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Duplicate of Modern US History Final Review, Part 1
Duplicate of Modern US History Final Review, Part 1
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1
Kennedy's moved military advisors into this country, despite fearing greater involvement
North Vietnam
North Korea
South Korea
South Vietnam
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At the start of the 20th century, America faced all of these problems, except
Immigration
Outsourcing
Imperialism
Industrialization and Urbanization
3
NATO stands for
Novel American Treaty Operations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North American Trade Organization
New American Troop Operations
4
The United States and USSR backed down from the Cuban Missile Crisis after
personal communication between JFK and Khruschev
successful negotiations in the UN
an inconclusive naval battle in the Atlantic
an American blockade of Cuba
5
New Deal Agency hired the unemployed to build infrastructure, make art, and organize relief
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Tenessee Valley Authority (TVA)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Fictitious Restructuring Agency (FRA)
6
The Cuban Missile Crisis was about
American nuclear missiles aimed at Cuba
American nuclear missiles in Cuba
Cuban nuclear missiles in Granada
Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba
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The United States became involved in WWI because of
the sinking of the Maine
the Titanic disaster
Pearl Harbor
the Zimmerman Note
8
Near the end of the War, the Allies formed this organization to keep world peace
NATO
the League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
the United Nations
9
The Korean War descended into a stalemate after the intervention of this country
Japan
The United States
China
The Soviet Union
10
The United States took control of these former Spanish posessions
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Philippines
Cuba
11
The Muckrakers were
an anti-Progressive political party
social workers
a criminal gang
investigative journalists
12
On D-Day (June 6, 1944), the Allies launched the largest amphibious invasion in history
here
Casablanca, Morocco
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Normandy, France
Palermo, Sicily
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The US and its Allies defeated the blockade of Berlin by
a massive airlift of supplies
negotiating Soviet withdrawal
a massive tank battle
building the Berlin Wall
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FDIC was created to
protect bank deposits
replant national forests
build better roads to improve the economy
Provide retirement for the elderly
15
the United States' grand strategy in the Pacific
blockade
blitzkreig
carpet bombing
island-hopping
16
The Space Race began because the USSR and USA both had gained rocket tech. from
a joint research project during WWII
a Nazi weapons program
the European Space Agency
aliens
17
Sputnik so terrified the US because
Sputnik carried a nuclear payload
it made this creepy "beeping" noise
we feared losing our tech edge to the Soviets
the Soviets could listen to American cellphones
18
The President for most of the Great Depression was
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
Harry Truman
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The Progressives were a movement
to deregulate the economy
to use the power of the government
to expel new immigrants
to limit the power of the government
20
The Marshall Plan fought the expanison of Communism in Europe by
rebuilding European economies
occupying Europe with American troops
banning Communist parties
starting anti-Communist radio stations
21
President Truman's "Truman Doctrine" promised
food aid for the Soviet Union
help for countries fighting Communist insurgency
to invade any Communist country with a democratic insurgency
to double the US military
22
The United States entered WWII after
The Germans bombed London
The Japanese invaded China
The Germans invaded Poland
the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
23
Franklin Roosevelt's plan to fix America during the Depression was called
Trickle-Down Economics
the Great Society
the Square Deal
the New Deal
24
The "3 Rs" of the New Deal were
Reform
Recovery
Reconstruction
Relief
25
America's first "imperial" war (1898) was waged against
Britain
Spain
Japan
France
26
Kennedy's assassination had these consequences
greater involvement in Vietnam
the Great Society
Soviet occupation of Cuba
civil rights legislation
27
During the Great Depression, unemployment hit a high of
50%
12%
25%
33%
28
The Roaring 20s were "Roaring" because of
empowered women
Jazz music
cheap alcohol
automobiles
29
Progressive President Teddy Roosevelt used the power of the government to
to preserve natural spaces
to expand American naval power
to create the FDA
Break up business monopolies
30
The United States used the atomic bomb on these Japanese cities, to bring the war to an end
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Kyoto
Tokyo
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The Great Depression was caused by
collapse of agricultural markets
a decline in demand for American goods overseas
a stock market crash
numerous bank failures