2018 US2 Final

What was the result of the Selma to Montgomery March of 1965?

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons for the dropping of the atomic bomb?

The federal program that provides free healthcare to the elderly is _____________________.

Which of these was NOT a significant trend of the 1950s?

The purpose of the Freedom Rides was to

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did little to

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., drew on the philosophy and techniques of

In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans

Makeshift shelters where the homeless lived during the Great Depression were called

Brown vs. Board of Education overturned what long standing “separate but equal” case?

What actions most accurately reflect Richard Nixon’s foreign policy in Vietnam?

This pivotal event in 1968 negatively changed America’s view on the war in Vietnam:

Japanese-Americans were placed in relocation camps

The foreign policy the United States followed in the 1920s and 1930s was called

In Little Rock, Arkansas, black students were prevented from entering a white high school by

The Social Security Act provided

Which of the following most effectively ended the negative effects of the Great Depression?

The Great Depression was caused by all of the following EXCEPT

Who was the Viet Minh leader who appealed to President Truman for independence from the French?

Which group refused to answer questions from the HUAC and were subsequently blacklisted?

In the 1950s and 1960s, __________ trapped many African Americans in inner cities.

George Kennan advocated this strategy which became the basis for early Cold War foreign policy.

Which of the following dates will “live in infamy” in the United States?

First satellite launched in 1957 by the USSR

Created the first peacetime draft in U.S. history

President needs permission from Congress to engage U.S combat troops for more than 60 days.

African Americans did which of the following during World War II?

This became a symbol of patriotic female defense workers:

The Republican nominee for president in 1960 was

What was the immediate cause of the Korean War?

Chartered in 1945, which international organization aimed at establishing world peace?

During the “space race,” Kennedy’s goal for America was to be the first to

Which program called for the investment of billions of dollars to rebuild European nations?

Satellite nations behind the “iron curtain” were countries under the control of

Coordinated all government agencies involved in war effort

The Atlantic Charter stated that the United States and Britain would NOT

Who was given command of all US Army units in the Pacific theatre?

This defensive military alliance, includes the United States, Canada, and Western Europe.

Which of these antipoverty programs was a preschool education program for low-income families?

“With all deliberate speed,” the wording was vague enough that many districts were able to

Food and supplies were delivered to the people of West Berlin

The sit-in movement of the 1960s is best described as

Which nation was building an empire beginning with its invasion of Manchuria in 1931?

As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Roosevelt’s “fireside chats” were

American territory that fell to the Japanese in 1942 resulting in the capture of thousands

U.S. secret program to create and build atomic weapons

For most American workers, the 1950’s were a time of____________________.

Emmett Till’s murder was a significant event in the Civil Rights Movement because

Covert operations in developing nations included

Many stock speculators put up as little as 10% of the price of stock when they

Which of the following was NOT an American ally during World War II?

Which of these is NOT a major principle of the United States?

Until the mid-1960s, the Civil Rights Movement focused mainly on

The U.N. military coalition’s advance on the North Korea’s northern border resulted in

When the U.S., Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany, the Soviet Union responded by

Kennedy’s “flexible response” plan called for

As a result of the GI Bill many returning soldiers

Which brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?

Which FDR speech given in January of 1941 served as a future model for U.S. war aims?

The 1964 __________ gave President Johnson the authority to escalate military action in Vietnam

The U.S. must support nations opposed to armed subjugation by outside nations

Which act limited the influence of labor unions?

Which pair of battles provided evidence that an invasion of Japan might incur 1 million deaths?

Franklin Roosevelt’s “court-packing plan” was a serious mistake because

Which Great Society program is considered to be an entitlement?

On D-Day, the Allies landed at

What was the significance of Levittown, New York?

An important Allied naval victory that stopped the Japanese advance eastward was the

Established to gather strategic military and political information overseas

Banks were plunged into crisis as

In order to stop massive withdrawals from banks, Roosevelt declared a

FDR instituted the “arsenal for democracy” with what trade policies prior to December of 1941?

This was a massive aerial bombing campaign against the North Vietnamese:

The Eisenhower Doctrine gave the President the authority to

Who led a battle to remove communists from the United States and was condemned by the Senate ?

The proper term describing the U.S. economy from 1929 to 1939 is

U.S. strategy of seizing only strategic Japanese held islands

The famous line, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” was spoken by

The period when Congress passed 15 major acts to meet an economic crisis was called the

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

One advantage that Johnson had in getting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed was his

Jim Crow laws are most clearly associated with

The president who made good on his promise to end the Korean war was

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 authorized the Attorney General to

In the 50’s, many companies advertised on television because __________________.

Addresses international military and political problems

Competition between the US and USSR after WWII

Kennedy cancelled air support for the Bay of Pigs invasion in order to

Both the GI Bill and Sputnik were post war events that ___________________.