American History 2 exam 4

Signed into law by JFK

all of the following are true about the civil rights act of 1964 EXCEPT

Tuskegee Airmen

Africa All Africa American fighter pilots in world war 2 led many successful missions known as the ____ or red tails.

As a secret code for communicating battle plans

How were Navajo words used during WWII?

When the Japanese forced POW to walk miles with no food, water, or medicine

what was the batman death march?

Japanese tortured and murdered b/w 200,000-430,000 Chinese

what is the rape of nanking?

19th amendment

gave women the right to vote

TVA

program to build dams to control floods and produce electricity

Herbert Hoover

who was president when the Great Depression began?

Harry Truman

upon the death of president FDR his vice president ______ took over during the remainder of world war 2?

Executive order 8802

Prohibited racial discrimination in defense industries

Executive order 8802

Made it illegal to racially discriminate by government contractors during the WWII industries.

D-Day

Operation overlord was also known as

Tension between traditional and modern values and beliefs

Controversies of the 1920s, like the scopes monkey trial, were all signs of what?

Illegally teaching evolution in public school

The scopes trial was over the issue of:

Atomic bombs were dropped

Japan unconditionally surrendered to the US after ______

Government officials accepted bribes in exchange for oil.

What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?

Freedom Summer (1964)

During what civil rights event were Chaney, goodman, and Schwerner found killed in neshoba county?

Made laws prohibiting voting illegal

Which of the following was NOT included in the civil rights act of 1964?

Different approaches can be used to achieve a common goal

During the civil rights movement, the activities of the SNCC, CORE, and NAACP showed that _______

No segregation in public facilities or businesses

all of the following were part of the voting rights act EXCEPT

Suffrage

19th amendment grants women the right to vote these voting rights are known as ________

voting rights act 1965

television coverage from Bloody Sunday resulted in a follow up march from selma to Montgomery that led to the passing of ________

A bombing at the church killed four girls

what happened at Birmingham’s 16th street baptist church less than 3 weeks after march on Washington

4

how many children were killed in the bombing of Birmingham’s 16th street baptist church?

break color barrier testing Supreme Court case on interstate bus travel

freedom rides

the Korean War ultimately ruined his presidency

all are true about Lyndon Johnson EXCEPT

victory against fascism abroad and victory against racism at home

the “double V” campaign promoted

provides insurance for people who put money in banks

new deal (FDIC) federal deposit insurance corporation

shantytowns where homeless families lived in the depression

which of these is the BEST description of “Hoovervilles”?

vietnam war

lyndon johnson won a landslide election in 1964 but had lost much popularity by 1968 because of ______

“war on poverty”

LBJ’s great society was meant to continue JFK’s work on _____

social security

all of the following were great society programs EXCEPT

China

Nixon helped restore diplomatic relationships between the US and ______ in 1972

all of the above

why would veterans have PTSD from their service in Vietnam?

return to normalcy

Harding ran and won the presidential election of 1920’s on the slogan

government officials selling oil rights, keeping the money

teapot dome scandal

were pro business, cut regulations, and cut taxes on the wealthy

the presidents of the 1920s harding, Coolidge, and hoover all…

the business of America is business

which BEST describes the president Coolidge administrations in the 1920s?

KKK

extreme fear of foreign influences breeds hate and a resurgence of the ______ in the 1920s.

national socialist German workers’ party

Adolf hitler, who had joined the _____ (commonly known as the nazi party) in 1920.

religion

which of the following was NOT part of FDR’s attack on the depression?

rugged individualism

the name of Hoover’s plans and policies to get America out of the Great Depression?

the new deal

the name of FDR’s plans and policies to get America out of the Great Depression?

lack of technological innovations and heavy taxes on the rich

which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

government regulation of the banks and businesses

which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression

he was very positive and offered hope to America

president FDR fireside chats intended purpose?

promote reforestation and land conservation

in addition to putting young men to work, a main purpose of the civilian conservation corps was ______

provides insurance for people who put money in banks

New deal (FDIC)