History of the USA Past Paper PDF

$$$ How did the first people reach the Americas? $Sailing from Asia $$Walking across a frozen bridge of ice $Sailing from Spain $Sailing from Britain $$$ Who are believed to be the first Europeans to arrive in the New World? $Spanish $English $$Norse $British $$$ What was Christopher Columbus lookin...

$$$ How did the first people reach the Americas? $Sailing from Asia $$Walking across a frozen bridge of ice $Sailing from Spain $Sailing from Britain $$$ Who are believed to be the first Europeans to arrive in the New World? $Spanish $English $$Norse $British $$$ What was Christopher Columbus looking for when he sailed to the New World? $Gold $$Asia $Spanish settlements $Silver $$$ How many original colonies were there? $50 $$13 $17 $23 $$$ Which European country owned the colonies? $Spain $The Netherlands $$Britain $France $$$ Which act caused the greatest reaction from the colonists? $The Currency Act $$The Stamp Act $The Quartering Act $The Post Act $$$ What did the colonists throw into Boston Harbor? $Stamps $British paper money $$Tea $Gold $$$ What did moderates in the colonies wish for in their relationship to Britain? $For everything to stay the way it was $To move to Britain and leave the colonies $$A compromise and a better relationship with the British government $A war against the British government $$$ The British soldiers were also called what? $$Redcoats $Minutemen $Roundheads $Greyhounds $$$ Who was the commander-in-chief of the colonial army? $Thomas Paine $Thomas Jefferson $$George Washington $John Adams $$$ What American holiday celebrates the colonists’ victory? $Veteran’s Day $Declaration Day $$Fourth of July $Colonists’ Day $$$ Where did the delegates meet to discuss the new national government? $New York $$Philadelphia $Boston $Virginia $$$ What is the document that contains the system of government of the United States? $Declaration of Independence $Common Sense $$The Constitution $All above $$$ What are the three branches of government? $$Congress, president, and a court system $Military, a court system, and president $Tax office, Congress, and president $Military, Congress, and president $$$ Who was the third president of the United States? $John Adams $Alexander Hamilton $$Thomas Jefferson $Abraham Lincoln $$$ What did the British set on fire during the War of 1812? $$Executive mansion $American ships $Supreme Court $American military bases $$$ What territories did the United States buy in the 1800s? $Louisiana $Florida $None of them $$All of them $$$ Who proposed the Missouri Compromise and which states did it include? $$Henry Clay and it included Missouri and Maine $Henry Clay and it included Missouri and Kentucky $Abraham Lincoln and it included Missouri and Maine $Abraham Lincoln and it included Missouri and Kentucky $$$ What was the Underground Railroad? $Trains that ran under the ground $$Secret routes for runaway slaves $A road system that connected mines $A road system that was under the ground $$$ What did the Southern states threaten to do if Lincoln became president? $$Separate from the United States $Return to British rule $Impeach Lincoln $Kill Lincoln $$$ When did the American Civil War start? $April 1860 $$April 1861 $April 1862 $April 1863 $$$ Who led the Confederate Army? $George McClellan $William T. Sherman $$Robert E. Lee $George Washington $$$ What did not happen after the Civil War? $President Lincoln was assassinated $Southern blacks had the right to vote $$All states except Tennessee granted full citizenship to African American men $All above $$$ Who invented the telephone? $George Eastman $$Alexander Graham Bell $Thomas Edison $George Brown $$$ What Native American tribes fought to save their way of life? $Leni Lenape and the Sioux $Apache and the Cherokee $$The Sioux and Apache $Apache and Leni Lenape $$$ The true Wild West era lasted how many years? $40 years $It’s still going on today $$30 years $20 years $$$ How many immigrants arrived between 1890 and 1921? $3 million $14 million $$19 million $15 million $$$ What is the U.S. government office that regulates money and banking? $The Commerce Department $$The Federal Reserve $The Federal Trade Commission $The Federal Bank of America $$$ What did Progressive Era President Theodore Roosevelt not do? $$He wrote a book about the unhealthy situations for children in the workplace $He worked with Congress to end the practice of monopolies $He advocated laws to protect the country’s natural resources $All above $$$ What did most Americans desire after World War I? $The creation of the League of Nations $Allowing more immigrants into the country $$Isolationism $War against the Europeans $$$ What event signaled the Great Depression? $Women getting the right to vote $$The stock market collapse of 1929 $Herbert Hoover losing the presidency to Franklin Roosevelt $Racial tension, struggling farms, and labor unrest $$$ What was Roosevelt’s plan called to help the country recover from the Great Depression? $New Way $Real Deal $$New Deal $Real Way $$$ Why did the United States enter War World II? $$The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor $The sinking of the Lusitania $The attack on isolationism $Germany’s invasion of Poland $$$ What did Harry Truman do to end the war against Japan? $Organized the building of fighter planes $$Dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki $Accepted the League of Nations $Fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean $$$ What was the Cold