Worksheets11th Benchmark 2 Review
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the big event that started WWII?
a)
invasion of Austria
b)
invasion of Poland
c)
invasion of Hungary
d)
invasion of Czechoslovakia
2.
What party did Hitler create?
a)
Nice party
b)
Nazi Party
c)
Communist Party
d)
Helping party
3.
Who ruled as a dictator and leader of the Nazi party and wanted to build a powerful military and make his country a strong nation?
a)
Hitler
b)
Mussolini
c)
Stalin
d)
Churchill
4.
Which 3 countries made up the Axis Powers?
a)
American, England, and Russia
b)
Sweden, Germany, and Denmark
c)
Italy, Russia, and Austria
d)
Italy, Germany, and Japan
5.
Who was president of the United States when WW2 ended?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Jefferson DAvis
6.
World War 2 helped America come out of _________________ by providing jobs for people.
a)
The Cold War
b)
The Dust Bowl
c)
The Great Depression
7.
Why did America enter WW2?
a)
Assassination of F.D.R
b)
Hitler took power
c)
Attack of Pearl Harbor
d)
The invasion of Poland
8.
The largest sea attack in hostry occurred at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. This was known as...
a)
B- day
b)
VE day
c)
VJ day
d)
D- day
9.
What were the Nuremberg Laws
a)
Laws made to protect the Polish after Nazi invasion
b)
Laws made to deprive Jews of their natural rights
c)
Laws made to keep Hitler political opponents from gaining power
d)
laws to end communism in Germany
10.
camps Japanese Americans were relocated to
a)
Internment Camps
b)
Concentration Camps
11.
Why was President Franklin Roosevelt hesitant to get involved in World War II?
a)
He considered Germany and Japan strong allies of the United States
b)
He wanted to maintain the U.S. foreign policy of isolationism
c)
He was opposed to the Lend-Lease Act
d)
He had supported the Japanese invasion of China in 1937
12.
What was the primary reason that the Great Depression ended in the United States?
a)
The New Deal
b)
Alphabet Agencies
c)
World War II
d)
The Spread of Communism
13.
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
14.
Describe the causes of WWII:
a)
WWI Peace Treaty Problems, Great Depression & Rise of Dictators
b)
WWI Peace Treaty Problems, New Military Technology
c)
Rise of dictators, Poor U.S. President
d)
Russia attacked Germany & took over Italy
15.
One cause of the Crash of 1929 was that many people only paid 10% down and took out loans for the rest of the stock they bought. What was this called?
a)
Buy on Margin
b)
Speculation
c)
Hoodwink
d)
Stock Broker
16.
The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Presidency in 1932 reflected the desire of many Americans to
a)
have government take an active role in solving economic problems
b)
return to a policy of laissez-faire capitalism
c)
continue the domestic policies of the Hoover administration
17.
Which of these statements is true of the 1932 presidential election?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide.
b)
Hoover lost by a narrow margin.
c)
Huey Long ran a strong third-party campaign.
d)
Roosevelt won a third term.
18.
What were the major goals of the New Deal?
a)
no gold standard and free coinage of silver
b)
abolition and suffrage
c)
relief, recovery, and reform
d)
expanding the size and economic influence of the United States
19.
This program created jobs for young men (18-25), built roads, parks, and worked on soil erosion projects
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Public Works Administration
c)
Securities and Exchange Committee
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority
20.
This program created jobs by building airports, dams, schools, and parks
a)
Public Works Administration
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority
c)
Works Progress Administration
d)
National Recovery Administration
21.
This was created to regulate the stock market and prevent a future stock market crash
a)
Securities and Exchange Committee
b)
Public Works Administration
c)
Works Progress Administration
d)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
22.
This was created to protect the money people had deposited in the bank
a)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
b)
Securities and Exchange Committee
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
National Recovery Administration
23.
The Tennessee Valley Authority provided what--in addition to jobs--for the rural south
a)
Cheap Electricity
b)
Clean Water
c)
Extra Storage on Peoples' Laptops
d)
Faster Internet
24.
This was designed to provide assistance to the elderly, disabled, and poor
a)
Social Security
b)
Securities and Exchange Committee
c)
Wagner Act
d)
National Recovery Act
25.
This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest
a)
Tornados
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Hurricanes
26.
