Final Quiz 2

Who spearheaded the fight for California farmworkers in the 1960s?

What marked the end of the Vietnam War Years?

What was the name of John D. Rockefeller's monopoly?

What gave $13 Billion to the countries of Western Europe after WW2, hoping to keep them from turning to communism?

Hoovervilles, Hoover Flags, and Hoover Blankets are associated with which era in U.S. History?

Why did the U.S. Senate NOT ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

The Central Pacific and Union Pacific companies are associated with

What was the population explosion after World War 2 called?

The Watergate Scandal led to the resignation of which U.S. president?

During whose presidency did the internet become widespread?

Who was the leader of North Vietnam, whose life's fight was an independent, united, communist Vietnam?

What drew the U.S. into World War 1?

What was the name of Jacob Riis' 1890 book about the slums of New York City?

In the late 1800s, where were most Native Americans relocated to?

Which country did we purchase Alaska from in 1867 for $7.2 million?

The movement of African Americans from the South to northern cities was called

Which word sums up our foreign policy during the Cold War?

What was the code name for the development of the atomic bomb?

The Bessemer Process and Assembly Line would be best used in an essay about

What transportation network began in the late 1950s?

Where did many "new immigrants" settle after passing through Ellis Island?

What law ended all Jim Crow Laws?

Which war are the following terms associated with? U.S.S. Maine, yellow journalism, Rough Riders

In the late 1800s, many urban poor lived in run-down, overcrowded apartments called

What did the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) do?

What happened on October 29, 1929?

What contributed to Jimmy Carter's loss to Ronald Reagan in 1980?

Which was the first country annexed by Nazi Germany?

Which New Deal program addressed the problem of bank failures?

What was the decision in the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

African American cultural pride in the 1920s and 1930s was associated with

General Douglas MacArthur, island hopping, and Nagasaki all have to do with

What event started World War 2 in Europe?

What new style of music swept up teenagers in the 1950s?

We watched "One Survivor Remembers" about Gerda Weissmann Klein. What had Gerda survived?

Which muckraker wrote "The Jungle", exposing the horrors of the meatpacking industry?

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" was a welcome to

What did the Greensboro Four, Freedom Riders, and Birmingham children's marchers have in common?

What is it called if a labor union decides to stop working as a tactic to try to get better conditions?

What is considered to be the closest the U.S. and Soviet Union ever got to all-out nuclear war?