Unit 7 Quiz

The Lend-Lease Act was an attempt by the United States to

• stay out of World War I.

• supply iron and oil to Japan.

• let England borrow weapons in the early 1940s.

During World War II Japanese-Americans were

• treated as badly as Jews were in Germany.

• often denied their liberty and their property.

• allowed to fight in the U.S. military, but only in the Pacific theatre of war as translators.

The Battle of Midway was significant in World War II because it marked the end of

• the German advance into France.

• the German bombing of British population centers.

• the Japanese eastward advance in the Pacific.

The "Manhattan Project" was the code name for the

• U.S. plan to invade Japan.

• German use of jet aircraft.

• U.S. plans to make an atomic bomb.

President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945 because

• he believed it would convince Hitler to surrender.

• it would prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths that an invasion of Japan would cause.

A major cause of the economic depression of 1929 was

• decline in consumer purchasing power.

• increased number of public works projects.

The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), NRA (National Recovery Administration) , and CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) were created in the early 1930s and are MOST associated with the

• New Deal.

• Progressive Era

• Prohibition Era.

The Allied assault on German-occupied France in June of 1944 is known as

• D-Day.

• Operation Barbarossa.

• VJ Day.

Which of these contributed to the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression?

• stock market speculation

• the effects of World War II

• success of the U.S. farm economy

The Neutrality Acts (1936-1939) held that the United States

• would not sell war material nor give loans to any nation at war.

• would stay out of European discussions to contain Hitler.