VVA VA&US History full course
When FDR declared a "federal bank holiday" and shut all the banks just after his inauguration, what was he trying to avoid?
"bank runs" and bank failures
The Constitutional Convention addressed the North-South controversy over slavery through the
"three-fifths" compromise.
The increase in population...
...caused a dramatic increase in the American economy as well as an increase in the standard of living.
The rise of the counterculture...
...increased the number of young people rejecting their parents' politics and values.
The belief that the economy was improving...
...led to an increase in purchases of what were considered luxury goods such as refrigerators and televisions.
An increase in the costs of production and high operating costs...
...led to the consolidation of automobile into three giants that dominated the industry.
The G.I. Bill...
...led to veterans returning from war the ability to attend college or technical school.
Low interest rates and low down payments on housing...
...resulted in more people buying houses.
The Civil Rights movement...
...resulted in women also fighting for equal rights.
The increase in men commuting to the city for work from their homes...
...was due to the increase in families moving to the suburbs.
1.01 _1_ was saved by Pocahontas and was the leader of the Jamestown colony. His leadership is said to have saved the colony from total failure. _2 _ developed tobacco as a profitable crop in the colony and married Pocahontas.
1) John Smith and 2) John Rolfe
M1T _1_ was saved by Pocahontas and was the leader of the Jamestown colony. His leadership is said to have saved the colony from total failure. _2 _ developed tobacco as a profitable crop in the colony and married Pocahontas.
1) John Smith and 2) John Rolfe
The ___ focuses on protecting people from discrimination based on disability.
1973 Rehabilitation Act
Which amendment to the Constitution was directly influenced by the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
1st
Although school desegregation had been outlawed by the end of the 1950s, approximately how many black children in the south attended integrated schools?
2%
What was NOT an advantage that the Continentals had during the war?
A lot of money for supplies
Which one of the following is a situation that demonstrates the spoils system?
A newspaper editor who published pro-Jackson articles is given the position of postmaster general
Checks and balances
A system of overlapping the powers of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others.
Writ of Mandamus
A writ of mandamus is a court order directing an individual or agency to do or not do something, particularly, a judicial order directing a government official to carry out official duties of office or not do something in his/her official capacity.
An advocate for the rights of women, including the property rights of married women and greater educational opportunities.
Abigail Adams
Asked a representative at the Constitutional Convention to "Remember the ladies."
Abigail Adams
The ___ movement publicized the atrocities committed under slavery and aimed to create a society characterized by equality of blacks and whites. In a world of intense religious fervor, they hoped to bring about a mass awakening in the United States of the sin of slavery.
Abolitionist
WHich is an example of a Jim Crow law?
African AMericans could be told that they were not allowed to ride in the same train car as white people
Who migrated to cities in search of jobs at war plants?
African Americans
Which of the following groups were apparently left out of the post-war economic expansion? (choose all of the correct options)
African Americans and Older People
Which of the following is NOT a way in which Virginia's economy changed during the Cold War?
African Americans saw an increase in the employment rate.
The program that gave assistance to farmers to help them avoid foreclosure was part of the New Deal program called
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) or Agricultural Assistance Act (AAA)
3.03 Who was the main proponent of Federalism?
Alexander Hamilton
First US Secretary of Treasury, wrote Federalist Papers, Federalist Party formed on his ideas, created the Bank of the US.
Alexander Hamilton
Initially followed a policy of non-interventionism during WWI, but called for war based on the "Zimmermann Telegram" and was the creator of the League of Nations
Alice Paul
Which of the following best describes horizontal integration of a business?
All the bread companies belong to one owner.
Which accurately describes the Missouri Compromise?
Allowed Missouri to be a slave state and Maine to be a free state.
The most effective and enduring labor union of the post Civil War period was the
American Federation of Labor
Which one of the following is not considered a cause of American imperialism at the end of the 1800s?
American settlers who were not satisfied with the land of the U.S. ending at the Pacific.
Wrote Gospel of Wealth and known as great philanthropist, used vertical integration to have monopoly of steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
Which of the following groups has sent the most immigrants to the United States since the 1990 Immigration Act?
Asia and Latin America
WHat comes next in the timeline? 1. Battle at Okinawa 2. Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima 3. ____________
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Which of the following is NOT something the government did during World War I?
Authorize civilians to imprison people who were speaking out against the war.
Henry Ford
Automobile
The Zimmermann telegram
B. Advocated an alliance between Germany and Mexico
Which of the following events was MOST likely have been a cause of the site depicted in the picture?
Bay of Pigs
A leader in politics (though never president), gave practical advice as a printer and author of "Poor Richards Almanack" and established the University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin
Published the Poor Richard's Almanac, a deist.
Benjamin Franklin
Born into slavery, this person founded the Tuskegee Institute as a way to teach African Americans "practical skills." Believed that through hard work, black people would convince southern whites to grant them civil rights.
Booker T. Washington
Which civil rights leader believed that African Americans could earn equality by learning vocational skills and working to get along with others?
Booker T. Washington
Which of the following Presidents saw an increase in popularity based on his actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Both the US and the USSR removed missiles that were close to the other.
M1T Roanoke Island (Lost Colony) and Jamestown Settlement were similar in that _____.
Both were settled for economic reasons.
Using the drop-down menus, place the events in the correct order.
Breakup of the Soviet State : First Persian Gulf War : Third Reunification of Germany : Second North American Free Trade Agreement : Fourth
Which foreign country did the Confederacy hope would support them and help them win the war?
Britain
During the Gilded Age, most of the railroad barons
Built their railroads with government assistance
This was the main strategy of the British during the Revolutionary War:
Capture the cities and force surrender.
President Barack Obama
Capturing and killing Osama bin Ladene2
The movement to protect the rights of migrant workers was led by
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
When America fought in the Korean War, they were fighting against __ and __.
China and Korea
M1T ___ was part of a sermon that talked about the Puritans being a model to others.
City Upon a Hill
The ___ banned discrimination in schools, employment, hospitals, privately owned public places and on the basis of sex.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which of the following was a strategy utilized by unions to reach their goals during the late nineteenth century?
Closed shop
M1T Which of the following is true of the colonial regions shown here?
Colonies that did not rely as much on agricultural production were more densely settled.
__ was Thomas Paine's pamphlet that argued that ENgland was unfit to rule the American continentq
Common Sense
Which of the following groups would NOT have supported the Emancipation Proclamation?
