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Duplicate of Final U.S. History (Yay!) Review '22
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1
The SNCC organized a march from ______ to Birmingham, AL to protest the denial of black voter rights?
Anniston
Montgomery
Selma
Birmingham
2
What was the first "television war"?
Vietnam War
WWII
none of the above
Korean War
3
The Southern Manifesto (1956) argued that ________________________.
Integration of public facilities should be decided by the states
the 15th Amendment should be swiftly codified into state laws
Southern states should secede from the Union again
de jure segregation is unconstitutional but de facto segregation is not
4
A war of attrition, like the war in Vietnam, attempts to measure progress by
calculating changes in territory held by the enemy
calculating the body count of the enemy
minimizing the number of enemy civilians killed
the change in public opinion supporting the war
5
Vietnamization was Nixon's policy of _________.
expanding the war zone
escalating U.S. troops to replace S. Vietnamese troops
educating Americans on Vietnamese culture
drawing down U.S. troops while forcing the S. Vietnamese to step it up
6
Jim Crow laws in the south sought to _________.
ban African Americans from marrying whites
prevent blacks from access to quality public facilities
all of the options
ban African Americans from owning property and the vote
7
Action taken by the US to stop Soviet Ships from getting to Cuba during Cuban Missile Crisis
quarantine
Airstrike on Soviet ships bound for Cuba
Airstrike on Cuban Island
Appeasement
8
What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?
China Syndrome
Domino theory
Containment theory
MAD theory
9
Which of the following JFK assassination conspiracy theories is tied with Clay Shaw being tried for his murder.
the CIA theory
the Mafia theory
the anti-Castro Cuban exile revenge theory
the Fidel Castro & Cubans theory
10
He was the youngest man ever elected to the U.S. presidency and the nation's 1st Catholic POTUS
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Bill Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Barack Obama
11
The map below of Germany resulted from the...?
Yalta conference (FDR, Stalin, & Churchill)
Geneva conference
Tehran conference (FDR, Stalin, & Churchill)
Potsdam conference (Truman & Stalin)
12
He was a Wisconsin senator that "investigated" Americans for Communist disloyalty. He ruined many reputations & careers.
Joseph McCarthy
Alger Hiss
Arthur Miller
Julius Rosenberg
13
The Voting Rights Act barred which of the following Jim Crow practices?
other unreasonable obstacles to voting
literacy tests
poll taxes
all of the options
14
What was the name of JFK's domestic package calling for health care reform, urban housing reform, higher minimum wage ..
the New Society
the New Deal
the New Frontier
the New Compact
15
In 1961 Soviets erected a wall blocking movement from the western controlled part of what city
Paris
Moscow
Warsaw
Berlin
16
The purpose of HUAC after WWII was to _______.
entrap Americans with allegations of activity in the communist party
investigate & root out those suspected of "communist loyalties"
scientific research for the hydrogen bomb
locate chapters of the American Fascist party
17
What act did Pres. Johnson pass prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion, gender, etc
Civil Rights Act of 1957
All of the options
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1948
18
Which of the following defines a consistent policy toward the USSR followed by many presidential administrations?
drawdown
containment
massive retaliation
isolation
19
_________ established a new communist government in Cuba in 1959
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Robert Kennedy
20
The South Vietnamese capital of ____ was renamed Ho Chi Minh city in 1975 when the N. Vietnamese captured it.
Dien Bien Phu
Saigon
Ngo Den Diem
Swat
21
In what ways were the 1920s and the 1950s similar in the U.S.?
both were postwar economic booms characterized by inflation & labor strikes
all of the options
both periods saw revolutions in music
both periods had a Red Scare or irrational fear of Communism
22
Which event led JFK to allocate more funds for the country's space program?
the discovery of new Russian rocket technology
the abysmal failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion
the launch of Sputnik, a Russian satellite
the launch of Russian Yuri Gregarin, the 1st man into space
23
Apr 1961:1400 Cuban exiles trained by the CIA were captured in Cuba trying to overthrow Castro. It was a great failure.
Gulf of Tonkin
Bay of Green Bay
Bay of Pigs
Chesapeake Bay
24
What event prompted the US Congress to give Lyndon Johnson the power to wage war in Vietnam?
Soviet and Chinese support of Ho Chi Minh in North Vietnam.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy.
The "attacks" on U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.
The assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of South Vietnam.
25
The policy of ____ became the main approach in U.S. foreign policy toward the Soviet Union during the Cold War
massive retaliation
containment
democracy
limited war
26
The Warren Commission (investigated JFK's assassination for nearly one year) stated that ________ acted alone.
Lee Harvey Oswald
J. Edgar Hoover
Jackie Kennedy
John Wilkes Booth
27
In what way were the 20's and 50's different?
changes in consumer goods made life easier
the degree of racism in the culture
the way in which women viewed themselves
the political party controlling the White House
28
One major cause of the growth of the suburbs was the ____.
rise in blue-collar jobs
television
Korean War
affordability of homes
29
"It shall be the policy of the U.S. to assist any country facing an insurrection from armed minorities" describes the __
New Frontier
Truman Doctrine
"rollback" concept
doctrine of guerrilla warfare
30
What type of warfare did the Vietcong use during the Vietnam War?
guerrilla warfare
threat of using nukes
proxy warfare
modern, mechanized warfare
31
JFK tried to reduce the threat of nuclear war & stop the spread of communism by ____.
withdrawing aid from Latin American countries
encouraging growth in the U.S. economy
by anatagonizing and escalating conflicts with Soviet allies
creating the Peace Corps
32
Why did the U.S. support French colonial rule of Vietnam after WWII?
