What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?

To support nations trying to resist Soviet control.

Why did the world choose to appease Adolf Hitler during the 1930s?

Most nations were wary of repeating the mistakes of WWI.

What was the primary effect of the policy of internment?

Japanese Americans were gathered and forced into internment camps.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did all of the following EXCEPT:

Required that a percentage of jobs funded with must be filled by Blacks

What charges led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton?

Perjury and obstruction of justice

9/11 was our biggest terrorist attack since Pearl Harbor, what happened on 9/11?

Terrorists attacked the Twin Towers and Pentagon using commercial airplanes

What was America’s economic response to the formation of the European Union (EU)?

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

The Bay of Pigs invasion was a CIA-hatched plan to:

Overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro

Which of the following was NOT a result of Ronald Reagan’s defense spending?

Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to take over its oil reserves

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

Korea remained divided at almost exactly the same place as before the war.

The Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education ended

The “separate but equal” doctrine, especially in regards to schools

Nixon campaign workers broke into what offices in the Watergate complex?

The Democratic National Committee

Which of the following led to the 2008 Great Recession?

Risky bank loans and a decline in home values

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

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