Question

1. according to the graph, what year did unemployment reach a maximum in the united states?

a.1932
b.1933
c.1938
d.1939

1. according to the graph, what effect did the new deal have on the unemployment rate between 1933

and 1937?
a. the unemployment rate rose steadily until it reached a peak at 25 percent.
b. the unemployment rate remained constant.
c. the unemployment rate fell, then rose, and then fell again.
d. the unemployment rate fell steadily, although it still remained above 14 percent.

1. the united states’ involvement in which war during the early 1940s finally helped bring the

unemployment rate back down to below 5 percent?
a.world war ii
b.vietnam war
c.cold war
d.korean war

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questions 13–14 are based on the following timeline:
1914 → june 28: archduke franz ferdinand assassinated in sarajevo
july 28: austria-hungary declares war on serbia
july 31: russia announces it is mobilizing army
aug. 1: germany declares war on russia
aug. 3: germany declares war on france
aug. 4: germany invades belgium; britain declares war on germany
aug. 6: austria-hungary declares war on russia
1915 → feb. 4: germany announces use of submarine warfare to block supplies from
reaching britain
may 7: german u-boat sinks passenger ship lusitania; 128 americans die
aug. 30: germany announces it will not sink ships without warning
1916 →
1917 → jan.: zimmermann telegram published
feb. 1: germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare
apr. 6: woodrow wilson asks congress to declare war on germany
nov. 7:vladimir lenin leads bolshevik revolution in russia
dec. 3: draw from war

Explanation:

Question 10

To determine when US unemployment reached a maximum, we recall historical context: the Great Depression's peak unemployment was around 1933 (after the 1929 crash, unemployment rose, peaking in 1933). Option A (1932) is close but 1933 is the peak year. Option C (1938) and D (1939) are later, with New Deal efforts reducing unemployment by then. So the maximum was in 1933.

The New Deal (1933 - 1937) aimed to reduce unemployment. The unemployment rate after 1933 initially fell, then rose (due to a recession in 1937), then fell again. Option A is incorrect (peak was before 1933). Option B (constant) is wrong. Option D (fell steadily) is incorrect as there was a rise in between. So the rate fell, rose, then fell again.

World War II (early 1940s) created jobs (military production, etc.), bringing unemployment below 5%. The Vietnam War (1960s - 70s), Cold War (not a direct war with combat jobs on a large scale like WWII), and Korean War (1950s) are too late. WWII is the correct war.

Answer:

B. 1933

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