Final Exam

How did the U.S. decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan affect the course of WWII?

Which is used to describe the rivalry between the US and Soviet Union after WWII?

________ was the United States main goal in Vietnam

North Vietnam was communist and South Vietnam was non-communist

Why was Joseph McCarthy able to wage a successful anti-communist campaign?

What change occurred in the role of women in the United States during World War II?

Why did the United States enter the Korean War?

For what purpose were affirmative action programs created?

What has been the most lasting effect of Watergate

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

What event directly led the United States to enter WWII?

The Manhattan Project was established to

_____ was/were most effective in convincing the American public that the war was not winnable

The successful Montgomery bus boycott lead to the founding of the black panther party

On which Japanese cities did the United States drop the atomic bomb?

What event directly led the United States to enter WW2

The GI Bill provided WWII veterans with which of the following?

What was a major financial cause of the 1929 stock market crash?

The capital of South Vietnam was Hanoi

Which event brought the US and the Soviet Union the the brink of nuclear war in October of 1962

Ho Chi Minh was the leader of the South Vietnamese Army

Breadlines/soup kitchens were ___

The feminist movement became more organized and focused after the

Rosa Parks protest helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott

What major event finally lead to the end of the Great Depression

Of the following New Deal policies ___ had the biggest long-term impact on the American economy

Which theory says if one nation becomes communist the country's neighbors will become one too

The massive American Effort to help Europe rebuild after WWII was known as the

What were the SALT agreements

In which group was Malcolm X a prominent leader?

In 1945 the leaders of the Big Three Allied Powers met up to plan for the end of WWII at the

Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?

The organizers of the March on Washington for jobs and freedoms were?

Why was the tactic of nonviolence so successful in achieving change?

The voting rights Act of 1965

Who killed John F. Kennedy

Eisenhower ordered soldiers to protect African American students trying to join a white school

The __ sought to transform an entire region of the country by building dams along a major river

A new vaccine developed by Jonas Salk helped stopped out breakers of which disease in 1950's

This president sent combat soldiers to fight in Vietnam in 1965

The major Allied invasion of France that occurred on June 6, 1944, was known as

MLK jr was a founder and first president of the

The Dust Bowl was a term to describe

The Civilian Conversation Corps was formed to help the problem of men having trouble getting a

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the use of poll taxes elections?

The Nazi slaughter of Jews during WW2 stemmed from prejudice known as

Among the gains that labor made in the 1930s was the right to __

During the Great Depression many Americans who lost their homes lived in shantytowns known as

How did Americans conserve resources in WW2

The Federal government intervened in civil rights in all of the following ways except?

Which of the following events prompted the formation of NASA?

When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War

The Allied strategy in the Pacific was called

How did President Roosevelt's philosophy differ from Herbert Hoover's

What was Social Security created to do

The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a series of all the underground tunnels in South Vietnam

What was the genocide or final solution practiced by the Nazis?

The most immediate cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis was unclear missiles in Cuba

What kind of society did President Lyndon B. Johnson make when he created the Great Society?

In a capitalist system

The goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 was to

How did WW2 affect American factories

___ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry

What were the 3 main goals of the New Deal

Which 1964 event increased United States military involvement in the Vietnam War?

What strategy did MLK jr and several other civil rights leaders employ?

What principle was the Landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade based on

What did the pentagon papers reveal

What constitutional issue helps explain the importance of Richard Nixon's resignation

The US policy of containment was designed to limit the spread of

A celebrated photographer who chronicled the hardship of the Great Depression was

which college did an anti-war demonstration become violent & result in the death of 4 students