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Finals Study Guide
Review of the 30 Multiple Choice Finals Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the Bracero program? Why did the United States need a program like this? | Program to bring experienced Mexican workers to the US and work in the Southwest; Needed this program due to the labor shortage (especially in agriculture) |
| Beyond their religious faith, what contributed to Malcolm X changing his name from what he was born with? | The X symbolized the unknown family name of his enslaved African ancestors. He declared that his true name had been stolen from him by slavery. |
| How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 fight racial discrimination in hiring practices? | It established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce anti- discrimination statutes. |
| In Little Rock, Arkansas, the governor tried to prevent African American students from entering a white high school by | deploying the national guard. |
| What was the Supreme Court Case that upheld the constitutionality of Japanese Internment? | Korematsu v. United States |
| This event led to vast escalation in the U.S. presence in Vietnam | The attack in the Gulf of Tonkin |
| What impact did the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings have on Hollywood? | Actors were required to swear that they were not communists |
| The Brown v. Board of Education case was filed | to legally challenge the constitutionality of “separate but equal” in schools. |
| The _______ Amendment says that citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of their race, color, or previous condition of servitude. | 15th |
| The theory, that if one country in Asia falls to communism then the rest will, is * known as.... | domino |
| Why did the US and Western European nations establish NATO? | To form a mutual defense in response to Soviet attack. |
| The governments in North and South Korea had been set up by | US and USSR |
| President Truman saw the communist invasion of South Korea as a test of the ________ and ordered U.S. naval and air power into action. | Containment policy |
| What were The Rosenbergs convicted and executed for? | providing information to the Soviet Union |
| What was the outcome of the Korean War? | Korea remained divided almost exactly the same as before the war. |
| Which Post-World War II event led to the creation of the Truman Doctrine? | Greek Civil War |
| The Warsaw Pact was the grouping of ____________ countries in order to defend against the newly formed group called _____________. | Soviet - NATO |
| What term denoted a modern woman in the 1920s? | Flappers |
| What is the name of the movement of African-Americans out of the South following World War I? | The Great Migration |
| What is the name of the belief that one’s land needs to be protected against immigrants? | Nativism |
| Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression? | equal distribution of wealth |
| Which figure of the Civil Rights Movement was jailed for sitting in the White section of a bus? | Rosa Parks |
| What do we call the illegal bars that were created during the time of Prohibition? | Speakeasies |
| Who is credited with the creation of the United States theory of Containment during the Cold War? | George Kennan |
| Which New Deal Act gave money to states to assist the unemployed? | Social Security |
| Which New Deal act created unemployment insurance and pensions for retirees? | Social Security |
| Nine black students had to be protected by federal troops in _________, Arkansas when they attempted to attend Central High School. | Little Rock |
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