Question 1

One of the main reasons for the 1929 stock market crash was that

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stock prices had risen too high because of speculation

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investors had not been allowed to borrow money to pay for stocks

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stock prices had been too tightly controlled by the government

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too few people had been investing in the stock market

Question 2

The Great Depression forced many Americans to live in shantytowns known as

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Hoovervilles

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tenant farms

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Okies

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speakeasies

Question 3

The factors that brought about the devastation of the Dust Bowl

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included drought, high winds, and farming methods

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were strictly a result of natural causes, not human practices

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included the damming of western rivers and over-irrigation

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were all a result of unwise agricultural practices

Question 4

The Great Depression led to high unemployment as many companies

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instituted production cutbacks, which led to major layoffs.

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closed to punish workers for causing the stock market crash.

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moved their production to Asia, where labor costs were lower.

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lost their workers to farming, which offered better pay.

Question 5

The Bonus Army was a group of World War I veterans who were violently disbanded after they came to Washington, D.C. to

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seek early payment of the money promised to them by Congress.

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start a soup kitchen for jobless veterans during the depression.

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demand higher pay for all workers who were veterans.

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march in support of President Hoover’s reelection.

Question 6

The Emergency Banking Act gave President Roosevelt the authority to

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temporarily close banks while they got their accounts in order.

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sell ailing banks to the highest bidder.

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buy ailing banks to the highest bidder.

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take over banks and pay depositors with government bonds.

Question 7

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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insured bank deposits up to $2,500.

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was established to regulate the stock market.

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ensured that Social Security payments would be made on time.

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was created despite strong objections from President Roosevelt.

Question 8

According to his critics, why did President Roosevelt propose increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court?

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to get more New Deal supporters on the Court

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to increase the power of the Court

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to help the elderly justices with their workload

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to help the Court work more efficiently

Question 9

The disastrous effects of World War I and the Great Depression led

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to the rise of totalitarian regimes in some countries.

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to strong democracies taking shape throughout Europe.

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people throughout the world to feel more hopeful about the future.

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to strong democracies taking shape throughout Europe.

Question 10

After coming to power in Italy, Benito Mussolini

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banned political parties, took over the press, and suppressed strikes.

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built a strong democratic government to lead his country.

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became a communist dictator and ally of Joseph Stalin.

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denounced Italian nationalism as a dangerous threat to peace.

Question 11

German troops overwhelmed Poland in 1939 by unleashing a blitzkrieg,

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a new style of warfare that emphasized speed and firepower.

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a propaganda strategy that promised “peace for our time.”

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a secret invasion of the Sudetenland region.

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a new military strategy known in Britain as a “phony war.”

Question 12

After World War II began, U.S. interventionists believed that Britain

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was fighting for free countries everywhere and needed U.S. aid.

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should come to the aid of the United States in its war on poverty.

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was a greater threat to the United States than Germany was.

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was completely capable of defeating the Nazis without U.S. help.

Question 13

During the Bataan Death March,

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close to 10,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war died.

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sick Japanese prisoners were forced to march more than 50 miles.

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thousands of Jews were forced onto trains heading to Poland.

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hundreds of British soldiers died from frostbite and exposure.

Question 14

What is one way American women mobilized for the war effort?

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They joined the U.S. Army, Navy, and Coast Guard auxiliaries.

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They flew more than 500 combat missions in fighter planes.

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They fought in the island-hopping campaign in the Pacific.

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They served as Navajo Code Talkers in the war in the Pacific.

Question 15

Joseph Stalin admitted that American military production

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was crucial to the Allied victory in World War II.

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did not affect the outcome of World War II.

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began too late in World War II to help the Allies.

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during World War II helped, rather than harmed, the Axis powers.

Question 16

In the most important naval battle of World War II, the United States

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decisively defeated the Japanese in the Battle of Midway.

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lost to the more powerful Japanese forces on Guadalcanal.

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suffered its first major defeat since the Battle of Coral Sea.

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claimed a decisive victory in Operation Sea Lion.

Question 17

How did the Battle of the Bulge ultimately damage Hitler’s efforts?

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It used up German reserves and demoralized German troops.

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It diverted German troops from the Battle of Stalingrad.

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It enabled the Soviets to send troops across the English Channel.

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It showed Americans that their island-hopping strategy was sound.

Question 18

President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan

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to save American lives.

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to prolong the war.

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to test the bomb.

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to prove an ethical point.

Question 19

What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution?"

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the extermination of all Jews in areas controlled by Germany

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the unification of all Germanic people into the Third Reich

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a military victory over the Soviets that would ensure a supply of oil

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the elimination of all socialist and communist regimes in Europe

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