US2 Final Review

The GI Bill of Rights provided for all of the following EXCEPT:

US aid to war torn nations in Western Europe was under the

The Cold War consisted of all of the following EXCEPT:

____________ programs of the New Deal were to prevent future crises.

Which event led to a decisive shift away from isolationism for the US?

In April 1961, the failed US backed overthrow of Fidel Castro was known as

The result of the Cuban Missile crisis was

A significant cause of the Great Depression of the 1930's was that:

Why was America labeled the "Arsenal of Democracy"?

Prime minister of Great Britain throughout most of WWII

In 1962, the US discovered nuclear missiles in

American volunteer program created by Kennedy

In 1960 JFK compared the 1960's to the dawn of a new age or....

This New Deal Program was designed to regulate the stock market

The policy of paying cash and transporting goods yourself is called what?

This New Deal program was designed to aid the arts, writers, painters, etc.

The strategy of giving in to a dictators demands in hope of securing peace is called?

People who refused to cooperate and answer questions about communism were put on what?

Eisenhower's Secretary of State urging forceful action to counter communism

The dictator in charge of the Spanish Revolution

The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between:

The US policy of non-involvement prior to entering the war was called what?

The establishment of the UN took place at which conference?

What was the significance of Brown v. Board of Education?

Truman's policy that US should support free people resisting communism is called

This New Deal program was designed to help farmers

The suicide of Adolph Hitler and the fall of Berlin were followed by what event?

John Foster Dulles' support of taking back communist countries proactively was called

Communist leader of Cuba

Which events are in chronological order?

Lost to Kennedy in the 1960 election

The March on Washington led to the passing of the

Black college students protested against segregated lunch counters using a strategy known as

NATO stands for

A controversial issue that resulted from WWII was the

Rosa Parks is best known for starting the

The day that panic spread across the stock market was October 29, 1929. Also called:

In the south, state and local laws that mandated segregation in public facilities were called

All of the following are characteristics of a totalitarian state EXCEPT:

The NAACP stand for

Father of "containment"

Planes that flew directly into ships are called?

The launching of Sputnik led to:

Responsible for the assassination for JFK

This New Deal program was designed to bring resources to the Tennessee Valley

The state of hostility, short of direct military confrontation between the US and USSR

______________ programs of the New Deal were to lay foundations for economic growth.

Soviets looked for a"buffer zone" in ______________ for protection

Who was the 1932 presidential candidate who promised to lift America out of the depression?

All of the following are examples of "New Frontier" legislation EXCEPT:

The Japanese emperor who signed the surrender of Japan in August 1945 was who?

What event began the Korean War?

This New Deal Program was designed to insure bank deposits

What is the practice if purchasing stocks by borrowing much of the cost?

What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?

First US astronaut in space

Which nations became known as the Axis powers?

Which of the following correctly matches the leader with his nation?

Hoover did'nt have a chance at winning the 1932 election because he

FDR's program to improve conditions during the Depression was known as:

Who delivered the "I have a dream" speech?

The Dust Bowl experiences of the farmer in the Midwest during the Great Depression demonstrated

Led the communist revolution in China

_______________ programs of the New Deal eased suffering of the needy.

The president after FDR was who?

Joseph McCarthy was famous because