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R THOMAS SSUSH 21-23-GMASS REVIEW
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1
Which statement BEST describes the goals of Mikhail Gorbechev's policies of perestroika & glasnost?
End hostilities with the United States
Create greater openness within Soviet society
Strengthen the military through a nuclear missile program
Brutally suppress political opposition
2
The purpose of SNCC during the Civil Rights era was to...
Replace the NAACP as the dominant Civil Rights organization
Provide more militant leadership to combat racism.
Be a “whites only” organization created to keep whites in political power.
Coordinate students around the south in resisting segregation laws.
3
These three CORE activists were murdered in Mississippi by the KKK for facilitating what process?
Aiding and abetting African American fugitives
Registering African Americans to vote
Attempting to vote African Americans into office
Teaching African Americans how to read/write
4
Violence erupting in Selma, AL at the Edmund Pettus Bridge stirring passage of the Voting Rights Act is called...
March on Washington
"Terrible Tuesday"
"Selma Shock"
"Bloody Sunday"
5
Rachel Carson’s 1962 Silent Spring was groundbreaking work regarding what topic?
Women’s rights
Race relations
The environment
Anti-war movements
6
By the 1960s, women in American society…
Worked outside the home, but for less wages than male counter-parts
Entered professional careers rather than assume traditional female roles
Were more likely to be enrolled in college than men.
Abandoned traditional gender roles, resulting in a population decline.
7
On 9/15/1963, these four girls were killed during Sunday school in what racially-motivated hate crime?
Freedom Summer - Neshoba County, Miss.
Bloody Sunday - Selma, Ala.
Freedom Rides.
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing - Birmingham, Ala.
8
All of these were effects of the 1965 Voting Rights Act EXCEPT
Federal oversight of elections in the South.
An increase in African American voters.
An outlawing of literacy tests for voting.
Greater support for JFK’s domestic plans.
9
Significant achievements of FOREIGN POLICY during the Obama administration were…
The capture of Osama Bin Laden.
The fall of the Soviet Union.
Becoming the first black POTUS.
Introduction of universal health care in the U.S.
10
Organizers of the Freedom Summer campaign hoped to achieve…
Elimination of Jim Crow laws in the South.
Registration of Blacks voters n Mississippi.
Desegregation of public schools in Arkansas.
The right to nonviolent protest in Mississippi.
11
What was Ronald Reagan's economic plan in the 1980s with regards to taxes & military spending?
Decreasing the wealthy's taxes while increasing military spending.
Balancing the budget by decreasing taxes & military spending.
Cutting military spending & providing tax breaks to the middle class.
Increasing taxes in order to increase military spending during the Cold War
12
The Tet offensive altered public opinion of the war because:
Buddhism was growing in popularity.
The U.S. suffered heavy losses.
The Vietnam War seemed unwinnable.
The Vietcong lost.
13
President Jimmy Carter brokered an agreement at Camp David between which two countries?
Egypt & Israel
Iraq & Iran
Vietnam & Cambodia
China & the Soviet Union
14
How did the "War Powers Act of 1973" impact the role of the president?
provided POTUS unlimited funds for spending on the armed forces.
Placed a limit on the POTUS's ability to send troops into hostile areas
Gave POTUS the authority to declare war without Congressional approval
Increased the ability of POTUS to send troops into hostile areas.
15
How was Lyndon B. Johnson's 'War on Poverty' supposed to assist the poor?
By increasing unemployment funding to the states.
Expanding opportunities for college scholarships.
Mandating an increase in the federal minimum wage.
By providing training for the unemployed.
16
What was a long-term consequence of the attacks of September 11, 2001?
Economy was strengthened due to more people buying U.S. goods.
More terrorist attacks on American soil.
Congress immediately increased spending on education & nat'l parks.
American involvement in Afghanistan & Iraq increased
17
Violence erupted in Chicago in August of 1968 during the Democratic National Convention because
Failure of the containment policy to stop communism.
Allegations of corruption in LBJ's administration.
Assassinations of JFK & MLK.
Vietnam Protests.
18
President Bill Clinton was IMPEACHED in 1998 for…
Adultery and income tax evasion.
Having a sexual relationship with an intern
Obstruction of justice and perjury.
Violating the War Powers & Voting Rights Acts.
19
Reaganomics supporters believe in supporting all of these EXCEPT…
Welfare training programs.
The nation’s production base.
Tax savings on investments.
Business tax deductions
20
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Providing assistance & benefits to civilians that were unemployed.
Prohibiting segregation in public accommodations & discrimination in edu.
Suspension of literacy tests for voter registration...
