HIST 102 Final Exam Review

Who made the final decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?

speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Criticism of the war at home was effectively silenced by

During the 1960s, the civil rights movement in the United States

The Persian Gulf War was touched off by

When a single company achieves control of an entire market, it is known as

The purpose of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to

American policy to stop the spread of Communism.

The _________ was created to protect bank deposits.

The space shuttle was a breakthrough in space exploration because, unlike earlier spacecraft, it could

In the 1970s, the most critical factor that disrupted the American economy was

How many terms did Roosevelt serve as president?

Alexander GrahamCracker Bell invented the lightbulb.

Which Supreme Court case ruled that states that police must inform suspects of their rights during the arrest process?

The Platt Amendment effectively made Cuba into an American

To conserve energy during World War I, the Fuel Administration introduced

Jane Addams and the establishment of the Hull House inspired other similar programs to help the urban poor.

One of Lyndon Johnson's major goals as president was to

Which of the following was a hardship faced by settlers on the Great Plains?

To make rail service more reliable, in 1883 the American Railway Association

Adolf Hitler comes to power in 1933 as the head of the National Socialist Party movement in Germany.

to enforce law and order, many boomtowns formed

A key to Kennedy's defeat of Nixon in 1960 was

All of the following are true about the Normandy landing on D-Day EXCEPT:

Rosa Parks was arrested for

In November 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while

Andrew Carnegie was an entrepreneur who built a steel industry using new technology.

All of the following statements are accurate regarding the Manhattan Project EXCEPT:

One of the chief goals of the Reagan administration was to

The terrorists who hijacked planes to attack the United States on September 11, 2001, were members of

At the end of World War II, the United States

[Oil Co. A] + [Oil Co. B] + [Oil Co. C] = Mega Oil Co. - Which choice best describes this situation?

The railroad brought about a massive shift in the way Americans traveled, sent mail, and thought about consumer goods.

According to the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War, the United States would annex

The fencing of the open range brought about

The Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown by

One approach to farming on the Great Plains was "dry farming," in which farmers

Tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company led to

What problems did women face most in the 1980s?

What was the only group of women in the military sent overseas in World War I?

Railroad companies raised most of the money tat they needed to build their railroads from

The Constitution originally specified that, in each sate, the U.S. senators would be elected by

The Roosevelt Corollary was an extension of the __________ Doctrine.

Kennedy's policy toward Communist movements

Why did Americans think that using nuclear bombs against Japan was necessary?

The change in Americans' ideas about ___________ resulted in more spending on what had once been luxury goods.

period of rapidly increasing birthrates between 1945 and 1961

Crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruptions were known as

The U.S. Congress responded to developments in Europe between 1933 and 1937 by

The United States stopped authorizing new nuclear power plants in the year

To prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort, the government established the

In World War I, airplanes were first used to

allowed segregation as long as equivalent facilities were provided for African Americans

new openness in the Soviet Union that allowed more freedom of religion and speech

People wo move into an area, hoping to become rich from finding minerals, were known as

a worldwide network of computers connected by phone and cable lines and wireless communications

In the Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the court

The Homestead Act allowed western settlers to

World War II officially began with the

The United States slipped from its position as the world's industrial leader mainly because of

Immigrant children were taught English and learned about the culture of their new country, a process called

The result of the 2000 elect was finally determined by a

The first atomic bomb dropped on Japan fell on

In America during World War II, generally

agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States to limit nuclear arms

The inauguration of John Kennedy as president of the United States

As a result of the Watergate scandal

Department stores changed the idea of shopping by

Reagan's policy of keeping interest rates high and cutting taxes

A leader in the movement to achieve changes in the traditional status of women in the US during the 1970s was

Despite the poverty of the 1930s, 60 to 90 million people went to the movies weekly. Why were movies so popular?

Which progressive reform allowed voters to demand a special election to remove an elected official from office?

According to the Zimmerman telegram, if Mexico allied with Germany, Germany would

In his effort to mobilize the American economy for the war effort during World War II, FDR

The purpose of the Open Door policy was to

Under President Reagan, the budget for military expenditures

What is the economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations called?

guerrilla army organized by Ho Chi Minh

murder of millions of European Jews by the Nazis

After the outbreak of war between the United States and Japan in 1941,

Soviet economic restructuring that allowed some private enterprise and profit making

Allied strategists in World War II decided

A shortage of workers in California forced the Central Pacific Railroad to hire about 10,000 workers from

This man lead Great Britain as Prime Minister during the Second World War.

Navajo Indian soldiers during World War II made excellent members of the Signal Corps because

During a miner's strike, Roosevelt urged the union & owners to accept this, a settlement imposed by an outside party.

Nixon's Vietnamization plan called for

During the 1980s the gap between the wealthiest and poorest segments of American society

The Peace Corps was established in order to

Henry Ford's contribution to manufacturing was the

After the mid-1970s, American farms

Once World War II was over, most American women

period of confrontation and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union

In their major offensive to liberate Europe during WWII, the Allies landed their invasion forces in

imaginary line between communist Eastern Europe and the west