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1
When the USSR blockade Berlin, Truman responded by
organizing a gigantic airlift of supplies to Berlin
sending an armed convoy to Berline
denying USSR access to Western Europe
asking the UN to intervene
2
The Invasion of Normandy on June 6th, 1944 was led by
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Montgomery
George Patton
3
The Lend-Lease Act
Provided huge funds for the Allies (mostly in weapons)
condemned Germany and Japan
Sent armies to fight against the Axis
Reinforced neutrality
4
The 1920 Census revealed that, for the first time, most
men worked in manufactoring
Americans lived in Cities
adult women worked outside the home
Americans lived in suburbs
5
The original reason so much money was spent on the Atomic Bomb was
the Germans might get there first
a nuclear weapon was the only was to win the war
the Japanese were close to their own bomb
Scientist (Albert Einstein) might be lost to the war effort
6
The day which the market crashed in 1929 was known as
Black Tuesday
Yellow Wednesday
Crash Friday
Purple Thursday
7
What government agency directed the war industrial production effort?
Department of State
National War Labor Board
Office of Price Adminstration
War Production Board
8
The 1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
increased American foreign trade
aimed at isolating Germany and Italy
raised America's Tariffs
blocked Roosevelt's foreign Policy efforts
9
The Election of 1932 saw
New Immigrants vote Republican for the first time
Blacks leave the Republican Party in large numbers
Native Americans vote in large numbers
Whites move to the Democratic Party
10
The Stimson Doctrine
declared the US wouldn't recognize territory gains by force
reversed US isolationism in Latin America
committed the US to join the League of Nations against Japan
declared Japan and Germany rogue states
11
Double V refers to
Victory against Roosevelt and the New Deal
Victory against Democrats and Dictators
Victory against slavery and Republicans
Victory against Racism at home and Dictators abroad
12
Operation Wetback
gained the approval of the capitalists
stopped Socialism
sent thousands of Mexico back across the border
ended the affirmative action program
13
The employment of more than 6 million women in American Industry during WWII led to
establishment of day care centers by the government
a strong desire of most women to work for wages
more American women in war industry than in any other nation
equal pay for men and women
14
Which of the following members of Harding's Cabinet was incompetent and corrupt?
Charles Evans Hughes
Albert Fall
Andrew Mellon
Josiah Grant
15
Harding ran a campaign based on which statement
Big government does it best
Power to the Unions
Return to normalcy
Control from Washington
16
The ABC-1 Agreement
was between Churchill and Stalin
declared the US would focus on rescuing China first
struck the first blow at Japan
declared a "get Germany first" policy
17
The Glass-Steagall Act
took the US off the Gold Standard
empowered FDR to close all banks temporarily
created the SEC to regulate the stock exchange
created the FDIC to insure individual bank deposits
18
Huey P. Long gained a large national following by promising to
make Jews pay for causing the Depression
provide the unemployed and elderly with $200 a month
nationalize all banks and public utilities
"share our wealth" by raising taxes on the rich
19
The phrase Hundred Days refers to the
Lame-duck period between Hoover and FDR
flood of legislation passed by Congress in the first months
worst time of the Depression
time it took for Congress to act on FDR's new plans
20
As a result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930
the worldwide depression deepened
duties on agriculture increased
American industry grew more secure
economic isolation ended
21
The Bretton Woods Conference established all of the following except
International Monetary Fund
United Nations
World Bank
22
The Truman Doctrine was most closely related to
Vietnamization
Dentente
Appeasement
Containment
23
Gulf of Tonkin was requested by
Kennedy
Nixon
Ike
Johnson
24
By the beginning of the 21st Century, farmers made up what percent of the population?
20%
2%
15%
7%
25
During the war, labor unions can best be described as
constantly striking for new benefits
unhappy with treatment from the government
loyal to the war effort
cruelly treated by the government
26
The Father of Scientific Management (promoting industrial efficiency) was
John Dewey
Frederick Taylor
Henry Ford
Guglielmo Marconi
27
NSC-68 was passed due to
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
the Japan Crisis
collapse of China to communism
the Korean War
28
Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon policies favored...
The Middle Class
Foreign Investors
The Wealthy
The Lower Class
29
A major scandal in the Harding Administration was
Whiskey Ring
Credit Moblier
Gold Bug
Teapot Dome
30
The long economic boom from WWII to about 1970 was fueled by
low inflation
reduced military expenditures
low energy costs
low taxes
31
Postwar prosperity benefitted which group the MOST?
