Final Quiz Practice-HIST 1302
Of the over 110000 Japanese-descended Americans who were detained in internment camps approximately how many were American citizens?
70000
How did federal housing programs discriminate against Americans of color?
All of the above
Why was Emmett Till murdered?
Allegedly whistling at a white woman
Why was Douglas MacArthur removed from command?
He was publicly insubordinate to the Commander in Chief
According to the essay, "US Isolationism and WWII," what was one major consequence of American isolationism?
It forced the British to adopt a policy of appeasement toward German aggression
What initially sparked the 1973 energy crisis?
OPEC's embargo of oil exports to the United States in retaliation for American intervention in the Middle East
Before turning to military expansionism Japanese leaders were also considering which of the following strategies?
Pan-Asian anti-colonialism
Which of the following actions was part of President Roosevelt's three-pronged strategy during his first hundred days in office?
Paying farmers "subsidies" to raise commodity prices
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 focused on what primary issue
Desegregating schools
Why does MLK say he has come to Birmingham?
because injustice is there
Why did Nixon authorize air strikes on neutral Cambodia?
the North Vietnamese were using the country to stage attacks into South Vietnam
What was the "Nixon Doctrine?"
A military policy of détente
Who first advocated the policy of containment?
George Kennan
What happened at My Lai?
U.S. troops massacred hundreds of civilians
President Johnson proposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 partially in response to what event in Selma, Alabama?
"Bloody Sunday" the beating of peaceful marchers by police officers
According to the essay, "US Isolationism and WWII," the fundamental postulate of isolationism was
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All of the following events related to the Korean War are true EXCEPT
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Hitler and Mussolini helped to topple which government in Spain?
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In the essay, "US Isolationism and WWII, Grant Weller's argument is that Ameican isolationism after WWI
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Information about the My Lai massacre came from this whistle blower:
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The United States responded to Japanese aggression in the Pacific with the 1940 American Neutrality Act. What did this Act attempt to do?
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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 accomplish?
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Which of the following contributed to the isolationist mood of the U.S. during WWI and WWII?
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Who first challenged segregation on buses?
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What was the Bonus Army?
A group of World War I veterans who petitioned the government to make an early payment on bonuses scheduled to be released in 1945
What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education?
All of the above
Which of the following advantages did the Soviet Union achieve during the Cold War?
All of the above
Which of the following most accurately describes religious commitment during the early Cold War years?
All of the above
What was FDR's "court-packing scheme"
An attempt to appoint up to six new justices who would be friendly to his interests
How does MLK define an unjust law?
An unjust law is a law that does not apply or affect everyone equally
How did President Eisenhower attempt to prevent a Soviet Attack on the United States
By promising "massive retaliation" and appealing to the logic of "mutually-assured destruction"
Upon assuming office how did Roosevelt respond to the collapsing bank system?
Declared a bank holiday and then pushed through the Emergency Banking Act
The environmental catastrophe of the Great Depression was partly the result of agricultural mismanagement. Which of the following was the most consequential example of this mismanagement?
Farmers plowed up natural ground cover to grow more crops cover that had taken ages to form in the relatively dry sates of the Plains
Why was MLK arrested in Birmingham?
For participating in a non-violent demonstration against segregation
What was the consequence of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930?
International trade collapsed
Britain and France declared war on Germany after which invasion?
Invasion of Poland
Joseph McCarthy first achieved national prominence in February 1950 by waving a piece of paper that he claimed included 205 communists currently working in what capacity?
Members of the Department of State
What did the Works Progress Administration do?
Put unemployed men and women to work on projects designed and proposed by local governments
What was the intention of the War Powers Resolution?
Reduce the president's ability to wage war without congressional consent
All of the following are true about the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the ensuing resolution EXCEPT
Served as justification for the assassination of Ngo Diem
Which group of Americans benefited the least from the economic changes of the 1920s?
Southern farmers
Which Allied nation was the first to reach Berlin?
Soviet Union
Which of the following best characterized German military tactics
Speed and maneuverability
Who organized the first sit-ins?
Students
Which of the following nations were not a part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
Sweden
What was the most dramatic result of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act?
The creation of a national minimum wage
After the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States suffered a setback in the Pacific. What was that setback?
The surrender of American forces in the Philippines
The scandal that eventually led to President Nixon's resignation was called:
Watergate
What do the white leaders of Bimingham call MLK, according to his letter?
an outside agitator
For Hebert Hoover, rugged individualism meant that people should be:
self-reliant