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1
Island hopping was used by ______ to try to win the was in the Pacific
China
Japan
Soviet Union
United States
2
Roosevelt's plan to invest in the economy by providing relief, recovery and reform was called
Great Society
New Frontier
Fair Deal
New Deal
3
Mission 2 go 2 space, help for unemployed, and focus on helping the environment were a part of
Fair Deal
New Deal
Great Society
New Frontier
4
The Baby Boom primarily resulted from
the "Sexual Revolution" of the 1920s
economic prosperity in the postwar decades
falling marriage rate during the Great Depression
growth in college attendance in the 1950s
5
Communities of homeless people in places like Central Park were nicknamed
Hoovervilles
Rooseveltburbs
Shanty Towns
Hoovershacks
6
The Vietnam War started after the attack at
38th Parallel
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
Tonkin Gulf
7
Hawley-Smoot, in which the govt raised taxes to sell goods to the US, is an example of a:
tax
laissez-faire
tariff
subsidy
8
Militant protests and black nationalism are most associated with
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr
Black Panthers
Emmitt Till
9
In1929 when the Stock Market crashed, signalling a problem in the economy, was nicknamed Black
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Wednesday
10
The first conflict the United Nations got involved in was..
The Korean War
World War II
The Cold War
The Vietnam War
11
The United States tentatively supported a failed invasion of Cuba at
Havana
Guantanamo
Sukamo
Bay of Pigs
12
Each of the following was part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act EXCEPT
protection to African Americans.
prohibition of segregation in "public accommodations."
bans on employment discrimination.
voting rights.
13
The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937 banned US companies from selling WHAT to nations at war?
Weapons
Textiles
Food
Ships
14
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were attempts by the United States to deal with the
national debt
arms race
spread of communism
President’s political opposition
15
When 1 country fell to communism, the countries around the country could be the next to fall.
Containment
Domino Theory
Detente
Iron Curtain
16
The image of ____________ became the heroic symbol of the woman war worker.
the Women's Army Corps
Marilyn Monroe
Rosie the Riveter
the Women's Bureau
17
In1929 when the Stock Market crashed, signalling a problem in the economy, was nicknamed Black
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Wednesday
18
The Allies opened a second front in western Europe on
V-J Day.
December 7, 1941.
July 4, 1943.
D-Day.
19
The Korean War and Vietnam War r both examples of the US following the for. policy strategy of
Brinkmanship
Domino Theory
Containment
Democracy
20
Another word for a recession or when GDP falls causing unemployment to rise dramatically
Boom
Recession
Retraction
Depression
21
The Lend Lease Act made it possible for the United States to...
sell or lend war materials to any nation
sell war materials to all nations at war
Send troops to fight with Allied powers W/O declaring war
place an embargo on the Axis powers
22
The Viet Cong wanted to
be done with school
get rid of Communism in the North
fight with the Americans
help the North Vietnamese army against the South
23
Which US Supreme Court case ended segregation in schools?
Roe vs. Wade
Brown vs. Board
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Gideon vs. Wainwright
24
Which President was known for his policy of "brinkmanship" in the Cold War?
Kennedy
Johnson
Eisenhower
Truman
25
Democratic president during the Great Depression and World War II
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Theodore Roosevelt
26
Which of the following was NOT one of the causes of World War II?
Imperalism
Dictators in Europe and Asia
Appeasement
Totalitarian States
27
Why was geography important during the Cuban missile crisis?
The communist govt took over US businesses on the island.
The island is located 90 miles from the coast of Florida.
The Bay of Pigs invasion failed to overthrow Castro.
USSR gave financial aid to the communist govt of Cuba.
28
The Red Scare of the 1950s was the fear of...
Dictators
Communism
Nazism
Spiders
29
________ was the name of the Soviets first space satellite.
Valentina Tereshkova
Stalinik
Sputnik
Yuri Gagarin
30
As U.S. forces drove the N. Koreans N of 38th parallel, which country pushed them S to 38th?
Japan
Soviet Union
Vietnam
China
31
Poor people in the Great Depression looked for food in places like soup kitchens and...
soup kitchens
bread lines
bread kitchens
food lines
32
The objective of the Manhattan Project was to develop
the atomic bomb
system of coastal defense
synthetic rubber
relocation centers for Japanese Americans
33
Lyndon B. Johnson billed his domestic program as the
New Frontier
New Deal
Great Society
Fair Deal
34
Malcolm X was a leading member of the
Pan African Congress (PAC).
Black Panthers.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Nation of Islam (Black Muslims).
35
Which of the following is NOT an ex. of non-violent protests during the Civil Rights movement
Boycotts
Marches
Social Media
Sit-ins
36
Severe drought and winds that spread across the Midwest during the Great Depression were called
Dust Bowl
Dirt Bowl
Dirt Depression
Great Depression
37
Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese on...
December 10, 1941
September 11, 1942
November 7, 1941
December 7, 1941
38
The New Deal program that provided pensions for the elderly was called...
Medicare
Netrality Act
Social Security Act
The Wagner Act
39
One of the two locations on which the United States dropped atomic bombs were
Khe Sahn
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Okinawa
40
US Civil Rights leader who called for integration through non-violent protests
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
John F. Kennedy
Mahatma Ghandi
41
Which US President set up the policy of "Containment" during the Cold War?
Johnson
Eisenhower
Truman
Kennedy
42
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed which of the following barriers to keep Af Am from voting
Literacy Tests and Tariffs
Bus discrimination
Subsidies and Poll Taxes
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests
43
Which US President started the process Vietnamization?
Nixon
Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
44
The term “Vietnamization” referred to the policy of:
anti-war propaganda against war in Vietnam
shifting military tactics to match Vietcong
shifting the burden of actual combat to the SouthVietnamese.
training US troops to understand Vietnam culture
45
An effect of the War Powers Act of 1973 was that
the authority of the pres as commander in chief was limited
congressional authority NOT needed for military $
women started serving in combat roles during wartime
NATO became more involved in world conflicts
46
Neil Armstrong was...
first person to land on the moon
the first man to orbit the earth
military leader in Vietnam
the first American to go into space