Third Quarter 2023 Review

What was the GI Bill?

• Helped Veterans afford houses and higher education

• Helped people named Bill buy a house

• Discrimination bill against African Americans

"White flight" can be described as:

• white people moving into urban areas

• white people moving out of cities to newly built suburbs

• white people investing in urban areas

• white people integrating into desegregated areas

The HUAC stands for...

• The House Un-American Activities Committee
• The House Under American Counsel
• The House Un-Republic Activities Committee
• The House Under American Communism

The House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

• Protested racial segregation in the armed forces.

• Blacklisted suspected 

  communists

• Investigated U.S. involvement in the Korean War and its lack of progress towards victory.

• Tried to deport all foreigners or Un-American peo

What was the main reason the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor 

• They wanted to invade the Untied States 

• Worsening relations between the two countries brought about by an oil embargo

• They wanted to stop the United States from selling war materials to Britain 

• They wanted to seize the natural resources of Hawaii 

How did the Lend-Lease Act benefit the U.S.?

• it enriched the U.S. economy through the selling of arms to the Allies while remaining neutral

• it lent the Allies American troops in exchange for European goods 
• It allowed the Allies to purchase food and medicine from the U.S. 
• all are true 

Which was the U.S. response to the Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia in mid 1941?

• declare war on Japan 
• cut oil supplies to Japan 
• broke off peace talks with Japan 
• began to boycott Japanese goods 

Why did the United States use the "cash and carry" policy and the Lend-Lease Act (1941) at the start of world war II?

• Provide support for the Allies without entering the war
• Help fund the League of Nations efforts to maintain peace
• Encourage British appeasement of Germany
• Fulfill treaty obligations with Great Britain and France

How did World War II affect African Americans on the homefront?

• They were discriminated against in factories

• Jobs in defense plants gave them economic gains

• They marched on washington to protest jim crow in the south

• They served in fully integrated combat units.

What was the Supreme Court's decision in Gideon v. Wainwright?

• State must provide money to find counsel

• evidence obtained illegally could not be used in court

• state must provide legal counsel to anyone charged with a felony who cannot afford a lawyer

• a person is allowed to pick any attorney they want