VA & U.S. History Review

Question 1

The Stock Market Crash occurred in:

Accepted Answer

October 29, 1929

Question 2

Henry Ford produced a more affordable car primarily because his company:

Accepted Answer

developed a less expensive method of production

Question 3

Manifest Destiny was used to justify an American desire to:

Accepted Answer

expand the United States to the Pacific Ocean

Question 4

The Nuremberg Trials led to increased demand for a Jewish state. This would later become:

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 5

What was the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation designed to do?

Accepted Answer

protect people's deposits by guaranteeing banks

Question 6

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan represented attempts by the U.S. to deal with the:

Accepted Answer

spread of communism

Question 7

Which of following is NOT a post-Cold War era policy?

Accepted Answer

Containment of communism

Question 8

In the early 20th century, muckrakers influenced American society mainly through their:

Accepted Answer

publication of articles and books

Question 9

Which of the following was the first post-Cold War conflict?

Accepted Answer

the Persian Gulf War

Question 10

In the 1960's, John Kennedy is associated with saying:

Accepted Answer

"Ask not what your country can do for you..."

Question 11

Which battle is considered a "turning point" battle of World War II?

Accepted Answer

Stalingrad

Question 12

Roosevelt's "fireside chats" were:

Accepted Answer

radio broadcasts

Question 13

The Cold War made __ a major issue in every presidential election during the period.

Accepted Answer

foreign policy

Question 14

Increased airport security in the U.S. is a result of what major event?

Accepted Answer

terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001

Question 15

Initiative, referendum, recall, and direct primary are all intended to:

Accepted Answer

increase participation in government by citizens

Question 16

__ commanded Allied troops in the liberation of Europe on June 6, 1944.

Accepted Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 17

By what name does the House of Burgesses go by in Virginia today?

Accepted Answer

The General Assembly

Question 18

Which of the following religious groups is INCORRECTLY matched?

Accepted Answer

Anglicans in Massachusetts

Question 19

Colonists were able to claim their final victory over the English in 1781 at which battle?

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 20

The development of __ turned the settlement of Jamestown into a profitable colony:

Accepted Answer

tobacco

Question 21

What marked the formal end to slavery in the United States?

Accepted Answer

13th Amendment

Question 22

Iwo Jima and Okinawa were part of this American strategy in World War II?

Accepted Answer

island hopping campaign

Question 23

Who was the first American woman astronaut?

Accepted Answer

Sally Ride

Question 24

Virginia's economy benefited from the Cold War, more than any other state because:

Accepted Answer

Hampton Roads had so many naval and air bases

Question 25

During the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, Antifederalists argued that:

Accepted Answer

citizens' rights were threatened

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