U.S. History- 2nd Semester Final Exam Review

Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps during WWII because:

What was an effect of the Soviet Union’s successful launch of “Sputnik” in 1957?

What disease was first discovered in the 1980’s?

Which protest in 1989 in the Peoples Republic of China resulted in violence and death?

What was the “Iron Curtain”?

Many Americans questioned the fairness of the draft because:

Mobilizing the American economy for World War II created almost 19 million new jobs and:

What was FDR telling America when he said, “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself”?

Which of the following was a result of the Watergate Scandal?

Why did the US want to build a canal across Panama?

What division existed between free world & communist world in Germany, but came down in 1989?

Which outlawed discrimination based on race/color/religion/national origin when selling/renting/financing housing?

What happened on September 11, 2001?

Whatwas the effect of the Tet Offensive?

The containment policy was designed to:

After World War II was over, what new peace keeping organization was created?

Which of the following happened as a result of the Spanish-American War?

Whichof the following was NOT a part ofthe aftermath of thewar in Vietnam?

Whichof the following brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?

The US plan to aid the economic recovery of Europe after World War II was called:

All of the following areearly examples of the Cold War “heating up” EXCEPT:

The Grapes of Wrath was set in:

This Pacific battle took the U.S. Marines several months to win & gained a valuable airstrip 700 miles closer to Japan.

Whichof the following were counterculture values?

What was the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v.the Board of Education?

“Peace with honor, peace in our time” -Neville Chamberlain, hoping to prevent war with Hitler

Which of the following was used by dictators in 1930s to appeal to people of their countries?

Piece of legislation that allowed U.S. to fight inVietnam without a formal declaration ofwar:

How did the rapid development of the mass media, such as the radio, change the country as a whole?

Which Allied military strategy led to opening western European front, and liberation of France?

One major benefit of Russo-German Non-Aggression Pact for Germany would be that:

Reaganomics included:

What was the main purpose of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

The term "feminism" describes the theory that:

How did the Pacific strategy differ from the European strategy inWorld War II?

How did Roosevelt differ from the Hoover when dealing with the Great Depression? Roosevelt:

What distinction did Sandra Day O’Connor achieve in 1981?

What was the central message of the Roosevelt Corollary?

Which of the following are NOT reason(s) the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor?

What one thing does President Ford do that costs him a win in the next presidential election?

President Clinton wanted to reform the healthcare system because:

Howdid Rosa Parks contribute to the Civil Rights Movement?

Whichof the following statements best describes Martin LutherKing’s and Malcolm X’s views?

TheGreat Society focused on providing solutions to problems of:

Which best describes the Great Migration?

How did trench warfare change World War I?

The United States eventually decided to annex Hawaii because:

McCarthyism refers to:

Late 19^th Century, newspapers printed exaggerated accounts of Spanish cruelty in Cuba, called:

One result of prohibition during the 1920s was:

Whydid the outcome of the 1970 protest at Kent State University shock so many people?

There birth of African American literature, music and art is known as the:

TheBlack Panthers were different from the other Civil Rightsgroups because

What does the picture symbolize about women during World War II?

Which was NOT a result of the Stock Market Crash?

Which conference saw beginning of Cold Wartensions, particularly over Poland & East Germany?

What was the issue that led to the Scopes Trial?

Countries that fought against Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I were called the:

Which of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?

The Cold War was defined as:

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

The most significant long term cause of World War II is:

Henry Ford is known for his cars and his use of the assembly line. Although he did not invent the assembly line, Ford:

If Vietnam was to fall to Communism, then so would Cambodia, Laos, Burma & Thailand. This is the:

StudentNonviolent Coordinating Committee was formed to enable college kids to getinvolved & to

What roles were mos American women expected to fulfill in 1950s, which was shift from WWIIdays?

Whatis the commonly accepted immediate cause of World WarII?

What was President George H. W. Bush’s stated reason for entering the Persian Gulf War?

Which of the following marks a foreign policy accomplishment of Richard Nixon?

Whichof the following was one of the reasons why the 1963 Marchon Washington was significant?

Allof the following characteristics describe the countercultureexcept:

What is civil disobedience?

The containment policy was designed to:

The Manhattan Project refers to:

How did the roles ofwomen change during the 1920s?

What was the outcome ofthe Korean War?

What important idea came out of the Nuremberg Trials after the war?

Allof the following occurred in 1968 except:

TheVietnam War finally ended in 1975 when:

Whateffect did television have on public opinion in America about the fighting in Vietnam?

This group felt that FDR had not done enough because they still got low wages & and there was no new anti-lynching law

What were Americans fearful of throughout the Red Scare?

What term is used to describe the extermination of 11 million people in Nazi Germany?

Many US senators opposed the Versailles Treaty, which would allow American entry into League of Nations, because they:

Whose murder broughtmedia attention to injustice faced by African Americans in the DeepSouth?

What was the United States position prior toentering World War II?

Which of the following was NOT a challenge to 1950s conformity?

Thereason for the blockade ordered by President Kennedy in theCuban crisis of 1962 was to:

Removal of U.S. troops & replacing them with South Vietnamese troops was Nixon’spolicy of:

What was the highlight of Carter’s foreign policy?

Under the terms of the Versailles Treaty, Germany had to:

Khrushchevand the Soviets built the Berlin Wall in order to prevent:

What made the need for a college education more important in the 1950’s?

Why did Great Britain and the U.S. attack German forces in North Africa first?

In1957, Eisenhower sent the 101^st Airborne to Little Rock, Arkansas to:

Whathappened on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas?

Which of these was aresult of the Women’s Movement of the 1960’s?

Which of the following best describes First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt?

Argument that African Americans should join war effort to achieve victory over Hitler’s racism and over racism at home

Which of the following was NOT a major cause of World War I?