AMERICAN HISTORY AIR TEST BIG TEN STUDY GUIDE

Following World War II, the United States experienced an era of unprecedented prosperity and economic growth. Which factor contributed to this post-war prosperity?

Increased consumer demand for goods and services

Select all of the causes that led to the factor that you identified in question 13.

Increased income for a large percentage of the U.S. workforce and Rapid population growth following the homecoming of American military personnel

How did the Marshall Plan aim to contain the spread of Communism?

It helped to rebuild and strengthen European economies.

"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes duties and passed and exercises throughout the United States"

Outstanding revolutionary war debt

What is one concern that is shared by both authors

Powerful if you would use their position to impress the people

The attack on pearl harbor caused changes in American domestic policies

The united states government forced Japanese Americans to relocate to internment camps

checks and balances

based on this passage, which constitutional principle does madison describe

During World War II, Japanese Americans were sent to internment centers primarily because they

were thought to be threats to national security

immigrants in urban areas

what early 1900s group is best characterized by this list -Overcrowded Tenement appartments -dangerous working conditions -segregated ethnic neighborhoods

Suburbanization in the United States had many social and political events identify three effects related to suburbanization

A)A larger part of the urban population was African-American C)lots of job opportunities in cities contributed to urban riots D)suburban residents were more likely to be a Republican

the limited opportunities women and miniority groups after World War II

which circumstances prompted friedan to ask this question

industrialization

which factor contributed most to the rise of inner city overcrowding in the late nineteenth century

Select all of the factors that enabled races him to become institutionalized in the United States following the end of the reconstruction period

1) Federal troops were removed from southern states 2) The federal government ban the application of grandfather clauses to new laws

Development of international affairs in the late 1980s had enourmous consequences for the United States

1) New challenges shifted the focus of US foreign-policy 2)Do US supported economic and educational reforms in former communist countries

Select all the ways in which the Bill of Rights and the Constitution address the concern shared with federalist paper Exter up and anti-Federalist paper excerpt

1) Provided protection for individual rights 2) provides equal representation in both houses of congress

Select all of the events that resulted from the hostilities between the United States and the Soviet union following World War II

1) The space race 2)The Cuban Missile Crisis 3)The competitive buildup of nuclear weapons

Select all the consequences that resulted from the transportation advancement you identified in part a

1) Traffic Congestion 2) Increased demand for gasoline

Select all of the factors that motivated the group you identify and part A to relocate to northern cities

1) expanded cultural experiences 2)Institutionalization of Jim Crow laws 3)Increased availability of manufacturing goods

Select all of the causes that led to the fact are you identified. A

1) increased income for large percentage of the US workers 2)Rapid population growth following the homecoming of American military personnel

Search all of the causes that led to the factor that you identified in question one

1) increased income for large percentage of the US workforce 2)Rapid population growth following the homecoming of American military personnel

Developments in international affairs in the late 1980s had a Normas consequences for the United States identify the two developments that relate to this time.

1)Communist governments in the eastern Europe collapse 2) Mass demonstrations supporting democratic reforms take place in the Soviet Union

Which action illustrates a result of changing interpretations of the US constitution based on the brown versus board of education decision

A public school and largely white neighborhood admit students of all races

What is a lobbyist

A representative of a social interest group who try to persuade elected officials to favor the groups interest

Before the 1950s most immigrants to the United States came from Europe what change in immigration policy was reflected in the 1965 immigration act

I allowed more immigrants from Asia Africa and in America

Beginning with the Red Scare of the 1920s, which historical development contributed to a recurring pattern of anti-communism in the United States?

