WorksheetsUS History Final Exam
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
American urbanization was primarily triggered by
a)
The US Civil War
b)
The Industrial Revolution and immigration
c)
Federal Government housing policy
d)
Genocide of native populations
2.
The main global impact of European & American imperialism was
a)
The spread of democracy
b)
Global genocide of non-Whites
c)
Expansion of Fair Trade treaties
d)
Decline of consumer credit interest rates
3.
Edward Bernays is most closely associated with
a)
The decline of human rights
b)
The loss of national sovereignty
c)
The birth of advertising and consumer society
d)
The Soviet 5-Year Plan
4.
What was the biggest change in American social values triggered by consumerism
a)
The integration of immigrant communities
b)
Overturning traditional ideas of frugality and simplicity
c)
The spread of democratic ideals
d)
The decline of Dr. Jones’ ability to rap
5.
What new phenomenon of the 1920s transformed discussions in the American workplace
a)
Sports and entertainment programs on radio
b)
New books of the Lost Generation
c)
Political ideology
d)
Images of Dr. Jones doing the Funky Chicken dance
6.
What former boxer was associated with intimidating and terrorizing Ford auto workers
a)
Muhammed Ali
b)
George Foreman
c)
Harry Bennett
d)
Al Capone
7.
What campaign promise did Herbert Hoover and the Republican Party make to Americans in 1928
a)
Continued economic growth would make them all rich
b)
Intervention in economic regulations for union workers
c)
Abandonment of the gold standard for currency valuation
d)
Rearmament of the American Army
8.
What factor did Adolph Hitler blame for German economic collapse during the Great Depression
a)
Soviet aggression
b)
An International Jewish Conspiracy
c)
British abandonment of the gold standard for currency valuation
d)
Weimar government devaluation of the Deutsche Mark in 1924
9.
What individual organized the Bonus Pay March of WWI Veterans in 1932
a)
General Douglass McArthur
b)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
Major General Smedley Butler
d)
Eleanor Roosevelt
10.
What was Franklin Roosevelt’s main campaign slogan in the 1932 Presidential Election
a)
Make American Great Again
b)
Hoover Hosed You
c)
I Like Ike
d)
Roosevelt or Ruin
11.
While both Hitler and Roosevelt utilized mass broadcasting, Roosevelt’s radio addresses were intended to
a)
Play up traditional themes of salvation
b)
Sooth fears of social and economic instability
c)
Build resentment and suspicion of communists
d)
Support the expansion of military production
12.
What New Deal program facilitated the creation of Zion National Park
a)
National Youth Administration
b)
Works Progress Administration
c)
Civilian Conservation Corps
d)
Roosevelt opposed the creation of Zion
13.
Who was tasked with leadership of the NRA Blue Eagle Poster campaigns, encouraging Americans to “Do Their Part”
a)
General Hugh Johnson
b)
Edward Bernays
c)
Joseph Goebbels
d)
Dr. Lewis because he has mad Photoshop skills
14.
What unique factor of market investments made economic growth rapid and dynamic
a)
Spreading risk between multiple investors
b)
Increase dividends on portfolio markers
c)
Divestment of mutual funds
d)
Deflationary policy of the Federal Reserve
15.
What unique factor had a large impact on transforming Soviet public opinion of the USA into a positive one
a)
The 5-Year Plan
b)
The 1936 Stalin Constitution
c)
The comedy tours of Maxim Litvinov and Harpo Marx
d)
The FX television series “The Americans”
16.
What was the major potential crisis of the Nazi Mefo finacing plan for funding military contracts
a)
It excluded American corporations
b)
It relied on union membership fees
c)
The economic principles proposed by Marriner Eccles
d)
The introduction of high-interest payments starting January, 1938
17.
During the Popular Front, which two historic individuals were regularly featured in American Communist propaganda
a)
VI Lenin and Karl Marx
b)
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln
c)
Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Leibknecht
d)
Dr. Lewis and Dr. Jones in vintage 1920s “flapper dresses”
18.
What legally enabled American based multi-national corporations to participate in arms contracts with the Nazis
a)
Nothing, this practice will treasonous and illegal
b)
Daniel Shelley’s irreverent disregard for homework deadlines
c)
The US Senate never ratified the Treaty of Versailles
d)
Keynesian principles of government deficit spending
19.
