Transcript USHII_FinalExamReview_13

U.S. History II
Frank J. Paprota Jr.
YEAR END REVIEW
Final Exam
 True-False……………...…………12/1
 Multiple Choice/Matching……... 50/1
 Identification/Map……………… 13/1
 Short Answer/Identification…….10/1
 Short Report Essay………………1/15
Who preached that the world is divided into
two groups – the owners (bourgeoisie) and
the workers (proletariat)?
Karl Marx
Which economic system believes that all means of
production belong to society and should be used in
the interest of and for the good of all people?
Communism
In which economic system do private individuals
own capital and control it for their own profit?
Capitalism
“Laissez faire” is an expression associated
with which economic system?
Capitalism
What allowed the government to establish a
federal income tax?
th
16
The
Amendment
Which amendment gave women the right to
vote?
The
th
19 Amendment
According to the U.S. Constitution, which is
the only branch of government with the
power to declare war?
Congress
What did the United States become as a
result of the Spanish-American War?
A colonial power
Where did most immigrants to the U.S.
during the early 1900s come from?
Eastern Europe
What was the “Great Migration” during
World War I?
The flow of African Americans moving
from the South to Northern cities.
Who were the Central Powers in World War I?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, the
Ottoman Empire (Turkey), and Bulgaria
The Triple Entente included which three
nations?
Britain, France, and Russia
According to the Zimmermann telegram,
if Mexico allied with Germany, Germany
would do what?
Help Mexico
regain Texas,
New Mexico, &
Arizona
What are the three main causes of
World War I?
 Imperialism
 Nationalism
 Alliances & Militarism
The sinking of which passenger liner helped
push the United States into World War I?
The Lusitania
The “Big Four” who attended the peace
conference at the end of World War I
were the leaders from the which nations?
Untied States, Britain, France & Italy
Following World War I, which president said
that the fourteen points were the only
possible program for world peace?
Woodrow Wilson
Which was the first war in which women
officially served in the armed forces?
World War I
What did Prohibition prohibit the sale of?
Alcohol
Which event is associated with causing the
Great Depression?
Stock market crash of 1929
Will a dollar buy more goods during an
economic depression or during a time of
economic prosperity?
Economic prosperity
When the supply of workers is greater than
the demand, workers usually command
higher or lower wages?
Lower
wages
Are jobs easier to find during a time of
economic prosperity or during a time of
economic depression?
Economic prosperity
Which President is the “New Deal”
associated with?
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
Which law provided for monthly pension
payments to retired workers?
Social Security Act
In 1939, Great Britain & France declared
war on Germany when Germany attacked
which country?
Poland
Appeasement is a policy
associated with which nations
and when?
England & France
before World War II
Was Adolf Hitler a German
communist, socialist or fascist?
He was a Fascist
In World War II the two major
European Axis Powers were
Germany and who?
Italy
During World War II which leader was NOT
a dictator?
Winston Churchill
Which U.S. residents where put into
relocation camps during World War II?
Japanese-Americans
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
brought the U.S. into which war?
World War II
At Yalta, Roosevelt, Stalin, & Churchill
agreed to what following the war?
Divide Germany among the four
Allied powers
Which was the first nation to use nuclear
weapons in war?
The United States
What caused Japan to agree to surrender to
the Allies in the Pacific?
Atomic bombs were dropped on two
Japanese cities.
What was the Marshall Plan designed to do?
Rebuild Europe after WW II
When the U.S., Britain, & France merged
their zones in Germany, how did the Soviet
Union respond?
By blockading West Berlin
What was Khrushchev’s belief that Capitalist
& Communist countries could live peacefully
side by side called?
Peaceful
coexistence
For what purpose did NATO form?
Mutual
Defense
The Korean War pitted the military forces of
North Korea and China against who?
The United Nations
What caused popular support of Joseph
McCarthy to begin to fade?
When millions watched him bully
witnesses in televised hearings
investigating the Army
Which 1954 Supreme Court decision
ordered school desegregation?
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
President Kennedy acted slowly on civil
rights because…
He needed support from many Southern
senators to get other programs passed.
In the 1960 presidential campaign,
television was used for the first time to
do what?
Broadcast
candidates’
speeches
During the space race, Kennedy’s goal
for the nation was to be the first to do
what?
Land a man on
the moon
Who did the United States fight against
in the Vietnam conflict?
The Vietcong
What was the purpose of the Vietnamization
policy?
…to prepare South Vietnam to take
over the burden of the fighting
By passage of the Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution, Congress did what?
Gave its war
powers to
the
president
A main reason President Johnson refused to order
a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam was his fear
that it would do what?
Bring China into the war
After the Tet offensive, the mainstream
American media began to do what?
Openly criticize the war effort
In addition to Blacks, what groups are the Ku
Klux Klan opposed to?
Immigrants, Jews, Catholics
& Communists
Dr. Martin Luther King was a
leader of the Civil Rights
movement in which decade?
The 1960s
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. drew on the philosophy
and techniques of which historical figure?
Mohandas Gandhi
Which U.S. President’s visit to China in 1972
improved U.S.-Chinese relations?
Richard M. Nixon
Who was the first American President to ever
visit the Soviet Union?
Richard M. Nixon
Evidence on Watergate seems to show that
Nixon did what?
Ordered the cover-up
Who officially pardoned Richard Nixon?
