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WorksheetsUS History Semester 2 Final Exam REVIEW 2021
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins
What led to the official start of World War II?
German invasion of Poland
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor
The goal of the _____ was to keep the U.S. from becoming involved in a war.
Neutrality Acts
Lend Lease Acts
Purge Acts
Cash and Carry Acts
The purpose of the _____ was to allow the U.S. to loan money and weapons to Great Britain.
Neutrality Acts
Lend Lease Acts
Purge Acts
Cash and Carry Acts
What event(s) led to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor?
The U.S. embargo of oil and metal sales to Japan.
The need for natural resources.
The fear the U.S. would intervene if the Japanese tried to take over the Dutch East Indies.
all the above
Which of the following is NOT one of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms”?
Freedom of Speech and Expression
Freedom of Worship
Freedom from Fear
Freedom from Duty
Why was mobilization so effective for the United States?
The U.S. had production levels that were double that of the Axis nations put together.
The U.S. had made the draft a law in the early 1930s so they had a huge pool of potential soldiers.
The Atlantic Charter set up a system of trade between the Allies.
The U.S. didn’t have government involvement in the business sector of the economy so private corporations could produce what they wanted.
Who was behind the code that allowed the U.S. in the Pacific Theater to communicate without fear of the code being deciphered?
the Inuit
the Russians
the British
the Navajo
What was the impact of Korematsu v. the United States?
The Supreme Court denied the right of the Japanese government to claim the Hawaiian Islands as part of their empire.
The Supreme Court supported the Bracero Program and increased the number of Mexican immigrants who worked in agriculture.
The Supreme Court upheld the convictions of the “Zoot Suit” rioters in Los Angeles.
The Supreme Court supported the president’s right to inter Japanese Americans because they could be a danger to the war effort.
D-Day marked the beginning of the liberation of __________.
Western Europe
Italy
North Africa
the Mediterranean
The largest battle fought in WWII by the U.S. was known as ______.
Operation Barbarossa
Battle for Britain
Battle of Kasserine Pass
Battle of the Bulge
The Bataan Death March was
a forced march of 76,000 American and Filipino POWs between Bataan and Corregidor.
the final battle between the US and Japan.
a Japanese battleship.
the code name the Japanese had for the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The Manhattan Project was
the codename used for the development of the atomic bomb.
the codename for the invasion of Britain.
the codename for the development of the Blackbird spy plane.
the codename for the assassination of Hitler by the British.
The bloodiest battles in the Pacific Theater took place at
Tokyo and Nagasaki.
Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Leyte Gulf and the Philippines.
The goal of containment was to
prevent Japanese expansion.
prevent Soviet expansion.
keep Cuba a democratic country.
keep Latin America under the control of the U.S.
The Truman Doctrine became
a way for the U.S. to buy their way into Europe.
the main cause for the tension between the U.S. and China.
the method used by the U.S. to help rebuild Japan.
a guide for American actions during the Cold War.
What was the organization that investigated Hollywood personalities?
the McCarran Walter committee
HUAC
the DMZ
none of the above
What started the Korean war?
Japan invaded Korea and the U.S. was concerned about communist growth in the region.
The Soviet Union was concerned about U.S. influence in the south so they pushed into South Korea to stop it.
U.S concern that the Soviet Union was supporting the North Korean incursion into South Korea.
South Korea wanted to force the unification of the two Koreas and so invaded the north.
What was the result of the Korean War?
A truce was signed in 1953.
Korea was divided at the 38th parallel.
Strained relations between the U.S. and China.
all the above
The Korean War became the first war where
both whites and African-Americans served in the same units.
nuclear weapons were never used.
containment was successfully applied to Latin America.
a general was fired for failing to win.
The informal race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to explore space and send a man into space and land on the moon was known as
the Arms Race.
the Satellite Race.
the Space Race.
the Domino Race
People born between 1946-1964 are part of the
New Generation.
Baby Boom Generation.
Generation X.
Boomer Generation.
How did the government impact the growth of the suburbs?
Passed the G.I. Bill.
Employed William Levitt to build more homes outside of major cities.
Encouraged homes to be based off of the same model.
Decreased money for the highway system.
What did Americans value in the 1950s?
Adventure
School
Security
Money
How did women fight against their strictly defined roles of the 1950s?
Continued to work in the factory jobs they held during the war.
Joined labor unions in huge numbers.
More married women began to work outside the home and help support the family.
Wrote editorials and articles for magazines supporting feminism.
Which of these trends was a reason for the resurgence in religion during the 1950s?
Increasing popularity of rock-and-roll music.
Rise of media targeted at teenagers.
Fear of nuclear war.
Frustration with traditional men’s and women’s roles.
Why did civil rights reforms come slowly during Truman’s presidency?
Truman campaigned against them.
