HIST 1302 Exam 3 – Flashcards

Unlock all answers in this set

Unlock answers
question
In the presidential election of 1936:
answer
Republicans hoped that third-party candidates might split the Democratic vote and throw the election to them
question
All of the following were among the objectives of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT:
answer
the development of Smoky Mountain National Park
question
By the end of 1937, which group had coalesced against the New Deal
answer
the bipartisan conservative bloc
question
The Farm Security Administration:
answer
offered loans to marginal farmers (so they could avoid falling into tenancy) and to tenant farmers(so they could purchase their own farms)
question
In the 1936 election, Roosevelt wound up carrying every state except:
answer
Maine and Vermont
question
Labor's new direction in the late 1930s was toward:
answer
industrial unions
question
The National Labor Relations Act:
answer
was often called the Wagner Act
question
Eleanor Roosevelt
answer
was especially supportive of women, blacks, and organized labor
question
On his second day in office, Franklin D. Roosevelt called upon Congress to meet in a special session on March 9 to pass the:
answer
Emergency Banking Relief Act
question
During the Depression, the U.S. government deported five hundred thousand Mexican Americans and their American-born children because officials:
answer
wanted to avoid the costs of providing them with public services
question
In the case of the Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States, the Supreme Court:
answer
overturned the National Industrial Recovery Act
question
The Housing Act was developed by:
answer
Senator Robert F. Wagner
question
What agency was created to direct industrial conversion to war production?
answer
War Production Board
question
What was the most significant consequence of the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
answer
The Japanese lost most of their remaining sea power and ability to defend the Philippines.
question
Which statement best describes the Allied invasion against Sicily in July 1943?
answer
Sicily fell quickly after the Allied surprise landing.
question
As a result of World War II, presidential authority in the United States:
answer
increased dramatically at the expense of congressional and state power
question
The United States emerged from World War II with:
answer
far-flung global responsibilities and interests
question
At the Casablanca Conference, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to all of the following EXCEPT:
answer
an immediate launching of a cross-channel invasion into France
question
Just days after D-day invasion, U.S. forces liberated all of the following EXCEPT:
answer
Philippines
question
Following the defeat of Germany:
answer
came the shocking realization of the full extent of the Holocaust
question
Which statement best describes the Native American experience in the armed forces during World War II?
answer
Native American servicemen were integrated into regular units
question
A. Phillip Randolph canceled his planned protest march on Washington in exchange for:
answer
an executive order prohibiting racial discrimination in defense work
question
The zoot-suit riots of 1943 refer to:
answer
the violent conflict that erupted in Japanese American internment camps
question
A significant economic problem during the war was:
answer
finding enough workers for the essential wartime industries
question
War relocation camps:
answer
housed more than 112,000 Japanese Americans during the war
question
When North Korean Communists invaded South Korea:
answer
the United Nations authorized military intervention against the aggressors
question
With the end of World War II, Korea:
answer
became divided into northern and southern halves
question
All of the following were original NATO members EXCEPT:
answer
Japan
question
When confronted with a railroad strike in 1946, President Truman's response was to:
answer
threaten to draft the strikers
question
Point Four referred to Truman's:
answer
anti-Communist program for global technical assistance
question
The 1946 congressional elections resulted in:
answer
Republican control of Congress
question
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947:
answer
allowed the president to impose a "cooling-off" period during major strikes
question
By and large, Truman's Fair Deal proposals:
answer
were thwarted by a conservative coalition in Congress
question
Truman viewed his victory as a mandate for:
answer
liberalism
question
the Yalta pledges of democratic elections in eastern Europe:
answer
proved to be meaningless
question
During the 1948 presidential campaign, Truman endorsed all of the following EXCEPT:
answer
abolishing Social Security
question
Baseball was integrated in 1947 when Jackie Robinson played for the:
answer
Brooklyn Dodgers
question
In regard to Israel's founding in 1948, the United States:
answer
became the first country to recognize the Jewish State
question
The nation's suburban population by 1970 was overwhelmingly:
answer
white
question
A very important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to:
answer
prevent the return of the Depression
question
Suburban growth was spurred by all of the following EXCEPT:
answer
new construction of mass public transportation
question
One of rock and roll's most important contributions was to:
answer
bridge class and racial divisions
question
The First Indochina War ended when the French suffered a major defeat at:
answer
Dien Bien Phu
question
After the was, Americans were most eager to:
answer
purchase
question
During the 1950s, the income gap between whites and blacks
answer
widened
question
While college enrollments soared in the postwar period:
answer
black veterans encountered barriers to entrance
question
Senator Joseph McCarthy's power began to unravel when he made reckless charges about Communist influence in:
answer
the U.S. Army
question
Before becoming president, Eisenhower was most shaped by his experience in:
answer
the military
question
Elvis Presley's recordings:
answer
blended a variety of musical styles
question
The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by:
answer
cold war-related military spending
Get an explanation on any task
Get unstuck with the help of our AI assistant in seconds
New