China promised to stay out of Vietnam because of France
the French promised to support American colonies
the U.S. likes colonies, even French ones
to stop Vietnam from becoming communist
33
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on ______.
12/21/1962
09/11/1964
11/22/1963
05/28/1965
34
Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Joseph Stalin
Fulgencio Batista
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
35
Which of the following is true of civil disobedience?
it is done to make a well communicated & concerted effort to effect change
it is done for moral reasons
all of the options
at the time it is done it is illegal
36
The name given to activists who rode buses from the North into Southern segregated communities.
hippies
abolitionists
beatniks
freedom riders
37
Once the USSR tested an atomic bomb, Americans began to fear the effects of __, assuming they survived a nuclear attack.
subversion
duck-and-cover
fallout
censure
38
What did Ho Chi Minh (N. Vietnamese leader) want?
a united Vietnam
Vietnamese soverignty
Independence for Vietnam
all of the options
39
________ advocated armed self-defense and separation of the races. This represented a fundamentally different approach.
MLK
Stokley Carmichael
Malcolm X
Elijah Muhammad
40
At which university did Anti-War protests result in deaths of four college students in 1970?
Kent State University in Ohio
Jackson State College in Mississippi
University of California, Berkeley
Harvard University in Massachusetts
41
Which battle in Vietnam was a win militarily but a loss politically for the U.S.?
Nin Bat
Saigon
the Tet Offensive
Ira Drang
42
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. the Board of Education determined that...
seperate educational facilities are inherently unequal and illegal
all residents have a right to a college education
hiring in schools must guarantee that discrimination is banned
all registered voters have the right to vote
43
What was the day in which Alabama troopers beat black marchers after crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma?
Bloody Monday 4/21/67
Bloody Sunday 3/7/65
Day of Death 2/15/66
Edmund-Pettus Day 6/28/64
44
Which of the following was a tactic used by Vietcong guerillas to fight American troops?
all of the options
pungi stick traps
landmines
hit and run
45
Why did young Americans oppose the war?
Because Lyndon Johnson and not John F. Kennedy was the Commander in Chief
Draft was unfair/Unemployment created by the war
Draft was unfair/U.S. had nothing to gain
Kennedy dies/Tired of the fighting
46
What is the name of the South Vietnamese who supported Ho Chi Minh and the communist North?
the NVA
the Khmer Rouge
Vietcong
Vietminh
47
The picture below shows....
Laos & Cambodian superhighway
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietcong tunnel
Indochinese passageway
48
What was the goal of the Marshall Plan?
to monitor the growth of the military-industrial complex in the U.S.
to contain Soviet expansion in the Middle East & Asia
to "Americanize" Eastern European nations
to rebuild European economies to prevent the spread of communism
49
What did some young men do to avoid the draft?
Got a deferment.
all of the options
Burned their draft cards.
Move to Canada.
50
In a Letter from a Birmingham Jail, MLK Jr. argues that citizens have ______________.
a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and take direct/peaceful action
the right to march or boycott but not to hunger strike or work stoppage
a moral responsibility to support blacks in separating from the white race
a moral responsibility to "take up arms" to fight discrimination
51
What event was designed to support the passage of the Civil Rights Act?
Birmingham Campaign
Bus Boycott
March on Washington
red & yellow options
52
Which of the following global events marks the first military test for the Truman Doctrine?
The Korean War
The Greek Civil War
The partition of Germany
The Vietnam War
53
Which presidential administration can take credit for a National Highway Project revolutionizing modern transportation?
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
54
_____________ established the precedent of "separate but equal" in 1896. This stood for 58 years.
Lee v. Macon
Plessy v. Ferguson
MLK v. Alabama
Brown v. Board
55
Which of the following is true of the U.S. presidential election of 1960?
Kennedy vs. Nixon
on the campaign trail, the 1st ever televised debate
all of the options
Kennedy squeaked out a victory over Nixon
56
In the late summer/fall of 1957, President Eisenhower faced a crisis in Little Rock, Arksansas because ________.
of the state of Arkansas's efforts to block admission of 9 black students
of violence due to protests organized by unions
widespread lynchings at the hands of the KKK in that state
Arkansas wished to secede from the Union again
57
How did the US military attempt to take away the Vietcong's ability to hide in the jungle?
They used napalm to burn the jungle down.
Both red + blue options
They used agent orange to kill the plants in the jungle.
They used infrared satellites to find Vietcong in jungle.
58
In May of 1961, JFK pledged that by the end of the decade the _______.
U.S. would be the richest nation in world history
U.S. would erase segregation & discrimination
U.S. would be the winners of the Cold War
U.S. would put a man on the moon
59
At the time, Birmingham was known as the ______.
Civil Rights headquarter
most integrated city in America
most violent city in America
most segregated city in America
60
Which of the following events set off the Korean War?
Chinese controlled S. Korea invaded N. Korea
the Japanese invaded South Korea
the Soviet Union invaded South Korea
Soviet controlled N. Korea invaded South Korea