History of the Americas Questions

Which U.S. senator led a hunt for Communists within the U.S. government in the early 1950s?

Why was economic recovery easier for the United States than it was for Great Britain and France after World War II?

Which U.S. government agency was formed as a response to the news that the Soviet Union had detonated a nuclear device?

In 1952, the first vaccine for polio was developed by which scientist?

Which country received economic assistance through the Marshall Plan

All things considered, _______were minimally helped by the New Deal programs.

Which group in the new coalition that made up the Democrats in the 1930s limited the party's progressivism?

In addition to old-age pensions, the Social Security Act also provided for

By the late 1930s an alliance between ______and the Democrat Party had been forged

In their opposition to the National Industrial Recovery Act's provisions on labor, employers did all of the following to try to prevent workers from organizing except

Which of the following was not one of the great assets of Franklin D. Roosevelt?

William Randolph Hearst did not like the New Deal because it was

Implementation of the New Deal programs, particularly its nationalized social welfare and economic security programs, was

The severity of the Great Depression was caused by the extent and duration of

By the election of 1936, the nation's economy

vote, join a political party, help with a campaign, join a civic group, join a community group, give and elected official your opinion on an issue, call senators and Representatives, publicly support or oppose an issue or policy, run for office, write a newspaper.

What countries sent explorers to find a northwest passage to Asia?

Overproduction, Uneven Distribution of Wealth, Credit, and Underconsumption.

What was a major cause of conflict between England and Spain in the 1500s?

Al Capone. He ran a network of 10,000 speakeasies and made $60 million in bootlegging.