Why was the Vietnam war known as a "living room war"?

It was on the nightly news on TV

Why did the US launch Operation Desert Storm?

To liberate Kuwait & Saudi Arabia from Iraqi control

How did the Zimmerman telegram influence U.S. entry into World War I?

it revealed a proposed alliance between Germany and Mexico

What was the Iran-Contra scandal?

The US sold weapons to Iran and gave money from the deal to the Contras

journalist who exposes corruption of business and government

Increased public works programs, welfare, Social Security

Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict

Why are the Kent State protests remembered as a tragedy?

National Guard shot and killed 4 students

What was the result of the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion?

The invasion failed and Castro stayed in power

Coolidge believed that part of his job was to make sure the government:

interfered with business and industry as little as possible

What are Reaganomics??

tax cuts, decreased social spending, increase defense spending

The Marshall Plan was-

U.S. supplying billions of dollars to rebuild Europe

What did the War Powers Act do?

Limited the president's military powers w.out Congress votes

Thurgood Marshall was:

the first African American in the Supreme Court

Using the bully pulpit refers to a president.......

using power and influence to exert pressure on Congressmen

What was the Domino Theory?

If one country fell to Communism, the others around it would

Which of these was the main goal of the federal government when it began affirmative action?

to increase number of women and minorities hired

The progressive movement...

restored economic opportunity and corrected injustices in life

Who was Sandra Day O'Connor?

A supreme court justice that served from 1981-2006

What does NATO stand for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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1
Why was the Vietnam war known as a "living room war"?
It was a board game
Latest updates were published in magazines
It was on the nightly news on TV
Civilans fought
2
Why did the US launch Operation Desert Storm?
To seek vengeance for the 9/11 attacks
To liberate Kuwait & Saudi Arabia from Iraqi control
To protect people in the Middle East from sand storms
To ensure that Israel was safe from Egypt
3
Rosa Parks refused to...
sit with her friend at lunch.
give her seat up on the bus.
eat watermelon.
wear a yellow shirt.
4
How did the Zimmerman telegram influence U.S. entry into World War I?
contained orders for Germany U-boats to destroy trade ships
it announced the Czar's overthrow in Russia
described Romania's plan to abandon neutrality
it revealed a proposed alliance between Germany and Mexico
5
What was the Iran-Contra scandal?
The US sold weapons to Iran and gave money from the deal to the Contras
A stunning upset at a Contra Dancing competition in Iran
A scandalous affair between a Contra leader and the Iranian President
Area 51 rumors caused members of the Iran army to disguise as Contras
6
What is a muckraker?
journalist who exposes corruption of business and government
government employee who cleans up slums
worker who cleans out waste from factories
political strategist who advises candidates
7
What is the policy of containment ?
Keep communism from spreading
To kill communist leaders
To put communism in a jar
To spread communism
8
The New Deal
The start of social revolution in the U.S.
Made a financial plan with banks to support the U.S. economy
Increased public works programs, welfare, Social Security
Act to increase unemployment and force people to get jobs
9
What is appeasement?
Taking over indigenous lands
Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict
A decree of war
Dropping a bomb?
10
This muckraker is famous for writing The Jungle.
Lincoln Steffens
Thomas Nast
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
11
Why are the Kent State protests remembered as a tragedy?
Police gunned down student rioters, killing 10
Rioters killed innocent bystanders
National Guard shot and killed 4 students
Protesters panicked and crushed 4 students
12
What was the result of the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion?
The invasion failed and Castro stayed in power
Fidel Castro came to power
The U.S. put an embargo on Cuba
The U.S. removed Fidel Castro from power
13
Coolidge believed that part of his job was to make sure the government:
became involved in social reform
participated regularly in world affairs
regulated businesses in order to stabilize the economy
interfered with business and industry as little as possible
14
What are Reaganomics??
Learning the Art of Communication
Uber liberal politics
the study of economics, the Reagan way
tax cuts, decreased social spending, increase defense spending
15
The Marshall Plan was-
U.S. policy on the usage of nuclear weapons
U.S. supplying billions of dollars to rebuild Europe
U.S. military tactics for an invasion of Russia
A document which created the C.I.A. and other agencies
16
What did the War Powers Act do?
It created a military internal affairs agency
It created a committee to investigate the Vietnam War
It gave Congress new military powers
Limited the president's military powers w.out Congress votes
17
Thurgood Marshall was:
the first African American in the Supreme Court
one of the authors of the Constitution
a president of the United States
a principal in a school who fought racism
18
Using the bully pulpit refers to a president.......
using his veto power to reject legislation
using power and influence to exert pressure on Congressmen
signing a piece of legislation into law
calling upon members of his cabinet to inlfuence legislation
19
What was the Domino Theory?
If one country fell to Communism, the others around it would
If one national leader was assassinated, others would follow
If a country resisted Communism, it would become a target
Knocking over one domino wouldn't make the others fall
20
Which of these was the main goal of the federal government when it began affirmative action?
to give job training to minorities and women
to increase tax breaks for companies
to increase number of women and minorities hired
to give workers the right to join unions
21
The progressive movement...
created prohibition across the US
was a movement for civil rights
restored economic opportunity and corrected injustices in life
was a way for the President to change the Constitution
22
Who was Sandra Day O'Connor?
The judge that passed Title IX
A supreme court justice that served from 1981-2006
The leader of the National Organization for Women
The secretary of state for President Nixon
23
Who was JFK's assassin as revealed by the Warren Commission?
James Earl Ray
Sirhan Sirhan
Lee Harvey Oswald
Harvey Dent
24
What does NATO stand for?
Northern American Trade Organization
North Atlantis Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nachos Ate The Oranges
25
Who negotiated with the Soviet Union and said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" in 1987?
Ronald McDonald
President Ronald Reagan
President Nixon
President LBJ

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