Women
Hispanics
Blacks
Asian Americans
32
What is the policy of isolationism?
Different races and cultures should be segregated by housing
Take out all the green M&Ms and eat them first
The U.S. should ignore affairs overseas
The U.S. should contain communism wherever it appears
33
Social Security was different from most European systems because it
was opposed by large sectors of the public
did not initially cover all categories of workers
did not address single mothers in the home
linked unemployment and disability insurance to pensions
34
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 was passed to check the growing power of
the President
leftists and communists
blacks
Labor Unions
35
The London Economic Conference failed due to
The British refused to support inflation
The French ardently stuck to the Gold Standard
German aggression in Central Europe
Roosevelt withdrew the American delegation
36
The Election of 1948 saw
Truman/Dewey
Thurmond/Dewey
Nixon/Kennedy
Eisenhower/Mondale
37
This Southern author wrote about Yoknapatawpha Country and carefully examined his characters
William Faulkner
Sherwood Anderson
Ezra Pound
Ernest Hemingway
38
Prohibition led to a dramatic rise in...
Gangsters like Al Capone
immigrants leaving the country
decrease in recreational drug use
People who played the stocks for a living
39
The Checkers Speech
showed the power of the Radio
Hurt Ike in the election
kicked Nixon off the Republican Ticket
showed the power of TV
40
The origins of the Cold War lay in a fundamental disagreement over
Eastern Europe
North Africa
The Middle East
East Asia
41
I am ready for the APUSH Final
Yes
No
42
True or False: The New Deal rid the nation of unemployment
True
False
43
Passage of the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 36, and 37 resulted in all of the following except
balancing the scales between Dictators and Allies
making no distinctions between aggressors and victims
spurring aggressors along their path of conquest
decline in the Navy and other armed forces
44
Put the following conferences in chronological order: A) Potsdam B) Casablanca C) Teheran
B, C, A
B, A, C
C, B, A
A, B, C
45
The Atlantic Charter included all of the following except
Declaration of war on Japan
Outlining of Self Determination principles
affirming the right of the people to choose form of gov't
A new League of Nations
46
The first woman on the Cabinet was
Pearl S. Buck
Hillary Clinton
Ruth Benedict
Frances Perkins
47
The KKK in the 1920s favored which group of people?
White Puritans
White Catholics
White Mormons
White Protestants
48
The Wagner Act of 1935
gave labor the right to collectively bargain
established the NRA
created the "Indian New Deal"
authorized the Public Works Adm.
49
FDR won the election of 1944 mainly because
labor unions turned out for FDR
Harry Truman was his running mate
Republican Thomas Dewey favored an immediate peace
the war was going well
50
Population distribution after WWII followed a pattern of
urban-suburban segregation of blacks and whites in cities
movement out the cities into small towns
mass migration of Blacks from the West to the midwest
movement into the Northeast out of the South
51
The Feminine Mystique was written by
Salinger
Betty Friedan
Jane Martha
Addams
52
One of the most influential inventions of the 20th Century was
Buying on credit
The Automobile
The Airplane
The Radio
53
The 1920s "Red Scare" resulted in what?
Senator Joseph McCarthy's wild communism witch-hunt
The creation of a socialist party
Attorney General Mitchell Palmer's arrests of 6,000 suspects
Socialist leaning businessmen left the country en masse
54
Why did the government have so much trouble enforcing the 18th amendment?
