American History II Final Exam Review

Which invention changed the way political campaigns would be waged after the 1960 election?

Secretly proposed a German-Mexican alliance against the United States if US entered war

Business controls all or most of the supply of a product or service and can dictate pricing

This was the German plan during WWI to defeat France quickly, then turn to face Russia

This is an organized group that controls activities of a political party within a city:

What was President Eisenhower’s Cold War policy of brinkmanship?

Series of agreements to ease tensions between Eastern and Western Europe during the Ford admin.

Which describes one major impact of the Spanish American War?

One similarity between FDR and LBJ is that both

On June 6, 1944, the Allies launch an invasion at Normandy, France AKA Operation _____________

The battle of _____________ was the turning point of the War in Europe:

Term for reducing the size of the federal govt. by giving power to state and local govts:

Battle fought by Teddy Roosevelt’s volunteer cavalry, the Rough Riders. = famous victory for US

May of 1954 where did the Vietminh overrun the French forces, ending the French Indochina War?

Movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern A. Americans to Northern cities for factory jobs:

These were policy statements proposing equal trade in China:

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was an influential book in the 1960s because it

Printing exaggerated stories with misleading info for the purpose of selling newspapers

Sinking of the USS Maine off Cuban coast & US media’s reaction to it initiated what conflict?

Why are the years between 1896-1916 known as the Progressive Era?

What was one result of Prohibition in the United States?

Stronger nations extend economic, political, and/or military control over weaker territories

The main purpose of initiative, referendum, and recall was to?

What was the purpose of the Jim Crow laws at the end of the nineteenth century?

Early union that allowed any type of labor. Eventually fails (unskilled = easy to replace)

A study of the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt indicates that

Over which of these did the N. Vietnamese primarily supply their troops fighting in the south?

Senator from Louisiana who wanted to level income and make “every man a king”:

Scandal Harding admin: Sec of Interior leased oil rich public land to companies & kept profit:

Putting interests of one’s own nation above all others

What is the name of the belief that men and women should be equal?

This Supreme Court decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and ends school segregation:

Rode buses into deep South to test the decision to desegregate interstate buses.

Why was the Bonus Army formed during the Great Depression?

Strategy of bypassing heavily guarded Japanese islands and focusing on less defended islands:

This was the population explosion post WW2 to the early 1960’s:

Which list applies to only the European front in World War II?

Which posed a challenge to the First Amendment right to free speech during World War I?

Jane Addams created these within cities to help immigrants & poor with basic health & edu needs

How did economic opportunities encourage the Chinese and Irish to immigrate to the West Coast?

Who was the leader of the North Vietnamese in the Vietnam War?

This person was the key Socialist organizer in America:

What was a result of the Haymarket Riot on May 4, 1886?

This was the political movement that grew out of Granger organization:

The “domino theory” popular in the 1950s and 1960s assumed the expansion of

Which president adopted the policy of Vietnamization?

How did the invention of the assembly line change American society?

Which U.S. Supreme Court case upheld the principle of racial segregation?

Theodore Roosevelt promised every man a “square deal.” What did he mean by this?

Gave western settlers 160 acres as long as they lived on the land for 5 years and improved it:

What group did the Fourteen Points want to create to maintain peace and protect all countries?

What was one way that World War II changed the work environment in the United States?

Supreme Court case: states had the right to regulate commerce within their states

What was a major cause of the American declaration of war against Germany in World War I?

What reform did the Nineteenth Amendment enact?

Said West. frontier is closed & settled, but challenges of settling made Americans exceptional

Which was a HUGE impact of horizontal integration on industrial growth in the late 1800s?

Which of the following authorized President Johnson to conduct the war in Vietnam?

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a period when African Americans

Famous speech by William Jennings Bryan advocated that money backed by both Silver and Gold:

Foreign policy based solely on realities of power taking no account of ideals or moral beliefs

(WW2) The battle of _________________ was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

This says that the US will provide aid to rebuild Europe after WWII:

This was the humiliating loss for US and Kennedy; drives Castro further into arms of Soviets:

Why was the Sherman Antitrust Act issued?

During the Cold War, these nations acted as a “buffer” between Soviet Union and Germany:

What was the primary objective of President Theodore Roosevelt’s “big stick” policy?

Which is an example of the concept of fundamentalism?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal was a program to

The only way Franklin Roosevelt could enact many of his New Deal policies was by what means?

This piece of legislation was inspired by Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring:

These riots in Los Angeles reflected the racial conflict in society

The Korean War was seen as a success for ______________.

This said that the president can lend or lease arms to any country vital to US security:

Minority group forced to relocate & interned by the US govt after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

uying stocks on chance of quick profit and ignoring the risks of this behavior:

This is the economic system in which the government controls all means of production:

Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court was considered “activist” because of its

What nickname was given to journalists who exposed problems in business and government?

Carter negotiated agreement b/w Egypt & Israel that brought hopes of peace in the Middle East

What does Affirmative Action effect?

What was one way that the US government financed World War II?

Greatest scandal of Reagan’s presidency where US missiles were illegally sold to Iran:

This was the shooting down of a US spy plane over the USSR:

JFK’s program for progress was called:

Cesar Chavez created the United Farm Workers Organization Committee (UFWOC) primarily to

Bans segregation in employment & public places & enlarges federal pwr to enforce desegregation

Passed to help soldiers adjust after war in ways such as tuition help and low interest loans

could buy US weapons, BUT had to pay cash and carry the weapons to England on their own boats

Encouraged the availability & acceptance of birth control