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Final Exam 2021
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Which action illustrates the policy of isolation followed by the US before it entered WWII?
Embargo on the sale of gasoline and steel to Japan
Signing of a collective security pact w/ Latin America
President FDR's exchange of US bombs for British naval bases
Neutrality laws forbidding arms sales to warring nations
2
What was the Truman Doctrine?
the goal of containing China's geopolitical expansion
a plan that put 1 trillion dollars into military defense
a doctrine that endorsed Truman's campaign against Eisenhower
the goal of containing the Soviet Union's geopolitical expansion
3
What was the purpose of Rosie the Riveter during World War II?
Symbolize importance of women industrial workers during World War II
Inspire women to fight on the front lines
Encourage women to ration food so they could stay strong
Reassure women that they could make it through the long war
4
What was the significance of the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court case?
desegregation in schools
separate but equal
integration of the military
desegregation in all public facilities
5
What was a major characteristic of the Gilded Age?
The largest civil rights movement in American history
Life was prosperous for nearly all citizens
Huge growth in big business and the economy
America becomes returned to its isolationist foreign policy
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What is Mr. Skrill's cats name?
Washington
Leo
Gary
Jupiter
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A lasting result of the New Deal has been the...
reduction of national debt
the expansion of the federal government
The President and Supreme Court not working together
the federal government taking control of the stock market
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The executions of Sacco and Vanzetti in the 1920's demonstrated
the corruption of political machines
the federal governments war on crime
the persistence of lynchings
an increase in Nativist attitudes
9
What was the federal government's response to the Great Recession of 2008?
Coordinating massive bankruptcies
Buying back defaulted mortgages
Increased national spending and bailouts
No action was taken
10
What was the purpose of the Camp David Accords?
Gathering world leaders for a discussion on climate change
Ensuring that workers at Camp David had reliable cars
Negotiating a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
Ending the conflict between the USSR and the United States
11
The Scopes Trial, flappers, and speakeasies demonstrated a clash between which two groups of people during the 1920s?
Communists & Capitalists
Anarchists & Socialists
Traditionalists & Modernists
Democrats & Republicans
12
Which book is an allegory for the Red Scare?
The Crucible
1984
Raisin in the Sun
Huckleberry Fin
13
The Nuremberg Trials
held Nazi leaders accountable for their actions
Established the League of Nations
stopped the Berlin Airlift
accused American citizens of being communists
14
Which leader is most closely associated with the approach to reform illustrated in this photograph?
Martin Luther King Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Booker T. Washington of the TuskegeeInstitute
Huey Newton of the Black Panthers
Malcolm X of the Black Muslims
15
The Result of the Korean War was
North Korea established communism in South Korea
Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin schemed to regain Berlin
United States established a democratic government throughout Korea
A stalemate was struck at the 38th Parallel
16
What was McCarthyism?
A name for the new political party that was anti-communist.
A group of communists who become more powerful during the 1950s
A cult that did not accept communism
A campaign to find and mark all the communists in the government.
17
A major goal of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society program was to
create a space program
reduce poverty in the United States
contain communism in Southeast Asia
cut domestic programs to balance the budge
18
The court decision in Schenck v. US and the Patriot Act demonstrates the government can
Guarantee citizens the right to bear arms
Limit individual rights in times of national emergency
Expand the liberties protected by the Bill of Rights
Restrict the power of the president
19
In the 1950s, the Domino Theory was used by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to justify
opposing Britain and France in the Suez Canal crisis
joining the United Nations
sending federal troops into Little Rock, Arkansas
United States involvement in Vietnam
20
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Law that reversed Plessy v. Ferguson
Law that prohibited discrimination based on race or religion
Law that freed the slaves after the Civil War
Law that promoted the segregation of schools
21
Why was the League of Nations formed?
To rebuild Germany
To prevent future wars
To rule the planet
To punish Germany
22
Why did the U.S. enter World War II?
A German missile sub fired on a U.S. aircraft carrier
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
Rising tensions with Russia
The Germans had tried to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.
23
How did the Betty Friedan
address gender issues of the 1950s and 1960s?
Writting a book describing how women felt unfulfilled
By trying to pass abortion laws
All answers above
Promoting traditional households
24
What was the purpose of Reaganomics?
to reduce the government's influence on the economy
to get rid of classes. (Rich class, Poor class, etc.)
to increase widespread taxes to pay for social programs
to end the Cold War against the Soviet Union
25
The New Deal was highlighted by
increased in public works programs, welfare, Social Security
a financial plan with banks to support the U.S. economy
acts to increase unemployment and force people to get jobs
the start of social revolution in the U.S.
26
Who wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'?
Sarah Grimke
Frederick Douglas
Lucretia Mott
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Your questions on your final will be
stimulus based questions (images and passages)
true and false questions
comparative multiple choice questions of similar historical events
questions asking for definitions
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Where was Mr. Skrill born?
St. Louis, MO
Brooklyn, NY
Washington D.C
Long Island, NY
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One major goal of the Progressive movement was to
pass laws to help solve economic and social problems
balance the federal budget by decreasing spending
limit direct citizen control over government
provide unemployment insurance to workers