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SOL ReviewVA & U.S. History

For students in classes ofMrs. Eberly, Mr. Fowler, Mr. Hassell,

And Mrs. Hubert

2008-2009

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U.S. HISTORY REVIEW QUESTIONSUse these questions to review for the SOL test.

VUS.2 REVIEW #1VUS.2 REVIEW #11. What was the result of early European exploration and colonization? _____________________________2. From where did the people who settled in the Americas come? __________________________________3. Exploration and colonization initiated what? _______________________________________________4. What did colonization lead to? _________________________________________________________5. Who settled in New England? __________________________________________________________6. Why did they come to New England? _____________________________________________________7. What is a “covenant community”? _______________________________________________________8. On what was this community based? _____________________________________________________9. What was the Mayflower Compact? ______________________________________________________10. (True)(False) The Puritans were tolerant of other religions ____________________________________VUS.2 REVIEW #2VUS.2 REVIEW #2

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1. What did they practice during town meetings? _____________________________________________2. Who settled in the Middle Atlantic region? ________________________________________________3. What were they seeking? _____________________________________________________________4. Why did people settle in Virginia and the southern colonies? ___________________________________5. Who were Virginia “cavaliers”? _________________________________________________________6. Who did they receive land from? _______________________________________________________7. Where did poor English immigrants settle? ________________________________________________ 8. What did their occupations tend to be? __________________________________________________9. Who was hired to work on tobacco plantations? _____________________________________________VUS.2 REVIEW #3VUS.2 REVIEW #31. What did an indentured servant agree to do? ______________________________________________2. When was Jamestown founded? ________________________________________________________3. Who established it? _________________________________________________________________4. Why was Jamestown established? _______________________________________________________5. What is important about Jamestown? ____________________________________________________6. What was the first elected assembly in the New World? ______________________________________7. When was it established? _____________________________________________________________8. What is it known as today? ____________________________________________________________9. What is another name for American Indians? ______________________________________________

VUS.2 REVIEW #4VUS.2 REVIEW #41. Where did the Spanish settle? _________________________________________________________2. What were 2 results of interactions between the English and American Indians? ___________________

________________________________________________________________________________3. Where did the French settle? _________________________________________________________4. What were relations like between the French and American Indians? ____________________________5. Why was this different than the Spanish and English? ________________________________________6. The agricultural economy of the Southern colonies and Caribbean was based on what?

______________7. Large landholdings in the Southern colonies and the Caribbean became known as what?

_____________8. What was the result of the plantation system in the South and the Caribbean?

_____________________9. When was slavery introduced to Jamestown? ______________________________________________VUS.3 REVIEW #5VUS.3 REVIEW #51. What shaped regional economic development in the regions of America? _________________________2. Why did America’s plantations need slaves? _______________________________________________3. On what was the economy of New England based? __________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________4. What values made the Puritans successful? _______________________________________________5. What is subsistence farming? __________________________________________________________

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6. Name the 5 Middle Colonies. ___________________________________________________________7. What were the largest seaports and commercial centers of the Middle Colonies?

___________________8. The economies of the Middle Colonies were based on what? ___________________________________9. The economies of the Southern colonies were based on what? __________________________________10. Where were the Southern colonies established? ____________________________________________VUS.3 REVIEW #6VUS.3 REVIEW #61. What were the cash crops of the south? __________________________________________________2. What did southerners do with their cash crops? ____________________________________________3. On what was the economy of the Appalachian foothills based? __________________________________4. What economic beliefs did the colonists practice? ___________________________________________5. On what was New England’s colonial society based? __________________________________________6. What did the Puritans believe should be connected? _________________________________________7. What colony was established by dissenters fleeing religious persecution in Massachusetts?

____________8. (True)(False) The Puritans were very tolerant of other religious beliefs. __________________________9. What religious beliefs were practiced in the Middle Colonies? __________________________________10. What religion was practiced in Pennsylvania? _______________________________________________

VUS.3 REVIEW #7VUS.3 REVIEW #71. What religion was practiced in Maryland? _________________________________________________2. (True)(False) The Middle Colonies practiced religious toleration. ________________________________3. What is an entrepreneur? _____________________________________________________________4. Who made up the middle class of the Middle Colonies? _______________________________________5. (True)(False) The social structure of the Middle Colonies was very rigid. __________________________6. On what was the social structure of Virginia and the southern colonies based?

______________________7. Who dominated colonial government and society in the southern colonies?

_________________________8. What was the established church in the southern colonies? ____________________________________9. Which region of the colonies had the closest ties to England? __________________________________10. Society in the mountains and valleys in the southern colonies was made up of what 3 groups?

___________________________________________________________________________________________

11. Of what descent were most of these groups? ______________________________________________VUS.3 REVIEW #8VUS.3 REVIEW #81. What was the “Great Awakening”? ______________________________________________________2. What did the Great Awakening lead to? __________________________________________________3. What were 2 of the evangelical religions which challenged the religious establishment in the

colonies? ____ ________________________________________________________________________________4. Describe the climate in the coastal lowlands of the South? ____________________________________

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5. What did the plantation economy of the South require? ______________________________________6. From where did indentured servants come? ________________________________________________7. What agreement did indentured servants make? ____________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________8. Who did the labor on most plantations? __________________________________________________ 9. (True)(False) Some Africans worked as indentured servants and eventually gained their freedom.

________10.10. What was the Middle Passage? _________________________________________________________11. What did the southern economy eventually lead to? __________________________________________VUS.4 REVIEW #9VUS.4 REVIEW #91. What justified the Declaration of Independence? ___________________________________________2. What inspired the American Revolution? __________________________________________________3. What was the Enlightenment? __________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________4. Who was John Locke? _______________________________________________________________5. Which of the following were TRUE statements from John Locke?

a. The people promise to obey the law established by the government--”ordered liberty”. __________

b. Government’s powers are unlimited. ________________________________________________c. Whenever government threatens the people’s natural rights, the people have the right to

alter or overthrow it. ________________________________________________________________VUS.4 REVIEW #10VUS.4 REVIEW #101. Which of the following were TRUE statements from John Locke? 2. All people are free, equal, and have “natural rights”. ________________________________________3. Natural rights include life, liberty, and property. ___________________________________________4. All power rests with the government. ____________________________________________________5. The people enter into a “social contract” to form a government to protect their rights. -

______________6. What kind of government did most countries have? __________________________________________7. Who was the English immigrant to America who wrote Common Sense?