Accusations made by Senator Joseph McCarthy in Congress

Jim Crowe laws were easily adopted

Affect

From 1910 to 1930 approximately 1.6 million immigrants left from rural areas in southern states and moved to northern cities the population shift was known as the great migration which group relocated from the south to the north and the largest numbers during this period

African Americans

What is the special interest group

An organization that attempts to affect legislation through campaign donations and lobbying

"The Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states"

And resolve disputes between states

Do use Of a standing army threatens the liberty of citizens

Anti-federalist

The national government holds too much power compared to individual states

Anti-federalist

The rights of citizens should be listed in the constitution

Anti-federalist

Following World War II the United States experienced an era of unprecedented prosperity and economic growth which factor contributed to this post war prosperity

Increase consumer demand for goods and services

Which policy below reflects the isolationist sentiment in the United states prior to entering World War II

Banning arms sales to nations at war in the Neutrality Acts

For the American Revolutionary war the British government passed laws to increase its control over its American colonies an excerpt from the Massachusetts government act is shown why do you colonists view the section of the Massachusetts government act as an infringement on their rights

Because it limited their ability to assemble

Why were grandfather clause is able to exclude African-Americans from voting while protecting the voting rights of poor white people

Before reconstruction most African-Americans were enslaved and unable to vote in the south

Rapid industrialization in the United States in the late 1800s lead to the significant changes in business organizations just does Borat of the Supreme Court of New York describe the impact at one of these powerful new companies and the sugar industry how did reformers propose that Congress respond to this type of powerful new business

Bypassing antitrust legislation

Federal troops were moved from former Confederate states

Cause

Southern Democrats regain control of the state governments

Cause

This quotation about just and unjust laws by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. describes the theory behind

Civil disobedience

During the 1950s, increased incomes and easy credit led many Americans to embrace which phenomenon?

Consumerism

"The congress I have power to provide for calling fourth of the militia to execute the laws of the union suppress insurrections and repel invasions"

Continued British military presidents on US soil

After World War II, the United States experienced unprecedented prosperity and economic growth. Identify two reasons for this prosperity.

Demand for automobiles increased and Demand for housing increased

African Americans civil rights were restricted

Effect

Many African-Americans migrated to northern cities

Effect

Following World War II the United States experienced an era of unprecedented prosperity and economic growth which factor contributed to this postwar prosperity

Increase consumer demand for goods and services

Following World War I the United States experienced a period of technological advancement in transportation Which advancement in the transportation occurred during this period

Increased availability of the automobile

What perspective held by Hispanic American cultural workers lead to the creation of the United farmworkers

Farm workers needed to organize an order to bargain with farm owners

What perspective held by his Bannick American agricultural workers lead to the creation of the united farmers

Farmworkers needed to organize an order to bargain with farm owners

Which action by the federal government was Jackie Robinson most likely have supported to achieve his stated goals

Faster implementation of the decision in brown versus board of education

Protection of the national interests requires a standing army

Federalist

Right of citizens are inherent and do not need to be defined

Federalist

Since 1990 the United States is experience changes in its economy Identify the consequence for the technologies Such as the personal computer Internet and mobile phones are becoming more common

Global communication improves

Who was in charge of investigating claims of communist activity in the government, armed forces, universities, and other areas of American life during the Second Red Scare in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

House Un-American Activities Committee

Who was In charge of investigating claims of communist activity in the government arm forces universities in other areas of Americas life during the second red scare in the late 1940s and early 1950s

House Un-American activities committee

On August 6 and nine 1945 the United States drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. How did the Soviet Union respond to this military action

It intensified development on and successfully tested it's own nuclear weapon

During World War II, the U.S. government created a system to ration the disrubition of certain resources such as pertroleum

It limited the number of goods individuals could purchase

Why did the Soviet Union respond in the way that you identified in part a

It wanted to retain political and military influence in the postwar world

Which group activities reflected a pattern of intolerance towards immigrants in the United States during the 20th century

Ku Klux Klan

"Excessive power shall be vested in the president of the United States of America"

Lack of centralized authority within the federal government

The United States was concerned about the spread of communism throughout most of the 20 th Century. Following World War I, suspected communists were persecuted in what was known as the Red Scare. A similar pattern of persecution resurfaced after World War II. What was this development known as?