War? $A short-lived war against Canada $The melting of icebergs $$The disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union about their systems of government $A short-lived war against Native Americans $$$ The Marshall Plan $$Gave 13.3 billion US dollars to rebuild Western Europe $Gave 13.3 billion US dollars to rebuild Japan $Gave 13.3 billion US dollars to rebuild Vietnam $Gave 13.3 billion US dollars to rebuild Germany $$$ Who regained control of tribal lands and water rights in 1950-1980s? $Malcolm X $$Native Americans $Cuba $Mexico $$$ César Chávez led a nationwide boycott against what group? $Environmental Protection Agency $Railroad $$California grape growers $Pollution Reducing Agency $$$ Interest in reducing pollution led to the creation of what agency in 1970s? $$Environmental Protection Agency $United Farm Workers $Pollution Reducing Agency $Union of Farmers $$$ Who said “Give me liberty or give me death?” $John Hancock $James Madison $$Patrick Henry $Samuel Adams $$$ When was the Civil War? $1750-1800 $1800-1850 $$1850-1900 $1900-1950 $$$ What is the Magna Carta? $$The foundation of the British parliamentary system $The Great Seal of the monarchs of England $The French Declaration of the Rights of Man $The charter signed by the Pilgrims on the Mayflower $$$ The term “Reconstruction” refers to: $Payment of European countries' debts to the United States after the First World War $Repairing of the physical damage caused by the Civil War $$Readmission of the Confederate states and the protection of the rights of Black citizens $Rebuilding of the transcontinental railroad and the canal system $$$ The Missouri Compromise was the act that: $Funded the Lewis and Clark expedition on the upper Missouri River $Granted statehood to Missouri but denied the admission of any other states $Settled the boundary dispute between Missouri and Kansas $$Admitted Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state $$$ The Scopes Trial was about: $Freedom of the press $$Teaching evolution in the schools $Prayer in the schools $Education in private schools $$$ The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln stated that: $$Slaves were free in areas of the Confederate states not held by the Union $The slave trade was illegal $Slaves who fled to Canada would be protected $Slavery was abolished in the Union $$$ The purpose of the authors of “The Federalists” papers was to: $Establish a strong, free press in the colonies $Confirm George Washington’s election as the first president $Win foreign approval for the Revolutionary War $$Gain ratification of the U.S. Constitution $$$ Sputnik was the name given to the first: $Telecommunications system $Animal to travel into space $Hydrogen bomb $$Man-made satellite $$$ Who was “First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen?” $$George Washington $Woodrow Wilson $Dwight Eisenhower $Abraham Lincoln $$$ Which document established the division of powers between the states and the federal government? $The Marshall Plan $$The Constitution $The Declaration of Independence $The Articles of Confederation $$$ During what time period was Thomas Jefferson president? $1780-1800 $$1800-1820 $1820-1840 $1840-1860 $$$ What was the lowest point in American fortunes in the Revolutionary War? $Saratoga $Bunker Hill $$Valley Forge $Fort Ticonderoga $$$ In his Farewell Address, President George Washington warned against the danger of: $Expanding into territories beyond the Appalachian Mountains $Having war with Spain over Mexico $$Entering into permanent alliances with foreign governments $Building a standing army and strong navy $$$ The Monroe Doctrine declared that: $The American blockade of Cuba was in accord with international law $$Europe should not acquire new territories in the Western Hemisphere $Trade with China should be open to all Western nations $The annexation of the Philippines was legitimate $$$ Who was the European who traveled in the United States and wrote down perceptive comments about what he saw in Democracy in America? $Lafayette $$Tocqueville $Crevecoeur $Napoleon $$$ John Marshall was the author of $Roe v. Wade $Dred Scott v. Kansas $$Marbury v. Madison $Brown v. Board of Education $$$ Abraham Lincoln was president between: $1800-1820 $1820-1840 $1840-1860 $$1860-1880 $$$ Who was the American general at Yorktown? $William T. Sherman $Ulysses S. Grant $Douglas McArthur $$George Washington $$$ Who was the leader of the Soviet Union when the United States entered the Second World War? $Peter Ustinov $Nikita Khrushchev $Marshal Tito $$Joseph Stalin $$$ Who was the “Father of the Constitution?” $George Washington $Thomas Jefferson $Benjamin Franklin $$James Madison $$$ Who said, “I regret that I have only one life to give for my country?” $John F. Kennedy $Benedict Arnold $John Brown $$Nathan Hale $$$ What was the source of the following phrase: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”? $The speech “I have a Dream” $Declaration of Independence $U.S. Constitution $$Gettysburg Address $$$ Who was the second president of the United States? $Thomas Jefferson $James Madison $$John Adams $Benjamin Franklin $$$ Who was president when the U.S. purchased the Panama Canal? $$Theodore Roosevelt $Jimmy Carter $Franklin D. Roosevelt $Woodrow Wilson $$$ Who was the leading advocate for the U.S. entry into the League of Nations? $George C. Marshall $$Woodrow Wilson $Henry Cabot Lodge $Eleanor Roosevelt $$$ Who said, “Speak softly but carry a big stick”? $William T. Sherman $Sitting