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20TH CENTURY-2ND SEMESTER FINAL REVIEW

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1) WHAT WAS THE GREAT DEPRESSION?EXTREME ECONOMIC DOWNTURN WITH HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT DURING THE 1930S
2) WHAT WERE PRES. HOOVER'S PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS?SPENDING ON PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND HIGHWAYS
3) WHAT IS "RELIEF"?IT IS AID FOR THE NEEDY AND POOR PROVIDED BY CHARITIES AND CHURCHES
4) WHAT WAS THE TVA?A PROGRAM OF THE NEW DEAL THAT HELPED WITH FLOODING AND PROVIDED HYDROELECTRIC POWER.
5) ELEANOR ROOSEVELT WAS CONSIDERED HER HUSBAND'S WHAT?EYES AND EARS
6) RALPH BUNCHE WORKED FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND CONSIDERED PART OF WHAT CABINET?ROOSEVELT'S BLACK CABINET
7) DOROTHEA LANGE IS FAMOUS FOR HER PHOTOGRAPHS OF WHAT?MIGRANT WORKERS DURING THE DEPRESSION
8) WHAT DID THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT DO?PROVIDED MONTHY PENSIONS FOR RETIRED PEOPLE
9) DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION WHAT REGIONS OF THE U.S. WERE HARDEST HIT?THE INDUSTRIAL/FACTORY CITIES
10) WHAT WAS PRES. HOOVER'S BELIEF ABOUT THE DEPRESSION?IT WAS ONLY TEMPORARY AND PROSPERITY WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
11) WHAT WAS THE BRAIN TRUST?ADVISORS FOR PRES. ROOSEVELT TO HELP GUIDE THE NATION TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY
12) WHAT NEW DEAL AGENCY HELPED FARMERS?THE AAA
13) WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE NIRA?TO HELP BUSINESS REGULATE ITSELF
14) WHAT WAS JOHN COLLIER'S JOB IN ROOSEVELT'S ADMINISTRATION?HE WAS HEAD OF THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
15) THE DEPRESSION WAS VIEWED BY COMMUNISTS AND SOCIALISTS AS WHAT?THE DEATH OF A FAILED SYSTEM-CAPITALISM
16) WHAT WAS THE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT THAT GERMANY BUILT ON EXTREME NATIONALISM AND RACISM?FASCISM
17) WHO WAS HIDEKI TOJO?THE MILITARY LEADER OF JAPAN DURING WWII
18) WHO WAS THE GERMAN DICTATOR DURING WWII?HITLER
19) WHO WAS THE COMMUNIST LEADER OF THE SOVIET UNION DURING WWII?STALIN
20) WHAT DID THE SOVIET-GERMAN NON-AGGRESSION PACT DO?ALLOWED HITLER TO INVADE POLAND WITHOUT SOVIET INTERFERENCE
21) WHAT WAS THE WORST MILITARY DEFEAT IN AMERICAN HISTORY?THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR
22) WHO WAS THE GERMAN GENERAL IN CHARGE OF NORTH AFRICA AND NORMANDY?ROMMELL
23) 76,000 ALLIED PRISIONERS WERE CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE WHERE?BATAAN, PHILIPPINES
24) WHO WAS THE ALLIED COMMANDER ON THE PACIFIC FRONT OF WWII?MACARTHUR
25) WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE PEOPLE'S LIVES, SUCH AS HITLER IN GERMANY?TOTALITARIAN
26) WHAT COUNTRIES MADE UP THE AXIS POWERS?GERMANY, JAPAN, ITALY
27) WHAT MADE UP THE ALLIED POWERS?U.S., UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, SOVIET UNION
28) WHO WAS THE ALLIED COMMANDER IN EUROPE?EISENHOWER
29) WHAT GROUP OF PEOPLE WERE PERSECUTED AND EXTERMINATED DURING WWII?JEWS
30) WHO DEVELOPED THE PLAN OF ISLAND HOPPING AS A STRATEGY TO TAKE BACK PACIFIC ISLANDS TAKEN BY JAPAN?MAC ARTHUR
31) AFTER WWII WHERE DID THE TRIAL TAKE PLACE FOR WAR CRIMINALS?NUREMBERG
32) WHAT NATION WAS CREATED IN 1947 BY THE UNITED NATIONS BY DIVIDING PALESTINE?ISRAEL
33) AFTER WWII WHAT COUNTRY CONTROLLED NORTH KOREA?SOVIET UNION
34) WHAT WAS GENERATED IN HOLLYWOOD THROUGH A FEAR OF COMMUNISM?BLACKLISTS
35) WHAT WAS "SPUTNIK"?FIRST SATELLITE INTO SPACE
36) WHO WAS THURGOOD MARSHALL?HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY FOR THE NAACP ON THE SCHOOL SEGREGATION CASE
37) WHO WERE DOVES?THOSE WHO OPPOSED THE VIETNAM WAR
38) WHO WERE HAWKS?THOSE WHO SUPPORTED THE VIETNAM WAR
39) WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF NATO?TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM AND CONTAIN THE SOVIET UNION
40) WHAT WAS THE FAIR DEAL?PROGRAM INTRODUCED BY TRUMAN TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE, CREATE JOBS, AND BUILD PUBLIC HOUSING
41) WHAT DIVIDES NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA?THE 38TH PARALLEL
