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The New Deal and WW2 - America 1932 - 1945

Question 1 of 40

1

How many people were unemployed in America in 1932?

Select one of the following:

  • 11 million

  • 20 million

  • 9.5 million

  • 14 million

Explanation

Question 2 of 40

1

Who were the Silver Shirts?

Select one of the following:

  • A far right-wing group similar to the Nazis

  • A socialist political group

  • A protest group formed of war veterans

  • A group who protested against the advances in women's freedom

Explanation

Question 3 of 40

1

What did Franklin D Roosevelt do while governor of New York that helped him gain popularity?

Select one of the following:

  • He modernised the penal system

  • He effectively dealt with a police strike

  • He campaigned against prohibition

  • He donated money to farmers

Explanation

Question 4 of 40

1

What was the Brains Trust?

Select one of the following:

  • A group of intellectuals who advised Roosevelt

  • A monopolising business

  • A medical facility that made huge advances in medicinal technology

  • A club of intellectuals who gave advice to the public on how to manage their money more efficiently

Explanation

Question 5 of 40

1

When did Roosevelt's 'hundred days' begin?

Select one of the following:

  • 9th March 1933

  • 16th June 1933

  • 4th May 1932

  • 8th November 1932

Explanation

Question 6 of 40

1

In what ways was the First New Deal a success? (Three)

Select one or more of the following:

  • The USA successfully came off the gold standard

  • The public trusted the government again

  • Overproduction stopped

  • Unemployment practically disappeared

  • Loans became easier to repay

Explanation

Question 7 of 40

1

Which of these people were rivals of Roosevelt? (Two)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Charles Coughlin

  • Huey Long

  • Harry Hopkins

  • Al Smith

Explanation

Question 8 of 40

1

Which two 'alphabet agency' reform organisations were African-Americans prohibited from joining? (Two)

Select one or more of the following:

  • The AAA

  • The CCC

  • The WPA

  • The TVA

  • The NRA

Explanation

Question 9 of 40

1

When was 'Black Monday,' in which the Supreme Courts declared some of Roosevelt's reforms unconstitutional?

Select one of the following:

  • 27th May 1935

  • 18th August 1935

  • 12th July 1935

  • 31st March 1935

Explanation

Question 10 of 40

1

What did the Wagner Act of July 1935 do?

Select one of the following:

  • Gave more rights to trade unions

  • Attempted to give Roosevelt more control over the Supreme Courts

  • Forbade companies from selling low-quality products

  • Gave more rights to war veterans

Explanation

Question 11 of 40

1

How many rural electric cooperatives did the Rural Electrification Admin of 1935 create by 1939?

Select one of the following:

  • 417

  • 564

  • 98

  • 127

Explanation

Question 12 of 40

1

Which of these were successes of the Second New Deal? (Two)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Extensive rural electrification was achieved

  • Labour rights and industrial relations improved

  • Economic recovery

  • Agrictultural workers were not in such difficulties

Explanation

Question 13 of 40

1

How much of the USA's arable land was destroyed by the Dust Bowl?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 35%

  • 50%

  • 21%

  • 14%

Explanation

Question 14 of 40

1

How did Roosevelt end the 'Roosevelt Recession'?

Select one of the following:

  • He funded a huge relief budget

  • He encouraged more sustainable farming

  • He raised taxes

  • He did nothing; it was a natural fluctuation in the economy that recovered by itself

Explanation

Question 15 of 40

1

Which of these groups were poorly affected by the New Deal, or missed out on the benefits?

Select one or more of the following:

  • African-Americans

  • Women

  • Dust Bowl migrants

  • Mexicans

  • Unmarried men

  • Children

  • Trade union members

Explanation

Question 16 of 40

1

Which of these events are evidence of the USA's isolationist policy in the years up to WW2? (Three)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Washington Naval Conference

  • Treaty of Versailles

  • Dawes Plan

  • Kellogg-Briand Pact

  • The wars in Manchuria and Abyssinia

Explanation

Question 17 of 40

1

What was the name of the USA's isolationist policy towards Canada and Latin America in the years leading up to WW2?

Select one of the following:

  • The Good Neighbour policy

  • The Monroe Doctrine

  • Open Door Policy

  • Salutary Neglect

Explanation

Question 18 of 40

1

Who was Cordell Hull?

Select one of the following:

  • USA secretary of state

  • An Imperialist who argued against isolationist policies

  • An isolationist who helped persuade Roosevelt to stay out of WWI for some time

  • USA attorney general

Explanation

Question 19 of 40

1

Which of these was the third neutrality act?