Confederate leaders
President Truman's action upon hearing of the invasion of South Korea illustrated his commitment to a foreign policy of
Containment
Consolidated several smaller railroad lines to create the NY Central Railroad Company, one of the largest corporations in the US at the time.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Corrected issues of investment
Invention that delayed industrialization of the Southern United States
Cotton Gin
Which of the following is NOT a technology that changed the way the Civil War was both fought and viewed by civilians?
Cotton Gin
(Photo of missles set up in Cuba) The picture was taken in which of the following countries?
Cuba
The Spanish-American War was fought in
Cuba
Prior to U.S. intervention
Cuba was revolting against Spanish rule in an attempt to achieve independence
Check all of the following that is considered a success in Jefferson's life and presidency:
Declaration of Independence Commissioned the Lewis & Clark expedition Louisiana Purchase
By joining NATO the United States promised to do what for other NATO members?
Defend them if they were attacked.
The belief that God created the world but did not have continuing involvement in it, and that personal morality is more important than religious doctrines.
Deism
M3T Which early U.S. political party believed in these positions? Opposed the Bank of the United States Opposed treaties with Great Britain Favored an economy based on agriculture
Democratic-Republicans
NOT A QUESTION! All of the following describe anti-federalists...
Didn't see the need for a strong government Smaller governments are more responsive to the people Small farmers Afraid of a government of the wealthy Didn't plan to trade their goods internationally
Political and economic theory during the start of the Great Depression said that the government should
Do nothing
Photographer who recorded images of people during the Great Depression, most famously in the west.
Dorothea Lange
General in the Pacific during World War II, architect of the island hopping campaign
Douglass MacArthur
A slave who sued for his freedom because his owner took him to live a free state
Dred Scott
The slave that unsuccessfully tried to sue for his freedom, and whose case was heard by the Supreme Court:
Dred Scott
General during the D-Day invasion, later went on to become President following WWII
Dwight D. Eisenhower
At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union controlled which of the following?
Eastern Europe
The Cavaliers were ENglish nobility that settled in
Eastern Virginia
What was the reason for starting an English settlement at Jamestown
Economic
What was Republican Motherhood?
Educating children in principles of liberty
The inventor of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Along with other people, held the Seneca Falls Convention in New York for a conference on women's rights.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Where were most immigrants to the U.S. processed between 1892 and 1954?
Ellis Island
This document freed slaves in states and territories that were in rebellion, but not in those states that remained part of the Union.
Emancipation Proclamation
Jefferson's policy of punishing Britain for impressing American sailors as well as blocking trade with France was called
Embargo
Promotes the idea that knowledge comes from experience and observation of the world.
Empiricism
Put the following groups in order based on when they immigrated to the United States.
English & Spanish German Irish, Scandinavian, French Italian & people from the Austro Hungarian Empire (WRONG ANSWER)
Silent Spring called for reforms in what area of American society?
Environmental Policy
Connected the East with the Midwest helping to industrialize both regions
Erie Canal
The belief in the possibility of improving the human population by sterilizing individuals who have "undesirable" traits is called:
Eugenics
What was the economy of the south mostly dependent on?
Exporting cotton
Upton Sinclair
Exposed the unsanitary practices in meat-processing. This person's book inspire the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
This author was part of the "Lost Generation," a group of authors who were cynical about the world.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1.01 Indentured servants would often purchase their freedom after only working two or three years in the colony of Virginia.
False
1.01 Most of the original Jamestown settlers (more than 80%) survived and became wealthy land owners.
False
1.03 People who disagreed with the Puritans were extended religious tolerance and accepted for their views.
False
1.03 The Mayflower Compact was both a religious and economically focused document, signed by 40 men on the Mayflower.
False
1.03 The Puritans had a difficult relationship with the Native Americans and often fought them.
False
1.03 There were many indentured servants that helped settle the New England colonies.
False
African American soldiers did not want to serve and more than 85% were forced to fight in the Union army.
False
East Germany adopted democratic institutions.
False
Japanese Americans had a choice to enter the internment camp or return to Japan.
False
M1T Most of the original Jamestown settlers (more than 80%) survived and became wealthy land owners.
False
The United Nations was founded because the League of Nations was so successful.
False
3.03 What is the idea that authority rests both with the national and the state government?
Federalism
M3T Practice: What is the idea that authority rests both with the national and the state government?
Federalism
Which of the following was not a strength of the North/Union?
Fighting on familiar territory
What was the name of the plan Germany created to exterminate all Jews during World War II?
Final Solution
The __ were a form of mass media that enabled President Roosevelt to communicate with the American people through radio.
Fireside Chats
The "cosmopolitan" woman of the 1920s; bobbed hair, shorter skirt-more of an urban than rural phenomenon
Flapper
Which of the following is NOT a reason that Hoover raised taxes at the start of the depression?
Force weak businesses to fail
Which of the following is NOT a change during reconstruction for former slaves?
Former slaves, both men and women, were allowed to vote
Theodore Roosevelt
Fought against trusts and fought for environmental conservation
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Fought for Women's suffrage through the Seneca Falla Convention and demonstrations. Led in the fight for the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Ida-Wells Barnett and W.E.B. DuBois
Fought for equal rights and voting rights for all people
A former slave, he was known for his eloquent writings and his ability to convince President Lincoln to allow formerly enslaved people to enlist in the Union army.
Frederick Douglass
Started life as a slave who learned to read and write, escaped slavery and became an abolitionist
Frederick Douglass
M1T What factor was significant to the cavaliers in the early colonization of eastern Virginia?
Free land
This Union General led the Union army through the south burning towns and homes from Atlanta to Savannah and then turned north.
General William T. Sherman
The Bataan Death March surprised Americans because the inhumane treatment of prisoners went against the rules found in the _____.
Geneva Convention
The author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
George Mason
Began his military career during the French and Indian War.
George Washington
Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, presided over the Constitutional Convention, was a Virginia Landowner
George Washington
1.02 The __ colony was founded as a place to start over for prisoners who owed a debt to others.
Georgia
M1T The __ colony was founded as a place to start over for prisoners who owed a debt to others.
Georgia
America and its allies focused their efforts on defeating which country first?
Germany
Totalitarian governments began as elected governments in ____ but changed the laws to take complete control of power.
Germany and Italy
Which one of the following is a case that affirms the Rule of Law according to the Supreme Court?
Gideon v. Wainright
What does the 14th Amendment guarantee?
