WorksheetsCW/HW - BLOG - Topic 6 - MAIN (130+) 12/06
Total questions: 133
Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins
Source 3- What were FDR's personal thoughts about the war?
That the U.S. can make great gains from trade with warring nations to benefit the economy.
That the rights of Europeans must be protected through US support
Many Americans will will find it hard to remain purely neutral and inevitably choose sides in the conflict
The United States will not become involved in the war at any stage due to the vast distance between it and the conflict
Source 4- What justification does Roosevelt give for helping Great Britain?
That fascism is directly against the principles of democracy and must be fought against at all times.
Supporting Great Britain helps it to remain strong and deal with the war so the US won't have to fight.
Germany has betrayed the trust of the global community and the United States needs to take control as a world leader.
That the crimes against humanity by the Nazis in Europe have made it necessary to do the right thing and become involved.
Which policy had the goal of supporting the allies and maintaining neutrality?
Atlantic Charter
Appeasement
Cash and Carry
What stated that the US would not sell war materials or give loans to nations at war?
Neutrality Acts
Lend-Lease Act
Atlantic Charter
During the 1930's what factors pushed the American public opinion and policy toward isolationism?
Bad relationships with European countries.
High tariffs from European countries and a small, weak US military.
The Great Depression and the memory of the tragic losses in WWI.
The Lend-Lease Act and the Neutrality Acts
Congress passes three Neutrality Acts between 1935 and 1937. What was the overall purpose of those acts?
To prevent American involvement in any foreign conflict.
To push the united States in to the war.
To help the United States recover from the Great Depression
To give women the right to vote.
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act that was passed in March of 1941?
It was part of the New Deal
It was to help American farmers get new farming equipment.
It put American factors back to work.
It allowed the United States to sell, lend, or give ships, planes, tanks, or other equipment to the Allies.
The Neutrality Acts were passed in order to protect America from
the same mistakes they made in World War I
A Nazi invasion of America
The Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor
Italy's invasion of Africa
The Neutrality Act of 1935 prohibited
American banks from loaning money to warring countries
American from selling guns and munitions to any warring countires and passengers from riding on any ships of warring nations
Americans from sending messages to loved one who live in warring countries
Americans from talking about the war publically
The Neutrality Act of 1936 prohibited
American banks from loaning money to warring countries
American from selling guns and munitions to any warring countires and passengers from riding on any ships of warring nations
Americans from sending messages to loved one who live in warring countries
Americans from talking about the war publically
Isolationism
interference in political affairs of another country
strong loyalty for your country
policy of not getting involved with foreign countries issues
to cancel or to void
What led to the creation of first suburban housing developments?
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Brown v. Board of Education
G.I. Bill of Rights
What was a govt. sponsored creation of infrastructure and US military moved more efficiently?
GI Bill of Rights
National Interstate and Defense Highways Act
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Who made sweeping claims against people with no evidence to back charges?
Sputnik
McCarthy
Truman
Eisenhower
The creation of a national space program (NASA) was a main effect of
McCarthyism
the Korean War
the launch of Sputnik
The Marshall Plan
Which of these was NOT a reason for the US economic boom after WWII?
Women in the workforce
Globalisation
GI Bill of Rights
Low taxes
What was the area stretching from Florida to California that contained new high-tech industries known as?
Rust Belt
Blue Collar Belt
Sun Belt
Tech Belt
What president warned about the military-industrial complex?
JFK
Truman
Eisenhower
LBJ
A period of flourishing marriages and the resulting increased birthrate, applied most often to the demographic trend from 1946 to 1964.
infant proliferation
child inflation
blessed addition
baby boom
Named after their developer, these housing tracts were inexpensive suburban developments of similarly-built homes.
Cookie Cutter houses
Brook Farm
Levittowns
Shaker communities
the United States and
communism & socialism
What organization was formed to pursue world peace in 1945?
United Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
Nixon's policy of relaxing tensions with the USSR
Detenté
Containment
Domino Theory
Brinksmanship
All of the following are true about the Holocaust EXCEPT:
NAZI death camps were established throughout Europe under the supervision of the SS
The Allied powers including the US had no knowledge of what was going on in the concentration camps
Germany killed approximately 6 million Jews and maybe as many as 6 million others in camps
Dacau, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Belsen-Bergen, and Treblinka were the main death camps
To Hitler's way of thinking this would be a "Final Solution" to what he saw as the Jewish problem throughout Europe
American women took part in the war effort during the years 1942-1945 by all of the following means EXCEPT
specialized military draft for women in medical profession
volunteer work in Red Cross, military canteens, other humanitarian efforts
traditional women's jobs in the house
Rosie the Riveter - industrial wartime production
WAACs, WAVES, SPARs
All of the following were ways in which Americans helped the war effort on the home front EXCEPT:
bought war bonds to help finance the war
conserved materials needed for the war
organized community scrap drives
protested the rationing program by the Office of Price Administration
volunteered to serve in the armed forces
The Double V campaign aimed at victory at home and abroad. What did victory at home look like?
remove Axis spies
become the "arsenal for democracy"
eliminate racial prejudice and segregation
eliminate restrictions based on gender
share the profits gained from wartime production
In what year did World War II begin?
