unit 4 practices

Question 1

The Populist Party was opposed to the powerful corporations.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

William Jennings Bryan won the election of 1896.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What term means the taking of territories around the world

Answer 3

imperialism

Question 4

Where did the Spanish-American War begin

Answer 4

Havana

Question 5

President Taft said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Dollar diplomacy is a term that describes a policy protecting U.s. investments in foreign countries.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Dollar diplomacy was used to justify U.S. involvement in Latin-American affairs.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What is a group of companies that agree to work together?

Answer 8

a trust

Question 9

What is it called when two sides agree to follow the rules of a third party?

Answer 9

arbitration

Question 10

The FTC is responsible for overseeing foreign trade.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

The Central Powers included Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

President Wilson wanted to avoid entering World War I.

Answer 12

True

Question 12

The Allied Powers included France, Great Britain, Russia, and later in he United States and Italy.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

In World War I, the Allies defeated the Central Powers.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

Answer 14

19th

Question 15

Why did many African Americans move north after WWI?

Answer 15

They could get better jobs in the North.

Question 16

What is another term for the 1920s?

Answer 16

the Roaring Twenties

Question 17

What is the term for a shift in population from rural areas to cities?

Answer 17

urbanization

Question 18

Before the stock market crashed, there were no signs of an economic slow down.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

Many workers lost their jobs during the Great Depression.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

New labor-saving machines helped put more people to work.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

The Great Depression lasted through most of the 1930s.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

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

Answer 22

False

Question 23

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

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Theodore Roosevelt promised a new deal for the American people.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

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

Answer 25

True

Question 26

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

Answer 26

False

Question 27

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

Answer 27

True

Question 28

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

Answer 28

all of the above

Question 29

What is a pension

Answer 29

money paid to someone too old to work

Question 30

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

Answer 30

True

Question 31

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

Answer 31

False

Question 32

People had smaller paychecks because of Social Security taxes.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

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

Answer 33

totalitarian

Question 34

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

Answer 34

a dictator

Question 35

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

Answer 35

False

Question 36

Another term for the Selective Service is the draft.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

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

Answer 37

False

Question 38

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

Answer 38

True

Question 39

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

Answer 39

because the Germans attacked Russia

Question 40

Where did the D-Day invasion take place?

Answer 40

in France

Question 41

Which country surrendered on V-E Day?

Answer 41

Germany

Question 42

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

Answer 42

False

Question 43

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

Answer 43

True

Question 44

The Japanese surrendered because they feared the United States would drop more atomic bombs on them.

Answer 44

True

Question 45

The word holocaust means "mass murder of people."

Answer 45

true

Question 46

At the end of the war, the U.S. economy was weaker due to the war effort.

Answer 46

false

Question 47

Many millions of people were killed in World War II.

Answer 47

true

Question 48

A capitalist economy is one in which people can own their businesses and land.

Answer 48

True

Question 49

The Iron Curtain was an iron fence built to separate the Soviet Union from European countries.

Answer 49

False

Question 50

The Marshall Plan sent money to nations in the Soviet Union.

Answer 50

False

Question 51

NATO was formed by Western nations that wanted to protect on another from military threats.

Answer 51

True

Question 52

What law helped returning veterans settle into civilian life?

Answer 52

the GI Bill

Question 53

What term names the practice of separating people of different races?

Answer 53

segregation