Guarantees citizenship, equal protection of the law, extends the rights in the Bill of Rights to all people
The 1920s African American literary and cultural movement
Harlem Renaissance
1920s African-American literary and cultural movement
Harlem renaissance
Abolitionist who authored Uncle Toms Cabin and supported the Underground Railroad
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin by this author had a significant impact upon the national discussion surrounding slavery:
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Abolitionist who rescued slaves using the Underground Railroad and struggled for women's suffrage
Harriet Tubman
This person was one of the thousands of slaves who made their escape through the Underground Railroad, distinguished herself for her efforts in helping other enslaved men and women escape.
Harriet Tubman
Vice President for FDR and became president upon Roosevelt's death in 1945, responsible for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan
Harry S Truman
The policy of containing communism was first announced by which President?
Harry S. Truman
Each of the following was true of Martin Luther King EXCEPT:
He believed that change should happen "by any means necessary" including violence.
Why did President George W. Bush determine that ground forces were needed in Iraq?
He believed there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
1.02 Seamus is a teen in Ireland who is seeking passage to the colonies to make his fortune. Lord Tenny is traveling to the North Carolina colony with a plan to grow rice. Lord Tenny offers to pay for Seamus' traveling expenses as well as give him a place to live and eat for 7 years and in return, Seamus will work for him. After that, Seamus will be allowed to do whatever he wants. What does this scenario describe?
Headright System
M1T John is a farmer in Northern England who is seeking passage to the colonies because he thinks he can get more farmland, get married and have a family. The Virginia Company is a joint stock company with a ship. The Virginia Company offers to pay for John's traveling expenses as well as give him a place to live and eat for 7 years. After that, John will be allowed to do whatever he wants. What does this scenario describe?
Headright system
Used assembly lines and paid his workers more so that consumers to be able to afford his cars.
Henry Ford
The president at the start of the Great Depression, shanty towns of homeless were named after him.
Herbert Hoover
What part of the Great Depression had the biggest impact on the average American?
High unemployment rate
Why did Jackson's support of the Tariffs of 1828 and 32, as well as the Force Act, cause people to say that he was acting like a king?
His actions were in favor of a strong government, not of the "common man"
Photo of a poor mom, daughter, and son on the streets The people in the image shown here probably lived in a location which was also known as ___ during the 1930s.
Hooverville
M1T The ___ was the first elected assembly in the colonies.
House of Burgesses
Influential black activist, who was an early leader in the civil rights movement. As a reporter, documented lynching in the U.S.
Ida B. Wells
This person documented lynching in the South, risking his/her life to do so.
Ida B. Wells
Muckraker who was best known for study on the Standard Oil Company and contributing factor in the US government's actions against trusts
Ida Tarbell
The West was primarily settled by:
Immigrant groups, families, former slaves
Clinton's popularity during his presidency can be attributed mainly to:
Improving economic conditions for average Americans.
All of the following were some of Jefferson's goals as President EXCEPT
Increase the size of the National Bank
How did scientific advancements increase suburban and urban population?
Increased farm sizes, reduced overall numbers of farms.
Which of the following was not part of the American System?
Increased funding for a stronger military.
During the war crimes trials after World War II, the courts determined?
Individuals are still responsible for the actions they take during war regardless of the orders they receive
What drove the economic boom during the 1920s?
Industrial production
What made it easy for immigrants from certain countries to come to the U.S.?
Inexpensive fares on ships
President George W. Bush
Iraq War
Before the Spanish-American War, foreign policy of the U.S. was characterized by ___ and after the war it was now seen as being ___.
Isolationism, Imperialistic
The Tet Offensive had which of the following results on the Vietnam War?
It convinced many Americans to oppose the war.
What did the 13th Amendment say?
It ended slavery in the U.S.
McCulloch v. Maryland
It gave Congress powers that were not specifically outlined in the Constitution according to the Necessary and Proper clause
Marbury vs. Madison
It gave the Court the power of judicial review.
Which of the following was a reason why the Japanese could not break the code used by American Indians during World War II?
It was an oral language
3.03 Why was the peaceful transfer of power between political parties called "the Revolution of 1800"?
It was the first time power changed hands in the US government
Which two of the following arguments did Jackson use to defend his veto of the charter of the 2nd National Bank?
It was undemocratic It took advantage of the lower classes
A banker, invested in the steel industry and created U.S. Steel through consolidating smaller steel companies, one of the wealthiest men of his time
JP Morgan
Considered a "muckraker" this person took pictures of the poor in cities to show "how the other half lived."
Jacob Riis
Wrote parts of the Federalist Papers, author of the Virginia Plan as part of the Great Compromise, introduced amendments to the Constitution that became the Bill of Rights
James Madison
This president established the policy that the efforts of European nations to colonize or interfere with countries in the western hemisphere would be viewed as acts of aggression against the US
James Monroe
Founded Georgia both as a buffer colony between the other colonies and the Spanish settlements in Florida. It was also a "debtors colony" where men who owed money to others were able to start over and become "sturdy farmers."
James Oglethorpe
Period in the 1920s marked by relaxed social attitudes (The Great Gatsby exemplified this very well)
Jazz Age
President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
This person had previously been a U.S. Senator from Mississippi and had owned a cotton plantation and enslaved as many as 113 people. He was elected to the first and only Presidency of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
American industrialist who founded Standard Oil Company. Used horizontal integration to monopolize the petroleum industry.
John D. Rockefeller
President during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion. His main contribution to the Cold War was the increase in funding and attention to the space program.
John F. Kennedy
One of Boston's most successful merchants and prominent citizens who supported (but did not join) the Sons of Liberty
John Hancock
Which of the following Presidents saw an increase in popularity based on his actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John Kennedy
A writer and one of the fathers of the enlightenment who believed people had fundamental natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
Enlightenment philosopher who greatly influenced the formation of the American government. Said that people consent to enter into a social contract to form a government that will protect our rights.
John Locke
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Era of Good Feelings which oversaw the decision of Marbury v. Madison, enforcing the Court's power of judicial review
John Marshall
Who benefitted from the so-called "Corrupt Bargain?"
John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
Responsible for introducing a stronger tobacco plant which became the most profitable crop for the Jamestown colony.
John Rolfe
M1T These were private corporations funded by individuals purchasing shares in the exploration and settlement conducted by the company and receiving benefits in the form of profits from trade.
Joint Stock Company
Republican senator during Cold War, led "witch hunt" for Soviet spies within the US government
Joseph McCarthy
Who played on American fears of communism by accusing others of being communists and spies?
Joseph McCarthy
Which of the following most accurately describes impressment?
