United States History Review Unit 10 1920sPresent Day

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United States History ReviewUnit 10
1920s-Present Day
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Question 1

• Which statement about Prohibition is an opinion?
• Prohibition was a campaign issue in the
  Presidential elections of 1928 and 1932.
• The United States Government was right to forbid
  the sale of alcoholic beverages.
• According to the 18th amendment, Americans were
  not allowed to make or sell alcoholic beverages.
• People called bootleggers smuggled and sold
  alcoholic beverages.

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Question 2

• Which statement is evidence that racist attitudes
  were common in the United States during the
  1920's?
• The most popular dance was called the Charleston.
• The Federal Government adopted a policy of
  isolationism.
• Membership in the Ku Klux Klan reached its peak.
• Prohibition was in effect.

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Question 3

• The rise of European dictatorships, the rearming
  of Germany, and the failure of the League of
  Nations resulted most directly in the
• outbreak of World War II
• beginning of the space race
• establishment of colonies in China
• establishment of the Peace Corps

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Question 4

• The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's was
• an award to recognize the best African-American
  athletes
• a major urban renewal project that provided
  affordable housing for low-income
  African-American families
• a rebirth of African-American culture based on
  the experiences of some African-American artists,
  writers, and musicians
• a period when African-Americans gained political
  leadership

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Question 5

• Which term is used to describe the mass killing
  of European Jews and other ethnic groups by Nazi
  Germany during World War II?
• Containment
• Holocaust
• Blitzkrieg
• appeasement

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Question 6

• Many Japanese Americans were placed in internment
  camps during World War II because they
• plotted against United States military bases
• were seen as a threat to the security of the
  United States
• demanded protection from the Japanese Government
• refused to work in war-related factories

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Question 7

• Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of
  Education of Topeka were important Supreme Court
  cases that dealt with
• racial segregation
• search and seizure
• freedom of speech
• the right to protest

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Question 8

• Which event is credited with starting the Great
  Depression?
• adoption of the New Deal
• election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President
• stock market crash
• the Senate's failure to ratify the Treaty of
  Versailles

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Question 9

• The New Deal period in American history is
  associated with the idea that
• churches and charities do the best job of helping
  the poor
• people are responsible for their own success or
  failure
• government must take responsibility for helping
  those in need
• local governments are best equipped to take care
  of their own citizens

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Question 10

• During the Cold War, the United States used the
  policy of containment to limit the spread of
• absolute monarchy
• parliamentary democracy
• Communism
• fascism

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Question 11

• The Brown v. Board of Education decision, the
  Montgomery bus boycott, and the 1963 March on
  Washington were all efforts to
• end the persecution of the McCarthy Era
• protect freedom of speech as guaranteed by the
  Bill of Rights
• guarantee civil rights to all citizens of the
  United States
• promote economic reform

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Question 12

• Which was a lasting reform of President Franklin
  D. Roosevelt's New Deal program?
• reduction in Federal income taxes
• elimination of the national debt
• an end to "ups and downs" in the economy
• establishment of the Social Security System

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Question 13

• The creation of the North Atlantic Treaty
  Organization (NATO), the construction of the
  Berlin wall, and the Cuban missile crisis are all
  events connected with
• World War I
• the Cold War
• the Vietnam War
• the Korean War

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Question 14

• The Great Depression was caused in part by
• the scarcity of farm products
• increasing government support of big business
• high wages and low unemployment
• the overuse of credit and installment buying

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Question 15

• The purpose of the policy of containment after
  World War II was to
• make the United States more isolated
• establish better economic ties between the United
  States and Southeast Asia
• provide economic aid to the Soviet Union
• prevent the spread of communism

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Question 16

• Which Supreme Court case declared the "separate
  but equal" doctrine unconstitutional?
• Roe v. Wade
• Brown v. Brown of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Miranda v. Arizona

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Question 17

• What was one effect of the Harlem Renaissance?
• African-American cultural pride flourished in the
  cities.
• Prohibition ended for African Americans.
• The formation of multiracial corporations was
  encouraged.
• Many African-American veterans of World War I
  were unemployed.

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Question 18

• During both World War I and World War II, women
  supported the war effort by
• going to work in factories
• gaining the right to vote
• joining the infantry
• returning to college

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Question 19

• President Harry Truman made the decision to drop
  the atomic bomb on Hiroshima because he
• wanted to end the war quickly and save American
  lives
• did not want the Soviet Union to obtain atomic
  technology
• believed America should win the war in Asia first
• wanted to shift focus away from economic problems

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Question 20

• "Blitzkrieg Sweeps Across
• "Japanese Americans Relocated
• "Truman Takes Over as President
• ......To which 20th-century period do these
  headlines refer?
• Vietnam War
• Persian Gulf War
• World War I
• World War II

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