Punishing southern members of Congress who opposed granting civil rights
21
Which statement regarding the Bay of Pigs is TRUE?
Occurred only after it was confirmed that Soviet missiles were in Cuba.
It caused a revolution to take place in Cuba.
It was a planned secret invasion of Cuba led by the CIA.
It took place after a secret Cuban plot to invade Florida was discovered.
22
Cesar Chavez was a key figure in gaining rights for
Minorities.
Migrant workers.
People accused of crimes.
Illegal immigrants.
23
What was one of the significant pieces of legislation passed during the Obama administration?
Creation of the cabinet of Homeland Security.
Passage of the Civil Rights Amendment..
Becoming the first black POTUS.
Introduction of universal health care in the U.S.
24
The internment of Japanese-Americans during World War 2 illustrates...
Threats to national security are often ignored by the government.
The Supreme Court can be relied on to defend civil rights.
Civil liberties are limited during times of perceived national crisis.
Minorities are not allowed to enlist in the United States military.
25
Why did LBJ’S Great Society create an increase & demand for elderly & geriatric nursing?
Establishment of Medicare.
Establishment of the Head Start program.
Establishment of the Economic Opportunity act.
Establishment of the Civil Rights act of 1964.
26
Gerald Ford's popularity plummeted & never recovered after he
…
Chose Nelson Rockefeller to serve as vice-president.
Pardoned Nixon for crimes he may have committed in office.
Rejected demands for another investigation into Watergate
Increased American bombing campaigns against Cambodia.
27
This image represents a shift in the civil rights movement from:
Tactics of nonviolence to militancy.
Integration to segregation.
Economic issues to desegregation.
Civil rights to economic issues.
28
The "Camp David Accords" were orchestrated by the Carter Administration in order to attempt to
Bring an end to the Cold War.
End the era of hostility between Israel & Egypt.
Open a trade relationship with China & the USSR.
Bring an end to the Vietnam War
29
This Act gave the federal government new powers to protect African American's voting rights.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Voting Rights Ac of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Brown vs. Board of Education
30
Which was a direct result of T.V. on the JFK/Nixon presidential debates in 1960?
Made debates more frequent because they drew in big t.V ratings.
Made the debates shorter than past debates due to programming concerns.
Made physical appearance of the candidates an important factor.
Made candidates carefully rehearse their answers for the television.
31
The U.S. & the Soviet Union, competed to be the first to:
Send a satellite into orbit.
Send a human being to the moon.
Send a human being into orbit.
Send an unmanned craft to the moon.
32
What has been the most lasting effect of the Watergate scandal?
Democratic control of the White House.
An economic recession.
Democratic control of Congress.
Public cynicism about government.
33
The National Organization for Women supported the passage of which Amendment; but it never passed?
Congressional Pay Raises
Progressive Income Taxes
Equal Rights
Prohibition
34
What was the significance of the election of 2008?
Introduction of universal health care in the U.S.
Election of the first black POTUS.
Creation of the cabinet of Homeland Security.
Passage of the Civil Rights Amendment.
35
In 1972, which President normalized relations which China?
Gerald R. Ford
Richard M. Nixon
James E. Carter
Ronald W. Reagan
36
The Kent State protest of 1970
...
Is the only recorded “pro war” demonstration of the Vietnam War era.
Caused former POTUS Johnson TO participate in the protest
Was met with force by the Ohio National Guard, killing & injuring students
Marked the final significant student protest of Vietnam.
37
This 14-year-old boy was lynched in MS for allegedly whistling at a white woman in 1955.
Dr. Martin Luther Kinng
James Earl Chaney
Medgar Evers
Emmett Louis Till
38
Which of the following best represents the picture from WWII?
Spanish/American war images.
The D-Day invasion of Normandy France.
The invasion of the island of Cuba.
World War I invasion of the U.S. invading Great Britain.
39
Operation Desert Shield was facilitated by POTUS George Bush Sr., for the purpose of …
Expedite the fall of the Soviet Union.
Expelling the army of Saddam Hussein from Kuwait.
Retaliation for the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Stop the advancement of a communist state.
40
Dr. King's "I Have A Dream Speech" was pivotal in spurring Kennedy to began to support...
Civil Rights Legislation
Shorter work days for dreaming
Better sleeping rights to dream
Better Conditions for women
41
For 444 days during 1979-1981, 52 American diplomats were held hostage following a revolution in which country?
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Egypt
Iran
42
This movement suggests African Americans reject integration and focus on their own communities.
Black Panthers
Black Power
Civil Rights Movement
Black Activists
