History Final 2

Question 1

What was the Munich Agreement?

Answer 1

Avoid WW2, give in to Hitler

Question 2

What was the immediate reason for America’s entry into WWII?

Answer 2

Pearl Harbor (1941)

Question 3

What did the militarist government of Japan want in the 1930s?

Answer 3

Land & resources

Question 4

After Pearl Harbor, which arena was attacked first (where did the U.S. government focus more on)?

Answer 4

Europe first mentality

Question 5

What did the U.S. government do to Japanese-Americans during WWII?

Answer 5

Interned in camps

Question 6

How did the homefront contribute to the war effort in WWII?

Answer 6

Rationing gas, sugar, rubber

Question 7

What was D-Day?

Answer 7

we invade France

Question 8

How did WWII affect the U.S. economy?

Answer 8

After Depression people have jobs but nothing to buy

Question 9

What was the Marshall Plan?

Answer 9

Rebuild Europe so we have Allies

Question 10

Why did President Truman drop the atomic bomb?

Answer 10

Feared invading Japan would cost too many casualties

Question 11

What principle did the Nuremberg Trials establish?

Answer 11

We can punish you for what you do in wartime

Question 12

What was the iron curtain?

Answer 12

Divided lines between free democracies and satellite nations

Question 13

Battle of the Bulge

Answer 13

Germany’s last ditch effort to push the Allies back from Germany?

Question 14

Battle of Britain

Answer 14

Resulted in Great Britain keeping Germany from invading their island?

Question 15

What was the purpose of the U.S.’s participation in NATO?

Answer 15

Treaty for protection

Question 16

What did Americans become concerned about in the late 1940s?

Answer 16

Communism

Question 17

What is HUAC?

Answer 17

House Un American Activities Committee

Question 18

Interstate Highway System

Answer 18

Made by President Eisenhower

Question 19

What event began the Korean War?

Answer 19

North Korea Invades

Question 20

Who was Joseph McCarthy?

Answer 20

Lying dude

Question 21

What were President Kennedy’s dreams for America?

Answer 21

New Frontier

Question 22

Brown Vs. Board of Education 1954

Answer 22

the Supreme Court ruled “Separate but equal” was actually unequal and illegal

Question 23

Gideon vs Wainwright

Answer 23

Everyone has the right to a attorney

Question 24

Mapp vs Ohio

Answer 24

Evidence that was contained by ways that go against the constitution aren’t valid in court.

Question 25

Engel vs Vitale

Answer 25

You cannot pray in school

Question 26

Why did the U.S. back the French in Vietnam?

Answer 26

Scared of domino theory

Question 27

Why did more women join the workforce in the 1970s?

Answer 27

They needed money

Question 28

What was Watergate?

Answer 28

Break in by Nixon

Question 29

What did Carter have to deal with in Iran?

Answer 29

Iran hostage crisis

Question 30

What was the Oil Crisis?

Answer 30

Middle east countries angry at US for supporting Israel