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1
Why did the government have so much trouble enforcing the 18th amendment?
The government stopped enforcing civil rights in the south
Husbands didn't want their wives to vote
There was an incredible amount of money to be made illegally
Jim Crow Laws
2
The employment of more than 6 million women in American Industry during WWII led to
establishment of day care centers by the government
a strong desire of most women to work for wages
equal pay for men and women
more American women in war industry than in any other nation
3
During the war, labor unions can best be described as
loyal to the war effort
unhappy with treatment from the government
constantly striking for new benefits
cruelly treated by the government
4
Harding ran a campaign based on which statement
Return to normalcy
Big government does it best
Control from Washington
Power to the Unions
5
The "soft underbelly" of Europe was
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
6
During the war, most Americans economically experienced
growing wealth in urban areas but not rural areas
prosperity and a doubling of personal income
serious hardship due rationing
a continuing struggle to find employment
7
The Election of 1948 saw
Thurmond/Dewey
Eisenhower/Mondale
Truman/Dewey
Nixon/Kennedy
8
The 1920 Census revealed that, for the first time, most
adult women worked outside the home
men worked in manufactoring
Americans lived in suburbs
Americans lived in Cities
9
In the 1920s, the Supreme Court can best be described as
Progressive
Reactionary
Socialist
Liberal
10
Population distribution after WWII followed a pattern of
mass migration of Blacks from the West to the midwest
movement out the cities into small towns
urban-suburban segregation of blacks and whites in cities
movement into the Northeast out of the South
11
Huey P. Long gained a large national following by promising to
nationalize all banks and public utilities
provide the unemployed and elderly with $200 a month
make Jews pay for causing the Depression
"share our wealth" by raising taxes on the rich
12
The turning point of the Pacific Theatre was
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of the Buldge
Battle of Hawaii
Battle of Midway
13
FDR won the election of 1944 mainly because
Harry Truman was his running mate
Republican Thomas Dewey favored an immediate peace
labor unions turned out for FDR
the war was going well
14
The 1950s most closely resembles which other era?
The 1850s
The 1880s
The 1930s
The 1920s
15
The US participation in NATO
reduced the need for more military spending
helped resolve the German Question
reaffirmed the US commitment of the defense of W. Europe
marked a departure from traditional isolationism
16
In 1924, the elections was between
Coolidge/Davis
Hoover/FDR
FDR/Davis
Harding/Davis
17
Passage of the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 36, and 37 resulted in all of the following except
balancing the scales between Dictators and Allies
decline in the Navy and other armed forces
spurring aggressors along their path of conquest
making no distinctions between aggressors and victims
18
Prohibition led to a dramatic rise in...
immigrants leaving the country
People who played the stocks for a living
Gangsters like Al Capone
decrease in recreational drug use
19
One major problem facing farmers in the 1920s was
drought and insects like the boll weevil
overproduction
prosecution of cooperatives under anti-trust laws
passage of McNary-Haugen Bill
20
Japanese Americans were placed in concentration camps during WWII
as a result of anti- Japanese prejudice and fear
due to numerous acts of sabotage
because many were loyal to Japan
All of the above
21
The Lend-Lease Act
condemned Germany and Japan
Sent armies to fight against the Axis
Provided huge funds for the Allies (mostly in weapons)
Reinforced neutrality
22
Hitler's last ditch attempt to achieve a victory against the Allies came at
The Battle of the Buldge
final U-Boat campaign against America
The Battle of the Rhineland
an attempt to negotiate a peace between Stalin and Germany
23
When the USSR blockade Berlin, Truman responded by
organizing a gigantic airlift of supplies to Berlin
asking the UN to intervene
sending an armed convoy to Berline
denying USSR access to Western Europe
24
The claim that brought McCarthy down was
Ike was a communist
Nixon was a communist
There were communists in the State Department
the army leaders were communists
25
The Quarantine Speech
was hailed as a great speech by Britain
was condemned by The Committee to Aid America
was very well received
created a cyclone of protest by Isolationists
26
Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon policies favored...
Foreign Investors
The Wealthy
The Middle Class
The Lower Class
27
By 1938, the New Deal
was prepared to start again
had lost most of its momentum
turned more toward Direct relief than social reform
had failed to achieve its objectives
28
In 1940, in exchange for American destroyers, the British gave the US
most favored nation status
access to the German military codes
six airbases in Scotland and Iceland
eight valuable naval bases in the Western Hemisphere
29
The Wagner Act of 1935
created the "Indian New Deal"
established the NRA
authorized the Public Works Adm.
gave labor the right to collectively bargain
30
President Hoover created which agency to battle the Great Depression?
