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Semester 2 Final Exam USH
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1
During the era of Prohibition in the U.S., what became illegal? (1920-1933)
Alcohol
Funny Hats
Cigarettes
Guns
2
The direct cause of the American entrance into WWII was
Fall of France
Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Invasion of New York by Canada
3
Lyndon B. Johnson was Vice President in the USA until November, 1963. What happened then?
He became president after the election of MLK.
He was shot by a senior assassin.
He resigned after dropping the atomic bomb.
He became president after the assassination of JFK
4
When Stalin gained control of the USSR he created a ___________ government.
communist
democratic
republican
religious
5
Who did America fight as a "hot spot" in the Cold War in the 1960s?
South Vietnam
South France
North Afghanistan
North Vietnam
6
What decade was the worst during the Great Depression?
Dirty 30's
Awesome 80's
Roaring 20's
Nifty 50's
7
Who led the island hopping campaign in the Pacific?
Lincoln
Lake
MacArthur
Patton
8
Which president (Mrs. C's cousin) was most blamed for causing the Great Depression?
President Coolidge
President Bush
President Roosevelt
President Hoover
9
What was the Holocaust?
The systematic attempt to save an entire people.
The Holocaust was an attempt by the Nazis to destroy the Jewish people.
When hitler was born.
Discrimination or violent hostility directed at Germans
10
The party in which Adolf Hitler came into power in 1933 is known as what?
Republican Party
Nazi Party
Socialist Party
Labour Party
11
He is known as the "King of Rock and Roll."
Taylow Swift
John Lennon
Elvis Presley
Michael Jackson
12
The 1968 Tet Offensive
was depicted as a major U.S. victory
led to the belief that the Vietnam War was unwinnable
was a military victory for the North Koreans
brought an immediate end to the Iraqi War
13
What was the most terrifying aspect of the Cold War?
Destruction of Germany
Invasion of the US
Nuclear Arms Race
Liberation of East Europe
14
What was Woodstock?
where 9 black students integrated all-white Central High
where the Covid19 pandemic started
plane that was hijacked by Middle Eastern terrorist group
famous 1969 rock concert with 500,000 hippies
15
The U.S. and South Vietnam won the Vietnam War.
False
True
16
Rebublican, Watergate, I AM NOT A CROOK, China, Vietnamization, Impeachment, Resignation
Carter
Nixon
Reagan
Ford
17
The Cold War was a period of tension between the democratic United States & the communist ___________________.
Great Britain
China
Soviet Union
France
18
Women's Suffrage
divorce
alcoholism
voting
equality
19
Was imperialism one of the main causes of WWI?
Yes
No
20
Repealed (ended) prohibition- America can drink again
21st
13th
18th
19th
21
This image shows the spraying of what deforestation chemical used on the jungles of Vietnam?
chlorine gas
Agent Orange
white phosphorus
napalm
22
What was the result of the atomic bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Germany surrendered to the allies
Soviet Union invades Japan
US initiated the Marshall Plan to rebuild Greece
WWII ended with Japan surrendering to the Allies
23
"Operation Iraqi Freedom" Iraqi freedom was to help ____________
People of Turkey
People of Iraq
People of Iran
People of Saudi Arabia
24
Many Americans feared that this 1950's conflict in Asia had been secretly supported by the Soviet Union and communism.
Iraq War
Korean War
Great Depression
World War II
25
According to the Warren Commission, who killed JFK as the "lone assassin"?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Castro
Mafia
CIA
26
Americans used atomic bombs during WWII to bomb Japan.
True
False
27
Which presidential candidate was assassinated in 1968?
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Barack Obama
Robert Kennedy
28
When did the Vietnam War happen?
1941-1945
2004-2011
1964-1973 (1975)
2001-2014
29
Which invention had a huge cultural impact on the 1950s?
Internet
printing press
radio
television
30
The dictator of Italy that believed in facism.
Josef Stalin
Francisco Franco
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
31
The name of FDR's plans and policies to get America out of the Great Depression was...???
The New Frontier
#bravepride
The New Deal
The Great Society
32
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Not enough people lived in that area
A long drought with too much farming & poor methods
Too much rain caused flooding
The people did not dig for oil
33
Who was the leader of communist North Vietnam?
Ngo Dinh Diem
John F. Kennedy
Ho Chi Minh
Gerald Ford
34
The Cold War was an actual war.
False
True
35
A break-in at what office complex led to the resignation of Richard M. Nixon?
Washington Post
New York Times
Watergate
Maconaquah High School
36
What was the movement for equal black rights in the 1950s and 1960s called?
Red Scare
Women's Suffrage
Civil Rights Movement
Black lives Matter
37
Hippies in the 1960s generally were AGAINST all of the following EXCEPT…
materialism
The Vietnam War
Traditional American lifestyle
drug comsumption
38
What is island hopping?
took place in the Pacific
all of these
hopping from island to island
American naval battle strategy against Japan in WWII
39
The counter-culture of the 1960s promoted all of the following EXCEPT?
desires for greater military involvement in Vietnam
tolerant attitudes regarding sexual morality
the questioning of government and other authority
a new emphasis on alternative religions
40
_________________ began with the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
World War I
Korean War
World War II
Aghanistan War
41
The "N" of WWI "MAIN" causes, this relates to loyalty/extreme devotion to one's country/culture
Nativism
Nationalism
Naturalism
Natural Selection
42
Lyndon Johnson
End of Gilded Age, Progessivism
Civil War
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Civil Rights, Vietnam
43
Which of these was NOT a JFK achievement?
Proposed civil rights act
Ended the Vietnam War
Established peace corps
Prevented Nuclear World War
44
Terrorism has defined foreign relations for Millennials, just like the Cold War defined politics for Baby Boomers.
False
True
45
All of these happened during the Great Depression except
banks collapsed
unemployment
Stock Market crash
economic prosperity
46
In "Hacksaw Ridge" Americans fought against:
Russia
Japan
Germany
England
47
What was the period that was called "Prohibition?"
Time when women weren't allowed to drive cars
Late 1700s when Native Americans were stripped of land
Early 20th Century when it was illegal to buy & sell alcohol
Time in the 1800s when it was illegal for blacks to vote
48
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Joseph Stalin were all what type of leader?
Totalitarian Dictators
Monarchs
Presidents
Kings
49
He was a general in WWII who planned an invasion of Europe called 'D-Day' and later became a US president.
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
David Durkes
50
What Civil Rights leader was assassinated in 1968?
Rosa Parks
JFK
Richard Nixon
Martin Luther King Jr
