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What suggested the Prosperity of 1920s was structurally unstable?
- 1. Increased productivity didn't generate an increase in work salary
- 2. Numerous manufacturing industries were over-producing
- 3. Farm prices had been declining through the 1920s
- 4. Parts of industry lagged in technology and couldn't get investments
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The "Bonus Army" in 1932
WWI veterans marched to washington to lobby for immediate cash pay of veterans' bonuses
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Which of the following did FDR use during the early years of his administration to fight the depression?
A)industrial recovery through business-government cooperation and
pump-priming federal spending
B)agricultural recovery through subsidized crop reduction
C)short-term emergency relief for the jobless, provided directly by
the federal government if necessary
D)all of the above
D
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The Civilian Conservation Corps
A)put half a million young men and women to work in camps
throughout the country
B)was a conservative political youth group
C)employed jobless young men in rural projects such as reforestation,
park maintenance, and erosion control
D)was the precursor to the National Guard
C
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What new deal initiative paid farmers subsidies to take acreage out of production?
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
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After 1936 election Roosevelt attempted to undermine the powers of
The Supreme Court
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All of the following were popular pastimes during the Great Depression EXCEPT
Watching TV
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WHat is NOT true about the New Deal?
It brought full economic recovery and unemployment was not a problem in 1939
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Was is NOT associated with the depression?
Increasing competition with foreign markets
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Japan demonstrates its expansionist policies in 1931-32 by invading
Manchuria
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1939- Overwhelming majority of American people believed
Important to save England and France from defeat, but more important for US to stay out of the war
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Lend-Lease
Extended to Britain and Soviets to help defeat Nazis
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Manhattan Project was
Secret $2 billion project to make atomic bomb
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After what did Japan finally discuss surrender terms
Dropping of atomic bomb
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Axis powers included
Japan, Germany, Italy
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What was the US response to the persecution of Jews?
US expressed sympathy for Jews, but refused to liberalize its restrictive immigration laws
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Sept. 1940 to help American security and help England, Roosevelt made executive agreement with Churchill that...
Transferred 50 American destroyers to Britain in exchange for Naval bases in Western Hemisphere
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What impact did the wartimes economy have on AMerican income?
Size of middle class doubled; only significant shift of income in 20th century
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New Deal legislation that established the principle of federal responsibility for social welfare and created framework for welfare system was
Social Security Act
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What role did the American scientific community have in WWII?
Scientists participated actively in the development of new weapons, chemicals, medicines, that would advance fight against Axis
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Who was convicted of conspiring to commit espionage?
Julius Rosenberg
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Fair Deal refers to...
Truman's domestic, social, and economic reform programs
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What was the major postwar economic problem
Inflation
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What "lesson" of recent history impressed President Truman and his advisers and formed a basic diplomatic tenet of his administration?
Appeasement toward aggressive dictators leads to more violence, not peace
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When Churchill spoke of "iron curtain", he was talking about...
A division between soviet-dominated Eastern Europe and the rest of the continent
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According to the truman doctrine
The US had to support free people everywhere who were resisting subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure
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Which member was NOT a part of NATO
Yugoslavia
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Korean war was an example of all of the following except
The triumph of military over political leadership.
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Relationship between Truman and the 80th congress was
Antagonistic because congress was controlled by republicans and Truman was a Democrat
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What was accomplished during president Truman's presidency?
Armed forces were desegregated
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Eisenhower's presidency was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
Feuds with congress
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Interstate Highway act
- 1. Was the largest, most expensive public works program in American history
- 2. Heightened American dependence on cars
- 3. Accelerated suburban growth
- 4. Helped to homogenize the nation
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Which of the following was a major Southern civil rights case in the 1950s?
Brown vs. Board of Education
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The Cold War philosophy of Dulles was
Liberation
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The US initial involvement in vietnam consisted of
Furnishing French with aid who were trying to conquer a colony
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Eisenhower Doctrine said the US would send military aid and if necessary, troop to help anti-communist in
Middle East
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Eisenhower's greatest crisis in Middle East started when Egypt leader Nasser
Suez canal
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When Eisenhower was nominated for Rep. in 1952 election which wing of the party was he representing?
More socially liberal wing
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In the late 1940s and early 1950s, what did the House Un-American Activities Committee, Hollywood, and 39 state legislatures have in common?
They all contributed to the anticommunist hysteria of the period and tried to root out subversives in American society.
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MLK philosophy of civil disobedience incorporated
- 1. the spirit of evangelical Christianity's sacrifice and redemption
- 2. Christian notion of redemption
- 3. Non-violent resistance
- 4. Direct action
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Which of the following is NOT true about JFK?
He had compiled a record of achievements and sponsored much notable reform
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In the 1960 presidential election, Nixon's advance over JFK included
His religion and experience
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Why did Kennedy administration have such a poor record of legislative accomplishments?
The administration had received a weak electoral mandate and lacked votes in congress
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Which captures the approach of Kennedy's administration to the issue of civil rights
Reluctance to take affirmative action followed by introduction of civil rights legislature
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Most serious conflict between US and Soviet Union during Kennedy administration
Cuba
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The man accused of assassinating Kennedy was
Oswald
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Which suggests Johnson's policy of civil rights?
Enactment of a sweeping civil rights law that granted federal government new power to fight segregation
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Who ran against Johnson for president in 1964?
Goldwater
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All of the following are part of Great Society program EXCEPT
Interstate Highway Act
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In Miranda vs. Arizona, the Supreme Court declared
Police had to advise a suspect of his or her right to remain silent
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