Unit 7 Test

Question 1

New Deal

Answer 1

The economic and political policies of the Roosevelt administration in the 1930s.

Question 2

Great Depression

Answer 2

The nation’s worst economic crisis, extending throughout the 1930s, producing unprecedented bank failures, unemployment, and industrial and agricultural collapse and prompting an expanded role for the federal government.

Question 3

Hooverville

Answer 3

Shantytown, sarcastically named after President Hoover, in which unemployed and homeless people live in makeshift shacks, tents, and boxes. Hoovervilles cropped up in many cities in 1930 and 1931

Question 4

Bonus Army

Answer 4

A group of unemployed veterans who demonstrated in Washington for the payment of service bonuses, only to be dispersed violently by the U.S. Army in 1932.

Question 5

Fireside chats

Answer 5

Speeches broadcast nationally over the radio in which President Franklin Roosevelt explained complex issues and programs in plain language, as though his listeners were gathered around the fireside with him.

Question 6

Fascist government

Answer 6

Subscribing to a philosophy of governmental dictatorship that merges the interests of the state, armed forces, and big business; associated with the dictatorship of Italian leader Benito Mussolini between 1922 and 1943 and also often applied to Nazi Germany.

Question 7

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Answer 7

Japanese goal of an East Asain economy controlled by Japan and serving the needs of Japanese industry

Question 8

Axis Powers

Answer 8

The opponents of the United States and its allies in World War 2. The Rome-Berlin-Axis was formed between Germany and Italy in 1936 and included Japan after 1940

Question 9

Blitzkrieg

Answer 9

German war tactic in World War 2 (“lightning war”) involving the concentration of air and armored firepower to punch and exploit holes in opposing defensive lines

Question 10

Lend-Lease Act Program

Answer 10

Program begun in 1941 through which the United States transferred military equipment to Britain and other World War 2 allies.

Question 11

Atlantic Charter

Answer 11

Statement of common principles and war aims developed by the President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at a meeting in August 1941

Question 12

Allies

Answer 12

In World War 1, Britain, France, Russia, and other belligerent nations fighting against the central Powers but not including the United States, which insisted upon being merely an associated nation. In World War 2, the Allie fighting the Axis Powers included the United States as well as the Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, China, and other nations.

Question 13

Eastern Front

Answer 13

The area of military operations in World War 2 located East of Germany in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

Question 14

Battle of the Atlantic

Answer 14

The long struggle between German submarines and the British and U.S. navies in the North Atlantic from 1940 to 1943

Question 15

Manhattan Project

Answer 15

The effort, using the code name Manhattan Engineer District, to develop an atomic bomb under the management of the U.S. Army corps of Engineers during World War 2.

Question 16

D-Day

Answer 16

June 6, 1944, the day of the first paratroop drops and amphibious landings on the coast of Normandy France, in the first stage of Operation OVERLORD during World War 2.

Question 17

Operation OVERLORD

Answer 17

United States and British invasion of France and June 1944 during World War 2.

Question 18

Holocaust

Answer 18

The systematic murder of millions of European Jews and other deemed undesirable by Nazi Germany

Question 19

Island Hopping

Answer 19

IN the Pacific Theater during World War 2, the strategy in which U.S. forces seized selected Japanese-held islands by bypassing and isolating other islands held by Japan.

Question 20

Yalta Conference

Answer 20

Meeting of U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin held in February 1945 to plan the final stages of World War 2 and postwar arrangements

Question 21

Potsdam Declaration

Answer 21

Statement issued by the United States during a meeting of U.S. president Harry Truman, British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin held at Potsdam, near Berlin, in July 1945 to plan the defeat of Japan and the future of Eastern Europe and Germany. IN it, the Untied States declared its intention to democratize the Japanese political system and reintroduce Japan into the international community and gave Japan an opening for surrender.

Question 22

Cold War

Answer 22

The political and economic confrontation between the Soviet Union and the Untied States that dominated world affairs from 1946 to 1989.

Question 23

Taft-Harley Act

Answer 23

Federal legislation of 1947 that substantially limited the tools available to labor unions in labor-management disputes

Question 24

GI Bill of Rights

Answer 24

Legislation in June 1944 that eased the return of veterans into American society by providing educational and employment benefits.

