02 Feb 20. Which Axis nation

Question 1

1. Buying _______ describes the purchase of financial products with borrowed money.

A. on recession

B. with cash

C. stock

D. on margin

Question 2

2. What were Hoovervilles?

A. Places that received government aid under President Hoover

B. Shantytowns that grew during the early Great Depression

C. Suburban settlements that grew in the late 1920s

D. New developments for middle-class people

Question 3

3. Which of the following best describes Huey Long of Louisiana?

A. A conservative elitist

B. A well-known religious leader

C. A reserved liberal

D. An authoritarian populist

Question 4

4. How did Franklin Roosevelt attempt to restore trust in the banking system?

A. He declared a bank holiday and then kept most banks closed.

B. He pushed billions of dollars of government money into buying the banks.

C. He let the free market sort out strong and weak banks.

D. He declared a bank holiday and developed a ranking system for banks.

Question 5

5. What was the Blitzkrieg?

A. A German term for “peace with honor”

B. A method of war using motorized vehicles and aggressive movement

C. A German term describing racial unity

D. A method of war involving extensive fortifications and focusing on defense

Question 6

6. What does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation do?

A. Insures people’s investments in the stock market

B. Insures deposits in banks

C. Insures banks so they can invest in the stock market

D. Insures corporations against business failure

Question 7

7. The _______ was the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.

A. Iron Curtain

B. German Pact

C. Allied Powers

D. Axis Powers

Question 8

8. What United States plan involved financial aid to nations with the goal of stabilizing them so communism didn’t take hold?

A. The Financial Plan

B. The Democracy Plan

C. The Kennan Plan

D. The Marshall Plan

Question 9

9. Why were many Eastern European nations considered to be ruled by puppet regimes after World War II?

A. Their governments were controlled indirectly by the United States.

B. Their government were really controlled by a secret group of business leaders.

C. They refused to form modern governments.

D. Their governments were controlled indirectly by the Soviet Union.

Question 10

10. Which of the following was a way Americans on the home front sacrificed to aid the war effort in World War II?

A. Forgoing leisure time

B. Rationing

C. Going to bed early

D. Forming neighborhood militias

Question 11

11. What technological development took a new hold on Americans’ desire for information and entertainment during the 1950s?

A. Radio

B. Internet

C. Newspapers

D. Television

Question 12

12. What program introduced during the Great Depression guaranteed Americans an old-age pension?

A. Social Security

B. Medicare

C. Pension Plan

D. Medicaid

Question 13

13. What was the Works Progress Administration?

A. A program designed to measure job growth during the Great Depression

B. A jobs program to get Americans working during the Great Depression

C. A program designed to expel illegal aliens during the Great Depression

D. A program making sure that public sector jobs were efficient during the Great Depression

Question 14

14. What US policy was designed to handle the threat of communism spreading to the Middle East during the 1950s?

A. The Kennan Plan

B. The Truman Doctrine

C. The Middle East Doctrine

D. The Eisenhower Doctrine

Question 15

15. The competition between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II was called the

A. Cold War.

B. Ideological Conflict.

C. Twentieth Century War.

D. Communist War.

Question 16

16. Which of the following was the most likely reason President Truman decided to use atomic bombs against Japan?

A. He had an agreement with the Soviet Union to use advanced weapons to end the war quickly.

B. He feared the loss of life that would be involved in a conventional invasion of Japan.

C. The war was going poorly in Europe, so he needed to end the Pacific war quickly.

D. He wanted to punish the Japanese people for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Question 17

17. _______ was the policy designed to give Hitler what he wanted as a way to avoid war.

A. Communism

B. Containment

C. Isolationism

D. Appeasement

Question 18

18. What was D-Day?

A. The day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

B. The end of World War II

C. The beginning of the allied invasion of Normandy

D. The beginning of World War II

Question 19

19. What US foreign policy idea was expressed in a military manner with involvement in the Korean War?

A. Roll Back

B. Isolationism

C. Militarization

D. Containment

Question 20

20. Which Axis nation was knocked out of World War II first?

A. France

B. Germany

C. Japan

D. Italy