US_Ch8_Homework-2

=**U.S. History Chapter 8 Homework #2**= Answer the following on notebook paper.

1. FDR’s plan to get out of the depression was the (A) Fireside Chats (B) Isolationist policy (C) New Deal (D) Square Deal (E) all (F) none

2. The CWA, CCC, PWA, WPA, and FERA are all examples of (A) reforms to pre-depression problems (B) public works (C) volunteer work (D) capitalism (E) all (F) none

3. Who was a big influence on FDR and transformed the role of the first lady? (A) Eleanor Roosevelt (B) John Maynard Keynes (C) Stuart Chase (D) Winston Churchill (E) all (F) none

4. Stuart Chase helped develop the New Deal concept, bringing his beliefs as a (A) capitalist (B) hard worker (C) Fabian Socialist (D) Fascist (E) all (F) none

5. The purpose of the SEC was to regulate (A) banks (B) the stock market (C) businesses (D) what people buy (E) all (F) none

6. The FDIC (A) regulates the stock exchange (B) insures money in the bank (C) gives money to people to work (D) redistributes wealth (E) all (F) none

7. Social Security was set up to be (A) pensions for the elderly (B) health care for the elderly (C) redistribution of wealth (D) government jobs (E) all (F) none

8. What is the important lesson to learn from the Great Depression and the Recession of 2008-10? (A) increase in government spending doesn’t fix the economy (B) increase taxes (C) increase government spending (D) no lesson to be learned (E) all (F) none

9. Which New Deal law gave union the support of the government over business? (A) WPA (B) Fair Labor Standards Act (C) Wagner Act (D) HOLC (E) all (F) none

10. To keep support, which group did New Dealers demonize? (A) farmers (B) factory workers (C) those who earned wealth (D) professional athletes (E) all (F) none

11. The myth is that FDR saved American economics. What is the reality?

12. What was the overall impact of the New Deal (look at your chart)?

13. Why should American military personnel have listened to General Billy Mitchell?

14. The Manchurian Incident was the start of (A) Japanese push to control the Pacific (B) plans to attack the U.S. (C) start of the Axis (D) World War II (E) all (F) none

15. What was the ideology in Italy of glory to the nation over the individual? (A) Nazism (B) Socialism (C) Militarism (D) Fascism (E) all (F) none

16. What was wrong with the Munich Conference appeasement policy? (A) it assumed Hitler wouldn’t take more land (B) began the war (C) gave him more power (D) it wasn’t wrong

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">17. Why would the U.S. have isolationist opinions?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">18. How did WWII start in Europe?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">19. What nations did Hitler take?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">20. What evidence was pointing to the U.S. getting involved in Europe (cite 3 pieces of evidence):

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">21. Why did the Soviet Union join the Allies?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">22. Who were the Axis leaders (and their nations)?

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