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Unit 5 Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did so many Americans go to the movies in the 1920's and 1930's?

a)

it helped get the 18th Amendment passed

b)

it was an easy way for Franklin D. Roosevelt to address the country

c)

they loved the Anti-American propaganda

d)

it provided an escape from reality in the Great Depression

2.

Which of the following contributed to the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

a)

European countries failing to pay WWI debt

b)

Over-speculation in the stock market

c)

new American Laws that changed capitalism

d)

underproduction of industries

3.

Why did so many people borrow money to invest in the stock market in the 1920's?

a)

they wanted to keep banks from closing

b)

they wanted to spend more money to help the economy

c)

they thought they could get rich in the stock market

d)

they wanted to lose all their money and cry about it

4.

How did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act lead to the Great Depression?

a)

it caused Americans to panic and withdraw their money from the bank

b)

it led other countries to impose tariffs which slowed international trade

c)

it caused a shortage of money

d)

it led people to buy stocks on margin

5.

All of these were effects of the Great Depression EXCEPT...

a)

high unemployment

b)

bank closings

c)

growth in agriculture

d)

bankruptcies

6.

At the height of the Great Depression, 25% of Americans...

a)

could not vote

b)

were homeless living in Hoovervilles

c)

unemployed without an income

d)

moved to California

7.

What was Franklin D Roosevelt referring to when he said, "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself?"

a)

communism

b)

World War I

c)

the Great Depression

d)

the Treaty of Versailles

8.

Which of these presidents was well-known for giving "fireside chats?"

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

9.

What did Roosevelt call his plan to get the US out of the Great Depression?

a)

the Square Deal

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

the New Deal

d)

Voodoo Economics

10.

Why did Roosevelt create programs like the Works Progress Administration?

a)

he needed to help our allies

b)

he wanted to prevent Americans from wasting their money

c)

he needed to provide relief, recovery & reform for Americans

d)

he needed older Americans to retire and make room for younger workers

11.

Which New Deal Program insured Americans' money against unsound banking and investment practices?

a)

SSA

b)

FDIC

c)

WPA

d)

AAA

12.

Which event triggered WWII in Europe?

a)

Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia

b)

Italy's invasion of Ethiopia

c)

Germany's invasion of Poland

d)

Japan's invasion of Manchuria

13.

How have New Deal Programs impacted the US?

a)

they reduced credit for farmers and unemployed people

b)

they decreased government's role in solving economic problems

c)

they increased government's role in solving economic problems

d)

they decreased programs to help farmers and unemployed people

14.

Why did FDR refer to the Lend-Lease Act as helping a neighbor?

a)

he wanted to block oil and steel exports to Japan

b)

he wanted to give our allies weapons to fight against Germany

c)

he wanted the US to remain neutral no matter what

d)

he planned on attacking Germany and Japan

15.

Before the Pearl Harbor Attack, what was the US policy towards the war in Europe?

a)

isolationism

b)

appeasement

c)

internationalism

d)

detente

16.

What US economic policy led the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor?

a)

trade embargo on oil and gasoline

b)

loans to military allies

c)

trade increases with China

d)

limiting Japanese imports

17.

"A date that will live in infamy" describes what event?

a)

the Battle of Britain

b)

the Miracle at Midway

c)

the attack on Pearl Harbor

d)

the invasion of Poland

18.

What was the Allied Strategy during WWII?

a)

let Stalin lose, then swoop in

b)

defeat Hitler first, then tackle the Pacific

c)

blitzkreig the Axis Powers

d)

island hopping

19.

Which Axis defeat kept Hitler from getting access to Middle East oil fields?

a)

the Battle of Britain

b)

the Battle of El Alamein

c)

the Battle of Stalingrad

d)

the Battle of the Bulge

20.

Which Axis defeat was the turning point of the War in Europe and kept Hitler from getting access to Soviet oil fields?

a)

Battle of Moscow

b)

the Battle of Warsaw

c)

the Battle of Britain

d)

the Battle of Stalingrad

21.

What started the liberation of France from Nazi control?

a)

the Battle of the Bulge

b)

the Invasion of Normandy

c)

the defeat at Dunkirk

d)

the Battle of Guadalcanal

22.

Which event showed the savagery of the Japanese towards prisoners of war in the Pacific?

a)

Island hopping

b)

Bataan Death March

c)

Blitzkreig

d)

the Holocaust

23.

Which event marked the turning point of the War in the Pacific and a big victory for the US?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Iwo Jima

c)

Battle of Guadalcanal

d)

Battle of Okinawa

24.

What was the Allied strategy for the War in the Pacific?

a)

Island Hopping

b)

Operation Overlord

c)

Defeat Hitler first

d)

Blitzkreig

25.

During WWII, the US used which minority soldiers for secure communication that the Japanese couldn't understand?

a)

Nisei Regiments

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Navajo Code Talkers

d)

German Enigma Code

26.

The US dropped atomic bombs on which Japanese cities?

a)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

b)

Tokyo and Kyoto

c)

Hanoi and Saigon

d)

Okinawa and Iwo Jima

27.

Which minority unit is pictured here?

a)

Nisei Regiment

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Navajo Code Talkers

d)

Bracero Factory Workers

28.

What was the Final Solution?

a)

the Nazi plan to exterminate all the Jews

b)

the Allied Strategy for the War in Europe

c)

Germany's plan to gain control of Europe

d)

the Soviet plan to use concentration camps against Germans

29.

What precedent did the Nuremberg Trials set after WWII?

a)

forcing defeated nations to pay war reparations

b)

prohibiting victor nations from occupying defeated nations

c)

holding leaders responsible for crimes against humanity

d)

acquitting leaders for their actions during war

30.

How did the US government raise money to support the war effort during WWII?

a)

selling War Bonds

b)

freezing wages

c)

taking money from the Federal Reserve Bank

d)

decreasing taxes

31.

What was the purpose of posters like this?

a)

to encourage Americans to conserve resources

b)

to encourage women to get jobs in defense factories

c)

to prevent women from voting

d)

to encourage women to fight in the war as soldiers

32.

What was the purpose of posters like this?

a)

to encourage Americans to conserve resources

b)

to make Americans feel bad about not fighting

c)

to encourage Americans to support our enemies

d)

to encourage Americans soldiers to give away their resources to Allies

33.

What was an unfortunate effect of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Japanese Americans?

a)

a treaty was signed with Japan

b)

FDR ordered all Americans of Japanese descent to go to internment camps

c)

Japan was blamed for all of America's problems

d)

nothing happened to them

34.

During WWII, the US government strongly encouraged the movie industry to make films that...

a)

distracted Americans from the war

b)

boosted morale and patriotism

c)

showed anti-war themes

d)

specifically didn't mention the war

35.

How was the media affected by WWII?

a)

the US government limited what the press could say about the war

b)

the US government encouraged the press to spy on Americans

c)

the US government required reporters to take basic training

d)

the US government banned reporting during the war