Final Review

Which event saw an application of the principle, stated in the Declaration of Independence, that "all men are created equal"?

• Passage of the "Jim Crow" laws

• Passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882

• Passage of immigration legislation in the 1920s

• Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

In this diagram of Reagan’s economic plan," Reaganomics", which federal policy belongs in the top box?

• High rates of taxation on the wealthy

• Government loans to major corporations

• Lower taxes on wealthy Americans and investment income

• Government price controls to fight inflations

What conclusion can be drawn from the high-levels of military enlistment, the widespread purchase of war bonds, and the general obedience to wartime regulations during World War II?

• There was little popular support for the war.

• Americans were inspired by a sense of patriotism.

• Most Americans were afraid of their own government.

• Americans believed the Allies would lose the war.

Rosa Parks is best known for -

• refusing to move from the "white" section of a segregated bus

• organizing the "March on Washington" in August 1963

• inspiring the women's movement with her book, The Feminine Mystique

• encouraging acts of violence in order to achieve social change

Which foreign policy did American leaders follow in response to these events?

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Containment

• Detente

Which wartime leader made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japanese cities in August

1945?

• Winston Churchill

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Douglas MacArthur

What was the main goal of President Nixon's policy of detente?

• to create stronger ties with Latin America

• to decrease tensions with the Soviet Union

• to improve relations with Western Europe

• to recognize the Communist government in China

Which sentence summarizes the outcome to the Korean War?

• North Korea made minor gains in the south but lost territory in the north to China.

• A majority of North Koreans fled south causing a collapse of the North Korean government.

• North and South Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel, just as they had been before

  the war.

• Korea was reunited under a coalition government consisting of Northerners and Southerners.

The attack on the World Trade Center led to –

• a recession in the U.S. housing market and a reduction of imports from China

• a temporary closing of U.S. financial markets, a slowdown in air travel, and the costs of a

  new conflict in Afghanistan

• a U.S. trade boycott of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Jordan

• the bankruptcy of two U.S. airlines and a worldwide failure of computers from cyberterrorism

How did the leadership of Thurgood Marshall contribute to American society?

• He led efforts to overturn unjust racist laws through peaceful litigation and later became the first African American on the U.S. Supreme Court

• He set an example that encouraged wealthy individuals to engage in acts of philanthropy.

• He revived conservative political thought and questioned the unlimited expansion of federal

  power .

• He used his position as an influential Christian minister to oppose both racial segregation and

  Communism.