History Exam Semester 2

Question 1

What was the difference between the reception by Americans of Vietnam vets and WWII vets ?

Accepted Answer

Vietnam vets did not receive a warm welcome

Question 2

What effect did the Vietnam War have on the American people?

Accepted Answer

It undermined public trust in American leaders

Question 3

What was an effect of WWII on American women?

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war accelerated white collar employment for women

Question 4

How did tariffs such as Hawley-Smoot affect the cycle of depression?

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Tariffs reinforced the cycle

Question 5

What major problem faced the U.S. during 1960's?

Accepted Answer

Americans could not defeat the N. Vietnamese and Viet Cong

Question 6

What made so many Americans willing to believe McCarthy's accusations?

Accepted Answer

The Red Scare

Question 7

During World War II, the federal government dealt with getting gas for tanks by...

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rationing gasoline used by Amer. drivers

Question 8

What happens when people don't buy enough consumer products?

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factories cut back on production and lay people off

Question 9

As part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, farmers were paid subsidies to...

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not plant part of their land and to kill some livestock

Question 10

Which of the following is true about the Dust Bowl?

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Rural areas lost population and large cities grew

Question 11

In what way did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 affect employment in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Outlawed job discrimination and investigated charges of such

Question 12

"...Gestapo is treating them very roughly and transporting them in cattle cars to Westerbork.."

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Westerbork is a concentration camp

Question 13

Which of the following statements is the most accurate assessment of McCarthy?

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power-hungry politician who destroyed people without reason

Question 14

Why did uneven distribution of the nation's wealth create economic problems?

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Not enough works could buy goods to keep the econ. growing

Question 15

Why were Japanese Americans moved to internment camps?

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concern about espionage

Question 16

What finally led to McCarthy's downfall?

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He attacked the Army

Question 17

The U.S. foreign policy, cash and carry, destroyers for Naval Bases Deal, and Led-Lease Act was

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a shift from neutrality toward more direct involvement

Question 18

Which of the following best describes the Patriot Act?

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limits placed on civil rights for national security

Question 19

How did the Dust Bowl contribute to the Great Depression?

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millions of people lost their farms or their jobs

Question 20

"An Attack on one shall be considered an attack on all" What foreign policy fits this statement

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collective security

Question 21

U.S. has decided that separate public ed. facilities for the races are unequal... (What Case)

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Ed of Topeka

Question 22

What finally brings an end to the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

World War II

Question 23

Which of the following statements is true regarding the actions taken after Pearl Harbor?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 24

What Major event lead to the economic slowdown between 1920-1945?

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New York Stock Market Crash

Question 25

What was Kennedy's response to lagging behind the Soviet Union in the space race?

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pledging to put a man on the Moon within a decade

Question 26

put unemployed back to work

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CCC

Question 27

Supervised banking , credits and investments to put an end to speculation.

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SEC

Question 28

According to the U.S. planners, if we did not drop the atomic bombs on Japan...

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Large numbers of U.S. soldiers wold have died invading Japan

Question 29

What happens to Korea after the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

Korea remained a divided nation

Question 30

What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?

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to develop the atomic bomb

Question 31

What action did President Eisenhower take to enforce Brown v. Board of Ed. of Topeka?

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sent U.S. Army troop to enforce school integration

Question 32

Which of the following is an example of guerrilla warfare used by North Vietnamese?

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use of tunnel networks

Question 33

How did Hitler explain the problems facing Germany in his book Mein Kampf?

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blamed the Jewish people

Question 34

farmers were paid subsidies not to plant part of their land and to kill off excess livestock

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AAA

Question 35

What event caused the U.S. to declare war in WWII?

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Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor

Question 36

Why were banks the first to feel the effects of the stock market crash?

Accepted Answer

Frightened depositors began to remove their money

Question 37

With which of the following statements might supporters of the Patriot Act agree?

Accepted Answer

Issues of national security need balance with civil rights

Question 38

America will stay in Asia to protect countries independence. What best describes this statement

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domino theory

Question 39

This photograph is a direct result of the

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passage of Jim Crow laws

Question 40

The forceful measures that the military used to remove the Bonus Army from Washington...

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doomed Hoover's chances of reelection

Question 41

What were the circumstances described by Anne Frank part of?

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Holocaust

Question 42

"Batista Driven from Power", "Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails", "U-2 Planes reveal Soviet Missiles"

Accepted Answer

Cuba

History Exam Semester 2

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History Exam Semester 2

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