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US History: Terms, Legislation and Court Cases
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A quiz over important legislation and terms throughout US history.
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The idea that if communism is stopped from spreading it will eventually be defeated.
Containment
NATO
McCarthyism
The Red Scare
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Economic policy that favored free enterprise and a hands off approach by the government.
Laissez-Faire
Communism
The Gold Standard
Socialism
3
The War Production Board, created during WWII, was responsible for:
Looking for spies throughout the nation
Arresting citizens who criticized the war
Making war propaganda
Transitioning from civilian production to war production
4
This act prevented railroads from charging high fees to small farmers to transport goods.
Railroad Reduction Act
Smally Hoot Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Interstate Commerce Act
5
Teddy Roosevelt's, Big Stick Diplomacy, allowed him to use this to influence other nations:
The Open Door Policy
The US Economy
The Banking System
The US Navy
6
Peace negotiations organized by President Carter between Israel and Egypt
Olive Branch Petition
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Camp David Accords
War Power Act
7
The following act is evidence of nativists attempting to reduce immigration from certain areas.
Limits on Immigration Act
Immigrant Reduction Act
Irish Need Not Apply Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
8
The 18th Amendment was passed largely due to pressure from women's temperance groups and..
prohibited the sale of alcohol
allowed for women's suffrage
ended women's suffrage
made women angry
9
The Civil Rights Amendment of 1964 prevents discrimination based on a person's:
race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
level of education.
wealth or social stature.
profession or job performance.
10
The 16th Amendment:
Prohibited alcohol
Created an income tax
Repealed prohibition
Gave Congress the power to give themselves pay raises.
11
The Voting Rights Act and the 24th Amendment both eliminated voting restrictions such as:
race requirements
poll taxes and literacy tests
land requirements
age requirements
12
The Open Door Policy opened up American trade to what region of the world?
Europe
China
South America
Africa
13
The idea that if one country in a region falls to communism the others could as well:
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
Containment
14
President Harding's administration was involved the Teapot Dome Scandal which:
hired people based on friendship instead of merit
illegally leased government oil reserves 2 private companies
included the arrest of those who spoke ill of the government
involved a prostitution ring in Washington DC
15
Reagan's anti-nuke plan often called the "Star Wars" initiative
The Pew Pew Pew Plan (PPPP)
Carter-Reagan Anti-nuke Plan (CRAP)
Sharks With Frickin Lasers Plan (SHFLAP)
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
16
The 17th Amendment eliminated corruption in the government by:
Allowed citizens to vote directly for Senators
Prohibited immigrants from voting
Ended child labor
Allowed women to vote
17
The Office of War Information (OWI) was primarily responsible for what during WWII?
Persecuting Jews, Muslims, Japanese...basically anyone
Collecting Liberal tears for consumption
Killing Nazi's within US boarders
Producing anti-Axis and pro-Allied propaganda
18
How did the GI Bill lead to prosperity during the post war 1950's?
Gave millions of veterans loans, insurance & free education
Rebuilt the highway system and caused an economic boom
Lowered taxes on families of 5 or more resulting in babyboom
Provided homes to all Americans
19
Wisconsin Vs. Yoder established
Beards are cool
Freedom of Religion
Technology Sucks
Suspenders are hip
20
The Truman Doctrine prevented the spread of communism into Greece and Turkey by:
Invading them with our military.
Giving them military and economic aid.
Threatening them with nuclear war.
Forcing them to pay reparations.
21
Scandal, US sold weapons to Iran, money then used to support anti-Communists in Latin America:
Iran Hostage Crisis
Strategic Defense Initiative
Gulf War
Iran-Contra Affair
22
The banking crisis during the Depression ended when FDR helped create what current agency
Wells Fargo
The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
The Federal Reserve Bank
The 3rd National Bank
23
NATO's primary responsibility is to:
Start wars with Russia.
Ensure protection for members through "collective security".
Open trade throughout the world.
Spread democracy throughout the world.
24
What laws did
Plessy vs. Ferguson
establish?
Citizenship for Native Americans
Voting Rights for African Americans
Segregation (Jim Crow) laws in the south.
Affirmative Action laws
25
FDR's Executive Order 9066 forced:
European immigrants to be deported
Native Americans to join the military
Japanese Americans into internment camps
German Americans to be tried for treason
26
America attempted to remain out of WWII using the Neutrality Acts but aided Britain using:
Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
The Lend-Lease Act
Quarantine Speech
Treaty of Versailles
27
Law passed after 9-11 that allowed the government to surveil communication within US
The Patriot Act
Patriot Observation Operations People (POOP)
I'm out of ideas
the I Heard That Act
28
Initiative, Referendum and Recall gave more power to American Citizens by allowing them to:
hire people based on the spoils system
Give illegal immigrants the right to vote
Introduce & pass laws and get rid of corrupt politicians.
Change trade laws
29
Law passed by Congress after the Vietnam War; limited the power of president during wartime.
Presidential Restriction Act
Vietnam War Act
War Powers Act
Treaty of Versailles
30
Post WW2 economic recovery program that aided Europe and prevented the spread of communism.
Marshall Plan
Potsdam Conference
Federal Highway Act
Warsaw Pact
31
Seen as the start of the Vietnam War and gave a tremendous amount of power to the president.
Treaty of Versailles
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Warsaw Pact
Geneva Convention
32
What did the Dawes Act do to Native Americans?
Forced them to live on reservations.
Gave them land and forced them to assimilate into society.
Gave Native Americans citizenship.
Allowed Native Americans to vote in Presidential elections.
33
This Agency was established to set environmental standards and protect the environment
Government Protection Agency
Bill Nye Agency
Tree Huggers of America
The Environmental Agency (EPA)
34
The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat inspection Act were influenced most by:
The Open Door Policy
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle
Child Labor
35
The law that prevents discrimination based on sex in the realm of
education
is called _________
Title IX
Equal Rights Amendment
27th Amendment
Caitlyn Jenner Act
36
The Venona papers revealed:
Spies had infiltrated the US including the Rosenbergs.
Area 51 existed.
The government had been lying to us about Vietnam.
There were nukes in Cuba.
37
Ended WWI, War guilt clause put the blame on Germany: my weakness often seen as a cause of WW2.
Treaty of Versailles
Wilson's 14 Points
Good neighbor policy
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
38
Lyndon Johnson's most important achievement; an attempt to combat poverty in America was called
The New Frontier
The Square Deal
The New Deal
The Great Society
39
Reagan's economic plan that called for tax cuts 4 rich 2 allow money to "trickle down" 2 poor.
Supply Side economics or Reaganomics
The Reagan Factor
Deficit
Stagflation
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The 26th Amendment, passed during the Vietnam war, lowered the voting age to 18 because
young men could be drafted and killed in war but not vote.
there was a shortage of young people voting.
more voters were needed to support the war.
teenagers know everything and should influence politics.
