

• New Deal

• Fair Deal

Which of these are correct reasons for many people believing that Roosevelt had increased the power of the Presidency.

• Use of the Nuclear weapon

• Role as commander in chief during WW2

• Negotiations on the nations behalf at wartime conferences

• Three election victories and 'fireside chats'

Who selected the candidates to sit on the Supreme court?

• Congress

• Senate

• President (solely)

• President (with approval by the senate)

What war time policy had seen the US financially support countries such as Britain and China with war materiel?

• Lend-lease

• Defenders of democracy

• Taft-Hartley Act

Which of these were cities that had benefitted from the need to produce weapons quickly during WW2?

• Pittsburgh

• New York

• Detroit

• Chicago

WASPS were often the wealthiest and most politically dominant ethnicity within the USA. But, where were the poorest white communities in the USA?

• Deep south

• Vermont

• Appalachian mountains

• The 'dust bowl'

Which of these states were former 'slaveholding states' within the USA?

• Texas

• Arkansas

• Florida

• Virginia

• New Mexico

The poorest African American inhabitants of the south often had to maintain place to live by ...

• sharecropping

• factory work

• working on plantations

• working as domestic servants