US History Final

• Q: What was the Espionage and Sedition Act?

A: Laws that limited free speech during wartime by punishing anti-government actions.

• Q: What was the Louisiana Purchase?

A: The 1803 acquisition of French territory that doubled the size of the U.S.

• Q: What was the Monroe Doctrine?

A: A U.S. policy opposing European interference in the Western Hemisphere.

• Q: What is universal suffrage?

A: The right of all citizens to vote, regardless of status.

• Q: What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

A: Lincoln's 1863 order freeing slaves in Confederate states.

• Q: What was the Gettysburg Address?

A: Lincoln’s speech honoring fallen soldiers and redefining the war’s purpose.

• Q: What happened at the Battle of Antietam?

A: The bloodiest single-day battle; led to the Emancipation Proclamation.

• Q: What was the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?

A: Turning point in favor of the Union.

• Q: What happened at the Battle of Vicksburg?

A: Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.

• Q: What is the 13th Amendment?

A: Abolished slavery in the U.S.

• Q: Who was Alexander Graham Bell?

A: Inventor of the telephone.

• Q: Who was Thomas Edison?

A: Inventor of the light bulb and phonograph.

• Q: What is 'The Jungle'?

A: A novel by Upton Sinclair exposing the meatpacking industry.

• Q: Who was Louis Pasteur?

A: Developed pasteurization and germ theory.

• Q: Who was Henry Ford?

A: Developed assembly line and affordable cars (Model T).

• Q: Who was John D. Rockefeller?

A: Oil industry magnate and founder of Standard Oil.

• Q: Who was Andrew Carnegie?

A: Steel industry leader and philanthropist.

• Q: What was the Spanish-American War?

A: 1898 conflict where the U.S. gained territories like the Philippines.

• Q: What is the Roosevelt Corollary?

A: U.S. can intervene in Latin America to stabilize economies.

• Q: What was the Open Door Policy?

A: Equal trading rights in China for all nations.

• Q: What was Dollar Diplomacy?

A: U.S. using financial power to influence other countries.

• Q: What is the Panama Canal?

A: A canal built by the U.S. to connect the Atlantic and Pacific.

• Q: What was the Lusitania?

A: A British ship sunk by Germany; helped draw U.S. into WWI.

• Q: What was the Harlem Renaissance?

A: A cultural and artistic explosion of African American culture in the 1920s.

• Q: What is the 21st Amendment?

A: Repealed Prohibition (18th Amendment).

• Q: What is the 18th Amendment?

A: Banned alcohol (Prohibition).

• Q: What was Black Tuesday?

A: The 1929 stock market crash that started the Great Depression.

• Q: What was the Social Security Act?

A: Created a safety net for the elderly, unemployed, and disabled.

• Q: What was the New Deal?

A: FDR’s programs to combat the Great Depression.

• Q: What was the Dust Bowl?

A: Severe dust storms in the Great Plains due to drought and poor farming.

• Q: What is the FDIC?

A: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; insures bank deposits.

• Q: What was the Lend-Lease Act?

A: U.S. gave supplies to Allies before entering WWII.

• Q: What was the Manhattan Project?

A: Secret project to develop atomic bombs.

• Q: What happened at Midway?

A: A major U.S. naval victory in the Pacific.

• Q: What happened at Pearl Harbor?

A: Japanese attack that brought U.S. into WWII.

• Q: What was Hiroshima?

A: The first city destroyed by an atomic bomb.

• Q: What was the Holocaust?

A: Genocide of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany.

• Q: What were the Nuremberg Trials?

A: Trials of Nazi leaders for war crimes.

• Q: What was the Domino Theory?

A: Belief that if one nation falls to communism, others will follow.

• Q: What is NATO?

A: North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance.

• Q: What was the Truman Doctrine?

A: U.S. support for countries resisting communism.

• Q: Who was Joseph McCarthy?

A: U.S. senator who led anti-communist investigations (McCarthyism).

• Q: What was the Marshall Plan?

A: U.S. aid to rebuild Europe after WWII.

• Q: What was JFK’s New Frontier?

A: Kennedy’s domestic reform program.

• Q: What were the Pentagon Papers?

A: Secret documents revealing U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

• Q: What was Johnson’s Great Society?

A: Programs to fight poverty and promote civil rights.

• Q: Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?

A: Civil Rights leader advocating nonviolence.

• Q: What was Brown v. Board of Education?

A: Supreme Court ruling that desegregated schools.

• Q: What was Watergate?

A: Political scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation.

• Q: Who was Henry Kissinger?

A: Nixon’s Secretary of State; helped shape foreign policy.

• Q: Who was Barry Goldwater?

A: Conservative senator; influenced Reagan-era politics.

• Q: What is Title IX?

A: Prohibits gender discrimination in education.

• Q: What was Roe v. Wade?

A: Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.

• Q: Who was Richard Nixon?

A: U.S. president who resigned after Watergate.

• Q: What was 'Silent Spring'?

A: Book by Rachel Carson that started the environmental movement.

• Q: What is NAFTA?

A: North American Free Trade Agreement.

• Q: What is Reaganomics?

A: Economic policies of Ronald Reagan focused on tax cuts and deregulation.

• Q: Who was Cesar Chavez?

A: Labor leader who fought for farmworkers' rights.