U.S History Final Exam Review

Why did Europe's leaders first try to deal with Hitler through appeasement?

Who was the first President to resign from office?

Which event led to the bus boycott in Montgomery Alabama?

Which group worked to fight segregation and other inequalities primarily through the courts?

Why was the attack on Pearl Harbor significant?

Which of the following were two characteristics of the U.S. economy after WWII?

Many Americans responded to the Soviet launching of Sputnik by demanding that schools

What was the Manhattan Project?

Who was the leader of communist forces in North Vietnam?

The purpose of the War Powers Act of 1973 was to ensure that the President would...

Brown v. Board of Education was significant because

Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American to serve on

The GI Bill created at the end of WWII helped to boost the postwar economy by....

What day is Jackie Robinson Day?

Who was FDR?

In response to the race riots in the mid 1960s, the federal government established which of the following?

What does the term fascism mean?

Why was the release of the Pentagon Papers significant ?

President Johnson was successful at building coalitions and finding a _____________, or general agreement

What significant event occurred June 6, 1944 and helped lead to an Allied victory during WWII?

What year did the Gulf of Tonkin Incident occur?

Which idea was part of Johnson's Great Society?

Following WWII the U.S and the Soviet Union competed in everything from diplomacy & military to

Medicare and Medicaid were major accomplishments of

A person who supported the war effort in Vietnam might be called a .......

"Bloody Sunday" occurred in reaction to which event?

Richard Nixon used the _______________ to attract more Southerners to the Republican Party

When did the attack on Pearl Harbor occur?

In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court overturned the precedent of

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?