American History Final
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- "Government is not the solution to the problem; government is the problem"
- Reagan
- What does the "D" in D-Day stand for?
- Day
- When is V-E day?
- May 8, 1945
- What were the five code names for the beaches of Normandy?
- Omaha, Utah, Juno, Gold, Sword
- What nation was dragged into the Vietnam War in 1966?
- Cambodia
- When is VJ day?
- August 15, 1945
- Abrams v. U.S. (1919)
- upheld amendment to Espionage act
- USSR's response to NATO
- Warsaw Pact--Starts Cold War
- What did Japanese put 60,000 POWs to work building?
- Burmese Rail Line
- What were the shinyo?
- Suicide speed boats
- What was "Allotment Annie?"
- Women who married multiple times to G.I. life insurance money
- Who were the US Presidents on active on inactive duty in WWII?
- Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, H.W. Bush
- Police Action
- military action without a formal declaration of war
- What famous investigation of Kennedy endorsed "Magic bullet" theory?
- Warren Commission
- What new word did G.I.s create to explain military incompetence?
- SNAFU: Situation normal: All Fouled Up
- Why did Truman decide to drop bombs on Japan?
- Save American lives, end war
- What was Lyndon B. Johnson's dream of new government programs to help Americans called?
- Great Society
- "The wisest use of American strenght is to advance freedom."
- Bush
- Whose legs were so famous they were painted on the side of bombers?
- Betty Grable
- What Senator was investigated for the death of Mary Jo Kopechne?
- Edward "Ted" Kennedy
- Why was sugar rationed in WWII?
- prevent shortages; sugar was used to produce Alcohol which was used in explosives
- What three commodities caused trucks to be hijacked?
- Liquor, Shoes, Rayon
- Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)
- Ruled NIRA unconstitutional
- Who shot MLK, Jr, in 1968
- James Earl Ray
- When did WWII officially end?
- September 2, 1945
- US v. Nixon
- Supreme Court ruled that a president did not have absolute power of immunity
- What is the dividing line between North and South Korea?
- 38th Parallel
- "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"
- Reagan
- Permanent Security Council Members
- UK, US, Russia, France, China
- Who was the first African American Congresswoman?
- Shirley Chisholm
- When were helicopters first used in action?
- Korea
- What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?
- US established naval superiority over the Japanese. First victory for US navy
- What land battlee of WWII has the greatest number of participants?
- Battle of the Bulge (over 1 million)
- How were belly gunners of B17s usually chosen?
- by height
- "The buck stops here"
- Truman
- Who were shadow people?
- Ashy remains of those incinerated instantly by the atomic bomb
- United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (1895)
- Test of Sherman Anti-trust, also known as the "'Sugar Trust Case,'" was a Supreme Court case that limited the government's power to control monopolies. Said: manufacturing (refining) was a local activity not subject to congressional regulation of interstate commerce
- US v. Eichmann
- Struck down Federal law banning flag burning
- Smith v. Allwright
- Ruled white primaries unconstitutional
- Texas v. Johnson
- Supreme Court ruled that the Texas state law banning flag burning is unconstitutional (violation of free speech)
- Who was the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi?
- James Meridith
- Who was Twiggy?
- 60s supermodel who ushered in an era of super thin models
- What were the nicknames given to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- Little boy, fat man
- "The world could wait no longer"
- G. H. Bush (Older)
- What Rachel Carson book started the environmentalist movement?
- Silent Springs
- Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)
- (First 14th Challenge;) Narrowly read the Fourteenth Amendment to protect only "privileges or immunities" conferred by virtue of the United States but not state citizenship, a distinction which persists to this day.
- "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away"
- MacArthur
- Civil Rights Cases (1883)
- Narrowly defined rights conferred by 14th Amendment, The decision held that Congress lacked the authority under the Fourteenth Amendment to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals and organizations, rather than government.
- How did US solders become to be known as G.I.s?
- G.I. was stamped on everything, meaning Government Issue
- There were 4,000 casualties on Normandy. Where were they mainly incurred?
- Omaha (which was most strongly fortified)
- "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America"
- Clinton
- What was "the gadget?"
- Codename for the atomic bomb
- Jimmy Stewart
- Fought in WWII and was decorated for his bravery
- What took place at a top secret lab at U Chicago on Dec 2, 1942?
- First controlled, sustained, atomic chain reaction
- Miranda v. Arizona
- Supreme Court ruled police must inform suspects in custody of their rights
- "Some men see things as they are and say 'why?' I dream things that never were and say 'why not?'"
- Ted Kennedy; Edward Kennedy
- "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
- FDR
- In Re Debs (1895)
- upheld use of injunctions against strikes for ensural of Postal Service or in public interest
- What was the Iron Curtain?
- Imaginary barrier that prevented ideas and people from moving between Communist and free European states.
- Engel v. Vitale
- New York, ACLU, Supreme Court Ruled States have no business writing prayers
- What were Tokyo trials?
- Trials for the Japanese who committed crimes against humanity
- Who was the first US President to visit China?
- Nixon
- "1976 will not be politics as usual. It can be a year of inspiration and hpoe"
- Carter
- "We believe that all men are created equal, but many are denied equal treatment"
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- What was the WAAC?
- Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
- What historic event occurred on August 14, 1945?
- Japanese unofficially surrender
- What were the Nuremburg Trials?
- The place where German War Criminals were tried
- What was the name of the first US Space Program?
- Mercury
- U.S. v. Butler
- Ruled the new deal agency AAA unconstitutional
- Who was the "father of the atomic bomb?"
- Oppenheimer
- What were the WAVES?
- Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
- What peculiar distinction did Army privates Kuhl and Bennet share?
- both slapped by Patton
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
- Supreme Court ruled that students had a right to not salute the flag
- "December 7, 1941: A date which will live in infamy."
- FDR
- 1st Supreme Commander of NATO
- Eisenhower
- Who said, "Among the Americans serving on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue?"
- Admiral Nimitz
- Minersville School District v. Gobitas
- Supreme Court upheld the the expulsion of children who refused to salute the flag
- "I am not a crook"
- Nixon
- When US Destroyer Juneau sank, why was it given heavy news coverage?
- 4 Brothers Perished--Sullivan brothers
- "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country"
- John F. Kennedy
- What Allied Country lost the most people in WWII?
- USSR
- What was "Tora Tora Tora?"
- Code used by Japs in the attack on Pearl Harbor meaning they have succeeded
- What American entertainer living in France worked as a spy for the French Resistance?
- Josephine Baker
- What nicknames was the jeep given in WWI?
- Panzer Killer, Leaping Lena, Iron Pony
- John Wayne
- was rejected for medical reasons from the military
- What star of "Gone with the Wind" was on a secret mission to persuade Spain and Portugal to join the Allies when his plain was shot down?
- Leslie Howard, Ashley on GWW
- What planes were responsible for dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- Enola Gay, Bock's Car
- What was a WASP?
- Women's Airforce Service Pilots
- In the Tokyo trials, how many persons were found guilty?
- All.
- What was "the enigma?"
- German typewriter/coding machine