U.S. History Semester 2 Final Exam Review

What is one keyway the United Nations differed from the League of Nations?

• The United Nations had the support of the United States.

• The League of Nations was more effective in preventing wars.

• The United Nations was established before World War I.

• The League of Nations had a permanent military force.

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they wanted to

• destroy ships and planes that threatened their expansion efforts.

• establish a peace treaty with the United States.

• gain control over the Pacific Islands.

• defend their territory from American forces.

The Montgomery bus boycott affected the civil rights movement of the early 1960s. It showed that

• nonviolent protest by ordinary people could bring about change

• violent protests are more effective than peaceful ones

• government intervention is necessary for social change

• economic boycotts have no impact on civil rights

What was the effect of Hitler's blitzkrieg tactics?

• Germany was able to take over much of Europe by 1940

• Germany faced significant resistance from Allied forces

• Hitler's tactics led to a prolonged stalemate in Europe

• Germany's economy improved significantly during the war

Job Corps was created as part of the

• War on Poverty

• New Deal

• Great Society

• Economic Recovery Act

In what ways did the Black Panthers represent a shift in tone and tactics for the Civil Rights movement?

• They represented a radicalization of urban youth and a new militancy.

• They focused solely on nonviolent protests and integration.

• They aimed to establish a political party for white Americans.

• They emphasized economic cooperation among all races.

What were the freedom rides meant to accomplish?

• Desegregation of transportation by testing a Supreme Court decision

• Promotion of civil rights through peaceful protests

• Establishment of new transportation routes in the South

• Increase in public transportation funding

Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1957 significant?

• It mandated the desegregation of all public schools.

• It granted women the right to vote.

• It abolished slavery in the United States.

• It established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

How did the Twenty-Fourth Amendment affect the voting rights of African Americans?

• It allowed states to impose literacy tests on voters.

• It established a national voting age of 18 years.

• It prevented states from collecting a poll tax that discouraged poor African Americans from voting.

• It required all voters to register with a federal agency.

The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s led to

• an increase in African American voter participation.

• a decrease in racial segregation.

• the establishment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

• the end of Jim Crow laws.