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1
This Republican senator claimed Communists were working for the government;many were accused and afraid they were next
Robert Mcnamara
Joseph McCarthy
George MacArthur
Dean Acheson
2
The Immigration Act of 1924 most directly reflected
scientific modernism vs. religious fundamentalism in 1920s
The growth of nativism after the First World War
conflicts from black migration to Northern urban centers
emergence of a national culture shaped by art, cinema, etc.
3
What did the Camp David Accords do?
created a Palestinian state
ended 30 years of hostility between Egypt and Israel
gave Great Britain control of Palestine
created Jewish homeland in Palestine
4
Nixon campaigned on this, the slow withdrawal of troops from Vietnam while bombing Laos and Cambodia
Escalation
Vietnamization
Detente
Selective Service
5
Under the Sedition Act (1918):
Many prominent politicians lost their jobs
Americans had to declare loyalty to the U.S.
Many foreign spies in the U.S. were caught and tried
Public opposition to the war was illegal
6
The main purpose of New Deal measures such as the SEC and the FDIC was to
provide employment opportunities.
enable the government to control failing industries.
provided a guaranteed income for American families.
limit stock market speculation and safeguard savings.
7
The diplomatic strategy behind the Lend-Lease program was to
Support England against Germany without going to war
continue American neutrality during WWII
support non-Communist nations during WWII
aid American interests in Latin America
8
What two countries did Nixon visit as proof of his Detente Cold War policy?
North Vietnam and North Korea
China and Italy
China and the Soviet Union
North Korea and Soviet Union
9
NATO was originally formed to
as a mutual defense alliance to stop Soviet aggression
stop the flow of immigration between member nations
promote unity among the satellite nations in east Europe
isolate member nations from the rest of the world
10
The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed primarily because -
The railroad companies did not favor Chinese workers
Labor unions wanted to recruit workers
Nativists were angry at immigrants taking US jobs
To promote segregation
11
Reagan is known for this during his first term; a plan for building a system of lasers to destroy missiles
Strategic Defense Initiative
START I
SALT I
Military Industrial funding
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Bonus Army
Army Reserves called upon during 1920 riots
WWI Vets who marched on Washington for pension bonus early
The military build up leading to WWII
Farmers who received Federal loans to offset low crop prices
13
Betty Friedan’s
The Feminine Mystique
did which of the following?
Illustrated the gender inequalities on college campuses
Discussed how women may feel oppressed and unfulfilled by suburban culture
Encouraged students to fight for free speech on college campuses
Showed the connection between the civil rights and women's rights movements
14
What was the iron curtain?
Stalin's phrase to describe the United States.
Churchill's description of the divide between western & eastern Europe
Truman’s phrase to describe Soviet influence in Europe.
It was the line separating North and South Korea.
15
Battle where the 7th Cavalry and Colonel Custer were defeated by the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
Wounded Knee
Red River War
Little Bighorn
First Sioux War
16
The purpose behind the spoils system was
To reward political supporters with public office
To pressure those with experience into government service
To make politics a part-time not full-time business
The widespread encouragement of a bureaucratic class
17
What was the purpose of Island Hopping?
To acquire key islands and close in on mainland Japan
To gain more resources for the war effort
To disrupt supply lines between Japan and China.
To capture enemy troops and send them to the US
18
The 38th parellel became an important dividing line between
Korea and China.
China and Taiwan(Formosa).
North and South China.
North and South Korea.
19
Which was NOT a causes of Great Depression
Banks make loans that borrowers cannot pay
To many Americans buying things they don't need
Factories produce more than what is needed
The Federal Reserve failing to raise interest rates
20
Why did Grangers and the Farmers Alliance want the bimetallic standard?
Increased circulation of silver currency would relieve agricultural debt
Increased circulation of silver currency would bankrupt banks
Decreased circulation of silver currency would relieve agricultural debt
Increased circulation of silver currency would reduce freight costs
21
This Muckraker took pictures of poor immigrants in
How the Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclaire
Lincoln Steffens
Ida Tarbell
22
Which of the following was NOT agreed at Yalta?
The USA would help any country oppose a Communist take-over
Divide Germany into four zones
Free elections in liberated countries
Establishment of the United Nations
23
Who pardoned Nixon and promoted his "WIN" policy to fight inflation?
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Lyndon Johnson
24
This idea involved selling weapons to Iran and using the funds to aid the Contras in Nicaragua
War on Terror
Iran Hostage Crisis
Iran-Contra Affair
Persian Gulf War
25
Meeting where the "Big 3" met for the first time and decided to invade France to push the Germans out
Tehran Conference
Munich Conference
Casablanca Conference
Atlantic Charter
26
Wounded Knee
turned into a massacre and ended major Indian resistance
was a Native American victory
was also referred to as "Custers Last Stand"
Led to Native American procession of New Mexico
27
What did the GI Bill do?
It made low-interest mortgages available and stipends
all of these
was created to help veterans of World War II.
covering tuition and expenses for veterans attending college
28
This required that Cuba agree to never sign a treaty with a foreign power and to allow U.S. intervention
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Paris
Teller Amendment
Platt Amendment
29
How did President Lyndon Johnson believe the Great Society programs would change society?
by developing government agencies to monitor race relations
by promoting equal opportunity and reducing poverty
encouraging civic participation
by creating economic incentives for entrepreneurship
30
The Scopes trial illustrated a divide between
Black and White Americans
Rural and Urban Americans
Modernism and Fundamentalism.
Men and women
31
What best describes the goals of the National Grange Movement and the Farmers' Alliance?
laws regulating railroads and regulation of business of a public nature
deregulated banking systems
increased tariffs to protect their interests
limited government involvement in breaking up monopolies and trusts
32
Carter is remembered for this; Iranian militants seized Americans and held them captive for most of his presidency
Iran-Contra Affair
SALT II treaty
the Persian Gulf War
Iran Hostage Crisis
33
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Vacation spot off the coast of Louisiana
Congressional resolution authorizing LBJ to handle Vietnam diplomatically
Congressional resolution authorizing LBJ to take military action in Vietnam
Gave president power to go to war, but he could only do so for 90 days
34
Clinton also created this, a free-trade zone with Canada and Mexico
NATO
SEATO
NAFTA
Good Neighbor Policy
35
This political ideology stressed nationalism and placed interests of state above those of individuals.
Fascism
Republicanism
Communism
Socialism
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The policy objectives of
Reaganomics
were based on the theory that
major increases in government spending would help reduce unemployment.
reducing trade barriers would result in a budget surplus.
broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion.
borrowing from foreign countries would pay for domestic programs.
37
The 1968 TET offensive was significant because it
pressured North Vietnam to bargain
reaffirmed popular support for S.Vietnamese gov
led to increased anti-war sentiment in the US
convinced LBJ to begin bombing Cambodia
38
WEB Dubois disagreed with Booker T Washington's
reasons for funding the Tuskagee institute
ideas that economic reforms more important than civil rights
stressing civil rights
attitude towards emancipation
39
De Lome' letter
letter from Spain to America asking to end the war
letter calling the U.S a global power and calling for peace
caused public out cry calling the president weak and helped start the war
document that offically declared war on Spain
40
Japanese Internment Camps
Camps throughout the Pacific where the Japanese sent POW's
Places where the Japanese killed many Germans.
Detention centers for Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Japan's labor camps for illegal citizens.
41
What was the "square deal"?
Roosevelt's plan to make American factories safer.
Wilson's plan to take on political machines.
Roosevelt makes business in US fair for rich and poor alike
Taft's plan to end child labor.
42
Many Native Americans served as these during World War II
United States Army Indian Scouts
Choctaw Code Talkers
Navajo Code Talkers
Cherokee Code Talkers
43
Which congressional action restricted the president's power to send U.S. troops to battle?
War Powers Act of 1973
"Day of Infamy" speech
War on Terror Resolution
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
44
How was the Transcontinental Railroad financed?
by churches
by government land grants
by local state governments
by local charities
45
How did life change for women in the 1920s?
Women gained more equality
Women gained the right to vote
All of the above
Women began to work outside the home
46
How did the Persian Gulf War in 1990 start?
Saudi Arabia invaded Yemen
Iraq invaded oil-rich Kuwait
Lebanon invaded Israel
Iran invaded Iraq
47
Brinkmanship is the idea that
The U.S. would go to the edge of war to oppose communism
U.S. would give aid to Middle Eastern counties
U.S. would only use military force if attacked by another country
Diplomacy should be used to resolve conflicts with other nations
48
One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Roosevelt was-
able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office
unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs
more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
opposed to any type of government regulation of financial institutions
49
Steel plow, barbed wire, and the windmill
Push factors of Westward Expansion
Technological improvements to the West
Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad
Features of a ghost town
50
Great Railroad Strike 1877
railroad strike caused by unsafe conditions and the Sherman Antitrust Act
first major violent railroad strike caused by multiple wage cuts
violent railroad strike caused by layoffs of many workers
series of violent railroad strikes in response to the Pullman Strike
51
Homer Plessy...
was the first black person to dine in the White House as a guest
lost his Supreme Court case about riding a train... "separate but equal"
was the first black man elected to Senate
was a black man who replaced J. Davis in the Senate
52
Double V Campaign
Gain victory over the enemy overseas and a victory against racism at home.
Gain victory over the Great Depression.
Gain victory over slavery across Africa
Gain Victory over Hitler and Hirohito.
53
Which best describes the significance of W.E.B. DuBois?
a civil rights leader who called for civil disobedience
organized Montgomery Bus Boycott
a civil rights activist who founded a black college
an early civil rights activist who helped found the NAACP
54
What is the domino theory?
the belief that if 1 country falls to communism so others
if 1 country dropped below the poverty lines so would others
dropping 1 bomb after another to destroy an area
a system for aiding South Vietnamese civilians
55
What was the League of Nations goal?
