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1
Affirmative Action: Policy that gives special consideration to
women and minorities
to make up for past discrimination.
True
False
2
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did all of the following EXCEPT:
Outlawed discrimination in voting, education, and public accommodations
Gave the government the power to desegregate schools
Required that a percentage of jobs funded with must be filled by Blacks
Established the EEOC to fight discrimination in hiring
3
Why were the Vietcong such a difficult enemy to face during the Vietnam War?
Known for extensive tunnels that allowed them to move around quickly
They were rebels, not uniformed soldiers, and very difficult to identify
All of the above
Did not control any territory, impossible to defeat them by conquering land
4
Freedom Rides: students protesting segregated transportation, civil rights workers took buses through the
north
False
True
5
During his time as President, Gerald Ford is most remembered for:
Declaring war on Afghanistan
Returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
Ending America’s involvement in the Vietnam War
Pardoning Richard Nixon
6
Sit-In: Protest where
African Americans
occupied segregated establishments & demanded service especially used at diners.
True
False
7
Why did the world choose to appease Adolf Hitler during the 1930s?
Europe originally belonged to Germany and Hitler wanted to reunite it.
Most of Europe felt that another war would improve the economy.
Most nations were wary of repeating the mistakes of WWI.
Most of the world leaders supported Adolf Hitler’s final solution.
8
What charges led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton?
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Bribery of an elected official
Illegal drug use while governor
Wiretap and cover up of Watergate
9
Which of the following WAS NOT a legislative policy of Obama’s while he was president?
No Child Left Behind
Economic Stimulus Package
Affordable Care Act
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
10
Who won the electoral vote but not the popular vote in 2000 and which state was at the center of the controversy?
Gore; Ohio
Bush; Ohio
Gore; Florida
Bush; Florida
11
The Supreme Court decision in
Brown vs. Board of Education
ended
Discrimination in the hiring of federal employees
Eisenhower’s support of civil rights
The “separate but equal” doctrine, especially in regards to schools
Jackie Robinson’s career in baseball
12
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
China controlled North Korea while South Korea remained independent.
Korea remained divided at almost exactly the same place as before the war.
North Korea surrendered after the threat of atomic warfare.
Korea was unified under a Communist government.
13
Stagflation: Economic condition in the
1950s
created by high inflation combined with recession
False
True
14
Which of the following was NOT a result of Ronald Reagan’s defense spending?
Soviet Union realized it could not keep up in an arms race with the U.S.
The economy would go into recession under George H.W. Bush
The national debt skyrocketed
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to take over its oil reserves
15
What is the name given to the treatment of Jews and other groups considered “undesirable” by the Nazis?
the Holocaust
the Dark Ages
the Relocation
V-E Day
16
Which of the following led to the 2008 Great Recession?
Stock Market crash and oil embargos
Risky bank loans and a decline in home values
High unemployment and trade restrictions with other countries
Cold War and overspending by the government on military
17
New Right: A resurgent
liberal
movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
True
False
18
What were the laws called that made segregation legal?
Integration
Jim Crow
Black Panther
Gradualism
19
What Russian leader moved the Soviet Union away from socialism with his policy of perestroika?
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
20
9/11 was our biggest terrorist attack since Pearl Harbor, what happened on 9/11?
Airplanes crashed into the White House, Statue of Liberty and Pentagon
Terrorists set a bomb in a car garage of the Twin Towers
Terrorists attacked multiple historic landmarks including Mount Rushmore
Terrorists attacked the Twin Towers and Pentagon using commercial airplanes
21
What was the primary effect of the policy of internment?
Japanese Americans were gathered and forced into internment camps.
Women had an easier time finding employment outside of the house.
Government jobs could not discriminate by race.
Most foreigners were asked to leave the United States.
22
Nixon campaign workers broke into what offices in the Watergate complex?
Campaign headquarters for Senator Ted Kennedy
The Democratic National Committee
The executive offices of Death Row Records
The US Treasury
23
What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
To fight hunger anywhere in the world.
To win the election of 1948.
To help General Motors increase wartime production.
To support nations trying to resist Soviet control.
24
Students stormed the US Embassy in this country in 1979 taking 66 Americans hostage:
Israel
Afghanistan
Iran
Iraq
25
What was America’s economic response to the formation of the European Union (EU)?
World Resolution On National Globalization (WRONG)
General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
26
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a CIA-hatched plan to:
Destroy nuclear missiles placed in Cuba by the Soviet Union
Assassinate President Kennedy
Fill San Francisco Bay with bacon
Overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro
