Starter quiz
- Write the missing word: The group of federal politicians responsible for passing laws in the USA are known as ______.
- 'congress' ✓
- How many American households owned radios by 1940?
- 22%
- 52%
- 82%
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- Who broadcasted fireside chats using the radio?
- Charles Coughlin
- Duke Ellington
- Frankin D. Roosevelt ✓
- Judy Garland
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- Which group were targeted for employment by Federal Project Number One?
- artists ✓
- builders
- farmers
- soldiers
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- What were the impacts of American immigration quotas and tariffs?
- increased immigration and encouraged foreign tariffs in retaliation
- increased immigration and encouraged increased international trade
- reduced immigration and encouraged foreign tariffs in retaliation ✓
- reduced immigration and encouraged increased international trade
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔World War One ends
- 2⇔Wal Street Crash
- 3⇔Great Depression spreads across the USA and the world
- 4⇔Hitler rises to power in Germany
- 5⇔WWII begins
Exit quiz
- ______ involves avoiding involvement in a conflict; this includes not doing anything to help those who are fighting.
- 'Neutrality' ✓
- Match the words with their definitions.
- arsenal⇔building or place where military equipment is made or stored ✓
- Rearmament⇔the process of supplying yourself or others with new weapons ✓
- GDP⇔the total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year ✓
- What is the name of the American policy which involved supplying countries like Britain with wartime supplies free of charge?
- 'Lend Lease' ✓
- Match the dates to the correct policy relating to America's involvement in WW2. Write the correct letter in each box.
- 1935-1936⇔Neutrality Act bans loans to countries at war ✓
- May 1937⇔Neutrality Act bans arms sales to countries at war ✓
- November 1939⇔‘Cash and carry’ allows arms sales to Britain and France ✓
- March 1941⇔Lend Lease aid for Britain begins ✓
- Which of the statements best describes the impact of WW2 on the American economy?
- Business profits rose during WW2 but wages stayed the same.
- Wages rose during WW2 but business profits stayed the same.
- Business profits and wages rose during WW2. ✓
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- Which new industry benefited most from preparations for an Allied offensive in July 1944?
- advertising
- food processing
- pharmaceuticals ✓
- textiles
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Key learning points
- The USA joined the Second World War in December 1941.
- In the 1930s, Neutrality Acts had kept the USA out of foreign conflicts
- Cash and Carry and Lend Lease involved the US in supplying countries like Britain with wartime supplies.
- Rearmament led to growth in industrial and agricultural production.
- Rearmament led to a significant fall in American unemployment.
Common misconception
The economic impacts of wartime production were confined to weapons manufacturers.
Wartime demand extended to a wide range of goods including weapons, foodstuffs, fuel and raw materials. This led to many sectors of the US economy benefitting from wartime production.
Keywords
Neutrality - neutrality involves avoiding involvement in a conflict; this includes not doing anything to help those who are fighting
Lend lease - Lend Lease was an American policy which involved supplying countries like Britain with wartime supplies free of charge
Arsenal - an arsenal is a building or place where weapons and military equipment are made or stored
Rearmament - rearmament is the process of supplying yourself or others with new weapons to rebuild military strength
Gdp - GDP refers to the total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year