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WorksheetsMAH Spring Exam Review
Total questions: 78
Worksheet time: 43mins
Which of the following was not a general goal that FDR focused on in the New Deal?
Relief for the poor
Entertainment
Economic Recovery
Financial reform
The increase in consumer spending during the 1920's was fueled in part by
Decreased land values
Unemployment
Overreliance on credit
Higher Taxes
Which of these was the basic idea of the New Deal?
States' rights have priority over rights of the federal government
The federal government has a major responsibility for ensuring economic prosperity
The Supreme Court is responsible to allow New Deal legislation to be constitutional
Energy production should be solely the concern of private enterprise
During the 1930's, the New Deal demonstrated the willingness of the United States government to
Provide military aid to European nations fighting against fascism
Become more involved in the direction of the United States' economy
Strictly follow the practices of laissez-faire economics
Avoid any economic practices that could be labeled as socialistic
The New Deal program was created to give benefit to older, retired workers
Welfare Administration
National Recovery Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security
The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), NRA (National Recovery Administration), and the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) were created in the early 1930's and are MOST associated with the
Progressive Era
Prohibition Era
Populist Era
New Deal
Herbert Hoover's solution to easing the Great Depression was primarily to
Provide no help at all for American citizens or business
Provide some federal help to bankers, but leave relief for the poor to private charities
Provide bonus checks to all American Citizens, paid for from the Federal Treasury
Lower foreign tariffs and thus increase foreign trae
What were two basic causes of the Dust Bowl during the early 1930's
Overproduction and urban sprawl
Clear-cutting of forests and construction of railroads
Strip mining and toxic waste dumping
Over Farming and severe drought
Which of these New Deal programs would have had the largest impact on rural electrification during the 1930's?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
The Social Security Act (SSA)
The National Recovery Act (NRA)
"I pledge you, pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people." (1932) This promise of a "New Deal for the American people", was made by which U.S. president?
Woodrow Wilson
Richard Nixon
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks
without using a broker
with mostly borrowed money
by pooling money with others
without any risk
To regulate the stock market, Congress created the
National Recovery Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
Social Security Administration
Federal Communications Commission
To pay for New Deal programs, Roosevelt abandoned a balanced budget and begun using
Binging arbitration
Deficit Spending
Savings and loans
Direct Relief
To inform and reassure citizens, Franklin Roosevelt addressed them directly by radio in what were called
Relief programs
Sit-down strikes
Fireside chats
Safety Nets
What was the name given to the day the stock market crashed?
Black Tuesday
Bloody Sunday
Dooms Day
Black Friday
In 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany as a direct result of the German
Annexation of Austria
Occupation of the Rhineland
Seizure of the Sudetenland
Invasion of Poland
In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain chose to adopt a policy of appeasement toward Hitler's aggression against Czechoslovakia. What did this mean?
Great Britain negotiated a non-aggression treaty with Germany
Prime Minister Chamberlain gave in to Hitler's demands in order to avoid war
Great Britain declared war on Germany
Great Britain immediately sent troops into Czechoslovakia to protect it from invasion
Yesterday, December 7, 1941- a date that will live in infamy.... - President Franklin Roosevelt December 8, 1941. What event is he referring to?
A police attack on strikers in Detroit
The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
An explosion in a West Virginia coal mine
The collapse of the New York Stock Exchange
The U.S. Congress passed a series of neutrality acts beginning in August of 1935 in response to
The German Invasion of Poland
American Anti-war sentiment
British requests to blockade German Ports
The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
In order to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II, the United States used which of the following military tactics?
Blitzkrieg
Genocide
Island-hopping
Trench warfare
The purpose of the Manhattan Project was to
Offer assistance to relocated European refugees
Develop atomic weapons for U.S. military
Bring about an end to poverty in U.S. urban areas
Provide economic aid to Latin American countries
Why did President Truman decide to use the atomic bomb near the end of World War II?
