Unit 3 Evaluation 3 American History 2

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Unit 3 Evaluation
Evaluation 3
American History 2
(SSTH 034 060)
This evaluation will cover the lessons in this unit. It is open book, meaning you can use your
textbook, syllabus, and other course materials. You will need to understand, analyze, and apply the
information you have learned in order to answer the questions correctly. To submit the evaluation,
follow the directions provided.
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
_____ 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress enacted what measure to deal with the banking
crisis in the Great Depression?
a. Public Works Administration
b. Emergency Banking Bill
c. Bonus Army Act
d. Civilian Conservation Corps
_____ 2. The National Labor Relations Act gave workers the right to
a. set a minimum wage.
b. develop industries codes.
c. join labor unions.
d. charge union dues.
_____ 3. The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 prevented
a. Native Americans from receiving Social Security.
b. further division of Native American lands.
c. soil erosion.
d. banks from declaring bankruptcy.
_____ 4. Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Securities Exchange Commission to
a. regulate the stock market.
b. ensure bank deposits.
c. give banks a chance to organize.
d. pay farmers to destroy their livestock.
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_____ 5. What were the main goals of the Tennessee Valley Authority?
a. jobs and subsidies
b. flood control and electricity
c. insurance and health care
d. retirement planning and health care
_____ 6. Eleanor Roosevelt showed her political involvement in government when she
a. won approval for the Fair Labor Standards Act.
b. ended gender discrimination in the workplace.
c. offered her husband advice on policy issues.
d. assumed the role of White House chief of staff.
_____ 7. How did New Deal programs change life in the West?
a. introduced labor unions and minimum wage
b. built dams to supply power and to stop flooding
c. cut taxes and encouraged farmers to stop grazing sheep
d. reduced the number of public power projects
_____ 8. Interventionists said that the United States could avoid war if it
a. sent aid to Britain.
b. refused aid to Britain.
c. refused aid to all nations at war.
d. traded with both Germany and Britain.
_____ 9. Which of the following was seen as an economic declaration of war against the Axis
Powers?
a. the Tripartite Pact
b. the Atlantic Charter
c. the Lend-Lease Act
d. the Yalta Conference
_____ 10. Winston Churchill described World War II as
a. a European conflict.
b. a conflict between ideologies.
c. a struggle between Germany and France.
d. a conflict about social class structure.
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Part B: Matching
Match each description with the correct name. Use each answer one time only.
a. Frances Perkins
b. John Steinbeck
c. Mary McLeod Bethune
d. Huey Long
e. Dorothea Lange
_____ 11. Louisiana senator who introduced a “Share Our Wealth” program
_____ 12. author who wrote The Grapes of Wrath
_____ 13. photographer who called attention to the plight of farmers in the depression
_____ 14. advisor to President Roosevelt on minority affairs
_____ 15. the first woman Cabinet member
Part C: Matching
Match each definition with the correct term. Use each answer one time only.
a. welfare state
b. pump priming
c. sit-down strike
d. court packing
e. collective bargaining
_____ 16. strategy President Roosevelt proposed for continuing the New Deal
_____ 17. negotiations between labor unions and employers
_____ 18. putting money in the hands of consumers with public works programs
_____ 19. a country in which government provides for the well-being of its citizens
_____ 20. a method of protest in which workers refuse to leave until a settlement is reached
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Part D: Matching
Match each description with the correct name. Use each answer one time only.
a. Adolf Hitler
b. Francisco Franco
c. Benito Mussolini
d. Victor Emmanuel III
e. Joseph Stalin
_____ 21. dictator who industrialized the Soviet Union and carried out the Great Terror
_____ 22. dictator who conquered Ethiopia
_____ 23. Spanish Nationalist leader who accepted aid from Italy and Germany
_____ 24. dictator who carried out the Holocaust
_____ 25. king who requested formation of a fascist government
Part E: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
_____ 26. What did the Office of War Mobilization do during World War II?
a. It monitored civilian activities.
b. It supervised use of industry resources.
c. It recruited soldiers for military service.
d. It provided payment for soldiers.
_____ 27. After the United States declared war in World War II, the nation’s economic situation
a. improved.
b. worsened.
c. stalled.
d. remained unchanged.
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_____ 28. Italy and Japan were dissatisfied with the peace settlements provided in the Treaty of
Versailles because both countries expected more
a. financial assistance from the United States and Britain.
b. guidance in establishing their own democratic governments.
c. territory in exchange for their sacrifices in World War I.
d. representation in the League of Nations.
_____ 29. One of the ways that Mussolini maintained his power in Italy was by
a. allowing freedom of the press.
b. disbanding youth groups.
c. supporting strikes.
d. outlawing political parties.
