HIST Final
President Johnson proposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 partially in response to what event in Selma, Alabama
"Bloody Sunday," the beating of peaceful marchers by police officer
Which amendment outlawed the sale and consumption of alcohol?
18th
This amendment repealed prohibition in 1933 . . .
21st
In the immediate aftermath of World War II Germany was divided up into how many occupation zones?
4
Which of the following was at the root of the Watergate scandal that ultimately led Nixon to abandon the Presidency?
5 men broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington DC
According to the Chicano historian Francisco Balderrama, Mexican repatriation under Herbert Hoover sent an estimated million Mexicans back to Mexico. How many of these did he estimate were American citizens?
60%
What was Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg referring to when she said the following: "[t]hrowing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet."
A 2013 challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
What is happening here?
A Buddhist monk is protesting the religious intolerance of the South Vietnamese government
What were Wilson's Fourteen Points?
A vision for the postwar world in which democracy, disarmament, and free trade were the norm and international crisis were dealt with by a league of nations
Addressed the issue of agricultural surplus by paying subsidies for farmers not to grow
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One of the intellectual leaders of the Harlem Rennaissance wrote that "we are achieving something like a spiritual emancipation." Who was this intellectual?
Alain Locke
Which is true of the American plan to rebuild Europe after the Second World War? A. It was named after American Secretary of State George Marshall B. It pumped some 13 billion dollars into reconstruction efforts C. It encouraged European countries remain within the American sphere of influence and reject communism D. all of the above
All of the above
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan? Rebuild Western Europe Create new markets for American goods . Generate support for Capitalist democracies All of the above
All the above
What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education? Overturned the legal logic of Plessy v. Ferguson Extended the reach of the Fourteenth Amendment Ruled against segregated public schools All of the above
All the above
Why was Emmett Till murdered?
Allegedly whistling at a white woman
Which of the following most accurately describes religious commitment during the early Cold War years?
Americans attended church at higher rates than in any time in American history
What did Germany offer Mexico in the Zimmerman telegram?
Assistance in returning to Mexico territory that the US had taken away in the US - Mexico War
US policy in Latin America during the Cold War supported this form of government as the lesser of two evils. . .
Authoritarian military dictatorships
Why did Gavrilo Princip assassinate the Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Because Princip was a Serbian nationalist and did not want Bosnia absorbed into the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Why might the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 be considered redundant?
Because they essentially restated the 14th and 15th Amendments
She wrote The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan
This was the metric for measuring progress during the Vietnam War.
Body count
Under this program young men worked for $30 a month but sent $25 of those earned dollars back home to their parents
CCC
During the Cold War, the official US policy aimed at halting the spread of communism throughout the world was referred to by this name . . .
Containment
According to the reading "Lyndon Johnson on Voting Rights," where did Johnson serve as a school teacher in his late 20s?
Cotulla, Texas
Reaganomics promoted economic growth by implementing which of these policies?
Deregulation
Which was presented a factor leading to the outbreak of World War I?
Entangling alliances Imperial competition Nationalism all of the above <--
This program insured bank deposits up to $5000
FDIC
LBJ's Great Society was largely a continuation of . . .
FDR's New Deal
What was Reagan's response to the AIDS epidemic during the first term of his presidency?
Following advice of advisors who dubbed AIDS a "gay plague" he kept silent and ignored it in its early stages
In the reading "FDR- Government Must Act" what is FDR's response to the Great Depression?
Great Depression was a national emergency and had to be dealt with by the federal government
What did Lyndon Johnson call his domestic program?
Great Society
How did Herbert Hoover address the demands of the Bonus Army in 1932?
He called them insurrectionists and sent Gen. MacArthur to forcibly remove them with tear gas and tanks
How did John F Kennedy bring an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
He imposed a naval blockade around Cuba that allowed more time for diplomacy to resolve the conflict
Which statement is NOT true of Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
He was a "small government conservative"
Which of these best describes Woodrow Wilson's position toward US involvement in WWI?
He was an idealist who viewed America's role as making the world safe for democracy and free trade
Who was Mao Zedong?
He was the leader who fought to bring communism to China and in 1949 established the People's Republic of China
He led the nationalist movement to liberate Vietnam.
Ho Chi Min
This term refers to shantytowns comprised of homeless people living in tents in city parks and parking lots in the early years of the Depression
Hoovervilles
During the Cold War, where was West Berlin located?
In East Germany
As FDR's New Deal is generally associated with creating jobs through Keynesian economics, Reaganomics is associated with this strategy . . .
Increasing production through supply-side economics
Britain and France declared war on Germany after which invasion?
Invasion of Poland
President Jimmy Carter's popularity was damaged by his inability to resolve the crisis over the taking of US hostages in which country?