____________________________8. What pamphlet challenged the rule of the King of England over the American colonies?

_______________9. Why was Common Sense an important document? ____________________________________________VUS.4 REVIEW #11VUS.4 REVIEW #111. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? ______________________________________________2. Whose ideas were included in the Declaration of Independence? ________________________________3. According to the Declaration of Independence---

a. What are self-evident? _________________________________________________________b. How are men created? _________________________________________________________

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c. What are man’s unalienable rights? ________________________________________________d. Who grants man these rights? ____________________________________________________

4. Governments derive their power from whom? ______________________________________________5. When a government is destructive, what do people have the right to do? _________________________6. What else did Jefferson include in the Declaration of Independence? ____________________________7. What led to the French and Indian War? _________________________________________________8. What was the result of this war? _______________________________________________________VUS.4 REVIEW #12VUS.4 REVIEW #121. What actions did the English take which angered the American colonists and led to the American

Revolution? _______________________________________________________________________2. What prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains? ________________________________3. Why was the Proclamation passed? ______________________________________________________4. What placed new taxes on legal documents, tea and sugar? ____________________________________5. Why were these taxes enacted? ________________________________________________________6. What was the Boston Tea Party? _______________________________________________________7. What was called to discuss problems with the British? ________________________________________8. Who sent representatives to the First Continental Congress? __________________________________9. What was the first time all the colonies worked together to resist British rule? ____________________10. This was when British troops fired on anti-British demonstrators. _______________________________VUS.4 REVIEW #13VUS.4 REVIEW #131. Who were the Minutemen? ____________________________________________________________2. What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War? ________________________________________3. What did the Patriots want? ___________________________________________________________4. Who said “Give me liberty, or give me death”? ______________________________________________5. What 2 writers influenced the patriots? __________________________________________________6. Who led the American army? __________________________________________________________7. Who made up the American army? _______________________________________________________8. Where was George Washington from? ____________________________________________________9. What were Loyalists called? ___________________________________________________________10. Why were the Loyalists loyal to England? _________________________________________________VUS.4 REVIEW #14VUS.4 REVIEW #141. Why did the Loyalists think it was right to pay taxes to England? _______________________________2.2. What were the colonists called who did not want to be involved in the Revolution?

___________________3. Why did the Americans win their independence in the Revolutionary War?

_________________________4. Who was America’s ally in the Revolutionary War? ___________________________________________5. What diplomat negotiated the alliance treaty with France? ____________________________________6. What did Washington do to win the Revolutionary War? ______________________________________7. What was the impact of Washington’s leadership? ___________________________________________

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8. What battle ended the Revolutionary War? ________________________________________________9. Who fought there? _________________________________________________________________VUS.5 REVIEW #15VUS.5 REVIEW #151. Why did political leaders establish theArticles of Confederation? _______________________________2. What document established the government of the U.S. directly after the Revolutionary War?

_________3. Did it establish a strong or weak national government? _______________________________________4. What did Congress NOT have the powers to do? ____________________________________________5. (True)(False) All states had their own currency. ____________________________________________6. How many votes did each large state have? ________________________________________________7. How many votes did each small state have? ________________________________________________8. How many branches were established in the national government? _______________________________9. What document established the government which we have today? _______________________________10. What are 3 characteristics of the Constitution? ____________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________VUS.5 REVIEW #16VUS.5 REVIEW #161. How can the government be changed in an orderly manner? ____________________________________2. Who shares the power in the U.S. government today? ________________________________________3. What is the supreme law in the land? ____________________________________________________4. (True)(False) States were able to govern themselves within federal laws. _________________________5. How many senators does each state have? _________________________________________________6. The number of representatives in the House of Representatives is based on what?

___________________7. What are the 2 houses in Congress? _____________________________________________________8. Why were these 2 houses created in the Constitution? _______________________________________9. To determine representation in the House of Representatives, how were slaves counted?

______________10. Why were the 3 branches in the national government established? _______________________________VUS.5 REVIEW #17VUS.5 REVIEW #171. What are the 3 branches of government? _________________________________________________2. What does each branch do? ___________________________________________________________3. Who was the chairman of the Constitutional Convention? ______________________________________4. Why was his leadership important? ______________________________________________________5. Who was the “Father of the Constitution? _________________________________________________6. Where was he from? ________________________________________________________________7. Why is he important? ________________________________________________________________8. What was the “Virginia Plan”? __________________________________________________________9. Who wrote the Bill of Rights? _________________________________________________________10. What 2 documents are the blueprint for the American government? _____________________________VUS.5 REVIEW #18VUS.5 REVIEW #18

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1. What was the “pro-ratification” group regarding the Constitution? ______________________________2. What kind of government did the Federalists favor? _________________________________________3. Why did the Federalists want the “check and balance” system? _________________________________4. Why did the Federalists believe a strong national government was necessary?

______________________5. ________________________________________________________________________________6. (True)(False) The Federalists wanted a Bill of Rights. ________________________________________7. Why was a republic possible in the U.S.? __________________________________________________8. (True)(False) The Federalists believed the Constitution protected the basic rights of the people.

_______9. What did most states already have by the time the Constitution was written? ______________________10. What was the “anti-ratification” group regarding the Constitution? ______________________________11. Why did the Anti-Federalists not want a strong national government? ____________________________VUS.5 REVIEW #19VUS.5 REVIEW #191. Why did the Anti-Federalists want a national Bill of Rights? ___________________________________2. What did the Anti-Federalists force the Federalists to promise? _______________________________3. What did the Virginia Declaration of Rights state? __________________________________________4. Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights? _____________________________________________5. Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom? ______________________________________6. What did the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom outlaw? __________________________________7. What does this mean? _______________________________________________________________8. On what was the U. S. Bill of Rights based? ________________________________________________9. What is the Bill of Rights? ____________________________________________________________VUS.6 REVIEW #20VUS.6 REVIEW #201. What led to territorial expansion all the way to the Pacific? ___________________________________2. What ideology caused Americans to move to the frontiers? ____________________________________3. When did George Washington’s presidency end? ____________________________________________4. When did the first political parties emerge? _______________________________________________5. What were the 2 first political parties? __________________________________________________6. Who led the Federalists? _____________________________________________________________7. In what did the Federalists believe? _____________________________________________________8. Who supported the Federalists? ________________________________________________________9. In what area were the Federalists centered? ______________________________________________10. Who led the Democratic Republicans? ____________________________________________________11. In what did the Democratic Republicans believe? ____________________________________________VUS.6 REVIEW #21VUS.6 REVIEW #211. Who supported the Democratic Republicans? ______________________________________________2. In what area were the Democratic Republicans centered? _____________________________________3. Why was the election of 1800 important? _________________________________________________4. Who was elected? __________________________________________________________________

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5. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the early 1800’s? ____________________________6. What established the power of the federal courts to declare laws unconstitutional?

