United States And The World

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All of the following were factors in the failure of the United States to join the league of Nations after the First World War EXCEPT

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1. fear of further involvement in foreign wars
2. personal and political rivalries between President Wilson and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
3. President Wilson's illness
4. a group of United States senators who opposed American participation on any terms
5. the influence of the Soviet Union within the League of Nations

Front 2

Jazz emerged during the early 1900s in the city of

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1. New York
2. Chicago
3. New Orleans
4. Los Angeles

Front 3

Which amendment dealt with the prohibition of alcohol?

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1. Eighteenth
2. Nineteenth
3. Twentieth
4. Sixteenth

Front 4

The writers whose work reflected their disillusionment with society became known as

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1. Untouchables
2. revivalists
3. the Lost Generation
4. the Abandoned

Front 5

Margaret Mitchell wrote this novel about the Old South.

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1. Gone With the Wind
2. The Grapes of Wrath
3. Native Son
4. Their Eyes Were Watching Good

Front 6

During the Great Depression, who advised the Department of the Interior on racial matters?

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1. Robert C. Weaver
2. Huey Long
3. Francis E. Townsend
4. Charles E. Coughlin

Front 7

Which region in the nation became the Dust Bowl in the mid-1930s?

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1. Rocket Mountains
2. West Coast
3. Great Plains
4. East Coast

Front 8

Which critic of the New Deal proposed the Share Our Wealth program?

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1. Dr. Francis E. Townsend
2. Huey "the Kingfish" Long
3. Charles E. Townsend
4. Al Smith
5. Gore Vidal

Front 9

Who was the depression-era photographer known for the photograph Migrant Mother?

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1. Dorethea Lange
2. Roy E. Stryker
3. Gordon Parks
4. Margaret Bourke-White
5. Diane Arbus

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To provide jobs and rejuvenate the America's urban and rural areas, these workers planted trees and created park trails as part of this program.

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1. Industry Recovery Program
2. Works Pogress Administartion
3. Tenessee Valley Authority
4. Civilian Conservation Corps

Front 11

In the 1920s and 1930s the United States followed a policy of

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1. imperialism.
2. militarism.
3. isolationism.
4. alliance building.

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The important Allied victory that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia was the

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1. Battle of the Coral Sea
2. Battle of the Atlantic
3. Battle of Leyte Gulf
4. Battle of Okinawa

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Who was given cammand of all the U.S. Army units in the Pacific?

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1. George S. Patton
2. Bernard Montgomery
3. Douglas McArthur
4. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Front 14

On D-Day, the Allies landed at

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1. Calais
2. Belle Isle
3. Normandy
4. Anzio

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In 1935 _______________ overthrew the Nicaraguan government, sparking a civil war.

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1. Anastasio Somosa
2. Che Guevara
3. Emiliano Chamorro
4. Charles Hughes

Front 16

The attack on which country prompted Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

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1. Albania
2. Czechoslovakia
3. Poland
4. Finland

Front 17

During World War II, thanks partly to the refinement of sonar, the Allies were able to win the Battle of:

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1. The Atlantic.
2. The Coral Sea.
3. Iwo Jima.
4. The Bulge

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Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 because Japanese Americans

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1. had publicaly supported the Japanese regime
2. had offered asylum to Japanese sailors fleeing Hawaii
3. were not protected under the U.S. constitution
4. blamed the President for the attack on Pearl Harbor
5. were believed to be loyal to Japan instead of the United States

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A major difference between the foreign policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman was that Truman:

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1. placed a greater emphasis on cllective security.
2. was more concerned with advancing U.S. economic interests.
3. adopted a more agressive stance toward the Soviet Union.
4. was more concerned about promoting decolonization in Asia and Africa.

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The prosperity of the 1950s in America brought changes in workforce, income, and mobility, plus a rapidly expanding population that resulted in

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1. great starins on America's highway system.
2. the development of the suburbs.
3. conflict between lower- and middle-class citizens.
4. reforms of consumer law.

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The NAACP and the Montgomery Improvement Association challenged racial segregation of public transportation by:

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1. organizing a boycott of the bus system by Africans Americans.
2. organizing protest demonstrations and marches in the city.
3. winning a major court battle on behalf on Rosa Parks.
4. taking their case to the Supreme Court.

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A pivotal reason why Kennedy defeated Nixon in 1960 was:

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1. Kennedy was younger.
2. Kennedy fared better than Nixon in televised debates.
3. voters likes Kennedy's policies and ideas better.
4. Nixon lacked the experience to inspire confidence.

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Which Johnson program was aimed at urban renewal?

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1. National Endowment of the Humanities
2. Omnibus Housing Act
3. Water Pollution Act
4. Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Front 24

The primary use of defoliants in Vietnam was to:

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1. destroy military bases of the Vietcong.
2. destroy civilian homes and kill the Vietnamese people.
3. expose jungle supply lines, enemy hiding places, and food supplies.
4. poison the Vietcong people.

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Four people were killed and eleven wounded at Kent State University in Ohio when

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1. protests grew violent, leading to clashes with federal troops
2. Nixon ordered all local police departments to crush student anti-war protests
3. male students fought with campus feminists
4. National Guardsmen fired into a crowd of students at an anti-war protest
5. students protested the admittance of a black student into the university

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The Immigration Act of 1990:

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1. decreased the number of immigrants allowed into the United States.
2. reduced the number of skilled workers allowed into the United States.
3. banned foreign businesses from operating in depressed areas of the country.
4. increased the number of immigrants allowed into the United States.

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Operation Desert Storm in 1991 began after:

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1. Libyan Militants attacked a discotheque in Lebanon killing 283 U.S Marines.
2. the United Nation Security Council authorized the use of force against the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
3. American Hostages we taken by Iranian revolutionaries at the U.S. Embassy.
4. terrorist bombed the USS Cole in Yemen.
5. Congress declared war against Saddam Hussein

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How did the nuclear arms race affect the Cold War and relations between the United States and the Soviet Union? (Points: 10)

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Front 29

Compare the impact of the railroad to the impact of the automobile on America with regard to the social, economic, and political in the 1870s and 1920s.

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Front 30

What impact did the Persian Gulf War have on United States foreign policy in the Middle East? (Points: 20)

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