Stewart Middle School U. S. History II Benchmark Test #3
1. Which of the following contributed to the stock market crash of 1929?
a. over speculation of stocks.
b. low interest rates.
c. heavy government regulation of the New York Stock Exchange.
d. collapse of the German Stock Market.
2. Which of the following did not happen to the farmers during the Great Depression?
a. farmers’ incomes fell to low levels.
b. prices of livestock fell.
c. demand for farmers’ crops continued to decline.
d. prices for wheat rose.
3. During the Great Depression, ________ of workers were without jobs.
a. one third
b. one fourth
c. one half
d. two thirds
4. Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression.
a. over speculation of stocks.
b. people borrowed money that they could not repay when stock prices fell.
c. the outbreak of WWII.
d. collapse of the banking system.
5. President Franklin Roosevelt’s plan to combat the Great Depression was called
a. Square Deal
b. Fair Deal
c. New Deal
d. Big Deal
6. Which of the following was a lasting reform of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s
program?
a. Social Security Act
b. reduction of federal taxes
c. elimination of the national debt
d. women’s suffrage
7. What two presidents served in office during the Great Depression?
a. Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge
b. Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft
d. Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower
8. What was one reason that Congress established the Tennessee Valley Authority?
a. to gain government control of private power companies.
b. to increase the power of the Republican Party.
c. to provide cheap electricity to seven southern states.
d. to limit the use of rivers for transportation.
9. What was the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933?
a. to resettle farmers who lost their farms as a result of the Dust Bowl.
b. to raise the standard of living for tenant farmers.
c. to reduce crop production in order to increase prices.
d. to improve farm efficiency
10. What technique did FDR use to communicate with the American public during the
Great Depression?
a. newspaper interviews
b. press conferences
c. State of the Union address
d. Fireside chat over the radio
11. Which American author wrote about the plight of the migrant farmers in the novel
The Grapes of Wrath?
a. F. Scott Fitzgerald
b. John Steinbeck
c. Mark Twain
d. Samuel Clements
12. Many southern states segregated African Americans in public facilities by passing
the ______________________.
a. Civil Rights Act.
b. Wade-Davis Bill
c. Jim Crow laws
d. Taft-Hartley Act
13. Which of the following would have been employed under the Works Progress
Administration?
a. artists
b. musicians
c. construction
d. all of the above
14. Which New Deal program provided young, single men with employment?
a. CCC
b. WPA
c. AAA
d. DJL
15. Which New Deal program had the biggest impact on the banking system?
a. WPA
b. FDIC
c. Social Security Act
d. CCC
16. Farmers who lived in the Dust Bowl were often forced to
a. auction off their farms
b. become migrant workers
c. accept government aid
d. all of the above
17. What event in 1939 started WWII in Europe?
a. Germany’s invasion of Poland
b. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
c. The Holocaust
d. sinking of American ships by German submarines.
18. Which war time leader is incorrectly matched with his country?
a. Mussolini – Italy
b. Stalin – Russia
c. Hitler – Germany
d. Churchill – France
19. Which event in 1941 caused the United States to enter WWII?
a. Germany’s invasion of Poland
b. Japan’s attack on Hawaii
c. Hitler killing Jewish people
d. sinking of American ships by German submarines
20. By the end of 1940, in an attempt to help Great Britain, the United States began
sending supplies through the _____________.
a. Berlin Airlift
b. Lend-Lease Program
c. good neighbor policy
d. New Deal
21. Which statement of opinion best describes Fascism?
a. “Germans are the Master Race.”
b. “A strong dictatorship is the best form of government.”
c. “Government should own all farms and factories.”
d. “The purpose of government is to protect people’s rights.”
22. Adolph Hitler is to _____________: as FDR is to _________________.
a. Democracy: Fascism
b. Democracy: Communism
c. Fascism: Democracy
d. Communism: Democracy
23. Which famous battle fought on Russian soil halted the German advance in WWII?
a. Alamein
b. Gallipoli
c. Normandy
d. Stalingrad
24. Which was a part of the US strategy to defeat Japan?
a. Island hopping
b. Tank attacks in North Africa
c. Convoy supply lines in Southwest Asia
d. Kamikaze attacks
25. Who was the commanding general of the U. S. forces in Europe during WWII?
a. General Douglas McArthur
b. General John J. Pershing
c. General George Patton
d. General Dwight D. Eisenhower
26. The liberation of Europe began when the allies landed at ___________ on D-Day.
a. Stalingrad
b. Normandy
c. Berlin
d. London
27. President Truman defended his decision to drop the A bomb by arguing that it would
a. avoid huge US troop casualties.
b. prolong the war.
c. punish the Japanese.
d. reduce the civilian deaths.
28. Which WWII leader used the phrase, “December 7th, 1941, a day that will live in
infamy?”
a. Mussolini
b. Hitler
c. Patton
d. FDR
29. This famous icon represents which of the following?
a.
b.
c.
d.
WWII pilot
Women’s role on the home front during WWII
Equal rights for minorities
Women serving in combat roles
30. Which of the following represents the turning point of the war in Europe in 1943?
A
B
D
C
a.
b.
c.
d.
Berlin
Stalingrad
Alamein
Sicily
31. Which battle was a victory for the United States and a turning point in the Pacific?
a. Guam
b. Midway
c. Pearl Harbor
d. Philippines
32. Which of these events happened first?
a. Germany captures Paris
b. Germany invades Poland
c. Germany bombs London
d. Germany invades the Soviet Union
33. What two cities did the United States drop atomic bombs on to end the war with
Japan?
a. Hiroshima and Tokyo
b. Nagasaki and Berlin
c. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
d. Tokyo and Berlin
34. Which group of American citizens were treated with distrust and placed in
internment camps for most of the war.
a. German Americans
b. Japanese Americans
c. Italian Americans
d. Jewish Americans
35. The killing of Jews because of Anti-Semitism and the belief that the Aryan race was
superior is known as the
a. Harlem Renaissance
b. Holocaust
c. Jewish Revival
d. Manhattan Project