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Big Bad Blue WWII

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the purpose of internment camps?

a)

Train soldiers for World War II

b)

A camp where Japanese Americans were forced to live during the war

c)

A camp to hold German prisoners of war

d)

A camp to house people working for New Deal programs

2.

What is the idea behind Fascism?

a)

A form of government that believes the country and the leader is more important than the citizens

b)

A form of government that believes people have the right to elect their leaders

c)

An idea that people should not be ruled by a government at all

d)

The idea that leaders of a country are meant to serve the needs of the people

3.

What were two political effects of World War II? (Select two answers)

a)

Texas embraced Fascism and canceled New Deal programs

b)

Japanese-Americans were forced to live in internment camps during the war.

c)

Texas secede from the United States and joined Nazi Germany.

d)

750,000 Texans fought in the war and more army bases and airfields were built.

4.

What caused the United States to enter World War II?

a)

Germany invading Poland

b)

Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor

c)

Germany conquering France

d)

Japan invading China

5.

What can you infer from this picture?

a)

People did not like the New Deal programs.

b)

The New Deal led to people losing their jobs to cheap labor.

c)

New Deal programs improved peoples lives and provided jobs for people.

d)

The New Deal provided few jobs for people.

6.

"I have been out of job for several years and it has been hard to find a job. I have been living in a 'Hooverville' for 6 months with my family and its hard to make ends meet. I wish someone in charge could help us in this situation."

Based on this quote, who did Americans blame for the Great Depression?

a)

President Hoover

b)

President Roosevelt

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

James Hogg

7.

What two factors led to the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt? (Select two)

a)

No relief from the Great Depression

b)

American's dislike of President Hoover

c)

World War II

d)

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

8.

What factor led to the end of the Dust Bowl?

a)

Forcing people to leave the Panhandle

b)

Making people stop farming completely

c)

Ending the cattle drives

d)

Improved farming techniques, such as no-till farming.

9.

What were two impacts of the Dust Bowl? (Select 2)

a)

The Dust Bowl ruined farming in Texas

b)

The population of the coastal plains decreased

c)

Though people lost their farms in the Dust Bowl, they were happy they wouldn't have to farm anymore.

d)

People moved to urban centers

10.

The list below is related to what?

-Work Progress Administration

-Social Security Administration

-Franklin D. Roosevelt

-Job Creation

-Civil Conservation Corps

a)

The Great Society

b)

The New Deal

c)

The Master Plan

d)

The Final Solution