U.S. History 2nd Semster Review

Question 1

What did the 19th Amendment to the Constitution do?

Accepted Answer

Gave women the right to vote

Question 2

The name of FDR's program to deal with the Great Depression was called....

Accepted Answer

The New Deal

Question 3

This poster was intended to

Accepted Answer

convince women to help in war effort.

Question 4

Which of these people was a poet during the Harlem Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 5

At the end of the Vietnam War...

Accepted Answer

Vietnam became a unified Communist country.

Question 6

What contributed to the end of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Question 7

Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?

Accepted Answer

To avoid having to invade Japan.

Question 8

The U.S. expansion to The Philippeans, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii is an example of...

Accepted Answer

imperialism

Question 9

Separate drinking fountains and bathrooms for Blacks and Whites is an example of ...

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow laws

Question 10

The economic system in which all businesses are privately owned is called

Accepted Answer

capitalism

Question 11

What was the major cause of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

overproduction and underconsumption

Question 12

President Johnson believed we needed to fight in Vietnam bacause of...

Accepted Answer

the domino theory.

Question 13

The name of LBJ's program to help the poor was called...

Accepted Answer

Great Society

Question 14

What event led to the passage of the Patriot Act?

Accepted Answer

the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Question 15

Which President is best known for his "trickle down" economics?

Accepted Answer

Ronald Reagan

Question 16

The explosion of the USS Maine was the spark that ignited support for...

Accepted Answer

the Spanish-American War.

Question 17

What was one economic consequence of FDR's New Deal?

Accepted Answer

The role of the federal government in the economy expanded

Question 18

What FDR phrase refers to the idea that the U.S. would supply the Allies in World War II?

Accepted Answer

"Be the great arsenal for democracy"

Question 19

Which of these is NOT a conservative belief?

Accepted Answer

expanding the role of the government

Question 20

A period when African-American culture flourished was called...

Accepted Answer

The Harlem Renaissance

Question 21

The United States government published this WWI poster to encourage Americans to...

Accepted Answer

invest in the war effort

Question 22

What country was seen as the greatest threat during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

The Soviet Union

Question 23

What Wisconsin Senator accused many people in the government of being Communists?

Accepted Answer

McCarthy

Question 24

After the Civil Rights march in Selma, Alabama, President Johnson called for the passage of...

Accepted Answer

The Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Question 25

President Reagan went to what city to say, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"?

Accepted Answer

Berlin

Question 26

The main goal of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's was...

Accepted Answer

ending segregation.

Question 27

The belief that if one country in Asia fell to communism, they all would fall

Accepted Answer

Domino Theory

Question 28

This event was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war.

Accepted Answer

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 29

At the end of the Korean War . . .

Accepted Answer

Korea was divided into North Korea & South Korea

Question 30

The D-Day Invasion liberated what country?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 31

One result of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was that...

Accepted Answer

African- American voter participation increased.

Question 32

The author of The Feminine Mystique who believed women should have ambitions outside the home

Accepted Answer

Betty Friedan

Question 33

This image is an example of a U.S. foreign policy of

Accepted Answer

Imperialism

Question 34

Which of these is a LIBERAL belief?

Accepted Answer

government should promote social equality

Question 35

What led to Hawaii becoming part of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Wealthy buisnessmen overthrew the Hawaiian government

Question 36

What event was the spark that ignited WWI?

Accepted Answer

the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Question 37

Which of these was a cause of the U.S. getting involved in WWI?

Accepted Answer

The Zimmerman Telegram

Question 38

Truman's policy for dealing with the spread of communism was

Accepted Answer

containment.

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