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1
Island hopping was used by ______ to try to win the was in the Pacific
Soviet Union
Japan
United States
China
2
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed which of the following barriers to keep Af Am from voting
Literacy Tests and Tariffs
Bus discrimination
Subsidies and Poll Taxes
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests
3
Lyndon B. Johnson billed his domestic program as the
New Frontier
Fair Deal
New Deal
Great Society
4
Which of the following is NOT an ex. of non-violent protests during the Civil Rights movement
Sit-ins
Social Media
Boycotts
Marches
5
Hawley-Smoot, in which the govt raised taxes to sell goods to the US, is an example of a:
tax
laissez-faire
tariff
subsidy
6
Malcolm X was a leading member of the
Black Panthers.
Nation of Islam (Black Muslims).
Pan African Congress (PAC).
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
7
________ was the name of the Soviets first space satellite.
Sputnik
Stalinik
Yuri Gagarin
Valentina Tereshkova
8
Which US Supreme Court case ended segregation in schools?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Brown vs. Board
Roe vs. Wade
9
The Allies opened a second front in western Europe on
V-J Day.
D-Day.
July 4, 1943.
December 7, 1941.
10
Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese on...
September 11, 1942
December 7, 1941
December 10, 1941
November 7, 1941
11
Roosevelt's plan to invest in the economy by providing relief, recovery and reform was called
Great Society
Fair Deal
New Deal
New Frontier
12
One of the two locations on which the United States dropped atomic bombs were
Khe Sahn
Okinawa
Tokyo
Nagasaki
13
As U.S. forces drove the N. Koreans N of 38th parallel, which country pushed them S to 38th?
Vietnam
Soviet Union
China
Japan
14
Each of the following was part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act EXCEPT
protection to African Americans.
voting rights.
prohibition of segregation in "public accommodations."
bans on employment discrimination.
15
The Vietnam War started after the attack at
Tonkin Gulf
D-Day
38th Parallel
Pearl Harbor
16
The first conflict the United Nations got involved in was..
The Cold War
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
World War II
17
The United States tentatively supported a failed invasion of Cuba at
Bay of Pigs
Havana
Guantanamo
Sukamo
18
Why was geography important during the Cuban missile crisis?
The Bay of Pigs invasion failed to overthrow Castro.
The communist govt took over US businesses on the island.
The island is located 90 miles from the coast of Florida.
USSR gave financial aid to the communist govt of Cuba.
19
Which US President set up the policy of "Containment" during the Cold War?
Eisenhower
Johnson
Truman
Kennedy
20
Neil Armstrong was...
the first man to orbit the earth
first person to land on the moon
military leader in Vietnam
the first American to go into space
21
The Red Scare of the 1950s was the fear of...
Spiders
Dictators
Nazism
Communism
22
The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937 banned US companies from selling WHAT to nations at war?
Food
Ships
Textiles
Weapons
23
The New Deal program that provided pensions for the elderly was called...
The Wagner Act
Medicare
Netrality Act
Social Security Act
24
The Lend Lease Act made it possible for the United States to...
Send troops to fight with Allied powers W/O declaring war
place an embargo on the Axis powers
sell war materials to all nations at war
sell or lend war materials to any nation
25
Which President was known for his policy of "brinkmanship" in the Cold War?
Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Truman
26
Poor people in the Great Depression looked for food in places like soup kitchens and...
bread lines
bread kitchens
food lines
soup kitchens
27
Which of the following was NOT one of the causes of World War II?
Imperalism
Totalitarian States
Appeasement
Dictators in Europe and Asia
28
When 1 country fell to communism, the countries around the country could be the next to fall.
Domino Theory
Detente
Iron Curtain
Containment
29
Another word for a recession or when GDP falls causing unemployment to rise dramatically
Retraction
Recession
Boom
Depression
30
US Civil Rights leader who called for integration through non-violent protests
Malcolm X
Mahatma Ghandi
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
31
Mission 2 go 2 space, help for unemployed, and focus on helping the environment were a part of
Fair Deal
Great Society
New Frontier
New Deal
32
The term “Vietnamization” referred to the policy of:
shifting the burden of actual combat to the SouthVietnamese.
shifting military tactics to match Vietcong
training US troops to understand Vietnam culture
anti-war propaganda against war in Vietnam
33
Communities of homeless people in places like Central Park were nicknamed
Shanty Towns
Hoovershacks
Hoovervilles
Rooseveltburbs
34
Militant protests and black nationalism are most associated with
Rosa Parks
Emmitt Till
Martin Luther King Jr
Black Panthers
35
The Baby Boom primarily resulted from
economic prosperity in the postwar decades
the "Sexual Revolution" of the 1920s
growth in college attendance in the 1950s
falling marriage rate during the Great Depression
36
An effect of the War Powers Act of 1973 was that
congressional authority NOT needed for military $
NATO became more involved in world conflicts
the authority of the pres as commander in chief was limited
women started serving in combat roles during wartime
37
The Viet Cong wanted to
help the North Vietnamese army against the South
be done with school
get rid of Communism in the North
fight with the Americans
38
Which US President started the process Vietnamization?
Kennedy
Johnson
Eisenhower
Nixon
39
The Korean War and Vietnam War r both examples of the US following the for. policy strategy of
Democracy
Brinkmanship
Domino Theory
Containment
40
Democratic president during the Great Depression and World War II
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
41
In1929 when the Stock Market crashed, signalling a problem in the economy, was nicknamed Black
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
42
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were attempts by the United States to deal with the
spread of communism
President’s political opposition
national debt
arms race
43
In1929 when the Stock Market crashed, signalling a problem in the economy, was nicknamed Black
Thursday
Wednesday
Monday
Tuesday
44
The image of ____________ became the heroic symbol of the woman war worker.
the Women's Bureau
Rosie the Riveter
Marilyn Monroe
the Women's Army Corps
45
The objective of the Manhattan Project was to develop
synthetic rubber
system of coastal defense
relocation centers for Japanese Americans
the atomic bomb
46
Severe drought and winds that spread across the Midwest during the Great Depression were called
Dirt Depression
Great Depression
Dust Bowl
Dirt Bowl