A majority in congress disagreed with them.
They were not realistically formulated.
They interfered with Modern Republicanism.
In Brown vs. Board of Education, the policy of _____________ relating to public education was
overturned.
equal protection under the law
the right to private education
“separate but equal”
school voting rights
African American woman who refused to give up her seat, which led to her arrest and sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Hint: A street in Lincoln is named after her.)
Rosa Parks
Rachel Carson
Sally Ride
Shirley Chisholm
The first organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation was _____.
the March on Washington
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Freedom Rides
Mississippi Burning
Who was the first president to support the Civil Rights movement in Little Rock, Arkansas by sending in the National Guard to escort nine African American students?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Harry Truman
Started in 1960, this organization focused on recruiting young activists, especially students, to play a nonviolent role in the Civil Rights Movement.
SNCC
DARE
PUSH
CORE
Which popular technique did Civil Rights activists use to force segregated businesses to serve African Americans at diners and coffee shops?
Freedom Rides
Sit-Ins
Boycotts
Looting
Appointed to the U.S. Circuit Court by John F. Kennedy, he would later become the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court.
Christopher Darden
Derrick Bell
Thurgood Marshall
Eric Holder
During which historical event did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his “I have a dream” speech?
Selma March
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March on Washington
Mississippi Burning
The term used to describe social, political, and economic equality for women.
Empowerment
Freelancing
Entitlement
Feminism
The controversial issue of legalizing abortion was decided in which Supreme Court Case?
Marbury v. Madison
Miranda v. Arizona
Roe v. Wade
Scott v. Sandford
Cesar Chavez organized unions of _______________, because he believed it would have the best bargaining power for better conditions.
textile manufacturer workers
migrant farm workers
automobile industry workers
factory workers
What was one of the main goals of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?
To receive more pay from the government.
Return land and natural resources that were previously taken from them.
Build more monuments of previous tribal leaders.
Have more Native Americans in the U.S. Senate
Rachel Carson sparked the environmental movement for her book _________, which exposed the dangers of pesticides to the environment.
Killing fields
Harmful winter
Destroyed land
Silent Spring
What was the name of JFK’s domestic policy to improve the economy, assist the poor, and ramp up funding for the space program?
The New Frontier
The Final Frontier
Great Society
Urban Renewal Plan
Name the act that was passed under Kennedy that required all employees doing the same work in the same workplace to receive equal pay.
Social Security Act
Equal Rights Act
Equal Pay Act
Elderly Assistance Pay Act
What was NOT one of the programs Kennedy was able to initiate during his short presidency?
Shrunk the military by half its 1950’s size.
Extended Social Security benefits.
Encouraged free trade.
Signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
What was the Great Society?
JFK’s domestic policy to assist small business owners
JFK’s foreign policy to keep communism from spreading
Johnson’s domestic policy aimed at assisting the poor
Johnson’s foreign policy aimed at building democratic nations abroad
The program that provided health insurance to the elderly was called ________.
Medicaid
Medicare
First Aid
Elderly Assistance Act
The ________________ court ruled on many landmark decisions during the JFK and LBJ presidencies.
Plessy
Ferguson
Wagner
Warren
What was the result of the Miranda v. Arizona case in 1966?
People were required to learn the Bill of Rights in elementary school so they knew their rights.
The courts decided that quota systems for immigration were legal and enforceable.
The police were required to inform accused persons of their rights.
People were obligated to incriminate themselves if they committed a crime and were arrested.
What was the effect on poverty during Johnson’s presidency?
America eliminated poverty in the United States.
Americans began to shop more and began the consumer society .
The number of Americans living in poverty was cut in half.
It led to an increase in the number of Americans who went to college.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion can be described as
a complete success where the CIA gained control of Cuba.
a success and failure because the U.S. killed Fidel Castro but communism remained in Cuba. .
both a military and diplomatic disaster
none of the above
Which of the following is NOT true regarding Germany during the Cold War?
The United States built the Berlin Wall to separate communist East Berlin from non-Communist West Berlin.
The Berlin Wall came to be a symbol of Cold War tensions.
The Soviets hoped the Berlin Wall would reduce the flow of East Germans escaping through Berlin to West Germany.
The Berlin Wall was built in August 1961.
The U.S. and Soviet Union were on the brink of nuclear war during the
Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Cuban Missile Crisis.
the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
Korean War.
What contributed to the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The United States bombed the Soviet Union using non-nuclear weapons and napalm.
JFK agreed to let the Soviet Union keep their missiles in Cuba and told them we would be watching them.
The United States invaded Cuba and destroyed the missile sites.
The Soviet Union agreed to pull their missiles out of Cuba and JFK secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey.
Why did President Johnson deepen the United States’ involvement in Vietnam?
