US History Second Semester Final Exam Review

This cartoon comments on tactics used to

• secure the southern border of California

• protect shipping lanes in the Great Lakes

• create a defensive alliance with France

• obtain control of the Panama Canal Zone

What was the goal of the protests depicted on this map?

• To pressure Congress to prohibit discrimination against disabled citizens

• To demonstrate the economic impact of discriminatory practices on interstate transportation

• To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation

• To persuade states to abandon discriminatory voter-registration procedures

The event reported in this dispatch led directly to

• the implementation of sanctions against Japan

• U.S. entry into World War II

• the establishment of the Truman Doctrine

• U.S. annexation of Hawaii

How did the creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation change the nature of banking in the United States?

• The government began to guarantee bank deposits.

• Depositors could transfer investments without penalties.

• Depositors were guaranteed minimum interest rates on savings accounts.

• The government required taxpayers to open savings accounts.

How did the creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation change the nature of banking in the United States?

• The government began to guarantee bank deposits.

• Depositors could transfer investments without penalties.

• Depositors were guaranteed minimum interest rates on savings accounts.

• The government required taxpayers to open savings accounts.

How did the creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation change the nature of banking in the United States?

• The government began to guarantee bank deposits.

• Depositors could transfer investments without penalties.

• Depositors were guaranteed minimum interest rates on savings accounts.

• The government required taxpayers to open savings accounts.

Some of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs were declared unconstitutional when the Supreme Court held that they —

• infringed on powers reserved to the states

• granted privileges to religious organizations

• required U.S. cooperation with foreign nations

• prevented equal access to the judicial system

What was the significance of the Camp David Accords?

• Egypt first recognized and signed a peace treaty with Israel.
• The Panama Canal Zone was returned to Panama.
• The Shah of Iran was overthrown by Fundamentalist Muslims.
• The accords helped to roll back the spread of Communism in Afghanistan.

A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900–1920) was to

• stimulate the economy
• support government control of factory production
• correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society

The Progressive movement supported the idea that the federal government should

• build an overseas empire
• regulate big business
• reduce the number of farms