Question

Can some please help me with some history questions?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

What factor contributed to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II?

public distrust of immigrants from an enemy nation

attempts by Japanese Americans to hinder the war effort

evidence that American citizens aided the attack on Pearl Harbor

information about Japanese plans to attack the West Coast



Which statement explains the connection between the Civil Rights movement and the antiwar movement?

Civil Rights leaders began to oppose the Vietnam War because of racial disparities in the draft.

Civil Rights leaders began adopting some of the radical methods that proved successful in the antiwar movement.

Civil Rights activists often relied on antiwar protestors to show that their movement included significant white support.

Civil Rights activists often joined antiwar protests because they felt that any anti-government action was worth supporting.



Which statement explains President Truman's dispute with General MacArthur over war strategy in Korea?

Truman feared that attacking China would bring the Soviet Union into the war.

Truman felt that MacArthur had failed to prepare for Chinese entry into the war.

Truman felt that MacArthur was reluctant to use limited atomic weapons in the war.

Truman feared that invading North Korea would bring Chinese communists into the war.



What effect did the Korean War have on domestic politics in the United States?

It undermined the popularity of Senator Joseph McCarthy and helped bring an end to the Second Red Scare.

It undermined the popularity of President Truman and helped Dwight Eisenhower win the presidential election of 1952.

It increased the popularity of the Democratic Party and deepened Americans' commitment to fighting communism abroad.

It increased the popularity of the Republicans in Congress and allowed them to make significant increases in defense spending.



Government programs created during the Great Society contributed to which of these problems in the late-20th and early-21st centuries?

rising crime rates

the rising national debt

the widening of the wealth gap

declining educational achievement levels



What was one effect of the media's coverage of the Watergate scandal?

Americans became more cynical about politicians.

Government efforts to censor the press were significantly reduced.

Candidates began using negative campaign ads much more frequently.

Network news programs became more popular than entertainment programming.


What effect did the publication of the Pentagon Papers have on the American public?

It helped them understand why the Watergate scandal took place.

It made them aware of the government's lies about the Vietnam War.

It convinced them that communism was a dire threat to their security.

It showed them that draft boards had discriminated against minorities.


The quote below comes from the Supreme Court's ruling in Mapp v. Ohio (1961):

We hold that all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Constitution is, by that same authority, inadmissible in a state court.

Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0367_0643_ZO.html

This ruling was part of which of these trends?

the Court's efforts to limit executive privilege

the Court's expansion of the rights of the accused

the Court's efforts to achieve an integrated society

the Court's reaction to states' efforts to resist desegregation


Which of these Civil Rights leaders favored black nationalism?

Malcolm X

James Farmer

Thurgood Marshall

Martin Luther King, Jr.




Thurgood Marshall was able to advance the goals of the Civil Rights movement directly because of his position in which of these?

the Supreme Court

the Johnson administration

the Department of Education

the House of Representatives

In 1950, why did the Soviet Union object to the inclusion of China as one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council?

At the time, communists were attempting to take over China and had yet to succeed.

China would have greater veto power than the Soviet Union and would veto Soviet ideas.

At the time, China was a U.S possession and would vote against Soviet interests

China had just become communist and the Soviets did not want another communist nation on the council.



(MC)The quote below was written in the 1940s:

"Suppose my neighbor's home catches fire, and I have a length of garden hose four or five hundred feet away. If he can take my garden hose and connect it up with his hydrant, I may help him to put out his fire...I don't say to him before that operation, Neighbor, my garden hose cost me 15 dollars; you have to pay me 15 dollars for it... I don't want 15 dollars, I want my garden hose back after the fire is over."

Source: http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/odllpc2.html

Franklin Delano Roosevelt used the quote above to justify which of the following policies?

isolationism

cash-and-carry

the Neutrality Acts

the Lend-Lease Act



What was one of the causes of the race riots that occurred in the United States during the late-1960s?

resistance to the Vietnam War draft

protests against desegregation in Southern cities

widespread poverty among inner-city African Americans

political agitation by leaders of the Black Power movement


What was one of the main goals of the March on Washington on August 28, 1963?

a federal law ending segregation in the U.S. military

a federal employment program for all workers, regardless of race

an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

an armed force in the Southern states to enforce integration laws



Which act passed by President Johnson was designed to eliminate discrimination in access to housing?

