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U.S. B Final Exam Review

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following statements best describes what happened on Black Tuesday?
a)
Stock prices fell and the stock market crashed.
b)
Bank runs forced many banks to close their doors.
c)
Federal troops attacked the Bonus Army marchers.
d)
The Supreme Court ruled that the NRA was unconstitutional.
2.

In what year did the Stock Market Crash?

a)

1920

b)

1925

c)

1929

d)

1932

3.

Which description below describes banks runs?

a)

Bonnie & Clyde's method of robbing banks

b)

Bank owners running away with people's money

c)

People running to banks to withdraw their deposits only to find their funds were lost

d)

The government buying out banks for federal funds

4.

All of the following are causes of the stock market crash except____.

a)

Buying stocks on credit

b)

President Hoover raised taxes

c)

People rushing to sell their stocks

d)

Businesses failed due to overproduction

5.
Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Herbert Hoover
6.

The stock market crash led to which historical event?

a)

Civil War

b)

WWI

c)

Dust Bowl

d)

Great Depression

7.
What tool - passed during the Hoover Administration -  designed to protect American manufacturers actually ended up creating a worldwide depression?
a)
Reconstruction Finance Committee
b)
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
c)
New Deal
d)
Second New Deal
8.

Which of these causes of the Great Depression impacted farmers? (2)

a)

Textile mills moved to the South

b)

The midwest suffered a major drought

c)

Margin Buying

d)

Losing European markets after World War I

9.
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army Bases
d)
Rooseveltowns
10.
A group of WWI veterans and their families who marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932 to demand the immediate payment of a bonus they had been promised for military service
a)
Bonus Army
b)
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
c)
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
d)
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
11.
The Bonus Army incident in 1932 best illustrates the idea that
a)
F.D.R.'
s relief programs were unsuccessful.
b)
many felt that Herbert Hoover was not handling the Depression well.
c)
protests by veterans during the Depression were effective.
d)
the U.S. Army had increased in size and power during the Depression.
12.
FDR's plan to fix the American Economy was called:
a)
The New Deal
b)
Reaganomics
c)
Economic Injection
d)
The "band-aid" Solution
13.
What did the CCC do?
a)
Reopen banks 
b)
Help the elderly 
c)
Build state parks
d)
Employ artists
14.
What did the FDIC do?
a)
secure deposits
b)
help the unemployed
c)
plant trees
d)
build bridges
15.
What programs are still in place today?
a)
FDIC and the SSA 
b)
FDIC and CCC
c)
CCC and SSA
d)
NASA and FDR
16.
Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c)
Securities and Exchange Commission
d)
National Recovery Administration
17.

In FDR's first ___________________in office, he sent many bills through congress.

a)

term

b)

100 days

c)

month

d)

week

18.
What are the 3 R's of the New Deal?
a)
Relief, Rebuild, and Reform
b)
Recover, Rebuild, and Reform
c)
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
d)
Recover, Revive, and Reform
19.
What was the primary reason that President Roosevelt attempted to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court?
a)
to make the Court more supportive of New Deal Programs
b)
to force the Court to hear cases involving women’s rights
c)
to speed up the Court’s review of cases
20.
What event started World War 2
a)
The invasion of Poland
b)
The Battle of El-Alamein
c)
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
d)
The use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
21.
This country was neutral at the beginning of WWII.
a)
Germany
b)
Japan
c)
France
d)
United States
22.
Permitted the loan of United States war materials 
a)
Neutrality Acts 
b)
Lend Lease Act 
c)
War Production Board 
d)
Holocaust 
23.
What event did Franklin Roosevelt call "a date which will live in infamy?"
a)
The bombing of Nagasaki
b)
The attack on Pearl Harbor
c)
The annexation of Austria by Hitler
d)
The Battle of Stalingrad
24.

What is the name of this iconic poster woman?

a)

Tanya the Tank

b)

Wonder Woman

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Rosie the Riveter

25.

What is the name of the Allied military strategy in the Pacific Ocean?

a)

firebomb

b)

island hopping

c)

kamikaze

d)

blitzkrieg

26.

Who was the American General overseeing the Pacific Theater?

a)

General Douglas MacArthur

b)

General Eisenhower

c)

General Rommel

d)

General Lee

27.

The turning point in the war against Japan in the Pacific was the

a)

Battle of Midway.

b)

bombing of Pearl Harbor.

c)

internment of Japanese Americans.

d)

Battle of the Bulge.

28.
Who was the supreme commander of the United States and Allied forces in Europe during World War II?
a)
Bernard Montgomery
b)
George Patton
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Erwin Rommel
29.

The D-Day Allied invasion of France took place where?

a)

Paris

b)

Plymoth

c)

Tokyo

d)

Normandy

30.

Who were the group of African American pilots who flew successful missions during WW2?

a)

Riviters

b)

B2 Bombers

c)

Tuskegee Airmen

d)

Marine one pilots

31.

Which of these terms is most associated with the Holocaust?

a)

Island hopping

b)

The lend-lease act

c)

The Final Solution

d)

The Kellog-Briand Pact

32.

Harry S Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson practiced which foreign policy when dealing with the Cold War?

a)

Containment of communism

b)

Detente with the Soviet Union and China

c)

Destruction of communism

d)

Isolationism from communist countries

33.

