AH2 Monster Semester Review

Who did the US support in the Chinese Civil War with money but not troops?

What group was lynched for not upholding rules of "etiquette"?

What groups were most negatively affected by Reagan's spending cuts?

Who was the American commander during WWI?

Who was the leader of South Vietnam that we at first supported despite his corruption?

Why was the original Selma to Montgomery 50 mile march for voting rights stopped?

What is it called when stronger nations control weaker ones ?

After we withdrew from S. Vietnam, it eventually became a __________    __________.  

Who was the leader of the Socialist party during the early 1900s?

What was the goal of the convoy system?

What problem plagued farmers in the 1920s and contributed to the Great Depression?

Reagan believed in deregulation. What does that mean?

After Pearl Harbor, we (with our allies) decided to first focus on defeating this country.

What was the main source of entertainment for families in the 1950s?

Soviet troops and a lack of elections in this part of the world fueled Cold War tensions 

The movement of blacks to Northern cities was called what?

These laws prevented the U.S. from trading with any nations at war.

What was ultimately the Soviet response to Kennedy's blockade of Cuba?

How many terms did Bill Clinton serve?

What president is most credited for getting the Panama Canal built?

Reagan sharply increased spending in what area?

In what way was Korea a "limited war"?

What is another word for the spoils system that starts with "P"?

White southerners formed this party when it became Truman was for black civil rights

What black militant organization was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale?

How did they want to adjust the money supply?

For what historical feat are Orville and Wilbur Wright famous?

Why were the Hollywood Ten jailed?

What strike happened in Carnegie's PA steel mill and broke the steel union for 45 years?

How did he decide to end the war with Japan?

What happened at speakeasies?

In this "deal", US investors loaned Germany $, who paid Britain and France, who paid the US.

How did Wilson finally solve the money supply problem that had plagued the nation since 1789?

What is anarchy?

"Reaganomics" biggest flaw was

How was the election decided?

Did the deficit rise or fall as a result of economic policie

What is it called when you ally with others, price fix, and drive out your competition?

What country gave the group safe haven while they trained fo

How did Adolf Hitler die?

What unexpected event hampered Wilson's ability to lobby for the treaty?

What young minister became the recognized leader of the 385 day bus boycott?

Where did we first fight in Europe?

How did FDR explain his programs and their rationale to the American people?

Realpolitik also led us to experience an easing of tensions with the Soviet Union called

Who wrote "The Feminine Mystique", credited with awakening the feminist movement?

In the Camp David Accords, Israel gave land back to _________in return for national recognition

Both the Reagan and Bush administrations were criticized for

During the "Red Scare", we feared 

How receptive were our allies to his peaceful vision for the postwar world?

In what type of economic system does the government take over and run some major industries?

What happened with tariffs in the 1920s?

What "first" did Francis Perkins achieve,  with FDR's help?

What was new in advertising in the 1920s?

What program did LBJ help fund to help provide preschool for low income children?

Our war aims, in the Atlantic Charter, were eerily similar to what  former president's plan?

What did Christopher Sholes invent to standardize and speed communication?

What was the goal of the Emergency Quota Act?

What did the Supreme Court rule in the court case Korematsu v. U.S.?

Who was the most famous white silent film star of the era?

What political party did "the little people" form?

Who was the Populist candidate in 1896 that gave the "Cross of Gold" speech?

Who wrote "The Great Gatsby" in the 1920s?

Who won the election with his promise of "New Freedom"?

This made sure that privileged families did not have to worry about their kids getting drafted

How many seats did each country get in the general assembly?

Nixon's compilation of people and groups he considered to be a threat were described as

What black leader led the Niagara Movement to establish the NAACP?

In what industry did William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer compete for sales?

What was the name of the health care program LBJ passed for poor low income people?

What was the turning point battle victory in the USSR that used the scorched earth policy?