_________________7. What is judicial review? ______________________________________________________________8. What court decision established judicial review? ____________________________________________9. What court decision prohibited states from taxing agencies of the federal government?

______________10. Who was president in 1803? ___________________________________________________________11. What land purchase is he known for? ____________________________________________________VUS.6 REVIEW #22VUS.6 REVIEW #221. Who did he buy it from? ______________________________________________________________2. What effect did this have on the size of the U.S.? __________________________________________3. What expedition explored the Louisiana Purchase? __________________________________________4. Where did they explore? _____________________________________________________________5. Who served as the expeditions guide and translator? ________________________________________6. Who won the War of 1812? ____________________________________________________________7. What lands did America gain because of the War of 1812? _____________________________________8. From whom did America gain Florida? ____________________________________________________9. What was considered the “West” in the early 1800’s? ________________________________________10. Why did settlers move West? __________________________________________________________VUS.6 REVIEW #23VUS.6 REVIEW #231. When was the Monroe Doctrine signed? __________________________________________________2. Which of the following is a TRUE statement about the Monroe Doctrine?

a. Europe should not colonize any American continents in the future. _________________________b. Nations in the Americas are different than those in Europe because they are republics, not

monarchies. ____________________c. If European powers tried to impose their system on an independent state in the Western

hemisphere, it would be considered a threat to the peace and safety of the United States. _____________________

d. The United States would interfere with European affairs. __________________________________3. The building of what helped the growth of America’s industrial economy?

__________________________4. Who invented the cotton gin? __________________________________________________________5. What did it lead to? _________________________________________________________________6. What did American migration into Texas lead to? ___________________________________________7. What happened at the Alamo? _________________________________________________________VUS.6 REVIEW #24VUS.6 REVIEW #241. What brought Texas into the U.S.? ______________________________________________________2.2. What did the American victory in the Mexican War lead to? ___________________________________3. What states of today did this include? ___________________________________________________

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4. What is Manifest Destiny? ___________________________________________________________5. How were the American Indians affected by this policy? ______________________________________6. What was the Trail of Tears? __________________________________________________________7. What is a reservation? _______________________________________________________________8. Why was the Age of Jackson important? __________________________________________________9. Why was the election of Andrew Jackson important? _________________________________________10. What is universal manhood suffrage? ____________________________________________________11. Where was universal manhood suffrage happening? __________________________________________VUS.6 REVIEW #25VUS.6 REVIEW #251. What was happening which allowed more people to vote? ______________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________2. Why was Jackson’s use of the veto important? _____________________________________________3. Define aristocracy. _________________________________________________________________4. What is an aristocrat? _______________________________________________________________5. What is a presidential veto? ___________________________________________________________6. What is the Spoils System? ___________________________________________________________7. What was the Panic of 1837? __________________________________________________________8. Before the election of 1828, what were Americans content to have happen?

_______________________9. How did society change around 1828? ____________________________________________________10. How was a presidential candidate selected? ________________________________________________VUS.6 REVIEW #26VUS.6 REVIEW #261. How did Jackson use the Spoils System? __________________________________________________2. What was the Bank of the United States? _________________________________________________3. Why did Jackson mistrust the idea of this bank? ____________________________________________4. What did Jackson veto? ______________________________________________________________5. Who was Henry Clay? _______________________________________________________________6. What did he support? ________________________________________________________________7. What caused the Panic of 1837? ________________________________________________________8. What brought about the series of crises which led to the Civil War? _____________________________9. What caused conflicts before the Civil War? ______________________________________________10. What was a free state? ______________________________________________________________11. What was a slave state? ______________________________________________________________

VUS.6 REVIEW #27VUS.6 REVIEW #271. What issue affected power in Congress? __________________________________________________2. What kind of economy was in the Northern states? __________________________________________3. On what was the industrial economy of the North based? _____________________________________4. What kind of tariffs did Northern manufacturers favor? Why? ________________________________

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________________________________________________________________________________5. What kind of economy did the South have? ________________________________________________6. On what was it based? _______________________________________________________________7. Who worked in the foothills and valleys of the Appalachian Mountains? ___________________________8. Why did the South oppose high tariffs? __________________________________________________9. Who was the abolitionist publisher of The Liberator? ________________________________________10. What was The Liberator? _____________________________________________________________VUS.6 REVIEW #28VUS.6 REVIEW #281. Where was there a strong abolitionist movement? ___________________________________________2. What is an abolitionist? ______________________________________________________________3. Why were many Northern religious leaders abolitionists? ______________________________________4. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? _________________________________________________________5. What effect did Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on the North? The South? _____________________________

________________________________________________________________________________6. Who led slave revolts in Virginia? _______________________________________________________7. What was the effect of these slave revolts? _______________________________________________8. What effect did these revolts have on Southerners who favored abolition? ________________________9. Why did admission of new states lead to conflicts? __________________________________________10. The Missouri Compromise was passed in what year? __________________________________________11. What did it state? __________________________________________________________________VUS.6 REVIEW #29VUS.6 REVIEW #291. What did the Compromise of 1850 state? _________________________________________________2. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 repeal? _________________________________________3. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 state? __________________________________________4. What was this known as? _____________________________________________________________5. What was the result of this act? _______________________________________________________6. When did the Republican party begin? ____________________________________________________7. Why was the Republican party formed? ___________________________________________________8. What did Southerners believe individual states should be able to do? _____________________________9. Why did the South believe they could leave the Union? _______________________________________10. What does nullify mean? ______________________________________________________________VUS.6 REVIEW #30VUS.6 REVIEW #301. What does the word secede mean? ______________________________________________________2. Who were the 2 candidates for the U.S. Senate in Illinois in 1858 who participated in a series of

debates?________________________________________________________________________________

3. What political party did each candidate represent? __________________________________________4. What did each candidate stand for? _____________________________________________________5. What Supreme Court decision overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery?

