History 1700 possible questions final exam 2
What was ironic about the election of Andrew Jackson
A Man from a state that succeeded was president
The ascendancy of the American Federation of Labor during the 1890s reflected
A shift from broad goals to limited goals
why Vicksburg essential
Access to the Mississippi river
What did the members of the new United Nations Security Council all have in common
All part of Allies that won WWII
Apart from the racial identity of victims, what typically triggered the lynch violence of southern white mobs?
Alleged sexual conduct
What was a result of the expanding Union economy
Bigger Government
When assessing the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, what can be determined about this issue
Both the president and congress were accusing each other
According to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, how could corporations have prevented the Great Depression?
By increasing their workers wages
What broad popular sentiments did the Ku Klux Klan express in the 1920s
Control of the nation should be returned to native-born Protestants.
The Manhattan project was the code name for
Development name for the Atomic bomb
Although well-intended, the New Deal for Native Americans resulted in a series of forced assassinations.
False
Emperor Hirohito was tried as a war criminal and sentenced to death along with General Tojo
False
Overall, despite good intentions the Marshall Plan was not very successful
False
The America First Committee campaigned for Americans to be the first to go to war against Nazi Germany.
False
The only people killed during the German Holocaust were the Jewish people
False
In the 1950s what did the term "Totalitarianism" describe
Fascism, Nazism, Communism
What time period most influenced the New Deal
First World War
What could be one possible reason why Robert E. Lee invaded the North in 1863?
Helped deliver a knock out blow to the north
_______ The systematic state sponsored kill of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of other by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II
Holocaust
In contrast to the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations fought for:
Industrial democracy
In what way was reconstruction policy a success
It established an amendment promising equal protection for all
During the Allied occupation of Japan, ______________ introduced reforms designed to convert Japan into a democratic country.
MacArthur
The Battle of ______ was a turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II
Midway
Which of the following least symbolized the growing autonomy of working women with regard to their consumerism
Military service
When "Fifty-four forty or fight" did not result in gaining all of the Pacific Northwest, who most likely would have been the angriest?
Northern Democrats
What taste of freedom did women enjoy in World War II
Perks of doing men's jobs
By analyzing the New York City draft trios, what can be determined about the Civil War
Rich Mans war, poor mans fight
what inspirations did Martin Luther King Jr gain from Mahatma Gandhi
The Idea of peaceful civil protest
Which of the following Second New Deal measures came closest to meeting the demands of the Congress of Industrial Organizations for workplace democracy?
The Wagner Act
Which of the following elements of President Wilson's fourteen points most resembled the commissions progressives had instituted back home
The league of nations
Which of the following trends of the 1920s did fundamentalists support
The prohibitions of liquor sales
After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR issued Executive Order 9066. As a result, over 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were uprooted and confined to remote camps farther inland for most of the war.
True
By 1880, a majority of Americans worked in nonfarm activities.
True
During the 1920s, labor lost over 2 million members.
True
During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, over 2,000 kamikaze pilots crashed their aircraft into U.S. ships
True
Social Security was instituted during the Great Depression
True
What would John Winthrop most likely criticize about antebellum America?
Utopian Society
The scale of Civil War bloodshed was comparable to that of which other conflict?
War of Triple Alliance
In the first half of the nineteenth century, the united states gained the most territory through
Wars with Mexico
The idea that change comes slowly can be evidenced by what event during Reconstruction?
Women's Excluded from suffrage
The purpose of D-Day invasion was to
gain a foot hold in Nazi France
The percentage of families at or below the poverty rate fell during the 1950s
true