42) WHAT DID THE BROWN V BOARD OF EDUCATION DECISION DO?ESTABLISHED THAT "SEPARATE BUT EQUAL" WAS NOT FAIR AND STUDENTS CANNOT BE SEPARATED BY RACE
43) WHAT RULE WAS CHALLENGED BY THE BROWN CASE?SEPARATE BUT EQUAL
44) WHAT DID THE FREEDOM RIDERS WANT TO TEST?DESEGRATION OF BUSES
45) JAMES MEREDITH TEST THE RULING ON DESEGRATION OF UNIVERSITIES BY ENTERING A UNIVERSITY IN WHAT STATE?MISSISSIPPI
46) WHAT WAS THE SERIES OF VIETCONG ATTACKS THAT TURNED AMERICANS AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR?THE TET OFFENSIVE
47) WHO WAS CRITICIZED FOR HIS SECRET BOMBING OF CAMBODIA?NIXON
48) COLSON, HUNT, AND LIDDY WERE CALLED WHAT IN NIXON'S ADMINISTRATION?PLUMBERS
49) WHAT WAS THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS?PRES. CARTER BROUGHT TOGETHER THE LEADERS OF ISRAEL AND EGYPT TO PROMOTE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
50) WHAT PRESIDENT WAS KNOWN AS THE HUMAN RIGHTS PRESIDENT?JIMMY CARTER
51) WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PERSIAN GULF WAR?SADDAM HUSSEIN'S INVASION INTO KUWAIT
52) WHAT WAS THE TARGET OF U.S. AIR STRIKES IN AFGHANSTAN IN 2001?AL-QAEDA CAMPS
53) ANDREW JOHNSON WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE IMPEACHED, WHO WAS THE SECOND?BILL CLINTON
54) WHAT PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY WAS TO FIND COMMON INTEREST AND COOPERATION WITH CHINA AND THE SOVIET UNION?NIXON
55) WHAT TREATY HELPED TO REDUCE THE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND THE U.S.?SALT I
56) WHAT CAUSED THE OIL EMBARGO ON THE U.S. FROM THE OPEC NATIONS?U.S. SUPPORTED ISRAEL IN THE YOM KIPPUR WAR
57) WHAT WAS NIXON'S NEW FEDERALISM?A PROGRAM TO REDUCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN PEOPLE'S LIVES
58) WHAT DID THE NAACP WORK TO END?SEGREGATION
59) SEGREGATION OF SCHOOLS VIOLATED WHAT AMENDMENT?THE 14TH
60) WHO SAID "ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU-ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY."JOHN KENNEDY
61) WHAT HAPPENED TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR?HE WAS ASSASSINATED ON APRIL 4, 1968
62) WHAT IS "NOW"?AN ORGANIZATION THAT FOUGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
63) WHO WAS THE FIRST WOMAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND WHEN WAS SHE SELECTED?SANDRA DAY OCONNOR, 1981
64) WHAT DID CESAR CHAVEZ DO?HE ORGANIZED THE UFW(UNITED FARM WORKERS) TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF HISPANICS.
65) WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF ROSA PARKS ARREST?IT LED TO THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
66) WHAT DID L.B. JOHNSON DECLARE AN UNCONDITIONAL WAR ON?POVERTY
67) WHAT DID JOHNSON START THAT HELPS PAY FOR MEDICAL CARE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS?MEDICARE
68) WHAT WAS MALCOLM X THE LEADER OF?BLACK MUSLIMS
69) WHAT DID KENNEDY TRY TO GET THE SOVIET UNION TO AGREE ON?TO BAN NUCLEAR TESTING
70) WHAT WERE TWO CRISIS THAT KENNEDY FACED INVOLVING CUBA?THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
71) WHAT AGREEMENT ALLOWED HO CHI MINH TO OCCUPY NORTH VIETNAM?THE GENEVA ACCORDS
72) WHO WAS ROBERT MC NAMARA?NIXON'S SEC. OF DEFENSE WHO WENT ON A FACT FINDING TRIP TO VIETNAM
73) WHAT WAS THE TURNING POINT OF THE VIETNAM WAR?THE TET OFFENSIVE
74) WHY DID VICE PRESIDENT SPIRO AGNEW RESIGN?HE WAS ACCUSED OF TAKING BRIBES AND KICKBACKS WHILE GOV. OF MARYLAND
75) WHAT IS BUYING STOCK WITH BORROWED MONEY?ON MARGIN
76) WHAT AGENCY DURING THE NEW DEAL REGULATED STOCKS AND BONDS?THE SEC
77) WHAT DOES THE FDIC DO?PROTECTS BANK DEPOSITS
78) WHAT IS A BLITZKRIEG?HITLER'S LIGHTNING WAR
79) WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE PLAN TO DEVELOP THE ATOMIC BOMB?MANHATTAN PROJECT
80) WHAT WAS THE AGREEMENT BEFORE WWII FOR THE U.S. AND GREAT BRITAIN TO HELP EACH OTHER?ATLANTIC CHARTER
81) WHAT WAS JOHNSON'S SOCIAL PROGRAMS CALLED?THE GREAT SOCIETY
82) WHAT TERM MEANS TO BRING THE RACES TOGETHER?INTERGRATION
83) WHAT IS RACIAL SEPARATION?SEGREGATION
84) KENNEDY'S SOCIAL PROGRAM WAS CALLED WHAT?THE NEW FRONTIER


8th grade Social Studies
Cross Middle School
Tucson, AZ

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