Kidnapping American sailors and forcing them to work for the British
The President who increased the involvement of the US in Vietnam. The Gulf of Tonkin incident meant that Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution that gave this president a "blank check" for expanded war powers.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which American President is considered most responsible for "escalating" the Vietnam War in the mid-1960s?
Lyndon Johnson
Which court case gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
What was the name of the plan that provided massive financial aid to help European countries rebuild after World War II?
Marshall Plan
The results of the Brown vs. the Board of Education case were challenged in Virginia using which of the following?
Massive Resistance
Which court case Congress powers that were not specifically outlined in the Constitution according to the Necessary and Proper clause?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Which country below is part of the North American Free Trade Agreement?
Mexico
1.04 These colonies did not allow women the right to vote, and some men were also not permitted to vote.
Middle Colonies, New England colonies, and Southern colonies
1.04 These colonies had richer soil and exported grain making them known as the Bread Basket colonies.
Middle colonies
1.04 These colonies included New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
Middle colonies
1.04 These colonies were the most ethnically diverse in North America.
Middle colonies
M1T This colonial region was the most ethnically diverse of the three regions.
Middle colonies
M1T This colonial region was the most religiously tolerant.
Middle colonies
When people moved from place to place, harvesting crops that were in season at each location, they were also known as
Migrant labor
Before the Civil War, slavery as prohibited in certain areas by the
Missouri Compromise
Increases in the standard of living for many Americans and the more affordable prices of luxury goods led to which result?
More Americans owning their first televisions.
What is the message that this poster is portraying? (Picture of propaganda of Rosie the Riveter on a poster saying "We Can Do It)
More women participating in the workforce
How did voting rights change between 1820 and 1850?
Most states removed the landowner requirement.
Route through the Appalachian Mountains that helped settlers reach the Midwest
National of Cumberland Road
A political sentiment that favors greater rights and privileges for white, native-born Americans is called
Nativism
The belief that white Americans were better than others.
Nativism
__ served in communications units due to their ability to use codes in their native language that the Japanese were unable to crack.
Navajo Marines
The Nuremburg Trials were trials for
Nazi officials accused of war crimes
Which of the following was NOT a result of the growth of railroads?
Near extinction of the wild horse
Town meetings developed as a form of government in which of the early colonial regions
New England
1.04 The economy of these colonies were mostly based on industry and trade.
New England colonies
1.04 These colonies had fewer problems with the Native Americans around them than others.
New England colonies
1.04 These colonies traded raw materials and goods with England.
New England colonies
M1T This colonial region had the best literacy rate due to their religious beliefs.
New England colonies
Equal representation among all states regardless of population
New Jersey Plan
9.04 This group of people was not permitted to fight in the Pacific but was known for its honor and courage in fighting in Europe.
Nisei
Which of the following allowed the United States to take advantage of divisions in the communist world during the Cold War?
Nixon's trip to China
Most African Americans who fought in World War II served in?
Non-combat units
A growing industrial economy was a strength of the
North
A weakness of the __ was due to nearly every battle being on unfamiliar territory.
North
An extensive railway system was a strength of the
North
The longer supply lines to the armies was a weakness of the
North
President William Clinton
North American Free Trade Agreement
(Photo of students taking cover underneath their desks in a classroom) In the picture students are practicing what they should do in case of a _____.
Nuclear attack
In the ________ Nazi leaders and others were convicted of war crimes.
Nuremberg Trials
Check 5 of the following that are part of George Washington's legacy:
Often did not participate in the debates at the Constitutional Convention Virginia landowner Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War Presided over the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia Believed that the Articles of Confederation were weak
Which resource was Germany hoping to gain control of when it invaded the Soviet Union?
Oil
Why did the 1786 meeting in Annapolis fail?
Only 6 states sent delegates
Trade with China was decided by the
Open Door Policy
A rise in this is blamed on prohibition
Organized Crime
Booming Business-> (blank) -> Value of Stocks Dropped Which phrase best completes the diagram?
Overspeculation of investments
A silversmith and member of the Sons of Liberty- circulated an engraving showing his point of view of the Boston Massacre, took part in the Boston Tea Party
Paul Revere
On December 7th, 1941, Japan attacked the United States Naval Base at __________ Harbor.
Pearl
The attack on __ was the push the U.S. needed to declare war.
Pearl Harbor by Japan
President George H. W. Bush
Persian Gulf War
John D. Rockefeller
Petroleum/Oil
Jacob Riis
Photographs showed the real side of people living in the cities and working in factories
1.01 This person is credited with helping to calm down the fighting between the English and the Powhatan.
Pocahontas
Helped negotiate peace between the Powhatan and the English settlers in Virginia.
Pocahontas
Which of the following political decisions by President Clinton MOST aroused the hostility and ire of many liberals in his own party?
President Clinton's support of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico
The president during the Great Depression and most of WWII. His domestic policy was known as the New Deal
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
This president believed in the "Speak softly and carry a big stick" foreign policy and worked domestically to break up big monopolies through anti-trust laws
President Teddy Roosevelt/ Theodore Roosevelt
Initially followed a policy of non-interventionism during WWI, but called for war based on the "Zimmermann Telegram" and was the creator of the League of Nations
President Woodrow Wilson
What role did this person play in the nation's history? Jefferson Davis ... (image)
President of the Confederate States of America
Wilson's main objective at Versailles was to
Prevent future wars through the establishment of an international organization
Who did Hoover think would help those people who were poor and unemployed?
Private charities
The belief that through their powers of reason and observation, humans could make unlimited, linear progress over time
Progressivism
The ban on sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.
Prohibition
The national ban on sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.
Prohibition
Social Security Administration
Protected aging American workers through federal assistance
American involvement in the Korean War resulted in which of the following?
Protection of South Korea against communist North Korea
Works Progress Administration
Provided compensation for immediate work
Agricultural Adjustment Association
Provided compensation for long-term control of farm land for seven specific crops
How were blacks treated in the North in the late 19th century?
Public opinion sanctioned unofficial but widespread discrimination.
M1T This religious group settled in the middle colonies, believed everyone had an "inner light" and that everyone was equal.
Quakers
The 15th Amendment prohibits states from denying men the right to vote based on ____.
Race
First mass broadcasting medium that became popular in the 1920s
Radio
Most efficient form of land travel that began to develop during the market revolution
Railroad
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Railroads
The idea that humans are capable of using their faculty of reason to gain knowledge.
Rationalism
The defensive project called "Star Wars" was initiated by which President?
Reagan
The ability to remove an elected official from office before his or her term has ended is called a(n)
Recall
The maps shown below reflect which event in U.S. history?