Iran
During the Nixon presidency, 4 student protesters were shot by national guard troops at this university.
Kent State
The New Deal promoted economic recovery by stimulating demand through government spending. This approach is also referred to as . . .
Keynesian economics
Which of these would be embraced more by someone of the political right?
Laissez faire economics
Which President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Lyndon Johnson
Who is the teacher pictured here at this Cotulla Texas school?
Lyndon Johnson
Which of the following is a policy associated with the Welfare State?
Medicaid
Which of these programs was introduced under Johnson's Great Society?
Medicare
Who won the first shooting war of the Cold War?
Neither side - it ended in stalemate with an unchanged border.
During FDR's presidency most Americans remained unaware . . .
Of the President's physical handicap that required him to use a wheel chair or crutches
The Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath" brought public sympathy to this group of migrants disparagingly referred to as . . .
Okies
The Brown v. Board of Education case overturned which specific Supreme Court decision from the late 19th century?
Plessy v. Fergusson
Roe v. Wade, the court case that legalized abortion hinged on what legal idea
Right of privacy
This Supreme Court decision made abortion legal in the United States?
Roe v. Wade
This program provided a "safety net" by granting pensions to American over 65 years of age . . .
SSA
This court case challenged a Tennessee law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools . . .
Scopes Trial
Which of these values would be embraced more by someone of the political left?
Social Equality
Which Allied nation was the first to reach Berlin?
Soviet Union
Built a series of hydroelectric dams on the Tennessee River and its tributaries to bring electricity to poor communities of Appalachia
TVA
Who was the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1914?
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Often referred to as a "fiasco" this term refers to the failed covert action aimed at overthrowing the Castro government
The Bay of Pigs
What was the first Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union?
The Berlin Airlift
Which political party promoted equal rights through affirmative action in the 1980s?
The Democratic Party
First students to integrate Central High in Little Rock
The Little Rock Nine
In 1915, 128 Americans and 1000 Europeans were killed when and German submarine sunk this ship.
The Lusitania
A young Martin Luther King became a national leader of the Civil Rights Movement after he was called to lead which event?
The Montgomery bus boycott
Which of these events was organized in response to the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955?
The Montgomery bus boycott
Germany's response to the Russia's mobilization against the Austro-Hungarian Empire was to take advantage of Russia's sluggish mobilization and move German soldiers through Belgium and into France. This plan was referred to as . . .
The Schlieffen Plan
Though caused by numerous factors, the Great Depression is said to have begun with this event in 1929.
The Stock Market crash
Which is true of the way that Woodrow Wilson characterized the German people in his "War Message to Congress"?
The US had no quarrel with the German people as it wasn't their fault that they were ruled by a tyrant
Which is not true of the League of Nations?
The United States was an influential member of the League
Billie Holiday was popular jazz singer from the late 20s until her death in 1959. What was the subject of the song "Strange Fruit" that was available in the module?
The lynching of African Americans that took the lives of thousands of people
Which is true of distribution of wealth in the United States between the 1980s and 2000s?
The wealthiest 5% of the country got much richer while the wealth of the bottom 40% remained stagnant
During the Cuban Missile Crisis what advice was offered Kennedy by his joint chiefs of staff (military advisors)?
They advised that he invade Cuba
He was the NAACP attorney and later Supreme Court Justice that successfully argued the Brown v. Board of Education case.
Thurgood Marshall
In World War I, what did it mean to "go over the top"?
To climb out of the trenches and charge the enemy straight on
Why did the East Germans build the Berlin Wall?
To keep the East Germans out of West Berlin
Why did American Gen. John "Blackjack" Pershing cross into Mexico in 1916?
To punish Pancho Villa for his invasion of Columbus New Mexico
Which of these refers to a manner by which Reaganomics would provide for poor people?
Trickle-down economics
What's going on here?
Troops of 101st Airborne Division protect Little Rock Nine
What happened at My Lai?
U.S. troops massacred hundreds of civilians
What was the topic of the Winter Soldier documentary?
Vietnam Veterans' accounts of atrocities
This program provided jobs through the building of roads, dams, schools, subways and housing projects. It also sponsored cultural programs by employing artists and writers.
WPA
Which is true regarding of Hoover's approach to federal government assistance in the reading "Hoover on Limited Government"?
When the government is centralized there arises a limitation upon the liberty of the individual and a restriction on individual liberty
Who were the flappers of the 1920s?
Women during the 20s who embraced women's liberation by wearing short dresses, cutting their hair, and visiting speakeasies
Why was the "loss" of China to communism so upsetting to Americans? China was the most populous country in the world It came just after a successful Soviet atomic bomb test Mao overthrew a western-backed government All of the above
all the above
During the 1920s, approximately what percentage of Americans owned and traded stocks on the stock market?
fewer than 10 percent
