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History 271
Fall 2016
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Quiz #3 – The New Deal and World War II
1. To address the problems of the nation’s farmers, FDR’s New Deal…
a.
b.
c.
d.
required farmers to raise the prices they were charging for their crops.
paid farmers to grow fewer crops and breed less livestock.
helped the poorest farmers but ignored the large land owners.
all of the above.
2. After the AAA went into effect…
a.
b.
c.
d.
the price of food decreased.
the price of food increased.
farmers grew more crops.
a and c
3. When the federal government required businesses to pay higher wages…
a. businesses laid off the least skilled and least efficient workers.
b. workers responded by starting to spend more of their money on consumer
goods.
c. businesses hired more workers.
d. businesses only paid the minimum wage.
4. The NRA codes…
a.
b.
c.
d.
raised prices.
reduced prices.
encouraged more competition.
reduced wages.
5. The Supreme Court ruled the NRA unconstitutional because…
a.
b.
c.
d.
it required businesses to pay workers a minimum wage.
it was trying to regulate interstate commerce.
it was trying to regulate intrastate commerce.
it discriminated against kosher butchers.
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6. Franklin Roosevelt preferred to set up a social security insurance system rather
than simply give government aid to those who were too sick or too old to work
because…
a. absent such an insurance system, some future Congress might vote to
end the entire program.
b. there was political opposition to the government giving retired workers
cash payments.
c. Roosevelt opposed the “dole.”
d. all of the above.
7. When the Treaty of Versailles was signed after World War I…
a. the German industrial infrastructure had been completely destroyed.
b. many believed the treaty was neither harsh enough nor lenient enough on
the Germans to insure a lasting peace.
c. the underlying sources of the conflict had been resolved.
d. hostilities did not end until several months later.
8. France and Great Britain were willing to accept German expansion in the mid1930s because…
a.
b.
c.
d.
they were not prepared to wage a war with Germany.
French and British public opinion was ardently anti-war.
they were hoping to forge an alliance with the Germans.
a and b
9. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is most closely associated with the
policy of…
a.
b.
c.
d.
self-determination
manifest destiny
appeasement
lebensraum
10. In which of the following are the events listed in the correct order?
a. German re-occupation of the Rhineland; Munich Agreement; The
“Anschluss”; Nazi-Soviet Pact
b. Munich Agreement; German re-occupation of the Rhineland; Nazi-Soviet
Pact; The “Anschluss”
c. The “Anschluss”; Munich Agreement; Nazi-Soviet Pact; German reoccupation of the Rhineland
d. German re-occupation of the Rhineland; The Anschluss; Munich
Agreement; Nazi-Soviet Pact
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11. Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union because…
a.
b.
c.
d.
he wanted full control of Poland.
he wanted a warm-water port in Finland.
he wanted to avoid fighting a two-front war.
he was an ardent anti-communist.
12. World War II officially began in Europe on September 1, 1939…
a.
b.
c.
d.
when Germany invaded Poland.
when Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
when France invaded Germany.
when the Soviet Union violated the Nazi-Soviet Pact
13. Who was demanding a “second front” in Europe…
a.
b.
c.
d.
Stalin
Hitler
Roosevelt
Churchill
14. Where was the “second front” opened?
a.
b.
c.
d.
England
Normandy
Poland
Belgium
15. The establishment of the FDIC helped end the run on the banks because…
a.
b.
c.
d.
it prohibited speculation on the stock market.
it separated savings banks from investment banks.
it insured the deposits of people who put their money in the banks.
it allowed banks to make riskier investments.
16. Some argued that establishing the FDIC might encourage banks to make risky
investments because…
a. people were afraid to put their money back in the banks.
b. if the government insured all deposits, the banks would not assume any of
the risk.
c. the FDIC prohibited most banks from making loans.
d. stock prices had begun to rise again.
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17. The Glass-Steagall Act…
a. was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
b. enabled people to make more informed decisions about what kind of a
bank they wanted to put their money in.
c. prohibited banks from paying interest on deposits over $100,000.
d. erased the distinction between a savings bank and an investment bank.
18. The SEC…
a. made buying stocks more expensive.
b. made the process of buying stocks more transparent.
c. required companies to use standard accounting procedures before they
could sell shares of their stock to the public.
d. b and c
19. Franklin Roosevelt used the metaphor of “priming the pump” to explain why the
federal government…
a.
b.
c.
d.
was giving direct cash payments to the unemployed.
was regulating the stock market.
was insuring bank deposits.
was lowering the prime interest rate.
20. Franklin Roosevelt believed public works projects would help stimulate the
economy because…
a. the government would hire unemployed workers to complete the projects.
b. the private sector would get government contracts for materials.
c. companies with government contracts would need to hire more workers to
fulfill the contracts.
d. all of the above.
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