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Dual Credit U.S. History Second Final Exam Review
Dual Credit U.S. History Second Final Exam Review
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1
What did the Pentagon Papers show?
That the bombing of North Vietnam was successful
The government lied about our role in Vietnam
The Vietcong were losing the War in Vietnam
The United States could win the War in Vietnam within the next 6 months
2
What was the name of the Hate Group that was founded during Reconstruction and had a resurgence during the 1920s?
Ku Klux Klan
Nordic Order
Knights of the White Camilia
League of the South
3
What was the major reason that Truman decided to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan?
to become a Superpower
To protect the lives of the Japanese People
to save American lives
to prepare for the invasion of Japan
4
In the Scopes Monkey Trail, Teacher John Scopes was convicted of teaching _________________.
Creation Science
Evolution
fundamentalism
Religion
5
Immigration laws in the 1920s __________________;
reduced Immigration from Europe and Asia
limited the abilitly of Americans to migrate overseas
created More Jobs
revived the Ku Klux Klan
6
What was the largest and bloodiest battle in the Pacific during World War II?
Midway
Okinawa
The Philippines
Iwo Jima
7
What natural resouce did the OPEC nations stop selling to the United States in 1973?
Oil
Coal
Kobalt
Natural Gas
8
The Japanese bombing of what harbor led to America declaring War on Japan?
Midway
Pearl
Guam
Manilia
9
What was the name of the secret project that built the A-Bomb during World War II?
Los Alamos Project
Manhattan Project
Oak Ridge Project
Roosevelt Nuclear Project
10
Who was Rosa Parks?
The women who helped start the Montgomery Bus Boycott
The women who started the Sit-ins at Lunch Counters
One of the Little Rock 9
A victim of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
11
At the Yalta Conference, The Allies decided to divide what country into two countries?
Germany
Poland
Soviet Union
Austria-Hungary
12
Why did the United States invade Afganistan in 2001?
To overthow the Communist Government there
To remove the Russians who were occupying the Country
to overthrow Saddam Hussein
to remove the Taliban regime and capture Osama bin Laden
13
The launching of What Soviet Satellite led to the Space Race as a form of Superpower Competition?
Explorer
Vanguard
Sputnik
Voyager
14
What was the Allied Strategy in the Pacific Theater called?
Kamikaze Raids
Code Talking
Island Hopping
The Blitz
15
Kennedy responded to the Cuban Missile Crisis by ________________.
Invading Cuba
Launching Massive Airstrikes against Cuba
Launching a Navel Blockade of Cuba
Launching a Trade Embargo against Cuba
16
What name did we give the generation born between 1946-1964?
Generation Z
The Me Generation
The Baby Boom Generation
The Great Generation
17
All of the following were parts of FDR's New Deal Program EXCEPT:
financial help for farmers
financial reforms
stock market regulation
large military budgets
18
What manufacture method did Henry Ford use to make Model Ts?
assembly line
factory system
conveyor system
Manufacturing system
19
All of the following people held similar views about integration EXCEPT:
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcom X
Stokey Carmichael
Black Panthers
20
One of the reasons that Presdient Kennedy won the 1960 election was ____________.
His debate preformance on TV
His opposition to Civil Rights
His serious political differences with his opponent
His religious faith
21
Which of the following groups was opposed to police brutality in the ghetto?
the Nation of Islam
SNCC
Black Panthers
The NAACP
22
Relief, Recovery and Reform were the 3 main goals of the ______________.
Fair Deal
Square Deal
New Deal
Great Society
23
Which President is most closely associated with the Vietnamization Policy?
Nixon
Kennedy
Johnson
Truman
24
What was NAFTA?
a way to stimulate the economic growth threw trade
increase the United States trade deficit
a way to restrict the flow of drugs into America
a way to normalize trade relations with Cuba
25
All of the following were effects of the Great Depression EXCEPT:
Many people started farming
Hoover lost the 1932 Election
Many families became homeless
high unemployment
26
The worst disaster in history of NASA space flights was the explosion aboard the Space Shuttle _________________.
Skylab
Challenger
Apollo
Endeavor
27
What was the name of President Johnson's program to help the poor and end racial injustice?
Great Society
Fair Deal
New Federalism
New Frontier
28
Who's early message to African Americans in the 1960s was to fight intergration into White Society?
