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U.S. History Final Exam
Spring 2012
Form A
1. The U.S. foreign policy that attempted to put a stop to Soviet expansion was known as
a. censure
c. containment
b. demilitarization
d. deflation
2. Americans used the atomic bomb as a weapon against
a. Germany
c. China
b. Japan
d. France
3. What form of government did Adolf Hitler establish in Germany?
a. anarchist
c. capitalist
b. socialist
d. totalitarian
4. Which country was NOT part of the Allied Powers in World War II?
a. Soviet Union
c. United States
b. Germany
d. Great Britain
5. The Nazis specifically targeted which group of people during the Holocaust?
a. Americans
c. Muslims
b. Fascists
d. Jews
6. Japanese American internment during World War II was a response to
a. island hopping
c. the attack on Pearl Harbor
b. the use of nuclear weapons
d. the fire bombing of Tokyo
7. What helped rebuild the countries of Western Europe after World War II?
a. NATO
c. Marshall Plan
b. Yalta Agreement
d. Winston Churchill’s plan
8. The 1950s hunt for Communists in the United States was led by
a. Joseph Welch
c. Joseph McCarthy
b. John Kennedy
d. Margaret Chase Smith
9. The greatest domestic program of the Eisenhower presidency involved the construction of
a. airports
c. railroads
b. interstate highways
d. bus stations
10. The U.S.’s response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948-1949 was a(n)
a. airlift
c. nuclear attack
b. boycott
d. tariff
11. What boycott in Montgomery, Alabama helped to start the civil rights movement
in the 1950s?
a. taxicabs
c. public buses
b. public restrooms
d. public restaurants
12. What two countries played the largest role in the Cold War following World
War II?
a. Soviet Union and Great Britain
c. United States and Soviet Union
b. Great Britain and Germany
d. United States and Germany
13. What NAACP lawyer challenged the doctrine of “separate but equal” in the
Supreme Court?
a. Malcolm X
c. Martin Luther King, Jr.
b. Stokely Carmichael
d. Thurgood Marshall
14. A philosophy of racial pride that urged African Americans to create their own
institutions was called
a. integration
c. desegregation
b. civil disobedience
d. black power
15. Who was the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference who
emphasized nonviolent protests?
a. Malcolm X
c. Martin Luther King, Jr.
b. Thurgood Marshall
d. Rosa Parks
16. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society declared an unconditional war on
a. socialism
c. segregation
b. integration
d. poverty
17. What program helps pay for medical care for senior citizens?
a. Medicare
c. Upward Bound
b. VISTA
d. Marshall Plan
18. The Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision ruled what unconstitutional?
a. segregated schools
c. burning the U.S, flag
b. school prayer
d. drafting men into the military
19. Students and other opponents of the Vietnam War came to be known as
a. doves
c. hawks
b. draftees
d. anti-peace protesters
20. What was a turning point of the Vietnam War?
a. Saigon city bombing
c. Tet Offensive
b. Christmas bombing
d. Ho Chi Minh city bombing
21. What did President Kennedy order in response to the missile buildup in Cuba?
a. war with the Soviets
c. invasion of Cuba
b. increased draft
d. blockade
22. Students protesting the invasion of Laos and Cambodia were shot and killed at
a. University of Maryland
c. The Ohio State University
b. University of Mississippi
d. Kent State University
23.
“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of
landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”
--President John F. Kennedy, 1961
In 1969, which United States space project fulfilled Kennedy’s challenge to the nation?