He didn’t like Ho Chi Minh and would do anything to stop him from becoming the Vietnamese president.
He felt the Vietnamese had treated the French unfairly when they kicked them out of Vietnam.
Like Kennedy, he was committed to preventing the spread of communism.
The Soviet Union double dog dared him.
The policy of containment is aimed at stopping the spread of ______.
communism
democracy
socialism
totalitarianism
What best describes the domino theory in Vietnam?
If one’s ally is attacked, then there will be subsequent attacks on that country
If one country uses a nuclear weapon, then all countries with nukes will use them
If Pearl Harbor falls to Vietnam, then other states on the west coast will be next
If one country in Southeast Asia falls to communism, then others will fall
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
Leader of South Vietnam
Leader of Cambodia
Leader of China
Leader of North Vietnam
The name of the communist South Vietnamese guerillas that fought in Vietnam was the
Fighting Ho Chi Minh’s.
Viet Cong.
Hawks
Gestapo.
Choose an advantage that the Viet Cong had during the Vietnam War.
More familiarity with the land
More passionate about the war
Better weapons/ technology
Both A & B
An herbicide used to deforest (destroy) the land and have a negative impact on crops was known as ___
Agent Orange
Tear Gas
Black Death
Chlorine
Which of the following was a special force unit the U.S. used in Vietnam?
Green Berets
CIA
Calvary
FBI
Which group of people was first to begin protesting the war in Vietnam?
senior citizens
company executives
students and professors
politicians
The term used to describe the special night classes taught by professors that were held to discuss the Vietnam War with students was
Date Night.
Teach-in.
Sit-in.
Roundtable.
Which of the following is NOT true regarding the draft during the Vietnam War?
Many young people began seeking deferments (postponements) of their service
Wealthy people had a difficult time avoiding service in the war
50,000 draft dodgers fled to Canada
President Carter pardoned (excused) all draft dodgers in 1977
The term Vietnamization refers to a plan by
the U.S. to increase the number of troops in Vietnam at the end of the war.
the U.S. to remove U.S. troops & train South Vietnamese troops to replace them.
the North Vietnam to bomb neighboring countries (i.e.: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand).
Ho Chi Minh to brainwash U.S. prisoners of war captured by the Viet Cong.
Term created by President Nixon to describe those who were in support of the war was the
Silent Majority.
Silent Minority.
Doves.
Baby Boomers.
Which of the following best describes what happened after the U.S. withdrew troops from the Vietnam War?
South Vietnam defeated North Vietnam, stopping the spread of communism.
North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam, unifying the country under a communist government.
North and South Vietnam stopped fighting and remained separate countries.
China defeated both countries and still controls Vietnam today.
Which of the following is NOT true about the economy during the 1970’s?
Inflation had nearly doubled
Gas prices were low
The economy was in a recession
The government was engaged in deficit spending
President Nixon’s term describing the partnership between the federal government and the state governments was called
Détente.
New Deal.
New Federalism.
New Frontier
Which of the following is an example of Nixon’s accomplishments in foreign policy?
Diplomatic relations restored with China.
Relaxation of tensions between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. and China.
SALT I Treaty with the Soviet Union to freeze the number of ICBMs.
All of the above
Which of the following is true about President Nixon’s response to the Watergate Scandal?
Nixon aided with all investigations into Watergate.
Nixon tried to cover up the scandal.
Nixon refused to pay the burglars “hush money” to keep quiet.
He didn’t respond at all.
Impeachment is
the reduction or removal of government controls.
excessive rules and regulations. .
formal charges brought against a public official for misconduct in office.
placing a device on a telephone in order to secretly listen to conversations
Which of the following best describes Jimmy Carter?
Serious and tense
Mean and angry
Informal and laid back
Conservative and religious
Economically, President Carter was most successful in the deregulation of oil, gas, and transportation. What is deregulation?
reduction in tax rates
increased tax rates
increased government spending and control
reduction or removal of government controls in several industries
What was Carter’s energy plan?
Asked Americans to conserve fuel use
Created the Department of Energy.
Increase taxes on oil and gas
Both A and B
What is the name of the peace treaty Jimmy Carter negotiated between Israel and Egypt in 1978?
Helsinki Accords
Paris Peace Talks
Camp David Accords
Treaty of the Middle East
Which of the following did NOT happen during Carter’s presidency (1977-1981)?
U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
The United States’ 300th birthday party
Nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Which of the following is true regarding the Iran Hostage Crisis?
The United States gave the former Shah of Iran medical care, which started the crisis
52 Americans were taken hostage by supports of the Ayatollah Khomeini
Over half of the hostages were killed
Both A and B are true
What president was able to secure the release of the hostages?
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
What statement best describes the relationship between the American citizens and the U.S. government during the 1970s?