Nation Recovery Administration (NRA)
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
31
Regarding the Spanish Civil War, ___ supported Franco, while ____ provided aid for Republicans
Roman Catholics, Abraham Lincoln Brigad
southern, Democrats
isolationist, Committee to Aid America by Defend- the Allies
Communist, Charles Lindbergh
32
The origins of the Cold War lay in a fundamental disagreement over
East Asia
The Middle East
Eastern Europe
North Africa
33
The main reason Roosevelt recognized the USSR was
He was hoping for an eventual military alliance
The British made it a condition of their alliance
He wanted to trade with the USSR
He wanted a counter balance to Germany
34
The Election of 1932 saw
New Immigrants vote Republican for the first time
Blacks leave the Republican Party in large numbers
Native Americans vote in large numbers
Whites move to the Democratic Party
35
The Kennedy Administration
landed a man on the moon
started the Great Society Program
founded the Peace Corps
ended Vietnam
36
The Potsdam Conference
Saw Churchill, Stalin, and FDR attend
announced the official end of the war
was held on VJ Day
issued an Ultimatum to Japan
37
The Marshall Plan called for
an alliance to contain the USSR
Economic aid for Japan
military aid to France and the UK
substantial financial assistance to rebuild Western Europe
38
Double V refers to
Victory against Racism at home and Dictators abroad
Victory against slavery and Republicans
Victory against Democrats and Dictators
Victory against Roosevelt and the New Deal
39
The Invasion of Normandy on June 6th, 1944 was led by
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Montgomery
Dwight Eisenhower
40
Operation Wetback
gained the approval of the capitalists
sent thousands of Mexico back across the border
ended the affirmative action program
stopped Socialism
41
The ABC-1 Agreement
was between Churchill and Stalin
struck the first blow at Japan
declared the US would focus on rescuing China first
declared a "get Germany first" policy
42
The Atlantic Charter included all of the following except
affirming the right of the people to choose form of gov't
A new League of Nations
Outlining of Self Determination principles
Declaration of war on Japan
43
One of the most influential inventions of the 20th Century was
The Airplane
The Radio
Buying on credit
The Automobile
44
The Bretton Woods Conference established all of the following except
World Bank
United Nations
International Monetary Fund
45
The event that partially jolted Congress out of Isolationism was...
Hitler-Stalin Pact
Fall of France
Defeat of Britain at the Battle of Britain
Fall of Poland
46
V-E Day is
May 9th
July 4th
June 11th
May 8th
47
This Southern author wrote about Yoknapatawpha Country and carefully examined his characters
Sherwood Anderson
William Faulkner
Ernest Hemingway
Ezra Pound
48
The Feminine Mystique was written by
Salinger
Jane Martha
Addams
Betty Friedan
49
The Stimson Doctrine
declared the US wouldn't recognize territory gains by force
committed the US to join the League of Nations against Japan
declared Japan and Germany rogue states
reversed US isolationism in Latin America
50
What is the policy of isolationism?
Different races and cultures should be segregated by housing
Take out all the green M&Ms and eat them first
The U.S. should contain communism wherever it appears
The U.S. should ignore affairs overseas
51
The Court Packing plan
Proved to be a large failure
Succeeded Greatly
52
The long economic boom from WWII to about 1970 was fueled by
reduced military expenditures
low taxes
low energy costs
low inflation
53
Social Security was different from most European systems because it
was opposed by large sectors of the public
linked unemployment and disability insurance to pensions
did not initially cover all categories of workers
did not address single mothers in the home
54
Roosevelt's promise to the USSR to open a second front in Europe by the end of 1942
proved utterly impossible to keep
was made to deceive Stalin and make him delay his army
was fulfilled by the invasion of North Africa
represented a key military goal to the US and the UK
55
As part of the Good Neighbor Policy, President Roosevelt
removed American controls in Haiti, Cuba, and Brazil
supported Latin American strongmen in Argentina and Brazil
encouraged Mexican immigration into the US
sending large amounts of monetary aid to Latin America
56
The Father of Scientific Management (promoting industrial efficiency) was
Henry Ford
John Dewey
Guglielmo Marconi
Frederick Taylor
57
The original reason so much money was spent on the Atomic Bomb was
the Japanese were close to their own bomb
Scientist (Albert Einstein) might be lost to the war effort
a nuclear weapon was the only was to win the war
the Germans might get there first
58
True or False: The New Deal rid the nation of unemployment
False
True
59
As a result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930
the worldwide depression deepened
economic isolation ended
American industry grew more secure
duties on agriculture increased
60
The final push to WWII (for France and the UK) was...