When people went to the bank to withdraw their money and the banks had no money was known as the
a)
Bank Crisis
b)
Black Tuesday
c)
Stock Market Crash
d)
New Deal
27.
Buying on margin means you are buying _____ with borrowed money.
a)
Cars
b)
Homes
c)
Stocks
d)
Food
28.
Which of the following was the primary cause of the Dust Bowl?
a)
black blizzards
b)
prolonged drought
c)
crop reduction
d)
dam building
29.
What is a good title for this list?
a)
Culture of the 1920s
b)
The Great Migration
c)
Impact of the Great Depression
d)
Features of the New Deal
30.
"Hands off" Government- Herbert Hoover
a)
Dictator
b)
Laissez Faire
c)
Depression
d)
The New Deal
31.
Shantytowns for the homeless
a)
Depression
b)
Hoovervilles
c)
reconstruction Finance corproation
d)
Speculation
32.
Investing only 10% of portion of a stock
a)
FDIC
b)
Buying on Margin
c)
Speculation
d)
Laissez Faire
33.
Decreased International Trade (Hoover)
a)
22nd Amendment
b)
21st Amendment
c)
Hawley Smoot Tariff
d)
Court Packing Scheme
34.
Period of rising stocks
a)
Bear Market
b)
Bubble Market
c)
Bull Market
d)
The Big Crash
35.
Method of purchase in which buyer makes a small down-payment and then pays off the rest of the debt in regular monthly payments
a)
Installment Buying
b)
Percentage Buying
c)
Buying on the Margin
d)
Layaway
36.
putting money down on an item and then making payments each month until it is paid off is known as
a)
buying on margin
b)
installment buying
c)
payment buying
d)
bull market
37.
"Buy now, pay later" most closely relates to which of the following?
a)
Stealing
b)
Buying on Margin
c)
Installment Buying
d)
Credit Cards
38.
What was the New Deal?
a)
A program designed to increase international trade.
b)
A set of programs implemented to rescue the American economy.
c)
Conservative program designed to limit govt. involvement in the economy.
d)
A program that increased the amount of stock being sold.
39.
This New Deal program provided millions of men jobs building parks, swimming pools, libraries, and many other public works projects.
a)
Civilian Conservation Corp
b)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
c)
Works Progress Administration
d)
Social Security Act
40.
The Civilian Conservation Corps hired and gave educational opportunities to
a)
young men.
b)
women.
c)
married men.
d)
non-pensioned senior citizens
41.
FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:
a)
FDR Hour
b)
Hangin' With Franklin
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Around the Fire
42.
What were the major goals of the New Deal?
a)
no gold standard and free coinage of silver
b)
abolition and suffrage
c)
relief, recovery, and reform
d)
expanding the size and economic influence of the United States
43.
What happened on October 29, 1929
a)
FDR was elected President
b)
The Stock Market crashed
c)
The US National bank failed
d)
President Obama was born
44.
Long term economic hardship is also known as
a)
Recession
b)
Depression
c)
Panic
d)
Mayhem
45.
What does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation protect?
a)
Banks
b)
Income
c)
Stock Market
d)
Government personnel
46.
What does rugged individualism mean?
a)
people should take care of themselves
b)
people should ask the government for assistance
c)
men should sport a five o' clock shadow
d)
everyone needs to have immense muscles
47.
The Works Progress Administration hired
a)
Artists, Painters, Musicians, and Writers
b)
Farmers to plant new kinds of crops
48.
What is a Hooverville?
a)
The name of a street
b)
The village where Hoover was born
c)
Shanty towns built out of metal and wood
49.
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
50.
The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Presidency in 1932 reflected the desire of many Americans to
a)
have government take an active role in solving economic problems
b)
return to a policy of laissez-faire capitalism
c)
continue the domestic policies of the Hoover administration
51.
What were two key ideas that helped shape Hoover's core beliefs?
a)
rugged individualism & associative state
b)
bootstraps and pulling
c)
independence & limited government
d)
Socialism & Communism
52.
Author who wrote about common experience in Depression
a)
Dorothea Lange
b)
Frances Perkins
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
53.
Gov’t owned corp. that provides flood control, electricity, etc
a)
Works Progress Administration
b)
Civilian Conservation Corps
c)
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority
54.