a. the Venus project
c. the Apollo project
b. the Vanguard project
d. the Space Shuttle project
24. The purpose of the protests and the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was to
a. demand an end to the war in Vietnam
b. show acceptance of President Johnson’s Vietnam policies
c. demand more aid to South Vietnam
d. show support for the nomination of Hubert Humphrey
25. The Truman Doctrine was designed to allow the U.S. to assist nations that were
a. resisting communist aggression
b. joining the block of Soviet sponsored nations
c. seeking to leave the United Nations
d. planning to go to war with NATO
26. The first permanent military alliance that the U.S. entered was
a. SEATO
c. NATO
b. Warsaw Pact
d. SALT
27. During the 1950s much of the new housing was constructed in developments such as Levittown,
NY, located in the
a. central business district
c. rural regions
b. suburbs
d. military-industrial complex
28. What is the domino theory?
a. the strategy of dropping strings of bombs to destroy large areas
b. the belief that if one country entered a war, neighboring countries would
quickly follow
c. the belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would
quickly follow
d. a system for aiding South Vietnamese civilians
29. The War Powers Act was passed to
a. limit the president’s ability to commit troops to foreign conflicts
b. authorize the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam
c. provide services to veterans
d. authorize military action to recover prisoners of war
30. The Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of which president?
a. Gerald Ford
c. Jimmy Carter
b. Richard Nixon
d. Ronald Reagan
31. Détente marked a major change in the Cold War because it
a. led to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
b. made the U.S./Soviet relationship more tense
c. marked the official end of the Cold War
d. eased tensions between the U.S. and its enemies
32. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 marked a significant achievement in the Civil
Rights Movement because it
a. made immigration to the U.S. easier
b. banned discrimination in public places
c. led to the March on Washington
d. organized SNCC to work for racial segregation in the South
33. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed as a result
of the success of what type of protest?
a. sit-in
c. teach-in
b. boycott
d. marches
34. Women contributed to the World War II effort in all of the following ways EXCEPT
a. nurses
c. combat
b. factory workers
d. non-combat military positions
35. Who were the Vietminh?
a. a group organized by Ho Chi Minh to create an independent government in Vietnam
b. Vietnamese people who supported French rule
c. protestors who used civil disobedience to fight for Vietnamese rights
d. French soldiers who fought the Vietnamese
36. The American Indian Movement succeeded in
a. eliminating unemployment on reservations
b. bringing casinos to reservations
c. dramatically lowering the high school dropout rate among Native Americans
d. instilling a sense of pride in Native Americans around the nation
37. The purpose of the United Farm Workers Association was
a. to add bilingual education to schools
b. to limit immigration to the U.S.
c. to gain rights for migrant farm workers
d. to collectively own farmland in California
38. Critics of the Equal Rights Amendment feared that its passage would
a. result in full equality for African Americans
b. threaten traditional family life
c. force schools to desegregate
d. allow women to be paid more than men
39. In cases such as Miranda v. Arizona and Gideon v. Wainwright the Warren Court generally
expanded the rights of what group of citizens?
a. those accused of committing crimes
c. children
b. police
d. the poor
40. What is the purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency?
a. to help carry out the nation’s environmental laws and policies
b. to help create more national parks
c. to loosen government regulations on pollution
d. to set safety standards for the workplace
41. The meeting that resulted in the Camp David Accords was organized by which
President?
a. Ronald Reagan
c. Jimmy Carter
b. George H.W. Bush
d. Richard Nixon
42. During the Great Depression, President Hoover came under attack because many
Americans believed that
a. he grew rich while the American people suffered
b. he put more emphasis on cooperating abroad than he did on helping at home
c. he lacked business sense
d. he did not fully grasp or care about how desperate the American people were
43. What did Senator Huey P. Long, Father Charles Coughlin, and Dr. Francis Townsend have in
common?
a. they were members of the Share Our Wealth Society
b. they approved of the New Deal’s financial and banking policies
c. their primary concern was care of the elderly
d. they were outspoken critics of the New Deal
44. What was the main goal of the Yalta Conference?
a. to reach an agreement on what to do with Germany following World War II
b. to reach an agreement on what to do with Japan following World War II
c. to reach an agreement on what to do with Holocaust victims following WWII
d. to reach an agreement on how to rebuild the allied nations following WWII
45. What did HUAC investigate in the 1950s?
a. the possibility of creating a world wide currency
b. domestic Communist threats
c. Chiang Kai-shek’s government
d. President Truman’s firing of Douglas MacArthur
46. What was the purpose of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties (SALT) signed by the US and the
USSR?
a. to reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by each country
b. to increase the number of nuclear weapons held by each country
c. to escalate the Cold War tensions
d. to eliminate all nuclear weapons in the world
47. Which general did President Truman fire during the Korean War?
a. Dwight D. Eisenhower
c. Douglas MacArthur
b. Erwin Rommel
d. George Patton
48. What was Executive Order 9066?
a. allowed for the entry of all Holocaust survivors into the US
b. required all American men ages 18-30 to sign up for the military draft
c. it ended the war with Japan
d. it created internment camps that Japanese Americans were forced to live in during WWII
49. What is the purpose of affirmative action?
a. to give preference to minorities and women in hiring and admissions to make up for past
