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U.S Final 2017
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1
The Butler Act (1925) was tested in which famous court case
Scopes Trials
Regents of U.C v. Bakke
Griswold v. Connecticut
Plessy v. Ferguson
2
Which of these empowered LBJ to greatly increase U.S military presence in Vietnam?
Operation Rollin Thunder
Pentagon Papers
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
War Powers Act
3
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in all of the following areas except
Public schools
Employment
Housing
Public accommodations
4
House Un-American Committee (H.U.A.C) would blacklist suspected communist esp. in Hollywood.
True
False
5
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was aimed primarily at corporations engaged in:
illegal sale of stocks.
unsafe working conditions.
embezzlement.
monopolistic practices.
6
Which of the following helped over 2 million U.S veterans attend college after World War II?
World Bank
G.I Bill of Rights
War Production Board
Manhattan Project
7
Which organization formed as a result of the successful Montgomery Bus Boycotts?
SNCC
NAACP
SCLC
CORE
8
What event occurred on December 7, 1941 that will bounce the U.S into WWII?
Japan’s surprise attack on a U.S naval base in Pearl Harbor
Germany’s lightning war that ended with the fall of France
desperate need for help in the Battle for Britain
Stalin’s agreement to sign a nonaggression pact with Hitler
9
Which played the most important role in bringing attention to the Civil Rights struggle?
Newspaper
Magazines
Television
Radio
10
How did the United States respond to the Berlin Blockade in 1948?
By airlifting food and supplies into Berlin
By surrendering control of Berlin to the Soviets
By bombing Berlin until the Soviets surrendered
By sending troops to Berlin to break the blockade
11
What lawsuit challenged the constitutionality of school segregation laws?
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Brown v. Board of Education
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
12
How did the federal gov't try to curb public consumption of food and fuel during World War II?
By establishing a system of rationing
By encouraging people to buy war bonds
By encouraging people to plant victory gardens
By selling tires
13
Marcus Garvey's movement to encourage African-Americans to discover their roots was called...
African Roots
Back to Africa
Stay with Africa
Go To Africa
14
This committed the United States to a foreign policy based on the containment of communism?
The Long Telegram
Truman Doctrine
The Baruch Plan
The Four Freedoms
15
The practice of publicly accusing someone of subversive activities without evidence?
Fake News
Censure
McCarthyism
Blacklisting
16
What prompted Japan to surrender to the Allies on August 14, 1945?
The fire bombing of major Japanese cities
The Doolittle raid on the city of Tokyo
The loss of over 100,000 in the Battle of Okinawa
The atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
17
Which statement best describes the outcome of the Korean War?
North and South Korea were annexed by China
N. and S. Korea were reunited under a democratic government
North and South Korea remained divided into two countries
North and S.Korea were reunited under a communist government
18
Which of these is a weapon used by labor unions when negotiations with business owners failed?
Court injunctions
Collective bargaining
Lawsuit
Strike
19
One of the main arguments of supporting the U.S involvement in Vietnam was...
The Domino Theory
Red Scare
Appeasement Trap
Hegemony effect
20
"Relief, Recovery, and Reform" are associated with which President's program
FDR's New Deal
Harding's Return to Normalcy
Hoover's Associationalism
T. Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy
21
True/False: M.A.D stands for Mutual Assured Destruction and was the basis of peace in Cold War
True
False
22
Which of these allowed the U.S to send “all aid short of war” despite being neutral during WW2?
Selective Training and Service Act
Double V campaign
Atlantic Charter
Lend-Lease Act
23
What is Black Tuesday (Oct. 29,1929)?
The day Prohibition started
Stock Market Crash
The Cuban Missile Crisis
a battle in WWI
24
What is this a picture of?
the Dust Bowl
Prohibition
Stock Market Crash
a Hooverville
25
What was the main effect of Executive Order 9066?
The creation of the first African-American combat unit
The evacuation of Japanese Americans to internment camps
The establishment of the Women’s Auxiliary Corps
The opening of centers for Jewish refugees
26
True/False: Traditionalism believes in keeping the older cultural & religious values of America
True
False
27
Which of the following
best
describes a negative aspect of industrialism?
There were more factory workers than agricultural workers
A limited number of factory owners became millionaires
The number of factories built between 1880-1890 increased
Work in factories was repetitive and dangerous
28
What term describes the stockpiling of nuclear weapons by the superpowers?
Blockade
Space race
Arms race
détente
29
What impact did the termination policy have on Native-American tribes during the 1950s?
They expanded their reservation lands
They lost their chance to relocate to cities
They became economically self reliant
They fell deeper into poverty
30
Policy in 1950s stating U.S should be prepared to go to war in order to contain communism.
Subversion
Hegemony
Deterrence
Brinkmanship