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6. What did the Fugitive Slave Act require? _________________________________________________7. Who said “A house divided against itself cannot stand”? ______________________________________8. To what issue does this refer? _________________________________________________________9. What was the Seneca Falls Declaration? __________________________________________________10. What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony want? __________________________________VUS.7 REVIEW #31VUS.7 REVIEW #311. What was the issue which triggered the Civil War? __________________________________________2. What were 3 results of the Civil War. ____________________________________________________3. Over what 2 issues was the Civil War fought? ______________________________________________4. In what year did Lincoln become president? _______________________________________________5. What was the result of this election? ____________________________________________________6. What did southerners fear would happen? _________________________________________________7. Where was the opening shot of the war fired? _____________________________________________8. What was the Emancipation Proclamation? _________________________________________________9. After what battle was it issued? ________________________________________________________10. What battle was the turning point of the war? _____________________________________________VUS.7 REVIEW #32VUS.7 REVIEW #321. Where did Lee surrender to Grant? _____________________________________________________2. Who won the Civil War? ______________________________________________________________3. Who were the Confederates? __________________________________________________________4. Who was the Union? _________________________________________________________________5. Who was president of the United States during the Civil War? _________________________________6. Who insisted that the U.S. be held together by force if necessary? _____________________________7. Who was the leader of the Union military forces? ___________________________________________8. (True)(False) The Union had many generals lead their army. ____________________________________9. (True)(False) The Confederacy had many generals lead their army. _______________________________10. Who led the Army of Northern Virginia? __________________________________________________VUS.7 REVIEW #33VUS.7 REVIEW #331. Who opposed secession, but did not believe the Union should be held together by force?

______________2. Who urged Southerners to accept defeat and reunite with the North after the Civil War?

_____________3. Who was a black abolitionist and former slave? _____________________________________________4. Who urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight in the Union army? ___________________________5. Who spoke the Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation? _____________________________6. What did Lincoln see as the goal of the Civil War? ___________________________________________7. Which of the following did Lincoln see as reasons why the Civil War was fought?

a. The U.S. is a nation, not a federation of independent states. ________________________________b. The nation is dedicated to the principle that all men are created equal.

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c. The U.S. government is “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” ______________________

d. The Civil War was fought to preserve the northern way of life. ______________________________e. The Civil War is a Second American Revolution __________________________________________

VUS.7 REVIEW #34VUS.7 REVIEW #341. (True)(False) Lincoln changed how Americans viewed the U.S. __________________________________2. Which of the following are TRUE statements about the Emancipation Proclamation?

a. All slaves in rebelling states were freed. _______________________________________________b. Ending slavery became a Northern war aim. _____________________________________________c. It discouraged interference in the Civil War from foreign governments.

________________________d. ALL slaves in the U.S. were freed. ____________________________________________________

3. Which of the following are NOT true statements about the Gettysburg Address?a. Lincoln believed all people were created equal. ___________________________________________b. The government was “of the people, by the people, and for the people”

_________________________c. Lincoln believed the U.S. was a collection of sovereign tates._________________________________

4. What was the period after the Civil War called? ___________________________________________VUS.7 REVIEW #35VUS.7 REVIEW #351. What were the results of the Civil War and Reconstruction? ___________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________2. Which of the following are TRUE statements about how Lincoln viewed the end of the Civil War?

a. The Confederate states had never really left the Union because secession was illegal. ___________

b. Reconstruction should last a long time. _____________________________________________c. The goal was to restore state governments loyal to the Union in Southern states.

______________d. The federal government should punish the South. _____________________________________

3. Who stated “with malice towards none, with charity for all…to bind up the nation’s wounds”? ___________

4. Was Lincoln’s view of Reconstruction used? Why or why not? ___________________________________5. Who were the Radical Republicans? ______________________________________________________6. What was their goal towards Reconstruction? ______________________________________________VUS.7 REVIEW #36VUS.7 REVIEW #361. What happened to the Southern states? __________________________________________________2. What did the Radical Republicans want to guarantee African Americans? __________________________3. Who was the president after Lincoln? ____________________________________________________4. What did the Radical Republicans do? ___________________________________________________5. Did they succeed? Explain. ____________________________________________________________6. What are the 3 Civil War Amendments? __________________________________________________

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7. What amendment permanently abolished slavery in the U.S.? ___________________________________8. What amendment prohibited states from denying equal rights under the law to any American?

__________9.9. What amendment guaranteed voting rights regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of

servitude”? ______________________________________________________________________________10. To whom does “previous condition of servitude” refer? _______________________________________VUS.7 REVIEW #37VUS.7 REVIEW #371. What ended Reconstruction? __________________________________________________________2. What was the Compromise of 1877? _____________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________3. What was the result of the Compromise of 1877? ___________________________________________4. What was the Jim Crow Era? __________________________________________________________5. What was the effect of the Civil War on the South? _________________________________________6. What did the Civil War destroy in the South? ______________________________________________7. What 2 major Southern cities were destroyed during the Civil War? _____________________________8. On what was the Southern economy based even after the Civil War? _____________________________9. What was the poorest section of the nation long after the Civil War? ____________________________10. What regions of the U.S. had strong, industrial economies after the Civil War? _____________________11. The completion of what increased movement to the West? ____________________________________VUS.8 REVIEW #38VUS.8 REVIEW #381. What area of the U.S. was settled after the Civil War? _______________________________________2. When was the era of the American cowboy? _______________________________________________3. How were cattle taken to market? ______________________________________________________4. Why were these able to occur? _________________________________________________________5. What were the provisions of the Homestead Act of 1862? _____________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________6. What groups moved west seeking new opportunities after the Civil War? __________________________7. What new inventions helped to open lands in the West? _______________________________________8. What areas became filled with farms, ranches and towns? _____________________________________9. Before 1871, from what area of Europe did most immigrants to the U.S. come?

