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WorksheetsUS History - Final Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which three leaders and three nations represent the Axis Powers?
Hitler’s Germany, Mussolini’s Italy, and Mao’s China
Hitler’s Germany, Mussolini’s Italy, and Tojo’s Japan
Churchill’s Germany, Mussolini’s Italy, and Minh’s Vietnam
Hitler’s Germany, Chamberlain’s Italy, and Tojo’s Japan
Why is Pearl Harbor considered only a short-term victory for Japan?
because it completely destroyed the Pacific Fleet
because it united the American people behind the war effort
because it caused only minimal damage to the American base
because the U.S. had already joined the war effort on the side of the Allies
What were the women expected to do when WWII came to an end?
They were expected to continue their important work in the factories.
They were expected to give up their war jobs to the returning veterans.
They were expected to remain in the work force so as to jump start the economy.
They were expected to transition into university study.
The Marshall Plan and the money it sent to Western Europe was intended to create which of the following in Europe?
economic and political stability so countries could resist communism
a war-guilt clause and punishment for the losers of World War II
communist regimes throughout Europe
financial aid only to those countries who fought with the Allies
Why was the Cold War described as COLD?
The U.S. and the Soviet Union disliked each other and hence their relationship was known as "cold."
The Soviet Union was a participant, and they have long harsh winters.
The U.S. and the Soviet Union had a tense relationship but never engaged in open direct combat with one another.
The earth's climate cooled drastically during the 1950s.
What foreign policy, which aimed directly at the spread of communism, come to be called?
the Kennedy Crisis
the Johnson Plan
the Vandelay Vendetta
Containment
The Marshall Plan and the money it sent to Western Europe was intended to create which of the following in Europe?
economic and political stability so countries could resist communism
a war-guilt clause and punishment for the losers of World War II
communist regimes throughout Europe
financial aid only to those countries who fought with the Allies
Which of the following Cold War conflicts did the U.S. military actively participate in during the 1950s?
the Chinese Civil War
the Soviet Union's expansion of the Warsaw Pact
Czechoslovakian Occupation
the Korean War
Which of the following did NOT increase American fears of communism during the Cold War?
the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962
China fell to communism in 1949.
Nixon ushered in a period of detente with the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949.
In 1964,Which of the following events led to the Congressional resolution, which gave the executive branch authority to wage war in Vietnam?
the Inchon Invasion
the Communist Revolution in China under Mao Zedong
the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
French defeat at Dienbienphu
Which of the following was the greatest symbol that the Soviet Union was on the verge of collapse and symbolized the end of the Cold War in 1989?
the fall of Communist China
the removal of missiles from Cuba
the end of the Vietnam War
the fall of the Berlin Wall
Malcolm X's phrase, "The Ballot or the Bullet," can best be explained by which statement?
If voting is not effective, turn to violence to accomplish the goal.
If you have no access to ballots, use violence.
If you have ballots and bullets, use them both to show your dominance
If voting is effective, follow it up with violence to preserve your gains.
During the Vietnam War, the United States instituted the draft. Males, age 18 to 26 were eligible to be drafted into the armed services, but males who were college students would be exempt from service. This policy led to the Vietnam War being known by what name?
“Working Class War”
“Rich Man’s War”
“White Collar War”
“College War”
Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Vietnam War?
The U.S. prevented any other countries in the world from turning Communist.
The U.S. lost the lives of 58,000 American soldiers.
The U.S. public lost faith in their government.
The U.S. suffered its first military defeat in an armed conflict.
Women fought for the growing Women's Liberation Movement in the 1960s in order to address each of the following EXCEPT
inequality in the workplace.
their inability to work as teachers and nurses.
pre-defined roles that required women to stay home at take care of the children.
the double-standard that limited their potential.
Cesar Chavez’s life-long work was on behalf of which of the following?
Latino American civil rights and the unionizing of farm laborers
African American industrial workers of the North
the women’s suffrage movement
government service to the rich and powerful
What is term for the hot-button topics that have defined the conflict between Democrats and Republicans since the 1980s?
economic sanctions
culture wars
liberal dogma
conservativism
The Watergate Scandal began with which of the following events?
Vice-President Spiro Agnew was forced to resign because it was discovered that he accepted bribes while Governor of Maryland.
President Ford gave President Nixon a Presidential pardon for all the high crimes and misdemeanors.
Five individuals broke into Democratic Headquarters at the Watergate Complex looking for sensitive campaign information that the Committee to Re-Elect the President could use against the democrats.
President Nixon broke into Democratic Headquarters in the Watergate Complex looking for sensitive campaign information.
President Ford explained that his pardon of Nixon had been motivated by which of the following?
a desire to uphold executive privilege
a desire to heal the wounds of the nation so it could get on with its business
his secret bargain he had made with Nixon when he became vice president
a desire to cover up his own involvement in the Watergate scandal
The high inflation rate of the 1970s was primarily a result of which of the following?
high taxes
high tariffs
spending on Great Society programs and the Vietnam War
massive investments in major American industries
What term was used to describe a political philosophy that advocated a strong, centralized, nationalistic government and glorified the state above the individual?
militancy
democracy
socialism
fascism
Who said, “Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem”?
President Ronald Reagan
President Jimmy Carter
President Barack Obama
President Gerald R. Ford
Some economists point to which of the following as a cause of economic property of the 1980s?
a seemingly impossible economic phenomenon called “stagflation”
massive military spending and the $2 trillion dollars added to the national debt
a balanced budget for the first time in the 20th century
the shrinking of the gap between the richest and poorest Americans
Michigan was one of the states hardest hit by the most recent economic recession, the Great Recession, because of its historical dependence on which of the following?
service industry jobs
manufacturing jobs
the mining industry
foreign capital
Which of the following did NOT occur as a result of the 9/11 attacks?