The decision was an attempt to show U.S. military strength to communist China
Truman wanted to save the lives of U.S. Soldiers who would have to invade mainland Japan
The Japanese Empire had to be taken out of the war in order for the Allies to defeat Nazi Germany
Truman believed that the Allies could not defeat Japan otherwise
In 1944, the Supreme Court upheld the internment of Japanese Americans residing on the West Coast by ruling that the actions were
Part of an international agreement with U.S. allies
Approved by both houses of Congress
Allowed under the Fourteenth Amendment
Necessary for National Security
The Supreme Court Case that upheld Japanese internment
Gideon v. Wainwright
Tinker v. Des Moines
Brown v. Board
Korematsu vs. U.S.
One reason the Nuremberg trials following World War II were held was to
Bring Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo to justice
Force Japan to pay for the attack on Pearl Harbor
Make German Leaders accountable for the Holocaust
Punish the German government for bombing England
What was Hitler's "final solution"?
A series of fake experiments conducted on topics such as oxygen deprivation
A plan to force all "undesirable" groups to become "useful members" of Third Reich
A plan to exterminate all Jews living in Third Reich-controlled regions
The construction of walled ghettos in Polish cities to hold "undesirable" groups
What two nations emerged as the strongest following World War II?
The Soviet Union and the United States
Germany and Poland
Britain and France
China and Japan
Why was the Office of Price Administration established?
To establish a new economy in Japan
To prevent war materials' prices from climbing too high
To assist with inflation in Germany
To investigate the cost of war
What is Blitzkrieg's translation?
Tornadic War
Destructive Earthquake
Lightning War
Thunderous Rain
On what date did the Allied troops invade Normandy, also known as D-Day?
June 6, 1944
September 2, 1945
May 8, 1945
December 7, 1941
After World War II, the term “satellite nations” referred to
countries in Western Europe that joined the United Nations
countries in Eastern Europe who were tightly bound by the Soviet Union
countries in Europe that had developed the technology to explore space
countries in Europe that received financial and military assistance from the United States.
This divided city symbolized to the world the “iron curtain” of communism.
Berlin
Seoul
Warsaw
London
The term “McCarthyism” refers to
the detainment of Japanese-Americans during World War II in abandoned military camps
the often unfounded charges of communist involvement and/or spying against American citizens in the early 1950’s
the blacklisting of teamsters during the trucking strike of the early 1960’s
the peace movement led by hippies at the Democratic National Convention in 1968.
The Cold War was
a state of direct arm conflict between United States and North Korea
a state of hostility among two nations with direct arm conflict
a state of diplomatic hostility among nations without direct arm conflict
a state without direct arm conflict between Soviet Union and Great Britain
In a capitalist system,
the state controls economic activity
private citizens control economic activity
elected officials control economic activity
the dictator controls economic activity.
The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to
promote free elections in Europe.
restrict the spread of communism.
force Germany to pay war reparations.
maintain international peace through the UN.
The Eisenhower Doctrine was a warning to the Soviet Union against military intervention in
Latin America.
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
the Middle East
The factor that most contributed to the upset win of Truman in the 1948 election was
his relentless campaign against a “do-nothing” Congress.
the healthy state of the nation’s economy.
his position on civil rights.
support from labor unions.
The group that benefited most from the economy and culture of the 1950s was
African-American women.
African-American men.
white women.
white men.
Criticism of television in the 1950s was based on
its portrayal of an idealized society.
weak transmitters.
the size of the screen.
its black-and-white images.
Jonas Salk
helped develop the interstate highway system.
was the first astronaut in space.
developed a vaccine for polio.
Kennedy's Vice President in 1960.
The Fair Deal was an ambitious economic program proposed by President *Truman.*
True
False
The Dixiecrats were *strong supporters* of Truman’s civil rights policies.
True
False
The population baby boom began in the *late 1940s*.
True
False
What was the main purpose of the flexible response military strategy?
to enable the United States to fight limited wars around the world
to decrease the number of nuclear weapons
to prepare for the Bay of Pigs invasion
to reduce defense spending
What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
to embarrass America
to stop East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin
to reduce Cold War tensions
to demonstrate the success of communism
After investigating the assassination of JFK, the Warren Commission concluded that
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
Jack Ruby acted alone.
there was evidence of a conspiracy.
the CIA was involved.
