United States 2 Final Review

Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?

Who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

What was Executive order 9066?

Worldwide rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union

Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states

The Soviet Union successfully launched satellite ___________ into space in October of 1957.

U.S. policy giving massive loans and grants to Western Europe

Policy that gave the president unlimited measures to ensure international peace in Vietnam

The Americans invading France encounter heavy Nazi defenses at ____ beach

Strategy aimed at returning economic stability to Eastern Europe to lessen appeal of communism:

Leader of the Soviet Union

What were women called in 1920s that bobbed their hair, drank alcohol, and smoked in public

Assassinated after winning the California presidential primary

What was the purpose of the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

The day Japan surrendered was called

Ruled that upon arrest a suspect must be read their rights

A murderous booze distributor, didn't get convicted of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Why did America decide to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?

The United States dropped atomic bombs on which Japanese city?

Standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union about the nuclear missiles in Cuba

What countries were known as the “Allied Powers”?

In the 1954 Brown v. Board of Ed. decision the Supreme Court

According to the Dawes Plan, debt repayment in Europe stemming from WWI would be fueled by

The capital of Germany,____________, was divided into four occupied zones at the end of WWII

The Red Scare led to . . .

Churchill referenced an “_____________” falling across Eastern Europe, dividing the East/West:

CIA-backed scheme to topple Fidel Castro from power by invading Cuba with anticommunist exiles

Military alliance of the United States and the countries of Western Europe

Which President is the only President to resign from office?

The 1920s were a time of economic boom, and at times referred to as

What geographic feature of the US played a central role in WWII during the Asiatic Theater

What is the term given to secret bars that existed during the 1920s?

Scandal that Symbolized widespread corruption of the Nixon Administration

What happened in the D-Day invasion?

What was John Scopes put on trial for?

Last Question: Do you expect to pass your finals?

Domestic program that created federally sponsored welfare programs

What was the time in the 1920s when African Americans became popular in areas of arts & culture

This Constitutional amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol

The Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka reversed the ruling of what case?

The United States hoped the containment policy would:

Policy that the south Vietnamese should be trained to fight the war alone

General George C. Marshall, U.S. secretary of state, believed that

The three New Deal R's are...

Which countries became known as the “Axis Powers”?

President Carter's Foreign policy consisted of

Assassinated at a Memphis hotel by James Earl Ray

Theory that if one nation becomes Communist, others will follow

Who wrote the New Deal?

How were Japanese-Americans treated after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

LBJ Programs designed to stop poverty in the U.S

The Marshall plan provided nearly _______ to rebuild wartorn Europe

What happened on October 29, also known as Black Tuesday?

1920's government reflected isolationist foreign policies.