US History II 2020 Test 3 Study Questions (R)

e.all of the above--- a. the government of Poland b. the unification of Germany c. war reparations to the Soviet Union d. both the government of Poland and the unification of Germany. e. all these answers are correct

At the conclusion of the Yalta Conference in 1945, basic disagreements remained on

the oasis for its foreign policy for more than forty years.

Beginning in 1947, the US policy of "containment" was

by President Roosevelt to stop black protestors from on the capital

During World War II, the Fair Employment Practices Commission was created

Italy

During World War II, the first Axis country to be defeated was

generally sought to convey an idealized image of America.

During the 1950's, television networks

for long-range delivery of weapons

During the 1950's, the US government's primary motive for the development of rocket and missile technology was

military air support

During the Bay of Pigs operation, President John Kennedy decided to withhold

declared that the US would remain neutral

Following the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt

contributed to the greatest reduction in poverty in American History

Great Society reforms

Italy

In 1929, a fascist-led government was in power in

Nazi Germany

In 1939, the first steps toward the creation of an atomic bomb were taken by

saw the US and England claim to share the same common principles

In 1941, the Atlantic Charter

automatic payroll deductions.

In 1943, to simplify tax collections, Congress enacted

beginning an investigation in the loyalty of Federal employees

In 1947, the Truman administration responded to Republican attacks that it was weak on communism by

airlifting supplies to West Berlin

In 1948, President Harry Turman responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by

ordering an end to discrimination in the hiring of government employees

In 1949, the Truman administration made progress in civil rights by

MacArthur publicly criticized President Truman's policy in Korea.

In 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of command because MacArthur

polio

In 1954, the American scientist Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for the prevention of

the presence of federal troops to enforce court orders. (Papa was on that picked the black students up and walked them into the school)

In 1957, the effort to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas required

force desegregation of bus stations

In 1961, the "freedom rides" sponsored by CORE attempted to

were attacked by police in a bloody riot

In 1968, during the Democratic convention in Chicago, antiwar protesters

Paris

In August 1944, the Allies liberated from German occupation the city of

mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions

In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to

Winston Churchill (England) and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender unconditionally.

In early 1943 at a meeting in Casablanca,

it was agreed the Soviet Union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War.

In early 1945 at the Yalta Conference,

US ordered a naval and air blockade of Cuba

In the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, the

stability and national law and order

In the 1968 presidential campaign Richard Nixon called for

America would reject any international agreement on currency stabilization.

In what became known as the 1933 "bombshell" message, Franklin Roosevelt declared that

accused of passing American secrets to its enemies

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Martin Luther King Jr. was leader of the

was given during the largest civil right demonstration in the nation's history to that point.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech

the service sector

Most employed women during the war worked in

religion (and Irish catholic)

One of the chief obstacles in John Kennedy's presidential bid in 1960 was his

poverty

Only weeks after taking office, President Lyndon Johnson declared a "war" on

the creation of National Health Insurance

President Harry Truman's Fair Deal called for

statements in favor of Israel

Robert Kennedy's assassin had apparently been angered by Kennedy's

lost 10% of its population in 1956.

Rural America

a campaign in MI during the summer of 1964 to register as many African American voters as possible

The "Freedom Summer" campaign in 1964 focused on

was the largest naval engagement in history

The 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf

the US must resist communism regardless of where it developed in the world

The 1950 National Security Council report known as NSC-68 stated

ended serious German resistance in the west.

The Battle of the Bulge

not invade Cuba

The Cuban missile crisis ended after President John Kennedy agreed to

ending diplomatic relations

The Eisenhower administration responded to Fidel Castro's coming to power in Cuba by

Czechoslovakia

The Munich Conference of 1938 was precipitated by a crisis over

e. all these answers are correct a. The National Security Council b. the Central Intelligence Agency c. the Department of Defense d. both the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense. e. all these answers are correct.

The National Security Act of 1947

allowed warring nations to purchase non-military goods in the US if they paid cash.

The Neutrality Act of 1937

housing discrimination

The Supreme Court case of Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) dealt a blow to

declared that separate educational facilities were unlawful

The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education 1954

Japan, Germany, and Italy

The Tripartite Pact was a defensive alliance among

e. all these answers are correct. a. a humanitarian concern for European people b. a desire to contain communism in Europe c. a desire to create strong European markets for American goods d. both a humanitarian concern for European people markets for American goods e. all these answers are correct

The United States was motivated to develop the Marshall Plan in 1947 due to

Alan Shepard

The first American to be launched into space, in 1961, was

military invasion by North Korea into South Korea

The immediate cause of the Korean War, in 1950, was the

a federal highway system

The most significant and largest public works project of the federal government under President Dwight Eisenhower involved

e. all these answers are correct a. social importance placed on family b. desire for racial segregation c. privacy d. security and space for consumer goods e. all these answers are correct

The popularity in the 1950's of suburban living in the US is partly explained by

land men on the moon

The primary goal of the American Apollo program was to