_____ 30. The League of Nations did not prevent German and Italian aggression against other
nations because it
a. had no standing army and no real power to enforce its decrees.
b. supported German and Italian aggression.
c. focused only on Japanese aggression.
d. was already involved in the Spanish Civil War.
_____ 31. Why did the United States initially follow a policy of neutrality toward Germany?
a. The United States wanted to focus on its own economic troubles.
b. The United States supported Hitler’s desire to unify Germany.
c. The United States feared Germany’s military power.
d. The United States believed that Austria posed a greater threat than did Germany.
_____ 32. How did Roosevelt respond to Japanese aggression against China?
a. He ignored it.
b. He encouraged Mussolini to go to war with Japan.
c. He placed an embargo on Japan, depriving it of war supplies.
d. He authorized bombing raids on Tokyo.
_____ 33. How did support for the Allies change after Roosevelt’s reelection in 1940?
a. Support decreased; Congress refused to provide additional aid.
b. Support increased; Congress approved the Lend-Lease Act.
c. Support increased; Congress urged the president to declare war.
d. There was no change; the United States continued its isolationist policy.
_____ 34. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they wanted to
a. gain control of the Hawaiian Islands.
b. destroy ships and planes that threatened their expansion efforts.
c. provoke the United States into declaring war.
d. demonstrate their support for Germany and Italy.
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_____ 35. Once the United States became involved in World War II, the government
a. discontinued the Lend-Lease program.
b. enacted a draft because few Americans wanted to fight in the war.
c. transformed peacetime industries into war industries.
d. withdrew economic support from Britain because it was no longer needed.
_____ 36. After the Battle of Midway, Japan
a. no longer had a powerful navy.
b. established a military presence in the Aleutian Islands.
c. was on the defensive end of the war.
d. took over Hawaii.
_____ 37. Wartime migration led to violence between African Americans and whites in
a. Los Angeles, California.
b. Detroit, Michigan.
c. Poston, Arizona.
d. San Francisco, California.
_____ 38. Which group faced the most restrictions in the United States during the war?
a. German Americans
b. Japanese Americans
c. Italian Americans
d. Mexican Americans
_____ 39. Which leader wanted to open a second front against Germany in 1943?
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Winston Churchill
c. Joseph Stalin
d. Clement Attlee
_____ 40. President Truman’s military advisers predicted that an invasion of Japan
a. could strategically target cities devoted to war production.
b. could force the Japanese to surrender quickly.
c. might cost as many as one million American lives.
d. could only be conducted in the summer.
_____ 41. The Nuremberg Laws
a. issued an order to attack Jewish synagogues and businesses.
b. denied German citizenship and other rights to Jews.
c. forced German Jews to move into ghettos.
d. began the systematic extermination of the Jews.
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_____ 42. In what country did General Douglas MacArthur oversee the building of a democratic
government after World War II?
a. Germany
b. Italy
c. Burma
d. Japan
_____ 43. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights did which of the following?
a. promised control of Eastern Europe to Stalin
b. established the United Nations
c. provided a charter for rebuilding Japan
d. condemned human rights abuses
_____ 44. Which nation became a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council?
a. Germany
b. China
c. India
d. Spain
_____ 45. Following the battle of Stalingrad,
a. German troops continued their blitzkrieg eastward.
b. Hitler controlled the Caucasus oil fields.
c. both German and Soviet troops refused to surrender.
d. Hitler’s plans of dominating Europe faded.
_____ 46. Allied bombing of Germany in 1942 changed the war because it
a. helped pave the way for a later all-out offensive.
b. allowed the Allies to avoid fighting in Italy.
c. permitted German forces to occupy the best defensive positions.
d. placed additional pressure on Soviet troops.
_____ 47. How did wartime pressures create a break from the past?
a. All women quit their jobs once they married to raise large families.
b. Many women took jobs that fell outside the traditional realm of women’s work.
c. Women in blue-collar fields had to give up their jobs to returning soldiers.
d. Most children stayed in day-care centers instead of with extended families.
_____ 48. How did population shifts change American life during World War II?
a. The Southwest became a growing cultural, social, economic, and political force.
b. The South lost about a million people.
c. Older industrial cities such as Detroit and Cleveland began to decline.
d. California lost two million residents who left to seek work in wartime industries.
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_____ 49. As American forces approached Japan, the Japanese forces
a. won an important victory in the Philippines.
b. conquered every island the United States held.
c. surrendered quickly and joined the Allied forces.
d. fought almost to the last, preferring suicide to surrender.
_____ 50. Who made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan?
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Harry S. Truman
c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
d. Richard Nixon
Carefully check your answers on this evaluation and make any corrections you feel are
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