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The day the stock market crashed
Sputnik
US History 2nd Semester Final Content Questions
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Sputnik
first U.S. satellite in space
Soviet work camps used for punishment
first living animal (monkey) to fly in space;Russian mission
first man-made satellite in space
2
The day the stock market crashed
Black Friday
Halloween
Black Monday
Black Tuesday
3
Where did US government send Japanese-Americans during World War II
Japan
prison
internment camps
concentration camps
4
The name for the nations' central bank
World Bank
1st National Bank & Trust
Federal Reserve System
none of the above
5
Name of laws that aimed at helping WW 2 veterans make smooth entry into civilian life
GI Bill
Social Security Act
Selective Service Act
19th Amendment
6
What did US Pres's Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover think of relationship between govt/business
for business to stay out of government completely
for govt to be involved in business as much as possible
for business to be involved heavily in government
for government to stay out of business as much as possible
7
Alliance formed by Soviet Union/Allies to help spread communism, & to combat NATO
SEATO
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
Axis Powers
8
Formed NAACP, and published magazine
The Crisis
which published black authors writings
W.E.B. DuBois
Mary McLeod Bethune
Medgar Evers
Marcus Garvey
9
Which of the following was
NOT
one of the three main goals of Roosevelt's "New Deal"
Relief
Resistance
Recovery
Reform
10
Attempted genocide of over 6 million Jews (and others) during World War II by the Nazis
Great Depression
Appeasement
Concentration camps
Holocaust
11
Which amendment made the sale/manufacture/transportation of alcohol illegal
20th
21st
18th
16th
12
What document forced Germany to accept blame for the events of World War I?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Versailles
13
What policy did the United States abide by that kept them out of early stages of World War II
nationalism
appeasement
isolationism
militarism
14
Organization charged with exploration of outer space
NAFTA
NASA
SEATO
NATO
15
formed by Bobby Seale/Huey Newton, advocates violent revolution for African American liberation
Black Panther Party
SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee)
Black Lives Matter
The Tea Party
16
What organization formed by MLK Jr. organized protest activities taking place in the South
Black Panthers
C.O.R.E. (Congress of Racial Equality)
SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee)
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
17
American fear over concerns that Communists might take over the American government
Great depression
genocide
Red Scare
Cold War
18
African American civil rights organization, organized "sit-in's", a nonviolent means of protest
SNCC
NAACP
NATO
SCLC
19
What event occurred on Dec. 7th, 1941.....drew US into World War II
D-Day invasion of Normandy, France
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
nuclear attacks on Hiroshima/Nagasaki
German attack on New York City
20
Method would be used by the U.S. navy to protect against German U-Boat attacks, World War II
Convoy system
Incumbent position
Code talkers
containment system
21
Brown v. Board of Education
started "separate but equal" policy, segregating the races
ended segregation in public bus terminals
ended segregation in job hiring practices
ended segregation in public schools
22
Little Rock Nine
First integrated black students, University of Memphis
Black students charged with murder of white student in Texas
First integrated black students, Little Rock, Arkansas
First black citizens legally registered to vote, Mississippi
23
Organization created by Pres. Woodrow Wilson after WW I to settle disputes, protect democracy
SEATO
United Nations
NATO
League of Nations
24
the law that required men between 21-30 to register for the draft
Eisenhower Doctrine
Social Security Act
Affirmative Action
Selective Service Act
25
What method of payment allowed people to purchase expensive goods without full payment? 1920's
loan from the bank
installment buying
you didn't buy it, you were just out of luck if can't afford
credit cards
26
The alliance formed by US/allies after WW II to try to stop the spread of communism
NATO
Warsaw Pact
SEATO
United Nations
27
First pilot to fly across the Atlantic nonstop
Buzz Aldrin
Warren Moon
Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
28
During World War I, what country did Germany want to attack America with the Zimmerman Note
Spain
Mexico
Canada
Brazil
29
System used by Henry Ford to make cars more efficiently, and cheaper
Hand-made technique
none of the above
Propaganda Machines
Assembly Lines
30
What do we call Roosevelt's plan to save the nation from the Great Depression
The Old Deal
No Deal
The New Deal
The Fair Deal
31
What nation did Germany attack with its "blitzkrieg", and drew Britain/France into World War II
Austria
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Poland
32
Name of the secret group charged with creating first nuclear weapon
Operation Overlord
Operation Torch
Oslo Project
Manhattan Project
33
This person was an active "Nation of Islam" member, advocated use of violence for black rights
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Jesse Jackson
Marcus Garvey
34
Auto/Train travel allowed Americans to move from city centers. Where did they move?
further from town centers to the "Suburbs"
nowhere, stayed where they were
the farm
other countries where there was more work
35
Law passed that gave pensions to those over 65, and unemployment benefits as well
Social Security Act
Selective Service Act
Civil Rights Act of 1965
14th Amendment
