What was the outcome of the Korean War?

Korea remained divided as before

What did the Progressives think the government should do?

Protect workers and help the poor

One cause of the Great Depression

speculation of the stock market

Which best describes the philosophy of the Social Gospel Movement?

Churches should help the poor in the community

Why did Roosevelt create the Office of War Mobilization?

To centralize war agencies and help push production

Lend Lease was enacted in order to

Help England with supplies and equipment

Why was Pearl Harbor so significant?

United Americans behind the war effort

What was the 1991 Persian Gulf War about?

Saddam Hussein of Iraq invaded Kuwait

What was "Reaganomics"?

Federal policies that cut taxes for the wealthy

The Marshall Plan was designed to help

Western Europe rebuild after war

Harlem Renaissance refers to

Celebration of African-American culture

In order to influence the Supreme Court, FDR tried to

pack the court by adding additional judges

Public schools were important in

Helping immigrant children assimilate

What did Congress do with the War Powers Act?

Limited the President's military power

What did Sandra Day O'Connor achieve in 1981?

First woman justice on the Supreme Court

What was the primary purpose of protests during the 1960s?

Demand American withdraw from Vietnam

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1
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution
Limit powers of the judicial branch
Make all citizens equal
Protect personal liberties
Make the Constitution flexible
2
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
China controlled the North
North Korean surrendered
Truman lost the 1948 election
Korea remained divided as before
3
What did the Progressives think the government should do?
Outlaw unions
Nationalize industries
Protect workers and help the poor
Abolish home rule in cities and states
4
What was the result of the Spanish-American War?
Spain admitted to blowing up the Maine
US became a world power
Cuba became a Spanish protectorate
Philippines became Independent
5
One cause of the Great Depression
too much government intervention
Increase in farm prosperity
speculation of the stock market
decline in credit buying
6
Which best describes the philosophy of the Social Gospel Movement?
Churches should help the poor in the community
Teaching religion in public schools
Do whatever it takes to get ahead
Poor should NOT be helped because they are weak
7
How did the Soviets respond to NATO?
Warsaw Pact
left the United Nations
They ended the Berlin Airlift
Joined the Marshall Plan
8
One sign the economy was weakening in the 1920s was
Farm failures
Low unemployment
increase in personal savings
Rising wages
9
Why did Roosevelt create the Office of War Mobilization?
To build wartime morale
to replace the Office of Price Administration
To centralize war agencies and help push production
To reduce the governments role in war production
10
Lend Lease was enacted in order to
obtain scarce items
create jobs for Europeans
push Americans to war
Help England with supplies and equipment
11
Why was Pearl Harbor so significant?
Japanese conquest of the Philippines
It destroyed three American carriers
The Pacific Fleet was totally destroyed
United Americans behind the war effort
12
What was the 1991 Persian Gulf War about?
Saudi Arabia stopped selling oil to the US
Arab League demanded removal of US support of Israel
American companies wanted direct control of oil fields
Saddam Hussein of Iraq invaded Kuwait
13
What was "Reaganomics"?
Government support for working class families
Federal policies that cut taxes for the wealthy
Theory of international relations
Revival of New Deal Projects
14
The Marshall Plan was designed to help
retain military forces in Europe
Western Europe rebuild after war
Soviet Union compete economically
Soviets build a nuclear bomb
15
Which New Deal Program helped retired people?
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Social Security
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
16
Harlem Renaissance refers to
population increase in Harlem
Celebration of African-American culture
Struggle by the NAACP for rights
program to promote African American businesses
17
Who made the final decision to drop the Atomic Bomb?
FDR
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Truman
18
NATO was based in what principle?
Free trade
Appeasement
Collective security
Isolationism
19
Which best describes the presidents of the 1920s?
building up arms and armed forces
expansionism and internationalism
Isolation and laissez-faire
reduction in immigration quotas
20
In order to influence the Supreme Court, FDR tried to
remove apposing judges
ignore Supreme Court rulings
pack the court by adding additional judges
amend the Constitution
21
Public schools were important in
Helping immigrant children assimilate
Decreasing literacy
Teaching religion
Training women for the workplace
22
Which of the following battles turned the tide of the Pacific War in favor of the allies?
Iwo Jima
Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
Midway
23
What did Congress do with the War Powers Act?
Ordered troops back from Iran
Limited the President's military power
Forbid the president from ever sending soldiers
Gave the president more power with military overseas
24
What did Sandra Day O'Connor achieve in 1981?
First woman Speaker of the House
First woman justice on the Supreme Court
First woman Republican candidate for Vice President
She was the first woman astronaut
25
What showed the post World War I anxiety about communism?
Union organizers encouraged to recruit new members
Women in political organizations
Sacco and Vanzetti case
Flappers
26
What did the Case Marbury v Madison establish?
Separation of Powers
Judicial Review
Popular sovereignty
Civil Rights
27
Which minority group was most negatively affected by the government's war policies?
Jewish Americans
German Americans
Japanese Americans
American Communists
28
What was the primary purpose of protests during the 1960s?
It was all responding to Kent State
Build support for the military
Demand American withdraw from Vietnam
Ban use of Agent Orange
29
John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of
evolution
fundamentalism
biology
creationism
30
What court case legalized abortion in 1973?
Schneck v United States
Roe v Wade
Brown v Board
Bakke v Regents

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