Select one of the following:

  • No loans to belligerent nations

  • No sale of weapons to belligerent nations

  • All goods sold to belligerent nations was to be on a 'cash-and-carry' basis

  • Certain nations could be sold munitions on a 'cash-and-carry' basis

Explanation

Question 20 of 40

1

What proportion of American citizens in 1937 believed it was more important to avoid getting involved in wars than to stop them happening?

Select one of the following:

  • 47%

  • 64%

  • 22%

  • 94%

Explanation

Question 21 of 40

1

Why did the USA supply the Chinese with weapons in the Sino-Japanese war despite the Neutrality Acts banning the sale of goods to belligerent nations?

Select one of the following:

  • It was technically allowed since neither side had declared war

  • A meeting of congress decided that they could make an exception to the Neutrality Acts on this occasion

  • It broke out before the relevant Neutrality Act was passed

  • Officially, they didn't; only a few big businesses traded illicitly with China

Explanation

Question 22 of 40

1

Which three actions created hostility against Japan in the build-up to their entry to WW2? (Three)

Select one or more of the following:

  • The sinking of the Panay

  • The sinking of the Reuben James

  • The Sino-Japanese War

  • The Tripartite Pact

  • The Munich conference

Explanation

Question 23 of 40

1

How many soldiers did the USA have before 1938?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 100,000

  • 200,000

  • 400,000

  • 500,000

Explanation

Question 24 of 40

1

How much money did Roosevelt contribute to the rearmament of the USA in January 1939?

Select one or more of the following:

  • $2 billion

  • $5 billion

  • $1 billion

  • Nothing

Explanation

Question 25 of 40

1

How many members did the America First campaign have at its peak membership?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 850,000

  • 700,000

  • 520,000

  • 642,000

Explanation

Question 26 of 40

1

How much were the supplies worth that Roosevelt gave the Allies in the 'Lend-lease' project?

Select one or more of the following:

  • $75 billion

  • $10 billion

  • $86 billion

  • $42 billion

Explanation

Question 27 of 40

1

What happened at the Atlantic Conference?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Churchill tried to persuade Roosevelt to join the war

  • Churchill and Roosevelt outlined their aims for the postwar world

  • Churchill and Roosevelt planned ways to prevent Japanese expansion

  • Churchill and Roosevelt voiced their concerns about Stalin

Explanation

Question 28 of 40

1

What percentage of the USA's population in 1941 believed Roosevelt had already become too involved in the war?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 74%

  • 32%

  • 19%

  • 83%

Explanation

Question 29 of 40

1

Who asked the Japanese to withdraw from China, French Indo-China, Malaya, Burma, and other areas they had invaded?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Franklin Roosevelt

  • Cordell Hull

  • Dwight Eisenhower

  • Winston Churchill

Explanation

Question 30 of 40

1

How many battleships were sunk in the Pearl Harbour attack?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 6

  • 20

  • 14

  • 42

Explanation

Question 31 of 40

1

When did Hitler declare war on the USA?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 8th December 1941

  • 7th December 1941

  • 11th December 1941

  • He never officially declared war

Explanation

Question 32 of 40

1

How many men did the USA contribute to WW2? (Approximately)

Select one of the following:

  • 16.1 million

  • 20 million

  • 14.8 million

  • 11.3 million

Explanation

Question 33 of 40

1

How many trucks did the USA send to the USSR to aid their war effort?

Select one of the following:

  • 363,000

  • 576,000

  • 243,000

  • 128,000

Explanation

Question 34 of 40

1

What was the number of casualties estimated if the USA attempted to invade Japan?

Select one of the following:

  • 1.4 million

  • 2.5 million

  • 950,000

  • 3 million

Explanation

Question 35 of 40

1

How much did the Manhattan Project to create the A-Bomb cost?

Select one of the following:

  • $1,889,604,000

  • $2,455,500,000

  • $1,533,680,000

  • $2,207,164,000

Explanation

Question 36 of 40

1

What percentage of the USA's workforce was made up of women by the end of the war?

Select one of the following:

  • 36%

  • 23%

  • 76%

  • 54%

Explanation

Question 37 of 40

1

How much did farm income increase between the beginning and end of the war?

Select one of the following:

  • 250%

  • 360%

  • 112%

  • 90%

Explanation

Question 38 of 40

1

How much did unemployment in the USA drop to?

Select one of the following:

  • 1.2%

  • 14.6%

  • 5.4%

  • 9.6%

Explanation

Question 39 of 40

1

Where was the United Nations formed?

Select one of the following:

  • Yalta

  • San Francisco

  • Potsdam

  • New York

Explanation

Question 40 of 40

1

Which three events show America's emergence as an interventionist superpower at the end of WW2?

Select one or more of the following:

  • World Bank

  • International Monetary Fund

  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

  • Fourth Moscow Conference

Explanation

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