John L Lewis
Malcom X
Emmit Til
Medger Evers
29
What Senator accused many officials in the U.S. Government of being Communists?
Joseph McCarthy
Adli Steveson
Douglas McCarther
John Foster Dulles
30
Who is the Famous Civil Rights leader that gave the "I Have a Dream" Speech?
Stokey Carmicheal
Malcom X
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Hood
31
Which Act banned discriminiation in employment and public housing
THe Wagner Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Supreme Court decision in Brown v Board of Education
The Equal Rights Act
32
Who assassinated John F. Kennedy?
Sirhan Sirhan
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
33
What country did the Allies invade on D-Day June 6, 1944?
Germany
Belgium
France
England
34
Why did America invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs?
We wanted to establish a Navel Base there
We wanted to make Cuba an American Protectorate
We wanted to force the Soviet Union to remove their missiles
We wanted to start a revoltion to overthrow Castro
35
All of the following were consequences of Prohibition EXCEPT:
restrictions on immigration
increase in organized crime
Increase in Americans breaking the law
Decrease in alcohol comsumption
36
The law passed in 1965 that outlawed the use of literacy tests to limit minority voting was called______________.
Government Accountability Act
Minority Voting Rights Act
Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Act
37
All of the following countries belonged to the Axis Powers during World War II EXCEPT:
Japan
Italy
Soviet Union
Germany
38
What was the name of Nixon's policy that eased tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
Containment
Appeasement
Brinkmanship
Detente
39
Which of the following tactics was used by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
collective bargining
nonviolent resistance
massive retaliation
sit ins
40
African Americans created noteworthy works of art, literature and music in the 1920s during the _____________________.
New York Reformation
Chicago Revival
New Orleans Jazz Fest
Harlem Renaissance
41
After Lyndon Johnson became President he __________________.
withdrew troops from Vietnam
negociated a Peace Treaty with North Vietnam
increased American involvement in the Vietnam War
ended the bombing of Vietnam
42
Congress enabled President Johnson to wage war in Vietnam by passing the ________________.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Geneva Accords
The War Powers Act
The Oslo Accords
43
The murder of over 6 million Jews and 5 million other people during World War II was called the ______________
pogrom
Massacre
Ethnic Cleasing
Holocaust
44
All of the following were causes of the Economic Boom in the 1920s EXCEPT______________.
Installment Buying
Easy Credit
Spending on Credit Cards
Buying on Margin
45
All of the following were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT:
excessive stock speculation
low tariffs
unequal distribution of income
industrial overproduction
46
President Ronald Reagan increased spending on _______________.
farm programs
education
the military
Welfare
47
What did Nixon say would bring "Peace with Honor" in the Vietnam War?
The Geneva Accords
The Americanization of the Vietnam War
The Domino Theory
The Vietnamization of the Vietnam War
48
What did Americans rely on in the 1950s and their primary source of entertainment?
Television
Books
Movies
Radio
49
Who was responsible for the 9/11 attack on New York City?
Al-Qaeda
Muhammad bin Saud
Saddam Hussein
Ayatollah Khomeini
50
World War II affected the American economy by___________________.
employment decreased
the Depression got worse
Production increased
unemployment increased
51
After the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam, the American people _________________.
supported escalading the conflict
Gave more support for a military buildup in Vietnam
became less critical of the Draft
became more critical of the War
52
What was VE Day?
The day that Germany surrendered
The day we dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The day we discovered the Holocaust
The day Japan surrendered
53
What Battle in the Pacific Theater was considered a turning point in the War against Japan?
The Philippines
Guadalcanal
Midway
Coral Sea
54
How did the Watergate Scandal affect the Nixon Presidency?
Some of President Nixon's men went to jail but he went on to be re-elected
He ended up resigning from the Presidency
He used executive privilege to avoid going to jail
Not at all since everyone involved was pardoned by President Reagan
55
The U.S. policy of Contatiment was designed to __________________.
Stop the spread of Facism
Stop the spread of Communism
Control the spread of atomic weapons
limit the effects of segregation
56
World War II began when Germany invaded _______________________.
Austria
Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union
Poland
57
When an armistice was signed stopping the fighting in Korea in 1953,
a communist government was established in South Korea
North Korea had won a complete military vicotry over the UN
the country remained divided roughly along the 38th parallel
China was in complete control of the country
58
America took its first steps toward involvement in World War II when it _____________.
