American Studies spring Review Cold War to present

Question 1

Which President in the 80s supported tax cuts and business incentives?

Accepted Answer

Reagan

Question 2

Which person, MLK or Malcolm X, was more willing to work with the white majority for changes?

Accepted Answer

MLK

Question 3

Did the media have a positive or negative effect on support for the war?

Accepted Answer

Negative

Question 4

The Gulf of Tonkin resolution decreased our involvement in the Vietnam war

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

What is Nixon best known for in regards to foreign policy?

Accepted Answer

Detente with USSR & China

Question 6

Which organization was formed to promote equal rights for women?

Accepted Answer

NOW

Question 7

Who wins the 1968 Presidential election?

Accepted Answer

Nixon

Question 8

The purpose of napalm and agent orange was to kill as many of the enemy as possible

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Which country owned Vietnam until 1954 when Ho Chi Minh fought for independence?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 10

What was our foreign policy commitment called from 1945-1990?

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 11

What alliance was formed as a defense against Communism?

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 12

Which court case desegregated the schools after 1954?

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Ed

Question 13

What was Carter mainly concerned with in foreign affairs?

Accepted Answer

Human rights

Question 14

JFK hoped to stabilize Latin America by promoting economic development there

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

The main problem with the economy in the 1970s was

Accepted Answer

High unemployment & inflation

Question 16

Where was apartheid an issue in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 17

Which person wanted only a LIMITED war in Korea?

Accepted Answer

Truman

Question 18

What should you associate the March from Selma to Montgomery with?

Accepted Answer

Voting rights

Question 19

Which President had an idea for universal health care similar to Obamacare- but it didn't pass?

Accepted Answer

Clinton

Question 20

What effect did the OPEC embargo have on oil in the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

Raised prices

Question 21

What President follows after JFK's assassination?

Accepted Answer

LBJ

Question 22

Who authorized the attacks on 9/11?

Accepted Answer

Bin Laden

Question 23

Who pardoned Nixon?

Accepted Answer

Ford

Question 24

What resource did we become reliant upon the Middle East for, starting in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

Oil

Question 25

Whom should you associate with creating paranoia about Communists in America in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

McCarthy

American Studies spring Review Cold War to present

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American Studies spring Review Cold War to present

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