_____________________10. Name which countries? _______________________________________________________________VUS.8 REVIEW #39VUS.8 REVIEW #391. From 1871 to 1921, most immigrants to America came from where in Europe?

______________________2. Name which countries? _______________________________________________________________3. From 1871 to 1921, many immigrants came to America from what Asian nations?

____________________4. Why did these immigrants come to America? _______________________________________________5. What did Chinese workers help to build? __________________________________________________

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6. In the Northeast, where did immigrants work? _____________________________________________7. In New York City, where did immigrants work? _____________________________________________8. Who worked in the coal mines of the East? ________________________________________________9. What conditions did they often face? ____________________________________________________10. Where did European immigrants enter the U.S.? ____________________________________________VUS.8 REVIEW #40VUS.8 REVIEW #401. What was often an immigrant’s first view of America? ________________________________________2. In regards to immigration, America is often referred to as what? _______________________________3. When immigrants first came to America, where did they live? __________________________________4. What did immigrants do to assimilate into society? __________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________5. What helped immigrants in their assimilation? ______________________________________________6. Why were immigrants resented? ________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________7. What 2 laws restricted immigration? ____________________________________________________8. What did these laws accomplish? _______________________________________________________9. Name 5 U.S. cities which became manufacturing and transportation centers.

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10. What were living conditions like in these cities? ____________________________________________

VUS.8 REVIEW #41VUS.8 REVIEW #411. Name 2 problems caused by the rapid growth of cities. _______________________________________2. The development of what public services solved some of these problems?

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3. Where was the world’s first subway system built? ___________________________________________4. What did most cities use for public transportation? _________________________________________5. All states in the continental U.S. had been admitted by when? __________________________________6. What new way of doing business began? __________________________________________________7. Who invented a new process for making steel? _____________________________________________8. Who invented the light bulb? __________________________________________________________9. What became the new source of power and light? ___________________________________________10. Who invented the telephone? __________________________________________________________VUS.8 REVIEW #42VUS.8 REVIEW #421. Who invented the airplane? ___________________________________________________________2. Who invented the concept of assembly line manufacturing? ____________________________________3. Who dominated the steel industry? _____________________________________________________4. Who dominated the finance industry? ____________________________________________________5. Who dominated the oil industry? ________________________________________________________6. Who dominated the railroad industry? ___________________________________________________

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7. What government policies helped businesses? ______________________________________________8. What is laissez faire capitalism? ________________________________________________________9. Where did the labor supply come from in the late 1800’s? _____________________________________10. What did America have which helped its economy? __________________________________________VUS.8 REVIEW #43VUS.8 REVIEW #431. (True)(False) There were laws limiting the freedom of African Americans. _________________________2. What were Jim Crow laws? ____________________________________________________________3. Where were they passed? ____________________________________________________________4. What form did intimidation towards African Americans take in the South? ________________________5. What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson? ______________________________________6. What was the result of this decision? ____________________________________________________7. What was the Great Migration? ________________________________________________________8. Why did it happen? __________________________________________________________________9. Who was Ida B. Wells? _______________________________________________________________10. Who believed the way to equality was through vocational education and economic success?

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VUS.8 REVIEW #44VUS.8 REVIEW #441. What African American leader accepted social separation? ____________________________________2. Who believed education was meaningless without equality? _____________________________________3. Who helped to establish the NAACP? ____________________________________________________4. What does NAACP stand for? __________________________________________________________5. What group suffered because of the agricultural expansion in the West? __________________________6. The wars against the Plains Indians resulted in what? ________________________________________7. What raised the standard of living for millions of Americans? __________________________________8. What movement used the government to reform the problems created by industrialization?

____________9. Who had a program called “Square Deal”? _________________________________________________10. Who had a program called “New Freedom”? ________________________________________________VUS.8 REVIEW #45VUS.8 REVIEW #451. What were working conditions for labor before WWI? _______________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________2. What is a company town? _____________________________________________________________3. What were the goals of the Progressive Movement? _________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________4. What is a referendum? _______________________________________________________________5. What is an initiative? ________________________________________________________________6. What is a recall? ___________________________________________________________________7. What did the Progressive Movement accomplish regarding.…

a. local governments? _______________________________________________________________b. state governments? ______________________________________________________________

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c. elections? _____________________________________________________________________d. child labor? ____________________________________________________________________

VUS.8 REVIEW #46VUS.8 REVIEW #461. What is a primary election? ___________________________________________________________2. What amendment allowed the direct election of U.S. senators? _________________________________3. What ended the practice of child labor? __________________________________________________4. What is a muckraker? ________________________________________________________________5. Who were the Knights of Labor? ________________________________________________________6. What was the American Federation of Labor? ______________________________________________7. Who led it? _______________________________________________________________________8. What was the American Railway Union? ___________________________________________________9. Who led it? _______________________________________________________________________10. What was the Industrial Ladies’ Garment Workers Union? _____________________________________11. What happened in the Haymarket Square Riot? _____________________________________________VUS.8 REVIEW #47VUS.8 REVIEW #471. What happened at the Homestead Strike? ________________________________________________2. What happened at the Pullman Strike? ___________________________________________________3. What gains did labor unions make in regards to working conditions? ______________________________

________________________________________________________________________________4. What Act prevented any business structure that “restrains trade”? _____________________________5. What is a monopoly? _________________________________________________________________6. What Act outlawed price-fixing and expanded the Sherman Anti-trust Act? _______________________7. What Act exempted unions from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? _________________________________8. What does suffrage mean? ____________________________________________________________9. Who was one of the leaders of the women’s suffrage movement? _______________________________10. When did large numbers of women join the labor force? ______________________________________11. What amendment gave women the right to vote? ____________________________________________VUS.9 REVIEW #48VUS.9 REVIEW #481. When did the U.S. emerge as a world power? _______________________________________________2. What was the Open Door Policy? ________________________________________________________3. Who proposed it? ___________________________________________________________________4. What is Dollar diplomacy? _____________________________________________________________5. Which president proposed it? __________________________________________________________6. What did he promise to do if unrest threatened U.S. investments? ______________________________7. When was the first era of a true “global economy”? __________________________________________8. What were 2 results of the Spanish American War? _________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________9. What canal links the Pacific and Atlantic oceans? ___________________________________________10. What president had it built? ___________________________________________________________VUS.9 REVIEW #49VUS.9 REVIEW #49

