8th Grade Final Exam - Part 2

Rosie the Riveter propaganda had the goal of

In which war did machine guns make their first notable appearance?

In the 1920s fashionable young women intent on having fun & flouting conventional standards of dress/behavior were

The 1920s could be described as all of the following EXCEPT

debts imposed on a defeated nation to pay for the harm done during a war is called

Farmers of the Great Depression had poor harvests because of

In this US Supreme Court case it was declared illegal to separate blacks and whites in public spaces/places

Which of the following artists are NOT associated with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s

The purpose of this New Deal program was to insure bank deposits up to $250K and maintain public confidence in banks

Which American symbol greeted immigrants sailing into New York Harbor in the late 1800s/early 1900s

Trench warfare during WWI would NOT be described as

Which of the following was a condition of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles which marked the end of WWI

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were

During the Cold War, Americans ______ communism

Which civil rights leader led non-violent protests to gain rights and equality for African Americans

the U.S. and Soviet Union (U.S.S.R) were ________ after WW2

Which President was responsible for the New Deal?

The KKK could best be described as a

this set of programs was adopted under the Roosevelt administration to combat the Great Depression of the 1930s

a war instigated by a major power which does not itself become involved is called

Which of the following was NOT a New Deal Program?

The USA entered WW1 after the ________ was sank by a German torpedo.

MAIN is the acronym used to describe causes of WW1. This refers to

Who was not a member of the Axis powers during WW2

Japanese-Americans could avoid being sent to interment camps created by the US government if they took a loyalty oath

American forces fought the Japanese primarily

as a result of the Manhattan Project the U.S. created 2 nuclear bombs which they used at the end of WW2

a ban on the production, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages under the 18th amendment is called

the Berlin Airlift was associated with

During the 1920s which of the following consumer products were Americans buying?

the closest the U.S. and the Soviet Union ever got to direct war (specifically nuclear war) was

information esp biased or misleading used to promote/ publicize a particular political cause or point of view is called

Prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor the U.S. maintained a ________ policy b/c they didn't want to be drawn into WW2

The Stock Market Crash of 1929 didn't impact the American economy or Americans very much.

This was a period of consumerism, cultural growth, the rise of youth culture, and good times

During the 1920s deficit spending and consumer debt (from installment buying) led to the _______ of the 1930s

the New Deal was solely responsible for bringing the U.S. out of the Great Depression

the Cold War was basically about _______ vs ________

which was not an example of a proxy war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

Communism collapsed when

(c. early 1900s) the relocation of African Americans from the South to the North was called

The lynching of African Americans in the by white supremacists and the KKK was legal

Herbert Hoover was President of the U.S. when Stock Market crashed in 1929. He was blamed for the Great Depression

During the Great Migration, African Ams left Southern towns b/c of segregation, the KKK & little economic opportunity

Which event drew the U.S. into WW2

Which group was placed in internment camps by the US government during WW2

Portions of the Midwest during the 1930s were known as _________ because of drought

This fully brought the U.S. out Great Depression

The Pacific Railroad Act called for the construction of

This was a period in which African American artists, writers, and musicians flourished in the 1920s

these make shift communities for the people who lost their jobs and homes in the 1930s were called

A criticism of the New Deal was that the programs cost too much money for the U.S. tax payer and government

Jim Crow Laws from the post Civil War Era to the 1950s sought to ______ whites & African Americans in public places