Broke off diplomatic relations with Germany
Started giving Aid to the Allies
Bombed Japan
Attacked German U-Boats
59
What ethnic group was put into internment camps during World War II?
Japanese
Chinese
Korean
Fillipino
60
What did the Soviet Union attempt to put in Cuba that led to a Crisis?
A new airpot that could land Militray Aircraft
Soviet Trooops
Nuclear Missiles
Soviet Warships
61
The _____________ theory was the belief that if one country fell to communism that its neighbors would as well.
Cold War Theory
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
62
Which of the following were
NOT
part of the Roaring Twenties?
Militiarism
Speakeasies
Jazz Music
Flappers
63
What was the Cold War?
Peace time tensions between China and the United States
A name associated with America supporting non-communist countries
The name give for Soviet agression in non-Communist Countries
Peace time tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States
64
Who was Presdient duirng the Iran Hostage Crisis?
George H. W. Bush
Ford
Carter
Reagan
65
In response to the rise of Dictators in Europe during the 1930s the United States ____________________.
joined the League of Nations
formed military alliances
invaded Japan
Passed a series of Neutrality Laws
66
What was the Main goal of the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine?
Create the United Nations
Break off relations with Germany after the invasion of Poland
Restrict the spread of communism
To attack German U-Boats
67
In what decade did more people live in Urban (cities) areas rather than rural areas in the United States?
1930s
1910s
1940s
1920s
68
Which economic theory suggested that cutting taxes was the first step toward a healthy economy?
Kensing Economics
New Federalism
Trickle up Economics
Supply-side Economics
69
During World War II, Women________________.
were urged to stay home
left factories to work at home
earned high wages than men
took over many traditional male jobs
70
How did the United States justify invading Iraq in 2003?
to find weapons of mass destruction
to capture the 9/11 terrorists
to find Osama Bin Laden
to crush Al-Qaeda
71
The Berlin Airlift was America's response to _________________.
The Soviet attempt to cut off the city from the rest of the World
the incresed need for a flu vaccine after an epidemic
the unusually severe winter of 1947
the need to build a better transportation system for Berlin
72
What was the name of the extemely costly Missile Defense Shield proposed by President Reagan?
SALT 1
The Manhatten Project
Strategic Defense Initiative
Operation Desert Shield
73
Most New Deal Programs during the 1930s __________________.
were a continuation of the Hoover's Plan
expanded the role of the government
were aimed at helping farmers
were aimed at destroying the Trusts
74
Freedom Summer and the March on Selma both called attention to the fact that African Americans lacked_____________.
sufficient food
Home ownership
the right to vote
access to jobs
75
During the Great Depression High Winds and Drought caused the __________________ on the Great Plains
arid region
Dust Bowl
Wasteland
Great Plains Desert
76
Why did President Eisenhower send Federal Troops into Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?
Enforce the Supreme Court decision to desegregate schools
Help register African Americans to vote
To protect Civil Rights Marchers
End the race riots caused by the bus boycott
77
Who was President during the Iran/Contra Affair?
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
George H.W. Bush
78
What event started the Korean War?
The UN sent in Troops to liberate North Korea
Truman sent troops in to liberate North Korea
North Korea invaded South Korea
Communist China invade North Korea
79
The Persian Gulf War began when the country of Iraq invaded_______________.
Iran
Kuwait
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
80
What was the name of President Kennedy's defense policy to fight limited wars around the world?
Mutually Assured Destruction
Massive Retaliation
Domino Theory
Flexible Response
81
What organization investigated the Kennedy Assassination?
The House on Un-American Activities Committtee
The Supreme Court
The Loyality Review Board
The Warren Commission
82
What led to the growth of the Suburbs during the 1920s?
change in the birthrate
growing use of electricity
growth in industry
automobile
83
What was a Flapper?
A Hippie
Someone who support Women's liberation in the 1960s
A beatnik
An emancipated young women from the 1920s
84
What New Deal program provided pensions and unempolyment insurance?
Wagner Act
CCC
AAA
Social Security
85
On what two cities did the United States drop the Atomic Bomb duirng World War II?
Nagaski and Toyoko
Hiroshima and Nagaski
Toyoko and Kyoto
Hiroshima and Kyoto
86
What Supreme Court decision ended segregation in Public Schools?
Plessy v. Fergeson
Scott v Sanford
Gideon v Wainwright
Brown v Board of Education