US History semester 2 Final review

In 1945 the leaders of the Big Three Allied Powers met to plan for the end of WWII at the 

The Allied strategy in the Pacific was called 

Operation Desert Storm in 1991 was the US military action 

The anti-war movement was led mainly by

The GI Bill provided WWII veterans with which of the following

How did WWII affect American factories? 

What kind of society did President Johnson want when he created the Great Society programs? 

On which Japanese cities did the U.S. drop the atomic bomb? 

Who was the U.S. President who made the decision to drop the atomic bombs? 

Why did the U.S. enter the Korean War? 

Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered soldiers to protect the Little Rock 9? 

What was the case Roe v. Wade(1973) based on

The goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 was to 

How did Americans conserve resources in WWII? 

Which group was Malcolm X a prominent leader of? 

The Manhattan project was established to

Fed. Govt. aided in Civil Rights in all of the following EXCEPT

Bill Clinton became the 2nd president in US history to be 

Which theory says if one nation becomes communist then it's neighbors will too? 

Who was the president who initiated a New Deal and oversaw WWII?

In what town did a genocide take place in Bosnia

Who was the leader of Italy during WWII and is pictured below? 

The organizers of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom were

What constitutional issue explains importance of Nixon's resignation? 

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

What event convinced the American public that the Vietnam war was not winnable? 

What direct action prompted by Hitler finally caused France and G.B. to declare war on Germany?

What happened on September 11th, 2001?

The U.S. policy of containment was designed to limit the spread of ____

Which president sent soldiers to fight in Vietnam in 1965? 

Which college campus did anti-war demonstration lead to the death of 4 students? 

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 

The Taliban took control of what country

Vietnamization meant identifying the South Vietnamese people who were Vietcong

Who was the U.S. general in the Philippines during WWII? 

What was the "final solution" practiced by Nazi's and what caused that to occurr? 

What purpose was affirmative action programs created? 

Which of the following events prompted the formation of NASA? 

What was the lasting effect of Watergate? 

Who is pictured below? 

Thurgood Marshall argued the Plessy v. Ferguson case before the Supreme Corut

The Ho Chi Minh trail was a series of underground tunnels in South Vietnam

What strategy did Martin Luther King Jr employ? 

Operation "Just Cause"  invaded which country as part of America's war on drugs

With respect to finding better jobs the war years marked a period of __ for African-Americans

The Pentagon papers  in 1973 revealed that

What were the SALT agreements? 

Who was the 1st woman appointed to the US Supreme Court? 

Who was the U.S. Supreme Commander of the Allied forces at D-Day and president in the 1950's? 

NAFTA stands for

When an armistice ended the Korean War, 

The massive American effort to help Europe rebuild after WWII was known as the

Who is pictured below? 

Which of the following events brought the U.S. and USSR closest to a nuclear war in 1962? 

Which 1964 event led Congress to approve military action in Vietnam? 

__ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry

Why was the tactic of nonviolence so successful in achieving change? 

President Nixon's main primary foreign policy achievement was

Which term describes the bitter rivalry between the U.S. and USSR after WWII ended? 

Who was the British prime minister during WWII and is pictured below? 

What changed occurred in the role of women in the U.S. during WWII? 

Many people fear that the retiring "baby boomers" will strain the govt.'s ability to 

What event led the U.S. to enter WWII? 

Which BEST describes Hollywood's role during WWII? 

The Allied Invasion in France that occurred on June 6 1944 was called