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US History Semester 2 Review
US History Semester 2 Review
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A review of semester 2 content (World War II through Modern Era)
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1
Which of the following best describes Nixon's foreign policy success?
detente with China and the Soviet Union
Watergate
invasion of Cambodia
victory in the Vietnam War through Vietnamization
2
Which of the following is NOT paired correctly?
Stonewall Riots - start of the modern Gay Rights Movement
Roe v. Wade - outlawing of abortion
King - led fight to end segregation & voter discrimination
Chavez - led fight to improve conditions for farm workers
3
Which of the following cases dealt with the constitutionality of affirmative action?
Obergefell v. Hodges
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
4
What do the Lend-Lease Act and the Destroyers-for-Bases Deal have in common?
They supported the policy of containment
They were to help the Allies prior to U.S. entry in WWII
They ended the Great Depression
They were programs of Johnson's Great Society
5
All of the following are examples of racial and ethnic hostilities EXCEPT:
Mexican Repatriation
Japanese Internment
Rosie the Riveter
Sacco and Vanzetti
6
Which of the following does NOT explain 1950s culture?
economic downturn
baby boom
GI Bill
Levittowns
7
All of the following could be under the theme of "black power" EXCEPT:
Malcolm X
Black Panther Party
Stokely Carmichael
Martin Luther King, Jr.
8
What ended the Great Depression?
Johnson's Great Society
The New Deal
The Cold War
World War II
9
Which of the following was President Carter's greatest success?
The Camp David Accords
Addressing stagflation
Fixing the oil shortage
Getting hostages from Iran home safe
10
Which of the following explains the effect of WWII on women?
women were dedicated to the housewife ideal.
most stayed at home with their children.
emergence of "Rosie the Riveters."
many went to fight on the front lines.
11
All of the following were policies under President Reagan EXCEPT:
increase in defense spending
deregulation of business
cutting taxes ("trickle down economics")
Great Society Programs
12
How did the World Wars (I and II) help minority groups?
Japanese Internment
creation of jobs in industrial cities
influx of immigration from Asia and Mexico
allowed for the Equal Rights Amendment to pass.
13
Which president sent troops to Little Rock High School to enforce integration?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
14
All of the following impacted the American public's faith in the government EXCEPT:
Stagflation
The end of the Cold War
The Vietnam War
Watergate
15
All of the following characterize the Cold War EXCEPT?
arms race
containment
capitalism v. communism
armed conflict between the Soviet Union and US
16
Which of the following was Eisenhower's greatest domestic program?
the GI Bill
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
the development of NASA
creation of an interstate highway system
17
All of the following were part the Cold War at home during the 1950s EXCEPT:
HUAC
McCarthyism
economic depression
atomic anxiety
18
What do presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson have in common?
They were all Republicans
They were all Democrats
They all wanted to stop the spread of communism
They all advocated for the strong use of nuclear weapons.
19
Which of the following illustrates a "loss" of the U.S. to the Soviet Union?
landing on the moon
The Berlin Crisis
the successful launching of Sputnik
The Cuban Missile Crisis
20
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an attempted invasion of which nation?
North Korea
Cuba
Soviet Union
Greece
21
All of the following are associated with the counterculture of the 1960s EXCEPT:
Woodstock Festival
anti-war protest
experimentation with drugs and sex
conservatism
22
The War Power's Act was an attempt to address the concerns created by:
The Marshall Plan
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Truman Doctrine
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
23
What was the military strategy used by Americans on the Pacific Front during World War II?
invasion of China
The Manhattan Project
D-Day invasion.
Island-hopping
24
How did the Vietnam War end?
Soviet Union's invasion of Vietnam
Withdrawal of US troops
North Vietnam successfully invaded South Vietnam
North Vietnam surrendered to South Vietnam
25
Which of the following was used as justification for US involvement in Vietnam?
The War on Terror
The Iron Curtain
The Domino Theory
Access to oil
26
Johnson's Great Society is MOST similar to:
the Progressive Era
the 1920s
Reaganomics
Reconstruction
27
All of the following were policies of containment EXCEPT:
The Truman Doctrine
NATO
Warsaw Pact
The Marshall Plan
28
What did Winston Churchill call the divide of Europe between communism and non-communism?
The Cuban Crisis
The Iron Curtain
The Berlin Wall
The Marshall Division
29
What was the immediate effect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
isolationist sentiment among Americans.
the development of the atomic bomb.
U.S. declaration of war against Germany.
Japanese Internment
30
Which of the following is NOT paired correctly?
President Obama - Attacks on 9/11
President Reagan - Iran Contra Scandal
President Clinton - NAFTA
President Bush (Sr.) - Persian Gulf War
31
Which of the following describes the outcome of the Korean War?
victory for North Korea
victory for South Korea
Soviet invasion of Korea
stalemate and a divided Korea
32
"Separate, but equal" was overturned by which Supreme Court case?
Roe v. Wade
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Obergefell v. Hodges
