HIST 1302 - Final Exam Questions with
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New Deal - Answer A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration
between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.
Wagner Act (1935) - Answer officially "National Labor Relations Act"; established National
Labor Relations Board to administer labor laws and union elections; protected the rights of most
workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to
take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands. Highest
legislative achievement for unions in US history.
Proposition 63 - Answer Argued that English should be officially adopted as the state
language of CA, prop voted in by the general public
Works Progress Administration - Answer Program of the New Deal to perform public works
to put people back to work.
The "Other America" - Answer (1962)-This novel was an influential study of poverty in the
U.S, published by Michael Harrington & it was a driving force behind the "war on poverty." 1/5
of U.S was living below poverty line.
Labor Management Relations Act - Answer Passed in 1947 to limit union power; also known
as the Taft-Hartley Act
Organization/Corporation Man - Answer
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Answer outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex,
or national origin
Marshall Plan - Answer A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of
Europe (1948-1952)
Brown v. Board of Education - Answer 1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v.
, "Cash and Carry" - Answer policy adopted by the United States in 1939 to preserve neutrality
while aiding the Allies. Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in
full and transported them.
Popular Front - Answer A government of all left-wing parties that took power in France in
1936 to enact social and economic reforms.
Executive Order 8802 - Answer In 1941 FDR passed it which prohibited discriminatory
employment practices by fed agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war related
work. It established the Fair Employment Practices Commission to enforce the new policy.
"Double V" campaign - Answer The World War II-era effort of black Americans to gain "a
Victory over racism at home as well as Victory abroad."
Rodney King Riots - Answer 1992, an African-American motorist driver who, in 1991 was
stopped and then beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers (4 white men, then
acquitted) after the acquittal riots erupted. Multicultural Riots
Emmitt Till - Answer 14 year old african american who was kidnapped, beaten, and brutally
killed in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman
Cuban Missile Crisis - Answer The 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet Union over
Soviet missiles in Cuba.
John F. Kennedy - Answer President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban
Missile Crisis
Suburbia - Answer The residential districts or suburbs outside the boundaries of a city or
town. Dramatically increased in size after WW2.
Warren G. Harding - Answer Pres.1921 laissez-faire, little regard for gov't or presidency.
"return to normalcy" after Wilson + his progressive ideals. Office became corrupt: allowed
drinking in prohibition, had an affair, surrounded himself w/ cronies (used office for private
gain). Ex) Sec. of Interior leased gov't land w/ oil for $500,000 and took money himself. Died
after 3 years in office, VP: Coolidge took over
Already Solved Solutions 2025/2026
Updated.
New Deal - Answer A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration
between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.
Wagner Act (1935) - Answer officially "National Labor Relations Act"; established National
Labor Relations Board to administer labor laws and union elections; protected the rights of most
workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to
take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands. Highest
legislative achievement for unions in US history.
Proposition 63 - Answer Argued that English should be officially adopted as the state
language of CA, prop voted in by the general public
Works Progress Administration - Answer Program of the New Deal to perform public works
to put people back to work.
The "Other America" - Answer (1962)-This novel was an influential study of poverty in the
U.S, published by Michael Harrington & it was a driving force behind the "war on poverty." 1/5
of U.S was living below poverty line.
Labor Management Relations Act - Answer Passed in 1947 to limit union power; also known
as the Taft-Hartley Act
Organization/Corporation Man - Answer
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Answer outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex,
or national origin
Marshall Plan - Answer A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of
Europe (1948-1952)
Brown v. Board of Education - Answer 1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v.
, "Cash and Carry" - Answer policy adopted by the United States in 1939 to preserve neutrality
while aiding the Allies. Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in
full and transported them.
Popular Front - Answer A government of all left-wing parties that took power in France in
1936 to enact social and economic reforms.
Executive Order 8802 - Answer In 1941 FDR passed it which prohibited discriminatory
employment practices by fed agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war related
work. It established the Fair Employment Practices Commission to enforce the new policy.
"Double V" campaign - Answer The World War II-era effort of black Americans to gain "a
Victory over racism at home as well as Victory abroad."
Rodney King Riots - Answer 1992, an African-American motorist driver who, in 1991 was
stopped and then beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers (4 white men, then
acquitted) after the acquittal riots erupted. Multicultural Riots
Emmitt Till - Answer 14 year old african american who was kidnapped, beaten, and brutally
killed in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman
Cuban Missile Crisis - Answer The 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet Union over
Soviet missiles in Cuba.
John F. Kennedy - Answer President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban
Missile Crisis
Suburbia - Answer The residential districts or suburbs outside the boundaries of a city or
town. Dramatically increased in size after WW2.
Warren G. Harding - Answer Pres.1921 laissez-faire, little regard for gov't or presidency.
"return to normalcy" after Wilson + his progressive ideals. Office became corrupt: allowed
drinking in prohibition, had an affair, surrounded himself w/ cronies (used office for private
gain). Ex) Sec. of Interior leased gov't land w/ oil for $500,000 and took money himself. Died
after 3 years in office, VP: Coolidge took over
