NC Unit 9
Objective: 6.01
1.Which statement best describes Governor Gardner’s “Live-at-Home” Depression-era program?
AYoung people were counseled to remain in their parents’ home while they worked.
BHotels and dormitories were closed to conserve energy resources.
CFarmers were encouraged to produce food for their families instead of cash crops.
DColleges were built closer to small towns and farming communities.
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2.Why did the Depression hit the state of North Carolina so hard?
AHalf the state’s population lived on farms, and farmers were severely affected by the Depression.
BThe state had been an important center for banking and finance.
CA large percentage of the state citizens had invested their life savings in company stocks.
DMany factories still paid their workers in factory scrip.
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3.Why was North Carolina the only state to keep public schools open throughout the Depression?
AMany businesses decided to underwrite the cost of education.
BVoters gave up other public services such as libraries to fund education.
CGovernor Ehringhaus instituted a sales tax to help pay for schools.
DIt was the only way the state could continue to receive federal funding.
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4.What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?
AA New Deal program that employed workers for public projects
BAn environmental group that advocated energy conservation
CThe sponsor of the Federal Theatre Project
DA group of Charlotte entrepreneurs
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5.How did the New Deal support the popular North Carolina drama The Lost Colony?
AThe Civilian Conservation Corps helped clear the land where it was performed.
BIts author participated in the Works Progress Administration’s theater project.
CAdvertisements were sent with most New Deal materials.
DThe drama was first presented for President Roosevelt, who advocated its funding.
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6.To what does the term “Torpedo Junction” refer?
AGerman submarines fired torpedoes at and sank many merchant ships on the North Carolina coast.
BIt refers to the Piedmont area of North Carolina, which housed many munitions factories.
CIt is an expression used to describe the dramatic rise in a stock’s value.
DIt refers to a popular educational program that teaches children about grammar.
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7.How did World War II prisoners of war support the North Carolina economy?
AThey were required to pay income and sales taxes.
BNorth Carolina earned ten cents a week for each POW housed.
CThey were sent to work on farms because of the labor shortage.
DTheir possessions were looted and sold at auction.
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8.What was the effect of the “defense boom” in North Carolina?
AIt started the Great Depression.
BIt ruined the environment around test sites.
CIt caused mass migration out of the state.
DIt ended the Great Depression.
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9.What was the initial U.S. response to the rise of dictators around the world in the early 1930s?
ACongress passed a series of Neutrality Acts that banned the sale of weapons to nations at war.
BU.S. leaders targeted these dictators in propaganda and public service announcements.
CThe president and vice president enacted a policy that called for appeasing the leaders.
DThe United States declared war on several different countries and started World War II.
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10.What was the America First Committee?
AAn anti-immigrant group that advocated for tighter immigration laws
BAn isolationist group determined to keep the United States out of the European war
CAn anti-segregation group arguing for a national identity
DA group of war hawks who believed that the United States should always strike first
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11.What was one effect of the codes established by the National Recovery Administration?
AAfrican Americans were segregated in public establishments.
BWomen were given the right to vote.
CProhibition was repealed in North Carolina.
DNew jobs were created in North Carolina’s textile industry.
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12.Why did farm incomes in North Carolina rise during the later part of the Great Depression?
AFarmers enlisted in the service, so there were fewer farmers and farms.
BAgricultural Adjustment Administration policies helped raise prices for crops by limiting production.
CThe state legislature enacted a series of minimum wages.
DFarmers had more money, so they could pay their workers higher wages.
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13.How did women in North Carolina benefit from the defense boom of World War II?
AThey were able to take jobs in industries that were previously closed to them.
BTheir husbands brought home higher paychecks.
CThere was no longer any need to ration food or household supplies.
DThey were now allowed to serve as nurses on the battlefront.
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14.What was Dr. Margaret Craighill’s role in World War II?
AShe was head of the Red Cross.
BShe worked alongside General George S. Patton
CShe was the first woman to serve as a physician in the Army Medical Corps.
DShe was the only woman to become an officer of the Navy.
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15.Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
AMen serving in the first African American military flying unit
BThe group that defended Pearl Harbor from Japanese attacks
CPresident Truman’s military guard
DThe first group of Americans to see the German concentration camps
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16.How did the REA help North Carolina farmers?
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17.How was the University of North Carolina originally created?