US History T2/T4 Final Review

What was the systematic killing of Jews in Europe by the Nazis called?

Several American planes were shot down during the attempt to resupply West Berlin during the Berlin Airlift.

Convicted & executed for giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union:

What was the significance of the Brown v the Board of Education Supreme Court decision?

J. Robert Oppenheimer oversaw the development of the nuclear bomb as part of the

What was not true about the Selma campaign?

What stereotype of women in the 1950s was most common?

"Brinksmanship" was an American policy focusing on lowering tensions through peaceful dialogue.

General MacArthur said "I shall return," as a promise to recapture which country?

The campaign to register black voters throughout the South (mostly in Mississippi) was called...

Where was Korea divided at the end of WWII?

What were the Pentagon Papers?

What was the turning point on the EASTERN front in the European Theater of WWII?

One immediate consequence of the Selma Campaign was the passage of this reform act during the Johnson administration

What was the name of Germany & USSR's plan to divide Poland and avoid war called?

Sent to prison for refusal to cooperate or testify for HUAC.

Joining a branch of the military like the Coast Guard would prevent young, American men from being drafted.

What occurred on December 7, 1941?

A spokesman of the Nation of Islam, he first preached that white and black Americans needed to live separately

The shooting down of a U2 spy plane caused all of the following EXCEPT...

What was America's Cold War policy to prevent the expansion of communism called?

Adolf Hitler was born in which country?

Why did Sen. McCarthy lose support for his investigations?

Who was the only person to be elected as President of the United States (POTUS) four times?

How did LBJ gain authority to expand US involvement in Vietnam?

On which college campus did the Ohio National Guard shoot and kill 4 student protestors?

Benito Mussolini was the fascist leader of ...

Who was responsible for the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan?

What happened to most Japanese-Americans during WWII in America?

What form of protest did Dr. King encourage his followers to use in order to achieve justice?

Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII & also coined the term "Iron Curtain" ?

What was the Vietcong/N. Vietnamese military offensive that occurred at the start of 1968 called?

How did FDR get around the Neutrality Acts initially to supply the Allies with weapons and supplies?

The closest the US ever came to nuclear war during the Cold War was during the _____.

The racial gap of the media in the 1950s refers to all of the following EXCEPT...

Non-violent way of protesting segregation in dining facilities

What was the turning point in Pacific Theater of WWII?

Cold War theory that stated if Vietnam fell to communism other SE Asia countries would too?

Who was a general and prime minister of Japan during most of WWII?

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?