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Nixon used a policy of easing tension between the US and Soviets known as
reunification
solidarity
detente
SDI
2
President Teddy Roosevelt's policy of prosecuting monopolies, that violated federal antitrust law.
Trusts
Strike
Square Deal
Trust Busting
3
Founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Jane Addams
Andrew Carnegie
Clara Barton
Samuel Gompers
4
Communities of shacks that were named for the president people blamed for the Depression
Hoovervilles
Rooseveltvilles
Coolidge Camps
Hobo camps
5
What action on November 11, 1918 brought the fighting of WWI to an end?
The US dropped the atomic bombs
the allies won a major battle
An armistice was signed
a propaganda campaign was waged
6
How were the Holocaust & Hitler’s“Final Solution” related?
Both are used to describe the plan to remove the Jews
None of these
The Holocaust & Final Solution aren't related
It's the term for genocide resulting from the Final Solution
7
Exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.
Trust
Laissez-faire economics
Square Deal
Monopoly
8
Who was forced to assume sole responsibility for the war under the Treaty of Versailles?
Serbia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Russia
9
Most of the members of SNCC were
Students from Northern colleges
Southern ministers
white college students
African American college students
10
Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?
Punish Japan for Pearl Harbor
Avenge those who died in the Bataan Death March
End the War, save American lives and intimidate Stalin
Destroy weapons plants in Japan
11
Stockholders assign their shares to trustees, who guide the company. Makes monopilies.
Trust Busting
Monopoly
Trusts
Square Deal
12
The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
System of fortifications
Ability to make a long, steady advance
Surprise & overwhelming force
"Out-waiting" the opponent
13
What was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials?
The internment of Japanese-American citizens
Firebombing of Dresden
The Holocaust & crimes against humanity
Use of nuclear bombs
14
President Johnson's Great Society program was aimed at fighting
terrorism
poverty
racism
war
15
Gave women the right to vote in 1920.
19th amendment
17th amendment
16th amendment
18th amendment
16
President George W. Bush declared the "War on Terrorism" in response to
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
attacks of September 11, 2001
Iraq had weapons of mass destruction
Oklahoma City Bombing
17
What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
Stockmarket crash of 1929
Passage of the Dawes plan
Election of Franklin Roosevelt
The end of WWI
18
Created the Standard Oil Company & Trust.
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Ford
Bill Gates
John D. Rockefeller
19
Name the extremist Islamic group what seized control of Afghanistan during the 1990’s.
Mujahideen
Taliban
Al Quaeda
PLO
20
Which leader won China’s civil war,& what name did he give to the country?
Zhou Enlai; New China
Mao Zedong; People’s Republic of China
The Dalai Lama; Tibet
Jiang Jieshi: Republic of China
21
Which country stormed the American embassy and took hostages for over a year?
Israel
Iraq
Iran
Libya
22
This is the process of businesses buying out their competition.
Monopoly
Vertical Integration
Trust Busting
Horizontal Integration
23
What Arab group resent the Jews in Israel for establishing their country on their land?
Syrians
Iranians
Egyptians
Palestinians
24
Which countries signed the Camp David Accords and who was president of the US?
U.S. Egypt Iran; Reagan
Israel, Egypt, US; Carter
Iran, Egypt, Iraq; Ford
Israel, Palestine, Egypt; Clinton
25
What did the region described as being “behind the iron curtain” include?
U.S.S.R only
U.S.S.R & its satellite nations, specifically Eastern Europe
Democratic nations of Western Europe
Just the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany
26
Which presidential nominee is most associated with "Cross of Gold Speech" & the Scopes trial?
Winston Churchill
William Jennings Bryan
Huey P. Long
Woodrow Wilson
27
A poor family living in the Appalachian mountains in the 1930's would have benfited from
Civilian Conservation Corps
the Tennessee Valley Authority
Communism
The Great Migration
28
How did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act of 1930 affect the economy?
It helped the stockmarkets recover
It reduced the volume of international trade
It boosted agricultural production levels
It caused bank runs
29
If your grandfather could vote in 1860 then so could you. Ensured that Blacks couldn't vote.
Grandfather Clause
Jim Crow Laws
All of these are RIDICULOUS answers
Black Codes
30
Allows the federal (U.S. ) government to levy (collect) an income tax from all Americans.
15th amendment
17th amendment
16th amendment
18th amendment
31
What scandal led to the resignation of Richard Nixon?
Watergate
Monica Lewinsky
Iran-Contra
Teapot Dome
32
Which of these are reasons why the US public support for Vietnam began to dwindle?
Pentagon Papers, Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre
Geneva Accords, fall of Saigon, Kent State shooting
Operation rolling Thunder,Iran-Contra Affair, My Lai
military advisors, JFK assassination, Nixon elected
33
Government-funded research has helped to greatly reduce the spread of
terrorism
gingervitus
AIDS
cancer
34
The Bonus Army marched on Washington hoping to pressure Congress into
raise crop prices
passing a law to give early payments to WWI veterans
increase taxes onthe wealthy
provide relief for the millions of homeless and unemployed
35
Called for the direct Election of U.S. Senators.
18th amendment
16th amendment
17th amendment
15th amendment
36
To get the president & Congress to act on new voting rights laws, civil rights leaders
led demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama
led sit-ins across the South
organized a march in Selma, Alabama
organized a march on Washington
37
The process of businesses buying out all of their main suppliers. Helps quality control.
Monopoly
Horizontal Integration
Trust
Vertical Integration
38
This person wrote the book "The Jungle," exposing the conditions in meat packing industries.
