2nd Semester US History Final

People who brought liquor into the country illegally

The Teapot Dome Affair centered around

What event led to the shift away from isolationism in the US? (WWII)

FDR used this mass media method to talk to the country

Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Nickname given to American soldiers in WWI.

What was the name of Wilson's plan to prevent another world war?

31st President who grew up in Oregon.

WWII brought changes for women and minorities because

Rebellious women of the 1920s who bobbed their hair, wore short skirts, and danced.

Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII

Failed attempt by the US backed Cuban exiles to remove Castro from power.

To get alcohol illegally drinkers went to underground nightclubs called

War payments made by losing countries

The first 100 days of FDRs administration were important because

Why were the Japanese placed in internment camps?

First satellite to orbit the earth.

Why did Hoover choose to call it a depression?

This amendment outlawed the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol.

Who was tried at the Nuremberg Trials?

This is the name of the president who ordered the dropping of the atomic bomb

Which of the following reasons sparked the start of WWI?

Giving into aggresive demands in order to maintain peace.

Russian leader elected in 1999 and started to restrict Russian freedoms again

This amendment gave full voting rights to women

This Russian royal family was killed during WWI.

These three countries (France, Russia, GB) made up what alliance in WWI?

Where did the US troops do most of the fighting in WWI?

What was the name of the  treaty that ended WWI?

This trial was about the teaching of evolution in Tennessee.

Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s was a period when African Americans

Founded in 1945 to promote world peace

Area in mid west ruined by drought and wind.

Soviets responded to NATO by

What year did Oregon become a state?

Illegal sale and manufacture of alcohol.

First of two revolutions in Russia that resulted in abdication of Tsar Nicholas II

This president started the New Deal, had polio, and was elected four times.

Type of fighting in which sides dig trenches protected by mines and barb wire.

African American literary awakening in the 1920s.

This man was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic.

Competition between nations to increase stockpile of military weapons.

US policy for stopping spread of communism and keeping it contained.

Theory that if one nation falls to communism others will follow

This country was forced to accept all blame for WWI.

What caused the Dust Bowl?

Greatest craze of the 1920s with one in almost every home.

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

The supply of West Berlin by American planes during Soviet blockade.

Which one of these was not a member of the Axis powers?

Which one is not a member of the  Big Four who wrote the Treaty of Versailles?

Purpose of the Committee of Public Information

29th President whose presidency was full of scandal.

When did WWI begin?

World organization created in 1920 to promote international cooperation

A policy of lessening Cold War tensions.

Who was the founding director of the FBI?

Which of these nations made up the Triple Alliance (WWI)

Tactic of approaching verge of war to persuade opponent to back down.

This amendment repealed prohibition.

Group of former WWI vets who marched on Washington.

Which of these was NOT one of FDRs three main goals in fighting the depression

Boundary that divided Eastern and Western Europe/ communism and capitalism.