What effect did our NATO -supported invasion of Afghanistan

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand led what country to come to the defense of the Serbs?

Nixon promised to shrink the war, but he expanded it by bombing supply lines in this country

As a result of the Baker v. Carr ruling during the Warren Court era

What political outsider was elected president in 1976?

Was Saddam Hussein overthrown?

What agency encouraged businesses to form government approved trusts?

Who won the Spanish American War?

What did the Fair Labor Standards Act provide?

How did government officials involved in the Iran Contra scandal avoid prosecution?

What was the goal of the War Labor Board?

Civil Service reformers wanted what?

What controversial decision did Ford make in the early days of his presidency?

What country in Europe had to fight Nazi Germany alone in an air war in the summer of 1940? 

What was the general attitude towards unions and strikes in the 1920s?

We supported Panama in rebelling against what country so we could build it?

What president passed a large number of laws known as the Great Society programs?

In what two countries was the Spanish American War fought?

Under the Loyalty Review Board, who had to swear they were not communists?

The growing violence

The Three Mile Incident during the 1970s caused concern about this power source

The state of high tension / hysteria that resulted from massive retaliation policy was called

The US and what worldwide organization supported South Korea with troops?

What agency would increasingly do covert operations to achieve our foreign policy aims?

Kennedy's "flexible response" plan refers to his strategy to diversify

In Nixon's "southern strategy", he brought white southerners into the Republican party by

What president said "speak softly but carry a big stick"?

All of the following were part of the Great Society programs EXCEPT

Who was president when the Great Depression started?

The American Indian Movement took over what federal land / property in protest?

What organization did college students form to oppose the war?

What economic system does not allow for private ownership of businesses?

What were countercultural youths of this era called?

What terrorist group sponsored the attacks on the World Trad

This "second" new deal agency created jobs in construction and arts.

How did Teddy Roosevelt stop a coal strike and get owners to negotiate with unions?

When official government sources and investigative journalists' stories differ, this leads to

Most railroads run between states and so can only be regulated by . . . 

The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was a subset of what larger organization?

What monopolist controlled the steel industry?

Who led the Food Administration?

This limit on free speech was upheld by what court ruling?

What was LBJ's greatest achievement related to civil rights?

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) lifted all t

The proliferation of ____ made white flight possible

What growing popularity of what invention led to urban sprawl?

Who wrote "rags to riches" tales that supported the Social Darwinist point of view?

Who was Nixon's National Security Adviser he entrusted to bring a diplomatic end to the war?

This law said the president must get Congress's approval if deploying troops more than 60 days.

What agency created jobs for young men in outdoor projects?

In what area did Taft exceed Teddy Roosevelt in being progressive?

The Bay of Pigs was a failed invasion of what communist country?

128 Americans died when what British ship was sunk by u-boats?

What was the goal of the Committee on Public Information?

Which of the following did Reagan do?

Which president of the 20s famously said "The business of America is Business"?

In the INF Treaty with the Soviets, _________ were added to the arms reduction plan.

What was the goal of the Office of Price Administration?

The Limited Test Ban Treaty signed during the Kennedy administration ended

Which of the following was more common for an urban woman in the 1920s ?

This military alliance formed in 1949 in case communists attacked the US or our allies.

During the 1970s, this carter formed and began limiting oil supplies worldwide

What two ways did political machines get votes?

What shocking tactics did police then use that gained international attention?

What art form did adults see as a threat during this time period?

Where did the US Army seek to move Plains Indians in this time period?

Where is the United Nations located?

Who did Japan and Russia ask to come settle a war they were engaged in?

What was the most radical union for the poorest workers?

What organization flourished in the 1920s and expanded its target to include Jews & Catholics?

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?

Why did Nixon's "Committee to Re-elect the President" plan a break in at the Watergate complex?

What major accomplishment did the Clinton administration ach

For what is Kent State University infamous?

Who was fired by Truman when they criticized his position to the press?

