United States History: The New Deal and World War II Test Review

U.S. History:  The New Deal and World War II Review

Chapters 24 (to page 749)—The New Deal—and Chapter 25—World War II

Test Date:  Wednesday, May 15^th

Format:

• 15 multiple choice questions, each worth 3 points each (45 points total)
• 2 essay questions—you will choose ONE of them—and answer it, (55 points total)

The New Deal:

• The major components of the First New Deal:
• The Hundred Days
• Fireside Chats
• The major issues and how they were addressed:
• Banking failures
• Emergency Banking Act
• Agricultural overproduction
• Agricultural Adjustment Act
• Business underproduction
• The National Recovery Act
• Unemployment
• Federal Emergency Relief Administration

• The 2^nd New Deal
• The election of 1936
• The Social Security Act
• The Works Progress Administration
• The “Court Packing Scheme”
• The “Roosevelt Recession” and the end of the New Deal

World War II

• The rise of dictators in Europe and Japan and the beginning of war in Europe and Asia
• The attack on Pearl Harbor and the entrance of the U.S. into World War II
• The role of American resources and production
• Weapons and technology
• Major military events:
• The Battle of Midway, 1942
• The Invasion of Italy, 1943
• Operation Overlord, 1944
• German surrender, May, 1945
• Island Hopping, 1942-1945
• The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Japanese surrender, Sept., 1945
• The Home Front
• The Legacy of World War II