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WorksheetsFDR and WWII
Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 43mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
October 29th, 1929
a)
Black Monday
b)
Black Tuesday
c)
Black Wednesday
d)
Black Friday
2.
What new deal program insures bank deposits & helped to stop bank failures?
a)
SEC
b)
FDIC
c)
AAA
d)
TVA
3.
The Dust Bowl devastated what part of the U.S. during the Great Depression?
a)
West Coast
b)
New England
c)
Deep South
d)
Great Plains
4.
Why did FDR propose the Supreme Court Packing Plan?
a)
to influence the Supreme Court to keep the New Deal going
b)
to make it more conservative
c)
to make the Supreme Court more efficient
d)
to make the Supreme Court more diverse
5.
What New Deal program gives you a monthly pension when you turn 65?
a)
Social Security
b)
TVA
c)
Medicare
d)
FDIC
6.
The TVA generated what for the people of the Tennessee River Valley?
a)
electricity
b)
oil
c)
fresh water
d)
natural gas
7.
This "Share Our Wealth" demagogue was eventually assassinated?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Senator Huey Long
c)
Father Charles Coughlin
d)
Herbert Hoover
8.
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army Bases
d)
Rooseveltowns
9.
What federal policy led to the expansion of the Federal Government?
a)
New Deal
b)
Return to Normalcy
c)
Fair Deal
d)
Great Deal
10.
What group of people advised FDR on racial issues?
a)
Black Cabinet
b)
National Racial Relations Board
c)
African American Rights Committee
d)
New Deal Racial Coalition
11.
Which New Deal program put over 8 million people to work & built over 125,000 buildings?
a)
WPA
b)
AAA
c)
CCC
d)
NYA
12.
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
a)
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
b)
Easy Credit
c)
Mistakes of the Federal Reserve
d)
high farm prices
13.
Extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of shameful, criminal, outrageous acts
a)
infamy
b)
appoint
c)
protest
d)
liberal
14.
The member nations of NATO
a)
conquer
b)
allies
c)
liberal
d)
chancellor
15.
A person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, in time of political upheaval; war
a)
refugees
b)
protest
c)
loyal
d)
crimson
16.
What did Polio do to FDR?
a)
Nothing
b)
Make his hearing go away
c)
Made him unable to use his legs
17.
How many terms did FDR serve as President of the United States?
a)
2
b)
6
c)
4
18.
What event was going on when FDR became President in the late 1930s?
a)
Revolutionary War
b)
Great Depression
c)
Civil War
19.
Which best describes the Great Depression?
a)
Plenty of jobs, money, and happy people
b)
Homeless, poor people and starving
20.
During the first 100 days FDR worked to pass this to create jobs and make the US survive the Depression?
a)
New Deal
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Constitution
21.
What was the name given to the time when FDR would speak over the radio to people about the Depression?
a)
TV talks
b)
Fireside Chats
22.
Which war did FDR help lead America through?
a)
WW 1
b)
WW 2
c)
War on Terrorism
23.
Who attacked the U.S. in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
a)
Italy
b)
Germany
c)
Japan
d)
France
24.
What did the New Deal promise?
a)
to help disabled people
b)
to end segregation
c)
to end World War II
d)
to get Americans back to work
25.
Which of these leaders used the radio to spread a message of hope?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Paul Revere
c)
Lyndon B. Johnson
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
26.
What caused the United States to enter World War II?
a)
The United States started it.
b)
England asked us to.
c)
Japan attacked the U.S. at Pearl. Harbor
d)
Germany was a dictatorship.
27.
Eleanor had much more education than most people she met, yet she listened to their ideas because of tolerance. Tolerance is
a)
working hard at something without giving up
b)
accepting people who are different from you
c)
freedom from being controlled by someone
d)
equal treatment under the law
28.
Why did some people criticize FDR's New Deal policies?
a)
Because they were unpopular with the general public
b)
Because they didn't decrease unemployment at all
c)
Because banks continued failing after he enacted them
d)
Because they were expensive and expanded government power
29.
Josef Stalin was a brutal dictator. Why did Roosevelt work so closely with him?
a)
Because Roosevelt was a Communist sympathizer
b)
Because he needed Stalin's help to end the Great Depression
c)
Because he needed Stalin's help to beat Nazi Germany
d)
Because his wife, Eleanor, convinced him to do so
30.
What ultimately caused the Great Depression to end?
a)
Roosevelt's policies ended unemployment
b)
The US began preparing to enter WWII
c)
The stock market surged as soon as Roosevelt was elected
d)
The US government took over all American banks
31.
During the 1930s, the majority of the US population supported an isolationist policy toward Europe. What does this mean?
a)
The majority of Americans wanted to stay out of European conflicts
b)
The majority of Americans wanted to fight against the Nazis
c)
The majority of Americans supported the Nazis
d)
The majority of Americans wanted to send aid to Europe
32.
What did FDR have in common with Winston Churchill?
a)
They were both presidents of their respective countries
b)
They both strongly opposed the Nazis
c)
They both opposed Josef Stalin's rule in the USSR
d)
They fought together in the Navy during WWI
33.
Nazi leader of Germany during WWII
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Joseph Stalin
34.
The turning point in the battle of the Pacific where US forces were able to turn back the Japanese advance
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of Stalingrad
c)
Battle of Paris
d)
Pearl Harbor
35.
Battle for control over this Russian city lasting 9 months and costing 200,000 German casualties - it was the turning point on the eastern front
a)
Battle of Stalingrad
b)
Battle of Berlin
c)
Battle of Paris
d)
Battle of Britain
36.
The alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Axis Powers
37.
Name given to the Normandy invasion of June 6th, 1944
a)
D-Day Invasion
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Secret Mission D
d)
Operation Invasion
38.
