history unit 22

Question 1

what did Hoover blame the depression on

Answer 1

international economic conditions

Question 2

what state was Roosevelt gov of before he was president

Answer 2

ny

Question 3

what fraction of the nations workers were unemployed at the worst point of the depression

Answer 3

1/4

Question 4

what was the name for FDR’s program

Answer 4

the new deal

Question 5

what was the nickname for Roosevelt’s close circle of advisors

Answer 5

the brain trust

Question 6

what step did Roosevelt take concerning gold

Answer 6

he took the country off gold standard

Question 7

ccc

Answer 7

cleared forests, built state parks and dams

Question 8

nra

Answer 8

regulated business, developed industry codes

Question 9

aaa

Answer 9

limited farm production, paid farmers for not growing crops

Question 10

what was the best known recovery program?

Answer 10

wpa- building/repairing schools, sewage plants, roads, funding projects by writers, musicians, artists

Question 11

what program was a new experiment in unified planning for an entire region

Answer 11

tva

Question 12

what did the tva address

Answer 12

production of electricity, flood control, navigation, soil conservation, recreational lakes

Question 13

what were three areas addressed by social security

Answer 13

1. unemployment assistance
2. disability payments
3. retirement pensions

Question 14

how was social security paid for

Answer 14

taxes on workers and employers

Question 15

why did a recession occur in 1937

Answer 15

the fed gov. cut back expenditures by 17% causing unemployment rates to rise to 20%

Question 16

what was the Townsend plan

Answer 16

plan to give all retirees 60 and over $200 a month

Question 17

what region of the US was known as the dust bowl

Answer 17

western Kansas and Oklahoma

Question 18

where did people from the dust bowl move

Answer 18

california

Question 19

what illustrated news magazine was introduced in 1936

Answer 19

life

Question 19

what were two forms of entertainment in the 1930s

Answer 19

movies and radio

Question 20

what happened to church membership during the 1930s

Answer 20

conservative churches grew while liberal denominations declined

Question 21

what significant recognition was extended by the Roosevelt administration in 1933

Answer 21

communist gov. of soviet union

Question 22

what was the new approach the US followed in dealing with Latin American countries

Answer 22

better relations by removing troops

Question 23

what two changes in foreign trade were begun with the reciprocal trade agreements act

Answer 23

president can increase/decrease tariffs

Question 24

5 problems in the world that led to WWII (valid)

Answer 24

refer to valid sheet

Question 25

dictators that rose to power in between the wars

Answer 25

Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, France, hidek

Question 25

what aggressive moves were taken by germany

Answer 25

stationed military forces in the Rhineland, Hitler became increasingly aggressive

Question 26

who is Neville chamberlain and what policy was urged by him

Answer 26

a British prime minister/ that hitler would be less aggressive if he got sudenetland

Question 27

why was the US reluctant to become involved in international affairs

Answer 27

they were disillusioned by the horrors of the great war and that it didn’t end

Question 28

what was the official US policy when political and military crises began developing in europe

Answer 28

policy of neutrality

Question 29

how was the direct threat to American interest demonstrated in 1937

Answer 29

the gunboat panay was attacked by japan

Question 30

what event is seen as the beginning of WWII in europe

Answer 30

when Britain and France declared war on germany

Question 31

Conscription
Rhineland
Anschluss
Munich Agreement
Czechoslovakia
USSR/German pact
Poland

Answer 31

C- drafting and rearmament (1935)
R- (demilitarize zone) March 1936 (Hitler seen as a savior)
A- originally failed in 1934, Hitler and Austria get together in Feb 1938 (not allowed)
M- pact
C- March 1939
U- pact, august 1939
P- September 1st- 1939 (beginning of wwii)