President Gerald Ford
By the 1970’s, the U.S. economy had become
heavily dependant on what?
Imported oil
Who was the first female member of
the U.S. Supreme Court?
Sandra Day
O’Connor
The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896
established what legal doctrine?
The separate-but-equal doctrine
The 1978 Panama Canal treaties
transferred control of the Panama Canal
from what nation to what nation?
The United States to Panama
Identification/Map
Where is the Dust Bowl located?
#10, in the U.S.
Where is China located?
#1
The war in the Pacific ended when two atomic
bombs were dropped on this country…
#7, Japan
The Berlin Wall is located at…
#3, Germany
Guantanamo Bay is located at…
#6, Cuba
The Atlantic Ocean is located at…
#8
Iraq is located at…
#9
Apartheid was located at…
#4, South Africa
The Bataan Death March occurred in this country…
#5, The Philippines
The Ho Chi Minh Trail is located…
#14, Vietnam
The Panama Canal is located…
#12, Panama
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in…
#17, France
Short Answer
Identification
Choose 10
1 point each
Cold War
The long power struggle from
1945 through 1991 between the
United States and the Soviet
Union. It was waged mostly on
economic and political fronts,
rather than on the battlefield.
New Deal
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s
programs for helping the U.S.
economy during the Great
Depression.
Imperialism
The quest for colonial empires.
The United States engaged in
imperialism following the
Spanish-American War with the
acquisition of the Philippines,
Puerto Rico, and other Pacific
islands.
Containment Policy
The U.S. foreign policy followed
during the Cold War that sought
to prevent the expansion of Soviet
communism. It was one of the
primary justifications for our
involvement in Vietnam.
Anti-Semitism
Hatred or hostility toward, or
prejudice against, Jews or Judaism.
Widespread Anti-Semitism in Europe
& America helps explain how Hitler
was able to kill so many Jews during
the holocaust.
Freedom Riders
A northern, integrated group of civil
rights workers who took bus trips
through southern states in 1961 to
protest illegal bus segregation. Their
arrival was met with fierce acts of
violence, but they persisted. By 1963
segregation in interstate commerce had
ceased to exist.
New Frontier
President John F. Kennedy’s
domestic agenda. It included
increased government spending,
informal wage and price controls, a
large tax cut, and aid to economically
distressed regions.
Trench Warfare
A World War I military strategy of
defending a position by fighting from the
protection of deep ditches. Both armies
occupied trenches along a front running
for hundreds of miles. They were
separated by a thin strip of bombed-out
territory, strewn with barbed wire &
land mines, called no-man’s land.
Treaty of Versailles
1919 Treaty ending World War I that
required Germany to pay huge war
reparations and established the
League of Nations. The U.S. senate
opposed the League and rejected the
Treaty. It is often listed as one of the
main reasons for the rise of Hitlerism
and World War II.
The Axis Powers
A military alliance formed
by Italy and Germany in
1936. It was later joined
by Japan, Hungary,
Romania, and Bulgaria.
Central Powers
A World War I alliance
that included AustriaHungary, Germany, the
Ottoman Empire (Turkey),
and Bulgaria.
Watergate
A scandal in which President
Richard M. Nixon authorized the
cover-up of a break-in at the
Democratic National committee
headquarters. It led to Nixon’s
resignation in 1974.
Reaganomics
President Ronal Reagan’s
economic program. It was based
on large tax cuts to encourage
business investment, drastic cuts
in government regulation, and
increased military spending.
Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 standoff between the U.S. and
the Soviet Union in which the Soviets
agreed to remove missiles from Cuba
if the U.S. promised not to invade the
island. It was followed by an easing
of Cold War tensions.
Terrorism
The unlawful use or threatened use of force
or violence by a person or an organized group
against people or property with the intention
of intimidating or coercing societies or
governments, often for ideological or political
reasons. Examples of terrorist acts are the
attack on the World Trade Center, bombing
of embassies & airliners, and suicide bombing
of public places.
Isolationism
National policy of avoiding
involvement in the affairs of other
nations. The United States
adopted an isolationist policy
prior to its involvement in both
World Wars.
Nationalism
National pride or loyalty. It was
one of the major causes of unrest
in Europe and of the start of
World War I.
Guerrilla Warfare
Type of fighting in which soldiers
use swift hit-and-run attacks to
wear down the enemy. It proved
particularly effective when
employed by the Vietcong against
U.S. troops in the Vietnam War.
Essay
Choose 1
15 points each
Discuss a major problem facing
America today (for example,
drugs, child abuse, poor schools,
gun control). State the problem
as you see it and discuss and
evaluate possible solutions.
The use of the atomic bomb by the
United States during World War II
has been a source of on-going
controversy. Discuss the reasons
given fro the use of the bomb by the
government and the criticisms
leveled against the government
position.
Should the United States be
the “world policeman”?
Discuss three historical events
to support your agreement or
disagreement with this
position.
Take a stand for/against the
following statement. Should the
second amendment of the United
States Constitution which states, “the
right of the people to keep and bear
arms shall not be infringed”, be
repealed? Give three examples to
support your answer.
Describe the causes and evaluate
the effects of any war in which the
United States was involved in
during the 20th century. Did the
United States emerge stronger as
a result of the war? Explain or
support your answer.
“Advances in technology have
changed America more than any
other force.” Support this
statement using specific examples
from your knowledge of American
History.