history final
Why did millions of American Farm families migrate westward from 1900 to 1910?
-Irrigation technology was successfully implemented in the American Southwest. -The availability of free land meant more opportunities for commercial farming in the West.
What was the result of the 1932 elections?
-Nazi party had most seats (230 in July 1932 and 196 in November 1932)
What did the Greensboro sit-in protest
African-American students staged a sit in at a segregated Woolworths lunch counter and refused to leave after being denied service
How was American life different in the 1920s than in the years prior?
Although Americans worked hard in an increasingly industrial world, they also enjoyed more vacations.
Where did the turning point of World War II in Europe occur?
Battle of Stalingrad
Why did the fight over bussing become so violent in Boston in the mid 1970s?
Boston's tightly net Irish American community in South Boston fight integration violently.
According to Supreme Court Justice Louise Brandeis, How could corporations have prevented the great depression?
By increasing their workers wages
Who in George HW bushes administration disagree strongly with the secretary of defense Dick Cheney about the future of national security after the Cold War?
Chairman of the joint chief of staff Colin Powell
What country controlled Panama before the canal was built?
Columbia
What sparked the development of improved computer technology in the 1960s?
Companies like NASA needed it for research
During Bill Clinton's first term, what federal economic policy helped lift millions out of poverty?
EITC
Why did General Motors (GM) Surpass Ford in sales of automobiles in the 1920s?
GM successfully marketed different styles and designs
At the beginning of the 20th century, what was the major currency of international trade?
Gold
Why did King Decide to send black school children to protest in the streets of Birmingham?
He believed the police would use force against them and in return he would use those images to build support for the civil rights movement.
What made Elvis such a popular celebrity?
He brought rhythms and sexual provocative movements of black musicians to white audiences
How did President Clinton respond to the republican victory in the 1994 congressional elections?
He campaigned against radical Republicans and moved toward the center.
How did Mikhail Gorbachev react when pro democracy movements started across Eastern Europe?
He changed the Soviet policy towards Eastern Europe
How could Birmingham police chief Eugene Connor have undermind Martin Luther King Jr. strategy in Birmingham in May 1963?
He could have allowed the protesters to march unimpeded.
Why did John F. Kennedy consider civil rights a moral crisis for the nation?
He found racial discrimination incompatible with the United States' claim for leadership of the free world
In regard to labor, what did Ford do for his workers?
He made it more difficult for them to be consumers
As a result of Watergate what happened to Richard Nixon?
He resigned as president
How did Tom Watson interact with the Populist movement?
He was a leader who fought to maintain the broad based reformist and independent goals
What did events surrounding the Watergate break in and cover up suggest about Richard Nixon?
He was willing to condone illegal activity if it would silence his political enemies.
What did Nelson Mandela do as the president of South Africa?
He's tackled institutionalized racism and fostered racial reconciliation
How did the war powers act of 1973 change the powers of the presidency?
It required congressional approval for the commitment of troops overseas.
How did John Kennedy's inaugural address strike a different tone?
It urged Americans to move beyond the consumer culture of the 1950s.
What made the army - McCarthy hearings unusual for American television programming of the 1950s?
It was deeply political and controversial
What best describes young Americans for freedom (YAF)?
It was the largest student group in the nation in the 1960s.
Birmingham started integrating downtown businesses in 1963. What else occurred in the city that year?
Medgar Evans was assassinated
What was the key to the election of Richard Nixon?
Nixon promised peace with honor in Vietnam in law and order at home
Who painted the four freedoms paintings that appeared in the Saturday evening post?
Norman Rockwell
How did Los Angeles epitomize the new emphasis on the car in 1950s America
People drove to and from work on a web of highways and shopped at malls only accessible by driving.
Who was prevented from seeing the American freedom train exhibit in 1947?
People in Memphis and Birmingham were not allowed because the trains organizers refused to segregate the viewing
Why did the Mississippi freedom democratic party (MFDP) Emerge at the democratic party convention in Atlantic city in 1964?
The MFDP challenged the state's Democratic Party's claim that it represented Mississippi fairly
What resulted from the Pentagon papers release?
The Supreme Court reached a landmark freedom-of-the-press decision.
What were the results of the US invasion of neutral Cambodia in 1970?
The invasion destabilized the nation and ushered in a murderous regime.
Why did the United States allow West Germany to become part of a defensive alliance less than 10 years after the defeat of Nazi Germany?
The successful Soviet denotation of a nuclear bomb underlined the importance of a military untied West
What does the textbook identify as dis synthese of Johnson's great Society?
The war on poverty
By the end of Bill Clinton's presidency, what was the state of affairs between Israel and Palestine?
They were compromising on land
What was the fate of the chief officers of Enron?
They were convicted of multiple counts of fraud.
Why did the gay and lesbian movement become a major concern for members of the political right after the late 1960s?
Thousands of new civil rights movements encouraged gays and lesbians to "come out."
What was the first post-Cold War international crisis?
War in the Persian golf
Why had it been premature for liberals to celebrate the downfall of their political adversary Richard Nixon?
Watergate undermined public confidence in the merits of the federal government.
How could have many of the security frauds of the late 1990s and early 2000s have been prevented?
With the extension of the glass - Steagall act
What was essential to the growth of the suburbs?
cars
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke The Supreme Court ruled that
fixed affirmative action quotas were unconstitutional
In addition to prohibiting racial discrimination, what did the civil rights act of 1964 accomplish?
it banned discrimination on the grounds of sex
what did the 1880 census show for the first time?
that a majority of the workforce engaged in non-farming jobs
how did economic development in Brazil during and after the American Civil War affect the lives of southern cotton farmers?
the expansion of Brazilian cotton cultivation lowered global prices for crop and led to indebtedness and loss of land for southern farmers.
How were skilled workers able to secure new freedoms for themselves in rapidly expanding industries?
their knowledge allowed hem to control the production process and training of apprentices.