1923
1936
1939
1941
Which statement is correct regarding ways that US citizens helped to contribute to the Allied war effort on the home front?
growing Victory Gardens
conducting scrap drives
rationing the purchase of certain products
all of the statements are correct
During World War II, posters of Rosie the Riveter were used to:
promote women's suffrage
recruit women into wartime industries
encourage women to serve in the armed forces
support higher education for women
He was the originator of the March on Washington idea but he canceled when President Roosevelt desegregated the military and other government jobs.
Martin Luther King Jr
Ralph Abernathy
A. Phillip Randolph
Emmett Till
What was the name of the female propaganda icon who represented female workers on the home front?
Princess Peach
Rosie the Riveter
Mona the Manufacturer
Jude the Obscure
The _______ Program allowed roughly 4 million Mexican laborers to come to the US and work on primarily short-term, agricultural labor contracts.
Gaucho
Biblioteca
Bracero
Bravado
The ________ Race Riots of _______ were one of the most deadly riots on the home front during WWII.
Detroit; 1945
Denver; 1943
Lansing; 1945
Detroit; 1943
What is the name for JFK's legislative agenda?
New Deal
New Frontier
Great Society
Fresh Start
Which JFK program made up of volunteers included helping people in developing nations?
Public Works Administration
Space Exploration
Peace Corps
Special Olympics
The CIA was successful in carrying out covert actions in
Hungary
Korea
Iran
Egypt
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
To help feed the people of Europe.
To stop the spread of Communism.
To help America's economy.
All of the above.
Which president is responsible for creating the CIA?
John F. Kennedy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Harry Truman
In a capitalist system
the state controls economic activity.
elected officials control economic activity.
the dictator controls economic activity.
private citizens control economic activity.
Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S government and military were made by
Douglas MacArthur.
Joseph McCarthy.
Alger Hiss.
John Foster Dulles.
Where did the Zoot Suit Riots take place?
Phoenix, AZ
Oakland, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Las Vegas, NV
What event was the reason why Japanese-Americans were put in internment camps?
Pearl Harbor
Kristalnacht
The Great Depression
The Holocaust
What were the two main reasons why African-Americans migrated from the South to the North and West during WW2?
Weather and Fleeing Racist Terrorism
Job opportunities and Weather
Weather and Food
Job opportunities and Fleeing Racist Terrorism
Which group was used as a scapegoat by police and media during the Zoot Suit Riots?
Zootsuiters (Mexican-American youth)
Sailors (Mostly white soldiers)
True or False, the military was racially segregated during WW2?
True
False
What percentage of Japanese people put in internment camps were U.S. citizens?
1/3 (33%)
1/1 (100%)
2/3 (66%)
1/4 (25%)
Despite enjoying and copying this form of Black music for entertainment during the 1930s and 1940s, __________, white Americans still did not allow African-Americans social and political equality.
Soul & RnB
Gospel
Jazz & Blues
Select all major cities listed that had riots due to racial tensions during WW2.
Detroit, MI
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Chicago, IL
Select all that is true about the Bracero Program
The Braceros converted the agricultural fields of America into the most productive on Earth.
The Braceros caused a great potato famine by using poor farming practices.
Working conditions for these workers were harsh and often unsafe.
Workers made a lot of money.
Wages were low.
Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Kim Il Sung
Douglas MacArthur
What marked the start of the US containment policy?
WW2
The Potsdam Conference
The Truman Doctrine
The Korean War
Which of the following are examples of the US attempt to contain communism?
The Suez Crisis
The Korean War
The Hungarian Uprising
The Vietnam War
The Cuban Crisis
When was the Korean War?
1948 - 52
1949 - 53
1950 - 53
1951 - 54
When was the Cuban Crisis?
1958 - 61
1959 - 62
1960 - 63
The genocide of six million Jews committed by the Nazis was called the __________________.
Black Plague
Apartheid
Reign of Terror
Holocaust
The event that brought the U.S. into WWII was the Japanese attack on __________________________.
Washington, DC.
New York City, New York
Atlanta, Georgia
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Who Controlled East Germany
France
U.S.A
Soviet Union
Britain
Who was in charge of the areas that would eventually become West Germany?
France
Britain
USA
Soviet Union
East Germany had what form of government?
Communism
Fascist
Democracy
Socialism
West Germany had what form of government?
Capitalism
Fascist
Democracy
Socialism
What was the Berlin Airlift?
When the US supplied food and goods to Berlin
Taking people from East Berlin to West Berlin
Dropping of bombs on Berlin
Wanting all of Berlin for the Soviets, Stalin tried to force the Allies out by using what?
a naval quarentine
communism
a blockade
Why was The Berlin Wall built?
