Air test Review: Social Transformations and Post-Cold War World

Question 1

Balancing individual rights/freedoms with need for national security is a challenge because of?

Accepted Answer

international terrorism

Question 2

Since the end of WW2 (1945), what has been a major effect of population change in the US?

Accepted Answer

suburban areas have grown faster than urban areas

Question 3

Which law helped women athletes obtain greater support in US high schools +universities?

Accepted Answer

Title IX (9) of the Educational Amendments Act

Question 4

*How did the polio vaccine impact American society in the decades after its creation in 1950s?

Accepted Answer

decreased number of cases of polio to nearly none

Question 5

*(TorF) A great example of the eminent domain issue was the building of the Highway Act of 1956

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

How did the invention of the computer and mobile phone help to approve living standards in US?

Accepted Answer

allowed people to communicate instantly over great distance

Question 7

One way the feminist movement (1960s-1970s) is similar to the civil rights movement is both?

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used demonstartions to draw attention to their goals

Question 8

What areas was there intense debate among Americans on the role of government after WW2?

Accepted Answer

amount of spending on social welfare programs

Question 9

*(TorF)The controversy with the Patriot Act is protecting civil liberties vs nat'l security

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Evidence that the US has become more economically involved with other nations in 21st Cent. is?

Accepted Answer

increased role in outsourcing and offshoring of goods

Question 11

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 led to?

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the use of sweeping searches and surveillances of suspects

Question 12

*The Chicago race riot part of the Red Summer race riots of 1919 was mostly a response to?

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racism and prejudice

Question 13

*The effect of Brown vs. Board of Education ruling (1954) was?

Accepted Answer

require integration of public schools

Question 14

Which US Supreme Court decision struck down the ability of states to separate races in schools?

Accepted Answer

Brown vs. Board of Education (Topeka, Kansas)

Question 15

Which constitutional principle was confirmed by U.S.S.C. in its ruling Brown vs. Board of Educ?

Accepted Answer

equal protection under the law

Question 16

What was a major goal of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?

Accepted Answer

to gain greater respect for their heritage

Question 17

*(TorF) Eminent domain means the gov't can seize an individuals property for $$ for public good

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

What was the main objective of the American Indian Movement occupation of Alcatrez+Wounded Knee

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to gain notice to their condition

Question 19

The "baby boom" primarily resulted from the?

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delay in marriages during WW2

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of a transnational corporation?

Accepted Answer

Coca-Cola Bottling Company

Question 21

The # of immigrants to the US since the Immigration Act of 1965 has come primarily from?

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Latin America and Africa

Question 22

The passage of the USA Patriot Act +creation of the Department of Homeland Security showed that

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security concerns led the federal gov't to pass new laws

Question 23

The affirmative action programs passed in the 1960's were designed to?

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remove racial barriers in education and employment

Question 24

During the 60s + 70s, Cesar Chavez sought to gain civil rights for Chicano farm workers by?

Accepted Answer

unionizing migrant farm workers

Question 25

What is the primary focus of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?

Accepted Answer

to reduce air +water pollution by creating gov't regulations

Question 26

*(True or False) The Patriot Act was a law passed by Congress after the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

What effect did the U.S. S.C. decision in Brown vs. Board of Education(1954)have on the nation?

Accepted Answer

it required the integration of public schools

Question 28

The expanded use of automobiles in post-WW2 era altered life in the US by?

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stimulating the development of the suburbs

Question 29

The post-WW2 period in the US signaled the beginning of a:

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period of unrivaled economic prosperity

Question 30

Which statement describes a major social and economic impact on US society in the post-WW2 era?

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consumer goods became less expensive and easier to obtain

Question 31

After September 11, 2001, the US invaded these 2 countries?

Accepted Answer

Iraq and Afghanistan

Question 32

How did the federal government respond to Rachel Carson's book "The Silent Spring"?

Accepted Answer

Congress created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Question 33

In 1965, Congress enacted the Immigration Act to?

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accept more immigrants from Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Question 34

*The rapid growth in personal income in the decade after WW2 contributed to:

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expansion of the middle class

Question 35

What is not an example of DOMESTIC terrorism in Post-Cold War America?

Accepted Answer

9-11-01

Question 36

Over the last 50 years, what has been a major economic trend in the US?

Accepted Answer

shift in jobs from manufacturing to service industries

Question 37

A population movement after WW2 in which migration of middle class, white Americans from?

Accepted Answer

the urban centers to the suburbs

Question 38

How is US economy different today from the nation's economy that existed in the early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

technological innovations have led to a more global economy

Question 39

What was the major goal of the Women's Liberation Movement (E.R.A.) in the 1960's?

Accepted Answer

guaranteeing women equal pay for equal work

Question 40

What was the NAFTA agreement passed in 1993?

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trade deal with US,Canada, and Mexico to trade together more

Question 41

What has been a characteristic of the post-Cold War period?

Accepted Answer

the adoption of a worldwide human rights policy

Question 42

*(TorF) Social Security (1935) is an EX of how the federal gov't expanded its role in economy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 43

What is the impact of the baby boom (1946-1964) on the US today?

Accepted Answer

Social Security had to provide for growing # of retirees

Question 44

How did the methods of the Black Panthers to achieve their goals differ from those of M.L.K.?

Accepted Answer

tconsidered the use of violence to protect their communities

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