Economic Opportunity Act

Omnibus Housing Act

Model Cities Act

Fair Housing Act



Political cartoon image showing two men. One man holds a sign that reads, Isolation. The other man is showing a map of the world. All the countries except those in North and Central America are shaded black and have the flags of Germany, Russia, and Japan planted on them.
Library of Congress - Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:055-4 [item] [P&P]

What does this cartoon suggest about American neutrality at the beginning of World War II?

American forces had enemies all over the world and were powerless to prevent their enemies' spread.

America's lack of involvement would result in the Axis powers taking over the world's territory.

American territory was far too well protected for the Axis powers to invade and conquer.

American merchants should stay neutral and restrict arms sales to warring nations.



(LC)

Which of these modern U.S. wars was fought to drive one country out of another country?

Iraq War

Vietnam War

Afghanistan War

Persian Gulf War



What political reform affecting freedom of speech led President Reagan to resume diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union?

glasnost

globalization

perestroika

apartheid



Which of these is true about the U.S. economy in the early 21st century?

The United States has the world's largest economy.

The United States exports more goods than any other nation.

U.S. households enjoy the highest standard of living in the world.

U.S. industries produce most of the goods consumed in the United States.

The text below was written after World War II:

The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored because it cannot survive their being repeated... . It is hard now to perceive in these miserable men as captives the power by which as Nazi leaders they once dominated much of the world and terrified most of it. Merely as individuals, their fate is of little consequence to the world.

The excerpt above is taken from which of the following?

Atlantic Charter

Yalta Conference

Nuremberg Trials

Potsdam Conference


How did the launch of Sputnik lead to the creation of NASA?

The U.S. space agency acquired secret technology from Soviet defectors.

Desire to attract top Soviet scientists led to the development of a space program.

The Soviet satellite was a joint venture with the United States and Soviet Union.

Fear of Soviet expansion into space led to the development of the U.S. space program.



The quote below was written in the 1940s:

"They say temperatures of 7,000 degrees centigrade hit me...Nobody there looked like human beings...Humans had lost the ability to speak. People couldn't scream, 'It hurts!' even when they were on fire...People with their legs wrenched off. Without heads. Or with faces burned and swollen out of shape. The scene I saw was a living hell."

The quote above is associated with which of the following events?

Battle of Midway

bombing of Hiroshima

Battle of the Coral Sea

bombing of Pearl Harbor


Which statement describes how the Johnson administration supported the Civil Rights movement?

Johnson's Department of Education cut off funding to schools with racial segregation.

President Johnson pressured Congress to pass strong Civil Rights and voting rights laws.

Federal judges appointed by President Johnson struck down affirmative action programs.

Johnson administration officials frequently participated in Civil Rights marches and sit-ins.


Which of the following was the name for Roosevelt and Churchill's agreement to collective security, disarmament, freedom of the seas, and economic cooperation?

Yalta Conference

Potsdam Conference

Atlantic Charter

Tehran Conference

Answer 3

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Do you think you can help me with these question @texaschic101

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yes...I am working on it.....probably will take a little while....if you have something else to do, you can go do it....I will work on these

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ohk no problem im in no rush i was just wondering and thank you.

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I did the best I could....sorry it took so long....I had to look many of them up and the ones I could not find, I gave it my best guess

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Answer 9

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The quote below was written in the early 21st century:

Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights.

Source: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/patriot.html

Based on this quote, which of the following statements about life in the United States during the early 21st century is true?

The majority of citizens agree that there should be stronger government intervention in the war on terrorism.

Most citizens maintain that individual rights and freedoms should be protected even when fighting against the world's terrorists.

The majority of citizens believe the Patriot Act was a warranted response to the war on terrorism around the world.

Most citizens believe that the government response to terror in the form of the Patriot Act was too weak to combat modern terrorists.
Can you help me with this one? @texaschic101

Answer 10

Which of these was formed to create mutual defense arrangements between the United States and the nations of Western Europe?

United Nations

Alliance for Progress

International Monetary Fund

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Answer 11

Most citizens maintain the individual rights and freedoms should be protected even when fighting the war on terrorism.

NATO -- National Atlantic Treaty Organization

Answer 12

Thank so much for your help. But i submit my test and i still did well thank you :)

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I am glad you did well.....did I miss a lot ?

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Im not sure becuase I had to answer about a hundred twenty questions.?

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shoot i wanted to awnser

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oh well

Answer 17

@bani2100 kid ur an idiot for not numbering your questions. makes it hard for others to find the answer. smh

Answer 18

Which central government agency was responsible to provide news on the war?