Mr. McCormack
US History II
Central Dauphin High School
Final Examination Study Guide
Scope: This final examination will test your knowledge of American History. The primary reference for this test will be your course textbook, chapters nineteen through twenty-seven.
Format: The test is comprised of 180 questions, approximately twenty from each chapter. Answers to the test will be marked on Scantron sheets. All questions will be in either a multiple choice or matching format.
Concepts: The following is a comprehensive list of important ideas and questions that were covered in the second half of the academic year. You should ensure that you are familiar with the meanings, context, and significance of each.
1. Disagreement over which issue worsened postwar relations between the United States and the Soviet Union?
2. How did the Soviet Union react to the Marshall Plan?
3. The Berlin airlift was Truman’s response to which of the following?
4. In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union …?
5. What was the outcome of the Korean War?
6. What principle formed the basis of NATO?
7. Because of its reliance on aircraft to carry nuclear weapons, the United States lagged behind the Soviets in…
8. The policy of making the military so powerful that no one would dare to attack is known as…
9. Members of the House Un-American Activities Committee charged numerous Hollywood figures in…
10. What did Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
11. What was a consequence of the 1957 Sputnik launch?
12. What roles were most American women expected to fill in the 1950s?
13. Which of the following best describes the beatniks of the 1950s?
14. Television helped spur economic growth through…
15. Which of the following summarizes Eisenhower’s domestic policies?
16. Computers came into widespread use in the 1950s mainly because they became…
17. After years of depression and war, most Americans were searching for…
18. Rock-and-roll gave the young people of the 1950s…
19. One effect of business expansion after WWII was…
20. One long-lasting effect of the major highway-building projects of the 1950s was…
21. What did Malcolm X encourage African Americans to do?
22. The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education ended…?
23. The Montgomery Bus Boycott introduced a new generation of African American…?
24. In the 1920s and 1930s, the NAACP had its greatest success in challenging…?
25. James Meredith advanced the cause of civil rights when he…?
26. Civil rights leaders targeted Birmingham in 1963 because the city…?
27. At first, John F. Kennedy moved slowly on civil rights issues to avoid…?
28. The highlight of the March on Washington was…
29. How did Rosa Parks contribute to the civil rights movement?
30. Which president achieved the greatest successes for Civil Rights?
31. During the 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy promised to…
32. In 1961, Kennedy committed NASA and the nation to the goal of…
33. The Warren Commission declared that Kennedy’s assassination was the work of a…
34. Critics of the Great Society complained that it…
35. As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis…
36. Which of the following statements best describes Kennedy’s domestic policy success?
37. What was the intent of the Immigration Act of 1965?
38. In the televised debates between Kennedy and Nixon, Kennedy appeared to be…
39. One obstacle Kennedy faced in his quest for the presidency was his…
40. The Soviets built the Berlin Wall in order to prevent…
41. The term “feminism” describes the theory of…
42. The Equal Rights Amendment passed Congress in 1972 and then…
43. Many women rejected the women’s movement because they…
44. Latinos in the United States come from different counties, but they all…
45. The goal of the American Indian Movement was…
46. The book Silent Spring exposed the harmful use of…
47. The greatest threat posed by nuclear power plants was…
48. During the 1960s counterculture, men and women…
49. During the 1960s and 1970s, Asian Americans…
50. At the Woodstock Festival, 400,000 people gathered for…
51. American soldiers fighting in Vietnam had to cope with…
52. Vietnamese civilians suffered the effects of American efforts to destroy roads and bridges through…
53. During the Vietnam War, American television was instrumental in…
54. The Vietnam War finally ended in 1975 when…
55. What congressional action gave Johnson the authority to escalate the Vietnam War?
56. In 1970, Nixon announced that American forces would invade which country?
57. What was the status of the Vietnam War by the end of Johnson’s presidency?
58. At which university did National Guard troops open fire on war protestors, killing several?
59. One advantage of the enemy in the Vietnam War was…
60. What was President Johnson’s objective in Vietnam?
61. OPEC’s 1973 embargo on shipping oil to the United States resulted in…
62. President Nixon’s “southern strategy” included…
63. In foreign affairs, perhaps Nixon’s greatest accomplishment was…
64. The Plumbers and the Committee to Reelect the President were formed to…
65. Why did the Watergate break-in occur?
66. Why did Nixon resign?
67. Nixon’s staff was known for its…
68. Nixon wanted to use America’s friendship with China to…
69. Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon because…
70. The personal characteristic that dominated Carter’s view of the world was his…
71. Conservatives criticized the New Deal and the Great Society for…
72. One major factor contributing to Ronald Reagan’s defeat of Jimmy Carter in 1980 was the…
73. The Reagan administration rapidly increased spending on…
74. Critics charged that Reagan’s policies led to…
75. The Savings & Loan scandal…
76. Which of these causes was promoted by some in the New Right?
77. Sandra Day O’Connor was the first female…
78. How did the Soviet policies of perestroika and glasnost help bring an end to the Cold War?
79. What was the major reason that George H. W. Bush responded forcefully to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait?
80. Americans celebrated patriotic renewal through all of the following except…
81. The 1992 presidential election focused mainly on…
82. Bill Clinton wanted to reform the healthcare system because…
83. In their 1994 Contract with America, Republicans pledge to…
84. American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era had to contend with…
85. In the 1990s, the fastest-growing age group in the United States was…
86. Which of the following was the North American Free Trade Agreement designed to promote?
87. Which of the following describes Clinton during his second term?
88. After the breakup of which former Communist country did Europe see the worst violence since WWII?
89. What was the main issue in the debate over affirmative action?
90. What region has felt the greatest impact from new immigration?
Iron Curtain
satellite nation
blacklist
containment
brinkmanship
Joseph Stalin
Joseph McCarthy
Kim Il Sung
Mao Tse Tung
Douglas McCarthur
transistor
franchise
baby boom
conglomerate
reconversion
Betty Friedan
Ray Kroc
William J. Levitt
Jonas Salk
Adlai Stevenson
de facto segregation
de jure segregation
sit-in
black power
freedom rides
Nation of Islam
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
SCLC
SNCC
Bay of Pigs invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Alliance for Progress
Peace Corps
Great Society
Medicare
Medicaid
Miranda rule
Apportionment
Affirmative Action
Rachel Carson
Cesar Chavez
Ralph Nader
Gloria Steinem
Gaylord Nelson
escalation
conscientious objector
teach-in
New Left
generation gap
Domino Theory
Viet Cong
Vietminh
Tet Offensive
My Lai Massacre
deficit spending
realpolitik
detente
stagflation
deregulation
incumbent
dissident
amnesty
embargo
supply-side economics
entitlement
televangelism
downsizing
AIDS
SDI
Nelson Mandela
Boris Yeltsin
Yasir Arafat
Saddam Hussein
Bill Gates
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Final Words of Wisdom: Do not allow yourself to get too stressed. Good preparation will help you to avoid stress. We will take time in class to practice testing and review some of the material. You are always free to email me with specific questions. Good luck!