History Final Review

shoutout to sierra

Which countries represented the Triple Alliance in WWI?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

What contributed the MOST to the stalemate on the Western Front in WWI?

Trenches

How did German U-boats change warfare at sea?

They were hidden and fired without warning

The British blockade of Germany lead to what events

Unrestricted submarine warfare and the sinking of the Lusitania

The Zimmermann Telegram lead to what events

Wilson’s message to Congress about supporting the war and Congress’s declaration of war

The goal of a peaceful post-war world lead to what events

The Treaty of Versailles and the Fourteen Points

Who was president when the Great Depression began?

Herbert Hoover

Which president had the “Brain Trust” to help him deal with the Great Depression?

FDR

Who created the New Deal?

FDR

Which last name was targeted by Americans during the Great Depression?

Hoover

Who used fireside chats to talk to Americans during the Great Depression?

FDR

What was one major underlying cause of the Great Depression?

Instability in the U.S. economy

What did FDR promise at the beginning of his presidency?

Relief, recovery, and reform

What main strategy did Roosevelt and Churchill agree on in WWII?

Concentrate on defeating Germany and Italy in Europe

Which operation took place on D-Day, June 6th 1944?

Operation Overlord

What was the Manhattan project?

Top secret atomic bomb program

What did Stalin promise at the Yalta Conference?

To have free elections in Eastern Europe

What was the role of the United Nations (UN)?

Be the peacekeeper after the League of Nations

Which U.S. strategy was used in the Pacific Theater?

Island hopping

What was one reason the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

To avoid invading mainland Japan

Why was America able to help win WWII?

Women, African-Americans, Japanese-Americans, and others supported the U.S.

Why did the Cold War begin after WWII?

The U.S. and U.S.S.R. were trying to become the superpowers of the world

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

Support nations trying to resist Soviet control

How did the USSR react to the Marshall Plan and NATO?

It created its own economic plan and military alliance; the Warsaw Pact

Which incident was the U.S. directly responsible for?

The U-2 Spy Plane Incident

Which of the following **CAN’T** be attributed to the JFK assassination?

Black Power leaders killed JFK because he didn’t support Civil Rights

What did the Warren Commission’s official report state?

Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone

Why did Search and Destroy missions often fail?

The Vietcong and NVA ambushed U.S. patrols

What was one main reason the Kent State massacre occurred?

Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia

What principle was MOST associated with American Involvement in Southeast Asia?

Domino Theory

What was President Johnson’s objective in Vietnam?

Prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam

What did Brown v. Board of Education conclude?

“Separate but equal” was unconstitutional

What is NOT an example of direct action by the Civil Rights Movement? (Martin Luther King was against it)

Watts Riots

What gave African-Americans more rights than they had previously, and ended segregation in all public accommodations?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

What was Containment?

US policy of limiting to communist expansion around the world.

What was the Truman Doctrine?

Us policy of resistance to Soviet expansion and aid to democracies.

What is NATO?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; alliance among US, Canada, and 9 Western European countries.

What was the Warsaw Pact?

Alliance among Soviet Union and 7 Eastern European nations.