US History Final

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Question 1 1 pts

What was the only foreseeable way to end the war with Japan?  

Atomic weapons

Peace talks

Agreement that Japan would maintain control over Pacific areas and never declare war again

Meeting between Truman and Emperor of Japan Hirohito

Question 2 1 pts

The Cold War was a period of tension between what two countries? (You will select
multiple answers) 

Syria

United States

Soviet Union/ U.S.S.R.

China

Japan

Germany
Question 3 1 pts

What was the name for the plan to contain communism in Europe by giving support to
any nation, with both military and economic aid, if its stability was threatened by
communism? 

Domino Theory

Truman Doctrine

New Deal

Roosevelt Corollary

Question 4 1 pts

What civil rights leader gave the "I Have a Dream" Speech? 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Thurgood Marshall

Clara Luper

Malcolm X

Question 5 1 pts

Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat and is arrested. Once released, she
becomes an important figure in the fight to end segregation on buses, in which black
riders refused to use the bus system, and this was given what name? 

Montgomery Bus Boycotts

Bus Line Refusal

 Freedom Rides

The Rosa Riders

Question 6 1 pts

What are two ways African Americans were kept from voting in the South? (You will
select multiple answers) 

Literacy Tests

Never given voter ID cards

Poll taxes

White citizens were given the location of places to votes and African Americans would not

African Americans could only vote for African American candidates, which never occured

Question 7 1 pts

What act prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of
schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal?

Civil Rights Act of 1875

Civil Rights Act of 1960

Plessy V. Ferguson

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 8 1 pts
What was the Vietnam and Korean War fought over stopping?

Communism

Imperialism

Nationalism

Terrorism

Question 9 1 pts

What was the main cause of loss of support, from the American people, towards the
Vietnam War?

They became more familiar with the Vietnamese people and wanted the U.S. to leave them
alone

Ability to see it unfold live on T.V.

American causalities had grown far more than the Vietnamese causalities

Too many war crimes committed by U.S. soldiers

Question 10 1 pts

What happened on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio during the Vietnam
War?

Protest turns violent sparking the killing of 4 students by National Guard

The worst college shooting in history when 37 students are killed by a classmate

Explosion killing 16 students blamed on Soviet bomb

Terrorist attack, by the Vietnamese, that kills 4 students

Question 11 1 pts

Who helped to establish the United Farm Workers, and dedicated his life to improving
compensation and labor conditions for farm laborers?

Cesar Chavez

Montoya Sanchez

Russell Means

Cassius Clay

Question 12 1 pts

Which of the following acts was famous for their 1969 Woodstock performance? 

Jimi Hendrix

Metallica

AC/DC

Megadeth

Question 13 1 pts

What was a landmark counterculture festival, billed as “three days of peace, love, and
music”, that was attended by 300,000-500,000 people?

Woodstock

Altamont Free Concert

 Grateful Dead Tour in NYC

Haight-Ashbury Concert

Question 14 1 pts

What was the significance of the Fifteenth Amendment?

It protected the civil rights of freedmen.

It prevented states from denying the vote to African American men.

It gave women the right to vote.

It abolished slavery.

Question 15 1 pts

Which of the following BEST describes how women won the right to vote?

Under pressure from a few women, Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment.

Fifty years of effort by suffragists secured approval of the Nineteenth Amendment.

Seneca Falls delegates persuaded President Wilson to approve suffrage.

The woman’s suffrage movement lobbied Congress.

Question 16 1 pts

The Ku Klux Klan was created because

some whites wanted to make sure everyone had equal right.

 the number of black voters was declining.

some whites who were angry about losing power resorted to violence.

there were not enough separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites.

Question 17 1 pts

New York City's "boss" who controlled Tammany Hall

William Tweed

Wyatt Earp

Henry Clay Frick

Thomas Nast

Question 18 1 pts

This amendment made slavery illegal.

the Seventeenth Amendment

the Fifteenth Amendment

the Fourteenth Amendment

the Thirteenth Amendment

Question 19 1 pts
What state is labeled with letter "H"?

Kansas

Utah

Nevada

Oregon

Question 20 1 pts
What state is labeled with letter "B"?

Colorado

Idaho

New Mexico

Montana

Question 21 1 pts
What state is labeled with letter "C"?

California

Oregon

Arizona

Colorado

Question 22 1 pts
What is the capital of state "K"?

