Proposed by Senator Robert Wagner, the Wagner Act was officially called the __________. A) Fair Industrial Practices Act B) National Labor Relations Act C) Resettlement Administration Act D) Emergency Relief Appropriations Act ANSWER Answer: B
In Schecter v. United States, the Supreme Court struck down the __________. A) National Industrial Recovery Act B) Wagner Act C) Social Security Act D) Works Progress Administration ANSWER Answer: A
The Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) fought both landlords and __________ policies. A) NRA B) CCC C) WPA D) AAA ANSWER Answer: D
In 1943, riots broke out in southern California between U.S. sailors and __________. A) Mexican American “zoot suiters” B) Chinese laborers C) African American veterans D) civilian defense plant workers ANSWER Answer: A
One striking result of World War II on those who served was that __________. A) many Americans formed new bonds of community that transcended previous divisions B) most remembered it as a bad, unnecessary war C) blacks and whites served together with little discrimination or conflict D) most who served tried to forget their war […]
The first territory annexed by Hitler, in 1938, was __________. A) Belgium B) Czechoslovakia C) Austria D) Poland ANSWER Answer: C
The Truman Doctrine was a response to the threat of subversion and revolution in __________. A) Indochina B) Turkey and Greece C) France and Belgium D) Latin America ANSWER Answer: B
The Manhattan Project was centered in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and __________. A) Hanford, Washington B) Albuquerque, New Mexico C) Alamogordo, New Mexico D) Orange County, California ANSWER Answer: A
The Republican formula for attacking Truman and the Democrats in the 1952 election was K1C2, meaning Korea, Communism, and __________. A) Containment B) China C) Corruption D) Cold War ANSWER Answer: C
Why did Stalin insist on a strong Soviet influence on postwar Eastern Europe? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: Soviet territorial gains during the war; buffer zones; Soviet views of Western Europe; Soviet views of the United States