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U.S. History Final Exam

Chapter 24

Question: CORE successfully integrated many restaurants by using
Answer: sit-ins.

Question: In Little Rock, Arkansas, the governor tried to prevent African American students from entering a white high school by
Answer: deploying the National Guard.

Question: At the march on Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Answer: gave his “I have a dream” speech.

Question: The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 had established
Answer: the separate-but-equal doctrine.

Question: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., believed the way to end segregation was through
Answer: nonviolent passive resistance.

Chapter 24

Question: When first established, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference set out to
Answer: end segregation and encourage African Americans to register to vote.

Question: The Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first since Reconstruction, was intended to
Answer: protect African Americans’ voting rights.

Question: The Freedom Riders were organized to draw attention to the South’s refusal to
Answer: integrate bus terminals.

Question: The dramatic ruling in Brown v. Board of Education threatened
Answer: segregation.

Question: After the Brown v. Board of Education decision, many states adopted an elaborate set of requirements other than race that schools could use to prevent African Americans from attending white schools called
Answer: pupil assignment laws.

Chapter 23 & 25

Question: On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced that American spy planes had taken aerial photographs showing that the Soviet Union had placed long-range missiles in
Answer: Cuba.

Question: The violence and chaos associated with the Democratic Party benefited the 1968 Republican presidential candidate,
Answer: Richard Nixon.

Question: The outcome of the 1960 presidential election was strongly influenced by
Answer: the televised debates.

Question: Johnson’s vision for changing society was known as the
Answer: Great Society.

Question: Which man was accused of killing President Kennedy?
Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald

Chapter 23 & 25

Question: During the space race, Kennedy’s goal for the nation was to be the first to
Answer: land a man on the moon.

Question: The principle of “one man, one vote” is best associated with
Answer: Reynolds v. Sims.

Question: During the Vietnam War, the goal of Agent Orange was to
Answer: destroy the ability to hide in jungles.

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WWII

Question: The Nazis’ “final solution” referred to their plans to
Answer: exterminate Europe’s Jews.

Question: What event did Franklin D. Roosevelt call “a date which will live in infamy”?
Answer: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Question: What leader directed Operation Overlord in Europe?
Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question: What resulted from Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor?
Answer: America became involved in World War II.

Question: Why was the U.S. called the “Arsenal of Democracy” during World War II?
Answer: The U.S. used its workforce to produce weapons to keep Britain supplied with war equipment while it fought against Germany.