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American History Final
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1
The ____ movement pushed for social and economic equality.
Environmental
youth
Women's
antiwar
2
Communists believed in a form of government that
included only white, Protestant people
shared the nation's wealth equally among citizens
allowed citizens to own property
3
The top-secret program to build an atomic bomb was called the
Manhattan Project
Operation Liberty
Oppenheimer Project
4
In the 1920s, both President Harding and President Coolidge encouraged other nations to
destroy their weapons
stop controlling business
start reform movements
5
On the American home front, many ___ Americans were forced to internment camps during WWII.
Japanese
Polish
African
6
The Harlem Renaissance was a time when African Americans
moved to the suburbs
wrote stories and poetry
were elected as leaders
7
United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union made of the _______ during WWII.
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Central Powers
8
What happened on December 7, 1941?
Battle of Britain
Battle of Hiroshima
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagaski
9
At first, the British and French followed a policy of ____ toward Adolf Hitler.
Discrimination
Approval
Appeasement
10
One cause of the Great Depression was
overproduction
government scandals
WWI debt
11
All of the following were FDR's goals of the New Deal except?
Recover
Relief
Reform
Reorganization
12
Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans helped the allies with
appeasement
supplies
counterattacks
13
The United States decided to defeat _____ first during WWII.
Japan
Italy
Germany
14
President Roosevelt said the only thing Americans have to be afraid of is
Communism
powerful nations
fear itself
15
Americans were confsed because new reports about ___ did not agree with the government.
Berlin
Cuba
Vietnam
16
The US lost nearly ___ military men and women during WWII.
40,000
400,000
200,000,000
17
____ was the US president during the Korean War.
Thurgood Marshall
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Esienhower
18
Which cities were bombed by the US, bringing about the end of WWII?
Nagasaki and Tokyo
Hiroshima and Nagaski
Hiroshima and Tokyo
19
Relief is
trying to give immediate aid
to change government policies
trying to improve the economy and get it back on track
20
The GI Bill helped former soldiers
return home sooner
go to college
return to Europe
21
Which region of the nation became the Dust Bowl in the mid-1920s?
Rocky Mountains
West Coast
Great Plains
22
What image did Churchill use to describe the division of Europe during the Cold War?
an iron curtain
a closed door
a steel fist
23
The main goal of the United Nations was to
rebuild Europe
prevent wars
protect its members
24
The stock market crashed in 1929 because
immigration declined rapidly
there were no buyers for stocks
many Americans lost their jobs
25
The ___ allowed cars to be made quickly and cheaply.
assembly line
Emergency Quota Act
Federal government
26
President ___ started the Peace Corps to help people in developing countries.
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nixon
27
The ___ helped JFK win the 1960 presidential election.
US space program
Cuban missle crisis
televised debate
cold war
28
To end WWII with Japan, President Truman agreed to
Troop invasions
US warships
Atomic bombs
29
Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans helped the Allies by
trying to control German inflation
sending troops to Great Britain
offering lend-lease programs
30
During the GD, the ___ closed banks. They could not open until they were inspected by the gov.
Works Progress Adminstration
Emergency Banking Act
national bank holiday
31
Franklin Roosevelt had a viral desease called___ that caused him to lose the use of his legs.
polio
asthma
deafness
32
Which two superpowers compete for power during the Cold War?
USA and China
Soviet Union and China
USA and Soviet Union
33
Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were
against the Vietnam War
elected to office
shot to death
involved in riots
34
The countries of the ___ said that an attack on one member would be considered an attack on all
Marshall Plan
League of Nations
NATO
35
Dust storms in the Great Plains states were caused by
the overuse of land
poor grassland soil
drought and wind
36
___ won the 1968 presidential election by promising to end the Vietnam War.
Richard Nixon
Robert Kennedy
JFK
Hubert Humphrey
37
What was the ultimate goal of the Nazi's Final Solution?
to murder all Jews in Europe and the Soviet Union
to defeat the Allies and attack Japan
to control all of Europe and the Soviet Union
38
The ______ prohitbited segreation in public places.
Voting Rights Act
Equal Rights Amendment
Civil Rights Act
39
The Palmer Raids occurred because of the
ban on Alcohol
Red Scare
KKK
40
Japan, Germany, and Italy formed an alliance called
the Allies
The Final
The Axis Powers