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WorksheetsUnit 10 Great Depression and WW2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 12mins
What was a main cause of the Great Depression?
the Stock Market crash of 1965
Spike in employment and production
The Stock Market crash of 1929
Deflation
Makeshift towns that consisted of lower class people living in shacks were called...
Movervilles
Tiny Towns
Slackshacks
Shantytowns
Which economic class suffered the most during the Great Depression?
Middle Class
Lower Class
Upper Class
Middle Lower Class
Rural areas suffered heavily in the Great Depression where?
Gambling
Industry
Housing
Farming
How many farms were foreclosed during the height of the Great Depression?
400,000
50,000
1,500,000
15,000
Who was the Republican candidate in the 1932 election?
Charles Curtis
James Harbor
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D Roosevelt
Who was the Democrat nominee and winner of the Election of 1932?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Al Smith
Calvin Coolidge
What were the three R's of the New Deal?
Replace, Reform, and Reprotect
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
Rationalize, Reform, and Recover
Resurrect, Reform, and Relief
Which R included programs to help people through the depression?
Relief
Recovery
Reform
Which R changed legislation to help with the depression and moved to repeal prohibition?
Relief
Recovery
Reform
Which R gave businesses and banks a chance to get back on their feet?
Recovery
Relief
Reform
Who was the Democrat candidate and winner of the Election of 1936?
Thomas E. Dewey
Teddy Roosevelt
Landon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the Republican candidate for the Election of 1936?
Teddy Roosevelt
Landon
Franklin D Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
What was the 21st amendment?
Repeal of Prohibition
Enactment of Prohibition
Women rights to Vote
No president can serve more then two terms
What government organisations were founded in the Second Hundred Days?
NRA, WPA, Forgotten Man Act
New Immigrants, WPA, No Child Left Behind
WPA, No Child Left Behind, Forgotten Man Act
Social Security, WPA, and Wagner Act
When the Supreme Court defeated 7 New deal Reforms, what did FDR do in the "Court Packing Scandal"?
Resigned as President
Created the Social Security Fund
Reappointed 6 new judges
Attempted to overthrow the Supreme Court
What was wrong with the League of Nations after WW1?
Nobody followed the rules of the league of nations.
Nobody banded and worked together to create peace
The U.S. refused to join
It was too powerful and had to be overthrown.
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during the WW1-WW2 era?
Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
What was Adolf Hitlers occupancy before being a dictator?
History Major
Politics Major
Cult Leader
Failed Artist
What was Hitlers goal as Dictator?
Run his country smoothly and keep to themselves
Eradicate Russia
Kill the Jewish Race and Rule the World
Make every country leader an Allie
At the beginning of WW2 where did America stand in the War?
Join the war to defeat Germany and the U.S.S.R.
Isolationism
Support Russia and Germany in taking over the War
Attack Japan
What major event brought the U.S. into WW2?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Fall of France
Concentration Camp discovery
Germans attack on the Soviet Union
When did the war in Europe end?
June 25, 1960
May 30, 1957
May 8, 1945
September 2, 1945
When was the V-J day?
September 2, 1950
September 2, 1945
January 3, 1940
August 6, 1945
What two types of camps were created by Nazi Germany to contain Jewish people?
Concentration and Slaughter
Annihilate and Concentration
Concentration and Execution
Concentration and Extermination
