U.S. History Final

The Great Depression was caused by all of the following EXCEPT

What was an important achievement of the Civil Rights Movement?

The Allied response to aggressive actions by Hitler before World War II followed a policy of

What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?

What was the literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture in the 1920s?

The period in which the U.S. government made the purchase and sale of alcohol illegal was

The alliance known as the Axis Powers consisted of

Who was ultimately determined to be responsible for the assassination of JFK?

What form of music grew in popularity in the 1950's and influenced American culture?

The __?__ occurred when the Soviet Union sent nuclear weapons to protect Cuba from the U.S.

President Johnson's agenda to create programs that would make American lives better was called

The business culture of the 1950's discouraged individualism and emphasized

The American Dream in the 1950s included each of the following EXCEPT

Who preferred the use of non-violent, civil disobedience to protest against segregation?

Which of the following was NOT a labor saving device that gave Americans free time in the 20s?

The __?__ led to a major change in the culture of the U.S. and created a need for more schools

Which New Deal program but millions of young men to work in construction projects?

Which of the following was NOT a source of tension caused by the Vietnam War?

What was the goal of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

Why did the U.S. get involved in the Vietnam War?

What was the group of communist supporters in South Vietnam who opposed the U.S. known as?

What was the result of the Watergate Affair investigation?

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the counterculture movement?

The policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs the U.S. followed after WWI was

Who famously protested against segregated buses in Montgomery, AL in 1955?

President Reagan focused on addressing problems with all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following did NOT help the U.S. build up the military and prepare for WWII?

What was created to help protect deposits and prevent bank failures?

Japanese pilots that flew suicide missions and crashed into American ships later in the war

The belief that a communist takeover in China and Korean would lead others to communism

The purpose of the U.S. atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was

Form of leadership used by Hitler in Germany, Mussolini in Italy and Stalin in the Soviet Union

New Deal programs helped ease the depression but led to

The U.S. supported South Korea in the Korean War to

An important economic problem facing President Nixon was

The Supreme Court Case of Brown v. Board of Education officially ended

What Supreme Court case ruled that women have the right to choose an abortion?

What caused many banks to fail during the Depression?

Where did American troops first go into battle on the western front?

Unsupported claims that people in government had ties to communism was known as

The alliance that formed between countries in Western Europe to oppose the Soviet Union

Purchasing stocks and bonds on the chance of a quick profit while ignoring the risks is called

The massive Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944 was known as

The failed attempt to lead an uprising against Castro in Cuba was known as

One of the primary goals of the New Deal was to

A prolonged drought, destruction of prairie grasses, and overproduction of crops all led to

All of the following have had a significant impact on U.S. history in recent years EXCEPT

The division of Europe between democratic and communist countries was known as

Each of the following led to the postwar boom in the U.S. economy EXCEPT

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?