What muckraking photojournalist made the problems of unplanned urbanization evident?

The Social Gospel said Christians must do what to be like Jesus?

The presence of troops from what country led Truman to decide to fight a limited war?

How did the U.S. insure that Ngo Diem's leadership would not last long?

Why was the U.S. embarrassed when a U-2 plane was shot down over the USSR?

The slaughter of what resource led to the decline of native power?

The Credit Mobilier was a scam in what industry?

Did we ever find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?

Two years after being elected

What did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas?

How did Truman deal with striking workers?

How long did the ground war last? Was Kuwait freed?

What does buying stock "on margin" mean?

Warfare that employs hit and run tactics is called . . . 

It was clear Truman was committed to black civil rights when he integrated

This theory justified our involvement in Vietnam; we feared the spread of communism

What Senator led the opposition to the treaty once Wilson sought approval?

Where did Chiang Kai Shek flee (and we pretended that place was the "real" China)?

What did Spanish Minister DeLome do that led to anti-Spanish feelings in the US?

What was the goal of the Selective Service Act?

What decision did the Carter administration make regarding the Panama Canal?

What caused global trade to slow in the 1920s?

What federal agency infiltrated the Black Panthers and contributed to their demise?

Who formed the American Railway Union and lost the Pullman Strike?

Our inability to aid young revolutionaries in this country showed the limitations of US policy

What was Wilson's Plan for postwar peace called?

The 1970s was plagued by what economic problem

What were countercultural youth of the late 1960s called?

What two New Deal agencies were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

Why was Reagan insistent that we aid a group called "the Contras"

Groups like the Moral Majority were _________ and essential to the coalition electing Reagan.

What do Sand Creek and Wounded Knee have in common?

Why didn't Huey Long defeat FDR in the election of 1936?

Where did Rosa Parks refuse to give her seat to a white man?

__________   war involves uniforms, recognizable weapons and battlefield tactics?

Did Taft's Payne Aldrich tariff significantly lower the tariff?

Who was the most famous political boss of NY City?

With the Cold War over

What group did the House on Un American Activities (HUAC) target as possible communists?

What country had Europe divided into "sphere of influence"  - areas ruled by them?

Who was the chief justice of the Supreme Court in the1960s that protected the poor and accused?

In his "Gospel of Wealth" Carnegie said rich people should not do this with their $ upon death:

Who used trusts to gain control of the oil industry?

The Allied victory Battle of Coral Sea prevented Japan from taking over what continent?

What U.S. general won the Battle of Leyte Gulf?

When Nixon resigned, ____ became president, having only recently been appointed Vice President.

Nixon's "realpolitik" philosophy said this should be the primary concern of our foreign policy:

After the passage of the Nuremberg Laws, what groups lost their civil rights in Germany?

Which president was elected in 1920?

The goal of much of our post WWII foreign aid, like the Marshall Plan, was

If murder is illegal everywhere, why did the NAACP want an anti-lynching law in the 1920s?

Who became the most famous spokesperson for the Nation of Islam?

Migration and immigration led to the growth of cities, also known as

By the 1920s, half the US population lived here for the first time.

What naval base did we build in Hawaii after taking it over?

The Soviets wanted to make sure that Eastern Europe was

What did the Warren Commission conclude about the assassination of John Kennedy?

What is it called when you gain a monopoly by buying your suppliers?

Who decides to run for President in 1968 but is shot and killed?

Why was FDR unwilling to challenge segregation or pass an anti-lynching law?

Did the US ever sign the treaty or join the League of Nations?

What surprising thing happened after the agreements signed at the Washington Naval Conference?

Was he found guilty or did he get to keep his job?

What was the goal of the Freedom Rides?

Who was the most important military commander during the Vietnam War?

All of the following countries are on the Security Council EXCEPT

What invention fueled an economic boom during the Clinton ye

Which one of Wilson's Fourteen Points made it into the Treaty of Versailles?

