27. Which event forced Japan to surrender, ending World War II?

THE UNITED STATES DROPPED TWO ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN

29. The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the

INCREASE SPENDING ON TECHNOLOGY AND WEAPONS TO COMPETE WITH THE SOVIET UNION

33. What two Superpowers were involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis?

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE SOVIET UNION

34. One similarity between the Korean War and the Vietnam War is that both wars were

FOUGHT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM IN ASIA

35. The domino theory, which provided the basis for U.S. entry into the Vietnam War, was the belief that intervention was necessary to prevent

THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

41. Which was an outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN WERE ALLOWED TO ATTEND INTEGRATED SCHOOLS

42. During the 1920s, Harlem became the center of African-American culture. What was one effect of the Harlem Renaissance?

RECOGNITION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART, LITERATURE AND CULTURE

44. During the early 1900s, the movement for prohibition pushed legislators to enact social change throughout the United States. Which social change was encouraged by the movement for prohibition in the United States?

OUTLAWING OF ALCOHOL IN THE UNITED STATES

47. What result best describes the Battle of Little Bighorn?

LAST MAJOR VICTORY FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS AGAINST THE US ARMY BUT ALSO THEIR LAST

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FINAL EXAM PT 2

FINAL EXAM PT 2 STUDY STACKS

Question	Answer
26. True or False- The United States used posters to encourage Americans to contribute to the war effort in World War II	TRUE
27. Which event forced Japan to surrender, ending World War II?	THE UNITED STATES DROPPED TWO ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN
28. Shortly after entering World War II, the United States began the secret Manhattan Project primarily to	DEVELOP AN ATOMIC BOMB
29. The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the	INCREASE SPENDING ON TECHNOLOGY AND WEAPONS TO COMPETE WITH THE SOVIET UNION
30. During the late 1980s, the Cold War came to an end with the	COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION
31. With the collapse of what superpower did the Cold War end?	SOVIET UNION
Which President was in office during the Cold War?	JOHN KENNEDY
33. What two Superpowers were involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis?	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE SOVIET UNION
34. One similarity between the Korean War and the Vietnam War is that both wars were	FOUGHT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM IN ASIA
35. The domino theory, which provided the basis for U.S. entry into the Vietnam War, was the belief that intervention was necessary to prevent	THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
36. Martin Luther King Jr. led civil rights protests that	WERE PEACEFUL AND NONVIOLENT
37. The Supreme Court case, Plessy vs Ferguson, upheld segregation laws in the south	TRUE
38. Which amendment did Plessy argue was being violated when he was told to switch train cars?	14TH
39. What was the Supreme Court's ruling on the Plessy v Ferguson case?	SEGREGATION WAS LEGAL
40. With which principle of the U.S. government does the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision most closely align?	EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
41. Which was an outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?	AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN WERE ALLOWED TO ATTEND INTEGRATED SCHOOLS
42. During the 1920s, Harlem became the center of African-American culture. What was one effect of the Harlem Renaissance?	RECOGNITION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART, LITERATURE AND CULTURE
43. The Harlem Renaissance focused on which of the following?	ART, MUSIC AND POETRY
44. During the early 1900s, the movement for prohibition pushed legislators to enact social change throughout the United States. Which social change was encouraged by the movement for prohibition in the United States?	OUTLAWING OF ALCOHOL IN THE UNITED STATES
45. Which amendment begins prohibition of alcohol?	18TH
46. What resulted from the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920s?	RISE IN ORGANIZED CRIME
47. What result best describes the Battle of Little Bighorn?	LAST MAJOR VICTORY FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS AGAINST THE US ARMY BUT ALSO THEIR LAST

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