Why did the Soviet Union join the Allies during WWII?

Hitler violated the nonaggression pact

How did Stalin propose reducing Germany's power at the Yalta Conference?

Germany was divided into four zones post-WWII

What did the Montgomery Bus Boycott demonstrate?

African Americans could withhold money to gain rights

What were Truman's stated aims in dropping atomic bombs on Japan during WWII?

To end the war quickly and save lives

Which event had the biggest impact on America's decision to enter the war?

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Many Republicans criticized the New Deal for

Going too far in its attempts to regulate the economy

"Jim Crow" Laws were laws that

Established segregated facilities

What was the law under Executive Order 9066?

Japanese-Americans on the west coast were interned

The Bonus Army that marched on Washington DC demanded

An early bonus pay for WWI veterans

Identify the court case that legalized segregation as long as the facilities were "separate but equal."

Plessy v. Ferguson, Roe v. Wade

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1
Why did the Soviet Union join the Allies during WWII?
Hitler violated the nonaggression pact
The Soviet Union was an original member of the Allies
Soviet fleets were bombed by the Japanese
Hitler invaded Poland
2
New Deal program that provided affordable electricity to seven states
CWA
Social Security
PWA
TVA
3
Founder and leader in the SCLC
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Stokely Carmichael
4
Court case that upheld Executive Order 9066
UC Regents v. Bakke
Korematsu v. the United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. the Board of Education
5
How did Stalin propose reducing Germany's power at the Yalta Conference?
Germany had to give up all colonies
Germany had to reduce her military
Germany had to pay war reparations
Germany was divided into four zones post-WWII
6
What did the Montgomery Bus Boycott demonstrate?
Political support was needed to achieve rights
Nonviolent protest did not work
Violence was needed to achieve civil rights
African Americans could withhold money to gain rights
7
New Deal program that employed young men in environmental jobs
CCC
FERA
WPA
NRA
8
What were Truman's stated aims in dropping atomic bombs on Japan during WWII?
To test the effectiveness of America's nuclear technology
To intimidate the Soviet Union
To punish Japan for Pearl Harbor
To end the war quickly and save lives
9
Which event had the biggest impact on America's decision to enter the war?
Germany's invasion of Poland
The Holocaust
The failure of appeasement
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
10
America's longest serving president
FDR
Eisenhower
LBJ
JFK
11
Many Republicans criticized the New Deal for
Trying to put an end to the unequal distribution of wealth
Not doing enough to reform the economy
Failing to address the high unemployment rate
Going too far in its attempts to regulate the economy
12
What proposes that a nuclear first strike is futile because the enemy can retaliate in kind?
MAD
Flexible Response
Brinkmanship
Containment
13
Which of the following provided exemption to white voters from poll taxes and literacy tests?
The Grandfather Clause
Affirmative Action
The 14th Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment
14
Law that allowed America to supply Allied countries with weapons without payment
The Wagner Act
The Lend-Lease Act
Cash-and-carry
The Neutrality Acts
15
"Jim Crow" Laws were laws that
Registered African Americans to vote in the South
Sent Native Americans to reservations
Established segregated facilities
Prohibited African Americans from voting
16
What ended the Great Depression in America?
Building weapons for WWII
Socialism
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The New Deal
17
The attack of suicidal ______ was detrimental to the U.S. Navy
Blitzkrieg
Atomic Bombs
Kamikazes
Luftwaffe
18
Huey Long's "Share the Weath" advocated a home and income to
Every American
Stock market investors
Socialists and communists
Farmers
19
Which of the following civil rights organization emerged due to discontent with nonviolence?
The SNCC
AIM
The Black Panthers
The SCLC
20
Which of the following is an example of brinkmanship?
The formation of NATO
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Korean War
The Berlin Airlift
21
What was the law under Executive Order 9066?
Japanese-Americans on the west coast were interned
German-Americans were interned
Immigrants from any Axis country were interned
All of the above
22
Which of the following Cold War policies represents a willingness to go to the edge of war?
Detente
Containment
The Domino Theory
Brinkmanship
23
Law that prohibits poll taxes as a requirement to vote
Restrictive covenants
24th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1968
19th Amendment
24
Which of the following amendments granted all men suffrage?
19th
14th
13th
15th
25
Which of the following organizations promoted equal rights for Native Americans?
UFWOC
NOW
AIM
SCLC
26
Why did Dr. King organize the Selma Campaign?
To protest bus segregation
To desegregate Alabama
To support black voting rights
To support affirmative aciton policies
27
What occurred after Stalin placed a blockade around Berlin following Germany's reunification?
Construction of the Berlin Wall
The Marshall Plan
The Berlin Airlift
The Iron Curtain
28
The Bonus Army that marched on Washington DC demanded
Reinstatement of lost savings from banks
