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1
Identify:
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Joseph R. McCarthy
2
The vast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in the
small cities
big cities
suburbs
rural areas
3
Who was president after George W. Bush?
Barack Obama
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
Al Gore
4
During the 1980s, the conservative coalition tended to support
affirmative action
government deregulation
entitlements programs
abortion rights
5
Who was the VP under President Clinton?
Al Gore
Colin Powell
John Kerry
Dan Quayle
6
In the presidential election of 2000, Bill Clinton won by a razor-thin margin.
False
True
7
After investigating the assassination of JFK, the Warren Commission concluded that
the CIA was involved
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
Jack Ruby acted alone
there was evidence of a conspiracy
8
After the publication of
Silent Spring
, the effects of _ became a concern to many Americans.
pesticides
nuclear weapons
stagflation
Three Mile Island
9
___ was the U.S.' main goal in Vietnam.
reunifying Vietnam
upholding the Geneva Accords
negotiating a cease-fire with North Vietnam
containing the spread of communism
10
The members of the counterculture movement were mostly
Latinos and Native Americans
entertainers, artists, & musicians
white, middle-class college youths
poor urban youths
11
When Nixon resigned, ___ became president.
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Spiro Agnew
12
Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. government and military were made by
Joseph MaCarthy
Alger Hiss
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
13
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for President in 1960, was a senator from
California
Massachusetts
New York
Texas
14
Who preached a militant approach to civil rights?
Fannie Lou Hamer
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Medgar Evars
Malcolm X
15
The main goal of the _____ was to stop the spread of communism.
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
iron curtain
16
In
Brown v. Board of Education
, the doctrine of _ relating to education was finally overturned.
equal protection under the law
"separate but equal"
due process of law
"all deliberate speed"
17
___ set off the first general student strike in U.S. history.
the Tet Offensive
the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr
the assassination of Robert Kennedy
the U.S. invasion of Cambodia
18
The conservative reaction to the counterculture
set the nation on a more liberal course
posed a danger to traditional values
was largely ineffective
helped propel Nixon into the White House
19
When George H.W. Bush ran for president in 1988, his opponent was
Michael Dukakis
Oliver North
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
20
The first politician to skillfully use the new medium of television was
Harry S. Truman
Richard M. Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
21
Soon after being elected, President George W. Bush pushed for
reducing the budget deficit
expanding Social Security
tax cuts
lower tariffs