Lesson 11 AH

Question 1

From the start, President Hoover felt strongly that the government should take steps to improve the economy.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Congress helped the states by sending money for public works projects.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Theodore Roosevelt promised a new deal for the American people.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The CCC provided jobs for young men willing to plant trees, build bridges, and create parks.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The government wanted farmers to grow more crops to feed the hungry people.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

New dealers were in favor of the government controlling the economy.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Amphibious

Answer 7

Able to operate on sea or land

Question 8

Battle of the Coral Sea

Answer 8

May 1942 battle off Australia that was a turning point in World War 2

Question 9

CCC

Answer 9

The Civilian Conservation Corps, created in 1933 to provide jobs for young men between 18-25

Question 10

D-Day

Answer 10

June 6,1944, the day Allied troops landed at Normandy, France to fight the German Army

Question 11

Dictator

Answer 11

Someone who takes complete control of a government

Question 12

Draft

Answer 12

Mandatory service in the armed forces.

Question 13

Fair Labor Standards Act

Answer 13

1937 law to set a minimum wage

Question 14

Holocaust

Answer 14

The mass slaughter of Jews and other by Germany during World War 2

Question 15

New Deal

Answer 15

President Roosevelt’s 1930s plan to help the U.S economy

Question 16

Pension

Answer 16

A payment to someone who has retired because of age

Question 17

Public Works Project

Answer 17

Construction and repair project paid for by the government

Question 18

Selective Service Act

Answer 18

1940 law that set up the first peacetime draft

Question 19

Social Security Act

Answer 19

1935 law designed to help care for needy children and those who could not work because of poor health and to pay retired workers over 65 a continuing income.

Question 20

Totalitarian

Answer 20

A system of government in which the state has total control over citizens lives

Question 21

V-E Day

Answer 21

Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945, when World War 2 ended on the western front

Question 22

V-J Day

Answer 22

Victory in Japan Day, August 15, 1945, when World War 2 ended on the eastern front

Question 23

Warlords

Answer 23

Aggressive military leaders; in Japan, military officers who seized control of the government in the 1920s

Question 24

Works Progress Administration

Answer 24

Agency created in 1935 to provide men and women with work and a chance to help society

Question 25

Which of the following people might have had a job with the WPA?

Answer 25

construction worker, artist, and writer.

Question 26

What is a pension

Answer 26

money paid to someone too old to work

Question 27

The economy slumped again in 1937 because people had less money to spend.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

The New Deal did not do anything to help the poor.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

People had smaller paychecks because of Social Security taxes.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

In what kind of government does one person have total control?

Answer 30

totalitarian

Question 31

What kind of leader makes all the decisions on his or her own?

Answer 31

dictator

Question 32

Great Britain, France, and China were part of the Axis powers.

Answer 32

false

Question 33

Another term for the Selective Service is the draft.

Answer 33

true

Question 34

President Roosevelt did not want to help the British in their fight against the Germans.

Answer 34

false

Question 35

The Lend-Lease Act allowed the United States to send weapons to some countries in the war.

Answer 35

true

Question 36

Why did Russia become an ally of the United States instead of remaining neutral?

Answer 36

because the Germans attacked Russia

Question 37

Where did the D-Day invasion take place?

Answer 37

in France

Question 38

Which country surrendered on V-E Day?

Answer 38

Germany

Question 39

Japan and Germany surrendered on the same day, V-E Day.

Answer 39

False

Question 40

President Harry Truman made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan.

Answer 40

true