What housing trend was introduced by William Levitt in NY to deal with the housing shortage?

What was the US response when the USSR cut off the 80 mile road between W. Germany & Berlin?

What ethnic group was "trapped" in Austria-Hungary and wanted to have their own nation?

Where did 30,000 draft dodgers go to avoid prosecution?

What one direction did Wilson give Pershing about his conduct of the war?

What was the name of the health care program LBJ passed for elderly people?

At the Yalta conference during the war, what did the Allied decide to do with Germany post-war?

What event led the US to enter the war on the side of Britain and the USSR?

How did we pay for the war?

Why didn't business owners like Progressives?

What law is passed (if not enforced) to allow federal oversight of railroads?

Who did Attorney Gen. A. Mitchell Palmer raid (and in some cases deport) in the Palmer Raids?

In the court case Munn v. Illinois, the ruling said states can regulate which railroads?

What institutions did FDR close and then reopen after their "holiday"?

The Selective Service Act provided _________ for the war effort?

What philosophy said poor people are poor because they aren't adapting to their environment?

How did the Korean War start?

U.S operations to find and cut off supply lines to our enemies in Vietnam called

Who left the SNCC and ultimately joined the Black Panthers?

Which group of immigrants was targeted with nativist laws like an Exclusion Act?

When rationing ended, prices went up and prices stayed the same, causing

Who founded a settlement house in Chicago?

Who revolutionized the auto industry with the assembly line?

Who were the "little people" that supported Populism?

The rest of this Quiz is unfinished . . . . What country did Iraq invade during Bush's admin?

What goal did Kennedy set for NASA ?

To what cause were Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt dedicated?

52 Americans were taken hostage in Iran because they wanted us to return

Why is this called the "Gilded Age"?

What was the ruling in the US v. Nixon case?

Who was President during World War I?

What type of economy has the United States always had?

All of the following are new weapons used in WWI EXCEPT:

What was the goal of the Manhatten Project?

What major infrastructure improvement did Eisenhower approve?

JFK and Nixon were the first candidates to do this on television

What amendment banned alcohol in the US?

All of the following were famous black poets or writers of the 1920s EXCEPT

Whose presidency was tainted by the Teapot Dome Scandal?

Why did the treatment of the Bonus Army reflect badly on Hoover?

What did bootleggers do?

Journalists who exposed what was wrong in society during the Progressive era were called . . .

What political party won majority control in Germany in the 1930s?

This was the first country Italy's Mussolini decided to invade?

Sixty + nations eventually agreed to the Kellogg Briand Pact, which tried to outlaw ____.

Which of the following is NOT a problem cities had in this period?

What major domestic reform did Clinton fail to achieve

What was the first country Germany "took over" by a treaty?

Kennedy founded this agency to help raise the standard of living worldwide

What caused the need for a bank bailout that cost over $120 billion dollars in the 90s?

Why was the War Production Board necessary during WWII?

How did the Bush administration respond?

Who did Roosevelt "hand pick" to be his successor?

After WWII, why did we oppose turning Vietnam over to Ho Chi Minh, our former ally?

What was banned by the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

What was one military battle the natives won?

What did Teddy Roosevelt want to conserve?

Name two ways we funded the war effort.

What were  stereotypically urban women of the 1920s called?

What was the first country Japan invaded?

What was the goal of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act?

In what city was the "Children's March" held to desegregate the entire city?

The problem with Keynesian economics is that it can result in

Through what country did we "wear out our welcome"?

Where did we attack on D-Day and who was the overall commander of the mission?

What was the goal of substances such as napalm and agent orange?

As a result, the USSR and US signed the SALT Treaty which

Who was the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic?

Did we have NATO support in that effort?

Through our victory at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, we regained what territory?

Before the 1890s, most immigrants came from what parts of Europe?

How did Hitler gain dictatorial power?