How did America react to news that the Soviet Union was the first to put a man in space?
indifference
pride in human achievement
determination not to lose the space race
threats of military action
Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?
minorities and the poor
white, middle-class families
farmers and laborers
businessmen
Medicare, a federal program established for Americans age 65 and over, was intended to provide
housing.
transportation.
education.
health insurance.
The Immigration Act of 1965
stopped immigration from European countries
stopped immigration from non-European countries.
ended quotas based on nationality.
began quotas based on nationality.
Which of the following affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of Jim Crow laws?
the Fourteenth Amendment
the Civil Rights Act of 1875
the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
the decision in Morgan v. Virginia
Which doctrine relating to public education was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?
due process of law
“separate but equal”
“all deliberate speed”
equal protection of the law
Martin Luther King, Jr., was a founder and the first president of the
Nation of Islam.
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
One accomplishment of the ___ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.
Little Rock Nine
freedom riders
Black Panthers
Montgomery bus boycott
According to the Kerner Commission, what was the main cause of urban violence?
white racism
school segregation
black nationalism
de jure segregation
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in which activity?
hiring an employee
selling or renting a home
awarding a construction contract
admitting students to state universities
A major turning point in the civil rights movement was marked by
the conversion of Malcolm X to orthodox Islam.
the drifting apart of SNCC and SCLC.
the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
Which of the following is an example of de facto segregation?
poll taxes
Jim Crow laws
a concentration of urban African Americans in slum areas
a voter literacy test given to African Americans in the South
After World War II, the United States aided ___ in its efforts to keep control of Vietnam.
Japan
China
France
Britain
What was the United States’ main goal in Vietnam?
Reunifying Vietnam
Containing the spread of communism
Upholding the Geneva Accords
Negotiating a cease-fire agreement with North Vietnam
Why did Congress pass the War Powers Act?
to allow military leaders more independence
to prevent tragedies like the My Lai massacre
to limit the president’s authority to wage war
to increase the president’s authority to wage war
César Chávez used nonviolent means to organize Mexican-American
voters
students
farm workers
factory workers
Whose book The Feminine Mystique inspired women to question their lives?
Phyllis Schlafly
Gloria Steinem
Robin Morgan
Betty Friedan
Conservatives placed the blame for the increasing permissiveness in society on
women and minorities.
Democrats.
The counterculture and drug use
the Beatles.
Nixon’s visit to ___ in 1972 to begin normalizing relations was a reversal of previous American policy established in 1949.
The Soviet Union
China
East Germany
Vietnam
What was the stated purpose of Nixon’s revenue sharing proposal?
give federal government more control over how federal dollars were spent
give state and local government more control over how federal dollars were spent
give state and local governments fewer federal dollars
give state and local governments more federal dollars
In 1973, the OPEC nations cut off their supply of ___ to the United States
grain
oil
money
consumer goods
During the early 1980s, conservatives objected to what they believed were excesses in
big business.
free enterprise.
military spending.
government regulation.
During Reagan’s presidency, federal spending increased most for
defense and the military.
job training and school loans.
urban mass transit in major cities.
environmental protection.
During the 1980s, the conservative coalition tended to support ___.
abortion rights
entitlement programs
government deregulation
affirmative action
The main purpose of the tax cuts Reagan supported was to ___.
raise interest rates
stimulate private investment
allow women to leave the workforce
increase consumer spending on imports
In the 1980s, reports on education revealed that U.S. schools were
in danger of going bankrupt within ten years
focusing too heavily on math and science.
performing better than those of most other industrialized nations.
performing worse than those of most other industrialized nations.
Who was the second president to ever be impeached?
Bill Clinton
Andrew Johnson
Richard Nixon
Donald Trump
The aging of America’s population will strain the government’s ability to
control unemployment.
provide services to children.
pay Social Security benefits.
prevent crime and terrorism.
What politician led Republicans to gain both houses of Congress, promising a “Contract with America”?
Bill Clinton
Bob Dole
H. Ross Perot
Newt Gingrich
Many workers felt less secure in the 1990s because
strikes by unions were becoming common
many companies were finding cheaper labor in different countries.
many companies were declaring bankruptcy.
robots were making workplaces unsafe.
Which factor below led to the reduction of manufacturing jobs during the 1990s?
Automation
Cuts in social security
The rise in urban crime
An increase in population
