Mr. Frederick's American History Spring Final Review

What was the Lend-Lease Act?

Which nation(s) signed a nonagression pact with Germany that led to the invasion of Poland?

When forced to abandon the Philippines, ___ made the vow, "I shall return."

In a capitalist system,

The Soviet Union set up the ___ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.

The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war?

The first politician to skillfully use the new medium of television was who?

When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War,

With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of ___ for African Americans.

The problem of ___ was targeted by the Office of Price Administration

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?

The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.

Which of the following statements best defines the domino theory?

Which administration's efforts to mislead the American people were revealed by the publication of the Pentagon Papers?

Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an industrial power?

Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. government and military were made by

Events such as ___ helped set the stage for the civil rights movement.

The Allied invasion of ___ was given the code name D-Day

What contributed to the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

___ was the United States' main goal in Vietnam.

Roosevelt's decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps was a response to

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officials to do?

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects Roosevelt's feelings toward joining the war?

After investigating the assassination of JFK, the Warren Commission concluded that

A major turning point in the civil rights movement was marked by ___.

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when ___

The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to:

The main purpose of the War Powers Act was to ___.

After World War II, the United States aided ___ in its efforts to keep control of Vietnam

Who or what did president Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"?

During the war, women in the WAACs served as:

___ was most effective in convincing the American public that the war was not winnable

The Indian Education Act gave greater control over the education of Native Americans to

. With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ___________ became an  American way of life

The vast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in the ___ .

Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?

President Truman threatened to ___ striking workers to prevent strikes from crippling the nation.

Which of the following did President Nixon say would bring about "peace with honor" in Vietnam?

How did America react to news that the Soviet Union was the first to put a man in space?

The first organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation was ___.

He was the Supreme Commander of U.S. forces in Europe.

Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?

On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?

Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to ___.

The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the ___

Which U.S. general led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation?

General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in

Which doctrine relating to public education was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education

What is genocide as practiced by the Nazis?

Most Americans in the 1960s relied on as their primary source of entertainment and information.

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a founder and the first president of the ___.

____ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.

Which president asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?

When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop what?

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in which activity?

The _____ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them from the United States.

An example of racial tensions during the war years is

___ enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam.