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1
1965: health insurance for poor and handicapped
Medicade
Medicare
2
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were______
immigrants convicted under the Espionage Act
doctors who researched cures to diseases
northern industrialists who crushed a labor strike
convicted as Soviet spies
3
In 1965 health care for people 65 and over was created
Medicare
Medicade
4
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited racial segregation_______
in government
in the schools
n public accommodations
at the polls
5
WWI Voc:Law requiring men to register for military service
Selective Service Act
The Brinkmanship Act
The Conscription Act
The Truman Doctrine
6
Which characteristic of American life in the 1950s is illustrated in this cartoon?
growth of the elderly population
effects of suburbanization
decreasing use of automobiles
declining importance of the media
7
Said equal rights under the law shallnot be denied by the U.S. or state on the account of sex
Equal Rights Amendment
Civil Rights Act 1968
Civil Rights Act 1964
Title IX
8
Dollar Diplomacy reflects Taft's belief in_________
cultural imperialism
the U.S. need to control East Asian countries
the need to stay out of the affairs of other countries
economic rather than military action
9
In 1925, John Scopes challenged a Tennessee law which________
forbid speech against Tennessee politicians
forbade the teaching of evolution
forbid the drinking of alcohol
restricted Jews from attending public school
10
He finds religion in prison – a sect of Islam called “The Nation of Islam
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr
11
When founded, the major purpose of the National Organization for Women (NOW) was to____
advocate for equal opportunities for women
lobby for the prohibition of alcohol
overturn Supreme Court's decision in Griswold v. Connecticut
promote the election of women to national and state office
12
During the 20s, the trial of Saccoand Vanzetti and the rise of nativism were all signs of
The return of normalcy
The start of the GreatDepression
A rising fear offoreigners
The benefits of newtechnologies
13
Which foreign policy is most closely associated with Theodore Roosevelt?
Big Stick Policy
Good Neighbor Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Isolationism
14
WWI Voc:Fighting between fortified ditches
Manhattan Project
Trench Warfare
German Warfare
Bio Warfare
15
Based on the information provided by the cartoon, President Theodore Roosevelt’s goal was to
use federal power to control monopolies
establish worker safety regulations in factories
persuade businesses to accept nationalization
assist businesses in resisting interference by investors
16
Which cabinet post
was not
created in the 1960s
Department of Housing & Urban Development
Department of Transportation
Department of Veteran Affairs
17
President FDR attempted to address the problems hown in the photograph by
providing jobs and home loans to American workers
expanding the armed services
delivering food, water, and medical supplies to residents
using the police to evict “Hooverville” residents
18
One of the main effects of the passage of the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 was expansion of
ridership on long-distance passenger trains
immigrant populations
the airline industry
communities in the suburbs
19
Ms Magazine was created by
Gloria Steinem
Helen Reddy
Rachel Carson
Betty Freidan
20
FeminineMystique is written by
Helen Reddy
Gloria Steinem
Betty Friedan
Rachel Carson
21
Which book argued that middle-class society prevents women from using their individual talents?
Modern Women: The Lost Sex
Women and Choices
The Feminine Mystique
Equal Pay and Equal Rights
22
African American author; wrote Native Son in 1940 about a man surviving the racist world.
John Collier
Alfred E Smith
Richard Wright
Huey Long
23
WWI Vocabulary:Building up armed forces to prepare for war
Militarism
Appeasement
Imperialism
Nationalism
24
The right to vote
Suffrage
Referendum
Prohibition
Recall
25
US pledges economic and military aid to any Middle Eastern country threatened by communism
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
26
A muckraker who wrote the Jungle: about the issue of sanitation in the meat packing industry.
Upton Sinclair
John Muir
Carrie Chapman Catt
Theodore Roosevelt
27
Which president believed in a Square Deal?
T. Roosevelt
E. Debbs
W. Wilson
W. Taft
28
Law requiring men to register for military service.
Army Act
Conscientious Objector
Selective Service Act
Federal Reserve Act
29
The last point of the Fourteen Points, which Wilson considered the most important, called for__
German reparations
a general association of nations to keep peace
low tariffs
freedom of the seas
30
The Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer was part of the World War II effort to
coordinate troop movements between NewYork and Europe
develop the atomic bomb
ban the use of chemical and biologicalwarfare
supply the Allies with more fighter planes
31
One reason the United States supported the creation of the United Nations was to
determine blame for the start of World War II
promote the development of nuclear weapons
maintain international peace
improve efforts to collect war debts
32
Laws that enacted harsh penalties against anyone opposing US participation in World War I.
Propanganda
Conscientious Objector
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Armistice
33
Which action best illustrates the Cold War policy of containment?
creating the North Atlantic TreatyOrganization (NATO)
participating in the Nuremberg trials
recognizing the state of Israel in 1948
encouraging scientific cooperation betweenthe Allies
34
What JFK program sent young volunteers to third-world countries to help on sponsored projects?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Peace Corps
Alliance for Progress
American Corps
35
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was led by____
Booker T Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
W.E.B. DoBois
Malcolm X
36
Which amendment permitted the creation of an income tax?