Public works projects for the unemployed
An increase in military jobs for the unemployed
An early bonus pay for WWI veterans
29
Which of the following amendments outlawed slavery?
14th
19th
24th
13th
30
Which of the following years is generally considered the worst of the Depression?
1929
1930
1931
1932
31
Which court case called into question affirmative action policies in college admissions?
Miranda v. Arizona
Plessy v. Ferguson
UC Regents v. Bakke
Roe v. Wade
32
Why did America enter the Korean War?
To appease the Soviet Union
To contain communism
To help North Korea
To launch a nuclear attack on China
33
Why were peace talks between Eisenhower and Khrushchev derailed?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Berlin Airlift
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The U-2 Incident
34
Which of the following units was vital on the Pacific Front because of code encryption?
The WAAC's
The Tuskegee Airmen
The 442nd Combat Unit
The Navajo Code Talkers
35
Which of the following amendments outlawed poll taxes as a requirement to vote?
14th
24th
15th
19th
36
Who stated civil rights "by any means necessary?"
Malcolm X
The Black Panthers
Dr. King
Stokely Carmichael
37
Identify the court case that legalized segregation as long as the facilities were "separate but equal."
Plessy v. Ferguson
Roe v. Wade
Brown v. the Board of Education
Miranda v. Arizona
38
What conclusion did the Warren Commission reach about Kennedy's assassination?
There was a CIA conspiracy
Oswald had not acted alone
Oswald had acted alone
The Cubans assassinated the president
39
The refusal to obey a law that one considers morally wrong is known as
Nullification
Civil Disobedience
De facto segregation
De jure segregation
40
What was the immediate effect of the bombing on the Sixteenth Baptist Church in Birmingham?
The 1963 March on Washington
Nonviolent protest
Race riots and more deaths
Civil disobedience
41
Which of the following organization promoted equal rights for agricultural workers?
NOW
AIM
UFWOC
SCLC
42
Which of the following provides a reason for U.S. involvement in the Korean War?
The Domino Theory
Containment
Flexible Response
Brinkmanship
43
General fired by Truman during Korean War for advocating use of nuclear weapons.
General MacArthur
General Patton
General Rommel
General Eisenhower
44
Which event represents the closest the U.S. and Soviet Union came to nuclear war?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Korean War
The Berlin Airlift
45
New Deal program that sent unemployed women to camps
CCC
FERA
WPA
AAA
46
Which of the following movements resulted in the desegregation of lunch counters?
Freedom Summer
The Selma Campaign
The Sit-In Movement
Freedom Rides
47
New Deal program that provided government construction jobs to "pump prime" the economy
CWA
PWA
TVA
Social Security
48
Which of the following provides an example of appeasement?
The Munich Pact
The Nonaggression Pact
Island-Hopping
The invasion of Poland
49
Identify the legislation that proposed equal rights for women.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1968
The Equal Rights Amendment
The 24th Amendment
50
What was the name of the project to develop a nuclear bomb?
Operation Overlord
Appeasement
The Manhattan Project
The Munich Pact
51
All of the following leaders were present at the Potsdam Conference EXCEPT
President Truman
Joseph Stalin
Clement Atlee
FDR
52
Senator Jospeh McCarthy was known for-
Advocating brinkmanship during the Cold War
Recommending that America intervene in Vietnam
Leading "witch-hunts" to expose communists
Recommending that America intervene in Korea
53
First American president to follow a policy of containment
Truman
JFK
Nixon
LBJ
54
What started the Korean War?
The invasion of North Korea by communist South Korea
The invasion of Korea by communist China
The invasion of Korea by the Soviet Union
The invasion of South Korea by communist North Korea
55
Advocated "Black Power"
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Stokely Carmichael
Malcolm X
56
What impact did Sputnik have on America?
Increased spending on all educational programs
Increased spending in the arts
Increased spending on math and science education
Increased spending on history and english education
57
Proposed using "any means necessary" in the struggle for civil rights
Malcolm X
Stokely Carmichael
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
58
Law that eliminated poll taxes and literacy tests
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Equal Rights Amendment
59
Law passed by Congress in the late 1940's, despite a presidential veto (during red scare).
McCarran Act
McCarthyism
HUAC
The Loyalty Review Board
60
American president who reassured the people of Berlin after construction of the Berlin Wall
JFK
LBJ
Nixon
Truman
61
All of the following are considered causes of the Depression EXCEPT
The Stock Market Crash
An unequal distribution of wealth
Rugged Individualism
Agricultural Overproduction
62
Why was the AAA enacted during the Depression?
To stop agricultural overproduction to stabilize prices
Food prices were too high
Farmland was needed for residential development
To eliminate farmland for industrial expansion
63
American president that introduced a New Deal to solve the Great Depression
FDR
LBJ
Truman
JFK
64
Law that eliminated housing discrimination
Restrictive covenants
24th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1968
19th Amendment
65
Which of the following court cases ruled that slaves were not U.S. citizens?