What were the Nazis charged with at the Nuremberg trials?
a)
Murder
b)
War Crimes
c)
Manslaughter
d)
Treason
55.
Cases held 1945-1949 to prosecute Nazi leaders and members for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
a)
Hideki Tojo
b)
Nuremberg Laws
c)
Final Solution
d)
Nuremberg Trials
56.
What were the four countries that made up the Nuremberg Tribunal?
a)
Great Britain, France, United States and Russia
b)
China, United States, Australia, and Africa
c)
United States, Jamaica, China, and Japan
d)
Africa, China, Japan, and Antartica
57.
What was the name of the largest death camp located in Poland?
a)
Auschwitz
b)
Bergen-Belsen
c)
Belzec
d)
Treblinka
58.
The deliberate destruction, in whole of an ethnic, racial, religious or national group
a)
Holocaust
b)
Genocide
c)
Concentration Camp
d)
Nuremberg Laws
59.
What was the purpose of the Nuremburg trials?
a)
to try the Japanese for their secret attack on Pearl Harbor
b)
to show the world that the Nazi leaders were guilty of crimes against humanity
c)
to punish the Italians for their totalitarian rule over France
d)
to punish the Soviets for their invasion of Germany
60.
Executive Order 9066 led to which of the following in the United States.
a)
A declaration of war with Japan
b)
The military imposing curfews and military zones
c)
putting African Americans in military containment camps
d)
starting the selective service act
61.
What type of American was interned due to Executive Order 9066?
a)
Japanese
b)
African American
c)
German
d)
Italian, Japanese, and German
62.
Where were most of the internment camps built?
a)
in isolated areas such as swamps and deserts
b)
in cities out west
c)
only on the east coast
d)
in Tennessee
63.
The Korematsu legal team argued that Executive Order 9066 was a violation of Korematsu's ...
a)
13th Amendment rights
b)
14th Amendment rights
c)
15th Amendment rights
d)
16th Amendment rights
64.
What was Fred Korematsu arrested for?
a)
Staying in Oakland and not reporting to the internment camps
b)
Aiding the Japanese
c)
Giving intelligence to US enemy's
d)
Not giving his money and property to the US Government
65.
During WWII how many Japanese Americans were accused of sabotage?
a)
0
b)
6
c)
28
d)
846
66.
Agreement between Hitler and Stalin in 1939
a)
Non-aggression Pact
b)
Non-competition Agreement
c)
Non-competition Pact
d)
Non-agression Agreement
67.
Hitler's "Final Solution" was
a)
to commit genocide on "inferior" people who didn't fit into the Aryan race
b)
a final strategy to win the war in Europe
c)
a plan to take Stalingrad before the winter weather came
d)
a plan to attack the US with the help of the Japanese
68.
The US strategy used in the Pacific to skip over heavily fortified islands was called
a)
island hopping
b)
island skipping
c)
island jumping
69.
Term means "lightening war"; tactic used by Hitler's air force
a)
blitzkrieg
b)
appeasement
c)
kamikaze
d)
demilitarized
70.
An Act that allowed U.S. congress to lend or sell war supplies to other countries
a)
Yalta Conference
b)
Kamikaze
c)
Manhattan Project
d)
Lend-Lease Act
71.
What was an immediate effect of the Lend-Lease Act?
a)
Western Europe recovered from the damage caused by World War II.
b)
The United States provided critical aid to Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
c)
The Soviet Union declared war on Germany.
d)
Japan declared war against the United States.
72.
Vice President who succeeded President Franklin Delano Roosevelt upon FDR's sudden death.
a)
John Nance Garner
b)
Henry Agard Wallace
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
None of these are correct
73.
The invasion on June 6, 1944, known as "_______________", was the largest single invasion in history.
a)
V-E Day
b)
D-Day
c)
V-J Day
d)
V-Day
74.
Which of the following explanations below was the MAJOR reason why President Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?
a)
He wanted to punish Japan for attacking Pearl Harbor
b)
He wanted to save American lives
c)
He wanted to scare the Russians
d)
He hated the Japanese
75.
VJ Day stands for ____________.
a)
Victory in Jamaica
b)
Victory in Jest
c)
Victory in Japan
76.
a secret deal between Germany and the Soviet Union to attack and divide up Poland
a)
Munich Pact
b)
Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
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