U.S History B Cumulative Exam 92%

Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal reforms sparked an ongoing national debate on..

A-The proper role of government.

What changes did the invention of the radio bring to Americans..

D-It provided Americans with a way to hear the news as it happened.

In the late 1800s, the Populist movement arose out of the concerns of..

C-Farm workers.

Look at the graph. Then answer the question.

Which statement best explains what happened in the stock market from August to the end of October..

B-The market lost much of its value.

What did the Department of Housing and Urban Development do during the 1960s as part of Johnson's Great society..

C-It expanded funding for public housing and funded city rebuilding efforts.

President Ford's method of moving beyond the Watergate scandal..

D-Angered many American voters.

In 1972, Nixon became the first US president to..

C-Visit China while in office.

In 1908, the Supreme Court ruled in Muller v. Oregon that..

D-State laws could limit working hours for women.

How did many people on the home front support the war effort during World War II..

C-They planted victory gardens to help feed themselves.

Read the introduction to an argumentative essay.

A writer could improve this introduction by

A-Adding a hook.

In what region did the United Nations create a home for Holocaust survivors in 1947..

C-The Middle East

This map shows the location of communist governments after WWII.

What conclusion can be determined from this map?

B-The spread of communism into eastern Asia set the stage for the Korean War.

Isolationists objected to the League of Nations because..

D-It made the US obligated to defend other nations.

Elijah Muhammad, a leader of the Nation of Islam, believed that..

A-African Americans should assert themselves against white power.

A direct effect of gaining the right to vote was that women..

A-Sought equality in other areas.

The 1935 Social Security Act paid retirees a stipend based on..

DD-The amount contributed to the fund while working.

The Homestead Act greatly impacted the American Indians of the Great Plains by..

B-Creating a drain on the food, clothing, and shelter of American Indians.

How did Progressives plan to improve government..

D-By reforming the agricultural industry

In 1942, the Allies began their "Europe-first" strategy by invading..

D-North Africa.

Which statement best describes the main idea of Senator Albert J. Beveridge's speech "March of the Flag"..

A-God has chosen the United States to be the greatest nation on Earth.

In the Scopes trial of 1925, attorney William Jennings Bryan pitted religion against..

D-Evolutionary theory.

Hitler's earliest involvement with the Nazi Party resulted in..

A-A year spent in prison.

Which late 1940s event prompted the United States to take steps to protect itself from Soviet espionage..

A-The detonation of a bomb on Russian soil

What was one result of the breakup of the USSR..

A-Many independent states formed.

Which of the following best describes a major effect of Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle..

B-It created a controversy that influenced President Roosevelt to take action.

What event signaled the shift and directional change of the SNCC..

CC-Stokely Carmichael became its leader in 1966.

Which best describes the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom..

D-It was organized and peaceful.

What position on international trade did President Wilson's Fourteen Points take..

A-There should be a reduction of trade barriers among nations.

What was the outcome of the 1991 US attack in Iraq..

A-Iraq was forced to accept the UN's cease-fire terms.

The belief that a woman's place is in the home and not in the workforce is an example of..

C-A cultural attitude.

How did President Bush respond to Hurricane Katrina..

C-He sent US troops to help distribute supplies and repair damage.

In the early 1900s, what did it mean for cities to be "dry"..

C-Cities restricted the sale and consumption of alcohol.

What types of pollution in the Great Lakes has human activity caused? Check all that apply..

Booker T. Washington believed that the best strategy to end racial segregation was for African Americans to..

B-Adapt to it as they worked to gain equality.

President Kennedy appointed Thurgood Marshall to..

A-A federal court.

Why are settlements in places with regular natural disasters controversial..

C-Homes are priced at much higher rates in these areas.

During World War II, the term kamikaze referred to Japanese

D-Suicide attacks.

When government inspectors investigated the claims made by Upton Sinclair in The Jungle, they found that..

D-Slaughterhouse conditions were even worse than Sinclair had reported.

Look at the idea web.

How would a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union most likely fill in the center of this web..

B-Problems Caused by Alcohol

How did the US government respond to Robert Oppenheimer's opposition to developing the hydrogen bomb..

C-He was accused of disloyalty and lost his security clearance.

As European nations became involved in World War I in 1914, the United States was..

C-Recovering from economic problems and building ties with Latin America.

Why was control of the Atlantic Ocean essential to Great Britain's success in World War II..

D-Britain was an island nation dependent on shipping for the supplies it needed.

When President Clinton sent US peacekeeping troops to Somalia in 1993, US troops..

B-Were killed during a conflict.

Read the quotation

Which of the following best describes the origins of this quotation as it relates to women's equality?

C-It is from the Seneca Falls Convention, using language from the Declaration of Independence.

Which of the following is characteristic of judicial restraint..

A-basing decisions on previous decisions

How did President Kennedy respond to the violence in Birmingham..

D-He promoted civil rights laws such as what would become the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Which best describes the result of the Uprising of the Twenty Thousand..

D-Factory owners agreed to increase workers' wages and shorten the work week.

Which of the following did Carter do in his attempt to free the Americans taken hostage by Iran..

B-He convinced US allies to boycott Iranian goods.

Which group was a result of the sit-in movement..

D-The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

The Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade was seen as a victory for..

D-The women's rights movement.