US HISTORY FINAL REVIEW SHEET



US HISTORY FINAL REVIEW SHEET 2015

Directions: By defining and answering all questions you will receive extra credit on your final. Here are the decades this final will cover: 1920’s, 1930’s, WWII, Cold War, 1960’s and Civil Rights and Vietnam. You cannot type this out to get extra credit it must be hand written. This sheet will be worth 15 points!

Chapter 9, and 10: 1920’s

WARREN HARDING

LANGSTON HUGHES

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

KELLOG-BRIAND PACT

SACCO and VANZETTI

HARLEM RENAISSANCE

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

MARCUS GARVEY

SPEAKEASY

CALVIN COOLIDGE

PROHIBITION

SUFFRAGE

FLAPPER

BUYING ON MARGIN

INSTALLMENT BUYING

JOHN SCOPES

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Albert B. Fall accepted bribes in the ___________________ .

Al Capone built his criminal empire by means of

What amendment banned the drinking/sale of alcohol?

Nicola Sacco and Bartholomew Vanzetti were said to be innocent victims of what crime?

Charlie Chaplin was a star in what field?

Charles Lindbergh was the first man to

What were the 3 causes of the stock market crash?

Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to

Chapter 11 and 12: 1930’s

JOHN STEINBECK

SQUARE DEAL

HERBERT HOOVER

FIRESIDE CHATS

BANK TRUST

NEW DEAL

DUST BOWL

UPTON SINCLAIR

HOOVERVILLES

SPECULATION

BLACK TUESDAY

FDR

MULTIPLE CHOICE

When and who said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself?”

What were the 3 R’s of the New Deal?

What did Herbert Hoover say would pull the people out of the Depression?

What is buying on Margin?

What day did the Stock Market collapse?

What was the percentage of unemployed workers?

What state and political background did FDR have?

Which disease afflicted FDR?

Chapter 13 and 14: WWII

DACHAU

ROOSIE THE RIVETER

WINSTON CHURCHILL

BENITO MUSSOLINI

BRACERO TREATY

BATTLE OF BRITAIN

BATTLE OF DUNKIRK

YALTA CONFERENCE

MARSHALL PLAN

OPERATION BARBAROSA

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Date of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Why did Great Britain and France declare war on Hitler?

What was the Cash and Carry system?

What was the Allies first priority?

What was the immediate result of the invasion of Normandy?

The battle of Okinawa affected the Allied plans for war by?

How would you describe the integration of the US military?

What were the Navajo code talkers?

Atlantic charter of 1941 became the basis for?

What was the purpose of the 4 freedoms speech?

What was the problem with the Japanese internment camps? (constitutionally)

Lend Lease Act was?

Who said, ”Dec. 7th 1941 will be a date that will live in infamy.”

What was the most notable contributions of African Americans?

How did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles?

What country does the Sudetenland lie in?

What was the policy of Britain and France regarding Hitler?

Which country agreed to stay neutral when Hitler attacked Poland?

What was Hitler’s worst defeat?

D-day: date and general info about

Atlantic Wall

What was a major turning point in the Pacific for the US?

Which US General led the island hopping campaign?

Jews wore what in the concentration camps?

Which order sent the Japanese to camps?

What was the name of the trials after WWII?

How much were Manzanar camp survivors given in 1988?

Nazi parties formal name?

Who was the superior race in Germany during WWII?

What laws proclaimed the Jews non-citizens?

Chapter 15 and 16: COLD WAR

BBERLIN AIRLIFT

NATO

SEATO

BABY BOOM

DOMINO EFFECT

38TH PARALLEL

NIKITA KRUSHCHEV

JOSEPH MCARTHY

MARSHALL PLAN

FAIR DEAL

LEVITTOWN

BRINKMANSHIP

MAO ZEDONG

CHANG KAI SHEK

MULTIPLE CHOICE

President Truman removed this U.S. General from duty

This candidate won the 1952 Presidential election vowing to bring the Korean war to a close:

The Soviet Union and its satellites responded to N.A.T.O. with their own alliance called the -The Korean War was fought between what years?

