Mr. Frederick's American History Spring Final Review

The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for

After investigating the assassination of JFK, the Warren Commission concluded that

What was the Lend-Lease Act?

The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?

During the war, women in the WAACs served as:

Events such as ___ helped set the stage for the civil rights movement.

The Allied invasion of ___ was given the code name D-Day

Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?

Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. government and military were made by

Which of the following did President Nixon say would bring about "peace with honor" in Vietnam?

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in which activity?

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to:

He was the Supreme Commander of U.S. forces in Europe.

The first organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation was ___.

When forced to abandon the Philippines, ___ made the vow, "I shall return."

The Indian Education Act gave greater control over the education of Native Americans to

The _____ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them from the United States.

Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to ___.

The problem of ___ was targeted by the Office of Price Administration

Which president asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?

___ was most effective in convincing the American public that the war was not winnable

The main purpose of the War Powers Act was to ___.

V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when ___

___ enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam.

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officials to do?

A major turning point in the civil rights movement was marked by ___.

Most Americans in the 1960s relied on as their primary source of entertainment and information.

On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?

The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the ___

The vast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in the ___ .

What is genocide as practiced by the Nazis?

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects Roosevelt's feelings toward joining the war?

The first politician to skillfully use the new medium of television was who?

____ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.

What contributed to the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

Which administration's efforts to mislead the American people were revealed by the publication of the Pentagon Papers?

Which doctrine relating to public education was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education

How did America react to news that the Soviet Union was the first to put a man in space?

Which nation(s) signed a nonagression pact with Germany that led to the invasion of Poland?

___ was the United States' main goal in Vietnam.

General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in

Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an industrial power?

Roosevelt's decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps was a response to

After World War II, the United States aided ___ in its efforts to keep control of Vietnam

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a founder and the first president of the ___.

President Truman threatened to ___ striking workers to prevent strikes from crippling the nation.

An example of racial tensions during the war years is

When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War,

In a capitalist system,

Which of the following statements best defines the domino theory?

When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop what?

Who or what did president Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"?

The Soviet Union set up the ___ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.

. With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ___________ became an  American way of life

The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.

Which U.S. general led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation?

With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of ___ for African Americans.

Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?