Leader of Great Britain during WWII
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Harry Truman
39.
The Tuskegee Airmen were an all ______unit that fought in World War II?
a)
Native American
b)
Asian American
c)
African American
d)
Italian American
40.
After the defeat by the Japanese in the Philippines, US soldiers were brutalized in the:
a)
ritual of Bushido
b)
Kamikaze Suicide Attacks
c)
German POW Camps
d)
Bataan Death March
41.
The Nazi "Final solution" was a systematic, industrialized attempt to:
a)
deport Christians who refused to pledge allegiance to Hitler
b)
eliminate all communist
c)
eliminate Jews from Europe
d)
repopulate France with Germans
42.
Who was the President of the United States for the MOST of World War II?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
43.
The United States essentially ended World War II by:
a)
bombing Tokyo
b)
launching the D-Day invasion
c)
capturing Hitler
d)
dropping atomic bombs on Japanese cities
44.
This country was blamed for World War I and forced to pay huge war reparations to the Allies.
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Germany
d)
United States
45.
WWII was fought from:
a)
1941-1947
b)
1939-1941
c)
1939-1945
d)
1933-1941
46.
On June 6, 1944 General Eisenhower directed the largest combined land-sea-air invasion in history known as __________.
a)
V-E Day
b)
Battle of Stalingrad
c)
Battle of the Bulge
d)
D-Day
47.
Why did Truman order the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
a)
He hoped to demonstrate the superior power of the United States.
b)
He hoped to obtain Japan’s unconditional surrender and avoid a ground invasion.
c)
He was worried that Japan was growing stronger and gaining more territories as the war progressed.
d)
He was angry that Japan had rebuffed his attempts to negotiate a peace settlement.
48.
Who was responsible for the Holocaust?
a)
Hitler and Nazis
b)
Russians
c)
Allies
d)
Japanese
49.
What was the big event that started WWII?
a)
invasion of Austria
b)
invasion of Poland
c)
invasion of Hungary
d)
invasion of Czechoslovakia
50.
What was the “Holocaust”?
a)
the air war between France and Germany
b)
it forbade Jews from taking their money with then if they left the country
c)
the systematic killing of 6,000,000 Jews as well as other groups
d)
none of these
51.
The following were the main allied Powers during World War II
a)
U.S., Italy, and France
b)
U.S. , Great Britain, and France
c)
Italy, Germany, and Japan
d)
U.S. , France, and Japan
52.
The atomic bombs used to end World War II were dropped on__________________.
a)
Tokyo and Nagasaki
b)
Berlin and Tokyo
c)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
d)
Hiroshima and Berlin
53.
Which US president said the attack on Pearl harbor was "a day which would live in infamy."
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Herbert Hoover
54.
Who was the Prime Minster of England who said that he had met with Adolph Hitler in Munich and believed there would be "peace in our time."
a)
Neville Chamberlain
b)
Hirohito
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Thomas Dewey
55.
What was the "Day that will live in infamy?"
a)
December 7, 1941
b)
December 31, 1941
c)
November 11, 1918
d)
November 7, 1941
56.
What Executive Order forced the imprisonment of Japanese Americans?
a)
1040
b)
1066
c)
9005
d)
9066
57.
What was the American strategy of conquering Japanese lands and building airstrips to extend the assault called?
a)
Island Hopping
b)
Lateral Envelopment
c)
Guerilla Tactics
d)
Napoleonic Warfare
58.
Emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989. He took over at a time of rising democratic sentiment, but his country soon turned toward ultra-nationalism and militarism.
a)
Tojo
b)
Hiro
c)
Confucius
d)
Hirohito
59.
What term best fits the following definition -
"an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization."
"an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization."
a)
Fascism
b)
Socialism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Nationalism
60.
Political and economic doctrines including the totalitarian principle of government, predominance of especially Germanic groups assumed to be racially superior, and supremacy of the führer.
a)
Fascism
b)
Nazism
c)
Democracy
d)
Socialism
61.
Who was the first black general in the U.S. Air Force?
a)
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
b)
Colin Powell
c)
Lucius Theus
d)
J.T. Taylor
62.
Which future Supreme Court justice got his start defending Tuskegee bomber trainees?
a)
Antonin Scalia
b)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
c)
Clarence Thomas
d)
Thurgood Marshall
63.
hatred or unfair treatment of a group of people who belong to a certain race or religion
a)
prejudice
b)
squadron
c)
segregated
d)
racism
64.
when people of different races are kept apart
a)
segregated
b)
prejudice
c)
bigots
d)
biplane
65.
What allowed FDR to aid any nation he believed was vital to U.S. defense
a)
Lend-Lease Act
b)
Decleration of War
c)
Townshend Act
d)
Arms Treaty
66.
Who began working in the factories when the soldiers went off to war?
a)
The elderly
b)
Children
c)
Japanese Americans
d)
Women
67.
Peace organization that was formed after World War II
a)
League of Nations
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
United Nations
d)
Atlantic Charter
68.
What was the US military racial policy through World War II?
a)
Only white men were allowed to serve in the military
b)
"Separate but equal"
c)
All soldiers served together
d)
Women were allowed to serve alongside men
69.
What were the Tuskegee Airmen?
a)
Black soldiers who served in the first integrated infantry units
b)
The first black men to fly airplanes
c)
The first black fighter pilots in the US military
d)
The first fighter pilots to fly in integrated units
70.
What was the nickname the Tuskegee Airmen gave themselves?
a)
Bad Boyz
b)
Sky Dogs
c)
Red Tails
d)
None of the above
71.
Which man was elected President 4 times, and served during the Great Depression and WWII?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
d)
John F Kennedy
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