There was an incredible amount of money to be made illegally
Husbands didn't want their wives to vote
Jim Crow Laws
The government stopped enforcing civil rights in the south
55
The Brain Trust was
Neoconservative advisers
Conservative faction of the Supreme Court
small group of reform minded intellectuals
Like minded business men
56
The 1928 Kellog-Briand Pact
set a schedule for German war reparations payments
officially outlawed war
established a battleship ratio for leading naval powers
formally ended WW1 for the US`
57
During the war, most Americans economically experienced
serious hardship due rationing
a continuing struggle to find employment
growing wealth in urban areas but not rural areas
prosperity and a doubling of personal income
58
When the Wheels are rockin, don't come... (AKA social liberation for the young and women)
What is this question
Knockin
59
The Agricultural Adjustment Act proposed to solve the farm problem by
subsidizing American farm exports
helping farmers pay their mortgages
reducing Ag. production
creating farm cooperatives
60
Regarding the Spanish Civil War, ___ supported Franco, while ____ provided aid for Republicans
isolationist, Committee to Aid America by Defend- the Allies
Roman Catholics, Abraham Lincoln Brigad
Communist, Charles Lindbergh
southern, Democrats
61
The Dawes Plan addressed
aimed to prevent German re-armament
the Big Stick Policy in the Caribbean
Condemn the Japanese aggression in Manchuria
provided a solution to the tangle of War debt
62
The direct cause of the American entrance into WWII was
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Invasion of New York by Canada
Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union
Fall of France
63
In the 1920s, the Supreme Court can best be described as
Socialist
Reactionary
Progressive
Liberal
64
As part of the Good Neighbor Policy, President Roosevelt
removed American controls in Haiti, Cuba, and Brazil
sending large amounts of monetary aid to Latin America
supported Latin American strongmen in Argentina and Brazil
encouraged Mexican immigration into the US
65
The GI Bill of Rights was partly motivated by
desire to expand the social diversity of colleges
need for a more educated work force
fear of postwar veteran's protests
fear that labor markets could not absorb all the new workers
66
The Kennedy Administration
ended Vietnam
founded the Peace Corps
started the Great Society Program
landed a man on the moon
67
The main reason Roosevelt recognized the USSR was
The British made it a condition of their alliance
He was hoping for an eventual military alliance
He wanted to trade with the USSR
He wanted a counter balance to Germany
68
The final push to WWII (for France and the UK) was...
Germany's war with Poland
Fall of Austria to Germany
Munich Conference
seizing of the Sudetenland
69
The Yalta Conference had all of the following PROMISES except
Free elections in Eastern Europe
Creation of the United Nations
occupation zones in Germany
Military administration of Japan
70
By 1938, the New Deal
had failed to achieve its objectives
was prepared to start again
had lost most of its momentum
turned more toward Direct relief than social reform
71
The Court Packing plan
Proved to be a large failure
Succeeded Greatly
72
The claim that brought McCarthy down was
Ike was a communist
the army leaders were communists
Nixon was a communist
There were communists in the State Department
73
The Potsdam Conference
issued an Ultimatum to Japan
announced the official end of the war
was held on VJ Day
Saw Churchill, Stalin, and FDR attend
74
Roosevelt's promise to the USSR to open a second front in Europe by the end of 1942
represented a key military goal to the US and the UK
was fulfilled by the invasion of North Africa
was made to deceive Stalin and make him delay his army
proved utterly impossible to keep
75
V-E Day is
July 4th
May 8th
June 11th
May 9th
76
The turning point of the Pacific Theatre was
Battle of the Buldge
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Midway
Battle of Hawaii
77
The event that partially jolted Congress out of Isolationism was...
Defeat of Britain at the Battle of Britain
Hitler-Stalin Pact
Fall of France
Fall of Poland
78
President Hoover created which agency to battle the Great Depression?
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Nation Recovery Administration (NRA)
79
The Sunbelt had all of the following except
good climate
few federal monitary grants
low taxes
Jobs
80
The US participation in NATO
marked a departure from traditional isolationism
reaffirmed the US commitment of the defense of W. Europe
reduced the need for more military spending
helped resolve the German Question
81
Japanese Americans were placed in concentration camps during WWII
due to numerous acts of sabotage
All of the above
as a result of anti- Japanese prejudice and fear
because many were loyal to Japan
82
One major problem facing farmers in the 1920s was
passage of McNary-Haugen Bill
overproduction
drought and insects like the boll weevil
prosecution of cooperatives under anti-trust laws
83
Hitler's last ditch attempt to achieve a victory against the Allies came at
The Battle of the Buldge
The Battle of the Rhineland
an attempt to negotiate a peace between Stalin and Germany
final U-Boat campaign against America
84
According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to
emphasize academic skills
educate students for life by active learning methods
undermine students' naive religious beliefs
Instill discipline and character in young people
85
The "soft underbelly" of Europe was
Germany
Spain
Italy
France
86
In 1924, the elections was between
Harding/Davis
FDR/Davis
Hoover/FDR
Coolidge/Davis
87
In 1940, in exchange for American destroyers, the British gave the US
eight valuable naval bases in the Western Hemisphere
six airbases in Scotland and Iceland
access to the German military codes
most favored nation status
88
The 1950s most closely resembles which other era?
The 1930s
The 1880s
The 1920s
The 1850s
89
The Quarantine Speech
created a cyclone of protest by Isolationists
was very well received
was hailed as a great speech by Britain
was condemned by The Committee to Aid America
90
The Marshall Plan called for
military aid to France and the UK
Economic aid for Japan
substantial financial assistance to rebuild Western Europe
an alliance to contain the USSR
