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The New Deal and WW2 - America 1932 - 1945

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AS Level Growth of America Quiz on The New Deal and WW2 - America 1932 - 1945, created by NutellaBird on 29/04/2015.
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Question 1

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How many people were unemployed in America in 1932?
Answer
  • 11 million
  • 20 million
  • 9.5 million
  • 14 million

Question 2

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Who were the Silver Shirts?
Answer
  • 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

Question 3

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What did Franklin D Roosevelt do while governor of New York that helped him gain popularity?
Answer
  • He modernised the penal system
  • He effectively dealt with a police strike
  • He campaigned against prohibition
  • He donated money to farmers

Question 4

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What was the Brains Trust?
Answer
  • 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

Question 5

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When did Roosevelt's 'hundred days' begin?
Answer
  • 9th March 1933
  • 16th June 1933
  • 4th May 1932
  • 8th November 1932

Question 6

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In what ways was the First New Deal a success? (Three)
Answer
  • The USA successfully came off the gold standard
  • The public trusted the government again
  • Overproduction stopped
  • Unemployment practically disappeared
  • Loans became easier to repay

Question 7

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Which of these people were rivals of Roosevelt? (Two)
Answer
  • Charles Coughlin
  • Huey Long
  • Harry Hopkins
  • Al Smith

Question 8

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Which two 'alphabet agency' reform organisations were African-Americans prohibited from joining? (Two)
Answer
  • The AAA
  • The CCC
  • The WPA
  • The TVA
  • The NRA

Question 9

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When was 'Black Monday,' in which the Supreme Courts declared some of Roosevelt's reforms unconstitutional?
Answer
  • 27th May 1935
  • 18th August 1935
  • 12th July 1935
  • 31st March 1935

Question 10

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What did the Wagner Act of July 1935 do?
Answer
  • 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

Question 11

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How many rural electric cooperatives did the Rural Electrification Admin of 1935 create by 1939?
Answer
  • 417
  • 564
  • 98
  • 127

Question 12

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Which of these were successes of the Second New Deal? (Two)
Answer
  • Extensive rural electrification was achieved
  • Labour rights and industrial relations improved
  • Economic recovery
  • Agrictultural workers were not in such difficulties

Question 13

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How much of the USA's arable land was destroyed by the Dust Bowl?
Answer
  • 35%
  • 50%
  • 21%
  • 14%

Question 14

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How did Roosevelt end the 'Roosevelt Recession'?
Answer
  • 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

Question 15

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Which of these groups were poorly affected by the New Deal, or missed out on the benefits?
Answer
  • African-Americans
  • Women
  • Dust Bowl migrants
  • Mexicans
  • Unmarried men
  • Children
  • Trade union members

Question 16

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Which of these events are evidence of the USA's isolationist policy in the years up to WW2? (Three)
Answer
  • Washington Naval Conference
  • Treaty of Versailles
  • Dawes Plan
  • Kellogg-Briand Pact
  • The wars in Manchuria and Abyssinia

Question 17

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What was the name of the USA's isolationist policy towards Canada and Latin America in the years leading up to WW2?
Answer
  • The Good Neighbour policy
  • The Monroe Doctrine
  • Open Door Policy
  • Salutary Neglect

Question 18

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Who was Cordell Hull?
Answer
  • 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

Question 19

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Which of these was the third neutrality act?
Answer
  • 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

Question 20

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What proportion of American citizens in 1937 believed it was more important to avoid getting involved in wars than to stop them happening?
Answer
  • 47%
  • 64%
  • 22%
  • 94%

Question 21

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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?
Answer
  • 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

Question 22

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Which three actions created hostility against Japan in the build-up to their entry to WW2? (Three)
Answer
  • The sinking of the Panay
  • The sinking of the Reuben James
  • The Sino-Japanese War
  • The Tripartite Pact
  • The Munich conference

Question 23

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How many soldiers did the USA have before 1938?
Answer
  • 100,000
  • 200,000
  • 400,000
  • 500,000

Question 24

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How much money did Roosevelt contribute to the rearmament of the USA in January 1939?
Answer
  • $2 billion
  • $5 billion
  • $1 billion
  • Nothing

Question 25

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How many members did the America First campaign have at its peak membership?
Answer
  • 850,000
  • 700,000
  • 520,000
  • 642,000

Question 26

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How much were the supplies worth that Roosevelt gave the Allies in the 'Lend-lease' project?
Answer
  • $75 billion
  • $10 billion
  • $86 billion
  • $42 billion

Question 27

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What happened at the Atlantic Conference?
Answer
  • 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

Question 28

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What percentage of the USA's population in 1941 believed Roosevelt had already become too involved in the war?
Answer
  • 74%
  • 32%
  • 19%
  • 83%

Question 29

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Who asked the Japanese to withdraw from China, French Indo-China, Malaya, Burma, and other areas they had invaded?
Answer
  • Franklin Roosevelt
  • Cordell Hull
  • Dwight Eisenhower
  • Winston Churchill

Question 30

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How many battleships were sunk in the Pearl Harbour attack?
Answer
  • 6
  • 20
  • 14
  • 42

Question 31

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When did Hitler declare war on the USA?
Answer
  • 8th December 1941
  • 7th December 1941
  • 11th December 1941
  • He never officially declared war

Question 32

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How many men did the USA contribute to WW2? (Approximately)
Answer
  • 16.1 million
  • 20 million
  • 14.8 million
  • 11.3 million

Question 33

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How many trucks did the USA send to the USSR to aid their war effort?
Answer
  • 363,000
  • 576,000
  • 243,000
  • 128,000

Question 34

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What was the number of casualties estimated if the USA attempted to invade Japan?
Answer
  • 1.4 million
  • 2.5 million
  • 950,000
  • 3 million

Question 35

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How much did the Manhattan Project to create the A-Bomb cost?
Answer
  • $1,889,604,000
  • $2,455,500,000
  • $1,533,680,000
  • $2,207,164,000

Question 36

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What percentage of the USA's workforce was made up of women by the end of the war?
Answer
  • 36%
  • 23%
  • 76%
  • 54%

Question 37

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How much did farm income increase between the beginning and end of the war?
Answer
  • 250%
  • 360%
  • 112%
  • 90%

Question 38

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How much did unemployment in the USA drop to?
Answer
  • 1.2%
  • 14.6%
  • 5.4%
  • 9.6%

Question 39

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Where was the United Nations formed?
Answer
  • Yalta
  • San Francisco
  • Potsdam
  • New York

Question 40

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Which three events show America's emergence as an interventionist superpower at the end of WW2?
Answer
  • World Bank
  • International Monetary Fund
  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • Fourth Moscow Conference
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