Middle East Jeopardy

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Unit 7 Review
U.S. History Jeopardy!
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Welcome!
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AP REVIEW 1 - round one
Post WWII Truman 1950s Cold War Kennedy
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Post WWII 100

• Following the surrender of Japan
• a. America was reluctant to reduce the military
• b. high demand short supply meant inflation
• c. consumer purchases of automobiles
• continued to increase

b
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Post WWII 200

• It was an attempt by big business to reverse
  gains made by organized labor in the 1930s
• Wagner Act
• G.I. Bill
• Taft-Hartley Act
• Vital Center

C
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Post War 300

• A major problem faced by Americans after WWII
• Housing shortage
• High unemployment
• Increased racism

A
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Post War 400

• True or False President Truman desegregated the
  military and federal government after WWII

True
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Post War 500

• Which is NOT true of the period from 1946 to
  1950?
• The baby boom occurred
• Middle-class Americans expressed a desire for
  economic prosperity
• Racial barriers prevented non-whites in
  professional sports

C Jackie Robinson played pro baseball
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Truman 100

• Trumans election in 1948 was b/c all of the
  following EXCEPT?
• His no-nonsense personality
• His moderate politics compared to the 3rd Party
  candidates
• The Republican candidates over confidence
• His overall popularity in the South

D Truman lost the South to the Dixicrats
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Truman 200

• Truman was known for all of the following EXCEPT?
• Vital center
• Employment Act of 1946
• Bay of Pigs
• Fair Deal

C
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Truman 300

• It was established as an international
  peacekeeping organization after WWII
• NATO
• SEATO
• UN
• League of Nations

C
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Truman 400

• Escalation of the Cold War from 1946 to 1954
  included all of the following EXCEPT?
• U-2 incident
• Soviet development of the atomic bomb
• Communist victory in China
• Korean War

A U-2 incident happened in 1960
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Truman 500

• Truman countered the spread of Communism with all
  of the following EXCEPT?
• NSC-68
• SEATO
• Marshall Plan
• Truman Doctrine

B SEATO was created by Eisenhower
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1950s 100

• In the 1950s, the American family
• became smaller due to economic concerns
• bought less commodities on credit
• started later as the average marriage started
  later in life
• Was seen as a bulwark against the spread of
  communism

D
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1950s 200

• True or False Congress focused its housing
  policy on better housing for African Americans
  and other minorities.

False it focused on urban renewal
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1950s 300

• The Eisenhower administration used New
  Deal-style government spending in modernizing
• Environmental protection methods
• U.S. military defenses
• The national highway system
• The Education system

C
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1950s 400

• True or False Between 1950 and 1964, the
  American economy grew at a consistent pace.

True
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1950s 500

• All of the following authors wrote books that
  analyzed Americas growing prosperity EXCEPT
• Michael Harrington
• David Potter
• John Kenneth Galbraith
• William H. Whyte Jr.

A Harrington wrote The Other America
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Cold War 100

• The Truman administration created the
• _______ to root out communist in the govt
• Taft-Hartley Act
• Loyalty Program
• IMF
• Vital center

B
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Cold War 200

• The 2nd Red Scare included all of the following
  EXCEPT
• HUAC
• Hollywood Ten
• Alger Hiss
• Adlai Stevenson

D Adlai Stevenson ran against IKE in 1952
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Cold War 300

• The Space race between the U.S. and USSR included
  all of the following EXCEPT?
• Sputnik
• ICBM
• John Glenn
• U-2 Incident

D
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Cold War 400

• The Korean War did not include
• An invasion of communist China
• UN resolution to support South Korea
• Chinese invasion of North Korea
• Firing of Gen. MacArthur by Pres. Truman

A
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Cold War 500

• Which of the following was NOT implicated
• In the 2nd Red Scare?
• Hollywood Ten
• Alger Hiss
• Henry Wallace
• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

C
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Kennedy 100

• Kennedys charisma and wit helped defeat him in
  the 1960 election?
• Adlai Stevenson
• Richard Nixon
• John Dewey
• d. Dean Acheson

B
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Kennedy 200

• The failed invasion of Cuba?

Bay of Pigs
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Kennedy 300

• Kennedys policy of scientific and social
  progress
• New Deal
• Fair Deal
• New Frontier
• Alliance for Progress

C
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Kennedy 400

• Kennedys strategy for dealing with the Cuban
  Missile Crisis

Naval Blockade
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Kennedy 500

• He ordered the building of the Berlin wall in
  1961.

Krushchev