John Steinback
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Upton Sinclair
Jane Addams
39
What idea was the major justification for U.S. foreign policy containment?
Fear of the spread of fascism
Vietnamization
Khmer Rouge
Domino theory
40
What event in Sarajevo ignited the Great War?
Russia's mobilization of troops along Austrian border
ultimatium presented to Serbia
Austria rejecting Serbia's offer & declaring war on Serbia
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife Sophia
41
How did the U.S. respond to Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia in mid-1941?
Declared war on Japan
Broke off peace talks with Japan
Began a boycott of Japanese-made products
Embargoed Japan, cutting its oil supplies
42
Group of agrarian reformers in late 19th century. Advocated economic & political legislation.
Muckrakers
Populists
AFL
Trust Busters
43
Who were most of the Vietcong?
Anti-communist South Vietnamese
American defecters
Pro-Communist North Vietnamese
Pro-Communist South Vietnamese
44
What was the Schlieffen Plan of Germany designed to do?
Put Hitler in charge
Attack France first & then Russia
Attack Pearl Harbor
Ally with Russia to fight France
45
This person founded the Hull House in Illinois & was a Women's rights activist.
Ida B. Wells
Jane Addams
Susan B. Anthony
Florence Nightengale
46
The author of "The Feminine Mystique," a book which inspired the women's liberation movement
Betty Friedan
Rosa Parks
Barbara Bush
Nancy Reagan
47
FDR's three "Rs" included relief, recovery and
reform
rebuild
regret
redistribution
48
What did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to?
U.S. navy sinking any ship without warning
Germans sink any ship in German European without warning.
Britain will sink any ship in German Waters w/o warning
all of the above
49
The less the government is involved in free market capitalism, the better off business will be.
Laissez-faire economics
Trust
Square Deal
Monopoly
50
Describe the primary goal for the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan.
Cause the U.S. to boycott the 1980 Olympics
To reestablish the Communist regime in Afghanistan
Gain control of Middle Eastern oil supplies
Fight an indirect war with the U.S.
51
Explain how Kristallnacht demonstrates Nazi persecution of Jews?
Day the Nazis began large deportations of Jews.
Nazi troops attack Jewish homes, businesses, & synagogues
all are correct
Law passed on that day required Jews to wear yellow stars
52
Was a steel tycoon who used both vertical & horizontal integration in his businesses.
John D. Rockefeller
Jeff Bezzos
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
53
Which US president was able to achieve a budget surplus & a balanced budget?
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
54
Who would receive aid through the Marshall Plan?
none of these
European nations sharing a border with iron curtain nations
Any European country politically opposed to the U.S.S.R
European countries that wanted to resist communism
55
What are causes of rapid urbanization during the industrial era.
Massive technological improvements
Rural to urban migration
Increased immigration to the U.S.
All of these answers are true
56
This resulted in the phrase "separate but equal."
Segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Brown V. Board of Education
Plessy V. Ferguson
57
Raised awareness of social injustices, inequality, corruption & abuse of political power
Jane Addams
All of these are WRONG
Muckrackers
Upton Sinclair
58
What was significant about the Battle of Midway?
It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese
all of the above
Marked the end of the war for the Japanese
It destroyed the whole of the Japanese navy
59
What was the last major conflict between the US Army and Native Americans?
Wounded Knee
Tet Offensive
Persian Gulf War
Battle of Midway
60
Which US president called the Soviet Union an "evil empire"?
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
61
The first country the US conducted military operations against after the attacks of 9/11 was
Syria
Iraq
Afghanistan
Iran
62
President Teddy Roosevelt's program : conservation, control of corporations, & consumer protection.
Trust Busting
New Deal
Square Deal
New Frontier
63
These enforced legal segregation in the Southern U.S.
Plessy V. Ferguson
Segregation
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
64
What are reasons for the growth of Labor unions?
Improve work conditions
Protect workers from unjust treatment from management
All of these answers are correct
Improve worker wages
65
What Louisiana Senator criticized the New Deal for not doing enough to help the poor?
Bobby Jindal
Huey P. Long
David Vitter
Gerald Long
66
Which scandal involved a secret international arms deal?
Watergate
Iran-Contra Affair
Teapot Dome Scandal
Clinton impeachment
67
Name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
Warsaw Pact
Iron Curtain
Solidarity
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
68
Which president said "Read my lips, no new taxes," during a reelection causing him to lose
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
69
When someone is arrested they have to be informed of their rights, such as to remain silent
the Supreme Court decision of US v McVeigh
the Supreme Court decision of Roe v Wade
the Supreme Court decision of Miranda v. Arizona
the Supreme Court decision of Gideon v Wainwright
70
A fixed amount one had to pay in order to vote. Helped ensure blacks couldn't vote.
17th amendment
Jim Crow Laws
Poll Tax
Grandfather Clause
71
What was one effect of president Obama's stimulus package?
balanced budget
welfare reform
universal healthcare
increased government spending
72
Prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the U.S. either private or public
17th amendment
19th amendment
18th amendment
16th amendment
73
A pregnant woman has the right to seek an abortion in any state due to
Obama's Affordable Care Act
Roe v. Wade
Gideon v. Wainwright
Efforts by conservative to give women the right to choose
74
Work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.
Scab
Strike
Strike Breaker
ALL of these answers are AWFUL
75
What was the best example of the "hippie" or counterculture of the 1960's
Woodstock
the civil rights movement
Vietnam War
Monterrey Pop Festival