Unit 7 Test Review

Franklin Roosevelt's immediate response to the banking crisis after becoming president was to

• A. declare a bank holiday that closed banks in the United States for several days.

• B. nationalize the banks to ensure they were following federal regulations.

• C. establish the Federal Reserve to reduce the possibility of another bank emergency.

• D. borrow from foreign banks to support the U.S. banking industry.

Social Security was a New Deal program designed to

• A. foster the growth of trade unions.

• B. promote recovery through economic development.

• C. give direct aid to American businesses.

• D. provide a minimum retirement income.

Why did people in the Great Depression call their temporary settlement communities 'Hoovervilles'?

• A. President Hoover was very popular during the depression.

• B. They blamed President Hoover for the depression.

• C. They wanted to remember President Hoover.

• D. President Hoover grew up in similar housing.

The changes in the numbers of people employed between 1929 and 1930 reflect changes caused by the

• A. job demands of returning World War I veterans.

• B. growing strength of the women's movement.

• C. beginning of the Great Depression.

• D. employment policies of the federal government.

Which term best describes the diplomacy followed by some European nations in their relations with Germany, Italy, and Japan between 1931 and 1939?

• A. appeasement

• B. non-aggression

• C. isolationism

• D. containment

Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt refrain from intervening in Europe during the rise of totalitarian regimes in Germany and Italy?

• A. A large portion of the American public did not support U.S. involvement in Europe.

• B. President Roosevelt did not believe the U.S. military could defeat the German military.

• C. The leaders of Britain and France did not want the United States intervening in European affairs.

• D. President Roosevelt was afraid a prolonged war would further damage the weakened U.S. economy.

Many Americans opposed the 1941 Lend-Lease Act because they feared it would

• A. draw the United States into the war in Europe.

• B. cause the country to fall into an economic recession.

• C. be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

• D. place the United States in violation of the Versailles Treaty.

In 1944, the Supreme Court upheld the internment of Japanese Americans residing on the West Coast by ruling that the actions were

• A. part of an international agreement with U.S. allies.

• B. approved by both houses of Congress.

• C. allowed under the Fourteenth Amendment.

• D. necessary for national security.

Partly because Japanese Americans living on the West Coast during World War II were considered security risks, they were

• A. forced to give up their U.S. citizenship.

• B. barred from military service throughout the war.

• C. moved from their homes to internment camps.

• D. prohibited by law from seeking employment with the federal government.

The purpose of the Manhattan Project was to

• A. provide economic aid to Latin American countries.

• B. develop atomic weapons for the U.S. military.

• C. bring about an end to poverty in U.S. urban areas.

• D. offer assistance to relocated European refugees.