discrimination
b. to end Jim Crow laws in the South
c. to make up for past discrimination faced by Native Americans
d. to eliminate legal segregation
50. What did the Pentagon Papers reveal about the Vietnam War?
a. that most Americans supported the war
b. that the government had been misleading the public about the war
c. that the Tet Offensive was the turning point of the war
d. that the war would soon be over
U.S. History Final Exam
Spring 2010
Form B
1. During the Great Depression, President Hoover came under attack because many
Americans believed that
a. he grew rich while the American people suffered
b. he put more emphasis on cooperating abroad than he did on helping at home
c. he lacked business sense
d. he did not fully grasp or care about how desperate the American people were
2. In the 1930s, the United States went into a severe economic state called the
a. Great Inflation
c. Great Depression
b. Great Downturn
d. Great Recession
3. What New Deal program built dams to provide cheap electricity in some southern states?
a. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
b. Public Works Administration (PWA)
c. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
d. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
4. What act provided monthly pensions for retired people?
a. Works Progress Administration (WPA)
b. Revenue Act
c. National Income Act
d. Social Security Act
5. What did Senator Huey P. Long, Father Charles Coughlin, and Dr. Francis Townsend have in
common?
a. they were members of the Share Our Wealth Society
b. they approved of the New Deal’s financial and banking policies
c. their primary concern was care of the elderly
d. they were outspoken critics of the New Deal
6. What was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
a. government relief programs
c. the stock market crash
b. declining farm income
d. borrowed money
7. What were the three main goals of the New Deal?
a. relief, recovery, and reform
b. reaction, response, and resignation
c. revolt, relief, and renewal
d. review, relocation, and revolution
8. The Nazis specifically targeted which group of people during the Holocaust?
a. Americans
c. Muslims
b. Fascists
d. Jews
9. Women contributed to the World War II effort in all of the following ways EXCEPT
a. nurses
c. combat
b. factory workers
d. non-combat military positions
10. Which country was NOT part of the Allied Powers in World War II?
a. Soviet Union
c. United States
b. Germany
d. Great Britain
11. Japanese American internment during World War II was a response to
a. island hopping
c. the attack on Pearl Harbor
b. the use of nuclear weapons
d. the fire bombing of Tokyo
12. What was the main goal of the Yalta Conference?
a. to reach an agreement on what to do with Germany following World War II
b. to reach an agreement on what to do with Japan following World War II
c. to reach an agreement on what to do with Holocaust victims following WWII
d. to reach an agreement on how to rebuild the allied nations following WWII
13. Americans used the atomic bomb as a weapon against
a. Germany
c. China
b. Japan
d. France
14. What form of government did Adolf Hitler establish in Germany?
a. anarchist
c. capitalist
b. socialist
d. totalitarian
15. What helped rebuild the countries of Western Europe after World War II?
a. NATO
c. Marshall Plan
b. Yalta Agreement
d. Winston Churchill’s plan
16. The U.S. foreign policy that attempted to put a stop to Soviet expansion was known as
a. censure
c. containment
b. demilitarization
d. deflation
17. What did HUAC investigate in the 1950s?
a. the possibility of creating a world wide currency
b. domestic Communist threats
c. Chiang Kai-shek’s government
d. President Truman’s firing of Douglas MacArthur
18. The Truman Doctrine was designed to allow the U.S. to assist nations that were
a. resisting communist aggression
b. joining the block of Soviet sponsored nations
c. seeking to leave the United Nations
d. planning to go to war with NATO
19. The first permanent military alliance that the U.S. entered was
a. SEATO
c. NATO
b. Warsaw Pact
d. SALT
20. What two countries played the largest role in the Cold War following World
War II?
a. Soviet Union and Great Britain
c. United States and Soviet Union
b. Great Britain and Germany
d. United States and Germany
21. The 1950s hunt for Communists in the United States was led by
a. Joseph Welch
c. Joseph McCarthy
b. John Kennedy
d. Margaret Chase Smith
22. The greatest domestic program of the Eisenhower presidency involved the construction of
a. airports
c. railroads
b. interstate highways
d. bus stations
23. During the 1950s much of the new housing was constructed in developments such as Levittown,
NY, located in the
a. central business district
c. rural regions
b. suburbs
d. military-industrial complex
24. What is the domino theory?
a. the strategy of dropping strings of bombs to destroy large areas
b. the belief that if one country entered a war, neighboring countries would
quickly follow
c. the belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would
quickly follow
d. a system for aiding South Vietnamese civilians
25. The U.S.’s response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948-1949 was a(n)
a. airlift
c. nuclear attack
b. boycott
d. tariff
26. What did President Kennedy order in response to the missile buildup in Cuba?
a. war with the Soviets
c. invasion of Cuba
b. increased draft
d. blockade
27.