McCarthyism

The United States was concerned about the spread of communism throughout most of the 20th century following World War I suspected Communists were persecuted and what was known as the red scare a similar pattern of persecution resurfaced after World War II what was the development known ass

McCarthyism

In the first half of the 20th century most immigrants came to the United States from European countries how did the pattern of immigration change between 1950 and 2000

Most immigrants came to the United States from Latin America

"All men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with life liberty and the pursuit of happiness"

Natural Rights

Which alliance was created after World War II to deter communism?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Before the 1950s immigrants the United States came from Europe what change in immigration policy was reflected in the 1965 immigration act

Oh allowed more immigrants from Asia Africa and latin America

During the early 1900s the movement For prohibition pushed legislators to enact social change throughout the United States what social change was encouraged by the movement for prohibition in the United States

Outlawing of alcohol in the United States

Following World War I large US cities experience increased competition for jobs and housing which development was a Significant result of this pattern of urban changes

Race Rights fueled by intolerance and continuing African-American migration's

The reunification of Germany and the break up of the Soviet Union demonstrates that

Regions sometimes change over time

"That these United States colonies are free and independent state that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown and that all political connection between them and the state of great Britain is an odd to be totally dissolved"

Social Contract

"When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another"

Social Contract

Following World War II, most of the Eastern European Countries had communists government under the control of the...

Soviet Union/USSR

Identify two changes that were created by the prosperity from question 5.

Sun Belt Migration and Surburbanization

How did the U.S. foreign policy change immediately after Pearl Harbor

The United States abandoned its policy of isolationism

The attack on Pearl Harbor cause changes in American domestic policies which about was a consequence of the attack of Pearl Harbor

The United States government force Japanese Americans to relocate to internment camps

Which factor explain why people begin to move to the Sunbelt from the Rust Belt in the 1970s

The development of air conditioning technology

How did US national security policy change at the end of the Cold War

The division of the soviet union into separate national states

Which circumstances prompted Friedan to ask this question

The limited opportunities women and minority groups after World War II

After World War I President Woodrow Wilson played a role And shaping the Treaty of verse sigh this by President Wilson's efforts the United States Senate refused to ratify the treaty which concern led the US Senate to reject the treaty of Versailles

The treaty would draw the United States as a foreign entanglements through the league of Nations

Which statement accurately compare is mark twain's believes on the annexation of Hawaii to William McKinley's believes of the election of the Philippines

Twain believed an action was not in the best interest of Hawaii while McKinley believed an action was in the best interest of the Philippines

How does section 243 of the Mississippi constitution in 1890 contribute to theinstitutionalized racism in the post reconstruction south

Two dollar poll tax that voters were required to pay was not affordable for most African-Americans

How did US national security police change at the end of the cold war

United States reduced defense spending

Which organization was founded on the following ideals 1)Is your perspective of ethnic minorities 2)a desire to improve working conditions 3)I believe in the effectiveness of collective-bargaining

United farmworkers

Which organization was founded on the following ideas shared perspective of ethnic my Nordie's desire to improve working conditions I believe in the effectiveness of collective-bargaining

United farmworkers

faster implementation of the decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

Which Action by the federal government would Jackie Robinson most likely have supported to achieve his stated goals

National Government

anti federalists criticized the united stated constitution primarily because governing power was concentrated in the

What impact did World War II mobilization have on US economy

caused a surplus of metal and oil

The Marshall Plan was intended to help nations resist which threat?

communism

Which U.S. foreign policy term best completes this diagram

containment

Following World War II, American society underwent significant changes. Match the causes with the effect. Increased defense spending

growth of sun belt, low unemployment

it encouraged westward expansion

how did the construction of the transcontinental railroad affect the demographics of the united states during reconstruction

Following World War II, American society underwent significant changes. Match the causes with the effect. Increased availability

increased mobility, growth of suburbs

Which U.S. policy provided Great Britain with military supplies during World War II

lend-lease

Following World War II, American society underwent significant changes. Match the causes with the effect. Advances in Science

longer life spans, developments in communication

"Soviets create Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe" "Mao Zedong leads successful revolution in China" "North Korean invasion of South Korea leads to war" Which development is reflected in these headlines?

the post-World War II expansion of communism

upholding racial segregation

the supreme court decision in plessy v. ferguson (1896) affected african americans by

reflection of European Enlightenment idea of natural rights

this quotation is evidence that some of the basic ideas in the decleration of independence were

people use trash cans if they are readily available

this thesis could be reported by data showing that

Use the list below to answer the question. -D-Day invasion in Europe -World war II ended -Island hopping

ushering in the atomic age by dropping the atomic bomb on Japan