stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
American History since the Great Depression Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
American History since the Great Depression
American History since the Great Depression
50 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
1,813 plays
A Basic Review Exam 1932-2016
Flashcards
50 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
50
Answers
1
The
Korean War ended almost where it began
at the 38th Parallel with an area called the:
Danger Zone
De-Militarized Zone
No Man's Land
Iron Curtain
2
He claimed to have a list of
205 Communists in the US Government
.
Joseph McCarthy
John Boehner
Mitch McConell
Eric Cantor
3
He made the McDonald's Franchise the icon of fast food
Dave Thomas
Carl Karcher
John Schnatter
Ray Kroc
4
While Democrats ridiculed the plan, his idea
became the basis for Social Security
.
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Huey Long
Dr. Charles Townsend
5
She was an important
spokesperson for African American rights
during the
New Deal.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Harriet Tubman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harriet Beecher Stowe
6
This
New Deal program
allowed businesses
to set prices and control production
:
CPA
NIRA
BPA
PCA
7
Who was
NOT
one of the invited participants at
this historic Camp David meeting
in 1978?
Jimmy Carter
Menachem Begin
Anwar El Sadat
Yasser Arafat
8
This
speech
was given in:
1933
1945
1941
1928
9
This "
Spy v. Spy
" cartoon from
Mad Magazine
could be used to depict:
NTBT
MADD
SDI
CRS
10
"I'll make every man a King and I'll share the wealth" by guaranteeing a $2000 monthly income!"
Franklin Roosevelt
Dr. Charles Townsend
Herbert Hoover
Huey Long
11
General Douglas MacArthur
would be
very upset today
that
this nation has nuclear weapons
:
Vietnam
Taiwan
Japan
North Korea
12
This chart depicts that in
the last half century, Democrats have
Won more seats than Republicans
Never won the Presidency
Gradually lost control of the US Senate
Failed to support Democratic Presidents
13
Which of the following programs
paid farmers
to slaughter animals and reduce crop acreage
?
CCC
WPA
FPA
AAA
14
César Chávez
and
Dolores Huerta
co-founded this
union of primarily "Chicano" migrant workers
:
AFL
MWA
CIO
UFW
15
In the 1932 campaign, he promised "A Chicken in every pot, two Cars in every garage."
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
16
She was the 1950s icon of "
The Good Housewife
"
Gloria Steinem
Betty Friedan
Betty Crocker
Lucille Ball
17
George Kennan's policy
, in his
Long Telegram
, advised Truman to
halt Communist expansion
.
Isolationism
Massive Retaliation
Appeasement
Containment
18
Her Supreme Court case in 1954
changed American History forever:
Henrietta Lacks
Linda Brown
Rosa Parks
Claudette Colvin
19
This cartoon implies that
as regards events in Europe in the late 1930s
It would be hard to remain neutral.
Europeans hated the USA.
The USA had no reason to fear Germany
The USA doesn't care
20
This image depicts
Dr. Martin Luther King
and:
Harry Truman
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
21
He became known as the King of Rock 'n Roll
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley
Bill Haley
Buddy Holly
22
This headline in 1948
showed that public opinion polling
was an accurate way to predict voting behavior
was shaped by Communism
was not always reliable
was used more by Democrats than Republicans
23
Truman asked for
wage increases, health insurance, aid to housing and education
in his:
Fair Deal
Happy Harry Plan
Great Society
New Frontier
24
By 2014,
Hispanics/Latinos
accounted for
____% of the US Population
:
17
48
8
33
25
The primarily US offensive that
quickly drove the Iraqi army from Kuwait in 1990 was
.
The Evil Empire
Desert Storm
Star Wars
The War on Terror
26
Hitler's "
lightning war
" that swept through Western Europe
in 1940
was the
Warrenquikken
Barnsturem
Blitzkrieg
Sturmvar
27
The borders that separated "
free Europe
" from
areas under Communist control
after WWII was
The Iron Curtain
The Berlin Wall
The Red Blockade
The Andromeda Barrier
28
We added “
In God We Trust
” to US currency and "
under God
" to the Pledge of Allegiance during
World War II
the Cold War
the War on Terror
the Great Depression
29
The following political cartoon
criticized FDR
for his
Court-Packing Plan
Conservative Judicial Policies
New Deal Program
His demand for Loyalty Oaths from Judges
30
This 1950s "Sit-com"
reinforced "traditional family values
" and male dominance:
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Father Knows Best
The Milton Berle Show
The Real McCoys
31
America’s long desire to
avert foreign entanglements
was known as
Isolationism
Nullification
Internationalism
The Big Stick
32
The
many new programs
created during the
New Deal
became known as
the Alphabet Soup
Herbert's Honeymoon
Teddy's Toys
Franklin's Follies
33
He broke the "
Color Line
" of
Major League Baseball
in 1947 and earned "Rookie of the Year"
Cassius Clay
Satchel Paige
Jackie Robinson
Willie Mays
34
This image
warned children
of the 1950s and 60s to:
Avoid strangers
Please stay off the grass in parks
Be prepared for atomic attack
Study hard to get a real job!
35
This image infers that
the Vietnam War
forced
this President
to decide
not
to run in 1968
:
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
George H.W. Bush
Lyndon Johnson
36
This was a "
D-Day
" in Europe.
September 1, 1939
June 6, 1944
December 7, 1941
August 6, 1945
37
This
post-World War II program
promised
millions in aid to rebuild Europe
.
the Fair Deal
MADD
the Marshall Plan
The GI Bill
38
The Cold War fear that
nation after nation would fall to Communism
if we didn't act was called:
The Communist Checkmate
The Domino Effect
The Checkers Speech
Badaboom Badabang!
39
WW II began
in 1939 when
Germany invaded Poland
Italy invaded Ethiopia
Germany took Austria
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
40
The closest Electoral Vote since 1876 was the
271-266 count
decided by
disputed FL votes in
2000
2008
1992
1980
41
The first hundred days during FDR's presidency
was known as the
Honeymoon
Happy Days
Bank Holiday
Good Old Days
42
He is widely credited as the
father of modern American suburbia
.
Bill Gates
Walt Disney
Ray Kroc
Bill Levitt
43
This young man was
murdered in Money, Mississippi
in 1955 for whistling at a White woman.
Denmark Vesey
Emmett Till
Jackie Robinson
Harry Moore
44
This image represents:
the Transcontinental Railroad
The Freedom Train of US Heritage
Railroad One - President Truman's Train
The First Integrated RR line
45
Despite our
neutrality
, we were an "
Arsenal of Democracy
" by
aiding the Allies in 1940
through
Arms for All
Cash and Carry
Peace through Victory
On Margin Buying
46
This was the day that "
Little Boy
" made history.
December 7, 1941
September 1, 1939
August 6, 1945
June 6, 1944
47
This photograph depicts
the chaos that occured in April 1975
when
Communist forces took Saigon
Protesters tore down the Berlin Wall
Chinese students protested in Tiananmen Square
Islamic Students took over the US Embassy in Tehran
48
This was a "
Day of Infamy
" in American memory.
December 7, 1941
June 6, 1944
August 6, 1945
September 1, 1939
49
This
image provides evidence
that in the 1950s:
Americans loved European films
Suburbia was growing
More women were driving cars
Convertibles outsold Sedans
50
People of
Japanese descent were "relocated"
to the interior by way of
The Japanese Exclusion Act
Executive Order 9066
The Gentleman's Agreement
The Immigration Act of 1942