Most of the American people trusted the government
Americans were supportive of the government because the economy was booming
Many Americans did not trust the government after Watergate and Vietnam
None of the above
Who were the Reagan Democrats?
Republicans who supported Carter.
Democrats who supported Carter.
Republicans who supported Reagan.
Democrats who supported Reagan.
Supply-side economics
focuses on the supply of goods .
advocates giving more money to businesses.
increased tax cuts, especially to the wealthiest.
all the above
How did migration from the Frostbelt to the Sunbelt contribute to the rise of conservatism?
An increasing population gave the Sunbelt more Congressional people and electoral votes.
A decreasing population made people in the Frostbelt depressed and less likely to vote.
An increasing population made the Sunbelt more resistant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
A decreasing population made the Frostbelt less motivated to support the rights of minority groups.
Which of the following describes the Savings and Loan (S and L) scandal?
They made risky investments with depositors’ savings.
It occurred because of less government regulation.
Bank officials were prosecuted for their roles in it.
all the above
During Reagan’s term as president, some government officials began to secretly support the Contras in Nicaragua. What was the name of this scandal?
Iran-Nicaragua Affair
Iran-Contra Affair
the Nicaragua Affair
the Contra Affair
Reagan’s greatest success in foreign policy occurred because he developed a close relationship with ___ who was the leader of _____.
Putin: Soviet Union
Gorbachev; Soviet Union
Mao; China
Deng Xiaoping; China
Which of the following was NOT part of Reagan’s legacy?
Created the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday in 1983.
Appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court.
United America in its support in the struggle for gay rights.
Restored national pride and confidence in America.
What was the name given to the airstrikes that helped to liberate Kuwait?
Desert Storm
Desert Strike
Stormin’ Norman
Storm Front
How did Bill Clinton try to deal with the economic issues facing America during his first term as president?
increase federal spending and cut taxes
increase federal spending and increase taxes
decrease federal spending and cut taxes
decrease federal spending and increase taxes
What was the Contract with America?
A democratic plan to increase the role of the federal government and cut taxes.
A democratic plan to balance the budget and increase taxes.
A republican plan to increase the role of the federal government and increase taxes.
A republican plan to balance the budget and cut taxes.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Welfare Reform of 1996?
gave state’s autonomy over welfare services
gave free money to anyone who applied for it
placed a lifetime limit of five years on benefits paid by federal funds
required recipients to begin working after two years of receiving benefits.
What were the impeachment charges against Bill Clinton?
Cheating on his taxes
Fraudulent loans and fake land deals
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Having a sexual relationship with a White House intern
Which of the following did NOT happen in the Presidential election of 2000?
George W. Bush won the electoral vote but not the popular vote.
A virtual tie and several states were too close to call.
Nebraska was the undecided state.
The Supreme Court ordered Florida to stop its recount, awarding the electoral votes to Bush
NAFTA was a trade agreement between the United States and
Mexico and South America.
South America and Canada.
Canada and Greenland.
Canada and Mexico.
The Immigration Act of 1965 helped to create new immigration patterns that saw a major increase in the number of ______ immigrants from 1965 to 1990.
Asian
Mexican
African
Middle Eastern
The idea that the United States is superior to other nations due to its history and ideology is known as
American Superiority.
American Greatness.
American Exceptionalism.
American Awesomeness.
Rogue states are
seen as breaking international law
often pose a threat to the security of other nations
always ruled by dictators
both A and B
Why did the US lead coalition forces in Iraq in 2003?
The US claimed there was a link to al Qaeda and believed there were weapons of mass destruction housed there.
The United Nations requested the US help to stop Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait’s oil fields.
The US was growing concerned about Saddam Hussein’s increasing abuse of power in Iraq.
The United Nations asked the US to intervene to help the people of the region get rid of their ruler so a democracy could be put in place in Iraq.
The housing crisis of the 2008 was caused largely due to subprime mortgages because
this type of home loan was given to people who are at high risk of not being able to pay them off.
this type of home loan encouraged banks to buy and sell mortgages without the knowledge of the homeowner.
this type of home loan was unstable because the homeowner never knew how much the interest would be so the house became too expensive to keep.
this type of home loan destroyed the banking industry due to the corruption in all bank management.
The Tea Party partly grew out of concerns conservative populists had over the increase in ___ that the passage of the Affordable Care Act could lead to.
government spending
taxes
laws
lobbyist power
What events marked President Obama’s second term?
There was a federal government shutdown over the budget crisis.
Signed the Iran Nuclear Deal.
First president to go to Hiroshima, Japan.
all the above
President Obama took many steps to improve relations with Cuba. Which of the following was NOT one of them?
He lifted restrictions on travel to Cuba from the U.S.
Restored diplomatic ties.
He traveled to Cuba and met with the Cuban president.
Sent Cuban refugees who sought political asylum in the United States back to Cuba.
