History 1302 Final

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How did federal housing programs discriminate against Americans of color?

All of the above

The environmental catastrophe of the Great Depression was partly the result of agricultural mismanagement. Which of the following was the most consequential example of this mismanagement?

Farmers plowed up natural ground cover to grow more crops cover that had taken ages to form in the relatively dry sates of the Plains

In the essay, "US Isolationism and WWII, Grant Weller's argument is that Ameican isolationism after WWI

Helped bring World War II

According to the essay, "US Isolationism and WWII," what was one major consequence of American isolationism?

It forced the British to adopt a policy of appeasement toward German aggression

What initially sparked the 1973 energy crisis?

OPEC's embargo of oil exports to the United States in retaliation for American intervention in the Middle East

Which of the following actions did FDR take to advance civil rights for African Americans?

None of these occurred

Before turning to military expansionism Japanese leaders were also considering which of the following strategies?

Pan-Asian anti-colonialism

Why did Nixon authorize air strikes on neutral Cambodia?

the North Vietnamese were using the country to stage attacks into South Vietnam

What was the "Nixon Doctrine?"

A military policy of détente

What is the definition of Herbert Hoover's "Associationalism?"

A system where businesses would voluntarily limit harmful business practices for the greater economic good

Why did Hitler stop the Blitz in June 1941?

Germany needed the resources of the Luftwaffe to invade the Soviet Union

What happened at My Lai?

U.S. troops massacred hundreds of civilians

The United States responded to Japanese aggression in the Pacific with the 1940 American Neutrality Act. What did this Act attempt to do?

*Applying economic pressure to Japan to deter military expansion

Which of the following statements regarding immigration during the Great Depression is true?

*More people left the United States than entered it during the Great Depression

What was the Bonus Army?

A group of World War I veterans who petitioned the government to make an early payment on bonuses scheduled to be released in 1945

What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education?

All of the above

Which of the following advantages did the Soviet Union achieve during the Cold War?

All of the above

Which of the following most accurately describes religious commitment during the early Cold War years?

All of the above

What was FDR's "court-packing scheme"

An attempt to appoint up to six new justices who would be friendly to his interests

How did President Eisenhower attempt to prevent a Soviet Attack on the United States

By promising "massive retaliation" and appealing to the logic of "mutually-assured destruction"

All of the following events related to the Korean War are true EXCEPT

China sent nearly one million soldiers to repulse the UN-backed attack

Upon assuming office how did Roosevelt respond to the collapsing bank system?

Declared a bank holiday and then pushed through the Emergency Banking Act

Louisiana Senator Huey long criticized Roosevelt's New Deal programs for _____________

Failing to redistribute wealth

Why was MLK arrested in Birmingham?

For participating in a non-violent demonstration against segregation

What was the consequence of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930?

International trade collapsed

Britain and France declared war on Germany after which invasion?

Invasion of Poland

What did the Securities and Exchange Commission do?

It regulated the trading and issuance of stocks and bonds

Joseph McCarthy first achieved national prominence in February 1950 by waving a piece of paper that he claimed included 205 communists currently working in what capacity?

Members of the Department of State

How did the Federal Reserve respond to the financial collapse?

Over-corrected by raising interest rates and tightening credit

Which of the following did the Second New Deal focus on?

Programs to aid the old and infirm

What did the Works Progress Administration do?

Put unemployed men and women to work on projects designed and proposed by local governments

All of the following are true about the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the ensuing resolution EXCEPT:

Served as justification for the assassination of Ngo Diem

Which Allied nation was the first to reach Berlin?

Soviet Union

What was the most dramatic result of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act?

The creation of a national minimum wage

Which of the following contributed to the isolationist mood of the U.S. during WWI and WWII?

The effects of the Great Depression The rise of the consumer culture the feeing that America should address its own problems first *the belief that the U.S. had been tricked into entering WWI

What prompted President Roosevelt to pass Executive Order 8802?

The planned march on Washington led by Philip Randolph

After the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States suffered a setback in the Pacific. What was that setback?

The surrender of American forces in the Philippines

According to the document, "Lend-Lease," the Lend-Lease program

greatly increased executive power

For Hebert Hoover, rugged individualism meant that people should be:

self-reliant


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