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Second Semester US History Final Exam Review
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What did FDR mean with the Freedom from Fear?
Countries will decrease military
Countries will disarm citizens
Countries will arm citizens
Countries will increase military
2
What did the Warren Commission determine?
CIA planned it
Oswald was the lone gunner
Oswald was not involved
Oswald had help
3
How did the US respond to the Soviets blocking access to West Berlin?
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Truman Doctrine
NATO was formed
4
What was created to divide Berlin after WWII?
Iron Chef
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
Iron Wall
5
Attorney General Palmer asserted there were more than 60,000 communists in the US
led to Speakeasies
led to the Red Scare
led to Prohibition
led to the Teapot Dome scandal
6
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis
US wanted to put missiles in Cuba
USSR wanted to put missiles in Cuba
Cuba fired missiles at the US
US fired missiles at Cuba
7
Republicans believed what about the Great Depression?
The economy would fix itself
Government should control Industry
Unemployed workers should get money from the government
Defense spending would save the economy
8
During WWII women and minorities in the US made economic gains because
more educational opportunities
labor unions
civil rights amendments
shortage of traditional (male) labor
9
Which was NOT a result of WWII in the US?
US became more isolated in the world
Desegregated the Military
Women into the workforce
Ended the Great Depression
10
A criticism of FDR's New Deal was
too much protection for businesses
made people dependent on the Federal Government
reduced the power of the Government
ignored the plight of homeowners with mortgages
11
Why did Truman authorize using the atomic bombs on Japan?
Afraid Germany would never surrender
Invading Japan would cost too many US soldier's lives
Japan was developing its own nuclear bomb
fear of alliance between the Japanese and Russians
12
What is the term for prejudice against Jewish people?
Kristallnacht
Luftwaffle
Nuermberg
Anti-Semitism
13
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Bank Failures
Red Scare
Overuse of credit buying
Overproduction by farmers
14
What was the rebirth of African-American art, music and literature in the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
New York Renaissance
Gilded Age
Red Scare
15
How did the US provoke the Japanese before WWII?
Allied with Japanese enemies
Cut off sales of Oil and Gas
Cut off sales of Timber
Sank Japanese merchant ships
16
What do we call the major increase in population after WWII?
Population Boom
Atomic Boom Baby
Family Planning
Baby Boom
17
The Scopes trial represented
immigration v. religion
all of the above
Science v. immigration
science v. religion
18
What was the purpose of creating the interstate highway system
make travel more efficient
both A and B
none of these
move military quickly
19
Which pair represents "Cause and Effect"
Sacco and Vanzetti - Women's Suffrage
High food prices - Great Depression
Red Scare - limits on immigration
Rebirth of the KKK - Populist Party
20
Why was the 18th Amendment ineffective
women weren't allowed to vote in some states
people ignored laws affecting alcohol
immigrants continued to come to the US
Jim Crow laws continued to exist
21
What was one impact of the Bay of Pigs invasion?
increase tensions between US and Cuba
removed Castro from power in Cuba
increase JFK's popuarity
increase trade between the US and Cuba
22
What started the Korean War?
North Korea invaded South Korea
Japanese invaded South Korea
Soviet Union invaded South Korea
South Korea invaded North Korea
23
According to the map - people moved from region ? to region ? during the Dust Bowl
3 to 4
2 to 3
4 to 1
1 to 2
24
What was the significance of the Ford Model T?
First car in America
First car in Europe
First car that common citizens could afford
First car Americans could buy
25
What was D-Day?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Atom bomb being dropped on Japan
Invasion of Italy to liberate Rome
Invasion of France to liberate Europe
26
Which of the following music styles is considered uniquely American?
Opera
Folk
Classical
Jazz
27
What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution do?
created issues in Congress
gained US support throughout the world
limited President Johnson
Johnson used it to assume more power
28
What was a major result of Prohibition?
Increase in organized crime
increased immigration
growth of communism
collapse of family values
29
Fear of the Domino Theory cause the US to
invade Great Britain
drop the atomic bombs
support the Korean and Vietnam wars
decrease military spending
30
Korean and Vietnam wars were about the containment of
Fascism
Nazism
Socialism
Communism
31
Which of the following was NOT a trait of fascism?
eliminate opposition
finding a scapegoat
limiting civil rights
reduce the size of the military
32
What was the US's FIRST response when war broke out in Europe?
Neutrality
declared war on Japan
declared war on Britain
declared war on Europe
33
A major result of FDR's New Deal was
a decline in the Federal deficit
expansion of power of the Government
voting rights for women
reinstitution of the Gold Standard
34
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the growth of Rock N Roll in the US?
Government used it as propaganda against communism
White musicians imitating black musicians
White DJ's played black music
Black musicians attracting white audiences
35
Japanese internment during WWII happened because
immigration laws
Jim Crow laws
racial prejudices
economic depression
36
Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Great Depression?
re-election of FDR
World War II
Marshall Plan
Social Security Act
37
What was the significance of the Ford Model T?
First car that common citizens could afford
First car Americans could buy
First car in Europe
First car in America
38
What was the line of communist nations across Europe called by Winston Churchill?
Iron Chef
Berlin Wall
Iron Man
Iron Curtain
39
The Foxtrot and Charleston were representative of
The change in music in the 1920s
The change in male/female relationships in the 1920s
The change in dance in the 1920s
All of the above
40
Which was a cause of the Dust Bowl?
All of the above
Settlers misusing the soil
Overuse of the Land
Drought
41
Germany's concentration camps put which group of people to death?
Gypsies
Catholics
Jews
All of the above
42
What did this poster intend during WWII?
sell war bonds
contain communism
create jobs
contain Japanese imperialism
