US2 Final Review

Planes that flew directly into ships are called?

Responsible for the assassination for JFK

The suicide of Adolph Hitler and the fall of Berlin were followed by what event?

What was the significance of Brown v. Board of Education?

This New Deal program was designed to bring resources to the Tennessee Valley

_______________ programs of the New Deal eased suffering of the needy.

First US astronaut in space

The launching of Sputnik led to:

In 1962, the US discovered nuclear missiles in

What event began the Korean War?

All of the following are characteristics of a totalitarian state EXCEPT:

Black college students protested against segregated lunch counters using a strategy known as

The NAACP stand for

Which event led to a decisive shift away from isolationism for the US?

The president after FDR was who?

In April 1961, the failed US backed overthrow of Fidel Castro was known as

The dictator in charge of the Spanish Revolution

Father of "containment"

Hoover did'nt have a chance at winning the 1932 election because he

This New Deal program was designed to aid the arts, writers, painters, etc.

The US policy of non-involvement prior to entering the war was called what?

Why was America labeled the "Arsenal of Democracy"?

Rosa Parks is best known for starting the

This New Deal program was designed to help farmers

The strategy of giving in to a dictators demands in hope of securing peace is called?

US aid to war torn nations in Western Europe was under the

In 1960 JFK compared the 1960's to the dawn of a new age or....

All of the following are examples of "New Frontier" legislation EXCEPT:

American volunteer program created by Kennedy

Led the communist revolution in China

The day that panic spread across the stock market was October 29, 1929. Also called:

Communist leader of Cuba

Truman's policy that US should support free people resisting communism is called

John Foster Dulles' support of taking back communist countries proactively was called

What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?

The Cold War consisted of all of the following EXCEPT:

The March on Washington led to the passing of the

Eisenhower's Secretary of State urging forceful action to counter communism

The result of the Cuban Missile crisis was

The GI Bill of Rights provided for all of the following EXCEPT:

Which nations became known as the Axis powers?

Which events are in chronological order?

FDR's program to improve conditions during the Depression was known as:

People who refused to cooperate and answer questions about communism were put on what?

Who delivered the "I have a dream" speech?

The state of hostility, short of direct military confrontation between the US and USSR

A controversial issue that resulted from WWII was the

This New Deal Program was designed to insure bank deposits

In the south, state and local laws that mandated segregation in public facilities were called

Soviets looked for a"buffer zone" in ______________ for protection

Lost to Kennedy in the 1960 election

The Dust Bowl experiences of the farmer in the Midwest during the Great Depression demonstrated

The Japanese emperor who signed the surrender of Japan in August 1945 was who?

Joseph McCarthy was famous because

Prime minister of Great Britain throughout most of WWII

NATO stands for

____________ programs of the New Deal were to prevent future crises.

The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between:

The policy of paying cash and transporting goods yourself is called what?

______________ programs of the New Deal were to lay foundations for economic growth.

Which of the following correctly matches the leader with his nation?

What is the practice if purchasing stocks by borrowing much of the cost?

Who was the 1932 presidential candidate who promised to lift America out of the depression?

The establishment of the UN took place at which conference?

A significant cause of the Great Depression of the 1930's was that:

This New Deal Program was designed to regulate the stock market