USH Semester 2 Final Exam Review

Question 1

Who made the first successful flight in history?

Accepted Answer

Orville Wright

Question 2

Brown v. Board of Education ended racial segregation

Accepted Answer

in public schools

Question 3

Name of the scandal during the Harding Administration in which Albert Fall was guilty

Accepted Answer

Teapot Dome scandal

Question 4

Who became the symbol of the Black Power movement that emerged in the early 1960's?

Accepted Answer

Malcolm X

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the four MAIN causes of World War I?

Accepted Answer

Internationalism

Question 6

How to Henry Ford's system for making cars increase efficiency?

Accepted Answer

dividing operations into simple tasks.

Question 7

In June 1942, U.S. decoded messages that alerted the U.S. leaders to an attack on what island?

Accepted Answer

Midway

Question 8

Why was the Battle of Stalingrad so important?

Accepted Answer

It put the Germans on the defensive for the rest of the war

Question 9

Who became the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 10

What new weapon/instrument of war was introduced during World War I?

Accepted Answer

tanks, poison gas, airplanes

Question 11

What happened at the Munich Conference in 1938?

Accepted Answer

Hitler gained Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia

Question 12

What event sparked a huge escalation in Nazi persecution against the Jews?

Accepted Answer

Kristallnacht

Question 13

During what event did MLK Jr. give his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

Accepted Answer

March on Washington

Question 14

The day the stock market crashed was October 29, 1929. What is this day referred to as?

Accepted Answer

Black Tuesday

Question 15

Was was the peace organization created after World War I called?

Accepted Answer

League of Nations

Question 16

What was possibly the most important result of FDR's New Deal?

Accepted Answer

improvement in the spirit of the American people

Question 17

How did the Governor of Arkansas try to prevent black students from entering a white school?

Accepted Answer

Deploying the National Guard

Question 18

What type of government did the Russians put in place in their country during World War I?

Accepted Answer

Communism

Question 19

At first, Britain and France gave in to Hitler's demands, a policy known as

Accepted Answer

appeasement

Question 20

Who was the "architect" of economic policy as the Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920's?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Mellon

Question 21

The Social Security Act established the principle that the government should be responsible for

Accepted Answer

helping citizens who were unable to work

Question 22

Why did the British enter World War I?

Accepted Answer

German troops crossed into Belgium

Question 23

Which act did President Lyndon B. Johnson sign into law on July 2, 1964?

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights Act

Question 24

Why did Martin Luther King Jr. select Selma, Alabama as the spot for a protest march?

Accepted Answer

African Americans were a majority of the population there

Question 25

What countries were part of the Triple Entente during World War I?

Accepted Answer

Britain, France, and Russia

Question 26

What two new forms of warfare were introduced during World War I?

Accepted Answer

aerial combat and gas attacks

Question 27

On April 18, 1942 the U.S. conducted its first bombing raid on Japan. What was this raid called

Accepted Answer

Doolittle Raid

Question 28

After World War I, the Central Powers included

Accepted Answer

Germany and Austria-Hungary

Question 29

What did the wording of the Zimmermann telegram say?

Accepted Answer

Mexico would be given German help with an invasion of the US

Question 30

Which country did the Soviets and Nazis agree to divided as part of World War II?

Accepted Answer

Poland

Question 31

What event led to the declaration of war leading to World War I?

Accepted Answer

assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary

Question 32

The Nazis "final solution" referred to plans to

Accepted Answer

exterminate European Jews

Question 33

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's emphasized a proud defiance and hatred of

Accepted Answer

racism

Question 34

What were the two major causes of the rise of dictatorships after World War I?

Accepted Answer

Economic depression, harsh punishment in the Treaty of Versailles

Question 35

What were the shacks of the Great Depression era called?

Accepted Answer

Hoovervilles

USH Semester 2 Final Exam Review

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