Question 25

Levittown

Answer 25

Any of three large suburban housing developments built in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey in the late 1940s and 1950s

Question 26

Redlining

Answer 26

Restricting mortgage credit and insurance for properties in neighborhoods defined as being high risk

Question 27

Dixiecrats

Answer 27

Southern Democrats who broke from the party in 1948 over the issue of civil rights and ran a presidential ticket as the States' Rights Democrats

Question 28

Truman Doctrine

Answer 28

President Harry Truman's statement in 1947 that the United States should assist other nations that were facing external pressure or internal revolution; an important step in the escalation of the Cold War.

Question 29

Marshall Plan

Answer 29

The European Recovery Program (1948-1951) that provided U.S. economic assistance to European nations; named for Secretary of State George Marshall

Question 30

Berlin Blockade

Answer 30

A 300-day Soviet blockade of land access to U.S., Britain, and French occupation zones in Berlin, 1948-1949.

Question 31

National Security Council (NSC)

Answer 31

The formal policymaking body for national defense and foreign relations, created in 1947 and consisting of the President, the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, and other appointed by the president.

Question 32

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Answer 32

Military alliance of the United States, Canada, and European nations created in 1949 to protect Europe against possible Soviet aggression.

Question 33

Warsaw Pact

Answer 33

Military alliance of the Soviet union and Communist nations of Eastern Europe from 1955 to 1989.

Question 34

National Security Council Paper 68 (NSC-68)

Answer 34

Policy statement that committed the United States to a military approach to the Cold War.

Question 35

Containment

Answer 35

The policy of resisting further expansion of the Soviet bloc through diplomacy and, if necessary, military action, developed in 1947-1948.

Question 36

House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)

Answer 36

Congressional committee (1938-1973) that investigated suspected Nazi and Communist sympathizers

Question 37

McCarthyism

Answer 37

Anti-Communist attitudes and actions associated with Senator Joe McCarthy in the early 1950s, including smear tactics and innuendo

Question 38

100 Days

Answer 38

Refers to the first 100 days of FDR’s presidency in which he passed several bills to counter the Great Depression and to revive the economy. Such as passing a large body of legislation, addressing the banking crisis, and starting fireside chats to explain complex issues to the general public

Question 39

Dust Bowl

Answer 39

Result of poor agricultural practices, extended drought, unusually high temperatures and high winds, coupled with economic depression. Lasted from early to mid 1930’s.

Question 40

What was Hoover's strategy for fighting the depression.

Answer 40

Hoover relied heavily on voluntary relief such as charities and organizations, instead of government action. He pushed through a tax cut and established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to fund the recovery from the Great Depression through government loans

Question 41

Causes of the Great Depression

Answer 41

Unequal distribution of income/limited purchasing power, lack of a firm economical base, stock market crash of 1929.

Question 42

What was Black Tuesday?

Answer 42

The start of the stock market crash, investors traded millions of stocks all within the same day, led to the Great Depression.

Question 43

Black Cabinet

Answer 43

African American federal employees in the executive branch during FDR's presidency. They began to meet informally in an unofficial Federal Council of Negro Affairs to try to influence federal policy on race issues.

Question 44

Rationale for dropping the atomic bombs

Answer 44

The US believed they would kill less people and be more intimidating towards the Japanese if they dropped the bombs instead of a full scale invasion.

Question 45

British/French response to Hitler’s expansion

Answer 45

Was first a passive response and one of appeasement, in which they would give him pieces of land if he promised not to be aggressive, like the Sudetenlands. Soon changed after Hitler invaded Poland

Question 46

Axis military missteps (invading USSR Pearl Harbor)

Answer 46

One major misstep was Germany invading Russia despite a non aggression pact because it had caused a two front war. Japan also mistepped in dragging the US into the war by bombing Pearl Harbor. Finally, they mist stepped in bombing civilian targets in Britain rather than strategic targets

Question 47

Creation of the Council of Economic Advisers: Purpose and Impact

Answer 47

Established by the Employment Act to assist the president on economic policy. They helped put the federal government at the center of economic planning.