Dred Scott v. John Sanford
UC Regents v. Bakke
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. the Board of Education
66
Why did Dr. King organize the Children's March?
Children wanted to march for civil rights
The adults were in jail
Children gain more media coverage
School segregation impacts children
67
Program of assistance to war torn Western Europe following WWII
The Marshall Plan
The Truman Doctrine
Containment
Creation of the UN
68
Which of the following served as a deterrent to African Americans voting in the South?
Poll Taxes
The KKK
All of the above
Literacy Tests
69
The SEC and FDIC are part of which New Deal program
The Glass-Steagall Banking Act
The Social Security Act
The Wagner Act
The NIRA
70
Which of the following is considered an effect of the Civil Rights Act of 1968?
It outlawed the KKK
It outlawed poll taxes
It outlawed restrictive covenants
It outlawed segregation
71
Why did FDR ask Congress to increase the number of Supreme Court justices?
The court declared many New Deal programs unconstitutional
More experienced justices were needed
The court was overworked and needed assistance
Several justices had died and needed to be replaced
72
How did the U.S. government seek to regulate the economy during WWII?
By issuing war bonds to finance the war
By outlawing strikes so that production would not stop
All of the above
By asking Americans to ration goods needed for the war
73
FDR's victory in the 1932 election demonstrated that
FDR's court packing scheme was a success
People liked and accepted the New Deal
People did not like Hoover's response to the Depression
Americans agreed with the philosophy of rugged individualism
74
American president that introduced brinkmanship
Eisenhower
JFK
FDR
LBJ
75
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 did all of the following EXCEPT
Outlawed literacy tests
Outlawed poll taxes
Outlawed loitering outside polling places
Outlawed segregation
76
The purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to
Provide self-determination in Poland
Create a collective security alliance, NATO
Aid countries that were targets of communist expansion
Aid in the recovery of war torn Europe
77
Which of the following amendment granted suffrage to all women?
15th
14th
24th
19th
78
Which of the following units was an elite African American air command?
The 442nd Combat Unit
The WAAC's
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Navajo Code Talkers
79
Which battle was considered the turning point on the Pacific Front?
Midway
Guadalcanal
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
The Philippines
80
Which decision upheld segregation as long as the facilities were "separate but equal?"
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Plessy v. Ferguson
UC Regents v. Bakke
Brown v. the Board of Education
81
The right to vote
Ratification
Suffrage
Amend
Nullification
82
New Deal program that provided "old age" insurance (retirement)
Social Security
TVA
PWA
CWA
83
During WWII, immigration from Mexico increased as demand for agricultural workers led to
The White Flight
Urban Renewal
The Termination Policy
The Bracero Program
84
All of the following were components of FDR's New Deal EXCEPT
Relief
Reform
Reconstruction
Recovery
85
Why did the Soviet Union build a wall around Berlin?
To protect the city from invasion
A temporary fence was already in place, a permanent concrete wall was built
The Soviets protested the reunification of Germany
To stop East Berliners from fleeing communism
86
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
The first black students to sue over public school segregation
The college students who organized Freedom Rides
The college students who launched the Sit-in Movement
The first black students to integrate Central High School
87
What did Dr. King advocate in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail?"
Military exemption for African Americans in Vietnam
Militancy in the movement for civil rights
Immediate action in the struggle for civil rights
Civil disobedience as a means to achieving civil rights
88
Law that ordered the immediate integration of schools and outlawed all forms of segregation
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Equal Rights Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
89
American president responsible for the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
JFK
FDR
Eisenhower
LBJ
90
Which of the following list of nations were part of the Warsaw Pact?
The U.S., Canada, and Spain
Hungary, Poland, and USSR
China, North Korean, and North Vietnam
Germany, France, and Britain
91
Which constitutional amendment was cited in Brown v. the Board of Education?
14th
13th
15th
24th
92
Weekly radio addresses delivered by FDR
Deficit Spending
Fireside chats
Pump Priming
Court Packing
93
Which of the following amendments guarantees equal protection under the law?
19th
14th
13th
15th
94
Which of the following organizations promoted equal rights for women?
NOW
UFWOC
SNCC
The Black Panthers
95
Which statement is true about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
They were accused of espionage and electrocuted
They were accused of giving atomic secrets to Germany
They confessed to spying for the Soviet Union
They were convicted of espionage and then pardoned
96
Who was largely responsible for building "The Great Arsenal of Democracy?"
Black Americans
Men
All working age Americans
Women

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