exam Flashcards

1
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Which of the following new deal programs was designed to provide employment and promote conservation

A

CCC

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2
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President frankiln supported americans wartime aims in his speech on the four freedoms. Those were allof the following except

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Oppression

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3
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The AA proposed to solve the farm problem by

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Raising prices by reducing aggricultural production

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4
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Upton Sinclairs novel the jungle was instrumental in gaining congressional legislation for the regulation of

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Production of food and drugs

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5
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The most signifigant new deal reform entacted in 1935 was the

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social security act

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6
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Huey long attravted a following in the mid 1930’s with his

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Share are wealth program

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7
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Sacco and vanzetti were convicted of murder primarly because they were

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Anarchst and italian immigrants

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8
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The event that triggerd the outbreak in WW1 in europe was

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Assasanation of arch duke franz ferdinand

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9
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During WW2 germany, italy, and japan were known as the _____ powers

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Axis

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10
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“rosue the riveter” was

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Graphic imafe of a glamorous machanist

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11
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All of the following ammendments were passed during the progressive era in america except

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15th

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12
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The us was motivated to develop marshal plan in 1947 due to

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the desire to create strong european markets for american goods.

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13
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President Harry S. Truman orders the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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to persuade japan to surrender

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14
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The contoversy over fundamentalsm in the 1920’s came to greates focous in the

A

scopes trial

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15
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Theodore rosevelt believed

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Every president should use the bully pulpit

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16
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The major problem of american farmers during the great depression was

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overproduction

17
Q

The battle of midway in the pacific

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broke the back of japanese naval power and halted the japanese advance in the pacific

18
Q

by 1934 what precent of american workers were unemployes

A

25%

19
Q

What new deal program did the supreme court declare unconstitutional

A

AAA

20
Q

Farmers recieved help from what new deal measure

A

AAA

21
Q

AAA proposed to solve farm problem by

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raising priceces by reducing aggricultural production

22
Q

Most progressives were commited to

A

Using tools of scientific inquiry

23
Q

During WW2, racially discriminatory hiring practices in defence industries were prohibited by

A

President tosevelts executive orfer establishing FEPC

24
Q

What does NOT describe the american economy in the few years before the 1929 crash

A

Being re distributed downwards