Question 48

Impact of returning soldiers on the domestic economy

Answer 48

One major negative effect was that there were not enough houses for returning soldiers. However, a positive effect was that the college rate increased in the US. It also overall boosted the economy because of a large amount of workers returning home.

Question 49

Foreign Policy: Truman Doctrine/Post-War dealings with Japan

Answer 49

The Truman doctrine stated that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. After the war the US began the process of helping to bring Japan back into the international community by strengthening military, political and economic ties

Question 50

Impact of WW2 on size of the U.S. Government (budget, number of employees, new departments)

Answer 50

The government created more programs and agencies to support the war effort, which led to more federal employees than the United States had ever employed. An example of one of these agencies was the CIA. The budget also went up significantly.

Question 51

Levvitown

Answer 51

Postwar, America faced housing shortages. To combat this, the VA and FHA allowed veterans to get mortgage loans without a down payment. To provide housing, William Levit built 2,000 800 square ft houses. By 1951, there were more than 17,000 Levittown houses. African Americans were discriminated and excluded from the new housing. Federal housing industries and private industry worsened this problem by redlining older neighborhoods

Question 52

Allied strategy (European Theater vs. Pacific Theater)

Answer 52

In the Pacific Theater, they used the strategy of Island hopping where they went island to island slowly freeing each one from Japanese Tyranny. In Europe, there were many different strategies that were thought of, used, and failed. For example, when attacking through the south of Europe through Italy, Allies used a second front in Russia. Ultimately it was decided to attack Germany in Europe in Normandy, France. They also attacked Germany before they attacked Japan.

Question 53

What was the result of WW2 veterans who created a high demand and short supply of goods?

Answer 53

Inflation

Question 54

During WW2, the number of civilian employees in government grew how many times larger?

Answer 54

Four times larger

Question 55

Court Packing

Answer 55

The practice of increasing the number of seats on a court (especially the US Supreme Court) in order to admit judges likely to further one's own end or make decisions in one's favor.

Question 56

Wagner-Peyser act

Answer 56

Created a U.S. Employment Service and encouraged states to create local public employment offices

Question 57

Glass Steagall Act

Answer 57

Separated commercial and investment banking and guaranteed bank deposits.

Question 58

Tennessee Valley Authority Act

Answer 58

Act of May 18, 1933, created the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to oversee the construction of dams to control flooding, improve navigation, and create cheap electric power in the Tennessee River Valley Basin

Question 59

Federal Emergency Relief Act

Answer 59

Established the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, a grant making agency authorized to distribute federal aid to the states for relief

Question 60

National Industrial Recovery Act

Answer 60

Established a national recovery program and authorized a public works program

Question 61

Civilian Conservation Corps Act

Answer 61

Established the CCC to provide work relief on reforestation and conservation projects

Question 62

The Wealth Tax Act

Answer 62

Brought about a sudden increase in taxes on the wealthy and created new and larger taxes on excess business

Question 63

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

Answer 63

Set maximum hours and minimum wages for most categories of workers. Also one of the oversight authorities of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration, which administered relief efforts to Puerto Rican citizens by the Great Depression

Question 64

Social Security Act

Answer 64

Created a social insurance program designed to pay retired workers age 65 or older a continuous income after retirement, targeted towards tenant farmers and migrant workers

Question 65

Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935

Answer 65

Established Works Progress Administration (WPA) relief program, which made the federal government the largest employer in the nation

Question 66

National Labor Relations Act/ Wagner Act

Answer 66

protects workplace democracy by providing employees at private-sector workplaces the fundamental right to seek better working conditions

Question 67

Emergency Banking Act

Answer 67

Stabilized the private banking system

Question 68

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Answer 68

Established a farm recovery program based on production controls and price supports

Question 69

Emergency Farm Mortgage Act

Answer 69

Provided for the refinancing of farm mortgages

Question 70

Home Owners Loan Act

Answer 70

Protected homeowners from mortgage foreclosure by refinancing home loans

Question 71

Farm Credit Act

Answer 71

Expanded agricultural credits and established the Farm Credit Administration

Question 72

Securities Act

Answer 72

Required full disclosure from stock exchanges