HISTORY TEST FINAL

What contributed the most to Franklin Roosevelt's development of compassion and strength of will?

His affliction with infantile paralysis (polio)

What causes was Eleanor Roosevelt an especially notable advocate for?

Impoverished and working class Americans, African Americans, and women.

What things contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s?

Dry-farming techniques, unprecedented drought and wind storms of the trans-Mississippi Great Plains, and soil erosion.

What people group experienced the most suffering as a result of the Great Depression?

African Americans

The presidential election of 1932 showed a major shift in how which group voted?

African Americans

When did America's attempt to remain neutral in the war between the Axis powers and the Allies come to an end?

When France fell to Germany

What can Americans' fervent isolationism in the 1930s best be attributed to?

Their regrets about participating in WWI, the totalizing impact of the Great Depression and the need to focus on getting out of it, and bitter memories of the ungrateful nations that defaulted on their WWI debts.

When did America's attempt to remain neutral in the war between the Axis powers and the Allies come to an end?

When France fell to Germany

What can Americans' fervent isolationism in the 1930s best be attributed to?

Their regrets about participating in WWI, the totalizing impact of the Great Depression and the need to focus on getting out of it, and bitter memories of the ungrateful nations that defaulted on their WWI debts.

What generous policies did President Roosevelt develop as part of his Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America?

removing American controls on Haiti, Cuba, and Panama

What were the 3 globe shaking events that marked the course of WWII?

The attack on Pearl Harbor, the fall of France, and Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union

What happened shortly after Adolf Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union in August 1939?

Germany invaded Poland

What did most Americans experience economically during World War II?

prosperity and a doubling of personal income

What happened after the Italian surrender in August 1943?

The German army poured into Italy and made the Italians pay in brutal ways for their surrender

What did African Americans do during World War II?

Moved north and west in large numbers, rallied behind the slogan "Double V" (victory over dictators abroad and racism at home), and formed an organization called the Congress of Racial Equality.

What strategy did the United States mainly rely on in waging war against Japan?

Island hopping across the South Pacific while bypassing Japanese strongholds

Which battle was fought entirely using aircraft during World War II?

Battle of Midway

What encouraged many post-1945 Americans to move to the suburbs?

Tax deductions for interest payments on home mortgages, home-loan guarantees from the Federal Housing Authority and the Veterans' Administration, and government-built highways

Who most damaged free speech and fair play among anticommunists?

Senator Joseph R. McCarthy

What positions did Harry S. Truman serve as before he was elected vice president of the United States?

A United States senator, a haberdashery store owner, and he was involved in small level Missouri politics

What are some things that children of the baby boom did?

They became the foundation of the youth movements of the 1960s and 1970s, comprised a lucrative market for baby food and other infant products, and grew into teenagers who spent $20 billion a year on clothes and music

After World War II, America had much success establishing democracy in which country?

Japan

When did American and worldwide public opinion turn strongly in favor of the Civil Rights Movement?

When Martin Luther King's peaceful demonstrators were viciously attacked in Birmingham

What was arguably the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement?

The international attention of the murder of Emmett Till

When did President John Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy begin to join hands with the Civil Rights Movement?

They declared that the concept of "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites was unconstitutional

Why did American military forces enter Vietnam?

To prevent Ngo Dinh Diem's regime from falling to the communists

What were results from the Cuban missile crisis?

The fear of global atomization, a partial compromise between America and the Soviets, and the firing of Khrushchev

What was the main point of the Berlin Wall?

To keep democracy away from East Berlin

What became the chief goal of the black civil rights movement in the South after the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964?

To secure the right to vote

What government programs were created during Richard Nixon's presidency?

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Supplemental Security Income for the blind, disabled, and indigent aged

What was a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965?

The sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia

What was a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

White southerners began to need black votes

What were visions of LBJ's Great Society?

Expanded healthcare programs, ending poverty, end of racial discrimination

What did antifeminists blame feminists for as a part of backlash against the women's movement?

Escalating divorce rates

How did President Gerald Ford win the Republican nomination in 1976?

By defeating a strong challenge from former California governor Ronald Reagan

What was Title IX, passed by Congress in 1972?

It prohibited sex discrimination in any federally funded education program or activity

What was the most humiliating failure during the Iran hostage crisis?

When President Carter's attempted mission to rescue hostages ended in disaster

What did President Ford do when North Vietnam invade South Vietnam at full throttle speed with a vengeance in 1975?

He requested more money from Congress, which they denied

What elected public office did Ronald Reagan have experience as before being elected president?

Governor of California

As president, Ronald Reagan cut the federal budget in every area except which area?

The military

What were conservative Democrats who helped Ronald Reagan to pass his budget and tax-cutting legislation called?

Boll weevils

Why did President Jimmy Carter earn widespread admiration in his post-presidential years despite his failure in the White House?

For his humanitarian and human rights activities

Why did Operation Desert Storm occur?

Because Saddam Hussein's Iraqi troops refused to leave Kuwait

What were the foundations of Bill Clinton's campaign in 1992?

Anti-crime, pro-growth, and strong defense

What triggered the LA riots of 1992?

4 white cops were deemed not guilty by a jury for beating Rodney King after pulling him over for speeding

Why did George H. W. Bush not win re-election in 1992?

The economy was in a recession

Why did Osama bin Laden, the leader of terrorist group Al-Queda, hate America?

America was sending military into the sacred Muslim lands on the Arabian Peninsula, was quick to suppress radical extremists, and backed Israel

What did the rise of computer corporations like Microsoft and dot.com signal the advent of?

The global information age