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WorksheetsUS History Final Exam
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
What law made "White Only" signs on water fountains and restrooms illegal?
19th Amendment
18th Amendment
Civil Rights Act, 1964
Voting Rights Act, 1965
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
Discrimination based on race in public
Separate schools for white and black children
Government funding for religious schools
Segregation in the military
Why were the Black Panthers formed?
Prevent attacks from KKK
protect communities from Police abuse
Stop lynching in the South
Create black schools
What was Malcolm X's vision for African Americans?
non-violent cooperation with police
sue the government for mistreatment
lobby Congress for national changes
To seperate African Americans from white society
What did the women's movement of the 1960s hope to accomplish?
get women to vote
create an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
get women educated
excluded women without college degrees
How did President Eisenhower respond when Arkansas governor Faubus refused to integrate schools in 1956?
Sent in the national guard soldiers
Allowed him to disobey national law
Asked the Supreme Court for help
He removed Faubus from being Governor
What event motivated the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
brutal attacks from police in Selma, AL
Rosa Parks seat refusal
Lunch Counter sit-ins
Assassination of Dr King
What signs of Civil Rights progress were apparent in the 1960s?
Fewer demonstrations and marches
Booming inner city neighborhoods
more political power for African Americans
more wealth distribution to minority peoples
Rosa Parks gained fame during CR movement for refusing to give up her seat to a white man
(a)
The Civil Rights effort in the South included all of the following EXCEPT:
MLK Jr. preaching the use of violence
sit-ins in segregated lunch counters
the integration of state universities
attacks on peaceful demonstrators by police
What city did the Little Rock 9 integrate public high schools?
Birmingham, AL
Little Rock, AR
Selma, AL
Greensboro, NC
Court cases Brown vs Board of Education and Brown II ordered that US public schools should:
Integrate / desegregate
Separate
Receive the same funding
Close in favor of private schools
Before overturning Plessy vs. Ferguson, NAACP lawyers launched a series of suits that:
promote affirmative action programs
Attack the federal government
support the Black Power movement
eliminate segregated facilities
President Lyndon Johnson said he had plans to end poverty in racial injustice in America; he called it the _____
Second New Deal
New Freedom
Great Society
New Federalism
How did Nixon try to stop anti-draft sentiments during Vietnam?
Developed a lottery system
Began using all volunteers
Raised the draft age to 25
Pulled soldiers out of Vietnam
Which event caused the Kent State shooting during the 60's?
US invasion of Cambodia during Vietnam
US standoff with Russia
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs invasion
What were people who opposed the war in Vietnam called?
Doves
Hawks
Bulls
Donkeys
HUAC, Hollywood 10, blacklists... all these terms are related to which of the following?
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
McCarren-Walter Act
Communist infiltration of US gov
Motion picture union fights
Why did President Truman dismiss/fire General MacArthur after World War II?
Supported North Korean independence
Pulled his troops out of South Vietnam
Questioned Truman's patriotism
He wanted to invade China
What was the end result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
JFK met with Fidel Castro
Cuba became a communist country
USSR withdrew nukes from Cuba
US took control of Cuba
Which event escalated the Space Race?
Launch of Sputnik
Bay of Pigs Invasion
US involvement in Latin America
end policy of peaceful coextistance
How did NATO alliance stop communist agression?
All NATO countries agreed to fight together
Use of economic sanctions
Sent them to the UN for trial
How did the goal of stopping communism lead to the formation of NATO
Europe and the US joined forces against communism
Soviet leaders formed NATO to control new territories
In 1948, which president officially de-segregated the US military?
JF Kennedy
LB Johnson
Harry Truman
FDR
A. Phillip Randolph, Tuskegee Airmen, CORE, Double V.... this list relates to which of the following:
African Americans in WW2
Marshall Plan
Vietnam War
Reconstruction
What was the main project the USA used to expand its role in world affairs after World War II?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Containment Theory
Double V campaign
How did the GI Bill effect higher education (colleges) in the United States?
Increased enrollment in universities
Made gender discrimination illegal
Decreased enrollment in colleges
Required high schools to have STEM programs
What type of post-WW2 housing community do these words relate to: Mass produced, 3 years - 10,000 built, new one every 20 minutes
Suburbs
City
Country
Rural
Why was the Marshall Plan cost effective for the USA?
Provided US with new markets
forced immigration to the US
New materials for American use
High tariffs for non-US goods
All of the following were reasons that Truman used to justify dropping the atomic bomb EXCEPT:
It would shorten the war
save American lives
Japanese were making their own bomb
invasion of Japan would be not necessary
What two cities did the USA drop the first atomic bombs on?
