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AQA A Level History - Situation under Truman

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1. What Bill was passed under Roosevelt in 1944?
Workers' Rights Bill ✓
GI Bill ✓
Unions Bill ✓
2. When did Truman become President?
November 1944 ✓
August 1944 ✓
May 1945 ✓
April 1945 ✓
3. What issue did Truman have upon becoming President?
People thought he was too short ✓
He didn't win an election so had no popular mandate ✓
He was Catholic ✓
He was not born American ✓
4. How many active army troops were there?
12 million ✓
8 million ✓
14 million ✓
10 million ✓
5. How many did Truman demobilise in 1945?
7 million ✓
4 million ✓
9 million ✓
11 million ✓
6. Why did Truman not demobilise all the troops?
He thought the war wasn't truly over ✓
He wanted to reduce the pressure of returning workers on the economy ✓
He wanted to punish the least successful troops ✓
7. What rate did inflation hit in 1945 - 1946?
20% ✓
10% ✓
30% ✓
25% ✓
8. How many steelworkers went on strike in January 1946?
800,000 ✓
400,000 ✓
200,000 ✓
600,000 ✓
9. How did Truman want to combat the economic crisis?
To introduce more workers into the market ✓
To give out loans en masse ✓
To use Roosevelt's Office of Price Administration ✓
10. Why was he not successful in doing this?
The Republicans and Conservative Democrats wanted to return to free-market ✓
The Republicans wanted to remove all traces of Roosevelt ✓
The Democrats refused to support Truman ✓
11. What year was Truman re-elected to office?
1946 ✓
1950 ✓
1947 ✓
1948 ✓
12. How did Truman gather popular support?
He hung banners around the main cities in every state ✓
He ran an ad campaign on the TV ✓
He did a 'whistle-stop' tour before the election ✓
13. How long did this tour last?
33 days ✓
34 days ✓
40 days ✓
25 days ✓
14. What phrase did people start to use in support of him?
"Show 'em who's boss" ✓
"Give 'em hell, Harry" ✓
"We can do this, Harry" ✓
15. Which years saw an economic boom?
1947 - 1948 ✓
1948 - 1949 ✓
1949 - 1950 ✓
1950 - 1951 ✓
16. How many car sales were there in 1946?
1.8 million ✓
2 million ✓
2.1 million ✓
3 million ✓
17. How much money did the US government invest through the GI Bill by 1954?
$10 billion ✓
$14 billion ✓
$18 billion ✓
$20 billion ✓
18. How many Congress bills did Truman veto?
200 ✓
250 ✓
275 ✓
300 ✓
19. In the 1946 mid-term elections, who took control of Congress?
Republicans ✓
Democrats ✓
Independent Members ✓
20. Which was NOT a factor for Truman winning the 1948 election?
Voters were benefitting from the booming economy ✓
Black Americans approved of his stance on civil rights ✓
He used to be a farmer and so knew how to appeal to the agricultural voters ✓
He promised a massive tax cut ✓
21. Who was Truman's opposition in the 1948 election?
Henry Wyatt ✓
Thomas Gibson ✓
Edward Poyings ✓
Thomas Dewey ✓
22. How many more votes did Truman receive than the Republican candidate?
1 million ✓
4 million ✓
3 million ✓
2 million ✓
23. What was the 'Fair Deal'?
A method to tackle economic and social issues in America ✓
A method to assure America's dominance globally ✓
A method to ensure that Roosevelt's legacy would continue ✓
24. Why was the Fair Deal not really acted upon between 1945 and 1948?
Truman had bigger issues internationally ✓
Truman didn't particularly care about the domestic situation ✓
Congress had a conservative majority who wouldn't pass anything ✓
25. Which idea wasn't included in the Fair Deal?
Anti-lynching laws ✓
The abolition of poll taxes ✓
An increase in the minimum wage to 75 cents an hour ✓
The establishment of a civil rights committee ✓
26. Why was the Fair Deal never truly implemented in it's entirety?
It lacked the economic necessity of Roosevelt's New Deal ✓
It was considered a frivolous matter ✓
It was not as important as international matters ✓
27. How many Americans were employed by 1953?
60 million ✓
61 million ✓
62 million ✓
63 million ✓
28. What was the increase in this number under Truman?
9 million ✓
11 million ✓
13 million ✓
15 million ✓
29. How many veterans took advantage of the GI Bill?
10 million ✓
12.7 million ✓
9.1 million ✓
7.8 million ✓
30. What had happened to social security benefits?
They increased by 10% ✓
They doubled ✓
They tripled ✓
31. Despite this economic boom, what was Truman's approval rating in 1952?
15% ✓
19% ✓
22% ✓
25% ✓
32. What was thought to be the reason for this low approval?
The prolonged war in Korea ✓
Personal distaste for Truman ✓
Upset at Truman's minimum wage increase ✓
33. When was the Housing Act passed?
1947 ✓
1948 ✓
1949 ✓
1950 ✓
34. According to this act, how many housing units were to be built and subsidised by the government
800,000 ✓
810,000 ✓
840,000 ✓
845,000 ✓
35. When was the National School Lunch Act?
1944 ✓
1949 ✓
1945 ✓
1946 ✓
36. What was the main domestic issue with communism under Truman?
Sputnick ✓
Nuclear weapons ✓
The rise of McCarthyism ✓
37. Which was NOT a factor in an increasing fear of communism?
The creation of the Iron Curtain ✓
The successful Soviet nuclear testing ✓
The rise of 'organised labour' after WW2 ✓
The personal distaste for Stalin and Khrushchev ✓
38. When was Joseph McCarthy 'catapulted' to fame?
January 1949 ✓
January 1950 ✓
September 1950 ✓
December 1951 ✓
39. What did McCarthy claim to have?
A list of nuclear weapons possessed by the Soviets ✓
A list of 210 Communist Party members who were working for the US State Department ✓
A list of 205 Communist Party members who were working for the US State Department ✓
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