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The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution addressed which of the following:

The right of women to vote in all elections across the country.

Warren G. Harding won the presidency in 1920 by promising to continue pushing for progressive reforms that he argued had made America better.

False

Which of the following accurately describe the concrete reasons for the economic growth in the 1920s?

The combination of providing resources to war-torn parts of the world and creating a new style of consumer economy led to increased production, increased employment, and therefore growth.

The 1920s saw a huge increase in consumer credit with the intent of extending individual purchasing power to stimulate consumerism.

True

Which of the following describes the "New Woman" of the 1920s?

Known popularly as "Flappers," women seized their newly won social and political status and liberated themselves by challenging social and gender norms.

The movement of art, literature, and music that celebrated African American culture and community in the 1920s was known as the Harlem Renaissance.

True

___________________ music, which originated in African American communities, not only bonded that community but also acted as a bridge between the black and white communities.

Jazz

The Scopes "Monkey" Trial is an example of the socio-political dichotomies of the 1920s as it exemplifies the struggle between modernity and tradition that existed in society.

True

Which of the following describes Prohibition in the 1920s?

Prohibition was impossible to effectively enforce and as a result allowed for the rise of organized crime while at the same time costing the government tax revenue.

Even though the economy expanded during the 1920s and more and more people enjoyed disposable income, risky spending such as buying luxury items or investing in the stock market was socially unacceptable.

False

The Great Depression was caused by the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, historically known as "Black Tuesday."

False

As the Great Depression worsened and unemployment, poverty, and homelessness became the norm…

some men resorted to illegally riding freight trains, or "Riding the Rails," from town to town looking for work.

Which of the following describes President Herbert Hoover's reaction to the Great Depression?

He felt it was a natural downturn of the economy that would fix itself with little assistance.

One of the worst ecological catastrophes in US History struck during the Great Depression; known as the Dust Bowl, it rendered useless over 25,000 square miles of fertile farmland.

True

Although he enjoyed widespread popularity, FDR was criticized for the New Deal's failure to reach all parts of society, for increasing taxes, and for his plan to pack the Supreme Court.

True

In the 1932 election, Franklin D. Roosevelt said his administration would focus on what he referred to as the 3 R's, which are defined as…

1.	Help restore the agricultural and industrial sectors of the economy.
2.	Redesign the economic structure and make it more secure.
3.	Provide assistance to help ease human suffering.

The New Deal led to a complete and total recovery from the Great Depression and led the nation into a new era of prosperity.

False

Which of the following describes the "Alphabet Soup" agencies created by the New Deal?

In part they were designed to put people to work and provide industrial recovery by using federally funded infrastructure projects carried out by local businesses.

The destruction wreaked by the First World War created chaos that allowed for dictators and militarists to rise to power in both Europe and Asia.

True

Which of the following is true about Benito Mussolini and Josef Stalin?

Although on opposite ends of the political spectrum, one fascist and one communist, both seized power and became dictators.

Which of the following describes the situation in Asia in the decades before World War II?

The balance of power in the region shifted from China to Japan and as such, Japan began to aggressively exert control in the region by seizing territory from China.

The war in Asia began…

in 1937 after a Japanese invasion of the Chinese mainland.

During the Rape of Nanking, Japanese soldiers committed horrific acts of violence leading to the death of hundreds of thousands of Chinese military personnel and innocent civilians.

True

The name given to the period in the 1930s when both Britain and France allowed Hitler to take control in Germany, remilitarize the country, and begin to spread his "Reich" is ___________________.

Appeasement

The Molotov-Von Ribbentrop Non-Aggression Pact allied Russia and Japan against the United States and Germany.

False

The war in Europe began…

in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland prompting Britain and France to declare war on Germany.

Which of the following describes Hitler's "Blitzkrieg" in Europe?

By using air power combined with armor and mechanized infantry, the German Wehrmacht was able to seize control of western Europe in roughly six weeks.

The Axis powers of World War II were…

Italy, Japan, and Germany

Which of the following describes America in the 1930s as the globe descended into conflict?

America pursued a policy of isolationism toward the rest of the world and actively tried to avoid the issues that might pull the nation into the growing global conflict.

By 1940-41, as the war in both Europe and Asia grew…

Americans began to perceive the threat of war, and as a result the FDR administration began to create policies, such as Lend-Lease, that brought America closer and closer to the conflict.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, brought America into WWII and ended the debate about our role in the conflict on the homefront.

True

Since America had experience from the First World War, transforming the nation into a war machine took little governmental effort and did not impact average people's lives.

False

Which of the following describes America's early military actions in WWII?

First, America focused on stopping Japanese movement and stabilizing the Pacific theater, and then worked with the British to liberate North Africa and open the Mediterranean Sea.

In the Pacific Theater Adm. Chester Nimitz and Gen. Douglas MacArthur…

moved across the central and southern Pacific respectively, encountering fierce resistance from Japanese troops embedded on the many islands and atolls of the Pacific.

Which of the following best describes Operation Overlord?

Beginning on June 6, 1944, a multinational force, led by Gen Eisenhower, launched an amphibious assault across the English Channel on Hitler's Atlantic Wall along five beaches in Normandy, France.

In the Battle of the Bulge, American Forces stopped the last true offensive of the Germans on the western front.

True

With no end in sight, the war in the Pacific raged even after the conclusion of the war in Europe. As a result, President Harry Truman…

made the decision to utilize the latest technology, the Atom Bomb, to get Japan to surrender before US troops had to launch an invasion of Japan, which would have likely cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

At the end of the war…

the Allies faced many problems including the need to care for civilians, to rebuild infrastructure, to dismantle the enemy war machines, and to remedy the horrors inflicted by the conflict.