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2nd Semester US History Final Exam Review 2016 PART 2
2nd Semester US History Final Exam Review 2016 PART 2
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1
Who is the newest Supreme Court justice?
Charlie Chaplin
Clarence Thomas
Neil Gorsuch
Susan Kennedy
2
How were songs of the 1960s and 1970s a reflection of the times?
Idolized reality TV stars of the times
Promoted hate and violence in the lyrics
showed that Americans agreed about foreign & domestic issues
Showed there was social conflict over war and civil rights
3
Which President resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal?
Ronald Reagan
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
4
What became a devastating world-wide epidemic by the 1990s?
Zika Virus
AIDS
SARS
Swine Flu
5
Nightly news about the Vietnam War did what?
Created a credibility gap
Built trust between Americans and their political leaders
Strengthened Americans support for the government
Strengthened Americans support for the war
6
Lying about an affair with Monica Lewinsky led to the impeachment of what President?
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson
7
What year was Barack Obama elected the first African American US President?
2000
2012
2004
2008
8
What characterized Johnson’s ‘Great Society’ programs?
promoting segregation
helping to end the Cold War
building more nuclear missiles than the Soviets
helping the poor and elderly
9
Why did the US get involved in the Vietnam War?
to help North Vietnam unite with South Vietnam
to make them a US territory
to keep the French out of Vietnam
to stop the spread of communism
10
What were people protesting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
Kanye West
Civil Rights
Abortion
Vietnam War
11
Ronald Reagan's supply-side economics was called
Supply Economic Opportunity Proposal
Down-up Economics
Reagan's Economic Enhancement Plan
Reaganomics
12
The majority of people in the 60s counterculture movement were
Native Americans
white, middle-class college youths
Latinos
poor, urban youths
13
In what court case was segregation in public schools made illegal?
Loving v. Virginia
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
14
What were the circumstances behind Robert Kennedy's assassination?
shot in a hotel kitchen in California
shot outside a Memphis motel
shot in a car in Dallas
shot in NYC right before giving a speech
15
The Black Panthers & Malcolm X believed
in a conservative approach to the civil rights movement
using any means necessary, including violence, for equality
in nonviolent direct action
whites and blacks should be integrated
16
In what mission was a teacher a part of the crew that perished when the space shuttle exploded?
Endeavour
Discovery
Columbia
Challenger
17
What major factor led to inflation in the 1970s?
High unemployment
Oil embargoes
Tax increases
High tariffs
18
The Little Rock 9 crisis showed that
states did not have to follow Supreme Court rulings
integration was never going to happen
the President can force states to comply with court rulings
no black students wanted to attend all white schools
19
Whose assassination led to riots and the growth of the Black Power movement?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Robert Kennedy
John Lennon
John F. Kennedy
20
What is the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in the US?
Oklahoma City bombing
San Bernardino shooting
Unabomber
World Trade Center car bombing
21
The law allowing authorities to engage in more wiretapping and other electronic surveillance.
Homeland Security Act
Terrorist Watch List
Patriot Act
No-Fly Law
22
Which President chose not to run for re-election because of low approval ratings?
Reagan
Johnson
Carter
Nixon
23
Which amendment changes the voting age from 21 to 18?
21st
13th
18th
26th
24
What was the famous 1969 music event where artists such as Jimi Hendrix played?
Woodstock
Woodwind
Woodspot
Willowwood
25
What was NOT accomplished in the Civil Rights Movement?
African Americans became more politically involved.
Segregation became illegal.
African Americans gained a new sense of ethnic pride.
African American poverty ended.
26
What event symbolized the decline of Soviet power over Eastern Europe?
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Creation of NAFTA
Formation of Backstreet Boys
Launch of Sputnik
27
Who was the President when 9/11 occurred?
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
28
What has been a major long-term effect of the Vietnam War?
Americans support a permanent draft
US hesitant to commit troops overseas for extended action
US forces occupy Vietnam
US & Vietnam become BFFs
29
The Vietnam War draft was skewed so that
Poor/working class were chosen more than the wealthy
Wealthy people were chosen more than the poor/working class
Caucasians were chosen more than minorities
Women were chosen more than men
30
Reaganomics was successful at
raising taxes
lowering taxes
enforcing stricter environmental regulation
increasing social programs
31
Under which president did the Vietnam War escalate the most?
Nixon
JFK
Johnson
Eisenhower
32
Who won a
decisive
victory in the 2000 election?
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
No one...Bush won electoral votes but lost popular vote
Al Gore
33
At which University was the Free Speech movement started?
UCA
UCLA
UC-Berkeley
University of Arkansas
34
Were the decisions of the Warren Court primarily liberal or conservative in nature?
liberal
conservative
35
What theory says that if one country falls to communism, other countries will follow?
Marxist Theory
Communisto Theory
Trickle Down Theory
Domino Theory
36
What did MLK argue in his
Letter from Birmingham Jail
?
Violence should be met with violence.
Schools should be desegregated.
Equality must be achieved by any means necessary.
Nonviolence is the way to achieve equality.
37
Roe v. Wade
said that
states can never regulate abortion
abortion is legal in the first 3 months
all abortions are legal
all abortions are illegal
38
The Mexican government fully supported this agreement because it promoted investment & growth.
NASA
NAFTA
NAACP
NATO
