Honors US History Finals Exam Flashcards
In his work, F. Scott Fitzerald focused on…
wealthy people without spiritual values
What did the American Liberty League oppose
Roosevelt’s policies
In the 1930s, Huey Long and Charles Coughlin called for
extreme economic changes
What was the result of Franklin Roosevelt’s plan to add justices to the Supreme Court
FDR’s politcal support was weakened
What advancement did black Americans make during the 1930s
Roosevelt appointed many blacks to federal positions
The Washington Conference in 1921 led to treaties dealing with
arms limitations
In japan, right-wing extremists took power in the 1930s with calls for
territorial expansion
Direct american involvement in Nicaragua in the early 1900s took the form of
controlling all commercial exports
The american policy of staying out of foreign conflicts was known as
isolationism
What country did the Nazi Party rise to power during a period of high unemployment.
German Empire
In the early months after bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Allied powers decided to
concentrate on fighting Germany
Which two battles were turning points in the Allies’ favor
Stalingrad and Midway
What was the effect of WW2 on the American economy
blacks and women were guaranteed equal pay
The two Japanese cities that suffered atomic bomb blasts were
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Which of the following was not part of Truman’s Fair Deal
public housing
The US gave economic aid to war-torn countries in Europe under the
Truman Doctrine
During the late 1940s Americans became increasingly concerned about
civil rights
In 1952, critics of President Truman called him
weak and uncertain
Eisenhower’s economic policies were of the most benefit to
workers
Cold War tensions eased in 1964 when the
Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty was signed
What country did the Soviets send nuclear missiles to in 1962
Cuba
What country did the US put down a political uprising in 1965
Dominican Republic
Unlike President Kennedy, President Johnson was
successful with Congress
Which of the following people, in campaigning for president, said he would send American troops to Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
What made segregation legal and established the “separate but equal” doctrine
Plessy v. Ferguson
Who led legal attacks against segregation with his students
Charles Houston
What precedent did Brown v. Board of Education establish
Public schools could no longer be segregated
What state was where Roy Bryant was found innocent of killing Emmett Till
Mississippi
What state was where Orval Faubus challenged a city law requiring schools to integrate
Arkansas
What country sent missionaries to Vietnam to convert the Vietnamese to Catholicism
France
What was President Truman’s policy toward Vietnam
He backed french control in order to block spread of communism
What country was ruled by the anti-communist Ngo Dinh Diem
South Vietnam
What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution enable President Johnson to do
step up American involvement in Vietnam
To oppose American forces, Communists relied on hand-to-hand combat and
ambush tactics
What did most Okies find in California during the Depression
poverty
What was not an outcome of the Berlin Crisis
The US removing its military from berlin
True or False
Governor Faubus was the governor of Flordia who wanted to deny the rights of blacks to attend the white school
False
True or False
Emmet Till was a black teenager from Chicago who was beaten to death while visiting relatives in Mississippi
True
True or False
In the Emmett Till case in 1955, the white men accused of killing Emmett Till were found not guilty
True
True or False
Malcom X was a Civil Rights leader who disagreed with the methods of Martin Luther King Jr. and was assassinated
True
True or False
During the first television debates of presidential candidates helped Richard Nixion win the 1960 election
false
June 28, 1914
The assassination of Archuduke Franz Feridinand
Nov 11, 1918
Armistice of WW1 signed (WWI ends)
Sept 1, 1939
WW2 began with the invasion of Poland
Sept 2, 1945
Japan formally surrenders ww2 after atomic bombs
May 8, 1945
End of WW2 in Europe
(Unconditional surrender of all German forces)
Dec 7, 1941
bombing of Pearl Harbor
Aug 6 and Aug 9 1945
Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945)
June 6, 1944
D-Day Invasion
1969
Year of moon landings
1963
Kennedy’s assassination
1968
Tet Offensive, Johnson removed himself, Robert Kennedy’s assassination, MLK assassination, My Lai Massacre
Long term causes of WW1
hostile alliances, nationalism, imperialism, militarism
Reasons why US entered WW1
Zimmerman Telegram, unrestricted German submarine warfare, the sinking of Lusitania
Appeasement
policy of allowing Hitler to expand german territory in order for hope of avoiding war
