History Quizzes Unit 3 Practice

All of the following contributed to the collapse of the stock market in 1929 except

How were the American people and businesses affected by the Depression?

The stock market crash triggered the beginning of the Great Depression, the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. Which factor did not contribute to the crash?

Which was a weakness in the economy and one of the causes of the Great Depression?

Which group experienced falling incomes, a credit crisis, and a poor standard of living in the years before the Great Depression began?

What was one impact of the stock market crash and the Depression on American society?

Which of the following did not contribute to the Dust Bowl conditions in the plains states?

How did many plains farmers respond to the challenges they faced during Dust Bowl conditions

What was one effect of the Great Depression on the lives of ordinary Americans?

What did Herbert Hoover believe was the job of the government?

What effect did Herbert Hoover's philosophy of government have on the federal response to the economic crisis?

Which was not a response taken during the Hoover administration in an attempt to turn the economy around?

What is one reason government intervention proved necessary during the Great Depression?

Why was there resistance to federal government intervention in the early years of the Great Depression?

Which was not part of the emerging social, political, and economic philosophies that characterized the first hundred days of FDR's administration?

During Roosevelt's first hundred days, legislation was passed that would pay farmers to cut production. What was the name of this legislative act?

Which of the following programs employed young men to plant trees and fight forest fires?

Which is not true of Franklin Roosevelt's early life?

What themes for government action emerged during FDR's first hundred days as president?

Why did Roosevelt move so quickly at the beginning of his first term to propose legislation to establish new agencies and programs?

Which act reopened banks and led to creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?

Which program put young men to work planting trees, fighting fires, and improving parks?

Which act subsidized farmers who took land out of production in order to raise crop prices?

Which program provided electricity to rural areas in seven states?

Which agency helped struggling homeowners restructure their mortgages?

Which act intended to help regulate industry and trade?

Which was not a technique used by FDR to maintain political and public support for early New Deal programs?

Which group correctly describes the New Deal opponents and their arguments?

What was the administration's response to opponents' criticism?

Which legislation passed during the second New Deal became the New Deal's most popular and long-lasting program?

Which kind of organizations grew because of New Deal legislation that supported and protected them?

Which is a common historical view of the New Deal?

Which was not an effect of the New Deal programs on American life?

What program did Roosevelt set up to help Britain in its fight against Germany?

What was the United States' immediate response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

What was disrupting the flow of supplies and soldiers to Britain in 1942?

What term refers to the deliberate and systematic mass slaughter of Europe's Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II?

What was the main reason for the rise of dictators in Europe and Asia during the 1930s?

Which country was not invaded by European and Asian dictators during the 1930s?

Why had the United States returned to isolationism by the 1930s?

All of the following describe ways that FDR assisted the Allies before entering World War II except

What eventually brought the United States into World War II?

What was one way the United States met the challenge of producing supplies for U.S. troops in World War II?

How did the role of women change during World War II?

During World War II, many African Americans served in the military or worked in the federal government. Many others moved to northern cities to work in industry. What opportunity remained closed to African Americans during the war?

How did Americans participate in the war effort on the home front?

Which was the most serious constitutional question raised by the presence of internment camps in the United States during World War II?

What was the main idea behind President Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech?

Which was not a U.S. military success in the Pacific theater?

The United States ended the war by dropping the first atomic bombs in August 1945. Where did the United States drop the bombs?

who was not a key US commander in world war two

Which battle was a key part of the Allied offense to defeat Germany?

What was one impact of the Depression?

What belief did the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Homeowners Loan Corporation demonstrate?