16th
18th
17th
15th
37
Elements of African-American artistry such as poetry and jazz flourished during ________
UNIA and black power movement
Harlem Renaissance
radio revivalism era
Lost Generation
38
"Fireside chats" were _______
meetings in which World War II strategy
talks between Wilson and the American people
radio addresses Franklin Roosevelt made to the public
closed door meetings Nixon had with his security advisors
39
Bans discriminationin real estate transactions
Title IX
Equal Rights Amendment
Civil Rights Act 1968
Civil Rights Act 1964
40
What was the major result of Henry Ford’s innovativemanufacturing techniques?
Fewer Americans hadjobs
The sale prices ofcars went down
More Americans boughtcars from overseas
The sale prices of theaverage car increased
41
What was the purpose of the 22
nd
Amendment?
Direct election of Ssenators
Limit the presidents terms in office
End prohibition
Change voting age to 18
42
The Securities and Exchange Commission was created to________
make sure that only banks that are sound stay open
insure people's commercial bank accounts
reduce unemployment
oversee stock exchanges & punish fraud in securities trading
43
Money given to veterans to for education & lowinterest loans were provided to buy homes/farms
22nd Amendment
Cash and Carry Act
GI Bill
44
They seek equal pay & equalopportunities and attack the false image of women
CORE
Black Panther
SCLC
National Organization for Women
45
Unsafe at any Speed by Ralph Nader & Silent Spring by Rachel Carson helped pass
Voter Motor Act
Clean Air and Water Way Act
Headstart
46
What was one consequence of prohibition?
City drinking effectively ended.
Women stayed out of speakeasies.
Organized crime grew tremendously.
Midwesterners protested the law violently.
47
What was a direct result of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961?
Cold War tensions increased.
Fidel Castro was removed from power
The United States announced its GoodNeighbor policy
The communist government in Nicaragua wasoverthrown.
48
Dem. candidate 1928 election; served 4 terms as governor of NY; personable & enjoyedattention
Alfred E Smith
John Collier
Huey Long
Richard Wright
49
1920s Vocabulary: To be anti-immigrant
Anarchist
Communist
Totalitarianist
Nativist
50
Jacob Riis' "How the Other Half Lives" ________
attacked government practices towards workers
implicated safety standards instituted by the government
used photographs to illustrate poverty, illness, and crime
took on problems faced by immigrants
51
Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that
Encouraged activism
Discouraged a laissez-faire approach to the economy
Brought about social reform
Aided the growth of business
52
The Iron Curtain was the figurative line that_____
through Europe dividing capitalist from communist states
separating the United States from the rest of the world
separating North Korea from South Korea
separating the world into capitalist and communist camps
53
The 17
th
Amendment says_______
the direct election of senators
prohibition
income tax
term limits for the president
54
Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 election over W. Taft and T. Roosevelt thanks in large part to_____
the Repub. Party's dissatisfaction with Roosevelt's politics
popular support for interventionist foreign policy
a split of Republican votes between Taft and Roosevelt
Taft's decision to run as a Progressive incumbent
55
The main idea of the cartoon is that President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to______
create higher qualifications for justices
control the decisions of the Supreme Court
encourage the Supreme Court to act more efficiently
impeach justices who did not support him
56
The center for black writers, musicians, and intellectuals in the 1920s was_______
Detriot
Harlem
Atlanta
Washington DC
57
The United States' plan to give financial aid to Europe after World War II was known as the____
Berlin Crisis
Containment
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
58
The construction of the Panama Canal was plagued by_______
Columbian military resistance
American opposition at home
disease
attacks from Panamanian rebels
59
Civil rights oldest organization founder WEB Dubois- involved w/ Brown of Board of Ed decision
Black Panthers
SCLC
NAACP
60
People buying stock on credit during the 1920s
Insider trading
Buying consumerism
Buying on margin
61
Bobby Seale was the spokesman for which organization that supported black power philosophies?
Students for a Democratic Society
Black Muslims
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Black Panther Party
62
Which factor contributed to the post–WW II development of the community shown in the cartoon?
rise in the birth rate
decline in the availability of home loans
decrease in school construction
increase in the number of women in the labor force
63
The Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States (1944) upheld the authorization
limiting of freedom of speech during wartime
placement of women in combat roles
exclusion of Japanese Americans from theWest Coast
adoption of the military draft
64
S.C. ruled having separate public schools for black & white students was unconstitutional.
Brown v Board of Ed
Miranda v Arizona
Plessy v Ferguson
65
He followed the beliefs of Mohandas Gandhi – civil disobedience and non violent protest
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr
66
1920s Voc: Economic & political system on one-party government & stateownership of all property
Communism
Socialism
Isolationism
Totalitarianism
67
The demand for automobiles in the 1920s
Stimulated growth in many other industries
Brought abou the collapse of the suburbs
Closed down the steel industry
Led to a nationwide recession
68
Which geographic area was most seriously affected by the Dust Bowl of the 1930s?
