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US History Post WWII 1945-1988
US History Post WWII 1945-1988
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Cold War, 1950's Culture, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, & Reagan Revolution.
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1
During the 1950's all of the following are correct concerning women EXCEPT
Women were advertised as house wives.
Women were working at a higher rate
Women were legally equal to men
Women were in college at a higher rate
2
Which of the following was President Harry Truman's contribution to Civil Rights?
Signed Title IX eliminating gender discrimination
Signed the Civil Rights Bill
Desegregated the US military
Eliminated wage gap based on race
3
The 1954
Brown v. Board of Education
ruled that
segregation was legal as long as it was equal
public schools were unconstitutional
racially segregated schools were unequal
school boards were unnecessary
4
This image is most strongly connected to
The Chicago Seven
Black Power Movement
Birmingham Protests
The Little Rock Nine
5
Which of the following was NOT associated with the Great Society?
Outlawing Voting restrictions like poll taxes and literacy tests
Interstate Higway Act
The Civil RIghts Act outlawing segregation
Medicare and Medicaid
6
Senator McCarthy's anticommunist crusade ended when he
Accused Hollywood of having communist
Accused the state departement of having communist
When Joseph McCarthy died
Accused the military of having communists
7
All of the following were effects of Nixon's Watergate scandal EXCEPT
Most Americans began to distrust the government
Nixon resigned from office
The media became seen as the "watchdog" over the government
Nixon was impeached and removed from office
8
The GI Bill (Selective Servicemen's Act) gave many returing Veterans all of the following opportunities EXCEPT
Cheap loans for housing
A Universal Basic Income
Cheap loans to start a business
Free College
9
Which of the following was a scandal concerning Reagan that involved selling weapons to fund an anticommunist group?
Iran Contra Affair
Iran Hostage Crisis
Russiagate Scandal
Watergate Scandal
10
One postive effect of the Great Society Legislation was
it led to the reelection of LBJ
it led to a Universal Basic Income
it greatly reduced poverty in the US
it relaxed tensions between political parties
11
All of the following characteristics apply to the Civil RIghts goals of Martin Luther King Jr EXCEPT
Integration
Racial Equality
Nonviolence
refusal to break laws
12
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is significant because
it gave LBJ power to escalate the conflict in Vietnam
it gave Nixon the popularity to win in 1968
it gave Congress the ability to declare war
it created a detente'
13
All of the following are pillars of Reaganomics EXCEPT
Cut federal income taxes
Reduce Military Spending
Reduce Government Regulations
Reduce Government Spending
14
All of the following are connected to the Presidency of Jimmy Carter EXCEPT
The Watergate Scandal
Stagflation
Human Rights Foreign Policy
The Iran Hostage Crisis
15
One thing that tipped the scale and allowed JFK to beat Nixon in 1960 was
His religious beliefs
Birmingham Riots
Sputnik
TV debates
16
Which of the following is correct about Ronald Reagan?
Encouraged the Civil RIghts Movement
Ushered in the Detente' with Soviets
Brought an end to the Vietnam War
Greatly increased the National Debt
17
In response to the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957,
The US gave up
The US empasized Math, Science and English in education
The US launched a missile that hit the moon
The 2nd Red Scare began
18
Evangelical Christians that supported Ronald Reagan were known as
Religion for Reagan
Preachers for the Poor
The Religious Majority
The Moral Majority
19
One significant migration that occurred after WWII was
the move to the suburbs
Northern urbanization
the move to Southern farms
the move to the "rust belt"
20
Which is the BEST phrase connected to Detente' which occurred with Richard Nixon.
Mutually Assurred Distruction
Relaxed Tensions
Domino Theory
The Great Society
21
What form of musical expression represented cultural rebellion in the 1960s?
Rhythm and Blues
Ragtime
Jazz
Rock and Roll
22
Public sympathy for the Civil Rights MAINLY occurred after
TV reports of the violence against Birmingham Protesters
The Black Power Movement
The Assassination of MLK
The Cuban Missile Crisis
23
The alliance of Western European & North American Democracies against the Soviet Union and Communism -
The Warsaw Pact
The United Nations
The Allies
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
24
The March on Washington occurred in order to
End the Vietnam War
Show the unity of Black Americans
Promote the Civil Rights Bill in Congress
Promote MLK as the leader of Civil RIghts
25
What caused the Korean War?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Berlin Airlift
Truman firing McAurthur
Communists North Korea's invasion of South Korea
26
The Tet Offensive that occurred in Vietnam in 1968 had all the following effects EXCEPT
it turned public opinion against the war
it sparked anti-war protest
it showed the public the US was losing the war
it increased US involvement in Vietnam
27
The modern civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's was sparked MAINLY by
hypocrisy of racism exposed during WWII
white religious leaders
Black immigrants
Eisenhower's commitment to racial equality
28
Artist and writers that began to criticize American conformity in the 1950's were
The Yippies
Flappers
The Hippies
The Beatniks
29
The belief that the government should ensure social equality for all is MOST associated with
The Tea Party
Liberalism
Conservatism
The New Right
30
All of the following are characteristics of 1950's America EXCEPT
Mass Consumerism
Popularization of Rock and Roll
Popularization of the TV
Neoconservatism
31
Nixon's "Law and Order" and appeal to the South was part of his
"Moral Majority"
"Southern Strategy"
"Watergate Scandal"
"Silent Majority"
32
Malcolm X would support all of the following positions EXCEPT
Black Nationalism
Black Separatism
Non-violent Revolution
The Right of Self Defense
33
The major cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis was
The Great Society Programs
The Iran Contra Affair
The Soviets placing Nukes in Cuba
The Assassination of JFK
34
All were used by Martin Luther King during Civil Rights EXCEPT
non-violent protests
Appeals to foreign Countries
Marches
Boycotts
35
The evangelical Christians led by preacher Jerry Falwell that formed in 1979 founded a political organization called
Silent Majority
The Southern Strategy
The Moral Majority
The Yippies
36
The tensions created during the Cold War were MAINY because of
America's status as a new superpower
the ideological difference between US Capitalism and Soviet Communism
The atrocities committed by Stalin and the Soviet Union during WWII
the personal dislike of Joseph Stalin by President Harry Truman
37
The Truman Doctrine was first employed by
sending troops to South Korea
sending troups to Vietnam
sending money to China
sending aid to Greece and Turkey
38
All of the following relate to this image EXCEPT
Public School Integration
Brown vs Board of Education
The Feminist Movement
The Little Rock Nine
39
President Gerald Ford is best known for __?__, which might have also cost him support in the 1976 election.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Interstate Highway Act
pardoning Nixon
Neoconservatism
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Which would NOT be part of the neoconservatism under Reagan?
tax cuts
build up of the military
reduction in government regulations
Expansion of civil rights and social programs
