American History Review Part 2

What was the name of Johnson's program to end poverty, racism, and equal opportunity?

What was a result between the '95 standoff between Clinton and Congress?

What characterizes the cultural changes taking place in the 20th Century?

A failed constitutional amendment meant to lower crime rates, but raised them instead?

President Obama authorized the killing of which of the following terrorist leaders?

What was the goal of rationing and conservation?

What did U.S. officials, including President Bush, think that Saddam Hussein was after?

The Red Scare was a period in which rights were violated of those under suspicion of being

During the 1920s, how did advertising and installment buying change American purchase habits?

Which of these was NOT a cause of WWI?

What was President Roosevelt’s plan to end the depression in the United States called?

Which group faced the most significance racial prejudice in the US during WWII?

From 1865-1900, which side of a strike did the government typically support?

The 1920s was a period of

Name the South Vietnamese who supported Ho Chi Minh and the communist North Vietnamese.

The Equal Pay Act, the ERA and Title IX were passed to improve the rights of

According to the political cartoon below, who controlled the Senate?

What event in the 1960's brought the US and the USSR to the brink of all out nuclear war?

Which of the following is an example of something the Voting Rights Act of 1965 help stop?

What was the result of the economic boom of the 1990s?

Where did the deaths of 4 anti-war college students at the hands of National Guardsmen occur?

Name the trail that winded through Indochina which the North Vietnamese used as a supply route?

What was Clinton's impeachment charge?

What U.S. Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

Someone who believed that immigrants were damaging the American economy were known as:

Why didn't the US Senate approve the League of Nations?

Which of the following court cases said that segregated facilities were unconstitutional?

Which of the following term describes an authoritative rule with extreme nationalism?

What group planned and led the attacks on September 11, 2001?

What method was used by MLK?

What happened on June 6, 1944 (Hint: D-Day)?

What presidential precedent was set with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

Which of these was NOT a cause of the Spanish American War?

Which of the follow is a monopoly?

How did the U.S. military try to remove the Vietcong’s ability to hide in jungle and tunnels?

What was the act called that allowed the U.S. to become the "arsenal of democracy"?

What was the US position prior to their entry into WWII?

What country used the island-hopping strategy in the Pacific Theater of World War II?

What country did the United States invade in response to the attacks on September 11, 2001?

What event occurred on July 20, 1969 that brought the nation together for a little while?

What event happened in November 1979 that basically ended Carter’s bid to be re-elected?

A movement in which African-Americans developed a unique black artistic culture

Which major JFK bill did Lyndon Johnson get passed that was part of the Civil Rights Movement?

What event and date was the symbolic end to communism in Eastern Europe?

Which of the following benefits was offered by the GI Bill?

InAugust of 1990, what country invaded Kuwait because of its oil and access tothe Persian Gulf?

What idea did "The White Man's Burden" support?

What type of warfare caused the fighting in World War I to come to a standstill?

Which is one reason that the presidential election of 2008 was an historic election?

The launch of what satellite by which country ignited the “Space Race?”

What was the determination of the Warren Commission?

During the 1920s, immigration

What caused Operation Desert Storm?

Which of the following best describes what was happening in America’s economy in the 1970's?

What was the name of the scandal during the Reagan Era that blemished his presidency?

How did the Americans respond to the Soviet's blockade of Berlin?

Why did the government sell weapons to Iran during the Iran-Contra crisis?

Which of the following had the goal of containing communism?

Which of these is not an example of Detente?

What strategy did the US-led coalition forces us the first six weeks of Operation Desert Storm?

Which of the following inventions ended the Open Range?

What event prompted US entry into the WWII?

What was the significance of Wounded Knee?

Why wouldn't Nixon turn over the Watergate tapes?

What was Reagan’s economic policies of combining monetarism and supply-side economics?

The 38th Parallel divided

In exchange for housing and provisions, what did political machines receive from immigrants?

What term describes the turning over fighting responsibilities to the South Vietnamese Army?

Whichof the following have made globalization possible and occur more rapidly thelast 20 years?

The United States and its allies found WMDs (weapons of mass destruction) in Iraq in 2004.

Why would an industrial worker in the Gilded Age tolerate poor working conditions?

How did SNCC work to end segregation in diners and restaurants?

As far as leaders of the Soviet Union go, what was different about Mikhail Gorbachev?

Why did the United States enter World War I?

Which of the following was NOT a reason for Imperialism?

What was the treaty that followed WWI?

Which label would you give to a person's activities if they were making unfounded accusations?

Why did Eisenhower send troops to Little Rock, Arkansas?

Which early Civil Rights leader proposed liberal arts education & legal action for blacks-NAACP

Who was the king of Rock and Roll in the 1950s?

The invasion of which of the following countries on September 1, 1939, started World War II?

Who became theleader of the Civil Rights Movement, after organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Why were five men arrested at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. in 1972?

Which of these did NOT result from Prohibition?

What event prompted Congress to give President Lyndon Johnson the power to wage war in Vietnam?

Which law was designed to limit the power of monopolies?

Which industry took advantage of farmers?

Which of the following did the U.S. accuse of orchestrating the attacks on September 11, 2001?

What was the cause of the Great Migration?

In the 1950s, where were most new homes built?

What was the purpose of a settlement house?

Who were the Little Rock Nine?

What type of warfare did the Vietcong (South Vietnamese communist sympathizers) use?

Term for journalism that attempted to expose corruption during the Gilded Age.

What event signaled the beginning of the Great Depression in the United States?

Which of the following occurred on September 11, 2001?

The Freedom Rides were organized to test

What did Gerald Ford do once he became president concerning the Watergate issue?

What was the significance of the 1960 debate between Nixon and Kennedy?

Freedom Riders were never attacked as they tried to integrate bus terminals in the South.

What major North Vietnamese and Vietcong offensive in South Vietnam began on January 30,1968?

The Zimmerman Telegram proposed a secret alliance between Germany and

What happened on December 7, 1941?

Which of these established the US as the "policeman of the Western Hemisphere"?

Which decision was made by Truman in an attempt to save thousands of American lives?

Which candidate ran under the "Progressive" or "Bull Moose Party" in 1912?

What do the Battle of Midway and the Invasion of Normandy have in common?

The taking of which territory was nicknamed Seward's Folly?

Which was a negative side-effect for the US of President Reagan’s economic policies?

What did Americans on the home front do to help the war effort during World War II?

Where did American businessmen overthrow the established government?

What was Saddam Hussein accused of possessing that prompted the US to invade Iraq?

Which of the following nations fought on the side of the Communists during the Korean War?

Which term best represents the American way of life in the 1950s?

Which early Civil Rights leader proposed vocational training for African Americans?

What was the “war” between the USSR and the US in which there was no direct warfare called?

Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative was meant to

Which president famously said "Read my lips: No New Taxes!"

What did the Homestead Act do?

The Patriot Act allowed the government to

What happened on November 22, 1963?

What did Richard Nixon become the first President of the United States to do on August 9, 1974?

What was the effect of of the marches in Birmingham?

Which group wanted to help USA adapt to the social & economic changes from industrialization?

What did the Bonus Army consist of?

Which of these was NOT a result of the Vietnam War?