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1. From whom did Panama gain its independence? ______________________________________________2. How did the U.S. gain Hawaii? __________________________________________________________3. How did the U.S. gain the Philippines? ____________________________________________________4. What did the Open Door Policy encourage foreigners in China to do? _____________________________5. When did World War I begin? _________________________________________________________6. Who was on each side? _______________________________________________________________7. What was the status of the U.S. from 1914-1917? ___________________________________________8. Why did the U.S. decide to enter WWI? __________________________________________________9. Who said the U.S. wanted to “make the world safe for democracy”? _____________________________10. What helped the Allies to win WWI? ____________________________________________________VUS.9 REVIEW #50VUS.9 REVIEW #501. Who lost World War I? ______________________________________________________________2. What were the Fourteen Points? ________________________________________________________3. Who proposed them? ________________________________________________________________4. What were its key ideas? _____________________________________________________________5. What is self-determination? ___________________________________________________________6. What is a mandate? _________________________________________________________________7. What was the League of Nations? _______________________________________________________8. What treaty ended WWI? ____________________________________________________________9. In the treaty, what did the French and English insist on? ______________________________________10. What was created by the treaty? _______________________________________________________VUS.9 REVIEW #51VUS.9 REVIEW #511. What did Wilson insist on? ____________________________________________________________2. What was a result of the Treaty of Versailles? _____________________________________________3. Why did the U.S. reject the Treaty? ____________________________________________________4. Who failed to approve the Treaty? ______________________________________________________5. What permanently changed the role of the government in the U.S. economy?

_______________________6. What changed how people viewed the responsibility’s of the U.S. government?

______________________7. Name 3 causes of the Great Depression. __________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________8. When did the Stock Market Crash? _____________________________________________________9. What was the Stock Market Crash? _____________________________________________________VUS.9 REVIEW #52VUS.9 REVIEW #521. What is the Federal Reserve? __________________________________________________________2. What did the Federal Reserve fail to do? _________________________________________________3. What did the failure of the banking system lead to? _________________________________________4. What is the Hawley-Smoot Act? ________________________________________________________5. What was the result of the Hawley-Smoot Act? ____________________________________________

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6. What was the impact of the Great Depression? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. There was political unrest due to what? __________________________________________________8. Who proposed the New Deal? __________________________________________________________9. How did it change the role of government? ________________________________________________VUS.9 REVIEW #53VUS.9 REVIEW #531. How many people were unemployed? _____________________________________________________2. What did Roosevelt say to give Americans confidence in the future? _____________________________3. What program provided direct payments to help people? ______________________________________4. How was it abbreviated? ______________________________________________________________5. What was the AAA? _________________________________________________________________6. What did it do? ____________________________________________________________________7. What program corrected unsound banking and investment practices? _____________________________8. How was it abbreviated? ______________________________________________________________9. What did the Social Security Act provide? ________________________________________________VUS.10 REVIEW #54VUS.10 REVIEW #541. What event began WWII in Europe? _____________________________________________________2. When was that event? _______________________________________________________________3. Who invaded Poland from the East? _____________________________________________________4. Who invaded the Baltic countries? ______________________________________________________5. What was the U.S.’s stand the first 2 years of the war? ______________________________________6. What countries did Germany conquer? ___________________________________________________7. Who was the leader of Germany? _______________________________________________________8. What was the Battle of Britain? ________________________________________________________9. When did Germany invade the Soviet Union? _______________________________________________10. Who did the U.S. aid during the war despite strong isolationist sentiment? ________________________VUS.10 REVIEW #55VUS.10 REVIEW #551. What did the Lend Lease Act provide? ___________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________2. Who was president during WWII? ______________________________________________________3. Who said aid was like “lending a garden hose to a next door neighbor whose house is on fire”?

___________4. What country invaded Manchuria and China? _______________________________________________5. When did they invade? _______________________________________________________________6. Why did they invade? ________________________________________________________________7. What was the U.S. reaction to this? _____________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________8. What action brought the U.S. into WWII? ________________________________________________9. On what date did this occur? __________________________________________________________10. Why was this a surprise? _____________________________________________________________

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VUS.10 REVIEW #56VUS.10 REVIEW #561. What was the result of the attack? _____________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________2. What did Roosevelt call the event? ______________________________________________________3. Who declared war on the U.S. after Pearl Harbor? __________________________________________4. Who was allied with Germany? _________________________________________________________5. Who were the allies of the U.S.? _______________________________________________________6. What was their strategy? ____________________________________________________________7. Where did most American military resources go? ___________________________________________8. What was the military strategy in the Pacific? _____________________________________________9. What were islands in the Pacific used for? ________________________________________________10. What was used to cut off Japanese shipping? ______________________________________________VUS.10 REVIEW #57VUS.10 REVIEW #571. Who were the Axis powers? ___________________________________________________________2. What was the strategy of the Axis powers? _______________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________3. How did the Germans hope to defeat Britain? ______________________________________________4. What did the Japanese invade after Pearl Harbor? __________________________________________5. Who did the Japanese plan to invade? ____________________________________________________6. What did Japanese leaders hope would happen? _____________________________________________7. Where is El Alamein? ________________________________________________________________8. What happened there? _______________________________________________________________9. Why was it important? _______________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________VUS.10 REVIEW #58VUS.10 REVIEW #581. What was a major battle in Russia? ______________________________________________________2. Why was it important? _______________________________________________________________3. Where did the American and Allied troops invade France? _____________________________________4. What was the battle called? ___________________________________________________________5. On what date did it occur? ____________________________________________________________6. Who was the commander? _____________________________________________________________7. Why was the D-Day invasion important? __________________________________________________8. Why was the battle of Midway called the “Miracle of Midway”? _________________________________9. Why was the victory at Midway important? ________________________________________________10. What is “island hopping”? _____________________________________________________________VUS.10 REVIEW #59VUS.10 REVIEW #591. In what 2 battles in the Pacific did the Americans and Japanese lose thousands of lives?

