Honors US History Finals Exam Flashcards

1
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In his work, F. Scott Fitzerald focused on…

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wealthy people without spiritual values

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2
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What did the American Liberty League oppose

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Roosevelt’s policies

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3
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In the 1930s, Huey Long and Charles Coughlin called for

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extreme economic changes

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4
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What was the result of Franklin Roosevelt’s plan to add justices to the Supreme Court

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FDR’s politcal support was weakened

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5
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What advancement did black Americans make during the 1930s

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Roosevelt appointed many blacks to federal positions

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6
Q

The Washington Conference in 1921 led to treaties dealing with

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arms limitations

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7
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In japan, right-wing extremists took power in the 1930s with calls for

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territorial expansion

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8
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Direct american involvement in Nicaragua in the early 1900s took the form of

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controlling all commercial exports

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9
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The american policy of staying out of foreign conflicts was known as

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isolationism

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10
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What country did the Nazi Party rise to power during a period of high unemployment.

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German Empire

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11
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In the early months after bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Allied powers decided to

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concentrate on fighting Germany

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12
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Which two battles were turning points in the Allies’ favor

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Stalingrad and Midway

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13
Q

What was the effect of WW2 on the American economy

A

blacks and women were guaranteed equal pay

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14
Q

The two Japanese cities that suffered atomic bomb blasts were

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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15
Q

Which of the following was not part of Truman’s Fair Deal

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public housing

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16
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The US gave economic aid to war-torn countries in Europe under the

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Truman Doctrine

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17
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During the late 1940s Americans became increasingly concerned about

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civil rights

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18
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In 1952, critics of President Truman called him

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weak and uncertain

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19
Q

Eisenhower’s economic policies were of the most benefit to

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workers

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20
Q

Cold War tensions eased in 1964 when the

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Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty was signed

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21
Q

What country did the Soviets send nuclear missiles to in 1962

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Cuba

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22
Q

What country did the US put down a political uprising in 1965

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Dominican Republic

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23
Q

Unlike President Kennedy, President Johnson was

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successful with Congress

24
Q

Which of the following people, in campaigning for president, said he would send American troops to Vietnam

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Lyndon Johnson

25
Q

What made segregation legal and established the “separate but equal” doctrine

A

Plessy v. Ferguson

26
Q

Who led legal attacks against segregation with his students

A

Charles Houston

27
Q

What precedent did Brown v. Board of Education establish

A

Public schools could no longer be segregated

28
Q

What state was where Roy Bryant was found innocent of killing Emmett Till

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Mississippi

29
Q

What state was where Orval Faubus challenged a city law requiring schools to integrate

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Arkansas

30
Q

What country sent missionaries to Vietnam to convert the Vietnamese to Catholicism

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France

31
Q

What was President Truman’s policy toward Vietnam

A

He backed french control in order to block spread of communism

32
Q

What country was ruled by the anti-communist Ngo Dinh Diem

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South Vietnam

33
Q

What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution enable President Johnson to do

A

step up American involvement in Vietnam

34
Q

To oppose American forces, Communists relied on hand-to-hand combat and

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ambush tactics

35
Q

What did most Okies find in California during the Depression

A

poverty

36
Q

What was not an outcome of the Berlin Crisis

A

The US removing its military from berlin

37
Q

True or False
Governor Faubus was the governor of Flordia who wanted to deny the rights of blacks to attend the white school

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False

38
Q

True or False
Emmet Till was a black teenager from Chicago who was beaten to death while visiting relatives in Mississippi

A

True

39
Q

True or False
In the Emmett Till case in 1955, the white men accused of killing Emmett Till were found not guilty

A

True

40
Q

True or False
Malcom X was a Civil Rights leader who disagreed with the methods of Martin Luther King Jr. and was assassinated

A

True

41
Q

True or False
During the first television debates of presidential candidates helped Richard Nixion win the 1960 election

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false

42
Q

June 28, 1914

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The assassination of Archuduke Franz Feridinand

43
Q

Nov 11, 1918

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Armistice of WW1 signed (WWI ends)

44
Q

Sept 1, 1939

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WW2 began with the invasion of Poland

45
Q

Sept 2, 1945

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Japan formally surrenders ww2 after atomic bombs

46
Q

May 8, 1945

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End of WW2 in Europe
(Unconditional surrender of all German forces)

47
Q

Dec 7, 1941

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bombing of Pearl Harbor

48
Q

Aug 6 and Aug 9 1945

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Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945)

49
Q

June 6, 1944

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D-Day Invasion

50
Q

1969

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Year of moon landings

51
Q

1963

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Kennedy’s assassination

52
Q

1968

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Tet Offensive, Johnson removed himself, Robert Kennedy’s assassination, MLK assassination, My Lai Massacre

53
Q

Long term causes of WW1

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hostile alliances, nationalism, imperialism, militarism

54
Q

Reasons why US entered WW1

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Zimmerman Telegram, unrestricted German submarine warfare, the sinking of Lusitania

55
Q

Appeasement

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policy of allowing Hitler to expand german territory in order for hope of avoiding war

56
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A