U.S. History Final Review 2022

Which country's economy was the most stable following WWI?

True/False Marcus Garvey led many African-Americans in a movement that would take them back to Africa.

True/False The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a crucial piece of legislation during the 1950s.

True/False Sen. McCarthy claimed that he had evidence from the Soviets that incriminated the President.

The Allied leaders met in Potsdam and decided that they would only accept the unconditional Japanese surrender.

Which was NOT a provision of the GI Bill?

True/False The invention of the light bulb resulted in the rise of suburbs.

True/False The Germans were able to pull of a surprising win against the Soviets in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Which state refused to integrate black students into its public schools?

What was the date that World War II started?

What group of people did the Immigration Act of 1924 target?

True/False Inventions and new industries contributed to the economic success of the 1920s.

What was the purpose of the ACLU?

Which was NOT a country that was a part of ANZUS?

How long did the Korean War last?

What word is defined as doing what is necessary to prevent the spread of communism?

What event brought the U.S. into World War II?

True/False The U.S. got involved in the Korean War because it supported our policy of containment.

Which man was in charge of ALL the Allied troops in the European Theater?

Who was the commanding U.S. general for the Korean War?

True/False The U.S. stopped giving funds to Egypt because they used that money to buy weapons from the Soviet Union.

Which was NOT a permanent country in the United Nations?

True/False Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was significant because it legalized segregation.

True/False The U.S. used the strategy of the scorched earth policy which required installing bases on Pacific islands.

Which country was the first to put a satellite in space?

Which was NOT an issue addressed in the Fair Deal?

What characterizes a free enterprise system?

What event started World War II?

True/False The Great Purge was the idea that the Soviets were more of a threat than the Nazis were.

True/False Both black Americans and women were shown the most prejudice during the 1920s.

True/False Isolationism results when one country has little to no relationship with other countries.

True/False The systematic killing of the Jews in Europe is called the "shoah" or Holocaust.

True/False The Nazis called their mass killing of the Jews in Europe the Final Solution to end the Jewish problem.

What was the first country Germany took over in Europe?

True/False The Nuremberg Trials were set up by the Allies to convict war criminals from World War II.

Why was Gen. MacArthur fired during the Korean War?

Who was the lawyer who represented the Brown family in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?

What was the focus at the Geneva Summit?

True/False Fidel Castro was elected as the new leader of Cuba in 1959 despite the fact that he was communist.