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After millions of men went abroad to fight in World War II, the federal government
employed women in auxiliary positions for the government and as industrial laborers --
an occupation previously dominated by men -- and hired thousands of Mexican
nationals to work in U.S. agriculture and on the railroads in what program, which
established significant Mexican migration to the Southern and Western U.S. and
institutionalized migrant farm work across America? - CORRECT ANSWER: Bracero
Program
After the Soviet victory at Stalingrad during the Great Patriotic War, Roosevelt,
Churchill, and Stalin, known collectively as what, met in late 1943 at Tehran where
Stalin demanded that Britain and the U.S. invade France to relieve the enormous
pressure on the Eastern Front? - CORRECT ANSWER: The Big Three / The Big 3
After the U.S. detonated the first hydrogen bomb in 1952 and the USSR tested a
hydrogen bomb in 1953, President Eisenhower announced what strategic doctrine
based on the theory of deterrence, i.e., the threat of responding to an enemy with
nuclear weapons would prevent the enemy from using the same weapons due to
guaranteed mass annihilation? - CORRECT ANSWER: mutually assured destruction /
MAD
Although discrimination against African Americans, Mexican Americans, Jewish
Americans, and Japanese Americans intensified during World War II, some gains were
made, including the increase in the U.S. military in the number of African American
what, from 5 in 1940 to over 7,000 in 1945? - CORRECT ANSWER: officers
Although middle and lower class white U.S. families enjoyed upward mobility during the
post-war era, racial minority groups were omitted as a result of the discriminatory
practices of federal housing organizations, private banks, lenders, and real estate
agents, including the creation of what to identify high risk ("mixed-race" and minority
,dominated neighborhoods) and low risk lending areas (white neighborhoods) by the
federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation? - CORRECT ANSWER: Residential Security
Maps
Although the U.S. economy stabilized and GDP increased as a result of the programs
created by President Roosevelt during the First Hundred Days, unemployment
remained high, prompting Roosevelt to create the Civil Works Administration, Works
Progress Administration, and Public Works Administration, which employed millions of
Americans as part of what overall domestic program? - CORRECT ANSWER: The New
Deal
Americans in what occupation faced an economic crisis for many years before the Great
Crash of 1929, as a result of declining farm prices, soil erosion in the Midwest, banks
tightening credit, and a decrease in domestic and international demand for cotton, food,
and other agricultural products in the 1920s? - CORRECT ANSWER: farming / farmers /
agriculture
As a result of President Hoover's opposition to pay cash bonuses to World War I
veterans in 1932, thirteen years before they were due, what group of men, along with
their families, were removed forcibly from their makeshift camp in Washington D.C. by
General Douglas MacArthur and his troops who chased down thousands of men and
women, tear-gassed children, and torched veterans' tents because they were protesting
the President's decision to not pay the bonus? - CORRECT ANSWER: Bonus Army
As a result of requiring New Deal support by Southern Democrats, what U.S. leader
refused to abolish the poll tax, declare lynching a federal crime, include most African
Americans as recipients of the Social Security Act, and fight for unequal pay for African
Americans? - CORRECT ANSWER: President Franklin Roosevelt / Franklin Roosevelt
At the start of what crisis did the U.S. government greatly restrict immigration, resulting
in a 60% decrease in European visas issued; the exponential increase of deportations,
with 54,000 foreigners deported from the U.S. from 1930 to 1932; the "voluntary"
departure of 44,000 foreigners from the U.S.; and a forced reduction of Mexican-born
people from Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, resulting in a 50% decrease of
, the Mexican-American population in these states from 1930 to 1940? - CORRECT
ANSWER: The Great Depression
Britain and France declared war on Germany two days after Germany invaded and took
over what nation in 1939, using tanks, planes, motorized infantry and a rapid, intense
approach to invasion called the blitzkrieg, which translates to "lightening war"? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Poland
By 1943, the Allies (U.S., Britain, the Soviet Union, and France) had pushed Axis forces
out of what colonized continent? - CORRECT ANSWER: Africa
By the end of the 1930s, as a result of Roosevelt's New Deal, many Americans came to
see what as a potential ally in their daily struggles, from finding work, securing a decent
wage, and getting a fair price for agricultural products to organizing unions? -
CORRECT ANSWER: federal government
Calling December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy," President Roosevelt and
Congress subsequently declared war on Germany, Japan, and Italy, known collectively
as what major powers? - CORRECT ANSWER: Axis
Despite knowledge of the atrocities committed by the Nazis during the 1930s, anti-
Semitism remained entrenched in the U.S., resulting in the federal government rejecting
numerous refugees from what cultural group who had requested asylum in America? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Jews / Jewish People
Despite learning about the brutality perpetrated against the Chinese by Japan during
the 1930s and despite Chinese nationalists lobbying Washington D.C. for aid, the U.S.