Vietnam Vets might have been stereotyped "baby killers" because of this massacre.

How did Pres. Eisenhower deal with Gov. Faubus's attempt to block integration?

After growing frustrated with the failure to conquer Britain, Hitler foolishly attacked

To sell weapons to friends- but remain safe from naval attacks- we passed this law

Who was the first man to integrate professional baseball?

What new way to borrow money became available in the 1950s?

What act encouraged westward expansion by giving away 160 acres of free land?

To what degree did the airlift succeed in halting the takeover of W. Berlin by communism?

What did they want the government to do about railroads?

Big business first used the Sherman Antitrust Act to bust up these

As a part of this flexible response strategy, what special forces branch was founded ?

What third party did Roosevelt help found?

Who was the NAACP lawyer that went on to become the first black justice on the Supreme Court?

Who was the most famous sports icon of the 1920s?

Carter's main foreign policy objective was to expand what?

Laws like the Wagner Act and the National Labor Relations Board indicate support for 

What policy did we declare to make sure China didn't "carved up" as African had been?

In the Zimmerman Note, Germany proposed an alliance with ___________ against the United States.

What was completed at Promontory Point

What was George W. Bushaas initiative related to taxes?

What was the name of the group that opposed civil service reform?

A state of heightened tensions with the USSR without actual fighting was known as . . .

How did Congress feel about this funding?

What was Congress's  response to FDR's "courtpacking plan"?

In 2014 President Obama decided to normalize diplomatic rel

What did US imperialists assume about our culture compared to the cultures in poorer nations?

The GI Bill provided returning veterans from WWII all of the following EXCEPT?

What cartoonist exposed him to the public?

In the election of 1912, what two men split the Republican vote, allowing a Democrat to win?

People in the Reagan administration hatched a plan to sell weapons to _____ to raise the money.

The Civil Rights Act banned discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion and

Instead of race, what "categories" did Europeans use for social / political organization?

The outgrowth of ________ led to new household appliances like toasters and irons.

All of the following showed that the Roosevelts cared about black people EXCEPT

After 1890, most European immigrants came from

What president tried to insure the spread of democracy through his "Missionary Diplomacy"?

Why was "Rosie the Riveter" a startling icon from the period?

What charismatic person and critic of the New Deal started the "Share the Wealth" movement?

What innovation in naval warfare did the Germans rely upon?

What was the name of the cavalry regiment Teddy Roosevelt led in Cuba?

A flowering and celebration of black culture in urban areas became known as . . .

How long did these wars last?

Why was war never declared in Vietnam?

What country signed a nonaggression pact with Hitler to divide up Poland?

All of the following were famous musicians of the 1920s EXCEPT

The 1968 Democratic convention in this city broke out in controversy inside and violence out?

The TET Offensive resulted in the simultaneous attack on 100+ ________ in South Vietnam.

The Clayton Antitrust Act said that the Sherman Antitrust Act could not be used to bust _____.

The Soviet invasion of what nation led the US to boycott the Moscow Olympics?

What major European nation was conquered by Germany in WWII that was not conquered in WWI?

What did the 24th amendment to the Constitution ban?

Why did critics of the government think Sacco and Vanzetti were really executed in the 1920s?

Who made up FDR's "Brain Trust"?

"White flight" was used to describe the movement of white people to

Your family is an example of what type of economic unit?

Once the Underwood Tariff significantly lowered tariffs, how did the government get $ to run?

Who won the election of 1896?

What vague law was passed during this time saying you could not "restrain trade"?

Reagan characterized ________ as "the problem" when he took office in the 1980s.

Where did Jose Marti lead a revolution that was supported by some Americans?

Who became president when FDR died of natural causes?

The explosion of what ship led us to declare war on Spain?

Why is capitalism tricky when it comes to war production?

What two conflicting ideas clashed in the Scopes Trial in Dayton, TN?

What union welcomed both genders & all skill levels but died out after the Haymarket bombing?

