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Modern US History Final Review, Part 1
Modern US History Final Review, Part 1
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The United States and USSR backed down from the Cuban Missile Crisis after
personal communication between JFK and Khruschev
an inconclusive naval battle in the Atlantic
an American blockade of Cuba
successful negotiations in the UN
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During the Great Depression, unemployment hit a high of
50%
12%
25%
33%
3
FDIC was created to
Provide retirement for the elderly
build better roads to improve the economy
protect bank deposits
replant national forests
4
The United States used the atomic bomb on these Japanese cities, to bring the war to an end
Kyoto
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
5
The Great Depression was caused by
numerous bank failures
a stock market crash
a decline in demand for American goods overseas
collapse of agricultural markets
6
New Deal Agency hired the unemployed to build infrastructure, make art, and organize relief
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Tenessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Fictitious Restructuring Agency (FRA)
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The Muckrakers were
an anti-Progressive political party
a criminal gang
social workers
investigative journalists
8
The United States took control of these former Spanish posessions
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Cuba
Alaska
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The "3 Rs" of the New Deal were
Relief
Reconstruction
Reform
Recovery
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Sputnik so terrified the US because
the Soviets could listen to American cellphones
Sputnik carried a nuclear payload
it made this creepy "beeping" noise
we feared losing our tech edge to the Soviets
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The President for most of the Great Depression was
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
12
Kennedy's assassination had these consequences
the Great Society
civil rights legislation
greater involvement in Vietnam
Soviet occupation of Cuba
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Kennedy's moved military advisors into this country, despite fearing greater involvement
North Vietnam
South Korea
North Korea
South Vietnam
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America's first "imperial" war (1898) was waged against
Japan
France
Spain
Britain
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The United States entered WWII after
The Germans bombed London
The Germans invaded Poland
The Japanese invaded China
the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
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The Progressives were a movement
to use the power of the government
to deregulate the economy
to limit the power of the government
to expel new immigrants
17
The Roaring 20s were "Roaring" because of
cheap alcohol
Jazz music
automobiles
empowered women
18
Near the end of the War, the Allies formed this organization to keep world peace
NATO
the United Nations
the League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
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NATO stands for
North American Trade Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
New American Troop Operations
Novel American Treaty Operations
20
The "Permanent Five" of the UN include all, except
China
Germany
Britain
Russia
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the United States' grand strategy in the Pacific
blitzkreig
blockade
carpet bombing
island-hopping
22
Progressive President Teddy Roosevelt used the power of the government to
to expand American naval power
to create the FDA
Break up business monopolies
to preserve natural spaces
23
At the start of the 20th century, America faced all of these challenges, except
Industrialization and Urbanization
Imperialism
Outsourcing
Immigration
24
The Space Race began because the USSR and USA both had gained rocket tech. from
a Nazi weapons program
a joint research project during WWII
the European Space Agency
aliens
25
On D-Day (June 6, 1944), the Allies launched the largest amphibious invasion in history
here
Palermo, Sicily
Normandy, France
Casablanca, Morocco
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
26
The US began to mistrust the Soviet Union when it installed Communist goverments in
Cuba
Eastern Europe
North Korea
China
27
Franklin Roosevelt's plan to fix America during the Depression was called
Trickle-Down Economics
the New Deal
the Square Deal
the Great Society
28
The Korean War descended into a stalemate after the intervention of this country
The Soviet Union
China
Japan
The United States
29
President Truman's "Truman Doctrine" promised
help for countries fighting Communist insurgency
food aid for the Soviet Union
to invade any Communist country with a democratic insurgency
to double the US military
30
The United States became involved in WWI because of
Pearl Harbor
the sinking of the Maine
the Titanic disaster
the Zimmerman Note
31
The Cuban Missile Crisis was about
Cuban nuclear missiles in Granada
American nuclear missiles aimed at Cuba
American nuclear missiles in Cuba
Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba
32
The Cold War first became a "hot war" in
Korea
Czechoslovakia
Vietnam
Cuba
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The US and its Allies defeated the blockade of Berlin by
a massive tank battle
building the Berlin Wall
negotiating Soviet withdrawal
a massive airlift of supplies
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The Marshall Plan fought the expanison of Communism in Europe by
occupying Europe with American troops
banning Communist parties
starting anti-Communist radio stations
rebuilding European economies