______________2. What was the Japanese reaction to American victory in these battles? ___________________________3. Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb? ___________________________________

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4. On what cities was the atomic bomb dropped? ______________________________________________5. Name 2 results of the dropping the atomic bomb. ___________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________6. What event solidified America’s role as a global power? _______________________________________7. (True)(False) The American armed forces in WWII were desegregated. __________________________8. What did African Americans want to obtain? _______________________________________________9. To what kind of military units were African Americans assigned? ________________________________VUS.10 REVIEW #60VUS.10 REVIEW #601. Who were the Tuskegee Airmen? _______________________________________________________2. Why were they important? ____________________________________________________________3. Who made up the Nisei regiments? ______________________________________________________4. Why were the Navajos of such importance to the war effort? __________________________________5. Were Mexican Americans in segregated units? _____________________________________________6. What did minority units achieve? _______________________________________________________7. What did the Geneva Convention attempt to do? ____________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________8. What was the Bataan Death March? _____________________________________________________9. How did Japanese soldiers face surrender? ________________________________________________VUS.10 REVIEW #61VUS.10 REVIEW #611. How were prisoners of war treated in Europe? __________________________________________2. What was the Holocaust? __________________________________________________________3. What is genocide? _______________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________4. What was the Final Solution? _______________________________________________________5. Name 5 groups who were affected by the Final Solution in Germany? __________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________6. Who was an “undesirable”? _________________________________________________________7. In what trials were the Nazi leaders convicted of war crimes? _______________________________8. What did these trials emphasize? ____________________________________________________9. These trials led to an increased demand for what? ________________________________________VUS.11 REVIEW #62VUS.11 REVIEW #621. How did the U.S. achieve success in WWII? _______________________________________________2. What promoted nationalism during WWII? ________________________________________________3. At home, what was used during WWII to maintain the supply of essential products to the war

effort? ________________________________________________________________________________4. Define rationing. ___________________________________________________________________5. What was used to finance WWII? ______________________________________________________6. How did businesses change during WWII? ________________________________________________7. Who entered the workforce to replace the men? ____________________________________________8. What did citizens do to support the war effort? ____________________________________________

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9. What helped to provide men for the military? ______________________________________________10. Who was Rosie the Riveter? ___________________________________________________________11. Women did what kind of military jobs? ___________________________________________________VUS.11 REVIEW #63VUS.11 REVIEW #631. Why did African Americans move to cities during WWII? _____________________________________2. Why were the Japanese relocated? _____________________________________________________3. Where did they go? _________________________________________________________________4. What was the Supreme Court’s reaction to the relocations? ____________________________________5. What eventually was done for those relocated? _____________________________________________6. What was the role of media and entertainment industries during WWII? __________________________7. How did the government control reporters during WWII? _____________________________________8. What kept Americans focused on the war effort? ___________________________________________9. What was the goal of movies, plays, and shows during WWII? __________________________________10. How was the enemy depicted? __________________________________________________________VUS.12 REVIEW #64VUS.12 REVIEW #641. Who occupied most of Eastern and Central Europe after WWII? ________________________________2. Who occupied eastern Germany after WWII? ______________________________________________3. What happened to Germany after WWII? ________________________________________________4. Who occupied West Germany? _________________________________________________________5. What kind of government did West Germany have? __________________________________________6. What kind of government did East Germany have? ___________________________________________7. Who dominated East Germany? _________________________________________________________8. What happened to Japan after WWII? ___________________________________________________9. What kind of government did they adopt? _________________________________________________10. What was their relationship to the U.S.? __________________________________________________VUS.12 REVIEW #65VUS.12 REVIEW #651. What was the Marshall Plan? __________________________________________________________2. What were its 2 aims? _______________________________________________________________3. What was formed after WWII? ________________________________________________________4. Why was it created? ________________________________________________________________5. How long did the Cold War last? ________________________________________________________6. What did the Cold War influence? ______________________________________________________7. What was the Cold War? _____________________________________________________________8. In what did the West believe? _________________________________________________________9. In what did the Soviets believe? ________________________________________________________10. In Asia, what strategy led to the wars in Korea and Vietnam? __________________________________VUS.12 REVIEW #66VUS.12 REVIEW #661. What did the Vietnam War demonstrate? _________________________________________________2. What were 3 results of the Vietnam War? ________________________________________________

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3. What were the beginning and ending events of the Cold War? __________________________________4. When did the Cold War end? __________________________________________________________5. What was the Truman Doctrine? ________________________________________________________6. What was the Truman Doctrine also called? ________________________________________________7. What does NATO stand for? __________________________________________________________8. What is it? _______________________________________________________________________9. What nations belong to NATO? _________________________________________________________10. What was the goal of NATO? __________________________________________________________VUS.12 REVIEW #67VUS.12 REVIEW #671. What was the Warsaw Pact? ___________________________________________________________2. What was the result of these 2 alliances? _________________________________________________3. What happened in China after WWII? ___________________________________________________4. What was the effect of this? __________________________________________________________5. What effect did this have on the Soviet Union? ____________________________________________6. What U.S. president in the 1970’s was the first to go to communist China? _________________________ 7. In the 1950’s, what did the Soviet Union gain? _____________________________________________8. What did everyone fear throughout the Cold War? __________________________________________9. Which U.S. president adopted a policy of “massive retaliation”? _________________________________10. What was the policy of “massive retaliation”? ______________________________________________VUS.12 REVIEW #68VUS.12 REVIEW #681. Why did the U.S. become involved in Korea? _______________________________________________2. What began the war in Korea? _________________________________________________________3. Who supported South Korea? __________________________________________________________4. Who entered the war on the side of North Korea? __________________________________________5. How did the Korean War end? __________________________________________________________6. Which side was not communist? ________________________________________________________7. The war in Vietnam was part of what policy? _______________________________________________8. Who was trying to invade South Vietnam? _________________________________________________9. When was the Vietnam War fought? _____________________________________________________10. Why were North and South Vietnam at war? _______________________________________________VUS.12 REVIEW #69VUS.12 REVIEW #691. With whom did the U.S. ally? __________________________________________________________2. Which U.S. president began the military buildup in Vietnam? ___________________________________3. Which U.S. president was assassinated in 1963? ____________________________________________4. Who was president after the assassination? _______________________________________________5. Which U.S. president intensified the military buildup the most? _________________________________6. In what decade did the U.S. increase its military commitment in Vietnam the most?