What group took a prominent roll in rallying racists against Roosevelt in the 1936 Presidential Election
a)
The American Legion
b)
The Communist Party USA
c)
The American Liberty League
d)
The United Auto Workers (UAW)
20.
According to class lecture, what group did Roosevelt empower in 1936 by backing the Flint Sit-Down Strike
a)
WWI Veterans
b)
The workers of the world
c)
The Silver Legion
d)
The SGA Rock Band Club, enabling Derek Coombs to write epic rock ballads to Rock the Kasbah
21.
The 1933 Haavarra Agreement was intended to
a)
Undermine Nazi boycotts of Jewish shops
b)
Integrate the British and German economies
c)
Increase cooperation between Nazis & Zionists to remove Jews from Europe
d)
Deport 50,000 Jews to the French African colony of Madagascar
22.
What were relations like between Poland & Nazi Germany from 1934-39
a)
Highly negative with multiple threats of war
b)
Coordination of foreign policy and domestic policy concerning Jews
c)
They severed diplomatic ties in 1936
d)
Poland consistently sought alliances with the Soviet Union
23.
In her 1937 letter to Harry Pollitt, Evelyn Brown pledged to
a)
Attack the British Communist Party
b)
Expose the psychological manipulation of Edward Bernays
c)
Train for the 1940 Olympics
d)
Carry on fighting fascism to honor her husband George
24.
What role did IBM President Thomas Watson play in international politics in 1937
a)
He hosted the Munich Conference in Strasburg
b)
He hosted the International Chamber of Commerce in Berlin
c)
He procured additional petroleum resources for Franco
d)
He condemned the German acquisition of the Skoda Words factory in the Sudetenland
25.
What event did Herschel Grynszpan accidentally trigger in 1938 with his assassination of Ernst von Rath
a)
Kristallnacht
b)
Hanukkah
c)
Austrian Anschluss
d)
The Munich Conference
26.
What common threat to humanity did President Roosevelt focus on in his April, 1939 peace plea
a)
Stalin's Red Army invading Poland
b)
Economic pressures from weapons manufacturers leading to war
c)
Ford's International Jew
d)
The British Empire
27.
What did Stalin offer to provide on August 15, 1939 to prevent the outbreak of World War II
a)
VI Lenin and Karl Marx's bodies
b)
The assassination of Leon Trotsky
c)
Alliance with Nazi Germany
d)
Over 1 million troops and 9500 tanks
28.
What nation did the British War Cabinet approve attacking with their March 12, 1940 plan
a)
The United States
b)
Nazi Germany
c)
The Soviet Union
d)
France
29.
What did Hitler hope to achieve with his troop halt in France on May 22, 1940
a)
The destruction of British forces
b)
The preservation of British forces for a future alliance
c)
The destruction of Soviet supply lines
d)
Baiting Japan into an attack on the United States
30.
How did President Roosevelt hope to have the United States join WWII without violating the Kellogg-Briand Act
a)
Force Hitler into an attack on Canada
b)
Threaten Mussolini with oil embargos
c)
Baiting Japan into an attack on Pearl Harbor by blockading oil shipments
d)
Attacking London with American destroyer ships
31.
Which German leader tried to get the British to join an anti-Soviet alliance in May, 1941
a)
Herman Goring
b)
Rudolf Hess
c)
Heinrich Himmler
d)
Fritz Thyssen
32.
What was President Roosevelt’s primary diplomatic goal with the Atlantic Charter
a)
Restore French control of Vietnam
b)
Bring an end to the British Empire
c)
To annex Cuba
d)
To destroy the Soviet Union
33.
What was Adolf Eichmann’s main role in facilitating the Holocaust
a)
Organization of transport system during the Wannsee Conference
b)
Directing cargo ships disguised as refugee transports
c)
Convincing the Western Allies to provide Zyklon-B
d)
Directing the economic activities of the Warsaw Ghetto
34.
What was the importance of the Double-V Campaign
a)
Increasing Soviet support for Roosevelt
b)
Undermining the American war effort
c)
Championing democracy & equality at home and abroad
d)
Defying the aerial bombardment of the German Luftwaffe
35.
What was the main public proclamation made by the Allies during the 1943 Moscow Conference
a)
Nazi war criminals would be given immunity
b)
Allied bombing would cease to avoid war-crimes charges
c)
Hitler was to be put in a monkey cage in the Moscow Zoo
d)
Nazi war criminals would be put on trial in the communities they terrorized
36.
