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Unit 9 SHS 3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Toby, age 27: “Working in the crop fields provides no

job security.”

Ginger, age 40: “Washing clothes only gets one so far.”

Maria, age 72: “Once my husband dies, I fear I will

have no support.”

Shantay, age 30: “If we stop educating our youth, our

country will fail.”

Which persons concerns would President

FDR MOST LIKELY have taken

into his thoughts when passing the Social

Security Act as a part of the second New Deal?

a)

Toby

b)

Ginger

c)

Maria

d)

Shantay

2.

The Lend-Lease Act

represent a move away from American neutrality

in World War II,in what way?

a)

It established a US military presence

on rented military bases in Europe.

b)

It let the US to

keep providing the British with supplies even though

Britain’s could not pay.

c)

It was crafted to ensure that the only nations that

could take advantage of it would be Allied

nations, not Axis powers.

d)

It allowed the US to send materials to

The British without facing the danger of having its

own ships being attacked by German

submarines.

3.

Of the following, what helped the U.S. automobile manufacturers

in converting to the production of military transports the MOST?

a)

the workers’ experience working with metals

b)

large cash investments by the government

c)

the assembly line

d)

military oversight of production facilities

4.

What MOST convinced

President Franklin D. Roosevelt incorporate the

defense industries in 1941?

a)

the need for additional soldiers

b)

the arguments presented by A. Philip Randolph

c)

the fear of giving a publicity victory to Adolf Hitler

d)

the realization a race riot might break out in D.C.

5.

Of the given answers, what best explains how Roosevelt

tried to restore the public’s hesitancy in the

the banking system and in the American

government?

a)

Roosevelt implemented the Securities and

Exchange Commission (SEC).

b)

Roosevelt implemented the Federal Deposit

Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

c)

Roosevelt took control of every aspect of the economy.

d)

Roosevelt signed an executive order to disolve all banks in the U.S.

6.

Which tactic did Eleanor

Roosevelt use to influence African Americans to vote

for Democratic,over the Republican,

candidates?

a)

Eleanor successfully lobbied Congress to

integrate public schools so that African

American students could have equal access to

education.

b)

Eleanor lamented to Americans that African Americans deserved much better, if not equal pay.

c)

Eleanor befriended many African American

leaders during her lifetime, especially those who

fought for feminism and social justice, such as

American educator, Mary McLeod Bethune.

d)

Eleanor traveled across the country observing

the various social conditions in which African

Americans lived and then reported to her

husband who addressed these issues to the

nation in his fireside chats.

7.

To which of these three R’s were FDR's

New Deal programs responding too?

a)

Relief, recovery,reform.

b)

Recovery,recovery, recovery.

c)

Reform, renewal, and regulation.

d)

Responsibility, reorganization, and relief.

8.

Why did FDR believe that

another New Deal would be needed started his second term as president?

a)

because he planned to bring out a New Deal for

each of the four terms he planned to serve

b)

because the first New Deal didn't address 1/3 of the nation.

c)

because funding from Congress ran out at the

end of his first term, and he needed more

money for the existing programs.

d)

because the first New Deal had been a big

success with the American population and he

wanted to keep his popularity high with voting

citizens

9.

Who is this an image of ? and what was her role in WW II

a)

Rosie the Riveter was a fictional woman worker,

a riveter in an aircraft manufacturing plant,

created to appeal to women’s sense of

patriotism.

b)

Rosie the Riveter was a propaganda artist who

was commissioned by the Japanese to present

herself on radio programs as an American who

sympathizes with Japanese Americans who are

being interned.

c)

Rosie the Riveter was a German spy who

infiltrated American society to pretend to be a

riveter in a munitions plant while spreading

German propaganda throughout the United

States.

d)

Rosie the Riveter was a woman named Rosie

Fernandez from San Diego, California, who

worked in an aircraft plant as a riveter of bolts to

the wing of an aircraft and became the face of

women entering the work force and contributing

to the war effort.

10.

one of the things that brought the U.S. out of was the Tennessee Valley, how was this so?

a)

by bring jobs to the South along with electricity

b)

by creating a series of dams that created many

lakes for people to use for boating or fishing

c)

by repaving the roads in Tennessee so that

people could return to the Blue Ridge Parkway

and enjoy the scenery

d)

by making the Tennessee River more navigable,

so that bigger ships and tankers could sail down

the river and into the Gulf of Mexico

11.

Which best tell the reasons of the Great depression?

a)

Banks failed at a record pace in the 1920s and

1930s because they loaned too much money to

outlaw groups such as the Mafia.

b)

The stock exchange became more and more

careless with its speculation, gambling on

casinos and other questionable investments

during the 1920s.

c)

After the end of World War I, America loaned too

much money to failing European countries,

many of which could not get their economies

back on track and had to default on loans.

d)

A surplus of goods leaves a repeating cycle of overproduction without the ability to sell or pay workers.

12.

Where were soup lines mostly found?

a)

Cities, by those who immigrated to find new jobs.

b)

Cities, because everyone is lazy there?

c)

Rural South due to how poor they were due to the civil war

d)

Rural South, due to lack of good workers after the great migration.

13.

How was Eleanor Roosevelt different from

previous First Ladies of the United States?

a)

She pursued her own policy goals as a

congressional representative.

b)

She traveled around the country to build support

for her political career.

c)

She helped the president manage daily

responsibilities of the government.

d)

She wanted to addressthe

population of mintories and the poor.

14.

Where the interment camps mostly located?

a)

Washington.

b)

an Island on the greatlakes.

c)

Southern California.

d)

Middle Tennesse

15.

We have used it in order to shorten the

agony of war, in order to save the lives of

thousands and thousands of young

Americans.

– Harry S. Truman

What was President Harry S. Truman describing

in this quotation?

a)

the use of unrestricted submarine warfare

b)

the bombardment of Iwo Jima

c)

the Allied invasion of Normandy

d)

The A-bomb