What was the name for Franklin Roosevelt's agenda for solving the problems of the Great Depression?
a the New Deal
b the New Agenda
c the Government Operating Plan
d the Good Deal
a the New Deal
Which agency was not created during Roosevelt's New Deal?
Question 41 options:
a Tennessee Valley Authority
b Social Security Administration
c Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
d Department of Housing and Urban Developmen
d Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
What were the main goals of Roosevelt's New Deal legislation?
Question 42 options:
a new institutions and buyouts of investments
b unemployment insurance and stabilization of the international economy
c relief, recovery, and reform
d assistance for the poor and recovery for the rich
c relief, recovery, and reform
How did the leadership of many European governments change during the 1930s?
Question 43 options:
a Kings regained control in war-torn areas.
b Fascist dictators assumed power.
c Leaders paid down debt but incurred deficits.
d New leaders asserted the importance of democracy
b Fascist dictators assumed power.
How did some European leaders contribute to the start of World War II?
Question 44 options:
a They developed new weapons that the military was anxious to use.
b They tortured World War I prisoners of war and refused to release them.
c They invaded other countries without provocation in order to add territory.
d They raised taxes to such an extent that people were not able to pay them.
c They invaded other countries without provocation in order to add territory.
Why did the United States finally enter World War II?
Question 46 options:
a Italy took territory in Ethiopia.
b The Soviet Union refused to pay back debts it owed.
c Germany invaded Poland.
d Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
d Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
What U.S. policies violated the constitutional rights of some citizens during World War II?
Question 47 options:
a arresting protesters who wanted to voice concerns about the cost of the war
b tapping the phones of suspected communists without warrants
c preventing Movietone News from showing casualties being returned home
d internment and detention of Japanese citizens in camps
d internment and detention of Japanese citizens in camps
Which was not a role that women played in World War II?
Question 48 options:
a taking care of their families while men served in the military
b enlisting in the military
c campaigning for female congressional candidates who promised to end the war
d working in civilian jobs, some typically held by men
c campaigning for female congressional candidates who promised to end the war
What could be considered the beginning of the Cold War?
Question 49 options:
a Japan's demands for reparations from the Allies following the dropping of the atomic bombs
b Germany's unwillingness to disarm and demilitarize per the peace agreement
c Stalin's refusal to remove Soviet troops from Eastern Europe as agreed at Yalta in 1945
d China's continued threat to invade Japan following World War II
c Stalin's refusal to remove Soviet troops from Eastern Europe as agreed at Yalta in 1945
Name the U.S. policy toward communism following World War II.
Question 50 options:
a propaganda
b containment
c appeasement
d destruction