Reconstruction
The United States never ratified The Versailles Treaty because
Republican leaders opposed provisions related to the League of Nations
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Reversed that part of the Monroe Doctrine that stated the United States would not intervene in European affairs
The first President to visit China, also instituted a policy of Vietnamization, meaning that the U.S. would train the Vietnamese and leave them to fight.
Richard M. Nixon or Richard Nixon
The right to privacy of the information included on your smartphone was established by the case of _____ which says that the police are required to get a warrant if they want to search your phone.
Riley v. California
Military leader of the Army of Northern Virginia and military advisor to the Confederate President
Robert E. Lee
This person surrendered to the Union army on behalf of the Confederate army. He had led the Confederate army through a number of defensive campaigns and refused to serve the Union army.
Robert E. Lee
The right of a woman to personal privacy during the first part of her pregnancy is affirmed by which case?
Roe v. Wade
Which aspect of American life was most challenged by the passage of the 19th Amendment?
Role of women
Which of the following does not describe the containment policy?
Roll back communism
Invention that led to a massive construction of canals in America
STeam Engine
Why was school desegregation relatively ineffective in the short term?
Schools were closed instead of becoming integrated
Famed trial that squared off the teachings of the Bible versus that of Darwinism
Scopes Monkey Trial
The trial that squared off the teachings of the Bible versus the teachings of Darwinism
Scopes Trial
This emphasized an emotional religious style in which sinners grappled with their unworthy nature before concluding that they were born again, that is, turning away from their sinful past and devoting themselves to living a righteous, Christ-centered life.
Second Great Awakening
Participation in the abolitionist movement led some women to embrace feminism, the advocacy of women's rights. The ____ was a gathering of men and women who fought for women's suffrage.
Seneca Falls Convention
What is the name of the law passed after the attacks on 9/11 that allows the U.S. government to use various measurements to prevent terrorist attacks?
Separating the races is unequal to the parties involved.
M3T Practice: What is it called when the power of government is divided into executive, legislative, and judicial?
Separation of Powers
A recent court case that defends the First Amendment right of people to speak freely, no matter how offensive the speech is to the other party is
Snyder v. Phelps
The _____ ______ Act protected aging American workers through federal assistance.
Social Security
A long coastline with multiple shipping ports was a strength of the
South
An economy relying on exports was a weakness of the
South
Knowledge of the fighting terrain and support of the local civilians was a strength of the
South
From what areas were the majority of the new immigrants who poured into the United States between 1890 and 1920?
Southern and Eastern Europe
1.04 The Act of Toleration was passed in one of the colonies in this region, requiring religious tolerance for Christians and Catholics.
Southern colonies
1.04 These colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.
Southern colonies
1.04 These colonies produced tobacco, rice, and indigo for trade.
Southern colonies
M1T This map shows the population of enslaved people in each American colony in 1770. The colors represent the percentage of the total population enslaved. Which of the following statements is true, based on the map and your knowledge of slavery from this module?
Southern states relied on enslaved people as part of their agricultural economy.
Which of the following identifies an event that elevated the degree to which the American public feared nuclear attack and emphasized technological advancement in education?
Sputnik launching
Which battle was the turning point in Germany's fight against the Soviet Union?
Stalingrad
The colonists first banded together and decided to boycott British goods over the passage of this act:
Stamp
Andrew Carnegie
Steel
This person made it a primary goal to complete the Transcontinental Railroad because he believed it would bind the union together and also was involved in a series of debates with President Lincoln in his campaign for Senator from Illinois.
Stephen Douglas
A strong proponent of the Trans-Continental Railroad, who thought it would bind the Union together as well as support his home state, and engaged in a series of famous debates
Stephen Douglass
Reading the Constitution as literally as possible as a way of limiting the power of the federal government is also known as
Strict Construction
Reading the Constitution as literally as possible as a way of limiting the power of the federal government is also known as
Strict construction
M3T Practice: Federalists believed all of the following EXCEPT
Strong centralized government without local state governments
Germany hoped to force Great Britain out of the war through a bombing campaign and ______ warfare in the Atlantic Ocean.
Submarine
This group were fighting for women's right to vote
Suffragists
Which characteristic does not define the new supporters of the Democratic party?
Supported the American system and a strong government
After September 11, 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan in order to topple the government which was led by the _____.
Taliban
Invention that created the first form of instant communication over long distances
Telegraph
The ___ movement believed that drunkenness stood as the most troubling problem in the United States, one that eroded morality, Christianity, and played a starring role in corrupting American democracy.
Temperance
What was the result of the withdrawal of the land contract by the Mexican government?
Texas fought for their independence from Mexico
What was "American Equality" following the American Revolution?
That all men were equal and not born into their social status.
Why were Republicans in Congress unhappy with Presidential Reconstruction?
The "reconstructed South" looked like the pre-Civil War South
To determine representation, the total number of white people were counted plus partially counting the number of "other persons"
The 3/5 Compromise
M1T This was the first law supporting religious freedom in the colonies and inspired part of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The Act of Toleration
What was the most notable battle of the War of 1812?
The Battle of New Orleans
Which of the following statements best confirms the information shown on this map? (Map of Germany that was divided and labeled based on the country that controlled that area)
The Berlin Airlift was necessary to reach the people in the Allied occupied section of Berlin.
Why were Tecumseh and his brother The Prophet involved in a war between the Americans and the British?
The British promised to defend their rights
Ben Salmon, a critic of the war, refused to be drafted and spoke out against the idea of a "Just War." He was tried for desertion and spreading propaganda and sentenced to 25 years hard labor. Which laws were applied to find him guilty?
The Espionage and Sedition Acts
M2T What was the result of the French & Indian War?
The French lost much of their power in North America.
Which of the following is a characteristic of the French colonies in North America- and the reason that they were Britain's greatest colonial rival?
The French were moving into river valleys and increasing the fur trade.
The belief that God decided who would become rich or poor and that the wealthy had the moral obligation to recirculate the wealth they were given is part of...
The Gospel of Wealth
One house with representation based on population, one house with representation based on equal representation
The Great Compromise
Which event escalated the amount of involvement the U.S. had in the Vietnamese civil war?
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Middle and lower-class whites who believed immigrants and black people were stealing their jobs caused a rise in this
The KKK
Group of post-WWI writers that expressed dissatisfaction with mainstream American culture
The Lost Generation
The above photograph shows which of the following events? (MLK giving a speech)
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Which of the following groups took legal measures to end segregation and discrimination?