The N Koreans attacked S Korea and started the Korean War when they crossed the ______ th parallel.

C.I.A. stands for?

In 1957, the Soviets successfully launched the world’s first artificial satellite called

The first Communist nation in Latin America – established in 1959, was

The man who led the nation’s 2nd Red Scare was a __________ senator from ___________ - In 1953, two radicals, executed for espionage, fueling

The richest country in the world following WWII?

Between what ages was it common for a man and a woman to get married in the 1950’s?

The 1950’s has also been referred to as the ____________ age.

The most popular variety show in the 1950’s was the _________________ show.

She was called the blonde bombshell of the nuclear age:

Soviet leader during the beginning of the Cold War?

The person who made the famous “Iron -Curtain” speech regarding the division of Europe The Soviet response to the Marshall plan was the ___________ plan.

The Soviets responded to the Western-formed German Government(West Germany) and mutual defense pact in 1948 with the ________ _________ .

N.A.T.O. stands for

The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of June 1944, more commonly called

Dwight D. Eisenhower became President with the help of the slogan

Chapter 17 and 18 and 20: CIVIL RIGHTS

First astronaut to walk on the moon?

JFK assassinated in this city?

JFK’s vice President?

Who did JFK run against in 1960?

JFK served in what war?

JFK’s father was the first Irish American to serve as an Ambassador to?

What state was the Kennedy family from?

What was JFK program that trained volunteers for poor nations?

Whose Presidency was characterized by the Great Society?

What President started Medicare and Medicaid?

First African American to serve on the Supreme Court?

Civil Rights activist that entered the U of Mississippi after being denied admission?

This amendment was passed in 1964 and banned states from taxing its own citizens?

Segregation that exists through custom and practice rather than law?

Programs that gave preference to minorities and women in hiring and admissions were?

What was the Bay of Pigs about?

MLK received his PHD in _________ at Boston University.

What law created separate facilities in the south?

NOW fought for equal rights for what group?

What party was said to be a greater threat than communism?

Fought for self determination or the ability to govern themselves?

Who led the Mexican Americans to get better working conditions?

What religion did Malcolm X follow?

What did Martin Luther King advocate?

The place where hippies gathered to live communally?

A non-violent refusal to buy a companies product?

The slogan “Hell no, we won’t go” was the demonstrators protesting what war?

In 1965 it became illegal to burn what?

What was the name of the group who lived counter culture in the 1960’s?

Who shot and killed JFK’s assassin?

Who assassinated JFK?

The space mission that landed on the moon?

Chapter 19: VIETNAM WAR

VIETMINH

GEORGE WALLACE

GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION

TET OFFENSIVE

HENRY KISSINGER

HO CHI MINH TRAIL

PENTAGON PAPERS

VIETCONG

DIEN BIEN PHU

GENEVA CONFERENCE

KHMER ROUGE

MY LAI MASSACRE

ROBERT S. MCNAMARA

VIETNAMIZATION

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Why was Nixon elected President in 1968?

How was the Vietnam war fought?

How were Vietnam vets greeted when they arrived back home?

How did America view communism around the world following the war?

How did the invasion of Cambodia affect antiwar opinion?

Why did African-American leaders oppose Vietnam?

What style of warfare was fought in Vietnam?

What was someone called who opposed the war? For the war?

Young men who fled the US and avoided the draft were called?

Jellied gasoline is

Sudden vivid flashbacks of combat were referred to as?

Chemical used in Vietnam to destroy foliage.

The capital of N. Vietnam during the war was?

The capital of S. Vietnam during the war was

What did the 26th amendment do?

The first major military action by the US in Vietnam was called ________

What reporter voiced his concerns which caused a major uproar with the government.

After the US invaded this country that the killings by national guard took place at Kent State.

Vietnam was divided along the ____th parallel.

Which 2 key Civil Rights figures were assassinated in 1968?

The silent majority was used by which president?

What state did Woodstock take place in?

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