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The overthrow of Russia's Tsarist government in 1917 made it easier for the United States to support teh war effort.: True
Roosevelt's first legislation to deal with the economic crisis was the ______________.: Emergency Banking Act
At first, after teh death of the Soviet dictator ________ relations improved with Russia, but after __________ won control the Cold War continued as before.: Stalin, Khrushchev
The Japanese defied the US in 1937 by sinking the gunboat U.S.S. _______ in China.: Panay
In WWI, German propaganda proved to be more effective in the United States than British propaganda.: False
The Allies agreed to divide Germany into how many occupation zones?: 4, 2
The policy known as "Containment" was offensive in nature.: False
President Truman was at fault for the loss of China to communism.: False
In 1928 the radio was used in a presidential compaign for the first time.: True
"Operation Vittles" helped to feed all the citizens of Berlin.: False
In order, the three goals of the New Deal were, ________, ________, and ________.: relief, recovery, reform
The Wilson administration did not defend American neutral rights in such a way as to interfere with the British war effort.: True
The Truman Doctrine was first applied in ________ and _______.: Turkey, Greece
The United States entered WWI for far more important reasons than attacks by some German U-boats.: True
As teh US Marine Corps closed in on the Japanese mainland through the ____________________ campaign, Japanese suicide attacks, called _____________ became more common.: island hopping, Kamikaze
WWII began in September _____ when Hitler attacked _________ by a method of warfare called the ___________.: 1939, Poland, lightening war
The North Korean attack drove the UN forces as far south as the ________________ before they were turned back.: Pusan Peninsula
Before becoming President, FDR served as governor of ___________ state.: New York
The Americans first halted Japanese expansion in the battles of Coral Sea and _______.: Midway
The Glass-Steagall Act created the ______ to insure bank accounts.: FDIC
At the ______ Conference it was agreed that Russia might control the northern Chinese province of ____________ after the war.: Yalta, Manchuria
The Soviet attempt to blockade Berlin in 1948 was broken by the Allied ___________.: Operation "Vittles"
Each member of the UN Security Council had the power of the Veto.: True
When it struch, the Depression was very severe because it was so widely anticipated.: False
Before becoming Vice President Truman was governor of Missouri.: True
General Pershing was unsuccessful in his attempts to ensure that American soldiers always fought under American officers.: False
_____ mass-produced the ________ which changed the shape and size of cities, and seemed to be everywhere by the 1920s.: Ford, Model T
Japan pretended to uphold the "Open Door" in China until 1941.: False
FDR exerted his influence after 1938 to modify and weaken the neutrality laws.: True
The ___________ Act of ____ requires the registration of Communists adn deportation of Communist immigrants.: McCarran, 1950
Years of drought combined with over production created the __________ during the years fo 1934-1935.: dust bowl
Admiral ____________ was in overall command of Naval forces in the Pacific.: Ninitz
The most depressed sector of the American economy in the 1920s was ___________; to bring relief Hoover created the _________________.: agriculture, Federal Farm Loan Act
In 1941 before the US entered WWII, aid was extended to the Allies by the _____________ Act and FDR declared America to be the ____________.: Lend-Lease, arsenal of democracy
___________ was the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean alone in an airplane, his plane was nicknamed the ___________.: Charles Lindberg, Spirit of St. Louis
In creating the _________________, Hoover tried to keep people from losing their homes.: Federal Loan Bank Act
Wilson's basis for a just peace in Europe was stated in the _______.: Fourteen Points
u-boats, Lunsausia, Britain: Germany's violations of international law involved the use of a new weapon, the _______. The outstanding ship sinking was that of the _________, a ship belonging to ________.u-boats, Lunsausia, Britain
The effect of the Nye investigation was to discourage isolationism.: False
In general, teh different Pan-American Conferences in the 1930s brought agreement that the United States would cooperate rather taht dictate to the Latin American countries.: True
The American Navy was operating in cooperation with the British Navy in the summer of 1941 against the German U-boats.: True
The fourteen Points helped to hasten the German surrender.: False
A summit conference was held between teh USSR ans the US at _______ in 1955 where Eisenhower offered a general disarmament plan to be enforced by _________ but it was not accepted by the Soviets.: Geneva, Open skies
Eisenhower ordered troops to the high school _________ Arkansas, to enforce racial integration.: Little Rock
Mr. Lovell is the ____________ teacher I have ever had.: greatest
The ________ was created to develop _________ on the ______________ River, and thus determine a fair cost for private companies to charge.: TVA, electricity, Tennessee
In teh election of 1928, the Republican presidential candidate who was ___________ ran against the Democrat _____________.: Hoover, Al Smith
In the election of 1928 the Republicans won a narrow victory.: False
WWI, in Europe, began with the assassination of ___________ of ____________.: Archduke, Austria-Hungary
Hoover's high tariff measure was the _______________ Tariff.: Hawley-Smoot
In 1918 a flu epidemic killed over 600,000 people in the United States.: True
Under the Good Neighbor policy the United States withdrew troops from teh Caribbean countries and restored good relations with Mexico.: True
During WWI, a great many civilians as well as soldiers died from ___________.: flu epidemic

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