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Honors - Civil Rights & Political/Social of 50's & 60's + Honors- Modern Era + HONORS US - Col
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1
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited
discrimination in employment, voting, and public places
Segregation in bus stations
African Americans from certain restaurants
segregation in schools
2
This map best portrays...
The impact of WWI
The policy of containment
The effect of the Tet Offensive
The policy of democracy
3
What Communist ally in Asia supplied communist revolutionaries with support in Korea?
Germany
China
Japan
Vietnam
4
This president made tax cuts for the rich which led to investment and caused economic growth
LBJ
Bush Sr.
Ford
Reagan
5
Which is thought to have caused the baby boom?
low unemployment
higher standard of living
affordable housing
all of the above
6
President Clinton was the only president to be impeached.
False
True
7
Camp David Accords.: Which two countries negotiated peace at these talks?
Lebanon and Jordan
Iran and Iraq
Israel and Egypt
The U.S. and U.S.S.R.
8
Why did the US establish a naval blockade in the Caribbean?
The Cubans did the same
The Bay of Pigs was successful
Soviets set up missiles in Cuba
Khrushchev wouldn't pick up the hotline telephone
9
All economic industry is owned by private individuals; free market economy
capitalism
democracy
communism
autocracy
10
Ran for president in 1964, said nuclear weapons are a must; “Mr. Conservative”
Earl Warren
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Dwight Eisenhower
11
Who is the only president to ever resign from office?
Ford
Reagan
LBJ
Nixon
12
Which president took out Sadam Hussein with "Operation Iraqi Freedom?"
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
13
Nonviolent protests against unjust laws were called
literacy tests
Gandhi movement
civil disobedience
freedom of petition
14
The Election of 1960 was influenced by what?
The debate being televised
dissatisfaction with the Marshall Plan
the use of the hydrogen bomb
the recession in the US
15
In the early 1950's, Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he:
ran for president against Truman
was convicted as a spy
led the fight in congress to increase the minimum wage
claimed that hundred of government employees were communists
16
Communist assault campaign on 36 capitals and 5 major cities
Viet Cong
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Korean Stalemate
Tet Offensvie
17
The U.S. believed Osama Bin Laden was hiding in which country?
Kuwait
Iran
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
18
The U.S. agreed to loan money to Europe to help them rebuild after WWII
Truman Doctrin
Marshall Plan
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tet Offensive
19
1st satellite to orbit the earth, by the Soviets
Putin
Khruschev
Apollo
Sputnik
20
In the 1950's 75% of the new homes construction took place in
small towns
inner city
suburbs
rural areas
21
The Vietnam War ended with....
the Soviet Union collapsing
the country being divided into 2 nations
the country being united under communism
the Tet Offensive
22
Competition between US and Soviet Union for control and influence in the world
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Capitalism
Cold War
23
Which President was impeached due to perjury?
Clinton
Ford
Reagan
Nixon
24
Who inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Emmett Till
Rosa Parks
John Lewis
Medgar Evers
25
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...
ended the Vietnam war
was denied by Congress
allowed the President to exercise war powers
pulled the U.S. out of Vietnam before it ended
26
The buildup of nuclear weapons during the Cold War was described as the
military race
power race
arms race
space race
27
Failed CIA attempt to overthrow Communist Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Tet Offensive
Havana Invasion
28
The period of time the government and the American people feared communists was nicknamed...
kamikaze
the red scare
The iron curtain
29
In 1979, which country took hostages from an American embassy?
Lebanon
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Israel
30
Which best describes the 1980s economic policy called Reaganomics?
Deregulate businesses
All of the Above
Reduce social programs
Reduce taxes
31
US and their allies military alliance
NAFTA
Warsaw Pact
NATO
UN
32
Soviet military alliance with satellite states throughout Eastern Europe
Warsaw Pact
NATO
NAFTA
UN
33
Which president experienced an economic boom due to the technological changes of the 90s?
Clinton
Carter
Bush, Senior
Reagan
34
Economy is run by the government on behalf of the people; intention is fairness and equality
democracy
capitalism
communism
dictatorship
35
Plessy V. Ferguson established the idea of:
blacks and whites living together
separate but equal
national integration
all students going to school no matter their race
36
What was the turning point in the Vietnam War?
Tet Offensive
Tonkin Offensive
Battle of Midway
There wasn't one
37
Who was president during the rebuilding of Europe after WWII
Johnson
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Truman
38
The US govt believes that terrorists who coordinated attacks on 9-11-01 were part of
Hamas
Al Qaeda
Taliban
the Iraqi government
39
Founder of the United Farm Workers Union
Fidel Castro
Cesar Chavez
Pablo Escobedo
Ernesto Miranda
40
Which below helped solidify "American culture?"
conusmerism
all of the above
Levittown
American television
41
Figurative separation between East and West Europe
Turkey
iron curtain
Berlin Wall
Stalin Curtain
42
Nixon visited which communist country to improve diplomatic relations/open up trade?
the Soviet Union
Cuba
North Korea
China
43
This US foregin policy promised to aid nations struggling against communist movements
New Deal
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Democratic Doctrine
44
The primary goal of the U.S. space program in the 1960's was to:
launch a satellite before the Soviets
explore the effects of space on the human body
Establish a permanent space station
Land a man on the Moon
45
Which election ended with Gore winning the popular vote, and GW Bush winning the electoral?
1992
1996
2004
2000
46
Who came to power in Cuba after a communist revolution in 1959?
Cesar Chavez
Fidel Castro
Raul Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
47
What was the world's first artificial satellite launched in 1957?
Explorer
Apollo
Luna
Sputnik
48
Fear that if one country falls to communism, the others surrounding it will to
domino theory
propaganda
Containment policy
Red Scare
49
What event triggered the Persian Gulf War?
Clinton's impeachment
Iraqi's invasion of Kuwait
Iran's invasion of Kuwait
signing of NAFTA
50
In the late 1940's and the early 1950's increased birthrates led to
Economic recession
White Flight
Levittown
Baby Boom
51
Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark because it
said any one can make their own school
threw out the doctrine of separate but equal in education
was going to fully segregate all schools and make them equal
integrated the armed foces
52
Who became president without being elected as Vice President or President and pardoned Nixon?
Gerald Ford
JFK
Jimmy Carter
LBJ
53
Who is the other president to have been impeached (way back in the day)
William McKinley
Richard Nixon
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
