Carter to Reconstruction

What was the primary goal of the program George Marshall described?

• to repay loans made by the United States

• to stop the spread of communism in Europe

• to take over western European governments

• to help the Soviet Union rebuild its military strength

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USH.6

The reforms listed above were designed to do which of the following?

• Allow voters to repeal state and federal laws.

• Reduce restrictions on the actions of elected officials.

• Make elected officials more accountable to citizens.

• Prohibit third-party candidates from running for political office.

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USH.2

What best explains the migration patterns shown on the map above?

• African Americans were searching for employment in Northern industries.

• Native Americans were looking for abandoned farmland in the Dust Bowl.

• European immigrants were seeking wartime employment in factories.

• Cuban immigrants were looking for jobs as farm workers.

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USH.3

The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an attempt to overthrow _______________.

• Fidel Castro

• Nikita Khrushchev

• The Batista Regime

• The Kennedy Administration

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USH.6

Which action by the United States government was influenced by this statement?

• declaration of war against Germany

• increased intervention in Latin American nations

• protection of United States interests in Philippines

• sending of troops to fight in the Spanish-American war

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USH.5

What does the riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921 reveal about the United States society during that time period?

• Violence against management by unions was becoming commonplace

• Working were demanding more benefits and shorter work hours

• There was a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment

• There were rising racial tensions in some parts of the nation.

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USH.4

The strategy of “island-hopping” in the Pacific theater involved

• Recapturing all Japanese islands and territories

• Seizing key islands to close in on the Japanese mainland

• Bypassing a smaller Pacific island to attack Japan directly.

• Launching all attacks against Japan from the Pearl Harbor military base.

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USH.5

The image most directly reflects which of the following views?

• The United States needed to contain communism.

• Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in brinkmanship tactics during the Cold War.

• Americans used bomb shelters to showcase their buying prowess as consumers.

• “Mutually Assured Destruction” was an ever-present reality for most Americans.

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USH.6

The first of the confrontations of the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the march on Selma became known as

• Black Friday.
• Freedom Summer.
• Selma Saturday

• . Bloody Sunday

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USH.7

The influence of the Harlem Renaissance on American society in the 1920’s was that it

• Led to renewed efforts to improve living conditions in urban areas

• Resulted in increased numbers of new political parties are being formed.

• increased the recognition of the art and music of African American artist

• Increased the number of European Immigrants moving to cities in the North

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USH.4