WorksheetsUnit 9 SHS 3
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
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?
Toby
Ginger
Maria
Shantay
The Lend-Lease Act
represent a move away from American neutrality
in World War II,in what way?
It established a US military presence
on rented military bases in Europe.
It let the US to
keep providing the British with supplies even though
Britain’s could not pay.
It was crafted to ensure that the only nations that
could take advantage of it would be Allied
nations, not Axis powers.
It allowed the US to send materials to
The British without facing the danger of having its
own ships being attacked by German
submarines.
Of the following, what helped the U.S. automobile manufacturers
in converting to the production of military transports the MOST?
the workers’ experience working with metals
large cash investments by the government
the assembly line
military oversight of production facilities
What MOST convinced
President Franklin D. Roosevelt incorporate the
defense industries in 1941?
the need for additional soldiers
the arguments presented by A. Philip Randolph
the fear of giving a publicity victory to Adolf Hitler
the realization a race riot might break out in D.C.
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?
Roosevelt implemented the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC).
Roosevelt implemented the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Roosevelt took control of every aspect of the economy.
Roosevelt signed an executive order to disolve all banks in the U.S.
Which tactic did Eleanor
Roosevelt use to influence African Americans to vote
for Democratic,over the Republican,
candidates?
Eleanor successfully lobbied Congress to
integrate public schools so that African
American students could have equal access to
education.
Eleanor lamented to Americans that African Americans deserved much better, if not equal pay.
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.
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.
To which of these three R’s were FDR's
New Deal programs responding too?
Relief, recovery,reform.
Recovery,recovery, recovery.
Reform, renewal, and regulation.
Responsibility, reorganization, and relief.
Why did FDR believe that
another New Deal would be needed started his second term as president?
because he planned to bring out a New Deal for
each of the four terms he planned to serve
because the first New Deal didn't address 1/3 of the nation.
because funding from Congress ran out at the
end of his first term, and he needed more
money for the existing programs.
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
Who is this an image of ? and what was her role in WW II
Rosie the Riveter was a fictional woman worker,
a riveter in an aircraft manufacturing plant,
created to appeal to women’s sense of
patriotism.
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.
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.
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.
one of the things that brought the U.S. out of was the Tennessee Valley, how was this so?
by bring jobs to the South along with electricity
by creating a series of dams that created many
lakes for people to use for boating or fishing
by repaving the roads in Tennessee so that
people could return to the Blue Ridge Parkway
and enjoy the scenery
by making the Tennessee River more navigable,
so that bigger ships and tankers could sail down
the river and into the Gulf of Mexico
Which best tell the reasons of the Great depression?
Banks failed at a record pace in the 1920s and
1930s because they loaned too much money to
outlaw groups such as the Mafia.
The stock exchange became more and more
careless with its speculation, gambling on
casinos and other questionable investments
during the 1920s.
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.
A surplus of goods leaves a repeating cycle of overproduction without the ability to sell or pay workers.
Where were soup lines mostly found?
Cities, by those who immigrated to find new jobs.
Cities, because everyone is lazy there?
Rural South due to how poor they were due to the civil war
Rural South, due to lack of good workers after the great migration.
How was Eleanor Roosevelt different from
previous First Ladies of the United States?
She pursued her own policy goals as a
congressional representative.
She traveled around the country to build support
for her political career.
She helped the president manage daily
responsibilities of the government.
She wanted to addressthe
population of mintories and the poor.
Where the interment camps mostly located?
Washington.
an Island on the greatlakes.
Southern California.
Middle Tennesse
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?
the use of unrestricted submarine warfare
the bombardment of Iwo Jima
the Allied invasion of Normandy
The A-bomb