Bull $John D. Rockefeller $$Theodore Roosevelt $$$ The Battle of the Bulge occurred during: $The Vietnam War $$World War II $World War I $The Civil War $$$ Which of the following was a prominent leader of the Abolitionist Movement? $Malcolm X $Martin Luther King Jr. $W.E.B. DuBois $$Frederick Douglass $$$ Who was the president of the United States at the beginning of the Korean War? $John F. Kennedy $Franklin D. Roosevelt $Dwight Eisenhower $$Harry Truman $$$ When the United States entered World War II, which two major nations were allied with Germany? $$Italy and Japan $Italy and Poland $Italy and Russia $Russia and Japan $$$ Social legislation passed under President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society Program included: $The Sherman Antitrust Act $$The Voting Rights Act $The Tennessee Valley Authority $The Civilian Conservation Corps $$$ Who was the first woman on U.S. soil to publicly demand the vote? $Mary Wollstonecraft, author of Vindication of the Rights of Woman $$Margaret Brent, a southern landowner $Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a northern abolitionist $Mary Brent, a northern landowner $$$ What U.S. document defined voters as male? $The Declaration of Independence $The Bill of Rights $$The Fourteenth Amendment $The Thirteenth Amendment $$$ U.S. suffragists were inspired by the militant suffrage movement in this country: $$Great Britain $Canada $France $Belgium $$$ Which constitutional amendment granted U.S. women suffrage? $The Fifteenth Amendment $$The Nineteenth Amendment $The Twenty-sixth Amendment $The Twenty-fourth Amendment $$$ When was the amendment that granted U.S. women suffrage ratified? $1904 $1914 $$1920 $1930 $$$ When did women in Puerto Rico and the Philippines – then both U.S. territories – achieve suffrage? $They had it before U.S. women $At the same time as U.S. women $$About 15 years after U.S. women $About 5 years after U.S. women $$$ The National Woman’s Party, the U.S. militant suffrage organization founded in 1913: $Disbanded after suffrage was achieved $Became the League of Women Voters $$Still advocates for women’s legal equality $Became the Association of Women Voters $$$ Which of the following colonial leaders was NOT on the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence? $Thomas Jefferson $John Adams $$John Hancock $Benjamin Franklin $$$ Where did Thomas Jefferson write the first draft of the Declaration of Independence? $$Pennsylvania $Delaware $New York $Virginia $$$ Which newspaper was the first to print the Declaration of Independence? $New York Times $Massachusetts Centinel $$Pennsylvania Evening Post $Boston Gazette $$$ Who wrote Common Sense, the pamphlet that influenced Thomas Jefferson as he wrote the Declaration of Independence? $$Thomas Paine $John Locke $Alexander Hamilton $George Washington $$$ Which was not one of the 13 colonies? $Georgia $$Ohio $New York $Rhode Island $$$ Prior to the American Revolution, the British Parliament passed several acts that imposed taxes on American colonists and limited their freedom. Which was not one of those acts? $Stamp Act $Townshend Act $Intolerable Acts $$Act of Union $$$ How many men signed the Declaration of Independence? $38 $100 $75 $$56 $$$ Two men who signed the Declaration of Independence went on to become President. Who were they? $George Washington and John Quincy Adams $$John Adams and Thomas Jefferson $Samuel Adams and John Adams $James Madison and James Monroe $$$ What event took place to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence? $$the Liberty Bell was rung $an effigy of King George III was burned $a cannon was shot from Independence Hall $the signers of the Declaration of Independence danced in the streets $$$ What signer of the Declaration currently appears on a U.S. coin? $Samuel Adams $John Adams $John Hancock $$Thomas Jefferson $$$ What was the first state to grant women suffrage? $Virginia $Massachusetts $$Wyoming $California $$$ What was the first state to abolish capital punishment? $New York $Rhode Island $$Michigan $Vermont $$$ What state’s motto is “United we stand, divided we fall”? $$Kentucky $New Hampshire $Oklahoma $Iowa $$$ What does the acronym NATO stand for? $North American Trade Organization $New Automotive Transfer Ordinance $$North Atlantic Treaty Organization $Nice And Tidy Organization $$$ How many countries are in NATO? $3 $18 $$31 $59 $$$ What does the acronym NAFTA stand for? $Nice American Friends Trade Agreement $$North American Free Trade Agreement $North Atlantic Friendly Treaty Alliance $New Alliance of Friendly Trading Americans $$$ How many countries are in NAFTA? $$3 $18 $26 $59 $$$ Political leaders and statesmen who participated in the American Revolution by signing the United States Declaration of Independence, taking part in the American Revolutionary War, and establishing the United States Constitution were: $$Founding Fathers of the United States $Founding Leaders of the United States $Founding Statesmen of the United States $Fathers of the United States $$$ The Constitutional Convention in the history of the US also known as: $$The Philadelphia Convention $The Federal Court $The Grand Convention at Virginia $The Grand Convention at Georgia $$$ The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first … amendments to the United States Constitution. $$ten $seven $nine $twelve $$$ Who has been the only American President of Roman Catholic faith? $$J.F. Kennedy $W.G. Harding $C. Coolidge $H. Hoover $$$ Which American