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American History Chapters 33-34

front 1 Both ratified in the 1930s, the Twentieth Amendment ____; the Twenty-first Amendment ____. Answer shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration; ended prohibition limited a president to two complete terms in office; repealed the Eighteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote; limited a president to two complete terms in office ended prohibition; shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration expanded the size of the Supreme Court; ended prohibition	back 1 shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration; ended prohibition (exam)
front 2 In 1932 Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on the promise that his administration would demonstrate particular concern for Answer organized labor. African Americans and other minorities. small businesspeople and entrepreneurs. the middle class. the forgotten man.	back 2 the forgotten man.
front 3 Match each prominent figure of FDR's New Deal with the cause or program with which he or she was closely identified. A. Robert Wagner 1. Department of Labor B. Harry Hopkins 2. Public Works Administration C. Harold Ickes 3. Works Progress Administration D. Frances Perkins 4. National Labor Relations Act Answer A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2 A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2 A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3	back 3 A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
front 4 The 1930s Dust Bowl was centered in the states of Answer Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, Colorado. Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama. Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota. Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota. California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico.	back 4 Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, Colorado.

front 5 The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) attempted to solve the "farm problem" by Answer paying farmers to reduce their production and thus raise prices. providing federal loans based on crops held in storage. offering incentives for farmers to switch to more lucrative crops. encouraging poorer farmers to migrate to California and the West. creating farm marketing cooperatives.	back 5 paying farmers to reduce their production and thus raise prices.
front 6 The Federal Securities Act Answer created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to regulate speculation in grain and other products. created the Social Security Administration to provide disability and old age insurance. broke up public utility holding companies and monopolies. created the Securities and Exchange Commission to require accurate public information about stocks and bonds. outlawed insider trading on the New York Stock Exchange.	back 6 created the Securities and Exchange Commission to require accurate public information about stocks and bonds. (Exam)
front 7 The Glass-Steagall Act Answer took the United States off the gold standard. empowered President Roosevelt to close all banks temporarily. created the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate the stock exchange. permitted commercial banks to engage in Wall Street financial dealings. created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure individual bank deposits.	back 7 created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure individual bank deposits.
front 8 The ____ was probably the most popular New Deal program; the ____ was one of the most complex; and the ____ was the most radical. Answer Works Progress Administration; Agricultural Adjustment Act; Civilian Conservation Corps Agricultural Adjustment Administration; Public Works Administration; Tennessee Valley Authority National Recovery Act; Tennessee Valley Authority; Social Security Act Civilian Conservation Corps; National Recovery Administration; Tennessee Valley Authority Social Security Act; Civilian Conservation Corps; Works Progress Administration	back 8 Civilian Conservation Corps; National Recovery Administration; Tennessee Valley Authority

front 9 The phrase "Hundred Days" refers to Answer the worst months of the Great Depression. the time between Franklin Roosevelt's inaugural address and his submission of legislation to Congress. the first months of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency when Congress passed numerous important laws. the lame-duck period between Franklin Roosevelt's election and his inauguration. the time that all banks were closed by FDR.	back 9 the first months of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency when Congress passed numerous important laws.
front 10 Which of the following was not among the goals of the Tennessee Valley Authority? Answer providing electrical power to a poor region check and reform the electrical power monopolies provide jobs for the unemployed bring business, labor, and agriculture under direct federal control provide for soil conservation, flood control, and reforestation	back 10 bring business, labor, and agriculture under direct federal control
front 11 After the destroyer Greer was fired upon, the Kearny crippled, and the Reuben James sunk, Answer Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act. the United States Navy began escorting merchant vessels carrying lend-lease shipments. Congress authorized the arming of American merchant ships. Congress forbade United States ships to enter combat zones. Roosevelt told the public that war was imminent.	back 11 Congress authorized the arming of American merchant ships.
front 12 America's neutrality during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 allowed Answer Hitler to conquer Spain. the Loyalists to hold onto their stronghold of Barcelona. Roosevelt and Franco to become personal friends. the Soviets to aid the Spanish republic. Spain to become a fascist dictatorship.	back 12 Spain to become a fascist dictatorship.

front 13 Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Munich Conference, (B) German invasion of Poland, (C) Hitler-Stalin nonaggression treaty. Answer A, C, B B, C, A C, B, A C, A, B A, B, C	back 13 A, C, B
front 14 Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) fall of France, (B) Atlantic Charter, (C) Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. Answer B, A, C A, B, C C, B, A A, C, B C, A, B	back 14 A, C, B
front 15 Fascist aggression in the 1930s included Mussolini's invasion of ____,Hitler's invasion of ____, and Franco's overthrow of the republican government of ____. Answer Egypt; France; Poland Albania; Italy; Austria Ethiopia; Czechoslovakia; Spain Belgium; the Soviet Union; France Ethiopia; Norway; Portugal	back 15 Ethiopia; Czechoslovakia; Spain
front 16 Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy Answer created tensions with Britain and Spain, which both had interests in Latin America. failed to reverse the drift toward fascism in Latin America. was greeted with suspicion among many Latin Americans. enabled the United States to establish military bases in Central America and the Caribbean. began to overturn longstanding Latin American resentment of the United States.	back 16 began to overturn longstanding Latin American resentment of the United States.?

front 17 In 1938 the British and French bought peace with Hitler at the Munich Conference at the expense of Answer Poland. the free city of Danzig. Austria. Belgium. Czechoslovakia.	back 17 Czechoslovakia (exam)
front 18 Japan attacked the United States primarily because Franklin Roosevelt insisted that Japan Answer withdraw from the Dutch East Indies. leave China. open its trade doors to American products. break its Axis alliance with Germany. reduce its naval buildup throughout the Pacific.	back 18 leave China.
front 19 The 1941 Lend-Lease Act was all of the following except Answer a focus of intense public debate between internationalists and isolationists all across America. a direct challenge to the Axis dictators. the point when all pretense of American neutrality was abandoned. the catalyst that caused American factories to prepare for all-out war production. an executive deal negotiated between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.	back 19 an executive deal negotiated between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. (Exam?)
front 20 The passage of the Neutrality Acts and other isolationist policies of the 1930s resulted in all of the following except Answer abandonment of America's traditional policy of freedom of the seas. a decline in the navy and other armed forces. making no distinction whatever between aggressors and victims. spurring aggressors along their path of conquest. a stiffening of British and French resistance to totalitarian aggression.	back 20 a stiffening of British and French resistance to totalitarian aggression.?