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1
Which US Supreme Court case ended segregation in schools?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board
Roe vs. Wade
Gideon vs. Wainwright
2
Lyndon B. Johnson billed his domestic program as the
New Frontier
Fair Deal
Great Society
New Deal
3
Hawley-Smoot, in which the govt raised taxes to sell goods to the US, is an example of a:
subsidy
tariff
tax
laissez-faire
4
Which President was known for his policy of "brinkmanship" in the Cold War?
Johnson
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
5
Poor people in the Great Depression looked for food in places like soup kitchens and...
food lines
bread lines
bread kitchens
soup kitchens
6
Which of the following is NOT an ex. of non-violent protests during the Civil Rights movement
Marches
Social Media
Boycotts
Sit-ins
7
Which US President set up the policy of "Containment" during the Cold War?
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Truman
8
Communities of homeless people in places like Central Park were nicknamed
Shanty Towns
Hoovervilles
Rooseveltburbs
Hoovershacks
9
Mission 2 go 2 space, help for unemployed, and focus on helping the environment were a part of
New Frontier
New Deal
Fair Deal
Great Society
10
An effect of the War Powers Act of 1973 was that
the authority of the pres as commander in chief was limited
congressional authority NOT needed for military $
women started serving in combat roles during wartime
NATO became more involved in world conflicts
11
As U.S. forces drove the N. Koreans N of 38th parallel, which country pushed them S to 38th?
China
Soviet Union
Japan
Vietnam
12
Each of the following was part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act EXCEPT
prohibition of segregation in "public accommodations."
protection to African Americans.
bans on employment discrimination.
voting rights.
13
The objective of the Manhattan Project was to develop
synthetic rubber
system of coastal defense
the atomic bomb
relocation centers for Japanese Americans
14
Malcolm X was a leading member of the
Pan African Congress (PAC).
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Black Panthers.
Nation of Islam (Black Muslims).
15
Why was geography important during the Cuban missile crisis?
The Bay of Pigs invasion failed to overthrow Castro.
The communist govt took over US businesses on the island.
USSR gave financial aid to the communist govt of Cuba.
The island is located 90 miles from the coast of Florida.
16
One of the two locations on which the United States dropped atomic bombs were
Khe Sahn
Nagasaki
Okinawa
Tokyo
17
The Red Scare of the 1950s was the fear of...
Spiders
Communism
Nazism
Dictators
18
The Lend Lease Act made it possible for the United States to...
Send troops to fight with Allied powers W/O declaring war
place an embargo on the Axis powers
sell or lend war materials to any nation
sell war materials to all nations at war
19
Roosevelt's plan to invest in the economy by providing relief, recovery and reform was called
New Deal
Fair Deal
Great Society
New Frontier
20
Militant protests and black nationalism are most associated with
Emmitt Till
Rosa Parks
Black Panthers
Martin Luther King Jr
21
Island hopping was used by ______ to try to win the was in the Pacific
Japan
United States
China
Soviet Union
22
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were attempts by the United States to deal with the
President’s political opposition
arms race
national debt
spread of communism
23
The New Deal program that provided pensions for the elderly was called...
Medicare
The Wagner Act
Social Security Act
Netrality Act
24
Which of the following was NOT one of the causes of World War II?
Dictators in Europe and Asia
Imperalism
Appeasement
Totalitarian States
25
Another word for a recession or when GDP falls causing unemployment to rise dramatically
Depression
Retraction
Recession
Boom
26
The first conflict the United Nations got involved in was..
The Korean War
The Cold War
The Vietnam War
World War II
27
Neil Armstrong was...
first person to land on the moon
military leader in Vietnam
the first man to orbit the earth
the first American to go into space
28
The Viet Cong wanted to
help the North Vietnamese army against the South
fight with the Americans
be done with school
get rid of Communism in the North
29
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed which of the following barriers to keep Af Am from voting
Subsidies and Poll Taxes
Literacy Tests and Tariffs
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests
Bus discrimination
30
The Korean War and Vietnam War r both examples of the US following the for. policy strategy of
Domino Theory
Containment
Democracy
Brinkmanship
31
When 1 country fell to communism, the countries around the country could be the next to fall.
Containment
Domino Theory
Iron Curtain
Detente
32
In1929 when the Stock Market crashed, signalling a problem in the economy, was nicknamed Black
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
33
Democratic president during the Great Depression and World War II
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
34
Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese on...
December 10, 1941
September 11, 1942
November 7, 1941
December 7, 1941
35
In1929 when the Stock Market crashed, signalling a problem in the economy, was nicknamed Black
Wednesday
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
36
The term “Vietnamization” referred to the policy of:
shifting military tactics to match Vietcong
shifting the burden of actual combat to the SouthVietnamese.
anti-war propaganda against war in Vietnam
training US troops to understand Vietnam culture
37
The Vietnam War started after the attack at
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
Tonkin Gulf
38th Parallel
38
Severe drought and winds that spread across the Midwest during the Great Depression were called
Great Depression
Dirt Bowl
Dust Bowl
Dirt Depression
39
US Civil Rights leader who called for integration through non-violent protests
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mahatma Ghandi
John F. Kennedy
40
The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937 banned US companies from selling WHAT to nations at war?
Textiles
Ships
Weapons
Food
41
The Baby Boom primarily resulted from
the "Sexual Revolution" of the 1920s
growth in college attendance in the 1950s
economic prosperity in the postwar decades
falling marriage rate during the Great Depression
42
The United States tentatively supported a failed invasion of Cuba at
Bay of Pigs
Havana
Sukamo
Guantanamo
43
________ was the name of the Soviets first space satellite.
Valentina Tereshkova
Sputnik
Stalinik
Yuri Gagarin
44
Which US President started the process Vietnamization?
Nixon
Johnson
Eisenhower
Kennedy
45
The image of ____________ became the heroic symbol of the woman war worker.
Marilyn Monroe
the Women's Army Corps
Rosie the Riveter
the Women's Bureau
46
The Allies opened a second front in western Europe on
V-J Day.
D-Day.
December 7, 1941.
July 4, 1943.