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund
When the U.S. joined World War I, the ___ gave them the power to draft young men into military service.
The Selective Service Act
Segregation in schools was required by law in which region of the U.S. prior to 1954?
The Southeast
Which event involving the Soviet Union happened during President Carter's time in office?
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Which of the following scenarios demonstrates the Monroe Doctrine?
The U.S. assists the South American country of Brazil from being colonized after becoming independent from Portugal.
How did the U.S. respond to the following news? (Picture of newspaper depicting the sinking of the Lusitania
The U.S. called for an end to Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare
Less than 2 weeks after 9/11, President George W. Bush gave a speech to Congress where the "Bush Doctrine" was named. Which of the following is the Bush Doctrine?
The U.S. would go to war against terrorism and any country allowing terrorists to remain there.
In response to the Lusitania sinking
The United States called for an end to Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare
Which two documents were drawn upon to help compose the Bill of Rights? (choose 2 below)
The Virginia Declaration of Rights The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were outlawed as barriers to black enfranchisement by which law?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The day known as Black Tuesday is because of which event?
The day that the New York Stock Exchange crashed, losing more than $14 billion dollars in one day.
What increased the male citizen population in California so that it could apply for statehood?
The discovery of gold
John Locke believed that ___ should hold the governmental power.
The elected city council
This image shows which event? (Photo of people on a border wall that has the grafiti word "freedom" written on it")
The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989
Bill of Rights
The first Ten Amendments to the Constitution (including the right to free speech, right to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures, etc.) that establish the fundamental rights enjoyed by Americans.
Which of the following describes why the United States Senate did not want to sign the Treaty of Versailles?
The idea of a foreign nation and not American leaders making decisions for the United States.
M1T Which of the following was NOT an effect of European settlement on Native Americans?
The introduction of horses as transportation.
Banks often loaned money to investors who were "speculating" on real estate and other investments. Why was this a problem?
The investments could fail and often the borrowers couldn't pay back the loans.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
The last attempt by the Continental Congress at avoiding war with Great Britain
What is the foundation of classical liberalism?
The main task of government was to protect citizen's natural rights.
Judicial Review
The power of the Judiciary to review legislation or other governmental action in order to determine whether it complies with the U.S. Constitution or state constitutions.
"The government was heavily involved in the settlement of the western frontier." Choose all of the following reasons that supports this statement.
The removal of Native Americans from desirable land The Homestead Act of 1882 The special treatment given to railroads
M3T Practice: Compared to the Constitution, what does the Bill of Rights address?
The rights of the people
The image that follows was the beginning of which of the following? (public domain)
The suburban expansion of development outside of cities.
Which of the following best describes vertical integration of a business?
The wheat is grown, harvested, ground, milled, and baked into bread by one company.
After the war, women married at younger ages, families moved to suburban housing developments, and people had more hope for their financial futures. What was the effect of these changes?
There was an increase in the population of the U.S. due to a baby boom.
Why was there "true religious freedom" following the Revolution?
There was no longer an official national church
How could the Federal Reserve have stepped in and stopped the deflationary cycle?
They could have loaned money to banks so the banks could increase credit and not call in loans.
Again we see a division between the states in the north and the states in the south. Why were the northern states against declaring war?
They didn't think the US could win
Why were the colonists most angry about the taxes?
They didn't think they should pay for Britain's debt
What is NOT a reason Northern Republicans lost interest in supporting Reconstruction in the South?
They felt threatened by the KKK
Which of the following is an action NOT taken by the Sons of Liberty?
They gathered and killed British officers.
M2T How are the Tea Act and the Molasses Act similar?
They helped smugglers sell at higher prices.?
Why were the Native Americans the true losers of the French & Indian War?
They lost their trading partners, the French, and the British started taking their land.
How did Native Americans respond to the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
They sued the government
3.03 Alexander Hamilton had a 5 point plan to have the new nation be taken more seriously by other countries. What was the unifying factor in all 5 points?
They were all about financial policies
Why did fewer black men vote after the end of Reconstruction?
They were intimidated, threatened and killed by Democrats.
WHy did slaves fight for the British
They were promised freedom
Why was it important to have African Americans be part of the elected government?
They would ensure that the rights of African Americans would be defended.
Which of the following accurately portrays a Southerner's view of the American System?
They would view it negatively, since it raised prices on imported goods which made them more expensive to buy in the South.
Gibbons vs. Ogden
This case gave Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce between two or more states
Not the inventor of the electric light, but instead create the first commercially practical light bulb that would burn for hundreds of hours.
Thomas Edison
3.03 Who was the most prominent Anti-Federalist?
Thomas Jefferson
The author of the Declaration of Independence, stating that governments are instituted by men and derived their powers from the consent of the governed
Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom that was relied upon to write the First Amendment, the 3rd President, bought the Louisiana Purchase from France
Thomas Jefferson
A writer who argued that the North American colonies had a sacred duty to overthrow corrupt British rule.
Thomas Paine
Wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense produced for the common man which directly challenged the rule of the King of England on the American colonies
Thomas Paine
What was the main political reason a Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution?
To ensure ratification of the Constitution by all the states
What was the reaction of most Americans to the outbreak of World War I in Europe?
To ensure that the United States would not become involved
Why were the colonies encouraged to join together with this cartoon by Benjamin Franklin? (Join, or die) (snake)
To have better defensive measures against the French and pursue a treaty with the Mohawk indians.
Why was Oregon admitted to the union at the same time as Texas?
To maintain the slave state/free state balance
Why did the British raise taxes on colonial trade?
To pay for the debt on the French & Indian War.
What was the main reason that the United States decided to intervene in the Vietnam conflict?
To prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia
What was the purpose of the meeting in 1787 in Philadelphia?
To revise the Articles of Confederation
M1T Which crop was the economic salvation of Virginia following the near-failure of the Jamestown Settlement?
Tobacco
1.03 Puritans believed everyone should be able to read and were typically more educated than all other colonial settlers.
True
1.03 Social unity was more important in the New England Colonies than in the Southern Colonies due to their common religion.
True
1.03 The "City Upon a Hill" was part of a sermon that talked about the Puritans being a model to others.
True
1.03 The Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Plymouth Colony worked together.
True
1.03 The Mayflower Compact stated that the Puritans had the right to self-government.
True
1.03 The Puritans had a better survival rate than those who settled Virginia due to the help of the Native Americans.
True
1.03 The big difference between the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Plymouth Colony was that MBC was founded for economic reasons and PC was founded for religious reasons.