To Keep The French Out
To Keep The East Germans Out Of The West
To Keep The Russians Out Of The East
To Keep The British Out Of The West
Why did East Berlinians want to escape to West Berlin?
Free healthcare
Better pay and more economic and personal freedom
It had a better landscape
Free education
True or false: East German guards in guard towers were told to shoot anyone they saw trying to escape over the wall.
True
False
Which side of the Berlin Wall was more colorful, able to be touched and decorated?
Eastern / Communist side
Western / Democratic side
The Northern side
What is "McCarthyism"?
a campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations
the practice of conducting careful research before submitting findings for further investigations
an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947-1957
What was the policy of "Containment" ?
the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.
the policy of jailing all proven and suspected communist party members in the United States.
foreign policy pursued by the United States beginning in the late 1940s in order to check the expansionist policy of the Soviet Union.
What was "Blacklisting" ?
The act of listing people or things that are regarded as unacceptable or untrustworthy and should be excluded or avoided.
Listing items on a black piece of paper
Listing of items that make a profit for businesses with very little cost.
Which Alliance was the Communist countries and included the Soviet Union?
Warsaw Pact
NATO
SEATO
Which Alliance was made for the democracies of South East Asia?
Warsaw Pact
NATO
SEATO
The Marshall Plan looked to...
Contain Communism
Pay money to countries to not become Communist
Blacklisting during the Red Scare was...
When your career was over because you were accused of being a Communist
When your career was over because you retired
When your career was over because you were drafted into the military
When your career was over because you had joined a Union
When McCarthy accuses this group of being Communist the American people react negatively which ultimately ends McCarthyism.
Military
Movie Stars
Politicians
Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.
Baby Boom
Baby Gap
GI Bill
Transistor
Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.
Baby Boom
Baby Gap
GI Bill
Transistor
Mass production techniques to build inexpensive homes in suburban New York to help relieve the postwar housing shortage. This became a symbol of the movement to the suburbs in the years after WWII.
Brooklyn
Albany
Levittown
Manhattan
This was invented in the 1920's it wasn't until the late 1950's that it became the primary source of information and entertainment.. In 1946 there were only 17,000 in America, but by 1957 there were 40 million.
Radio
Televisions
Cell Phones
Movie Theatres
What Was The “Baby Boom?”
The explosive most known for its baby like appearance.
The temporary increase in birth rate.
A popular show meant for babies during this time.
A popular book meant to teach women how to be the best mother.
What bill was passed to help soldiers readjust to civilian life after World War 2?
G.I. Bill
Taft-Hartley Act
Civil Rights Act
Bonus Army Bill
The 1950s can best be described as a period of...
Creativity & Dissent
Consumption & Coordination
Consumerism & Conformity
Hondas & Toyotas
Eisenhower warned the country about the dangerous growth of the...
Soviet Nuclear Arsenal
Federal Deficit
Military-Industrial Complex
Illuminati
During the 1950s, many Americans migrated away from the "Rust Belt" to states in the South & West known as the...
Sun Belt
Ice Belt
Bible Belt
Cotton Belt
New technological mass media device that revolutionized culture & entertainment during the 1950s
Internet
Radio
Tik Tok
Television
This phenomenon drove Americans to buy things to fit in with their peers.
Rollin' with the Rissers
Shopping with the Smiths
Keeping up with the Joneses
Living like a Rockstar
Literary movement of artists & writers who encouraged nonconformity during the 1950s.
Transcendentalist Movement
Beat Movement
Counterculture Movement
Harlem Shake
He became the 1st African American to play Major League Baseball in 1947.
Jesse Owens
Jackie Robinson
Hank Aaron
Willie Mayes
This population shift led to a loss of economic resources & increased urban poverty during the 1950s.
Great Migration
Urban Colonization
White Flight
Urban Explosion
During the 1950s many middle class/wealthy families moved to the...
Suburbs
Cities
Beach
Mountains
During the 1950s, women were
encouraged to work in the defense industries
encouraged to become housewives
welcomed into the workforce
elected into public office in large numbers
Why did many American cities begin to decline after World War II?
Middle class white families moved to suburbs
There was an increase in taxes
They weren't being rebuilt from damage incurred during war
There was a decrease in segregated public housing
-it helped create a shared sense of national identity in America.
-It gave Americans daily access to news, entertainment, and sports.
-It helped to end the isolation felt in rural areas of the U.S.
-Only 1,000,000 Americans owned one in 1949; by 1969 44,000,000 Americans owned one.
These notes would be of greatest value to a student who was writing a report titled
The Interstate Highway System
The Importance of the Telephone
The Invention of the Home Computer
The Impact of Television on America
TV programs in the 1950's often
gave equal air time to minority groups
did not use advertising via commercials
showed families with the father as the breadwinner and the mother as the homemaker
started what became known as "reality" tv
