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WorksheetsUS History B Final Exam
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What was one factor that led to the Great Depression?
government limitations on the amount of money in circulation
high wages paid by employers
increases in the tax rate for corporations
excessive speculation in the stock market
What were the three main goals for the New Deal?
Relief, recovery, and reforms
Reaction, response, and resignation
Revolt, relief, and renewal
Review, relocation, and revolution
What was one effect of the New Deal?
The New Deal celebrated a more passive role for government
The New Deal offered a more active and constructive role for government
The New Deal ultimately promoted complete dependence on the government
The New Deal abolished the traditional checks and balances within the American government
How did President Roosevelt’s philosophy differ from Herbert Hoover’s?
Roosevelt believed that in times of crisis, it was acceptable for the government to aid people directly
Roosevelt played on the public’s fears
Roosevelt thought too much communication from the president would hamper recovery
Roosevelt believed in “rugged individualism”
Which of the following may have encouraged Hitler to begin taking control of neighboring countries?
The League of Nations’ unwillingness to take action against territorial expansion by Japan or Italy
The Soviet support of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War
The massacre in Nanjing
Japan’s successful attack on the United States
Why was the United states unwilling to let Japan expand into Southeast Asia?
Democracies flourished there
The area contained valuable natural resources
Japan was considered too popular in that part of the world
Japan was a racist nation
Why were many Americans committed to isolationism in the 1930s?
the Great Depression left no money to spend on the military
Franklin D. Roosevelt was an isolationist.
Most Americans were pacifists
The destruction of World War I had seemed pointless to them
While the United States declared neutrality prior to entry in World War Two, how did they aid the allies, especially the British?
Sold goods and military supplies to any nation that could pick them up in American ports
Sent weapons and other military supplies to nations in Europe
Neither of the above, the United States remained neutral and refused to aid any nation
Both A and B
Which of the following policies did isolationists favor?
Appeasement
Combat roles for women
Isolating Japan in Manchuria
Isolating Hitler in the Sudetenland
Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor. What steps were taken by the US next?
Germany and Italy declared war on the United States
The Atlantic Charter was signed
Roosevelt asked Congress for a Declaration of War
The Army created the WAC
What was the primary purpose of Operation Overlord?
To drive German troops from Russia
To launch a force behind German lines and attack from the North
To drive the German forces from France
To free Italy from Mussolini’s control
The Final Solution and the Holocaust refer to which of the following?
Mussolini’s racial plan for Catholics
Hitler’s racial plan for Jews and other non-German ethnic groups
Hitler’s plan to defeat the Soviets
Soviet ideology
On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 that placed which of the following ethnic groups in internment camps in the US?
Germans
Communists
Japanese
Italians
The top secret program to build an atomic bomb that was later used on Japan was called the…
Oppenheimer Project
Manhattan Project
Bracero Program
Operation Liberty
Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan because
He was unaware of the amount of destruction and suffering the bomb would cause
He wanted to punish the Japanese civilians for refusing to surrender
He hoped to avoid an invasion that would result in massive Allied casualties and firebombing had not yet forced Japan to surrender
He hoped to force Hitler to surrender alive
Use the image below to answer the questions. Why do you think this poster was produced?
To encourage Americans to support the war effort
To convince Americans to support isolationism
To demonstrate the strength of America’s defenses before the attack on Pearl Harbor
To convince Congress to approve a draft
Which of the following is true about the role of American women during World War Two?
For the first time, American women were allowed to take part in combat
American women took the lead in organizing the Manhattan Project
To keep up with demand for the war supplies, millions of American women took industrial jobs that had never been open to them before
By the end of the war, two out of three generals in the US Army were women
What was the name of the peacekeeping world organization created after WWII?
League of Nations
World Peace Organization
Kellogg Briand Pact
United Nations
The foreign policy that aimed to stop communism from spreading was called
The Iron curtain
Containment
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
the International Monetary Fund
President Eisenhower described which situation as a row of dominoes that fall, one after another, once the first domino falls?
Labor union strikes in the railroad industry
Senate investigations of communist activities in the US
Political instability in Southeast Asia
Soviet Union support of Central American countries
What is the domino theory?
the strategy of dropping strings of bombs to destroy large areas
the belief that if one country entered a war, neighboring countries would quickly follow
the belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would quickly follow
a system or aiding South Vietnamese civilians
What was the name of the decades long conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States?
Vietnam War
Hot War
Cold War
Korean War
Which of the following did the U.S. not do to prevent the spread of communism?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Send troops into the Soviet Union
Berlin Airlift
Why did Sputnik concern Americans?
It showed that the Soviets had surpassed the U.S. in technical skills
It could spy on the U.S.