What international organization was set up to replace the League of Nations?

What new cabinet position did Carter create?

What was the goal of the Dawes Act?

What did the 19th amendment say?

What domestic aawaraa did Reagan and Bush pursue?

What black leader founded Tuskegee Institute which taught farming and domestic service?

What is it called when everyone in a political party picks a candidate?

What was effect of the Food Administration on the US food supply?

In 1988, who was elected president?

What is it called when all the people vote on a law?

This agency brought electrical power and jobs to the Appalachian region

All of the following are colonies we won in the Spanish American War EXCEPT?

To what general destination did cowboys drive cattle?

After the TET Offensive, this official resigned, declaring the war "unwinnable".

The 1954 Geneva Accords divided Vietnam temporarily into a _______ north and a _______ south.

How did FDR try to defend against a hostile Supreme Court?

Reagan's claim that we would develop a space-based nuclear had what surprising outcome?

Who did Hoover's Reconstruction Finance Corporation give money to?

What was the main immigration station on the East coast?

What was the long-term way for American investors in Hawaii to avoid the tariff?

What was Kennedy's response to evidence that the Soviets were putting nukes in Cuba?

Which of the following was NOT part of Admiral Alfred Mahan's plan for American imperialism?

Who was elected in 1932 and three more times after that?

How did poor people want the tariff to change in the Gilded Age?

Which president supported scaling down US involvement in the war through "Vietnamization"?

OPEC also quit selling oil to the U.S. for a period because we support

What agency paid farmers to not plant?

What did Thomas Edison perfect that led to expanded business hours and new entertainment?

The invasion (using "blitzkrieg") of this country led to the formal start of WWII.

What "accidental" president would accomplish much of what the Populists wanted?

Who did a James Earl Ray shoot and kill in Memphis Tennessee in 1968?

What natural resources do we have that allowed us to become an industrial giant?

What amendment failed to pass by 1979, thanks to opposition from women like Phyllis Schafly?

What was the name of the other alliance that opposed the Triple Entente?

How could lower income people afford all the new products in the 1920s?

What was the Philippine reaction to our taking them as a colony?

This successful Soviet project led us to overhaul our education system

Inspired by realpolitik, Nixon recognized and visited this country.

What American colony had been taken over by the Japanese by May of 1942?

Which if the following accurately characterizes the outcome of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Why did Kennedy visit West Berlin in 1961?

A Stalwart shot what president over civil service reform?

In a laissez-faire economy

For what is Joseph McCarthy infamous?

What new forms of transportation became available in the Gilded Age?

Who were the Vietcong?

At the Yalta conference, what did they decide to do with defeated Nazi leaders?

What war tactic led to a stalemate on the Western front?

What one building project did Hoover fund to create jobs?

What is a problem that arises if capitalism remains unregulated?

Confusing ballots cast in what state made it unclear who won

When the House Republicans and President Clinton could not a

Hitler's final counteroffensive, which failed, was called

In a socialist economy, can you own your own business and have private property?

What Supreme Court ruling said that women have a right to an abortion in their first trimester?

After characterizing them as "the evil empire", Reagan actually struck up a friendship with 

Who won the Chinese Civil War?

Under Nixon's "revenue sharing" plan, more discretionary money would flow from the feds to

What did they want from the government?

In what type of houses did frontier families often live?

Which trusts did Teddy Roosevelt bust?

What was the goal of The March on Washington?

What president was most responsible for escalating our involvement in Vietnam?

What was Wilson's response to the Zimmerman Note?

What president promised the American people a "square deal"?

The FERA would be replaced by this program that provides monthly payments for the handicapped

What president practiced "Dollar Diplomacy"?

What was the name given nonconformists and critics of the 1950s?

What president then proposed a federal Civil Rights Act to end segregation nationwide?

Who led the United Farm Workers & raised awareness about low pay and bad working conditions?