Lesson 11 AH

Question 1

From the start, President Hoover felt strongly that the government should take steps to improve the economy.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Congress helped the states by sending money for public works projects.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Theodore Roosevelt promised a new deal for the American people.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The CCC provided jobs for young men willing to plant trees, build bridges, and create parks.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The government wanted farmers to grow more crops to feed the hungry people.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

New dealers were in favor of the government controlling the economy.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Amphibious

Answer 7

Able to operate on sea or land

Question 8

Battle of the Coral Sea

Answer 8

May 1942 battle off Australia that was a turning point in World War 2

Question 9

CCC

Answer 9

The Civilian Conservation Corps, created in 1933 to provide jobs for young men between 18-25

Question 10

D-Day

Answer 10

June 6,1944, the day Allied troops landed at Normandy, France to fight the German Army

Question 11

Dictator

Answer 11

Someone who takes complete control of a government

Question 12

Draft

Answer 12

Mandatory service in the armed forces.

Question 13

Fair Labor Standards Act

Answer 13

1937 law to set a minimum wage

Question 14

Holocaust

Answer 14

The mass slaughter of Jews and other by Germany during World War 2

Question 15

New Deal

Answer 15

President Roosevelt’s 1930s plan to help the U.S economy

Question 16

Pension

Answer 16

A payment to someone who has retired because of age

Question 17

Public Works Project

Answer 17

Construction and repair project paid for by the government

Question 18

Selective Service Act

Answer 18

1940 law that set up the first peacetime draft

Question 19

Social Security Act

Answer 19

1935 law designed to help care for needy children and those who could not work because of poor health and to pay retired workers over 65 a continuing income.

Question 20

Totalitarian

Answer 20

A system of government in which the state has total control over citizens lives

Question 21

V-E Day

Answer 21

Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945, when World War 2 ended on the western front

Question 22

V-J Day

Answer 22

Victory in Japan Day, August 15, 1945, when World War 2 ended on the eastern front

Question 23

Warlords

Answer 23

Aggressive military leaders; in Japan, military officers who seized control of the government in the 1920s

Question 24

Works Progress Administration

Answer 24

Agency created in 1935 to provide men and women with work and a chance to help society

Question 25

Which of the following people might have had a job with the WPA?

Answer 25

construction worker, artist, and writer.

Question 26

What is a pension

Answer 26

money paid to someone too old to work