US HISTORY FINAL REVIEW (CIVIL WAR - POST COLD WAR)

Question 1

Initiated the US's involvement into WWII.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 2

Due to the Spanish American War, the US gained

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Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam

Question 3

Theodore Roosevelt helped create a new nation when he created the

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Panama Canal

Question 4

Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following EXCEPT

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recognition of all territorial claims made during the war

Question 5

Prevents discrimination of right to vote based on race, color, or creed.

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15th Amendment

Question 6

The US policy of containment during the Korean War called for

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blocking the expansion of the USSR's communist influence

Question 7

What did Brown vs. The Board of Education address?

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Desegregation of schools

Question 8

The American home front in WWII is best described as

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economically energized by military need/spending

Question 9

This is exaggerated news reports designed to catch readers' attention and sell more newspapers.

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Yellow journalism

Question 10

The sharp increace in the US birthrate follwing WWII which led to Suburban Growth

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Baby Boom

Question 11

During the 1920s the black community and culture were adopted by society. This time was called

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The Harlem Renaissance

Question 12

Imaginary line separating communist Europe from non-communist Europe.

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Iron Curtain

Question 13

The precipitating factor in the 1894 Pullman strike was Pullman's

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cutting wages without cutting the prices of the rent/store

Question 14

Women get the right to vote

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19th Amendment

Question 15

During the 1930s, the Great Depression led to

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a mass internal migration of Americans looking for work

Question 16

Who were the Freedom Riders?

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Civil Rights Activists ridding public buses to the DeepSouth

Question 17

Voting age reduced from 21 to 18.

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26th Amendment

Question 18

Reagan refused to dismantle this defense system created in the 1980s when USSR requested.

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SDI

Question 19

Racist gov. of Alabama in 1962 ("segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever).

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George Wallace

Question 20

What conditions were characteristic of the economic depression that the US faced in the 1930s?

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High unemployment and bank failures

Question 21

Repealed Prohibition

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21st Amendment

Question 22

Abolished slavery.

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13th Amendment

Question 23

Popular election of US Senators.

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17th Amendment

Question 24

If you are born or naturalized in the US, you are a US citizen.

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14th Amendment

Question 25

Of all of the wars studied, which war had the most negative response by American civilians?

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Vietnam War

Question 26

Who is recognized as the leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 27

Why was Allie Gertz important in the AIDS epidemic?

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She did not fit the stereotypical image of an AIDS victim.

Question 28

Systematic killing of racial or cultural groups.

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Genocide

Question 29

This event was ignited when the US observed nuclear tipped missiles placed in Cuba by the USSS.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 30

Who was the most influential advocate for Black Americans during the Progressive Era?

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W.E.B. DuBois

Question 31

Established national abortion guidelines; made abortions legal.

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Roe v. Wade

Question 32

US politician who serves as the 35th President of the US from Jan 1961 until Nov. 1963

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John F. Kennedy

Question 33

The flappers of the 1920s challenged traditional American attitudes about women by supporting

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greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior

Question 34

William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech was primarily an expression of his

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advocacy of free and unlimited coinage and silver

Question 35

Created by Teddy Roosevelt's volunteer foot soldiers. Fought in Cuba.

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Rough Riders

Question 36

One way that Americans escaped their concerns during the 1930s was to

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go to theaters and watch movies

Question 37

Jacob Riis's "How the Other Half Lives" is a study of

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immigrant urban poverty and despair in the 1890s

Question 38

The victorious Allies chose to enforce this as a way to end WWI.

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Treaty of Versailles

Question 39

The leaders of the Progressive Era were primarily

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middle-class reformers concerned with urban/consumer issues

Question 40

All of the following have been cited as reasons for dropping the A-bomb EXCEPT

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block a planned Japanese invasion of the United States

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