U.S. History Final Exam

oil-refining entrepreneur

task-force leader in health-care reform

Republican candidate in the 1996 presidential election

relaxation of the US-Soviet tensions

dictator of Nazi Germany

democrats who were for peace, who sympathized with the South, and who opposed Lincoln

Soviet leader who introduced glasnost

passenger liner that the Germans sung with Americans aboard

first document of self-government in America

British king who antagonized the colonists

the representatives who elect the president

a balance of power between the different branches of government

allied commander in the Gulf War

a two-house congress

communist leader in Cuba

American general who lead US troops in WWI

divided the South into five military districts

British champion of appeasement

“the comeback kid”

Republican who served briefly as Obama’s secretary of commerce

What mission became the rallying cry during Texas's war for independence?

military head of Japan

massacre of millions of Jews and others the Nazis considered "lesser peoples"

"openness" in Soviet society

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

The dominant economic system of the Age of Exploration was

German plot to give part the United States to Mexico

What were dame schools?

policy of resistance to continuing Communist aggression

rebellious youth movement of the 1960s

US president at the close of WWII

the friend of the common man"

What economic system was based on building national power by amassing a surplus of hard money?

first practicing Jew to run on a major presidential ticket

What was the crucial issue behind the War for Independence?

militaristic Iraqi dictator

truce ending WWI

dictator of Fascist Italy

What name was given to the clause in the peace treaty making Germany responsible for the war?

British prime minster who attempted to collect new taxes from the colonies

US support of Anti-Communist insurgents

Which event sparked World War I?

first black to serve in the U.S. Congress

indictment of a political officials by Congress

The activities of which man were most responsible for encouraging European Exploration of the New World?

attempt to satisfy a dictator by giving in to his demands

the nations that opposed Germany in WWI

postwar competition between the US and Soviet Union

On what exact date (month, day, and year) did the Germans sign an armistice, ending WWI?

belief that the fall of one nation in Southeast Asia to communism will lead to the fall of other nations there

aggressive Republican and Speaker of the House

nationalist, totalitarian mass movement

prime minster of Great Britain who won the Seven Years' War

president of the Confederate States of America

the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

steel entrepreneur

Sherman's destruction of Georgia

belief that each territory can decide on the status of slavery within its borders

requirement that the colonists help supply the British army

the right of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional

Republican vice-presidential candidate in 2008

What event sparked the French and Indian War?

the division of government into branches

telegraph

commander in chief of the Continental army

In what year did the US enter the Great War?

What philosophy advocates the collective or government ownership or regulation of the means of production?

What religion was popular among prominent Patriots, such as Thomas Paine?

a one-house congress

Which school of thought supported the existence of God as Creator but denied His involvement in human affairs?

What did the French call the territory they claimed along the Mississippi River?

communists dictator of the Soviet Union

steel plow

Germany and its allies during WWI

patriot guerrilla called the "Swamp Fox"

the department heads who advise the president

first president to be impeached

What dispute was the immediate cause of the Mexican War?

Republican vice-presidential candidate in the 2000 presidential election

the authority specifically given to the national government by the Constitution

a change or addition to the Constitution

What were the opponents of ratifying the Constitution called?

policy of a war objective short of total victory

Who became famous for writing short stories and poems that explore the dark side of human nature?

What was probably the most effective propaganda tool for abolition?

What was the decision of Brown v. Board of Education?

What party long claimed to be that of the "common man" and is still in existence today?

Nationalist leader in China

cotton gin

British general who surrendered his army at Yorktown