President did spend the shortest time in office with 32 days in 1841? $$W.H. Harrison $W.G. Harding $C. Coolidge $H. Hoover $$$ Which American President did spend the longest time in office with over twelve years? $$F.D. Roosevelt $W.G. Harding $C. Coolidge $H. Hoover $$$ Which American President was the first to be elected by men of all classes in 1828 after most laws barring non-land-owners from voting were repealed? $$A. Jackson $W.G. Harding $C. Coolidge $H. Hoover $$$ Which American President was the first elected after women gained voting rights in 1920? $$W. Harding $A. Jackson $C. Coolidge $H. Hoover $$$ Which American President has been served two non-consecutive terms and is counted chronologically as both the 22nd and 24th president? $$G. Cleveland $A. Jackson $C. Coolidge $H. Hoover $$$ What state is nicknamed the “Volunteer” state? $Utah $Michigan $Wyoming $$Tennessee $$$ What was the first state to secede from the Union and become a member of the Confederate States of America? $Mississippi $Arkansas $Virginia $$South Carolina $$$ What state’s famous natives include astronaut Neil Armstrong and director Steven Spielberg? $$Ohio $Illinois $New York $California $$$ What state is the birthplace of the most U.S. presidents? $Massachusetts $$Virginia $Pennsylvania $New York $$$ What state’s sport is jousting? $Texas $$Maryland $Connecticut $Montana $$$ The author of the Declaration of Independence in the USA $$T. Jefferson $G. Washington $A. Lincoln $J. Adams $$$ For Puritans hard work was $$important duty $not important duty $not necessary $sin $$$ Main idea of liberalism in the XVIII-XIX centuries was $$individual and economic freedom, state should create conditions for free market $to preserve historically formed state and public systems, linked with monarchy $to liquidate private property $isolation $$$ The first British colony in North America was $$Jamestown $New York $Philadelphia $Boston $$$ Date of the Molasses Act in America $$1733 $1767 $1878 $1620 $$$ Dates of the British- French war (“Seven Years war”) $$1756-1763 $1854-1873 $1620-1627 $1700-1707 $$$ Result of the British- French war (“Seven Years war”) $$Britain won and received Canada and all territory east of the Mississippi river $France won and received Canada and all territory east of the Mississippi river $American colonies became independent $American colonies were open for trade $$$ Proclamation of 1763 in America $$prohibited the colonists to move westward over the Appalachian Mountains $allowed the colonists to move westward over the Appalachian Mountains $introduced the tax stamp $introduced taxes on tea, glass, paper, paint $$$ The colonists in America could not move westward over the Appalachian mountains after $$Proclamation of 1763 $Molasses Act $the Stamp Act $Intolerable act $$$ The Stamp Act in America was introduced in $$1765 $1779 $1812 $1878 $$$ According to the Stamp Act in America $$the tax stamps had to be put on 54 kinds of paper $the tax stamps could be sold only in British shops $the stamps could not be produced in America $the tax stamps could be put on tea $$$ The Townshend Act in America was introduced in $$1767 $1779 $1812 $1878 $$$ The Townshend Act in America $$introduced taxes on tea, glass, paper, paint $introduced taxes on stamps $introduced taxed on import $introduced taxed on export $$$ Date of the Boston Tea Party $$1773 $1873 $1812 $1878 $$$ The Intolerable Acts in America $$closed the Boston Harbor until the tea was paid in full $opened the Boston Harbor $introduced Stamp Act $introduced taxes on paper $$$ Date of the First Continental Congress in America $$1774 $1776 $1789 $1790 $$$ The decision of First Continental Congress in America $$to force Britain to repeal the acts $to declare independence $to write a constitution $to make American government $$$ “Minutemen” were $$soldiers of American army during struggle for independence $soldiers of Napoleon army $British soldiers $farmers in America $$$ Date of the Second Continental Congress in America $$1775 $1778 $1789 $1790 $$$ The Second Continental Congress in America was held in $$Philadelphia $Boston $New York $Concord $$$ Commander-in – chief of the colonists’ army in America was $$G. Washington $A. Hamilton $J. Adams $T. Jefferson $$$ Date of the Declaration of Independence in America th $$4 of July, 1776 st $1 of September, 1776 th $4 of June, 1775 th $24 of October, 1775 $$$ National group which lived in American reservation $$the Indians $the Blacks $the Asians $the new settlers $$$ Dates of the World War I $$1914-1918 $1911-1918 $1916-1918 $1914-1917 $$$ Main cause of the World War I $$redivision of the world $contradictions between USA and Japan $contradictions between the USSR and Germany $war between Russia and Japan $$$ Position of the USA during the World War I $$the country entered the war in 1917 against Triple Alliance $the country was neutral $the country declared war on Germany in 1914 $the country declared war on Japan in 1917 $$$ Countries of anti-German bloc before the World War I $$Russia, France, Great Britain $USA, Russia, Italy $Russia, France, Italy $USA, France, Great Britain $$$ Idea of the League of Nations formation was proposed by $$W. Wilson $G. Clemenceau $V. Lenin $W. Churchill $$$ After the World War I Asia-Pacific problem was discussed at $$Washington conference $Paris conference $Berlin conference $Potsdam conference $$$ Main problem in the USA in the 60-70-s was $$war in Vietnam $war in Korea $war in Afghanistan $terrorism $$$ President of the USA during the World War II was $$F. Roosevelt $W. Churchill $De Gaulle $R. Reagan $$$ Decision about League of Nations formation was adopted at $$Paris conference $Potsdam conference $Yalta conference $Washington conference $$$ The USA entered the World War I $$in 1917 $in 1914 $in 1915 $in 1920 $$$ After the World War II the USA gave financial aid to countries by the plan of $$Marshall $Keynes $Allan $Truman $$$ During the World War II the USA was in a military bloc with $$USSR $Japan $Italy $Spain $$$ In Pearl Harbor $$Japan attacked USA army $USA attacked Japan $Japan capitulated $Germany attacked USA $$$ The Second World War was over after $$capitulation of Japan $capitulation of Germany $capitulation of Germany and Japan $capitulation of Japan and Italy $$$ Date of the end of the Second World War $$September 2, 1945 $May 9, 1945 $June 22, 1945 $May 1, 1945 $$$ In 1960-70-s the USA waged long war in $$Vietnam $Korea $Pacific $Japan $$$ Dates of the Korean War $$1950-1953 $1955-1956 $1967-1969 $1945-1950 $$$ Result of the Korean War for the USA $$the USA could not win $the USA won $first the USA lost, then won $first the USA won, then lost $$$ Result of the Vietnam War for the USA $$the USA could not win $the USA won $first the USA lost, then won $first the USA won, then lost $$$ President H. Truman’s policy was called $$Fair Deal $New Frontier $New Deal $New Conservatism $$$ Dwight Eisenhower was elected president in $$1952 $1953 $1956 $1945 $$$ The civil rights movement in the USA in the 1950s means $$movement of the Blacks for racial equality $workers’ movement for higher wages $workers’ movement against the Vietnam war $students’ movement for reform of education $$$ Dates of J. Kennedy presidency $$1960-1963 $1945-1952 $1960-1961 $1961-1962 $$$ J. Kennedy program was called $$New Frontier $Dynamic Conservatism $New Deal $Democratic Socialism $$$ Members of the “Council of the 4” at Paris conference of 1919 $$leaders of Britain, France, USA, Italy $leaders of Britain, France, Russia, USA $leaders of France, USA, Japan, Russia $leaders of Britain, France, USA, Japan $$$ Program “14 points” at the Paris conference was proposed by $$Wilson $Clemenceau $Orlando $Lloyd George $$$ Program “14 points” was proposed at $$Paris conference of 1919 $Washington conference of 1924 $Potsdam conference of 1943 $San Francisco conference of 1952 $$$ Essence of the “Treaty of the 9” at Washington conference $$policy of “open doors” for China was proclaimed $policy of “open doors” for Japan was proclaimed $policy of “open doors” for Shandon peninsula was proclaimed $independence of China was proclaimed $$$ Essence of the “Treaty of the 9” at Washington conference $$countries agreed about size of fleets $borders in Asia were established $borders in the Pacific were established $policy of “open doors” for China was proclaimed $$$ Date of the Washington conference (after the World War I) $$1921 $1928 $1924 $1925 $$$ Main political parties in the USA $$Republican, Democratic $Republican, Liberal $Labour, Liberal $Labour, Conservative $$$ Peculiarity of the world economic crisis of 1929-1933 $$crisis had universal and world character $crisis mainly was in industry $crisis mainly was in agriculture $crisis mainly was in world trade $$$ Countries where the world economic crisis of 1929-1933 was the most disastrous $$USA and Germany $USA and France $USA and England $Japan and England $$$ The First World War mostly favored the development of economy in $$USA $France $England $Italy $$$ The reason why the US Senate did not ratify the Versailles treaty $$policy of isolationism of the Republicans $policy of internationalism of the Republicans $principle of “open doors” $policy of nationalism $$$ J.M. Keynes suggested for the recovery of economy $$active state interference $planned economy $antitrust laws $activization of monopolies $$$ The economist of the 1930-s who suggested state regulation for the recovery of economy $$J.M. Keynes $L. Erhard $C. Webb $K. Kautsky $$$ Theoretical basis of the F.D. Roosevelt “New Deal” was the theory of $$J.M. Keynes $L. Erhard $C. Webb $K. Kautsky $$$ Event in the US history after which president Hoover was called “president of hunger“ $$Great Depression $social reforms $farmers’ movements $riots in the army $$$ One of the measures of the NIRA law adopted by F. Roosevelt administration $$state regulation of industry $aid to farmers $establishment of links with the USSR $establishment of links with Germany $$$ Measures on agriculture recovery adopted by F. Roosevelt administration $$governmental aid for farmers who reduced agrarian production $governmental aid for farmers who increased agrarian production $refusal from governmental aid for farmers $transition to planned economy $$$ The USA joined the World War II after $$Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 $German attacked the USSR in 1941 $France defeat in 1940 $the beginning of the German military operations against Poland th $$$ Lend-lease law adopted in the USA on the 11 of March, 1941, had the aim $$to lend or rent weapons and military equipment $to transform civil industry into military one $to reduce foreign trade $to give land into rent $$$ The World War II was over by $$signing of the act on Japan unconditional capitulation $signing of the act on Germany unconditional capitulation $signing of the act on Italy unconditional capitulation $UN summon $$$ After the World War II the USA took the first place in the world on $$level of industrial