History Final Exam

Front 1

What problem was targeted by the Office of Price Administration?

Back 1

Inflation

Front 2

Who organized a march on Washington on July 1, 1941 to protest discrimination?

Back 2

A. Phillip Randolph

Front 3

Who was the general that led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation?

Back 3

George Patton

Front 4

The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the ______

Back 4

Last German offensive

Front 5

The Allied invasion of _____ was given the code name D-Day

Back 5

Nazi-occupied Europe

Front 6

V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when _____

Back 6

Germany surrendered

Front 7

When forced to abandon the Philippines, who made the vow "I shall return"

Back 7

Douglas MacArthur

Front 8

Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to ____

Back 8

End the war and save American lives

Front 9

Nisei who lived on the West Coast were subjected to ___ during the war.

Back 9

Internment

Front 10

With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of ____ for African Americans

Back 10

Advance

Front 11

To combat the wartime inflation, the US government did all of the following:

Back 11

Raise and extend the income tax
Impose wage and price controls
Encourage the purchase of war bonds

Front 12

During the war, women in the WAACs served as ___

Back 12

Nurses and radio operators

Front 13

Germany's goals in the Battle of the Atlantic was to ______

Back 13

Keep food and war supplies from reaching Great Britain

Front 14

The Supreme Commander of US forces in Europe was

Back 14

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Front 15

In the Battle of Stalingrad, all of the following contributed to Soviet Victory:

Back 15

Brutal winter
A massive Soviet counterattack
Hitler's refusal to order a German retreat

Front 16

The general who led Allied troops in battle on the islands of Baatan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima was ____

Back 16

Douglas MacArthur

Front 17

The main goal of the ____ was to stop the spread of communism.

Back 17

Truman Doctrine

Front 18

The Soviet Union set up the ________ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.

Back 18

Berlin blockade

Front 19

_______ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.

Back 19

HUAC

Front 20

The _______ were defeated in the civil war in China despite $2 billion in aid sent to them from the US.

Back 20

Nationalists

Front 21

Who was the leader of the Communists in China?

Back 21

Mao Zedong

Front 22

General Douglas MacArthur commanded US forces in _______

Back 22

Korea

Front 23

The ________ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.

Back 23

South Koreans

Front 24

The United States responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the ______

Back 24

Eisenhower Doctrine

Front 25

To label someone's activities as ________ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations.

Back 25

McCarthyism

Front 26

When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the US responded by intensifying efforts to develop _______

Back 26

A hydrogen bomb

Front 27

In a capitalist system, private citizens control the ________

Back 27

Economic activity

Front 28

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to ______

Back 28

Restrict the spread of communism

Front 29

The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to ________

Back 29

Efforts by western nations to reunify Germany.

Front 30

Between 1944 and 1947, Chinese nationalist ruled the _____ and ______ and regions of China.

Back 30

Southern
Eastern

Front 31

The Soviet Union did not vote to defend South Korea at the UN Security Council because the Soviets were ______

Back 31

Boycotting the UN over the presence of Taiwan.

Front 32

When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War, North and South Korea we're still divided along the _______

Back 32

38th parallel

Front 33

After the U-2 incident, all of the following occurred:

Back 33

Khrushchev called off summit conference on the arms race
Khrushchev withdrew his invitation for Eisenhower to visit the Soviet Union
Francis Gary Powers was released from prison after 18 months

Front 34

Accusations that communism was widely present in the US government and military were made by________

Back 34

Joseph McCarthy

Front 35

During the Great Depression, the overall unemployment rate was about______

Back 35

25%

Front 36

What increased in the 1920s?

Back 36

Farmers' debts

Front 37

Herbert Hoover's approach to the Depression's economy was based on a belief in _______

Back 37

Voluntary cooperation

Front 38

All of the following were causes of the Great Depression:

Back 38

Tariffs on foreign goods
The availability of easy credit
Crisis and from sector

Front 39

An example of the psychological stress caused by the Great Depression was the rise in the number of_____

Back 39

People who committed suicide.

Front 40

The Dust Bowl was caused by the following:

Back 40

Drought
High Winds
Overproduction of crops

Front 41

The aim of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act was to _______

Back 41

Prevent farmers and homeowners from losing their property.

Front 42

After the stock market crash President Hoover tried to help the economy by ________

Back 42

Asking businesses not to lay-off employees.

Front 43

In calling shantytowns, ________, people conveyed their disgust with Hoover.

Back 43

"Hoovervilles"

Front 44

World War I veterans and their families made up the ________ that marched on Washington

Back 44

Bonus Army

Front 45

Buying stocks on the chance of a quick profit without considering risks is known as ________

Back 45

Speculation

Front 46

The candidates who ran for president in 1932 were __________

Back 46

Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt

Front 47

________ is the government giving payments or food to the poor.

Back 47

Direct relief

Front 48

Borrowing money to help pay for the stock is called______

Back 48

Buying a stock on margin.

Front 49

Men and boys who rode the rails were called _______

Back 49

Hoboes

Front 50

All of the following were effects of the Great Depression:

Back 50

Many children had poor diets
Many families became homeless
Many men became unemployed

Front 51

A major turning point in the civil rights movement was the assassination of:

Back 51

Martin Luther King Jr.

Front 52

Martin Luther King Jr. was founder and the first president of:

Back 52

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Front 53

Appealing to many African-Americans' anger and frustration over a lack of social and economic power, ________ preached a militant approach to civil rights.

Back 53

Malcolm X

Front 54

One accomplishment of the _______ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.

Back 54

Freedom Riders

Front 55

_____segregation is segregation that results from laws.

Back 55

De jure

Front 56

In the summer of 1964, thousands of white college students took part in a campaign to register African-American voters in ______

Back 56

Mississippi

Front 57

The first organized movement by African-Americans to fight segregation was the Montgomery, Alabama ______

Back 57

Bus boycott

Front 58

The decision in ______ affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of Jim Crow laws.

Back 58

Plessy V. Ferguson

Front 59

Events such as ________ helped set the stage for the civil rights movement.

Back 59

Better access to good jobs during World War II.

Front 60

_______ was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown V. Board of Education.

Back 60

"Separate but equal"

Front 61

A concentration of urban African-Americans in slum areas is an example of ________ segregation

Back 61

De facto

Front 62

According to the Kerner commission, the main cause of urban violence was ________

Back 62

White racism

Front 63

The Black Panthers advocated all of the following:

Back 63

Black power
Community development
Black nationalism