2018 US2 Final

Addresses international military and political problems

Banks were plunged into crisis as

During the “space race,” Kennedy’s goal for America was to be the first to

This became a symbol of patriotic female defense workers:

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., drew on the philosophy and techniques of

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

The president who made good on his promise to end the Korean war was

When the U.S., Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany, the Soviet Union responded by

Brown vs. Board of Education overturned what long standing “separate but equal” case?

The federal program that provides free healthcare to the elderly is _____________________.

The period when Congress passed 15 major acts to meet an economic crisis was called the

In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans

Which of these is NOT a major principle of the United States?

Which group refused to answer questions from the HUAC and were subsequently blacklisted?

The U.N. military coalition’s advance on the North Korea’s northern border resulted in

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 authorized the Attorney General to

Which of these was NOT a significant trend of the 1950s?

Who was given command of all US Army units in the Pacific theatre?

Which FDR speech given in January of 1941 served as a future model for U.S. war aims?

The Republican nominee for president in 1960 was

President needs permission from Congress to engage U.S combat troops for more than 60 days.

Kennedy’s “flexible response” plan called for

Which of these antipoverty programs was a preschool education program for low-income families?

Satellite nations behind the “iron curtain” were countries under the control of

What was the significance of Levittown, New York?

First satellite launched in 1957 by the USSR

The proper term describing the U.S. economy from 1929 to 1939 is

The U.S. must support nations opposed to armed subjugation by outside nations

U.S. strategy of seizing only strategic Japanese held islands

The Eisenhower Doctrine gave the President the authority to

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons for the dropping of the atomic bomb?

One advantage that Johnson had in getting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed was his

Created the first peacetime draft in U.S. history

This pivotal event in 1968 negatively changed America’s view on the war in Vietnam:

In the 50’s, many companies advertised on television because __________________.

Franklin Roosevelt’s “court-packing plan” was a serious mistake because

Which nation was building an empire beginning with its invasion of Manchuria in 1931?

The Social Security Act provided

Coordinated all government agencies involved in war effort

As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis

For most American workers, the 1950’s were a time of____________________.

Until the mid-1960s, the Civil Rights Movement focused mainly on

Food and supplies were delivered to the people of West Berlin

The purpose of the Freedom Rides was to

What was the immediate cause of the Korean War?

An important Allied naval victory that stopped the Japanese advance eastward was the

Which pair of battles provided evidence that an invasion of Japan might incur 1 million deaths?

African Americans did which of the following during World War II?

This defensive military alliance, includes the United States, Canada, and Western Europe.

In Little Rock, Arkansas, black students were prevented from entering a white high school by

FDR instituted the “arsenal for democracy” with what trade policies prior to December of 1941?

American territory that fell to the Japanese in 1942 resulting in the capture of thousands

Competition between the US and USSR after WWII

Covert operations in developing nations included

On D-Day, the Allies landed at

The sit-in movement of the 1960s is best described as

The 1964 __________ gave President Johnson the authority to escalate military action in Vietnam

Which Great Society program is considered to be an entitlement?

The foreign policy the United States followed in the 1920s and 1930s was called

Jim Crow laws are most clearly associated with

U.S. secret program to create and build atomic weapons

Japanese-Americans were placed in relocation camps

The famous line, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” was spoken by

“With all deliberate speed,” the wording was vague enough that many districts were able to

As a result of the GI Bill many returning soldiers

What was the result of the Selma to Montgomery March of 1965?

Established to gather strategic military and political information overseas

Both the GI Bill and Sputnik were post war events that ___________________.

This was a massive aerial bombing campaign against the North Vietnamese:

The Atlantic Charter stated that the United States and Britain would NOT

In order to stop massive withdrawals from banks, Roosevelt declared a

What actions most accurately reflect Richard Nixon’s foreign policy in Vietnam?

Which program called for the investment of billions of dollars to rebuild European nations?

Emmett Till’s murder was a significant event in the Civil Rights Movement because

Roosevelt’s “fireside chats” were

Kennedy cancelled air support for the Bay of Pigs invasion in order to

Makeshift shelters where the homeless lived during the Great Depression were called

Many stock speculators put up as little as 10% of the price of stock when they

Which act limited the influence of labor unions?

Which of the following most effectively ended the negative effects of the Great Depression?

Who led a battle to remove communists from the United States and was condemned by the Senate ?

Which brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?

The Great Depression was caused by all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following was NOT an American ally during World War II?

Who was the Viet Minh leader who appealed to President Truman for independence from the French?

Chartered in 1945, which international organization aimed at establishing world peace?

George Kennan advocated this strategy which became the basis for early Cold War foreign policy.

In the 1950s and 1960s, __________ trapped many African Americans in inner cities.

Which of the following dates will “live in infamy” in the United States?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did little to