__________________7. (True)(False) The U.S. and South Vietnam kept defeating the North Vietnamese, but lost the war.

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8. Why did the U.S. lose the war in Vietnam? ________________________________________________9. What was the reaction of the citizens of the U.S. to the Vietnam War? ___________________________10. Where was protest against the Vietnam War the strongest? ___________________________________VUS.12 REVIEW #70VUS.12 REVIEW #701. Which U.S. president declined re-election because of the Vietnam War? __________________________2. Who was elected with the pledge to bring an honorable end to the war in Vietnam?

___________________3. What was the policy of “Vietnamization”? _________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________4. Did this policy work? ________________________________________________________________5. Why or why not? ___________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________6. Who was helping the North Vietnamese Army? _____________________________________________7. When did North and South Vietnam become one nation? ______________________________________8. What kind of government did this united nation have? ________________________________________9. Why was President Nixon forced out of office? ____________________________________________10. Who was the leader of communist Cuba? _________________________________________________VUS.12 REVIEW #71VUS.12 REVIEW #711. When did the communist revolution in Cuba occur? __________________________________________2. What was the reaction of many Cubans? __________________________________________________3. What was the Bay of Pigs invasion? ______________________________________________________4. Was it successful? __________________________________________________________________5. What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? ______________________________________________________6. When was it? ______________________________________________________________________7. Who was president when it happened? ____________________________________________________8. Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis important? ________________________________________________9. What was the outcome of the Crisis? ____________________________________________________10. What 2 things affected American life throughout the Cold War? ________________________________VUS.12 REVIEW #72VUS.12 REVIEW #721. What did schools do to prepare students for nuclear attack? __________________________________2. What did the government urge American citizens to do to prepare for nuclear attack?

________________3. Name 3 people convicted of spying for the Soviet Union in the 1950’s. ____________________________4. How did the Soviet Union learn how to build nuclear weapons? __________________________________5. What was the result of spying and the threat of nuclear weapons? _______________________________6. Who played on the fears of communism by accusing many government officials and U.S. citizens

of being communists? ______________________________________________________________________7. What proof did he have? _____________________________________________________________8. What is McCarthyism? _______________________________________________________________9. What was a major issue in all U.S. elections during the Cold War? _______________________________

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10. Why did Virginia’s economy benefit during the Cold War? _____________________________________VUS.12 REVIEW #73VUS.12 REVIEW #731. What is located at Hampton Roads? _____________________________________________________2. What is located in Northern Virginia? ____________________________________________________3. What was a key to America’s victory in the Cold War? ________________________________________4. Who said the U.S. would “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,

oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and success of liberty”? ____________________________________

5. Who said “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country”? ___________

6. Where did he say this? _______________________________________________________________7. Who won the Cold War? ______________________________________________________________8. How was it won? ____________________________________________________________________9. Who was assassinated in 1963? _________________________________________________________10. How did Kennedy’s assassination affect the U.S.? ___________________________________________VUS.12 REVIEW #74VUS.12 REVIEW #741. How did U.S. citizens view the war in Vietnam? ____________________________________________2. How were Vietnam veterans viewed? _____________________________________________________3. (True)(False) Both internal and external pressure caused the collapse of the Soviet Union.

_____________4. Name 4 internal problems in the Soviet Union. ______________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________5. What is “glasnost”? _________________________________________________________________6. What is “perestroika”? _______________________________________________________________7. Who formed the policies of glasnost and perestroika? ________________________________________8. Who challenged the moral legitimacy of the Soviet Union? _____________________________________9. Who said “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”? _____________________________________________10. To what wall was he referring? _________________________________________________________11. Which U.S. president increased economic and military pressure on the Soviet Union?

_________________VUS.13 REVIEW #75VUS.13 REVIEW #751. Which part of the U.S. government can reshape society through its decisions?

______________________2. What was the decision in Brown v. Board of Education? _______________________________________3. Who headed the NAACP Legal Defense Team? _____________________________________________4. Who headed the NAACP Legal Defense Team in Virginia? _____________________________________5. What was Virginia’s response to this decision? _____________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________6. What is Massive Resistance? __________________________________________________________7. How did African Americans reshape public opinion and gain the passage of civil rights legislation?

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_______ ________________________________________________________________________________VUS.13 REVIEW #76VUS.13 REVIEW #761. Who gave the “I have a dream” speech? __________________________________________________2. What is important about the 1963 March on Washington? _____________________________________3. _______________________________________________________________________________4. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do? ________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________5. What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965? _________________________________________________6. What was the result of the passage of this act? ____________________________________________7. Who was president at the passage of both of these acts? _____________________________________VUS.14 REVIEW #77VUS.14 REVIEW #771. To whom does gender worker diversity refer? _____________________________________________2. How have women changed the workforce? _________________________________________________3. Why is Sandra Day O’Connor important? __________________________________________________4. Why is Sally Ride important? __________________________________________________________5. What issues do working women have to face? ______________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________6. What is a “pink collar” ghetto? _________________________________________________________7. What is the “glass ceiling”? ___________________________________________________________8. Today, where are most immigrants to the U.S. coming from? ___________________________________VUS.14 REVIEW #78VUS.14 REVIEW #781. Why are immigrants coming to the U.S. today? _____________________________________________2. Name 3 effects of immigration today? ___________________________________________________ 3. What is bilingual education? ___________________________________________________________4. What contributions are immigrants today making? ___________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________5. How has technology affected us today? __________________________________________________6. Which U.S. president increased support for the space program? ________________________________7. Who was the first astronaut to orbit the earth? ____________________________________________8. When did the space race begin? ________________________________________________________VUS.14 REVIEW #79VUS.14 REVIEW #791. Who was the U.S. racing against? _______________________________________________________2. Where was the U.S. racing to go? _______________________________________________________3. Who was the first person to step on the moon? _____________________________________________4. Who said “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”?

____________________________5. Name 4 examples of technological advances. _______________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________6. How has technology changed work, school, and health care? ____________________________________

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7. Who developed the vaccine for polio? ____________________________________________________

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