Pacific Coast
Ohio River valley
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Great Plains
69
The crisis highlighted in these newspaperheadlines was the
invasion of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba
placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba by theSoviet Union
opposition of Cuba to the Alliance forProgress
election of Fidel Castro as president of Cuba
70
WWI Vocabulary:Fighting between fortified ditches
Trench Warfare
Ditch Warfare
Extreme Warfare
Total Warfare
71
All of the following are considered causes of the Great Depression
EXCEPT______
excessive regulation of business
overproduction of consumer goods
stock market speculation
excessive use of credit
72
The British prime minister during WWI
David Lloyd George
Bernard M. Baruch
Georges Clemenceau
Henry Cabot Lodge
73
WWI, Leader of the War Industries Board
Bernard M. Baruch
Georges Clemenceau
Henry Cabot Lodge
David Lloyd George
74
WWI Vocabulary:Payments made by defeated countries after a war
Alliances
Rectification
Appeasements
Reparations
75
The French premier during WWI
Henry Cabot Lodge
Bernard M. Baruch
Georges Clemenceau
David Lloyd George
76
The 21
st
Amendment ______
passed prohibition
repealed prohibition
allowed direct election of senators
moved up the inauguration date of the president
77
The “dream deferred” in this poem refers to the hopes African Americans had for _______
social and political equality
access to affordable medical treatment
an independent African American nation
separate public accommodations
78
Ends segregation in most public facilities
Civil Rights Act 1964
Civil Rights Act 1968
Equal Rights Amendment
Title IX
79
Jazz was
A style of art createdby African American activists
A fashion style thatcame and went quickly
A musical style createdby southern plantation owners
An American hybrid ofAfrican American/ European music forms
80
Which development was a result of the Progressive movement?
Government increased its regulation ofbusiness practices.
The influence of the national government wasreduced.
Women become less active in public life
Congress failed to balance the federal budget
81
WWI Voc:A biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts andactions
Yellow Journalism
Expose
Propaganda
Advertisement
82
American painter who created the famous paintingcalled American Gothic.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Grant Wood
Alfred E Smith
Huey Long
83
This international peace-keeping organization proposed by Wilson and founded in 1920.
League of Nations
United Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
84
Conservative senator who wanted to keep the United States out of theLeague of Nations
Georges Clemenceau
David Lloyd George
Bernard M. Baruch
Henry Cabot Lodge
85
Provides the election of U.S. senators by the people rather than by state legislatures.
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
16th Amendment
19th Amendment
86
What was the main reason for the emergence of “Hoovervilles” was_______
1000 of homes were destroyed by the effects of the Dust Bowl
Housing projects could not keep up
World War II had created a shortage of building materials
Many Americans had lost jobs during the Great Depression
87
The government program that created pre-school in under privileged areas is called
Head Start
Job Corps.
VPK
88
S.C. ruled suspects of a crime could notbe questioned until they had been read their rights.
Espionage Act
Plessy v Ferguson
Brownv Board of Ed
Miranda v Arizona
89
Which president created the Interstate Highway System?
Taft
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Eisenhower
90
WWI Voc:Movementof many African Americans to northern cities from the South in the early 1900s
Northern Expansion
Western Expansion
The Great Migration
91
An African American, dedicated to promotingopportunities to young African Americans
Grant Wood
Alfred E Smith
Huey Long
Mary McLeod Bethune
92
1920's Vocabulary:Opposition to political/economic alliances/ entanglements with othercountries
Socialism
Communism
Imperilaism
Isolationism
93
WWI Voc: Messageproposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico
The Treaty of Versialles
The Sedition Act
The Zimmerman Note
The Espionage Act
94
FDR's Tennessee Valley Authority _________
provide money to states for soup kitchens
allot money to hundreds of charity groups
invent jobs for the poor
prevent employers from firing workers
95
The instructions referred to in this public notice resulted in the_________
deportation of most Japanese aliens to Japan
drafting of young Japanese American men into the US military
removal of Japanese Americans to internment camps
protection of the homes and property of Japanese Americans
96
Who wrote "Other America” which talks about the poor in the United States
Rachel Carson
Ralph Nader
MichaelHarrington
Upton Sinclair
97
The atomic bomb was developed by a team of scientists led by________
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
Julius Rosenberg.
Edward Teller
98
WWI Vocabulary:The 1919 treaty that ended WWI
Treaty of Paris
14 Points
Treaty of Portsmouth
Treaty of Versailles
99
This allowed for equality in sports programs high school& college
Civil Rights Act 1968
Civil Rights Act 1964
Equal Rights Amendment
Title IX
100
Commissioner of Indian affairsby FDR in 1933 helped create the Indian Reorganization Act 1934.
John Collier
Richard Wright
Huey Long
Alfred E Smith
