American History 2

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What name was given to the men and boys who rode the rails as they searched for work?
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Which nation(s) signed a non-aggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland?
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Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?
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The Teapot Dome scandal centered around
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Who was the first woman to serve in the Cabinet?
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Which of the following was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
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After the stock market crash, how did President Hoover try to help the economy?
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Which of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt's first term as President?
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What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the Roosevelt administration?
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What was the first major action Roosevelt took as President?
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Who wrote the novel The Grapes of Wrath about the grim lives of Oklahomans fleeing the Dust Bowl during the Depression?
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The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the
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Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?
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Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an industrial power?
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John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of
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Which 1930s movie depicts life among Southern plantation owners during the Civil War?
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Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?
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Nicolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with and convicted of
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What happened during the Battle of Britain?
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Which candidates ran for President in 1932?
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Which of the following describes a government system for giving payments or food to the poor?
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When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
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Which of the following did Winston Churchill oppose?
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The Supreme Commander of U.S. forces in Europe was
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The Ford-McCumber Tariff was meant to
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Jazz music was born in New Orleans and was spread to the North by such musicisns as
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The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was
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V-E Day, or May 8th, 1945, was the day when
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Which of the following of Roosevelt's ideas failed to become a law?
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Black Tuesday refers to the stock market crash of October 29th, 1929.
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The painting, American Gothic, depicts two happy farmers standing side by in front of their farmhouse, a representation of the attitude of farmers in the 1930s.
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In the battle of Stalingrad, all of the following contributed to a Soviet victory except
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The Patman Bill was intended to pump new life into the economy by providing emergency financing to various types of small businesses.
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Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
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During the war, women in the WAACs served as
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To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as
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The general who led Allied troops in battles on the islands of Bataan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima was
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Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?
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Which of the following pieces of the New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?
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Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?
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The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all of the following countries except
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What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?
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Shanytowns were also known as Hoovervilles during Herbert Hoover's presidency.
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Fundamentalists believed that
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Which of the following increased in the 1920s?
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On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?
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The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act reduced the flow of goods into the United States and prevented other countries from earning American currency to buy American exports.
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Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?
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To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being
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In deciding to use the atomic bomb against Japan, President Truman's main goal was to