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- How did Germany attempt to prevent food and war materials from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union? by capturing ports in Western Europe by capturing supply ships in the Atlantic by using U-boats to sink U.S. supply ships by using long-range bombers to attack U.S. factories
- formed CORE to confront segregation in the north
- How was the United States able to produce so much war material in such a short period of time? by placing all industry and agriculture under strict state management by outlawing labor rights and controlling all aspects of the lives of workers by converting existing factories to wartime use and organizing resources efficiently by forcing industries to compete for resources in order to improve industrial efficiency
- were victims of attacks on zoot suit wearing youths
- provides money to people who are retired, have disabilities, and have dependent children
- How did striking labor unions often prevent companies from using scabs in the 1930s? 1- by damaging factory machines 2- by refusing to show up for work 3- by remaining inside their factories 4- by writing to their Congress members
- first woman appointed to cabinet; served as secretary of labor
- The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act was designed to protect American businesses. True or False
- Why did the Nazis target homosexuals and people who were mentally deficient, mentally ill, physically disabled, or incurably ill? to give German-speaking people more living space to rid Germany of any person belonging to an "inferior race" to unite German-speaking people from different parts of Europe to rid Germany of any person unfit to be part of the "master race"
- established a maximum weekly number of hours to work and a minimum wage
- Which of the following was an effect of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)? 1- Artists and writers were paid to produce art and literature. 2- The general public gained access to news and entertainment. 3- artists and writers were paid to develop propaganda for the New Deal. 4- The general public became informed about different New Deal programs.
- provided for collective bargaining and protected the right of workers to join unions
- organized the first all-African American trade union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
- How did a large part of the general public try to escape the hardships of their lives during the Great Depression? 1- by attending operas 2- by watching popular movies 3- by attending poetry readings 4- by watching television programs
- headed the Division of Negro Affairs and helped organize a group of African Americans to advise the president on racial issues
- A major cause of the Great Depression was the unequal distribution of income. True or false
- Within four years of the stock market crash, 11,000 banks had failed. True of False
- hired photographers to document the lives of people in rural areas
- commissioner of Indian Affairs who helped create the Indian Reorganization Act
- Hoover refused to let the Bonus Army stay in a shantytown that was near the Capitol. True or false