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The __________ employed approximately 40,000 artists in theater, art, music, and writing. A. Federal One Project B. National Endowment for the Arts C. Artists for America D. Protect American Art Agency - correct answers ✅A. Federal One Project Roosevelt signed the last substantial piece of New Deal legislation in the summer of 1938, the... A. Emergency Relief Appropriation Act B. National Labor Relations Act C. Social Security Act D. Fair Labor Standards Act - correct answers ✅D. Fair Labor Standards Act Roosevelt's Federal One Project authorized the single largest expenditure in U.S. history. A. True B. False - correct answers ✅B. False
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What were the major themes in 1920s popular culture? A. communal living and international cooperation B. individualism, self-reliance, and material success C. international cooperation and material success D. poverty, happiness, and communal living - correct answers ✅B. individualism, self-reliance, and material success Frank Capra's movies supported the importance of... A. traditional American values. B. planning for the future. C. government assistance. D. people living in harmony with nature. - correct answers ✅A. traditional American values. The two biggest changes in movies during the 1930s were the development of technicolor and the development of... A. stop-action filming.
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A. terrorism B. euthanasia C. the death penalty D. lynching - correct answers ✅D. lynching The first woman who served as a member of any presidential cabinet was __________, who was secretary of labor under FDR. A. Dorothea Lange B. Mary McLeod Bethune C. Frances Perkins D. Eleanor Roosevelt - correct answers ✅C. Frances Perkins Critics of the New Deal point out that in spite of all the jobs programs and money spent... A. the GDP was down 15 percent from 1933 to 1939. B. factory production was still only at 15 percent of pre- crash levels. C. by 1949, unemployment still hovered around a very high and unacceptable 15 percent.
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D. durable goods orders were still 15 percent lower than in 1928. - correct answers ✅C. by 1949, unemployment still hovered around a very high and unacceptable 15 percent. By the end of 1938, the United States had become a much more of a __________, as the government had become much more involved in the economic and market system. A. command economy B. mixed economy C. capitalist economy D. private economy - correct answers ✅B. mixed economy Roosevelt's efforts at changing the number of Supreme Court justices in order to protect New Deal legislation was called the... A. Court Counting Scandal. B. Court Packing Scandal. C. Court Changing Scandal. D. Court Control Scandal. - correct answers ✅B. Court Packing Scandal.
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nationalization of key industries, and who created the National Union for Social Justice, was... A. Francis Townsend. B. Huey Long. C. Karl Marx. D. Charles Coughlin. - correct answers ✅D. Charles Coughlin. The American Liberty League which lamented the excesses of several of Roosevelt's New Deal programs was composed largely of conservative... A. Republicans. B. Independents. C. Democrats. D. governors. - correct answers ✅C. Democrats. In the 1930s, the arts revealed a change in popular culture, focusing on... A. rugged individualism as a means to overcome hardships.
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B. hard work as a means to monetary success. C. the importance of the whole and the necessity of community in the preservation of family life. D. how happy days are here again. - correct answers ✅C. the importance of the whole and the necessity of community in the preservation of family life. Another theme in the movies was that of the __________ against greedy banks and power players. A. lucky idiot B. hard-working everyman C. sneaky child D. Good Samaritan - correct answers ✅B. hard-working everyman During the Great Depression, how much did it cost to see a movie? A. $ B. 25 cents C. 10 cents D. $2 - correct answers ✅B. 25 cents
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B. Black Council. C. Black Cabinet. D. Black Secret Service. - correct answers ✅C. Black Cabinet. Who was the prominent African American educator tapped by Roosevelt to act as the director of the NYA's Division of Negro Affairs? A. Mary McLeod Bethune B. Rosa Parks C. Dorothea Lange D. Mary (Molly) Dawson - correct answers ✅A. Mary McLeod Bethune What was the effect of the Indian Reorganization Act on the long-standing Dawes Act? A. It strengthened and extended the Dawes Act. B. It broadened the scope of the Dawes Act. C. It finally repealed the Dawes Act. D. It narrowed the power of the Dawes Act. - correct answers ✅C. It finally repealed the Dawes Act.
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The poll tax was officially abolished in... A. 1939. B. 1940. C. 1941. D. 1942. - correct answers ✅C. 1941. President Roosevelt's wife, who was an advocate for civil rights and better race relations, was named... A. Barbara. B. Eleanor. C. Nancy. D. Elsie. - correct answers ✅B. Eleanor. One of Eleanor Roosevelt's favorite projects was __________, a resettlement community for displaced coal miners in West Virginia. A. Coaldale B. Arthurdale C. The Dales
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Critics of the welfare state often claim that Roosevelt's presidency was the start of a slippery slope toward... A. the end of the American federal system, because Roosevelt expanded the power of the federal government to the extent the states became irrelevant. B. the end of the American democracy because of Roosevelt's efforts to become a fascist dictator. C. entitlements and the destruction of the individualist spirit upon which the United States had developed. D. American independence due to Roosevelt's efforts at selling off American land and property for his own benefit. - correct answers ✅C. entitlements and the destruction of the individualist spirit upon which the United States had developed. What was, and remains, the single most impacting set of legislation in the history of the United States? A. The Share Deal B. The Fair Deal C. The Square Deal D. The New Deal - correct answers ✅D. The New Deal
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What percentage of the German workforce was unemployed by the time the Nazis began to rise? A. 10% B. 20% C. 30% D. 40% - correct answers ✅C. 30% The Lend Lease Act dissolved the pretense of the U.S. being a neutral nation. A. True B. False - correct answers ✅A. True Hitler welcomed politicians of the Nazi and Communist Parties in the German Parliament. A. True B. False - correct answers ✅B. False The Soviet victory at Stalingrad was considered a turning point in the war in Europe.
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D. December 7, 1945. - correct answers ✅C. August 15,
The Battle of Midway was a turning point in World War II because the United States lost it. A. True B. False - correct answers ✅B. False How many major land battles took place on Guadalcanal? A. 3 B. 7 C. 5 D. 1 - correct answers ✅A. 3 What percentage of the Jewish community was exterminated in France by 1944? A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. 100% - correct answers ✅A. 25%
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To the Nazis, their "moral opponents" included... A. Jews. B. the work-shy. C. communists. D. homosexuals. - correct answers ✅D. homosexuals. The most famous of those who committed atrocious experiments on prisoners during the Holocaust was... A. Erwin Rommel. B. Josef Mengele. C. Adolf Hitler. D. Albert Einstein. - correct answers ✅B. Josef Mengele. During World War II, Mexican Americans were never directly a part of the war effort. A. True B. False - correct answers ✅B. False America was in the midst of the greatest economic success in history when World War II began.
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A. cirizen; State B. State; citizen C. Prime Minister; Parliament D. Parliament; Prime Minister - correct answers ✅B. State; citizen What act allowed Hitler to pass laws as chancellor? A. The Lend Lease Act B. The Neutrality Act C. The Enabling Act D. The AAA - correct answers ✅C. The Enabling Act Britain and France declared war on Germany in... A. 1938. B. 1939. C. 1940. D. 1941. - correct answers ✅B. 1939. The Battle of Britain was almost entirely...
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A. a land war. B. a naval war. C. a political war. D. an air war. - correct answers ✅D. an air war. The first peacetime draft in history was initiated in the year... A. 1939. B. 1940. C. 1941. D. 1942. - correct answers ✅B. 1940. On what day was victory finally achieved in Europe? A. August 20th, 1945 B. November 9th, 1945 C. May 8th, 1945 D. April 30th, 1945 - correct answers ✅C. May 8th, 1945 How many African Americans registered for the draft?
