American History Second Semester Final Review

Yet the promise of this life is imperiled by the very genius that has made it possible. Nations amass wealth. Labor sweats to create--and turns out devices to level not only mountains but also cities. Science seems ready to confer upon us, as its final gift, the power to erase human life from this planet.

-Dwight Eisenhower, 1953 Inaugural Address

According to President Eisenhower's 1953 Inaugural Address, what device is seen as having the power to erase human life from the planet?

• Rockets

• Satellites

• Nuclear weapons

• Biological weapons

Originally established to provide services and benefits to the veterans of World War II, this act, was signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 22, 1944, after it had passed the House and the Senate unanimously.

In addition to providing education funds for soldiers returning from the World War, it established hospitals, low cost mortgages, and low interest loans to start business, and one year of unemployment compensation for the veterans.

The act put higher education, job training, and home ownership within the reach of millions of World War II veterans. By 1951, nearly 8 million veterans had received educational and training benefits, and 2.4 million had received $13 billion in Federal loans for homes, farms, and businesses.

 What is the legislation being described above?

• The Selective Service Act

• The Marshall Plan

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Servicemen's Readjustment Act

What was the purpose of the Migrant Mother and other FSA photographs?

• to raise awareness about the plight of American farmers

• to showcase the work of the Farm Security Administration

• to show that the New Deal was helping to ease poverty

• to illustrate advanced photographic techniques

What did Bert teach school children?

• Math that would help the US compete with the Soviet Union.

• Science that would help further US efforts in the arms race.

• Foreign language

• To duck and cover to protect themselves against atomic attack.

According to the map, which of the following is true?

• None of the migrants came from South Dakota or Nebraska.

• Nebraska and Kansas had only slight wind erosion.

• People moved from western Texas to eastern parts of the state.

• People moved from Missouri to California in large numbers.

What was the event in the photograph above a response to?

• A) A US airlift

• B) A Soviet airlift

• C) A US blockade

• D) A Soviet blockade

“I saw more planes coming in, passing over Battleship Row dropping bombs. I remember very clearly what looked like a dive-bomber coming in over the Arizona and dropping a bomb. I saw that bomb go down through what looked like a stack, and almost instantly it cracked the bottom of the Arizona, blowing the whole bow loose. It rose out of the water and settled. I could see flames, fire, and smoke coming out of that ship, and I saw two men flying through the air and the fire, screaming as they went.” —Corpsman James F. Anderson In this text, Corpsman Anderson is describing

• the Allied escape from Dunkirk.

• the Allied invasion of Normandy.

• the German blitzkrieg on Poland.

• the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

What nations controlled the different zones depicted in the map during the post-World War II era? Choose all that apply.

• United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France

• Germany, Italy, Japan

• United States, Germany, France

• Soviet Union, Italy, Japan

After World War Two, what nation controlled the area in red?

• The United States

• Great Britain

• Japan

• Soviet Union

The establishment of order in Europe and the rebuilding of national economic life must be achieved by processes which will enable the liberated peoples to destroy the last vestiges of nazism and fascism and to create democratic institutions of their own choice. This is a principle of the Atlantic Charter - the right of all people to choose the form of government under which they will live - the restoration of sovereign rights and self-government to those peoples who have been forcibly deprived to them by the aggressor nations.

-Declaration of Liberated Europe, February 11, 1945

What does the Declaration of Liberated Europe, dated February 11, 1945, promise?

• Freedom of speech

• Democratic elections

• Economic prosperity

• Economic and military aid