Download Multiple-Choice Questions - Chapter 28 1. The Great Depression

MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS - CHAPTER 28
1. The Great Depression and the economic struggles it caused during the early 1930s generally made
Americans:
A. more supportive of foreign interventions
B. more isolationist in sentiment
C. more internationalist
D. more supportive of joining the League of Nations
E. more supportive of fascism in Europe
2. What did the governments of Italy and Germany have in common by the 1930s?
A. Both had established communist forms of government.
B. Both had thriving liberal democracies.
C. Both had strong monarchies.
D. Both had established fascist forms of government.
E. Both went to war with the United States.
3. The Neutrality Act of 1935:
A. was directed against Japanese aggression in China
B. allowed the U.S. Navy to stop and search German ships on the high seas
C. permitted the United States to sell arms and munitions to warring nations to ensure the United
States did not have to get involved
D. stopped German and Italian military aid to Francisco Franco
E. forbade the sale of arms and munitions to warring nations
4. The German occupation of Czechoslovakia had what effect on Roosevelt?
A. It intensified his isolationist sentiments and desire to stay out of Europe’s problems.
B. He no longer professed impartiality in the impending European struggle.
C. He worked to appease Hitler to avoid further conquests.
D. He blamed Czechoslovakia for provoking the attack.
E. He had Congress rescind the Neutrality Acts.
5. Germany’s invasion of what country triggered the beginning of World War II in Europe?
A. Czechoslovakia
B. the Soviet Union
C. Britain
D. Poland
E. Austria
6. All of the following statements about the German blitzkrieg of spring 1940 are true, EXCEPT:
A. it followed an extended quiet period in the war following the invasion of Poland
B. it involved German attacks on France, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands
C. France surrendered to Germany in just over two months
D. German troops cut off British troops and prevented them from providing assistance
E. Germany carefully avoided attacks on neutral nations and only targeted professed enemies
7. Which of the following statements about the 1940 presidential election is true?
A. Franklin Roosevelt named a Republican as his vice-presidential running mate in the name of
national unity.
B. Franklin Roosevelt became the first sitting president to lose a reelection bid in the midst of a
national crisis.
C. Republican Thomas Dewey defeated Franklin Roosevelt in a landslide.
D. Franklin Roosevelt followed precedent and declined to run for a third term.
E. Franklin Roosevelt became the only president to run for and win a third term.
8. Through the lend-lease bill, passed in March 1934, “any country whose defense the President deems
vital to the defense of the United States”:
A. could receive American military equipment, supplies, and other necessary materials if they rented
them at fair market value
B. could purchase American military equipment, supplies, and other necessary materials made
available through Canada
C. must declare war on Germany in order to be eligible for American material support
D. could receive military equipment, supplies, and other necessary materials even if that country
lacked the funds to pay for those items
E. was prohibited from receiving any American military equipment, supplies, and other necessary
materials
9. The offensives Italy launched in 1940 against Greece and British forces in Egypt:
A. came with the help of German forces
B. prevented the Germans from suffering an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the British
C. proved to be a wildly successful demonstration of Italian power
D. forced France to enter the war
E. saw Italy surrender after being decisively defeated
10. Which of the following countries was NOT an Axis power by June 1941?
A. Italy
B. the Soviet Union
C. Hungary
D. Bulgaria
E. Romania
11. During the summer of 1941, the United States attempted to restrain Japanese expansion by:
A. restricting oil exports to Japan and freezing Japanese assets in the United States
B. ordering the strategic bombing of Japanese military sites
C. sending 200,000 troops to China and stationing a large naval force in the South Pacific
D. establishing a protectorate over China
E. declaring a naval blockade of Japan
12. Which of the following statements about the attack on Pearl Harbor is NOT true?
A. It was one part of a larger Japanese offensive launched into Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
B. A specific attack on Pearl Harbor had been long expected by American officials.
C. The attack killed more than 2,400 U.S. servicemen and sank nineteen ships.
D. The attack ignored onshore facilities and oil tanks.
E. The Japanese missed the U.S. aircraft carriers in the attack.
13. Following the declaration of war:
A. a surge of volunteerism allowed the repeal of the Selective Service Act to end the draft
B. men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five were drafted
C. all men and women between the ages of eighteen and forty-five were drafted
D. men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five were drafted
E. the draft was enacted for the first time in American history
14. The Office of Price Administration:
A. was designed to combat the serious wartime deflation
B. was designed to raise consumer prices
C. set price ceilings on and rationed highly demanded items such as tires, sugar, and gasoline
D. lacked any authority to set consumer prices or ration any items
E. set price ceilings and directed the rationing of all goods and items for sale in the wartime economy
15. Which statement best describes the Native American experience in the armed forces during World
War II?
A. Indian servicemen fought in segregated units with African Americans.
B. Indian servicemen were integrated into regular units.
C. Native Americans were ineligible for service in the armed forces.
D. Native Americans refused to serve in the armed forces.
E. Native Americans served but were exempt from fighting on the front lines.
16. “War relocation camps”:
A. were the bases that housed American servicemen before being sent to the front lines
B. were actually prisoner-of-war camps for captured Germans
C. was the German euphemism for Nazi concentration camps
D. helped the families of American servicemen cope with the absence of husbands and fathers
E. housed over 112,000 Japanese Americans during the war
17. Following the defeat of Germany:
A. came the shocking realization of the full extent of the Holocaust
B. Hitler was executed after his conviction of war crimes
C. the Prussian monarchy was restored to the German throne
D. the Allies established a liberal democratic government with its capital in Berlin
E. Franklin Roosevelt died in office
18. The use of atomic bombs against Japan had what significance?
A. They prevented the Soviets from entering the war in Asia.
B. They shocked Germany into surrendering before facing the same fate.
C. They killed the Japanese emperor and paved the way for surrender.
D. According to military planners, it saved an estimated 250,000 Allied casualties and even more
Japanese losses.
E. They rendered the entire island of Honshu inhabitable for twenty-three years.
19. The Potsdam Declaration:
A. accepted the Japanese surrender and allowed the emperor to remain on the throne “subordinate to
the authority of the Allied occupation”
B. is the formal name for the Soviet Union’s declaration of war against Japan
C. threatened that Hiroshima and Nagasaki faced an “atomic holocaust” if Japan did not surrender
D. demanded that Japan surrender or face “prompt and utter destruction”
E. presented Japan’s terms for surrendering to the Allied powers