As a result of New Deal programs, the South __________. A) moved away from its dependence upon sharecropping and tenant farming B) grew markedly less segregated C) benefited from an improved environment D) experienced an unprecedented economic boom ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Fair Labor Standards Act established __________. A) a federal minimum wage B) credit card laws C) a public housing construction program D) union collective bargaining rights ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What impact did the Depression have on Mexicans and Mexican Americans? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: migration patterns; deportation; racism; economic opportunities; Mexican migrants and the New Deal
Date: September 9th, 2020
Allied hopes that aerial bombing would bring the war to a quick, humane end __________. A) proved true B) led to enormous damage to civilians’ property and civilian deaths C) were never tested, as FDR and Churchill strictly limited bombing D) led both the Axis and Allies to avoid attacking civilian targets ANSWER Answer: […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the initial battles of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, __________. A) the Soviets put up an unexpectedly stiff defense B) Hitler’s forces devastated the Red Army C) Hitler suffered a series of crucial setbacks D) the German army moved forward slowly and tentatively ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Kristallnacht provided evidence of which of these? A) the folly of appeasing Hitler B) the growing persecution of Jews in Hitler’s Germany C) the weakness of the United States D) the inevitability of war between the United States and Germany ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In response to NATO rearming West Germany, the Soviet Union organized the __________. A) Warsaw Pact B) Eastern European Treaty Organization C) Solidarity Pact D) European Economic Community ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
While most European nations moved toward freeing their colonies after World War II, what nation insisted, with American support, on keeping control of Indochina? A) Britain B) Italy C) France D) the Netherlands ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Eisenhower inspired voters in the election of 1952 by announcing that he would personally go to __________. A) Berlin B) Korea C) Washington D) China ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why was Truman so unpopular in the years immediately following the war? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: economic unrest; comparisons between Truman and Roosevelt; tensions overseas
Date: September 9th, 2020