Fall of Austria to Germany
seizing of the Sudetenland
Munich Conference
Germany's war with Poland
61
A major scandal in the Harding Administration was
Credit Moblier
Gold Bug
Whiskey Ring
Teapot Dome
62
The 1928 Kellog-Briand Pact
established a battleship ratio for leading naval powers
formally ended WW1 for the US`
set a schedule for German war reparations payments
officially outlawed war
63
The Truman Doctrine was most closely related to
Appeasement
Dentente
Vietnamization
Containment
64
The KKK in the 1920s favored which group of people?
White Mormons
White Catholics
White Puritans
White Protestants
65
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 was passed to check the growing power of
the President
blacks
Labor Unions
leftists and communists
66
The Glass-Steagall Act
created the SEC to regulate the stock exchange
created the FDIC to insure individual bank deposits
empowered FDR to close all banks temporarily
took the US off the Gold Standard
67
The Sunbelt had all of the following except
Jobs
few federal monitary grants
low taxes
good climate
68
The 1920s "Red Scare" resulted in what?
Attorney General Mitchell Palmer's arrests of 6,000 suspects
Senator Joseph McCarthy's wild communism witch-hunt
The creation of a socialist party
Socialist leaning businessmen left the country en masse
69
The Brain Trust was
small group of reform minded intellectuals
Neoconservative advisers
Like minded business men
Conservative faction of the Supreme Court
70
According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to
educate students for life by active learning methods
emphasize academic skills
Instill discipline and character in young people
undermine students' naive religious beliefs
71
The GI Bill of Rights was partly motivated by
need for a more educated work force
fear of postwar veteran's protests
fear that labor markets could not absorb all the new workers
desire to expand the social diversity of colleges
72
What government agency directed the war industrial production effort?
War Production Board
Office of Price Adminstration
National War Labor Board
Department of State
73
By the beginning of the 21st Century, farmers made up what percent of the population?
2%
15%
7%
20%
74
When the Wheels are rockin, don't come... (AKA social liberation for the young and women)
Knockin
What is this question
75
Which of the following members of Harding's Cabinet was incompetent and corrupt?
Andrew Mellon
Albert Fall
Josiah Grant
Charles Evans Hughes
76
Postwar prosperity benefitted which group the MOST?
Hispanics
Women
Blacks
Asian Americans
77
NSC-68 was passed due to
the Japan Crisis
collapse of China to communism
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
the Korean War
78
I am ready for the APUSH Final
No
Yes
79
The London Economic Conference failed due to
The French ardently stuck to the Gold Standard
Roosevelt withdrew the American delegation
The British refused to support inflation
German aggression in Central Europe
80
Put the following conferences in chronological order: A) Potsdam B) Casablanca C) Teheran
A, B, C
B, C, A
B, A, C
C, B, A
81
The phrase Hundred Days refers to the
time it took for Congress to act on FDR's new plans
Lame-duck period between Hoover and FDR
flood of legislation passed by Congress in the first months
worst time of the Depression
82
The Agricultural Adjustment Act proposed to solve the farm problem by
subsidizing American farm exports
helping farmers pay their mortgages
reducing Ag. production
creating farm cooperatives
83
The Checkers Speech
showed the power of TV
Hurt Ike in the election
kicked Nixon off the Republican Ticket
showed the power of the Radio
84
The Dawes Plan addressed
provided a solution to the tangle of War debt
the Big Stick Policy in the Caribbean
aimed to prevent German re-armament
Condemn the Japanese aggression in Manchuria
85
Gulf of Tonkin was requested by
Ike
Nixon
Johnson
Kennedy
86
The Yalta Conference had all of the following PROMISES except
occupation zones in Germany
Military administration of Japan
Creation of the United Nations
Free elections in Eastern Europe
87
The 1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
blocked Roosevelt's foreign Policy efforts
aimed at isolating Germany and Italy
increased American foreign trade
raised America's Tariffs
88
The day which the market crashed in 1929 was known as
Crash Friday
Black Tuesday
Purple Thursday
Yellow Wednesday
89
The direct cause of the American entrance into WWII was
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union
Fall of France
Invasion of New York by Canada
90
The first woman on the Cabinet was
Hillary Clinton
Frances Perkins
Pearl S. Buck
Ruth Benedict