The Civil Rights Act (1964)

a)

Outlawed literacy tests and other discriminatory stipulations for voting

b)

Outlawed discrimination in the workforce based on race, religion, nationality, and sex

c)

Integrated public schools

d)

Integrated the United States Armed Forces

34.

The greater significance that the murder of Emmett Till had on the Civil Rights movement was

a)

His mother's decision of an open-casket service demonstrated the horrors of racial violence in the South

b)

It led to immediate success for Martin Luther King, Jr., an up-and-coming activist at the time

c)

The two white men charged for the crime were the first men in Mississippi to be convicted of race-related murder

d)

It brought an immediate onslaught of riots in major U.S. cities

35.

Gave the president "war powers" for the duration of the Vietnam conflict

a)

Dien Bien Phu Agreement

b)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

c)

War Powers Act

d)

Geneva Accords

36.

What was decided at Yalta Conference at the end of World War II?

a)

The Nazis would be punished for genocide.

b)

Germany would be divided into zones to be occupied by the Allies

c)

Germany would pay war reparations ($) for their part in the war.

d)

The Soviets would have to give up the part of Poland they took.

37.

After WWII, the US and ______________ were the two biggest super power countries of the World.

a)

England

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Soviet Union

38.
After World War II, the United States instituted the Marshall Plan:
a)
to rebuild relations with the Soviet Union
b)
To prevent a nuclear arms race
c)
to rebuild Europe
d)
to create the European Union
39.
What is V-E day?
a)
Victory of everyone
b)
Victory in Europe
c)
Visiting of Exterminators
40.
What is V-J day?
a)
Victory over Japan
b)
Victory for Japan
c)
Victory of Jews
41.

According to Order 9066, which people on the west coast were to be relocated?

a)

People of Japanese ancestry

b)

People of Hawaiian ancestry

c)

People of Native American ancestry

d)

People of French ancestry

42.

The U.S. got involved in Korea and Vietnam because of what foreign policy?

a)

containment

b)

Good Neighbor policy

c)

isolationism

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

43.

Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Kim Il Sung

d)

Douglas MacArthur

44.
What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?
a)
Domino theory
b)
MAD theory
c)
Containment theory
d)
China Syndrome
45.
Vietcong
a)
South Vietnam force
b)
North Vietnam force
c)
North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam
d)
Another name for Communists
46.
Agent Orange
a)
Nickname of a Soviet agent that would always wear orange while on important missions
b)
Term used to describe the South Vietnamese agents because they 
c)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
47.
What event sparked significant protests in the United States during the 1960's?
a)
WWII
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
WWI
48.

University where a massive student protest resulting in the National Guard coming in to restore order; rocks were thrown at the guards, shots returned resulting in 4 students dead and more injured; further divided American public opinion

a)

Ohio State University

b)

University of California

c)

Kent State University

d)

University of Michigan

49.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
50.
What were the problems of fighting in Vietnam?
a)
Identifying the enemy 
b)
Jungle/Location provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies
c)
Weather and climate
d)
all of these
51.
The factor that may have most helped JFK win the Election of 1960 was
a)
He was Catholic
b)
He looked good during the TV debates
c)
He was known to be the most experienced candidate
d)
He was friendly with Fidel Castro
52.
The factor that may have most helped JFK win the Election of 1960 was
a)
He was Catholic
b)
He looked good during the TV debates
c)
He was known to be the most experienced candidate
d)
He was friendly with Fidel Castro
53.
What was one of JFK's plans that failed during his presidency?
a)
Space Program
b)
Cuban missile crisis
c)
Civil Rights movement
d)
Bay of Pigs
54.
Who assassinated JFK according to police?
a)
The mafia
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Lee Harvey Oswald
d)
Nikita Khrushchev
55.
What was the purpose of LBJ's Great Society?
a)
end poverty
b)
end drug trafficking
c)
end lynching
d)
fix the economy
56.

Publication of these revealed, among other things, that the Johnson administration had lied to the public about its intentions in Vietnam.

a)

War Powers Act

b)

Silent Majority Notes

c)

Pentagon Papers

d)

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

57.
Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to:
a)
Allow children to work long hours in factories
b)
Segregate schools based on people’s skin color
c)
Pay black people less than white people for similar work
d)
Return an escaped slave to his/her master  
58.
This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender,  or religion. 
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
15th  Amendment
d)
Civil Rights Movement
59.
What previous Supreme Court decision did Brown v. Board overturn?
a)
Worcester v. Georgia
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Roe v. Wade
d)
Marbury v. Madison
60.

What was the most dramatic example of the 1960's counterculture movement?

a)
Hippies
b)
Beat Movement
c)
Flappers
d)
Lost Generation
61.
How did the Korean War end?
a)
Peace Treaty
b)
South Korea Victory
c)
North Korea Victory
d)
Armistice
62.
In 1946, the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an "Iron Curtain" had fallen across the European continent. This "Iron Curtain" was ______________.
a)
a wall built between countries controlled by Nazi Germany and ones that weren't.
b)
another name for the Alps, which protected it from the USSR during the Cold War. 
c)
an imaginary line separating Europe's communist and non-communist countries.
d)
a divider between the good and the evil.
63.

Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.

a)

35th

b)

36th

c)

37th

d)

38th

64.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Help North Korea
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Provide collective security
d)
Contain communism
65.

Ford switched to making what type of vehicles during ww2?

a)

Tanks and Military vehicles

b)

motorcycles

c)

Jeeps and Planes

d)

helicopters

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