True
1.03 The settlement of New England was founded so that people could practice their own religion without persecution.
True
During World War II, women were allowed to join the military and fight in combat.
True
M3T Practice: True/false- Federalists believed pure democracy is dangerous to the minority
True
More lives were lost during the Civil War than all other American wars combined.
True
The U.S. and the USSR are both on the UN Security Council which means it's often difficult to accomplish its peacekeeping missions.
True
The primary goal of the Marshall Plan was to prevent the spread of communism.
True
The name for the group of African Americans who fought during World War II in a fighter airplane squadron nicknamed the "Red Tails" was the ___________ .
Tuskegee Airmen
What two technological innovations greatly expanded the industrial employment of women in the late nineteenth century?
Typewriter and telephone
A general in the Union Army who accepted Lee's surrender. Rode this popularity to the White House and was elected President in 1868.
Ulysses S. Grant
This person accepted the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House following a series of battles that left the Confederate armies defeated.
Ulysses S. Grant
Following the war, the country of Vietnam was:
Unified under a communist government.
What organization was formed to prevent future global wars after World War II?
United Nations
Which country launched the Marshall Plan?
United States
Which of the following is a reason that the United States joined the Allied forces during the Great War?
Unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram.
Known as a "muckraker" whose book The Jungle influenced the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act
Upton Sinclair
This person influenced President Teddy Roosevelt to work to pass the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
Upton Sinclair
The Creel Committee on Public Information
Used propaganda to support an official version of the U.S. war effort
How did white Democrats take control of local and state governments in the South?
Violence and intimidation toward African Americans
Representation based on population in both houses of government
Virginia Plan
The ___ was passed to reinforce the rights given to African Americans in the 14th and 15th Amendments.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Black activist who did not believe in accommodating racism and called for voting and education rights of African Americans
W.E.B DuBois
Which individual helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People? (NAACP)
W.E.B. DuBois
Each of the following was true of the Jamestown settlement EXCEPT
WOmen voted for the House of Burgesses
Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, most Americans
Wanted the US to stay out of the war
Impressment of sailors and limiting free trade were the main two reasons the ___ were angry with the British.
War Hawks
Which of the following government agencies assigned priorities with respect to the use of raw materials and transportation during the war?
War Production Board
What is the name of the defensive alliance formed by the Soviet Union?
Warsaw Pact
All of the following describe the Anti-Federalists EXCEPT
Wealthy, educated members of the elite
M1T Immigrants and indentured servants who had paid their debt typically settled in this location.
West of the coastal region, because the land was not in high demand
Why did Jefferson agree to buy Louisiana from Napoleon?
Western farmers were using New Orleans as the center of their trade
When did the Cold War end?
When the Soviet Union collapsed.
The governor of the Plymouth colony, signer of the Mayflower Compact that established a religious reason for colonization, rather than economic.
William Bradford
This person founded the abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator" and founded the American Anti-Slavery Society
William Lloyd Garrison
Founded Pennsylvania as a haven for Quakers which became a great experiment for religious freedom and toleration
William Penn
1.02 __ were permitted to own property in the Southern colonies, largely due to a shorter life span for people in the South.
Women
M1T __ were permitted to own property in the Southern colonies, largely due to a shorter life span for people in the South.
Women
Originally working from home, now in factories
Women
The construction of public facilities, roads, and parks were all part of the New Deal program called
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Ida Tarbell
Wrote an expose on the Monopoly practices of the Standard Oil COmpany and was considered a Muckraker
This author was part of the "Harlem Renaissance," a group of artists including singers, musicians, authors, who were African American.
Zora Neale Hurston
Compared with indentured servants, African slaves were
a more manageable labor force
Probably the most alarming characteristic of the new Constitution to those who opposed it was the
absence of a bill of rights.
The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to
all of these
Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Italy, France, Great Britain, and Russia all entered "The Great War" due to the
alliance system
The Westernization or Americanization of culture, where cultural concepts of economically and politically powerful Western countries is considered
an anti-globalization argument
A person who served a master for a specific period of time in return for passage to the New World was:
an indentured servant
The United States ended economic sanctions against South Africa when the South African government ended their policy of _____________.
apartheid
Japanese Americans were placed in concentration camps during WWII
as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear
Choose all of the following ways in which women supported the war effort:
as spies as cooks as nurses
The "large-state plan" put forward in the Constitutional Convention
based representation in the House and Senate on population.
German immigrants normally
became farmers, just as they were in Germany.
Which of these groups most likely supported the political ideas and policies of Alexander Hamilton?
business owners
3. Ronald Reagan's greatest strengths or achievements as president was/were
c. his ability to communicate traditional values and restore confidence d. initiating improvement of relations with the Soviet Union
When the U.S. government allowed other countries to buy military goods but only if they would pay cash and transport those goods themselves, that policy was called
cash and carry
Which of the following was NOT an impact of the Great Depression?
decrease in government intervention in the economy
M3T Practice: The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for
determining congressional representation.
One of the methods by which post-Civil War business leaders increased their profits was
elimination of as much competition as possible
The Articles of Confederation left Congress unable to
enforce a tax-collection program.
The Open Door Policy was important to United States merchants because its goal was to
ensure freedom of trade with China
One goal of the Declaration of Independence was to
explain why the colonists felt the need to be free from British rule
M1T Enslaved people were often brought from England with the family that had owned them for years.
false
M1T Indentured servants would often become slaves if they did not own land.
false
M1T True/ false The social structure in Virginia was based on the same social system that was in England at the time.
false
The Montgomery bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, was based on bus drivers refusing to stop for African Americans and resulted in three marches from Selma to Montgomery.
false
________ is the systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural groups.
genocide
The policy instituted by the Soviet leader, Gorbachev called ____________, which means openness, contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
glasnost
The process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspect of culture is
globalization
During the Cold War, Virginia's economy _____.
grew more than other states
The Viet Cong or the North Vietnamese were most closely associated with which type of war strategy?
guerrilla war
President George H.W. Bush received his greatest public approval for
his conduct of foreign affairs in the Middle East
1.01 The ___ was the first elected assembly in the colonies.
house of Burgesses
When they immigrated to the U.S, Irish women typically worked
in factories or as servants for the upper class
The "Star Wars" program is an example of __________.
increased military spending by the United States pressuring the Soviet Union
During the Industrial Revolution, new technology affected the economy of the United States by —
increasing worker productivity
A violation of civil rights that occurred in the United States during World War II was the
interment of Japanese Americans
In waging war against Japan, the United States relied mainly on a strategy of
island hopping across the South Pacific
What changed the isolationist opinions of Americans?