Santa Fe

Phoenix

Boise

Sacramento

Question 23 1 pts
What is the capital of state "G"?

Austin

Juneau

Carson City

Olympia

Question 24 1 pts
What is the capital of state "F"?

Oklahoma City

Helena

Salem

Sacramento

Question 25 1 pts

Which Came First?

The Korean War                       or                          World War I       

The Korean War

 World War I

Question 26 1 pts

Which Came First?

WWII                  or                               The Great Depression 

Great Depression

WWII

Question 27 1 pts

Which Came First?

First Moon Landing                  or                          The Launch of Sputnik 

First Moon Landing

The launch of Sputnik

Question 28 1 pts

Which Came First?

 
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor                or                        Invasion of Normandy (D-
DAY)

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Invasion of Normandy

Question 29 1 pts

One of the main arguments used to support U.S. military involvement in Vietnam was
the fear that if Vietnam fell to communism, other nations in Southeast Asia could fall
as well. This argument was known as the

Hegemony Effect

Red Scare

Appeasement Trap

Domino Theory

Question 30 1 pts

What was the result of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? 

The French asked the US for help in Vietnam.

The US declared victory in Vietnam.

Congress required the PResident to remove US troops from Vietnam.

It authorized President Johnson to use US armed forces in Vietnam.

Question 31 1 pts

What was Agent Orange used for in the Vietnam War?

To clear forest vegetation that could hide Viet Cong soldiers.

To gather information on the Viet Cong

To pollute wells supplying water to the South Vietnamese

To blow up tunnel systems used to shelter Viet Cong troops

Question 32 1 pts

What role did television and the media play in the Vietnam War?

They played no role

Showed Americans the horrors of war on a nightly basis

It allowed for soldiers to fight more effectively

Soldiers could become media members after the war

Question 33 1 pts

What event led to the U.S. joining WWII?

Japanese airplanes made a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.

Hitler was mistreating Jews in concentration camps.

The Axis Powers invaded Poland.

Question 34 1 pts

What did President Roosevelt call December 7, 1941 when Pearl Harbor was
attacked?

"a horrible day"

"a day that caused a lot of destruction"

"a day that will live in infamy"

Question 35 1 pts

The Allied invasion of the beaches of Normandy, France in June of 1944 is known as:

VB-Day

DJ-Day

D-Day

Question 36 1 pts

Which Came First?

The Environmental Movement            or                        World War II

World War II

The Environmental Movement

Question 37 1 pts

Which Came First?

The Vietnam War                     or                          The Korean War 

The Korean War

The Vietnam War

Question 38 1 pts

Which of the following presidents was known for fighting in the Spanish American
War, riding a moose and having boxing matches in the oval office? 

Bill Clinton

Teddy Roosevelt

Tommy Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

Question 39 1 pts

What kind of music would you most likely be hearing if you were in a 1920's
speakeasy? 

Gangster Rap
 Jazz

Rock

Folk

Question 40 1 pts

Which of the following was a notorious gangster during prohibition, who was a
bootlegger of alcohol and was involved in the St. Valentines day Massacre? 

Al Bundy

Lil Junior Face

Al Capone

Lil Durk

Question 41 1 pts

Which of the following was a dance craze that was popular during the 1920's ? 

The Charleston

The Moonwalk

The Hammer time

The Tootsie Roll

Question 42 1 pts
What did the progressivist novel, "The Jungle," written by Upton Sinclair, show about
industrialized America in the late 1800's and early 1900's? 

The different species of monkey in the Amazon.

The horrible conditions of America's meat factories (fingers and rats in the meat)

Different hunting techniques being developed.

The factories were clean and safe.

Question 43 1 pts

What is the name of the laws passed in the Reconstruction South that were meant to
restrict the rights of African-Americans? 

Jim Crow Laws

Sharecropping Fees

The Freedman's Bureau

Thomas Jefferson Codes

Question 44 1 pts

What was the name of the NASA shuttle that exploded on take off on January 28,
1986 while all of America watched in horror? 

The Haley Comet

The Charger

The Challenger
 The Apollo 86

Question 45 1 pts

What is the name of the scientist who worked at Los Alamos National Labs, and was
later in charge of a "top secret project" at Area 51? 

Bob Lazar

Morty Smith

Rick Sanchez

Joe Rogen

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