To promote international warfare
To acheive international peace and security
To promote isolationism around the world
To ensure the U.S. was the leading global military and economic power
56
What was the significance of the Cuban missile crisis?
The U.S. failed to give air cover to Cuban exiles
Khrushchev condemned the actions of Castro
The world came close to nuclear war
The U.S. overthrew communism in Cuba
57
This made segregation illegal in all public facilities and gave the government powers to enforce school desegregation.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1965
58
Which of these was the goal of the Dawes Act?
for Indians to be able to remain on their ancestral lands
for Indians to assimilate into the dominant American culture
for Indians to have greater access to education
for Indians to gain political equality
59
The Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy towards nuclear weapons as a way to deter communist aggression
Provided economic aid to try and prevent Soviet expansion in Europe
Provided military support for Middle East countries resisting communism
Programs that created the C.I.A. and other international agencies
60
The picture below depicts what Populist ideal?
Emergence of Catholicism as a main religion
the gold standard
the silver standard
the bimetallism push
61
MULTIPLE SELECT:
President George W. Bush labeled which
three
nations as an "Axis of Evil"?
North Korea
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
62
What was one effect of the Bolshevik Revolution on the US?
the Allies needed fewer US troops
immigration laws were changed to allow for Russian refugees
nativism increased leading to the Red Scare
federal courts banned anti-immigrant groups
63
Both Social Darwinism and laissez-faire capitalism agree that
free competition promotes human progress
The government has a duty to ensure everyone has equal access to resources
the government should ease the lot of the poor
government ownership of business is desireable
64
What tactic did President Theodore Roosevelt use to get the Panama Canal built?
He forced the Colombian government to sign a treaty in 1903.
He supported a rebellion against the Colombian government
He leased the canal zone from the French
He seized Panama from Spain after the Spanish American War
65
In this cartoon, Thomas Nast is attacking which of the following people?
"Boss" Tweed
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
66
Jingoism is defined as -
extreme loyalty to a particular political party
extreme nationalism with aggressive foreign policy
a strong country controlling a weaker country
a fear of foreigners
67
Kennedy's domestic policy was called
The Great Society
The New Frontier
Modern Republicanism
The Fair Deal
68
One of the most significant aspects of the Interstate Commerce Act was that it
Limited the hours of working for immigrants
Revolutionized the steel business
Represented first attempt by government to regulate business
Did nothing to control big businesses
69
This occurred on December 7th, 1941 as a "date that will live in infamy" and resulted in U.S. declaration of war:
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maddox
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Attack on the World Trade Center
70
The Office of Research and Development assisted with contracting scientists for this, which created the Atomic Bomb.
Homeland Security
Wannsee Conference
Manhattan Project
Area 51
71
Which of the following would NOT have been an effect of industrialization in the late 19th century
Urban populations increased
The percentage of Americans living in cities increased
Amount of people moving to rural areas increase
Expanision of railroad lines continued increasing
72
The coordinated attacks by Al-Qaeda on this date claimed nearly 3000 lives
.
December 7, 1941
September 12, 2001
June 6, 1944
September 11, 2001
73
How does the political cartoon below illustrate the "Gilded Age" metaphore?
There's a lot of money to be made if you work hard enough
Big buisness owners care about thier workers and want to protect them
Everyday Americans work and slave while owners of big buisness get richer
People are grateful to be able to work for one of these big business owners
74
One of the most significant effects of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad was -
limited urbanization
limited the growth of big business
it increased prices for consumers
in promoted a growth in national trade
75
Morrill Land Grant Act
gave millions of acres of land to the statessold and funded immigrant homes
Land given from native Americans, money from land funded college building
sold asmuch goods from railroads, money from goods funded college building
gave millions of acres of land - states $ from land funded college building
76
The Watergate scandal grew out of the efforts of Nixon's confidants to
assure the reelection of Nixon in 1972
control all appointments for the Supreme Court
tighten security leaks to reporters
control inflation in the U.S. in the 1970s
77
The U.S. government's outlawing of the Indian Sun (Ghost) Dance in 1890 resulted in the
Battle of Potowanamie Creek
Massacre at Sand Creek
Battle of Little Big Horn
Battle of Wounded Knee
78
Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. was known for
violent protests against discrimination
eliminating de jure segregation
developing the "Black Power" movement
nonviolent protests against segregation
79
The Republican presidents of the 1920s (Harding, Coolidge & Hoover) ...
increased government regulation to protect the average citizen
wanted to increase the size and scope of the government
were pro-big business and cut regulations and taxes on the wealthy
adhered to strict codes of conduct and forced their Cabinets to do the same
80
What was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?
Antitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise system
Only State governments should have power over the economy
Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate
“Rugged individualism” will end social inequality