it had signed a treaty with Japan saying it would do so
What best describes the actions by the US against Hitler's campaign of genocide against the Jews?
it was slow in coming
Which type of music was popularized by radio in the 1920s?
jazz
" An immigration push factor is something that causes someone to leave their home country and settle elsewhere." One push factor for many immigrants to the U.S. is that their native country has a
lack of employment opportunities
Immigration Push Factors: things that cause a person to leave a country and move elsewhere. During the 1920s immigration to the U.S. increased. One push factor for many U.S. immigrants is that their native country has a
lack of employment opportunities
__ was a policy before the U.S. got into the war of selling, leasing, or transferring armaments to "any nation deemed important to the defense of the U.S."
lend lease
The Great Society was a program of President Lyndon Johnson and involved the passage of legislation about all of the following EXCEPT
lower taxes
The use of technology in industry in the second industrial revolution
made it possible for manufacturers to hire cheap unskilled or semiskilled laborwas primarily the hallmark of giant corporations
As a result of the increase in the costs of production, high operating costs, and post-war inflation,
many small businesses closed or were purchased by larger businesses.
The battle of Fort Sumter was a significant event in Civil War history because it was the first
military confrontation of the Civil War
In the 1920s and 1930s, the U.S. pursued a policy of ___, similar to the time prior to World War I.
non-intervention
Which action kept the United States from joining the League of Nations?
opposition in the Senate
When the Soviet Union denied the US, Britain, and France access to Berlin in 1948, President Truman responded by
organizing a gigantic airlift of supplies to Berlin
Globalization has resulted in an increase in ___ which is when businesses contract some of their process to another party.
outsourcing
When businesses make investments with borrowed money, what is that called?
overspeculation
Among other views, The Federalist Papers, written during the ratification debate, argued that it was
possible to extend a republican form of government over a large territory.?
The increase in international investment, outsourcing, and life expectancies are considered
pro-globalization arguments
9.04 (Picture of soldiers fighting in WW2 and it says "In the face of obstacles- COURAGE" as well as "INFANTRY United States Army") The following poster is an example of __ and was probably published by the ___
propaganda, Office of War Information
In late 19th century cases dealing with the rights of blacks, the Supreme Court decided
racial segregation was constitutional as long as races had equal facilities.
Limiting individuals to certain amounts of goods, also known as _______ was used to maintain a supply of essential products for the war effort.
rationing
Former enslaved people who escaped from the Confederacy were called "contraband" when they were in the Union because
refusing to return them was in violation of the Fugitive Slave Act
Which of the following was the primary purpose of NATO?
resist the Soviet military threat
The Manhattan Project was the
secret $2 billion project to develop an atomic bomb
All of the following economic strategies were employed by the titans of industry during the Gilded Age to maximate their corporations' profits EXCEPT
seeking stable labor relations with their workers by permitting collective bargaining with unions
9.04 The Tuskegee Airmen and other African American recruits fought in __ units.
segregated
The Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision written by Chief Justice Earl Warren said that...
separating the races leads to a lack of motivation and limits education
1.01 Adding to the economic progress of the Virginia colony was the introduction of __ .
slavery
1.02 Which of the following groups of people were at the bottom of social hierarchy in the Southern colonies?
slaves
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is similar to the Declaration of Independence in that both documents
support the ideals of self-government and human rights.
Under the Truman Doctrine, the United States pledged to
support those who were resisting oppression by the communists
M3T Practice: The Anti-Federalist camp included all of the following groups EXCEPT
supporters of a strong central authority
The NSC-68 document reflected the American belief
that military build-up was necessary to fight communism
9.04 The increase in industrialization during World War II was beneficial for
the North and the West because of the size of the cities
9.04 The increase in movement by African Americans to cities for jobs in factories during World War II is known as:
the Second Great Migration
Which of the following resulted, in part, from the actions of Senator Joseph McCarthy?
the Second Red Scare
During World War II,
the US government oversaw rationing of consumer goods
Vietnamization is most closely related to
the USA's exit from the Vietnam War
9.04 The following two situations: -Rationing of food and supplies -Industries changing to military were as a result of ...
the federal government increasing its power
Which of the following is not a way that globalization has increased?
the increase in pollution and over-fishing of the oceans
The term Manifest Destiny was
the name given to the idea that America should spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans
3.02 Choose the 2 groups that have the potential to have too much power in a democracy:
the people and the government
Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy as President could be characterized as
the policeman of the western hemisphere
The only amendment to the Constitution that was overturned by another amendment was regarding
the prohibition of alcohol
When Social Security was implemented during the New Deal, this was the first time that
the unemployed, elderly, and disabled would be assisted by the government
3.02 WHich of the following is not a characteristic of the men who wrote the Constitution
they were all slaveholders
As WWII began for the US in 1941, what was President Roosevelt's strategy?
to concentrate first on the war in Europe and defeat the Germans
What was the first major goal of President Abraham Lincoln's administration?
to maintain the unity of the country
What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
to prevent European expansion in the Americas
Which of the following is the best explanation for using the atomic bomb against Japan?
to save US lives that would have been lost during a ground invasion of Japan
1.02 The largest cash crop in the Southern Colonies was __.
tobacco
(a portion of the Tom Candy Ponting writing from 1853) This memory is regarding the
transportation of cattle to markets in the Midwest
In World War I, African Americans were primarily
treated with respect in Europe
During the Freedom Summer, hundreds of people went to Mississippi to register voters and run voter education. Violent backlash against them, including the murder of three civil rights workers, helped contribute to the Voting Rights Act.
true
M1T Enslaved people were brought to the colonies via the Middle Passage.
true
M1T Enslaved people were owned as property in the colonies.
true
M1T Slave codes were laws forbidding slaves from earning money and learning how to read.
true
M1T descriptions of slaver, true or false... Slavery based on race was primarily introduced in the colonies.
true
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of non-violent protests held by African American students who wanted to be served at the "whites only" lunch counter at Woolworth's.
true
When Congress passed the Selective Service Act in 1917 and amended it in 1918, the response of many Americans was to
volunteer to fight or support the troops.
The nineteenth amendment gave women the right to
vote
ensure freedom of trade with China
vote
The Richmond Bread Riot took place because women in the Confederacy
wanted enough food to feed their families.
The main reason the majority of women left the work force at the end of WWII was
women returned to their family obligations at home