WorksheetsOC - USH - Final Exam Practice #1 (Spring 24)
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
What was Coolidge's approach to leadership?
Do more than others
Follow the great 'refrainers' rule (avoid taking action unless obviously necessary)
Embrace progressive movements
Increase government intervention
How did Prohibition change life in the United States?
children stopped drinking alcohol
African Americans moved north
Women gained their independence
Organized Crime increased because of illegal alcohol sales
The ___________ _________ allowed Henry Ford to get more production done in a shorter work day.
Which of the following was NOT accurate concerning FDR when he was first elected President in 1932?
He had resurrected his political career by successfully managing the devastating disease of Polio.
He came from a well-known American family (including a cousin who had been a popular President)
In his first campaign for President, he ran on the slogan "a New Deal for America"
He became the FOURTH Republican President in a row.
What were the Fireside Chats
Meetings FDR held with top government officials to figure out how to deal with the Great Depression
Meetings with world leaders to get ideas of how to deal with the Great Depression
Townhall Meetings in which FDR traveled the country to explain to Americans how he planned to fix things
Radio broadcasts in which he soothed Americans' anxieties about the Great Depression.
Which of the following best describes a "Welfare State"?
The Federal Government becomes responsible for the welfare of those in need (as opposed to state governments and private citizens)
All the people in the nation are entitled to checks (income) every month.
The Federal Government passes laws that forces businesses to pay their employees more $
Which of the following is NOT true concerning farmers during the Great Depression?
Many experienced a devastating drought
Commodity prices fell (meaning they could not make enough money from their crops and livestock)
Many were forced out of farming.
They selfishly held on to surplus food for themselves and to sell on the "black market"
While the New Deal failed to stop the Great Depression, what EVENT ultimately pulled the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
World War 1
World War 2
The Roaring Twenties
The creation of the Nuclear Bomb
One of the most famous pictures in American history entitled, "Migrant Mother" (taken during the Great Depression). Who took this famous photo?
A photographer working for the "New York Times" newspaper.
A family member of this migrant family who shared the photo with John Steinbeck (a famous 1930s author)
A photographer hired by the U.S. Government as part of FDR's New Deal programs for artists.
A famous French photographer who traveled to America during the Great Depression as part of a photo book he was working on.
What do we call the policy of "controlling the spread of communism" throughout the world?
domino theory
Red Scare
containment
appeasement
Why did Eisenhower need the military to help the "Little Rock Nine"?
They were veterans and the school would not let them in out of protest for the Vietnam War.
The state of Arkansas was refusing to abide by integration of blacks and whites in public schools.
He did not need them, it was propaganda to bring sympathy to the Civil Rights Movement.
MLK and his followers had threatened to terrorize the high school in Little Rock.
Which Cold War Superpower was the FIRST to get nuclear weapons?
United States
Soviet Union
The connection between the rise of teenage culture in the 1950s and the Cold War was that it influenced teenage culture and rebellion against authority in which nations of the world by the 1970s and 1980s?
Eastern European Communist nations
Latin American Anti-Communist nations
Communist China
United States
Which event was a failed covert operation that became a public embarrassment for JFK?
Berlin Airlift
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Iran Hostage Crisis
What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Kennedy was impeached
The Soviets retreated after an American blockade
Cuba became a U.S. territory
A full-scale nuclear war started
Who was a major conservative figure inspired by Goldwater?
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
What was the status of the Vietnam War in 1968?
It was ending
It was in full escalation
It was at a ceasefire
It had not started
Which THREE choices are TRUE concerning the victory for Nixon in the 1968 election for President?
He becomes the first Republican to win the presidency in a decade.
Nixon would serve as President at the end of the tumultuous 1960s and usher in the 1970s (serving as President for close to half of the decade of the 70s)
His election occured in one of the most tumultuous years (1968) in our nation's history.
Nixon defeated Lyndon Johnson in a very contentious election in which Johnson was defeated because of the unpopular Vietnam War.
What approach did Nixon take during his presidency regarding the Cold War?
He focused solely on domestic policies.
He intensified military actions.
He sought to lighten relationships with Communist countries.
He ignored the tensions.
Which major political scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon?
Watergate
Iran-Contra Affair
Teapot Dome Scandal
Whitewater
Who was the U.S. president at the end of the 1970s?
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
What was the primary focus of Reagan's campaign rhetoric?
Expanding healthcare
Strengthening foreign alliances
Increasing taxes
Reducing government size
What term did Reagan use to describe the Soviet Union in his 1983 speech?
The Evil Empire
The Great Ally
The Communist Haven
The Red Nation
What significant event did Reagan challenge Gorbachev to do in Berlin?
End the Cold War formally
Sign a peace treaty
Join NATO
Tear down the Berlin Wall
What was the main focus of the Persian Gulf War?
To spread democracy in the Middle East
To take control of oil fields in Iran
To defend Kuwait from Iraqi invasion
To support Saddam Hussein
Which technology revolution did Clinton's presidency benefit from?
Industrial Revolution
Dot-com Revolution
Nuclear Revolution
Technological Revolution
What was the primary focus of terrorism in the United States during the 1990s?
Economic terrorism
Cyber terrorism
International terrorism
Domestic terrorism
What constitutional process was used against Bill Clinton?
Senate censure
Veto override
Impeachment
Executive order
Which 21st Century President was the first Black American to become President when he won two terms in 2008 and 2012? (a)
Which of the 21st Century Presidents was President when 9/11 occured, initiated a war with Iraq and its Dictator Saddam Hussein, and then saw a devastating economic crash occur during his last year in office? (a)
What was the primary focus of Bill Clinton's welfare reform?
Eliminating welfare
Decreasing eligibility
Increasing benefits
Raising standards to receive welfare
Which technology revolution did Clinton's presidency benefit from?
Industrial Revolution
Dot-com Revolution
Nuclear Revolution
Technological Revolution
What was the main focus of the Persian Gulf War?
To spread democracy in the Middle East
To take control of oil fields in Iran
To defend Kuwait from Iraqi invasion
To support Saddam Hussein
What was the ultimate fate of the Berlin Wall?
It was reinforced and made taller
It became a protected landmark
It was torn down in 1989
It was relocated to Moscow
What was the result of Reagan's 'Star Wars' proposal?
It terrified the Soviets and escalated the arms race.
It was rejected by Congress immediately.
It led to a reduction in nuclear weapons globally.
It was fully implemented during his term.
What major policy did Mikhail Gorbachev introduce in the Soviet Union?
Perestroika and Glasnost
Marxism and Leninism
Militarization and Expansionism
Capitalism and Free Trade