production $the army weapons $size of population $cosmic space exploration $$$ Aim of the G. Marshall’s plan $$restoration of ruined Europe $restoration of pre-war trade relations $restoration of colonies $establishment of trade relations between the USA and USSR $$$ “Containment policy” is $$USA policy towards the USSR $USA policy towards workers movement $USA policy towards Latin America $price decreasing in the USA $$$ NATO- this is an alliance founded on the principle of $$collective security $economic collaboration $political collaboration $other opinions struggle $$$ What happened as a result of the American stock market crash of 1929 $$the Great Depression began $World War I began $the Russian revolution began $the revolution in Germany began $$$ After the treaty of Versailles, when president Wilson returned to the USA with his idea for a League of Nations, his plan $$was rejected by the Senate $was approved by the Senate $was modified by the Senate $was sent to Great Britain $$$ In which spheres the Cold war took place $$all spheres together $only economic $only political $only ideological $$$ Country where the Dawes plan was developed $$USA $USSR $Germany $Italy $$$ Period when plan of Dawes was used $$after the World War I $after the World War II $after the world economic crisis of 1929 $after the world economic crisis of 1970-s $$$ Period of capitalist stabilization after the World War I $$1924-29 $1918-20 $1920-22 $1929-33 $$$ One of the factors that promoted capitalist stabilization after the World War I $$Dawes plan $Marshall plan $Soros plan $Molotov plan $$$ Confrontation of the military blocs during the Cold war $$NATO-Warsaw Pact $EU-NATO $UNO-NATO $CEC-NATO $$$ Date of the NATO formation $$1949 $1945 $1955 $1960 $$$ One of the signs of the Cold war $$Caribbean crisis $economic crisis of 1929 $economic crisis of 1970 $Helsinki meeting $$$ Country in Latin America which was involved into the Caribbean crisis $$Cuba $Chili $Argentina $Nicaragua $$$ The most dangerous possible consequence of the Caribbean crisis $$world war $economic crisis $ecological crisis $UN disintegration $$$ Leader of Cuba during the Caribbean crisis $$F. Castro $F. Batista $E. Che Guevara $S. Aliende $$$ Date of conference in San Francisco where Japan signed peace treaty $$1951 $1959 $1943 $1946 $$$ At the conference in San Francisco Japan refused from $$Korea $China $Mongolia $India $$$ At the conference in San Francisco $$Japan refused from South Sakhalin and Kuril islands $Japan took South Sakhalin and Kurila islands $the USSR refused from South Sakhalin and Kurila islands $South Sakhalin and Kurila islands became independent $$$ Main obstacles for Chinese-American relations $$problem of human rights in China $problem of free economic zones $problem of products export $problem of Russian-Chinese relations $$$ One of the obstacles of Chinese-American relations $$the Taiwan question $the Kashmir question $the Palestinian problem $Okinawa problem $$$ Consequences of the Truman doctrine $$the Cold war began $the USSR disintegrated $the WWI began $the WWII began $$$ “Détente” in the 1970-s means $$improvement of relationships between the USSR and the West $worsening of relationships between the USSR and the West $conflict between the USSR and the West $integration between the USSR and the West $$$ After the World War II the USA took the first place in the world in $$industrial production $militarization $weapons production $space exploration $$$ Program of “Star Wars” in the USA had the aim $$militarization of cosmic space $development of science $improvement in economy $increasing of state budget $$$ President who supported the programme of “Star Wars” in the USA $$R. Reagan $R. Nixon $J. Carter $B. Clinton $$$ The first Afro-American president of the USA $$B. Obama $M.L. King $N. Mandela $R. Parks th $$$ Date of the 14 Amendment to the US constitution adoption $$1866 $1888 $1861 $1865 $$$ In 1866 in the USA was adopted th $$the 14 Amendment to the US constitution st $the 1 Amendment to the US constitution th $the 20 Amendment to the US constitution th $the 26 Amendment to the US constitution $$$ The Amendment to the US constitution which provided the rights to vote to all citizens of the USA th $$the 15 passed in 1869 th $the 14 passed in 1866 th $the 15 passed in 1866 th $the 26 passed in 1869 th $$$ The 14 Amendment to the US constitution declares $$ “all persons born or naturalized in the US and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens of the US” $ “only white men born or naturalized in the US and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens of the US” $ “only those who know American laws are citizens of the US” $ “all persons who live in America for ten years are citizens of the US” th th $$$ Consequences of the Reconstruction and the 14 and 15 Amendments to the US constitution $$the blacks took seats in government and Congress $ the blacks were expelled from government and Congress $Jews took seats in government and Congress $Asians took seats in government and Congress $$$ The reason why the Southern states of the US were placed under the military rule due to the Reconstruction Act of 1867 th $$they refused to ratify the 14 Amendment to the US constitution th $they demanded to ratify 14 Amendment to the US constitution th $they refused to ratify the 15 Amendment to the US constitution th $they demanded to ratify 15 Amendment to the US constitution $$$ The essence of the Jim Crow laws in the US Southern states $$the laws approved segregated public schools $the laws rejected segregated public schools $free land was given to the settlers $settlers lost their land $$$ The essence of the Jim Crow laws in the US Southern states $$the laws denied most blacks to vote $the laws permitted Asians to vote $the law rejected segregated public schools $free land was given to the black settlers $$$ Laws which limited the blacks in the USA in access to many public services $$Jim Crow laws th $the 14 Amendment to the US constitution th $the 15 Amendment to the US constitution $the Reconstruction Act $$$ The character of the Ku Klux Klan organization $$it was racial organization $it was democratic party $it was educational organization $it was cultural organization $$$ The American racial organization that used methods of terror and killed a lot of blacks $$Ku Klux Klan $Jim Crow organization $Reconstruction organization $Civil organization $$$ The USA was transformed from a rural republic to an urban state $$between the Civil war and the First World war $before the Civil war $after the First World war $after the World War II $$$ “Floating course” of dollar was introduced $$after the collapse of the Breton-Woods system $by the Breton- Woods system $by the UNO $by the USSR $$$ Breton-Woods system- this is $$system that established dollar as a world currency $security system after the World War II $system of redivision of the world after the World War I $transportation system $$$ Main currency established by the Breton-Woods system was $$dollar $ruble $pound $euro $$$ “Big Three” at Potsdam conference refers to the persons of $$H. Truman, J. Stalin, W. Churchill $A. Hitler, J. Stalin, B. Mussolini $A. Hitler, B. Mussolini, W. Churchill $F.D. Roosevelt, J. Stalin, B. Mussolini $$$ Country which according to the decision of Yalta conference would declare war on Japan after the end of the war in Europe $$USSR $USA $China $Great Britain $$$ Marshall’s plan after the World War II $$suggested financial aid to countries, suffered from fascism $proposed Cold war $proposed bombing of Japan $demanded reparations from Germany $$$ In the 1950-s the USA was the member of $$NATO $the Warsaw pact $the Crimea pact $the Moscow pact $$$ Contemporary “Big Eight” countries are $$the most economically developed countries $countries that possess atomic weapon $European Union $NATO $$$ Date of the Caribbean crisis $$1962 $1969 $1979 $1964 $$$ The Caribbean crisis was peacefully settled by the leaders of $$USSR and USA $USSR and Germany $Germany and USA $all socialist countries $$$ One of the main causes of the Caribbean crisis was $$contradictions between the USA and USSR $rivalry between monopolies $economic crisis in Cuba $political crisis in Cuba $$$ In the 1970-s the USSR surpassed the USA in $$production of coal, oil, iron and manganese ores, pig-iron $production of light industry $production of agrarian machines $TV production $$$ Period of détente between USSR and USA $$1970-s $1960-s $1950-s $1940-s $$$ First Soviet leader who visited the USA $$N. Khrushchev $L. Brezhnev $J. Stalin $V. Lenin $$$ Which president’s policy was called Fair Deal? $$H. Truman $J. Kennedy $G. Bush $R. Nixon $$$ The civil rights movement in the USA was initiated by $$the Blacks for racial equality $workers’ demanded for higher wages $workers’ protested against the Vietnam war $students’ demanded for reform of education $$$ Which president’s policy was called New Frontier? $$J. Kennedy $H. Truman $R. Reagan $R. Nixon $$$ In 1968 American president was $$R. Nixon $J. Kennedy $G. Bush $G. Ford $$$ The first American president who visited China $$R. Nixon $H. Truman $G. Bush $B. Clinton $$$ The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) took place in $$1972 $1958 $1963 $1991 $$$ Camp-David meeting between the president of Egypt A. Sadat and Israeli prime-minister M. Begin was arranged by American president $$J. Carter $J. Kennedy $R. Nixon $R. Reagan $$$ R. Reagan became president in $$1980 $1985 $1963 $1991 $$$ American president who called the USSR “the evil empire” $$R. Reagan $H. Truman $G. Bush $B. Clinton $$$ The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (SART) was signed by $$Bush and Gorbachev $Clinton and Brezhnev $Clinton and Putin $Kennedy and Eltsin 5. Время отведенное на экзамен ______20_______мин./час. 6. Технические средства, материалы, инструменты необходимые на экзамене: Персональный компьютер/ноутбук 7. Литература Основная литература 1. Глушаков В.А. История США в двадцатом веке. – М.: Энциклопедия-ру, 2020. – 544 с. 2. Согрин В.В. История США. Учебник. – М.: Международные отношения, 2019. – 600 с. 3. American History: A Captivating Guide to the History of the United States of America, American Revolution, Civil War, Chicago, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, Pearl Harbor, and Gulf War. – Captivating History, 2020. – 692 p. 4. Andersen K. Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History. – Random House, 2020. – 464 p. 5. Anthony D., Reynolds G., Oswalt P. The United States of Absurdity: Untold Stories from American History. – Ten Speed Press; Illustrated edition, 2017. – 144 p. 6. Browning P., McConnell T., Walsh-Atkins P. The History of the USA, 1820-1941. Coursebook. – Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition, 2019. – 240 p. 7. deGraffenried J.K., Sloan S.M. The United States in Global Perspective: A Primary Source Reader. – Baylor University Press, 2020. – 660 p. 8. Immerwahr D. How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. – Picador; Illustrated edition, 2020. – 528 p. 9. Kidd T.S. American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877. – B&H Academic, 2019. – 352 p. 10. Kidd T.S. American History, Volume 2: 1877 – Present. – B&H Academic, 2019. – 368 р. 11 Kruse K.M., Zelizer J.E. Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974. – W.W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition, 2020. – 464 p. 12. Lepore J. These Truths: A History of the United States. – W.W. Norton & Company; Illustrated edition, 2019. – 960 p. 13. Loomis E. A History of America in Ten Strikes. – The New Press; Reprint edition, 2020. – 320 p. 14. Marsico K. Slavery: A Chapter in American History (History of America). – Rourke Educational Media, 2018. – 48 p. 15. Modern American History: A Captivating Guide to the Modern History of the United States of America (U.S. History). – Captivating History, 2022. – 140 p. 16. Rensink B.W. The North American West in the Twenty-First Century. – University of Nebraska Press, 2022. – 417 p. 17. Roark J.L., Johnson M.P., Furstenberg F. Stage S., Igo S. The American Promise, Value Edition, Volume 2: A History of the United States. – Bedford/St. Martin’s; Eighth edition. – 2019. – 592 p. 18. Shi D.E. America: A Narrative History. – W.W. Norton & Company; Brief Eleventh edition, 2019. – 912 p. Дополнительная литература 1. Азимов А. История США. – М.: Эксмо, 2016. – 960 с. 2. Bennett J.C., Bennett J., Lotus M.J., Lotus M. America 3.0: Rebooting American Prosperity in the 21st Century Why America’s Greatest Days Are Yet to Come. – Encounter Books, 2013. – 370 p. 3. Brands H.W. Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West. – Basic Books, 2020. – 544 p. 4. Bulmer-Thomas V. Empire in Retreat: The Past, Present, and Future of the United States. – Yale University Press, 2018. – 480 p. 5. D’Souza D. America: Imagine a World without Her. – Regnery Publishing; reprint edition, 2015. – 304 p. 6. Engel J.A., Lawrence M.A., Preston A. America in the World: A History in Documents from the War with Spain to the War on Terror. – Princeton University Press, 2014. – 416 p. 7. Forbes M. Major Events in American History: 50 Defining Moments from Pre-Colonial Times to the 21st Century (People and Events in History). – Rockridge Press, 2021. – 208 p. 8. Graff G.M. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11. – Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2019. – 513 p. 9. Haass R. A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order. – Penguin Books, 2017. – 345 p. 10. Herring G.C. The American Century and Beyond: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1893-2014 (Oxford History of the United States). – Oxford University Press; Illustrated edition, 2017. – 768 p. 11. Hopkins A.G. American Empire: A Global History (America in the World Book 25). – Princeton University Press, 2018. – 993 p. 12. Immerwahr D. How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. – Picador; Illustrated edition, 2020. – 528 p. 13. Lepore J. These Truths: A History of the United States. – W.W. Norton & Company; Illustrated edition, 2019. – 960 p. 14. Levering R.B. The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History (The American History Series). – WileyBlackwell; 3rd edition, 2015. – 278 p. 15. McCoy A.W. In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power (Dispatch Books). – Haymarket Books, 2017. – 607 p. 16. McFaul M. From Cold War To Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia. – Mariner Books; reprint edition, 2018. – 535 p. 17. Modern American History: A Captivating Guide to the Modern History of the United States of America (U.S. History). – Captivating History, 2022. – 140 p. 18. Prag J.P. New & Improved: The United States of America. – JP Prag, 2021. – 378 p. 19. Rabb S. The Founders’ Speech To A Nation In Crisis: What the Founders would say to America today. – Liberty For All Publishers, 2020. – 159 p. 20. Schlichter K. We’ll Be Back: The Fall and Rise of America. – Regnery Publishing, 2022. – 256 p. 21. The Constitution of the United States of America: The Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights by Founding Fathers. – Independently published, 2021. – 96 p. 22. United States History 101 (1865-Present): Complete US History Review Book. – Sterling Test Prep, 2020. – 204 p. 23. Vine D. The United States of War: A Global History of America’s Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State (Volume 48) (California Series in Public Anthropology). – University of California Press; First edition, 2020. – 464 p. 24. Zoellick R.B. America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy. – Twelve; illustrated edition, 2020. – 673 p. Цифровые источники 1. The Library of Congress – https://www.loc.gov/ 2. The U.S. Presidents – https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/ 3. Voices of Democracy – https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/ 4. Stanford History Education Group – https://sheg.stanford.edu/ 5. The Idea of America – https://theideaofamerica.org/ 6. The National WWII Museum – New Orleans – https://www.nationalww2museum.org/ 7. National Museum of the American Indian – https://americanindian.si.edu/ 8. Zoom In! – http://zoomin.edc.org/ 9. Zinn Education Project – https://www.zinnedproject.org/ 10. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History – https://www.gilderlehrman.org/ 11. Digital Public Library of America – https://dp.la/ 12. National Archives – https://www.archives.gov/