Congress passed the War Powers Act.
President George W. Bush sent troops into Afghanistan.
Congress passed the Patriot Act.
The Office of Homeland Security was established.
The Munich Conference in 1938 became a symbol of appeasement because
Britain and France pressured the United States into entering the war after the conference.
Britain and France declared war on Germany.
Britain and France entered into a formal defense alliance after the conference.
Britain and France submitted to Hitler’s demands in order to avoid conflict.
What U.S. foreign policy did Roosevelt confirm when he turned his back on the London Economic Conference in 1933?
imperialism
interventionism
isolationism
containment
Which of the following was an effect of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor?
The U.S. maintained its isolationism regardless of the attack.
Japanese Americans were drafted into military service as punishment.
Some 110,000 Japanese-Americans were forced to relocate to internment camps.
Nazi Germany decided to ally with Japan against the U.S.
Which of the following statements best describes the effect of WWII on African Americans?
African Americans achieved full civil rights during WWII.
WWII marked a period of advancement in finding better jobs, especially in the war industries.
African Americans remained tied to sharecropping agriculture in the South.
Millions of African Americans found economic freedom on the western frontier.
The US program to develop an atomic bomb for World War II was known as
the Manhattan Project.
Operation Overload
Operation Rolling Thunder.
the Dawes Plan.
What was President Truman's main argument in his decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
to flex the political muscle of the U.S.
to convince the Soviet Union to join the war effort
to seek revenge on Japan for its bombing of Pearl Harbor
to avoid thousands of American casualties with the invasion of mainland Japan
Nazi defendants at the Nuremberg Trials frequently justified their actions by claiming that they were
willing participants in the Holocaust.
merely following orders.
threatened to do so under penalty of death.
heroes because Germany had to be protected from the Jews.
Why did the U.S. enter the Korean War?
It did not want another country to fall to communists
It wanted to attack North Korea
It did not want another country to be split
It wanted to sell more weapons to its allies
The United States got involved in conflicts like Korea and Vietnam because they were afraid of the domino theory. What is the domino theory?
If one country fell to democracy, others would follow
If one country fell to communism, others would follow
Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?
to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
to bomb East Berlin
to demolish the Berlin Wall
to transport people out of East Berlin
This was the surprise attack by the Vietcong on US troops in South Vietnam
Tet Offensive
Maddox Offensive
Gulf of Tonkin Offensive
Operation Rolling Thunder
What was the difference between what the government said happened in the war and what was actually happening in the war? What was this called?
Credibility Gap
Yellow Journalism
Government Fallacy Gap
Muckraking
Brown v. Board established that segregation was not legal because it was unequal. Which 1896 court case did it overturn?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Commonwealth v. Hunt
Marbury v. Madison
Plessey v. Ferguson
What was the response of Martin Luther King, Jr. to Rosa Parks’s refusal to give up her seat to a white person?
He organized a year-long Montgomery Bus Boycott in which 90 percent of African Americans participated.
He organized Freedom Summer in 1964 to register blacks to vote.
He supported the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessey v. Ferguson.
He criticized her actions.
What was the focus of Freedom Summer in 1964?
The federal government was given more muscle to enforce school desegregation.
MLK, Jr., led 200,000 black and white demonstrators on a peaceful march in support of Kennedy’s proposed civil rights legislation.
Activists were trained in the North to go into the South to register blacks to vote.
In the wake of the Sit-In Movement, groups of activists fanned out to end segregation in interstate bussing.
What helped lead to the end of the Civil Rights Movement?
increased violence and the escalating Vietnam War
the overturning of Plessey v. Ferguson
the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
the failure of the 24th Amendment
Johnson proposed a number of New-Deal-like economic and welfare measures aimed at reducing or eliminating poverty in the U.S. What did he call this?
the New Deal II
the Square Deal for Labor
the Great Society
Rights of the Accused
The American Indian Movement (AIM) of the 1970s was focused on
suffrage.
equal pay for equal work.
resurrecting American Indian pride and culture.
dissolving tribal sovereignty.
In reaction to the development of white, suburban values of the 1950s, the “Beat Movement” was an expression of
nonconformity by artists and poets.
conformists througout the suburbs.
growing materialism by college students.
absolute adherence to the cult of domesticity.
Which president resigned as the Watergate scandal revealed multiple corrupt activities tied to the White House?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon
George W. Bush
Battles between Democrats and Republicans since the 1980s over cultural issues such as family values and abortion came to be called
Culture Wars.
Economic Incentive.
Operation Desert Storm
the "new world order."
Critics of Reaganomics (also called trickle-down or supply-side economics) used which of the following to explain that the economic policy didn't work?
The poorest Americans made economic gains throughout the 1980s.
Income gaps widened between the richest and poorest Americans for the first time in the 20th century.
The economy steadily grew during the 1980s.
Middle-class incomes rose for the first time in the 20th century.
President Clinton's foreign policy could be described as _____ in the post-Cold War world.
arrogant
uncertain
arrogant
nationalistic
Michigan so hard hit during the Great Recession that began in 2008 because of its dependence on
the mining industry
manufacturing jobs
service industry jobs
NAFTA
Which of the following presidents were impeached, or brought up on formal charges by the House of Representatives?
Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump
Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, and Abraham Lincoln
Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon
George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush
