Unit 7 Pretest (20s, 30s, & 40s)
Unit 7 Pretest (20s, 30s, & 40s)
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1. Which of the following was a cause of the Great Depression?
a. Stock market speculation
b. The inability of American industry to adopt new technology
c. Underproduction by factories
d. The inability of farmers to meet growing demands
2. If you would have lived during the Depression in rural America, you might have supported the government’s plan to provide electricity to rural areas. Specifically, you would have supported funding for the
a. Tennessee Valley Authority
b. Civilian Conservation Corps
c. Works Progress Administration
d. National Recovery Administration
3. The purpose of the New Deal programs was to provide:
a. immediate relief for Depression victims
b. jobs to stimulate economic recovery
c. economic reform to insure financiers’ future investments
d. all of the above
4. Henry Ford’s dream was to sell cars that:
a. Came in many colors
b. Ordinary people could afford
c. Could travel 100 miles per hour
d. Would attract wealthy business owners
5. During the Red Scare, a fear of communism led to increased discrimination against
a. Immigrants
b. African Americans
c. Nativists
d. Women
6. How did life change for American women in the 1920s?
a. Many women felt freer to experiment with bolder styles and manners
b. Married women found it much easier to balance careers and family life
c. Most women grew long hair and stopped using makeup
d. Women began to dominate the workforce, often taking leadership positions
7. The American policy of the Lend-Lease Act
a. Denounced Britain and France for declaring war on Germany
b. Followed a foreign policy of appeasement
c. Remained neutral while making war supplies available to Britain
d. Terminated trade agreements with warring nations
8. What led President FDR to intern Japanese Americans?
a. Long-held prejudice and fears of inflamed by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
b. Terrorist attacks by immigrants living on the West Coast
c. Fear for the safety of the Japanese Americans on the West Coast
d. Refusal of the Nisei to accept US citizenship
9. The most secretive military research project (up to 1945), which involved developing atomic weapons, took place in New Mexico and was known as the
a. Manhattan Project
b. Einstein Project
c. Sand Dune Project
d. Trinity Project
10. A. Philip Randolph proposed a march on Washington in protest against
a. Discrimination towards Japanese Americans during WWII
b. Roosevelt’s policy of providing financial support to Great Britain
c. Racial discrimination in the armed forces
d. Roosevelt’s socialist economic policies
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