How did the Soviet Red Army help the Polish Resistance in Warsaw during September, 1944
a)
They did not help and allowed them to be killed
b)
They parachuted in 20,000 crates of ammunition
c)
They provided artillery support
d)
They used poison gas to kill German soldiers
37.
What role did the German General Reinhard Gehlen play in starting the Cold War
a)
The assassination of Stalin
b)
The creation of “double agent” spy networks
c)
He was executed at Nuremberg
d)
He surrendered over 1 million troops and 9500 tanks
38.
What did George Kennan believe about the use of idealistic slogans during the Cold War
a)
They should be avoided to ensure an honest political dialogue
b)
They should be increased to promote human freedom
c)
They should be broadcasted through Radio Free Europe
d)
George Kennan had no view on this
39.
What was the central focus of President Truman’s Cold War policies
a)
Anti-communism
b)
Increased expansion of democracy
c)
Anti-fascism
d)
Destruction of the British Empire
40.
What city did Dr. Lewis identify as the 3rd victim of the Cold War Atomic Age
a)
Hiroshima
b)
Nagasaki
c)
Berlin
d)
St. George
41.
The Ed Sullivan Show provided American families with
a)
News reports on East Germany
b)
A collective family time on Sunday evenings
c)
Moral condemnation of Rock & Roll
d)
A narrative of simple small-town American life
42.
What did President Eisenhower warn the American people about in January, 1961
a)
The growing threat of Vietnamese communists to American freedom
b)
Rapid inflation associated with Federal Reserve policies
c)
The corruptive influence of The Beatles
d)
The growing threat of the Military-Industrial complex to American freedom
43.
According to the agreements of the 1955 Geneva Accords, Vietnam was to be
a)
Reunited through free democratic elections
b)
Occupied by US soldiers
c)
Given back to the French Empire
d)
Turned into a private fiefdom for Director Jones to grow organic rice
44.
Senator Joe McCarthy played a prominent role in
a)
The development of the New Deal
b)
Expanding grain subsidies to Wisconsin farmers
c)
Using anti-Communism to define American political careers
d)
Advising President Johnson concerning the Gulf of Tonkin
45.
Operation Mongoose resulted in
a)
The bombing of Moscow
b)
The increased testing of nuclear weapons in Nevada
c)
Over 600 CIA assassination attempts on President Fidel Castro
d)
Nazi war criminals being shipped to Afghanistan
46.
How did the development of suburbs impact American social life
a)
Increased kinship networks within ethnic television programing
b)
Shifting family spaces from the front porch to backyard patios
c)
Increased infant mortality rates associated with lead paint
d)
The pathological obsession Dr. Lewis has with celebrating birthdays
47.
What impact did the 1960 televised Presidential Debates have on American politics
a)
Increased voter knowledge of policy issues
b)
The creation of “double agent” spy networks
c)
Shifting politics from content to marketed images and meaningless slogans
d)
The election of Dr. Jones to School Body President at the University of Ohio
48.
How did Buddhist monks protest the oppressive policies of South Vietnam in 1963
a)
Letter to their Congressmen
b)
Creating networks of spies with communists in North Korea
c)
Setting themselves on fire in public
d)
Voting for President Kennedy
49.
What did MAD theory represent during the Cold War
a)
Mutually Assured Destruction
b)
Maligned Atomic Detonation
c)
Meaningful Altruistic Discussion
d)
Man’s Asinine Desolation
50.
According to class lecture, what strategy did President Johnson use in 1964 to gain reelection
a)
Bombing Hiroshima
b)
Falsified voter registration cards
c)
Appeals to the reduction of taxes and social services
d)
The fabrication of an attack on the United States by North Vietnam
51.
What impact did Nikita Khrushchev's 1956 anti-Stalin revelations have on American politics
a)
It had no impact
b)
It led to President Kennedy targeting Senator McCarthy
c)
It inspired Elvis to sing “Don’t Be Cruel”
d)
Anti-racist communists quit communism to join the Civil Rights Movement
52.
How did W.E.B. Dubois react to the challenges of the Civil Rights Movement in 1961
a)
He worked with Malcolm X
b)
He moved to Africa at age 91
c)
He joined Kennedy’s Civil Rights Commission
d)
He joined the KKK hoping to kill Rev. King
53.
The 1964 Freedom Summer program sought to
a)
Decrease white voter turnout in Mississippi
b)
Register black voters in Mississippi
c)
Decrease employment discrimination in Alabama
d)
Party like it was 1999
54.
