Semester 2 EOC Review

The quote below is from an African American leader in the early 1900s: "So far as [he] preaches Thrift, Patience, and Industrial Training . . . we must hold up his hands and strive with him . . . But so far as [he] apologizes for injustice, North or South, does not rightly value the privilege and duty of voting, belittles the [devastating] effect of caste distinctions, and opposes the higher training and ambition of our brighter minds . . .we must unceasingly and firmly oppose [his ideas]

The ideas in this quote reflect the beliefs of which leader?

• Booker T. Washington

• Marcus Garvey

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Ida B. Wells

Which president pursued a policy of Vietnamization?

• Gerald Ford

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

The quote below is part of the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: “The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. “

Which of these contributed to the ratification of this amendment?

• race riots in American cities

• efforts of Civil Rights leaders

• protest against the draft

• media coverage of the Watergate scandal

What did President Franklin Roosevelt focus on during his First Hundred Days?

• creating welfare programs to relieve suffering

• increasing government spending to stimulate production

• establishing agricultural subsidies to relieve farmers

• . regulating banks to solve the root causes of the economic crisis

Based on the cartoon, how did President Roosevelt want to ease the Great Depression?

• by expanding the role of government in citizens' lives

• by expanding the authority of legislative representatives

• by regulating the stock purchases of individual investors

• by restricting the spending by government on domestic projects

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• was established to regulate the stock market

• was created despite strong objections from President Roosevelt

• insured bank deposits up to $2,500

• ensured that Social Security payments would be made on time

The Agricultural Adjustment Act raised crop prices by paying farmers

• to stop raising cattle and start raising sheep

• not to plant all of their land and to kill excess livestock

• to raise only cash crops such as cotton, corn, and wheat

• not to move to the cities and compete for scarce factory jobs

What was Congress's purpose in passing the Lend-Lease Act?

• to lease U-boats from Germany and then lend them to Britain

• to charge Britain more for US weapons than Britain could afford

• to provide equal amounts of aid to Britain and Germany

• to provide Britain with the aid it needed but could not afford

What is one way American women mobilized for the war effort?

• they joined the US Army, Navy, and Coast Guard auxiliaries

• they flew more than 500 combat missions in fighter planes

• they served as Navajo Code Talkers in the war in the Pacific

• they fought in the island-hopping campaign in the Pacific

Some 100,000 Japanese-Americans were evacuated from the West Coast during World War II and made to live in internment camps

• because they refused to serve in the US military

• but eventually were freed by the Korematsu v US ruling

• because some West Coast leaders questioned their loyalty

• because most Japanese-Americans supported Japan in the war