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Semester 2 Final Exam Review
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Army called in to allow 9 black students to attend Central High
Webster, WI
Birmingham, Alabama
Dallas, Texas
Little Rock, Arkansas
2
Fascist leader of NAZI Germany
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
3
Policy of going to the edge of all-out war to get your way
Cold War
McCarthyism
Al Qaeda
Brinkmanship
4
Supreme Allied commander in Europe during WWII, and president for most of the 50s
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
FDR
JFK
5
General in charge of American troops in Vietnam
George Patton
Dwight Eisenhower
William Westmoreland
Douglas MacArthur
6
Making damaging charges without evidence
Domino Theory
McCarthyism
Watergate
Hawks
7
Hitler's tactics -- using speed and overwhelming force -- that won many early WWII battles...
Blitzkrieg
Appesement
Kamikaze
Rationing
8
Terrorist organization responsible for 9/11 attacks
ISIS
Al Qaeda
Russian Mafia
9
Why did many Americans think the draft was unfair?
Draftees did not include women
Draftees were forbidden to vote for five years
Wealthy people who could afford college could get deferments
Draft cards were only sent out to HS and college students
10
How did buying on credit contribute to the stock market crash?
Prices rose dramatically
None of the above
People who bough on credit acquired debts they couldn't pay
People bough expensive goods on credit, then returned them
11
Who was president from 1945-1952?
JFK
FDR
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
12
18 year old voting age
24th Amendment
14th Amendment
19th Amendment
26th Amendment
13
Who was president from 1980-1988?
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
14
"New Deal" President
Harry Truman
LBJ
JFK
FDR
15
Which caused the end of the Cold War in 1991?
Persian Gulf War
Camp David Accords
War in Kosovo
Breakup of the Soviet Union
16
Connections that allow for international trade
Global Economy
Countrywide Economy
National Economy
Internet
17
President who escalated US involvement in Vietnam
Richard Nixon
RFK
JFK
Lyndon B. Johnson
18
Fascist dictator of Italy
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Hideki Tojo
Fidel Castro
19
Residential communities outside of cities
Rural
Residential
Suburbia
Urban
20
Leader of the conservative revolution of the 80s
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
21
Great Plains area damaged by drought
Normandy
Tornado
Dust Bowl
Mississippi Flood of 1924
22
Who was president from 1992-2000?
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
23
If one country is lost to communism, others will follow
Cold War
Chess Theory
Domino Theory
Global Economy
24
Supreme Allied commander in the Pacific
Lt. Earl Warren
Admiral William "Bull" Halsey
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
25
Why was the 2000 presidential election controversial?
George Bush received 50 fewer electoral votes than Al Gore
Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the election
Al Gore lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College
It was over a year before a winner was decided
26
Who was president from 1960-1963?
FDR
John F. Kennedy
Harry Truman
Dwight Eiswenhower
27
Which best describes FDR's approach to fighting the depression?
Power of the Federal Gov. aggressively
Endless deficit spending
Private charities to help those in need
"Share the wealth" program
28
War Supporters
Hawks
Doves
Power Hungry
illadvised
29
Who was president from 1976-1980?
Gerald Ford
LBJ
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
30
Which President asked Congress for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Johnson
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nixon
31
Sharp increase in US birth rate after WWII
Suburbia
Baby Boom
Entitlements
Doves
32
Buying stock for short-term gain
Deficit Spending
Speculating
Liberal
Judicial Review
33
Worked to unionize Latino Farm Workers
Agustin Martinez-Casarez
Fidel Castro
Betty Friedan
Cesar Chavez
34
President who got us out of Vietnam, but was forced to resign in disgrace
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
35
In 1962, the US learned that the USSR had put nuclear missiles in this country
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Cuba
36
Site of largest civil rights gathering, "I have a dream speech."
Washington, DC
Selma, Alabama
Dallas, Texas
Montgomery, Alabama
37
Why did Truman refuse MacArthur's request to bomb China during the Korean War?
He did not want to draw Japan into a full scale war
It would draw the USSR into the war
It would hurt his reelection campaign
Britain and France were already planning to bomb China
38
General MacArthur's plan to defeat the Japanese was known as the
Manhattan Project
Island hopping strategy
Operation Overlord
Final Solution
39
Major scandal of the Reagan Years involving illegal weapon sales
War in Kosovo
Iran-Contra Affair
"Wounded Knee"
40
Who was president from 1988-1992?
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
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Only person to become VP, then Pres. without being elected to either office.
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Ralph Nader
42
Site of Native American armed occupation in 1973
Ashland, WI
Wichita, Kansas
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
Cheyenne, Wyoming
43
President Hoover's response to the Depression
Federal programs
More power to states
Not much action, Americans lost faith
Early bonuses to WWI Vets
44
Which of the following banned segregation in public facilities?
24th Amendment
Voting Rights Act of 1965
14th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
45
Site of Nazi trials after WWII
Nuremburg
Yalta
Berlin
Washington, DC
46
Which of the following was a major factor in a pres. election for the first time in 1960?
Fireside Chats
A Third Party candidate
TV Debates
The Cold War
47
Building complex in Washington, DC
Watergate
Cowboy Stadium
Radio City Music Hall
Candlestick Park
48
Common characteristic of leaders of Italy, Germany, and Japan in years leading to WWII
Nazi Parties
Communism
All Happy
Felt mistreated by treaties that ended WWI
49
Purpose of GI Bill of Rights?