Tokyo and Hiroshima
Wake Island and Nagasaki
Okinawa and Iwo Jima
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What arguments did critics of the atomic bomb cite?
Japan would easily be defeated
The bomb would injure American soldiers
It would lengthen the war
It would change warfare forever
Posters of Rosie the Riveter were used during WW2 to promote what?
military service
military nurses
women working in war industries
Women's suffrage movement
What strategy did the United States use during WW2 in the pacific?
Naval Quarantine
Alcan Attack
Aerial Bombing
island hopping
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act during WWII?
Sell materials for profit
Support allies without entering war
negotiate a settlement with Nazis
Contain the spread of communism
During the 1930s, Congress passed a series of "Neutrality Acts" designed to:
Prevent American involvement in wars
Spread democracy to Europe
Stop the spread of communism
Begin building nuclear weapons
How did America's involvement in WW2 effect the Great Depression?
I t worsened
It ended it
It had little effect
It paused it
How did the US government ensure supplies for the war effort like gas and food?
Rationing
Took over farms
Imported materials from China
Traded with warring countries
What effect did US involvement in WW2 have on women's roles?
Women had the same power as men
Women entered more manufacturing jobs
Women had to leave their jobs and stay at home
Women came closer to voting
Why did the US government evacuate Japanese citizens to internment camps?
Prejudice and fear after Pearl Harbor
Fear of Japanese safety
Refusal of immigrants to become citizens
Attacks on
Who said, "Dec 7 1941... a date that will live in infamy," after Pearl Harbor?
Douglass MacArther
Harry Truman
John F Kenendy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
How did the Soviet Union react to the US dropping the first atomic bombs?
they attacked Japan as well
Declared war on the US
Requested nuclear peace
ramped up their own nuclear production
How did the US entrance into WW2 effect the Allied powers strategically?
Created a two-front war for the Nazis
Assisted with man power
What was Dwight Eisenhower's role during WWII?
Led invasion of D-DAY
Was a nurse
authorized US internment camps
Led research for the bomb
Why did Japan bomb the US at Pearl Harbor in 1941?
US occupation of Guam
US declared war on Japan
US declared war on Germany
US oil embargo against Japan
What were the long-term health effects for survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Inability to reproduce
Cancer and birth defects
Heart Disease and blood pressure
How did the US first get involved in World War II?
Sending troops to Vietnam
Signing an alliance with Russia
Declaring War on Nazis
Providing supplies to England
How did Japan react to the American bombing at Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Distributed guns to civilians
ended the war within days
navy attacked Korean ports
Japanese public overthrew government
How did the failure of 9,000 banks in 1932 contribute to the Great Depression?
Rift between wealthy and poor was incresed
people lost savings and couldn't pay debts
Could not convert currency
banks foreclosed on loans
Shantytowns that appeared during Hoover's term in office (Great Depression)
The New Deal
Hoovervilles
Slums
Pantries
What new deal program provided jobs, cheap electricity, flood control, and recreation for its region?
NRA: National Recovery Act
CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps
TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority
AAA: Agricultural Adjustment
Some historians believe the greatest effect of the Great Depression on average Americans was the loss of:
mobility
faith in FDR
Federal relief programs
self-worth
an unemployment rate of 25% helped get which Great Depression president elected?
Hoover
Truman
Coolidge
FDR
Where did most people effected by the Dust Bowl move to?
California
New York
Texas
Illinois
How did the powers of the federal (nat'l) government change during the Great Depression
Congress seized more power
power shifted to the states
new justices were added to the Sup. Court
FDR expanded gov role
In response to the Depression, FDR created programs that:
waited for the economy to recover
made it illegal to be communist
Created jobs and business incentives
encouraged people to move to cities
What was the purpose of the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)?
Limit farm production
make farmers more efficient
raise the standards for food
resettle farmers
' ... Aid for disabled, unemployment insurance, old age pensions...' Which New Deal program provided these services?
FERA
SSA
CCC
NRA
As a result of the New Deal, what happened to the US government?
Truman was elected
rights of women increased
Heart Start project was started
Role of the government expanded
Critics of the New Deal compared the programs to:
communism
Fascism
socialism
Communism
Conservatives / Republicans attacked the New Deal for:
failing to create jobs
unequal distribution of wealth
not doing enough
going too far, making gov too big!
Which law granted labor unions the right to organize near the end of the Depression?
National Labor Relations Act
National Recovery Act
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sherman AntiTrust Act
How was FDRs view of government revolutionary?
He believed government should help people in need
He believed the government should not interfere with people
Who did the US Marines use to send secret messages to across the military?
Navajo Code Talkers
The De Lome Letter
Japanese internment camps
Harlem Hellfighters
Did FDRs New Deal program end the Great Depression?
Yes
No
