Florida History EOC Review B

Passage of which of these represented a shift from the foreign policy that dominated American politics between the two world wars?

• the Wagner Act

• the Espionage Act

• the Lend-Lease Act

• the Taft-Hartley Act

The policy of Cash and Carry, the Destroyers for Naval Bases Deal, and the Lend-Lease Act were all designed to

• contribute to the success of the Axis powers

• relieve unemployment caused by the Great Depression

• guarantee a third term to President Franklin D. Roosevelt

• aid the Allies without involving the U.S. in the war

The quote below comes from the Supreme Court ruling in Korematsu v. United States, handed down in 1944:

"The properly constituted military authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and felt constrained to take proper security measures.... Congress, reposing its confidence in this time of war in our military leaders—as inevitably it must—determined that they should have the power to do just this."

Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0323_0214_ZO.html

What security measures are being referred to in this case?

• Internment of Japanese Americans

• Dropping of atomic bombs on Japan

• Deportation of all recent immigrants from Japan

• Exclusion of Japanese Americans from the draft

Which decision did President Truman make that most significantly altered the course of the war?

• dividing Germany into four zones of occupation

• dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• asking for Soviet assistance in the war against Japan

• agreeing to diplomatic talks with the Soviet Union

The first significant postwar target of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was the film industry probably because

• most people in Hollywood were communist.

• The U.S.S.R. was sending agents to work in Hollywood.

• some feared that movies might influence people's politics.

• too many communist propaganda films were being made.

Which African American leader assisted in the creation of the United Nations?

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Marcus Garvey

• Martin Luther King

• George Washington Carver

Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the Korean War?

• North Korea made minor gains in the south but lost territory in the north to China

• A majority of North Koreans fled southward causing a collapse of the North Korean government

• North and South Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel, just as they had been before the war

• Korea was reunited under a coalition government consisting of both Northerners and Southerners

SEC. 100. The Veterans' Administration is hereby declared to be an essential war agency and entitled, second only to the War and Navy Departments, to priorities in personnel, equipment, supplies, and material under any laws, Executive orders, and regulations pertaining to priorities, and in appointments of personnel from civil-service registers the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is hereby granted the same authority and discretion as the War and Navy Departments and the United States Public Health Service: Provided, That the provisions of this section as to priorities for materials shall apply to any State institution to be built for the care or hospitalization of veterans.—TITLE I, CHAPTER I-HOSPITALIZATION, CLAIMS, AND PROCEDURES, Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

This text is from an act otherwise known as the

• GI Bill.

• Fair Deal.

• Marshall Plan.

• Taft-Hartley Act.

The Cuban Missile Crisis involved a standoff between Russia and the United States concerning

• development of weapons

• illegal immigrants

• placement of nuclear weapons

• the spread of socialism

Which treaty did Lyndon B. Johnson sign?

• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

• Treaty on the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Conventional Weapons

• Treaty on the Proliferation of Conventional Weapons