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American History 1877-Present Flashcards

1
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Which of the following was NOT a failed measure of Hoover’s in attempting to try to alleviate the depression

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Created an agency to provide direct emergency relief to the jobless

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The dust storms that devastated the plains region referred to as the Dust Bowl resulted in all the following EXCEPT:

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Logging of the regions trees

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3
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During the depression, the federal government deported which of the following:

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Mexicans

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The Great Depression was a nearly global economic catastrophe in the western hemisphere .victims of the depression overthrew the government of 7 Latin American countries

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False

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5
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All the following contributed to the onset of the great depression

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US entry into WWII

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Rather than offer direct governmental relief to Americans suffering financial hardships during the depression President Hoover chose to rely on which

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volunteerism and associationism to help the unemployed and hungry

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The Federal Legislation proposed a plan to offer old age pensions for American citizens

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Social Security Act

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The New Deal according to the assessment in your text offered a legacy in all of the following except:

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Brining recovery from the Great Depression

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Roosevelts Administration under the prodding of Elanor Roosevelt and Harold Ickes

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began to support racial integration and ban discrimination in certain programs

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In the early days of the Great Depression in Wisconsin, dairy farmers spilled milk on to highways in a desperate attempt to raise milk prices

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True

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11
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Elanor Roosevelt publics effort won support for her husband from all of the following except:

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American Fascist

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12
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National bank holiday was FDR’s authorized closure of financial institutions in order to develop a plan to reopen them and make them safer investors

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True

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13
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Personally leading US army troops against the encampment of the so called bonus army was chief of staff general Dwight D Eisenhower

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False

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14
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The disparaging name given to the impoverish communities of homeless and poor as a result of the Great Depression was

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Hooverville’s

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15
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Which of the following individuals did not challenge the New Deal policies

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Harry Hopkins

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16
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How did president Hoover respond to the 1929 stock market crash

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He assured the nation was sound

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17
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Which of the following could best be described as having the most to do when ending the Great Depression

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The massive government spending that accompanied the US entry into WWII

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18
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One of the most important achievements of the New Deal in the area of banking was included in a 1933 Act, the key reform was:

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The federal deposit insurance corporation so that the government would guarantee bank deposits

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19
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Which newspaper line would have appeared in the spring of 1945

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A stunned nation mourns the passing of FDR

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20
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What significant event became immortalized on June 6 1944

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Operation Overload also known as D-Day

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21
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Great Britain and France declared war on Germany because of what

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Attack on Poland

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22
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Which of the following was not a military turning point of WWII

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Battle of Little Big Horn

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23
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The Allied Powers of WW included which

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Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, US, China

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24
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Allied grand strategy called for

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Defeat Nazi Germany and then shift focus to Japan

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25
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The US maintained its influence in Latin America because

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Supporting dictatorships friendly to the US

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26
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US military operational code name for producing an atomic weapon was The Manhattan project

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True

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27
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US military operational code name for producing an atomic weapon was The Bronx project

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False

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28
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The harness of atomic energy meant no one in the world, even the US, was not safe anymore

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True

29
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o Assist Great Britain after the fall of France in 1940, President Roosevelt

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Devised ways to provide Aid without going to war

30
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Which of the following was NOT a military turning point of WWII

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Battle of Gettysburg

31
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The 1941 argument between FDR and Churchill stating their war aims, which included economic cooperation between the US and Britain was called The Atlantic Charter

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True

32
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Japanese American citizens were confined in camps during the war

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True

33
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Most Americans viewed war work for women as

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A temporary response to the war emergency

34
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Before the US was involved in WWII, FDR wanted the nation to become the “Great Arsenal of Democracy” for the Allied Powers fighting against Hitler

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True

35
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Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT in identifying war time leaders

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Benito Mussolini - Japan

36
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The US pacific fleet was attacked and effectively destroyed in a surprise attack at Midway

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False

37
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The McCarron act of 1950 required _____ to register with the government

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Communist

38
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Harry S Truman was notable for having desegregated the military during his time in the oval office

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True

39
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Under the 1947 taft-hartley bill, labor leaders were required to take loyalty oaths

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True

40
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____ was the surprise winner in the 4 way presidential campaign of 1948

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Harry S Truman

41
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President Truman became the first president to make civil rights a moral issue to be addressed by the federal government when he did what

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Created the presidents committee for civil rights which issued the report “To secure these rights”

42
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President Eisenhower proposed to follow a course that politically would “take that straight road down the middle” by the 1950s, the middle meant ALL except

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rejecting communist ideology while recognizing the values of allowing leftists to advocate their beliefs in a pluralistic free society

43
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The Supreme Court decision effectively overturned the principles advocated in Plesy v. Ferguson

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Brown vs The Board of Education

44
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All of the following forces stymied Truman’s effort to revive the New Deal except:

A

Unmet demands of veterans

45
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Among the shocks of 1949, was the

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The fall of china to Mao Zedong communist

46
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This was the massive American relief package for rebuilding war torn Europe

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The Marshall Plan

47
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Americas basic Cold War strategy emerged when the Truman administration adopted the recommendations of US diplomat and Soviet specialist George Kennen

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The containment doctrine

48
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Senator Joseph McCarthy’s popularity in his crusade against domestic communist finally began to slide after he

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was televised badgering witnesses and mocking senate procedures during senate hearings

49
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In the absence of sufficient US troops to confront the Soviet Army in Eastern Europe, what defense strategy was developed by the late 1940s

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Nuclear deterrence

50
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The GI bill offered which

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It paid tuition for college or vocational training

51
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_____ coined the phrase “_____” in his speech to the American public in Fulton MO,

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Winston Churchill ; Iron Curtain

52
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The American couple ______ were arrested for _______ and were given death sentences after being found guilty

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, spying for the Soviets

53
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This was Truman’s solution to Stalin’s attempt at forcing the Western powers out of the Soviet occupied zone in Germany

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Berlin Airlift

54
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Which of the following nations was not a combatant in teh Korean war

A

Japan

55
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On trend in federal government spending in the 1950s was

A

An increase in defense spending

56
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Which of the following was one principle trend of the period 1946-1960

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A significant increase in American birthrate

57
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The congressional policy of termination provided one time payments but little else for

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Native Americans

58
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_____ became very prominent in the US during the 50s

A

Religion

59
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What phrase did President Eisenhower coin to describe the vulnerable neighbors of a country like Vietnam threatened with a community takeover

A

A row of dominos

60
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Alfred Kinseys famous mid-century research dealt with

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human sexuality

61
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What immediate problem in the first few years after WWII was

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a serious shortage of housing

62
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Regarding his domestic policies, Eisenhower sought to eliminate as many new deal welfare state programs as he could

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False

63
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The form of cooperate growth used to minimized shocks in specific markets is known as

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Diversification

64
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When _______ asked the US to intervene against the Viet minh in 1954 at Dien Bein phu President Eisenhower refused their request

A

The French

65
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All the following offered conscious descent from the consensus oriented organization culture of the 1950s

A

TV Preachers

66
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A key to Dwight Eisenhower’s political success was his

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Positive image with both liberal and conservatives

67
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All of the following help explain the rise of suburbia EXCEPT

A

White flight

68
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Just before leaving office in 1961, President Eisenhower warned americans of the

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dangers of the military industrial complex

69
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The soviet union jumped ahead in the race for technology when they

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launched Sputnik into orbit

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