chose not to intervene and, instead, embraced a stance of what towards the conflict? -
CORRECT ANSWER: isolationism / neutrality
During the early Cold War years, many Americans attended church, professed a belief
in God, became more accepting of Catholic and Judaism, and stressed the significance
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After millions of men went abroad to fight in World War II, the federal government
employed women in auxiliary positions for the government and as industrial laborers --
an occupation previously dominated by men -- and hired thousands of Mexican
nationals to work in U.S. agriculture and on the railroads in what program, which
established significant Mexican migration to the Southern and Western U.S. and
institutionalized migrant farm work across America? - CORRECT ANSWER: Bracero
Program
After the Soviet victory at Stalingrad during the Great Patriotic War, Roosevelt,
Churchill, and Stalin, known collectively as what, met in late 1943 at Tehran where
Stalin demanded that Britain and the U.S. invade France to relieve the enormous
pressure on the Eastern Front? - CORRECT ANSWER: The Big Three / The Big 3
After the U.S. detonated the first hydrogen bomb in 1952 and the USSR tested a
hydrogen bomb in 1953, President Eisenhower announced what strategic doctrine
based on the theory of deterrence, i.e., the threat of responding to an enemy with
nuclear weapons would prevent the enemy from using the same weapons due to
guaranteed mass annihilation? - CORRECT ANSWER: mutually assured destruction /
MAD
Although discrimination against African Americans, Mexican Americans, Jewish
Americans, and Japanese Americans intensified during World War II, some gains were
made, including the increase in the U.S. military in the number of African American
what, from 5 in 1940 to over 7,000 in 1945? - CORRECT ANSWER: officers
Although middle and lower class white U.S. families enjoyed upward mobility during the
post-war era, racial minority groups were omitted as a result of the discriminatory
practices of federal housing organizations, private banks, lenders, and real estate
agents, including the creation of what to identify high risk ("mixed-race" and minority
,dominated neighborhoods) and low risk lending areas (white neighborhoods) by the
federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation? - CORRECT ANSWER: Residential Security
Maps
Although the U.S. economy stabilized and GDP increased as a result of the programs
created by President Roosevelt during the First Hundred Days, unemployment
remained high, prompting Roosevelt to create the Civil Works Administration, Works
Progress Administration, and Public Works Administration, which employed millions of
Americans as part of what overall domestic program? - CORRECT ANSWER: The New
Deal
Americans in what occupation faced an economic crisis for many years before the Great
Crash of 1929, as a result of declining farm prices, soil erosion in the Midwest, banks
tightening credit, and a decrease in domestic and international demand for cotton, food,
and other agricultural products in the 1920s? - CORRECT ANSWER: farming / farmers /
agriculture
As a result of President Hoover's opposition to pay cash bonuses to World War I
veterans in 1932, thirteen years before they were due, what group of men, along with
their families, were removed forcibly from their makeshift camp in Washington D.C. by
General Douglas MacArthur and his troops who chased down thousands of men and
women, tear-gassed children, and torched veterans' tents because they were protesting
the President's decision to not pay the bonus? - CORRECT ANSWER: Bonus Army
As a result of requiring New Deal support by Southern Democrats, what U.S. leader
refused to abolish the poll tax, declare lynching a federal crime, include most African
Americans as recipients of the Social Security Act, and fight for unequal pay for African
Americans? - CORRECT ANSWER: President Franklin Roosevelt / Franklin Roosevelt
At the start of what crisis did the U.S. government greatly restrict immigration, resulting
in a 60% decrease in European visas issued; the exponential increase of deportations,
with 54,000 foreigners deported from the U.S. from 1930 to 1932; the "voluntary"
departure of 44,000 foreigners from the U.S.; and a forced reduction of Mexican-born
people from Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, resulting in a 50% decrease of
, the Mexican-American population in these states from 1930 to 1940? - CORRECT
ANSWER: The Great Depression
Britain and France declared war on Germany two days after Germany invaded and took
over what nation in 1939, using tanks, planes, motorized infantry and a rapid, intense
approach to invasion called the blitzkrieg, which translates to "lightening war"? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Poland
By 1943, the Allies (U.S., Britain, the Soviet Union, and France) had pushed Axis forces
out of what colonized continent? - CORRECT ANSWER: Africa
By the end of the 1930s, as a result of Roosevelt's New Deal, many Americans came to
see what as a potential ally in their daily struggles, from finding work, securing a decent
wage, and getting a fair price for agricultural products to organizing unions? -
CORRECT ANSWER: federal government
Calling December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy," President Roosevelt and
Congress subsequently declared war on Germany, Japan, and Italy, known collectively
as what major powers? - CORRECT ANSWER: Axis
Despite knowledge of the atrocities committed by the Nazis during the 1930s, anti-
Semitism remained entrenched in the U.S., resulting in the federal government rejecting
numerous refugees from what cultural group who had requested asylum in America? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Jews / Jewish People
Despite learning about the brutality perpetrated against the Chinese by Japan during
the 1930s and despite Chinese nationalists lobbying Washington D.C. for aid, the U.S.
chose not to intervene and, instead, embraced a stance of what towards the conflict? -
CORRECT ANSWER: isolationism / neutrality
During the early Cold War years, many Americans attended church, professed a belief
in God, became more accepting of Catholic and Judaism, and stressed the significance
