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SLHS US History Final Review
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What is the domino theory?
The new pizza app
If one country in SE Asia falls others will follow
An earthquake could cause Vietnam to fall into the ocean
2
What name was given to the massive number of babies born during the 1950's?
Baby Boom
The "Yikes that's a lot of babies" epidemic
The great baby explosion
3
What policy provoked a terrorist attack against the United States in 1983 and 1984?
President Reagan saying, "Tear down this wall."
Sending US troops to Lebanon as peacekeepers
The US invading Grenada to prevent the spread of communism
4
What was Ronald Reagan's ideology on who should have more power/control in government?
The Federal government should do more to protect the Earth
The Federal government should shift power to the states
The Federal government should do more to prevent drug use
5
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's primary goal during the Potsdam and Yalta conferences were?
Expanding democracy in Eastern Europe
Securing Foreign Aid
Establishing a buffer zone
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What was the result of the Bay of Pigs invasion?
The US put a beat down on Cuba
It was unsuccessful and almost everything went wrong
Nuclear annihilation
7
By getting involved in the Korean War, the US showed its commitment to ______________.
Spreading anarchy
Ending the war in the Pacific
Containing Communism
8
What is de jure segregation?
segregation by law
segregation by gender
segregation by age
9
What was the US plan to spread democracy in Europe after WWII by helping rebuild countries?
The Philadelphia Experiment
Operation Rolling Thunder
The Marshall Plan
10
Which group sent its members into the streets armed with law books and shotguns?
The NRA
Black Panthers
National Guard
11
What factors greatly frustrated U.S. troops fighting in Vietnam?
The Viet Cong had better weapons
The Viet Cong excelled in conventional warfare
The Viet Cong would attack and then disappear
12
Who was accused of spying for the Soviets while working for the State Department?
Joseph McCarthy
Alger Hiss
Harry Truman
13
What does ARVN stand for?
Army of Radical Velcro Nikes
Aardvarks rebel victory in Naples
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
14
What happened to the national debt between 1975-1990?
It decreased
It increased
It stayed the same
15
What would be the best way to simulate the economy according to supply-side economics?
cut taxes
Reduce the national debt
raise tariffs
16
What type of segregation existed in Seattle in the 1950's?
de facto
de jure
da bears
17
What resolution was passed after US ships were allegedly attacked near North Vietnam?
Bay of Ho Chi Mihn
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Mexico
18
Which of the following is not a description that fits Malcolm X?
Rejected nonviolence to effect change
Became a member of the Nation of Islam
was a follower of MLK
19
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Armenian Taliban Office
Not All That Obvious
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What was the main goal of SDI?
destroy the Death Star
End the arms race
Create a missile shield for the US
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Publicly accusing someone of subversive activities without evidence to back up the charges.
Obamunism
Communism
McCarthyism
22
What crime were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg accused of and convicted for?
Selling atomic secrets to the Soviets
Murdering Alger Hiss
Being Nazi spies
23
What part of American life was Brown v. Board of Education related to?
Voting rights
Public accomodations
segregation in schools
24
What county joined North Korea in fighting the United States during the Korean War?
China
The Soviet Union
South Korea
25
Which word best describes Third World countries?
Happy go lucky
Developing
Developed
26
What was the main trend that caused the Federal Budget Deficit increase from 1975-1990?
Increased taxes
increased defense spending
An economic depression
27
What was the main impact of the Tet Offensive in/on the United States?
It resulted in Nixon's secret plan to bomb Cambodia
It showed that the war was not going as well as LBJ claimed
It resulted in Gerald Ford withdrawing all troops
28
MLK and SCLC used __________________ to fight for Civil Rights.
reverse discrimination
Nonviolent resistance
Armed rebellion
29
What marked the end of the Cold War
The end of Reagan's presidency
The Tiananamen Square protest for democracy in China
The Soviet Union becoming 15 independent nations
30
What was the response of the United States to the Soviets putting missiles on Cuba?
The United States sent them a thank you note
A naval blockade and demanded the missiles be removed
We Nuked them
31
What was Agent Orange used for in the Vietnam War?
to blow up tunnel systems used to shelter Viet Cong troops
to pollute wells supplying water to Viet Cong guerrillas
to clear vegetation that could hide Viet Cong soldiers
32
All of the following were used to disenfranchise African Americans EXCEPT ____________.
Filibuster
White primaries
Poll taxes
33
Churchill referred to Soviet domination in Eastern Europe as _________.
The Iron Curtain
An Iron Triangle
The Velvet rope
34
What aspect of the Iran-Contra Affair violated a 1984 law passed by congress?
Negotiating with terrorists in Lebanon
Selling weapons to Iran
Using money from arms sales to fund rebels in Nicaragua
35
What new style of music did teenagers popularize during the 1950's?
Jazz
Chill Jams
Rock 'N' Roll
36
What did the US and Soviet Union agree to do by signing the INF treaty?
end all nuclear programs
destroy some of their nuclear missiles
Immediately Nuke France
37
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
Seoul was became the capital of North Korea
The United States gained control of the whole peninsula
Korea remained divided into two countries
38
Describe the experience of many Vietnam veterans when they returned home.
Were shunned or ignored by the public
They returned to civilian life with no problems
Were welcomed home as heros
39
What did Reagan's critics say was the most negative aspect of his block grant to states?
The grants were too small to fund the programs
The states didn't have a choice in whether they took them
The grants were too large
40
In which of these areas did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 ban discrimination?
Housing
Marriage
Voting
41
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
We destroyed Cuba. It's no longer there. Google maps lies.
The missiles were removed
The missiles are still there and pointed at you right now
42
How did the United States respond to the Berlin Blockade in 1948?
Building the Berlin Wall
Bombed them into the stone age
The Berlin Airlift
43
What was Executive Order 9981?
An order that desegregated the military
A bill to expand voting rights to 18 year olds
An order to nuke those darn dirty commies
44
What aspect of American life is this cartoon mocking?
Hats
Suburban Conformity
Stay at home moms
45
What was the nickname for small suburban homes that middle class families could afford?
Lametown
Leisetown
Levittown
46
America's Cold War policy of containment was called _______________.
The Dirty Commie Policy
The Truman Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine
47
Which of the following was NOT a way the Vietnam War was protested?
holding sit ins on college campuses
Burning draft cards
Taking over the oval office
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What was the Fair Deal?
A bill to reform labor laws
The deal made with Russia to sell Alaska to the USA
Truman's program to expand economic and social opportunity
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In what year does the graph show the Americanization of the war in Vietnam?
1966
1964
1965
