US History - Final Exam 2020-2021

Which statement describes a major social and economic impact on American society during World War II?

Henry Ford’s greatest achievement was that he:

Black woman in Montgomery, Alabama who refused to give up her seat to a white man that led to an active boycott.

Ideology used to promote one idea or depose another:

Situation in October of 1962 that almost led to nuclear holocaust between the United States and the Soviet Union:

Which major trend characterized the 1920's and continues today?

Most conservatives who opposed President Franklin D. Roosevelt's policies believed that the New Deal was:

The inherent ability to establish and maintain self-government:

Which combination of factors contributed most to the start of the Great Depression of the 1930's?

A major long-term effect of the Vietnam War has been:

Which major European nation in the Allied powers fell to the Nazi army in June 1940?

What event carried out by the Japanese in the Philippines after its capture was considered a war crime against humanity?

A secret message that revealed an attempt by the Germans to ally with Mexico and encourage them to start war with the US

The policy of containment was established by which president?

What contributed to the Nazi’s abandoning their original plan to invade England in 1940?

At the end of World War II, the Allies held joint control of Germany and the city of:

The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937 were intended to:

Dr. King’s march from Selma to Montgomery was to secure:

What was a key challenge faced by the United States during World War II?

Germany and the Soviet Union helped begin WWII by jointly invading:

The Chinese civil war in 1949 won by the Communist was led by:

Which of the following was Allied commander in the Pacific?

Which of the following regions in Europe did Hitler annex in 1938?

Which situation was a basic cause of the Great Depression?

Woodrow Wilson’s goals for establishing a lasting peace in Europe following WWI:

The name for the land between the trenches during the fighting of WWI was:

The 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion/1962 missile crisis are conflicts directly related to US relations with which two nations?

What was the code name for the American invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944?

Which of the following was in charge of all Allied forces in Europe?

Man that shot Lee Harvey Oswald:

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established by the United States and the nations of Western Europe to:

The placement of Japanese Americans in relocation centers during the early 1940's was prompted mainly by:

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowed the President to:

During World War II, the Manhattan Project was the name of the plan to:

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions banned racial segregation in the nation’s schools?

The men from France, Britain, Italy, and the U.S. who led peace delegations at Versailles:

One of the major causes of the stock market crash of 1929 was:

The purpose of the New Deal programs was to provide:

In the 1920’s, the illegal billion-dollar industry was:

Civil rights protestors that rode de-segregated buses into segregated terminals in the south:

In the 1930's, the United States responded to the rise of totalitarian powers in Europe by:

The major turning point on the Eastern front of the European Campaign in 1943 came in the Soviet Union at the Battle of:

The last German offensive in WWII in Europe took place in December 1944 and was called the:

A temporary suspension of fighting between two opposing sides to discuss the terms of a treaty was called:

What Pacific island chain controlled by America fell to the Japanese following Pearl Harbor?

Which of the following is a cause of WWI?

On August 6, 1945, the United States became the first and only country in history to use atomic weapons on the city of:

Which action is an example of international appeasement?

The man accused of being the lone assassin of President John F. Kennedy:

The Espionage and Sedition Acts came into conflict with:

New premier of the Soviet Union in 1953 following the death of Joseph Stalin.

Only man in the history of the presidency to resign from office.

The search by Senator McCarthy for communists in the federal government was the result of:

As World War II ended, the Soviet Union began creating a communist buffer zone in:

The 1960 Presidential election is significant because for the first time Americans saw this:

Postwar international peace keeping organization set up through the Treaty of Versailles:

New weapon used to disrupt American shipping to Allied forces early in WWI:

Adoption of the "cash and carry" policy in 1939 & the Lend-Lease Act in 1941 showed a growing commitment of the US to:

The first affordable automobile for middle class Americans:

The name of the plan that dumped 13 billion U.S. tax dollars in rebuilding Western Europe following WWII was the:

Which of the following battles in the Pacific was the turning point of the war?

Which of the following incidents deteriorated the trust the American people had in their government?

During the Korean War, Truman fired General MacArthur because:

Banks were especially hard hit by the stock market crash because:

The belief by the state department that Soviet policy goals included conquering other nations led to the:

When Winston Churchill proposed hitting the “soft underbelly of the Axis Powers”, he was referring to:

Commander of American Military forces during WWI:

Which of the following reasons is why Japan bombed Pearl Harbor?

Rebellion in Russia in 1917, led to the eventual withdrawal of troops from WWI; began the reign of Communism in U.S.S.R.

The Warsaw Pact was a Soviet response to:

On August 9, 1945 after the Japanese refused to surrender, the United States dropped a second bomb on which city?

At which of the following events did Martin Luther King give his famous “I Have a Dream” speech?

Which event was a cause of the other three?

Many European leaders believed that the formation of alliances between nations would:

Communist “Witch Hunt” in America from 1950 – 1954.

Government securities sold to finance the war against the Central Powers:

The Supreme Court declared some New Deal laws unconstitutional because these laws:

Which statement expresses the New Deal philosophy about the role of government?

In 1963, the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union signed a treaty that:

In 1939, Hitler and Stalin shocked the world by:

Concrete divide between East and West Berlin that became a symbol of communist oppression during the Cold War.