U.S. History Exam – Panola UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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U.S. History Exam – Panola UPDATED
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Administration of Warren G. Harding - CORRECT ANSWER- The Harding
administration has gone down in history as one that was especially ridden with scandal.
Harding himself was an honest man, however those around h...
U.S. History Exam – Panola UPDATED
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Administration of Warren G. Harding - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The Harding
administration has gone down in history as one that was especially ridden with scandal.
Harding himself was an honest man, however those around him were not.
Allies/Central Powers in WWI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Allies: Britain, France, Russia,
Italy and the United States
Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
- Italy was initially a part of the Central Powers but later joined the Allies.
American Expeditionary Force - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - the U.S. forces, led by Gen.
John Pershing, who fought with the allies in Europe during WWI
- Entered late into the war
Archduke Francis Ferdinand - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - heir to the throne of Austria-
Hungary; set to take over the throne
- assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a bosnian serb.
- sparked WWI
Atlantic Charter - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Declaration of principles issued by Winston
Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt in August 1941
-1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not
to acquire new territory as a result of WWII and to work for peace after the war
- Declared that citizens of all countries should be given the right of self-determination, self-
government should be restored in places where it had been eliminated, and trade barriers
should be lowered.
Battle of Britain - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940
between the German Luftwaffe (air force), which carried out extensive bombing in Britain,
and the British Royal Air Force, which offered successful resistance.
, Bonus Army - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Group of WWI vets. that marched to D.C. in
1932 to demand the immediate payment of their government war bonuses in cash
- During the Great Depression
Zimmerman Telegram - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- March 1917. Sent from German Foreign
Secretary, addressed to German minister in Mexico City. Mexico should attack the US if the
US goes to war with Germany (needed that advantage due to Mexico's proximity to the US).
In return, Germany would give back Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, etc. to Mexico.
Barcero Program - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Wartime agreement between the United
States and Mexico to import farm workers to meet a perceived manpower shortage; the
agreement was in effect from 1941 to 1947.
Calvin Coolidge as a president - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Became President when
Harding died; he was known for practicing a rigid economy in money and words, and
acquired the name "Silent Cal" for being so soft-spoken. He was a true Republican and
industrialist and believed in the government supporting big business.
Causes of the Stock Market Crash of 1929 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Investments made
with borrowed money (OVER-SPECULATION), expansion of credit, business bankruptcies,
banks ran out of money.
Civilian Conservation Corps - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A major public works program in
the United States during the Great Depression. Hired young, unemployed people to do
restoration projects throughout the country, employed over 3 million people.
D-Day - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops
(the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the
process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.
Dropping of Atomic bombs on Japan - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- During the final steps of
World War II in 1945, the US under President Truman, conducted two atomic bombings
against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan .
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