American History 1877-Present Flashcards
Which of the following was NOT a failed measure of Hoover’s in attempting to try to alleviate the depression
Created an agency to provide direct emergency relief to the jobless
The dust storms that devastated the plains region referred to as the Dust Bowl resulted in all the following EXCEPT:
Logging of the regions trees
During the depression, the federal government deported which of the following:
Mexicans
The Great Depression was a nearly global economic catastrophe in the western hemisphere .victims of the depression overthrew the government of 7 Latin American countries
False
All the following contributed to the onset of the great depression
US entry into WWII
Rather than offer direct governmental relief to Americans suffering financial hardships during the depression President Hoover chose to rely on which
volunteerism and associationism to help the unemployed and hungry
The Federal Legislation proposed a plan to offer old age pensions for American citizens
Social Security Act
The New Deal according to the assessment in your text offered a legacy in all of the following except:
Brining recovery from the Great Depression
Roosevelts Administration under the prodding of Elanor Roosevelt and Harold Ickes
began to support racial integration and ban discrimination in certain programs
In the early days of the Great Depression in Wisconsin, dairy farmers spilled milk on to highways in a desperate attempt to raise milk prices
True
Elanor Roosevelt publics effort won support for her husband from all of the following except:
American Fascist
National bank holiday was FDR’s authorized closure of financial institutions in order to develop a plan to reopen them and make them safer investors
True
Personally leading US army troops against the encampment of the so called bonus army was chief of staff general Dwight D Eisenhower
False
The disparaging name given to the impoverish communities of homeless and poor as a result of the Great Depression was
Hooverville’s
Which of the following individuals did not challenge the New Deal policies
Harry Hopkins
How did president Hoover respond to the 1929 stock market crash
He assured the nation was sound
Which of the following could best be described as having the most to do when ending the Great Depression
The massive government spending that accompanied the US entry into WWII
One of the most important achievements of the New Deal in the area of banking was included in a 1933 Act, the key reform was:
The federal deposit insurance corporation so that the government would guarantee bank deposits
Which newspaper line would have appeared in the spring of 1945
A stunned nation mourns the passing of FDR
What significant event became immortalized on June 6 1944
Operation Overload also known as D-Day
Great Britain and France declared war on Germany because of what
Attack on Poland
Which of the following was not a military turning point of WWII
Battle of Little Big Horn
The Allied Powers of WW included which
Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, US, China
Allied grand strategy called for
Defeat Nazi Germany and then shift focus to Japan
The US maintained its influence in Latin America because
Supporting dictatorships friendly to the US
US military operational code name for producing an atomic weapon was The Manhattan project
True
US military operational code name for producing an atomic weapon was The Bronx project
False