“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of
landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”
--President John F. Kennedy, 1961
In 1969, which United States space project fulfilled Kennedy’s challenge to the nation?
a. the Venus project
c. the Apollo project
b. the Vanguard project
d. the Space Shuttle project
28. A philosophy of racial pride that urged African Americans to create their own
institutions was called
a. integration
c. desegregation
b. civil disobedience
d. black power
29. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 marked a significant achievement in the Civil
Rights Movement because it
a. made immigration to the U.S. easier
b. banned discrimination in public places
c. led to the March on Washington
d. organized SNCC to work for racial segregation in the South
30. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed as a result
of the success of what type of protest?
a. sit-in
c. teach-in
b. boycott
d. marches
31. Who was the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference who
emphasized nonviolent protests?
a. Malcolm X
c. Martin Luther King, Jr.
b. Thurgood Marshall
d. Rosa Parks
32. What boycott in Montgomery, Alabama helped to start the civil rights movement
in the 1950s?
a. taxicabs
c. public buses
b. public restrooms
d. public restaurants
33. The Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision ruled what unconstitutional?
a. segregated schools
c. burning the U.S, flag
b. school prayer
d. drafting men into the military
34. What NAACP lawyer challenged the doctrine of “separate but equal” in the
Supreme Court?
a. Malcolm X
c. Martin Luther King, Jr.
b. Stokely Carmichael
d. Thurgood Marshall
35. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society declared an unconditional war on
a. socialism
c. segregation
b. integration
d. poverty
36. What program helps pay for medical care for senior citizens?
a. Medicare
c. Upward Bound
b. VISTA
d. Marshall Plan
37. Students and other opponents of the Vietnam War came to be known as
a. doves
c. hawks
b. draftees
d. anti-peace protesters
38. What was a turning point of the Vietnam War?
a. Saigon city bombing
c. Tet Offensive
b. Christmas bombing
d. Ho Chi Minh city bombing
39. Students protesting the invasion of Laos and Cambodia were shot and killed at
a. University of Maryland
c. The Ohio State University
b. University of Mississippi
d. Kent State University
40. The purpose of the protests and the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was to
a. demand an end to the war in Vietnam
b. show acceptance of President Johnson’s Vietnam policies
c. demand more aid to South Vietnam
d. show support for the nomination of Hubert Humphrey
41. The War Powers Act was passed to
a. limit the president’s ability to commit troops to foreign conflicts
b. authorize the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam
c. provide services to veterans
d. authorize military action to recover prisoners of war
42. The Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of which president?
a. Gerald Ford
c. Jimmy Carter
b. Richard Nixon
d. Ronald Reagan
43. Détente marked a major change in the Cold War because it
a. led to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
b. made the U.S./Soviet relationship more tense
c. marked the official end of the Cold War
d. eased tensions between the U.S. and its enemies
44. Who were the Vietminh?
a. a group organized by Ho Chi Minh to create an independent government in Vietnam
b. Vietnamese people who supported French rule
c. protestors who used civil disobedience to fight for Vietnamese rights
d. French soldiers who fought the Vietnamese
45. The American Indian Movement succeeded in
a. eliminating unemployment on reservations
b. bringing casinos to reservations
c. dramatically lowering the high school dropout rate among Native Americans
d. instilling a sense of pride in Native Americans around the nation
46. The purpose of the United Farm Workers Association was
a. to add bilingual education to schools
b. to limit immigration to the U.S.
c. to gain rights for migrant farm workers
d. to collectively own farmland in California
47. Critics of the Equal Rights Amendment feared that its passage would
a. result in full equality for African Americans
b. threaten traditional family life
c. force schools to desegregate
d. allow women to be paid more than men
48. In cases such as Miranda v. Arizona and Gideon v. Wainwright the Warren Court generally
expanded the rights of what group of citizens?
a. those accused of committing crimes
c. children
b. police
d. the poor
49. What is the purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency?
a. to help carry out the nation’s environmental laws and policies
b. to help create more national parks
c. to loosen government regulations on pollution
d. to set safety standards for the workplace
50. The meeting that resulted in the Camp David Accords was organized by which
President?
a. Ronald Reagan
c. Jimmy Carter
b. George H.W. Bush
d. Richard Nixon