USII Final Review

Question 1

Our Final Exam is tomorrow! TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

President Reagan won both the 1980 & 1984 Elections in landslides showing his popularity. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Examples of positive self-talk to say to yourself in the exam include:

Accepted Answer

"I got this! I'm going to do my best, forget the rest! Let's go!"

Question 4

Reagan's economic policy was called, what?

Accepted Answer

Supply Side Economics (AKA Reaganomics)

Question 5

The USSR won the Space Race against the US. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional in 1954?

Accepted Answer

Brown vs. Board of Education

Question 7

The two sides in World War II were:

Accepted Answer

The Axis and Allied Powers

Question 8

Making flash cards is a good way to study vocab words. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Almost all Americans supported the Vietnam War and no one protested against it. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

The United States entered World War II after what event?

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbor

Question 11

One of the key differences between the United States and Soviet Union was......?

Accepted Answer

The US was capitalist and the USSR was communist

Question 12

What are the two main political parties in the United States today?

Accepted Answer

Republicans & Democrats

Question 13

President Clinton's second term in office was marred by the Monica Lewinsky scandal. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Two of the main US military strategies in Vietnam were bombing campaigns and search-and-destroy missions. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

All of the following world leaders were totalitarian dictators, EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 16

All of the following are reasons why President Carter was unpopular, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Signing SALT II; the Nuclear Arms Control Treaty with the USSR

Question 17

What theories/policies justified US involvement in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

Domino Theory & Containment

Question 18

What was McCarthyism?

Accepted Answer

A "witch hunt" in the US for suspected communists

Question 19

The Cold War era case studies of Containment we studied included all of the following, EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

The Iraq War

Question 20

Reviewing your notes and the class slides are good study strategies. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

In the Watergate Scandal: President Nixon was a crook. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

What was President Ford's controversial decision regarding Watergate?

Accepted Answer

Pardoning Nixon

Question 23

TRIVIA: President Calvin Coolidge's nickname was "Silent Cal." TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Some current day issues facing the United States/the world in 2022 include all of the following, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

There are no issues right now

Question 25

Studying with a friend from class and quizzing each other is a good study strategy. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

The US suffered a devestating terrorist attack on 9/11/2001 leading to the wars in the Middle East. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

What was President Nixon's main foreign policy?

Accepted Answer

Detente

Question 28

Which US President made the decision to escalate the war in Vietnam in the 1960's?

Accepted Answer

Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)

Question 29

The closest the US and USSR came to nuclear war was during The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

The 1920's was a period of exciting social and cultural change in the US.... TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

Prohibition was the banning of the manufacture, sale, and transport of what?

Accepted Answer

Alcohol

Question 32

The British and French policy of appeasement was effective in dealing with Nazi aggression. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Reagan called the USSR the "evil empire." TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

Prior to the Civil Rights Movement... What was "the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group?"

Accepted Answer

Segregation

Question 35

Why is Elvis Presley and Rock 'n' Roll so historically significant in American History?

Accepted Answer

Because Elvis and others challenged cultural and social norms of the 50's

Question 36

The US officially won the Cold War when the USSR collapsed in 1991. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

Daily life was difficult for many Americans during the Great Depression... TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

What was President Johnson's program for liberal reform and change in the US in the 1960's called?

Accepted Answer

Great Society

Question 39

What was President Eisenhower's aggressive policy of going to the edge of nuclear war to stop Soviet communism called?

Accepted Answer

Brinksmanship & Arms Race

Question 40

What event marked the end of World War II?

Accepted Answer

The Americans dropping atomic bombs on Japanese cities

Question 41

The 2 Cold War era alliances systems were NATO & the Warsaw Pact... TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

The first African-American President in the US was.... who?

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama

Question 43

All of the following were Martin Luther King's strategies for change, EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Violence against police and law enforcement

Question 44

MLK's most famous speech was the "I Have a Dream" speech. TRUE OR FALSE?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

If you don't know a question on the exam, what should you do?

Accepted Answer

It's ok... Circle it and come back to it

Question 46

What was President Roosevelt's (FDR's) plan to get the US out of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

New Deal

Question 47

What was the American foreign policy of "Containment?"

Accepted Answer

The US working to stop the spread of Soviet expanision & Communism

Question 48

The Republican Presidents in the 1920's (like Calvin Coolidge) had what two main policies?

Accepted Answer

Laissez-Faire & Isolationism

Question 49

What was the American military strategy in the Pacific Theatre called?

Accepted Answer

Island-Hopping

Question 50

What is... A severe economic slump; a period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases?

Accepted Answer

Depression

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