Quiz 3 WWII and Cold War

Question 1

Dust Bowl

Question 2

National Recovery Act

Answer 2

(NRA), Codes of fair competition set limits on production, allocate percentage to individual products, and set firm guidelines on prices. First time protecting workers. Attempt to rise economy, low key flopped.

Question 3

Tennessee Valley Authority

Answer 3

(TVA) 1933, Federal corporation asked to tackle problems facing the valley i.e flooding, providing electricity to homes and businesses and replanting forests.

Question 4

Social Security Act

Answer 4

1.) Gave elderly people pensions financed equally by a tax on employees and workers with out gov. contribution
2.) Set up a system of unemployment- employers paid on tax.
3.) Provided for direct federal grants to states for welfare payments for people who need it.
Dr Francis Townsend- Champion of elderly
Huey Long- Politician who advocated relocation of funds and property.

Question 5

Pearl Harbor

Question 6

Hiroshima

Question 7

Adolph Hitler

Question 8

Fascism

Question 9

Benito Mussolini

Question 10

Emperor Hirohito

Question 11

The Holocaust

Question 12

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 13

Joseph Stalin

Question 14

Neutrality Acts

Question 15

“Blitzkrieg”

Question 16

Manhattan Project

Question 17

Yalta Conference

Question 18

Postdam Conference

Question 19

Baruch Plan

Question 20

The Berlin Blockade

Question 21

Mao Tse Tung

Question 22

Chang Kai Chek

Question 23

Kim II Sung

Question 24

McCarthyism

Question 25

“Red Scare”

Question 26

“Hollywood Ten”

Question 27

House Un-American Activities Communities (HUAC)

Question 28

Truman Doctrine

Question 29

Marshall Plan

Question 30

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Question 31

National Interstate & Defense Highways Act 1956

Question 32

Levitown

Question 33

G.I. Bill

Question 34

Containment