Depression-New Deal-World War II Test Review
1. When Herbert Hoover took office in 1929, what was the mood of the country?
2. Who won the 1932 presidential election? Why?
3. What was the Bonus Army?
4. What economic philosophy dominated during the 1920s? What similar ideas influenced US economic policies in the late 19th century?
5. To what economic philosophy did President Franklin Roosevelt adhere? In what ways were his beliefs similar to Theodore Roosevelt’s?
6. What were the leading causes of the Great Depression?
7. In what ways were Franklin Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt different?
8. To what extent was the Great Depression a global phenomenon? Why?
9.What were the “fireside chats”?
10. What happened to wages during the 1920s? How did this contribute to the Depression?
11. When did the US finally return to pre-Depression levels of employment? Why?
12. What were FDR’s three Rs?
13. What was the National Recovery Administration?
14. What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?
15. What were the effects of the "Dust Bowl"?
16.To what extent was the Supreme Court an obstacle to implementing the New Deal? How did FDR try to address this situation? How was his conflict with the Court eventually resolved?
17.To what extent did African Americans benefit equally from the New Deal?
18. Who in the Roosevelt White House was known as an advocate for women and minorities?
19. Which Supreme Court case unanimously overthrew the “separate but equal doctrine”?
20. Who originally came up with the idea for what came to be known as Social Security? What were some of the criticisms of the program from conservatives? From liberals?
22. How did the League of Nations respond toJapanese aggression in Manchuria?
23. What was the stated goal of the Neutrality Acts of 1935-1937?
24. What did President Franklin Roosevelt argue for in his Quarantine Speech in 1937? To what extent did the American people support his position?
25. What later steps did his administration take to move the US closer to involvement in WWII?
26. What earlier President faced a similar challenge?
27. What was the America First Committee?
28. What was the purpose of Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech?
29. How were women affected by the war?
30. Once the US entered the war in 1941, what challenges did the country face?
31. To what extent were civil liberties compromised during WWII?
32. What was the Supreme Court’s decision in Korematsuv US?
33. To what extent was the status of African Americans altered by the Second World War?
34. How did the US government fund the war?
35.To what extent did organized labor experience a change in status during theSecond World War?
36. How were Americans on the home front encouraged to support the war effort?
37. What were the main arguments FOR using the atomic bomb?
38. What were the main arguments AGAINST using the atomic bomb?
39. What was decided at the Yalta conference?
40. What was the primary reason President Truman used to justify his decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945?
41. What organization did the US help form after WWII to help further international cooperation? How was the nation’s post-WWII position different than its post-WWI position?