Set basic rights for returning veterans
Provide economic aid to nations damaged by war
Give economic and educational aid to returning vets
Gave every soldier a bride from the USSR
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Power of the Federal Courts to determine constitutionality of laws
Judicial Review
Yalta
All the above
Impeachment
51
Using borrowed $ to fund government programs
Judicial Review
Deficit Spending
Liberal
Speculating
52
Which of the following ruled that "in the field of education, separate is inherently unequal?"
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
US v. Reese
Plessy v. Ferguson
53
How did US involvement in WWII help bring the Depression to an end?
government sent unemployed Americans overseas
War provided thousands of jobs
People forgot economic troubles
Americans more concerned about Europe
54
Founder and leader of the Vietnamese communist party
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Ngo Dinh Diem
55
What was the main goal of the containment policy?
Prevent the spread of communism
Destruction of the USSR
Rebuild European economies
Disarmament
56
Site of 1954 Bus Boycott
Birmingham, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
Selma, Alabama
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Who was president from 1952-1960?
JFK
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
FDR
58
One of the contributions Eleanor Roosevelt made to government was
Working on CCC projects
Heading attempt for National Health Care
Appointing Francis Perkins
Holding press conferences for female reporters
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Payments individuals receive from the government
#SPAM
Suburbia
Entitlements
Cliff Bars
60
Target of first atomic bomb
Hiroshima
Poland
Nuremburg
Nagasaki
61
First female cabinet officer (Dept. of Labor)
Francis Townsend
Francis Perkins
Francisco Rodriguez
St. Francis
62
Senator from Wisconsin who led communist "witch" hunts
Joseph McCarthy
Mike McCarthy
Joseph Stalin
Richard Nixon
63
What way is US immigration in the early 21st century diff from immigration in the 20th century?
Present day immigrants mainly live in the Northeast
Present day immigrants mostly come from Europe
Present day immigrants mostly come from latin america & Asia
Present day immigrants are not allowed to vote in elections
64
Why did Japan attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in 1941?
US declared war on Japan
Punish the US for WWI
US Navy blocked Japanese expansion
Hawaii's Natural Resources
65
President Blamed for the Great Depression
FDR
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
66
Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin's Death
Nikita Krushchev
Ngo Dinh Diem
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
67
Site of D-Day Landing
Calais
London
Normandy
Yalta
68
Only elected president to be impeached by the House
George W. Bush
Ralph Nader
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
69
Feminist leader who wrote the
Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan
Gloria Steinem
70
Outspoken member of the Nation of Islam
Malcolm X
Stokely Carmichael
MLK Jr.
Cesar Chavez
71
JFK assassinated here on Nov. 22, 1963
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
Washington, DC
Milwaukee, WI
Dallas, Texas
72
Who was president from 1968-1974?
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
LBJ
73
The Berlin airlift was launched when the Soviets
Blockaded the city
Threatened to invade the South Korea
Tried to unite Germany
Built the Berlin Wall
74
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the 50s and 60s
Thurgood Marshall
Winston Churchill
Earl Warren
John Stevens
75
Which of the following established "separate but equal" doctrine that allowed legal segregation
Brown v. Board of Education
US v. Reese
Plessy v. Ferguson
Roe v. Wade
76
Rivalry between the US and USSR
Watergate
None of the above
Cold War
WWI
77
Belief that the government can be a positive force for change
Conservative
Liberal
78
Who was president from 2000-2008?
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
George W. Bush
79
Author of
Grapes of Wrath
and
Of Mice and Men
Betty Friedan
Mark Twain
Francis Perkins
John Steinbeck
80
Who was president from 1963-1968?
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Lyndon B. Johnson
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President of South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
Chaing Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
82
Head of the terrorist group responsible for 9/11
Osama bin Laden
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Muhammad Ali
Saddam Hussein
83
Communist Leader of Cuba
Joseph Stalin
Mao Zedong
Malcolm X
Fidel Castro
84
Who was president from 1974-1976?
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
LBJ
85
His reforms led to the downfall of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Mikhail Gorbachev
86
Her civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Francis Perkins
Betty Friedan
Frances Johnson
Rosa Parks
87
Pushed for a national pension program
FDR
Francis Perkins
Huey Long
Francis Townsend
88
What was LBJ's program to end poverty and racial injustice?
The New Deal
The Newer Deal
The Great Society
The Fair Deal
89
How did the fighting in Vietnam differ from fighting in WWII
US unable to bomb Vietnam
US dropped bombs
US fought a limited war
US relied on guerrilla warfare
90
________________ enabled N. Vietnam to supply the Vietcong
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietnamization
Assassination of Diem
Operation Rolling Thunder
91
Leader of Japan during WWII
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
Hideki Tojo
Fidel Castro
92
Site where "Big 3" met to discuss post-war Europe
Potsdam
Switzerland
Moscow
Yalta
93
British Prime Minister during WWII
Winston Churchill
King George II
Queen Elizabeth II
Earl Warren
94
Communist dictator of China
Hideki Tojo
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ho Chi Minh
95
Major turning point in public opinion about Vietnam
Tet Offensive
Watergate
My Lai
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
96
Hitler invaded to begin WWII
Austria
Germany
Poland
Australia
97
War protesters
Mad Men
Hawks
Doves
Cowards
98
Who was president from 1932-1945?
FDR
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
JFK
99
More $ to spend & increased # of products to buy, ____________ became the American way of life.
Planned obsolescence
Social conformity
A 40 hr work week
Consumerism
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MLK Jr. was the founder and first president of the
Nation of Islam
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commmittee
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
