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Post World War II United States
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1
The Chinese Civil War was ultimately decided by . . .
A abundance of military aid given to the Communists
Peasants seeking cultural and societal reforms
Poor Nationalist leadership
A lack of military aid given to the Nationalists
2
The Montgomery bus boycott began with the arrest of . . .
Medgar Evers
Martin Luther King, Jr
Coretta Scott King
Rosa Parks
3
The notion that the US could spend its way to social justice ended with
It never ended
The election of Lyndon Johnson
The Tet Offensive
The poor economy of the US in the early 1970s
4
In the post war world, what was the central feature of US foreign policy?
Detente
Containment
Appeasement
Isolation
5
What did the huge post-war military budgets bring to the US?
High employment
Tremendous prosperity
All of the above
Major technological advances
6
What do we call the economic phenomenon of high unemployment AND high inflation?
Regressive Recession
Inverse Inflation
Stagflation
Regeanomics
7
Which events occurred after Nixon became president that increased US anti-war feelings?
Pentagon Papers
Kent State "Massacre"
All of the above
Incursuion into Cambodia
8
What can be said of the televised 1960 Presidential debates?
All of the above
The debates were brought into homes through the U.S.
Richard Nixon looked tired and old
John Kennedy looked vibrant and young
9
Who was not an African-American leader during the 1960s?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
George Washington Carver
Stokely Carmichael
10
Which of the following was not a post war domestic legislative program?
The Square Deal
The Fair Deal
Dynamic Conservatism
The New Frontier
11
The U.S. invoked a 'quarantine' of Cuba as a result of . . .
The installation of Soviet offense missiles
Continued Soviet support of Fidel Castro
Preparation for the Bay of Pigs invasion
Fidel Castro's refusal to hold free and democratic elections
12
Following World War II, what did Americans fear?
A decline in world morality
The return of an economic depression
The re-emergence of dictators world wide
The rise of a violent Civil Rights Movement
13
The Cold War originated because of tensions between which two nations?
Communist China and Nationalist China
Germany and the Soviet Union
East Germany and West Germany
The United States and Soviet Union
14
Ho Chi Minh was the nationalist/communist leader of which country?
North Korea
China
North Vietnam
Cambodia
15
Substantial financial assistance to re-build postwar Europe came in the form of . . .
The Marshall Plan
The United Nations Economic Council
The North Atlantic Economic Pact
The Truman Doctine
16
What can be said about the interstate highway system?
Was more expensive than any New Deal Program
It was part of the Works Progress Administration
All of the above
Authorized by President Truman
17
The gradual handover of war responsibilities to South Vietnam was the policy known as--
Detente
Vietnamization
The Kissinger Doctrine
Deescalization
18
To help control creeping inflation in the early 1970s, President Nixon imposed a--
grain embargo on the Soviet Union
comprehensive legislative plan regarding unions & businesses
90-day wage and price freeze
mandatory rationing program
19
What did Gerald Ford do shortly after becoming president that diminished the public's good will
Pardon former President Nixon
Implied that the US would re-engage in Vietnam
Force busing on communities that were opposed to the policy
Challenge a public perception that he was weak on Communism
20
One of Lyndon Johnson's strengths was his . . .
ability to understand the mood of the American people
charasmatic personality
wealth that helped him 'buy' support for his programs
understanding of the way that Congress functioned
21
Which terms below are associated with General Douglas MacArthur?
Planned the brilliant UN invasion at Inchon in Korea
Outstanding military mind but a prima donna
All of the above
Ultimately relieved of command by President Truman
22
"Baby Boomers" were born between which years?
Early 1960s to the late 1970s
Early 1930s to 1949
Early 1920s to mid-1940s
Mid 1940s to early 1960s
23
What can be said of the 1968 Tet Offensive?
It was a tremendous blow to Great Society programs
It was a major military setback for the Communists
All of the above
It was a psychological blow to the American people
24
Brown v. Board of Education
was a landmark Supreme Court case that ruled . . .
Mandatory prayer in public schools is unconstitutional
Separate in inherently unequal
A suspect must be read his 'rights' before being questioned
Plessy v. Ferguson was constitutional
25
Who served in World War I, was a haberdasher, served as a county official and was a US Senator?
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
John Kennedy
26
Who was the official most closely associated with the witch hunt for communists in the 1950s?
Alger Hiss
Richard Nixon
Joseph McCarthy
Whitaker Chambers
27
What did Congress jointly pass that gave LBJ tremendous latitude in Southeast Asia?
The Southeast Asian Compact
The War Powers Act
The National Mobilization Act
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
28
The term "watershed" refers to . . .
A governmental mistake that is too obvious to cover up
A period marking a turning point in a state of affairs.
A building where water is stored during the winter.
None of the above
29
Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly assassinated . . .
Martin Luther King, Jr.
George Wallace
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
30
Which 1965 riot signaled a more confrontational phase of the Civil Rights Movement?
Washington
Newark
Detroit
Watts
31
Regarding JFK, what is being referred to: the ____ ____ was a very conservative policy move.
All of the above
tax cut
New Frontier
space program
32
Blocked ground access, iron curtain, Cold War are all terms associated with what event?
Velvet Revolution
Berlin Airlift
Prague Spring
Hungarian Revolution
33
An era of relaxed tensions during the Cold War is defined as--
The Kissinger Doctrine
Mutual Respect
Peaceful Co-Existence
Detente
34
What law was passed to check the growing power of labor unions in the US?
The American Federation of Labor Act
The Equal Employment Opportunity Act
The Taft-Hartley Act
The Smoot-Hawley Act