It could launch Inter-Continental-Ballistic-Missiles
It proved that the Soviets had a more powerful hydrogen bomb
Which of the following events helped fuel the Second Red Scare?
Chiang Kai-shek’s takeover of China
the formation of the House Unamerican Activities Committee
Soviet detonation of an atomic bomb
the passage of the Smith Act
Why was the conflict in Korea called a police action?
the United States sent police officers to keep the peace
The United Nations did not have the power to declare war
South Korea did not have a military
The United States never officially declared war
How did the Bay of Pigs invasion affect US Cuban relations?
The Cuban government turned to the United States for protection from the Soviet Union
Fidel Castro moved closer to the United States when he enacted democratic reforms
The United States sent food and medical supplies to thank the Cuban government for their assistance during the invasion
The Cuban government turned to the Soviet Union for protection from the United States
Which of the following was the most immediate cause of the Cuban missile crisis?
The detection of Soviet offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba
The U.S. defeat in the Bay of Pigs
Republican criticism of President Kennedy
The detection of U.S. offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba
Which of the following statements explains an effect of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Castro closed the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay
American and Soviet government officials took steps to ease tensions between the superpowers
Soviet troops invaded Turkey
Cubans Americans rose up in revolt
Which of the following factors contributed to the victory of John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election?
He was a self made man
He had strong southern support
His youth represented a spirit of hope and change
He promised to eliminate poverty
The term “Great Society” came to represent
the glamorous image of the Kennedy administration
the nation’s anti-communist agenda
Michael Harrington’s affluent society
the domestic programs of the Johnson administration
What was the Johnson Doctrine?
The guidelines for military intervention to combat communism
The guidelines for military intervention to combat democracy
An executive order to invade the Soviet Union
A negotiated settlement to the Pueblo incident
Which of the following events authorized President Johnson to take ‘all necessary measures to repel any armed attack’ and expand involvement in Vietnam to our highest point?
The Geneva Accords
The Pueblo Incident
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Police Action
Which event caused the U.S. to escalate involvement in Vietnam?
Tonkin Gulf Incident
Vietnamese Civil War
My Lai Massacre
Kennedy's assassination
Why was the ground war in Vietnam so difficult to fight?
There were in sufficient numbers of ground troops in Vietnam
Civilians often joined the Vietcong and U.S. soldiers often could not identify the enemy
American troops refused to follow orders
the Vietcong possessed superior military technology
What supply line became the target of much of the United States bombing during the Vietnam War?
The Berlin Wall
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Saigon Trail
Iron Curtain
In the United States television was instrumental in..
Promoting understanding between Americans and the Vietnamese
Developing enthusiasm for the American war effort in Vietnam
Bringing the brutality of the war into people’s living rooms
Revealing the contents of classified military documents
The War Powers Act was passed to
limit the president’s ability to commit troops to foreign conflict
authorize the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam
provide services to veterans
authorize military action to recover prisoners of war
The Pentagon Papers which were leaked, showed the American people that,
U.S. government officials had been misleading the public about the Vietnam War for years
Henry Kissinger had met secretly with North Vietnamese officials
the North Vietnamese were winning the Vietnam War
U.S. soldiers had killed hundreds of civilians at My Lai
Which of the following lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?
26th Amendment
24th Amendment
28th Amendment
13th Amendment
What resulted from the end of the Vietnam War?
America declared war on China
Vietnam was unified as democratic nation
Nixon did not get re-elected
Vietnam was unified as a communist regime
The 'fall' of what city signified the end of the Vietnam conflict?
Saigon
Beijing
Ho Chi Minh
Washington D.C.
Why did American college enrollment rise early in the Vietnam War?
College students received draft deferments
The military provided cash bonuses to men who enrolled
Many men got health excuses from the draft
More students graduate from high school than in previous years
The principle that emerged in the 1960s that men and women should have the equal social, political, and economic rights was known as
communism
feminism
socialism
democracy
The 1960s counterculture had the most lasting impact on
American higher education
the political process
diplomacy
attitudes about art, music, fashion, lifestyles, and behavior
The counterculture movement was most likely a result of
WWII
Attitudes about the Vietnam War
The Great Depression
domino theory
Who was most likely involved in the counterculture movement?
mainstream society
middle aged Americans
young Americans
politicians
Which of the following would NOT be an example of a non-violent protest?
sit-ins
marches
destroying white businesses
boycotts
Which Supreme Court case was one of the first 'victories' of the Civil Rights Movement as it banned school segregation?
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Roe v. Wade
Miranda v. Arizona
The civil rights legislation that banned literacy tests and resulted in massive numbers of voter registrations was known as?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Plessy v. Ferguson
Southern Act of 1960