What impact did songs have upon the Civil Rights Movement
a)
They discouraged civil disobedience
b)
They empowered white voters to vote for Nixon
c)
They encouraged collective solidarity of freedom struggles
d)
They made black children leave the Southern Baptist Church
55.
How did the US Government react to the Black Panther Party in Chicago in 1969
a)
They extended housing subsidies to Party members
b)
They sent in members of the Black Legion to terrorize Panthers
c)
They assassinated Party leader Fred Hampton in his home
d)
They deported Party leaders to Ghana
56.
What did Captain John McCain choose when he was initially offered freedom as a POW
a)
To commit suicide
b)
To commit treason and join the Vietcong
c)
To leave for home with Lt. Howard Zinn
d)
To refuse release until all POWs were released
57.
What was the North Vietnamese position on agreeing to peace during the Vietnam War
a)
That China be given full political control over Vietnam
b)
That Vietnam be returned to France as a colony
c)
That Vietnam be reunited through free democratic elections
d)
That Henry Kissinger be put on trial for Crimes Against Humanity
58.
Who was the first individual to secure the release of American POWs during the Vietnam War
a)
President Kennedy
b)
Lt. Howard Zinn
c)
Abbie Hoffman
d)
Henry Kissinger
59.
What prevented peace from being established at the 1968 Paris Peace Conference
a)
A political deal between Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger
b)
Refusal of North Vietnamese communists to accept democracy
c)
Lt. William Calley’s massacre of Vietnamese children at Mai Lai
d)
David Jones as he is inherently a warmonger with large investments in Boeing
60.
At what rate of intensity did the United States attack the neutral nation of Laos
a)
We never attacked Laos as it would violate international law
b)
Bombing Laos every 8 minutes, 24 hours a day, for 9 years
c)
Laos was attacked several times accidently due to poor weather
d)
The US dropped food and supplies daily for 9 years
61.
The Six Days War in the Middle East resulted in
a)
The decline of American manufacturing
b)
Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem
c)
The signing of a peace treaty between North and South Korea
d)
The destruction of the economy of Laos
62.
How did the Soviet Union react to the Iranian Islamic Revolution
a)
They supported the Mujahedeen against the United States
b)
They encouraged Israel to bomb Iran with a nuclear weapon
c)
They invaded Afghanistan to contain the spread of Islamic radicalism
d)
They severed diplomatic ties with Iraq
63.
What role of importance did Harvey Milk play in shaping modern American politics
a)
First openly Muslim member of the US Senate
b)
Regular opposition to LGBT marriage equality initiatives
c)
Organized opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
d)
First openly gay elected public official
64.
Which presidential political campaign originated the slogan “Make American Great Again”
a)
Jimmy Carter in 1976
b)
Ronald Reagan in 1980
c)
Bill Clinton in 1996
d)
Donald Trump in 2016
65.
Which economist had the greatest impact on the development of Reagan’s economic policies
a)
Friedrich Hayek
b)
John Maynard Keynes
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Milton Friedman
66.
What significant shift occurred in the American economy during the 1980s
a)
Expansion of public sector positions
b)
Decrease of American military spending
c)
Replacement of manufacturing sector with service sector
d)
Increase of welfare benefits to offset child poverty
67.
What role did Roger Ailes play in the development of modern Republican Party strategy
a)
Founding Fox News to expose threatening liberal agenda
b)
Use of MTV’s Rock the Vote campaigns to organize youth
c)
Founding of NOFX to encourage anti-racism campaigns
d)
Support of Glasnost policies in an American context
68.
According to class lecture, who was responsible for the destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989
a)
President Reagan
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
c)
Boris Yeltsin
d)
Gerhard Lauter
69.
What major crisis did Saddam Hussein face after the Iran-Iraq War
a)
Financial bankruptcy due to leading the War on Terror
b)
Political bankruptcy due to his support of Al Qaeda
c)
American invasion of Iraq to topple his government
d)
Constant mockery from the creators of South Park
70.
What cultural importance did GI Joe and the first Nintendo Entertainment system have on youth
a)
Desensitizing youth to violence and training them in weapons use
b)
Promotion of reading and cultural literacy
c)
Increasing opposition to militarism and imperialism
d)
It gave Lewis a reason to Rage Against the Machine while he was Livin’ on a Prayer
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