The Mother of All History Quizs

Educational Amendment stopped federal-fund schools discriminating against girls all in aspects

Carter imposed an embargo on the sale of grain to the USSR as a result of the Soviet

The 'Contract with America' was

The principle of 'one man, on vote' meant that

Nixon tried to avoid turning over the Watergate tapes by claiming that the tapes

In April 1968, James Earl Ray was arrested for

The United Nations' action to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait was called

Lieutenant William Calley eventually went to prison for his role in the

What was one purpose of Nixon's trip to China?

The Warren Court's decision in Reynolds v. Sims boosted the political power of

Republicans and _______ defeated many New Frontier proposals

The purpose of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to

On September 11, 2001, terrorists carried out attacks on the US by

In response to the recommendations of the Presidential Commissions on the Status of Women, JFK

The Democratic candidate for president in 1972 was

The first African American to serve in cabinet, holding Secretary of Housing/Urban Development?

Beginning in 1959, more than 350,000 Cubans left Cuba for the US because of

Which of following pieces legis. put immigration under control of Depart. of Homeland Security

When George HW Bush took office, he tried improve the economy by cutting the capital gains tax

Principle that White House conversations should remain confidential to protect nationalsecurity

The 1960 presidential race was the first time candidates made substantial use of

The belief that men and women should be equal politically, economically. and socially

Reagan followed the foreign policy of

Some Americans turned to conservatism during the Cold War because they believed that

John Dean testified that the Watergate break-in had been ordered by

The man accused of killing President Kennedy appeared to be a confused Marxist named

From the 1800-WWII, France ruled Vietnam and neighboring Laos and Cambodia, a region known as

______ founded the Christian Broadcasting Network, and a show called Old-Time Gospel Hour

Title IX is a provision of a law that prohibits discrimination against ____ in public education

Nixon was ____, officially charged with misconduct, because of the Watergate tapes

Passed by Congress during Clinton's first term, the Brady Bill was related to

California's Proposition 13 was a conservative effort to

The amount by which gov't expenditures exceed income is the

Result of '95 standoff between Pres. Clinton/congressional Republicans over federal budget

A law passed by Congress in 1996 allowed cable companies to offer ________ service

The collapse of the Soviet economy was due to

Nixon worked to ___ several civil rights policies

To win the US presidency, a candidate must win a majority of the

The United States originally sent aid to the Vietminh to help

The gradual withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam

9/11/01, why did the 4th airplane hijack by terrorists crash in a field in PA?

The Neighborhood Youth Corps gave underprivileged youth a chance to earn a HS diploma or

Candidate Nixon appealed to US who supported gov't + longed for an end to turmoil of '60s

The focus of SDS chapters was on protesting

The ____ stood as symbol of the Cold War division between USSR and US

The Republican nominee for President in the 1960 election was

Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative was nicknamed

Who founded political party La Raza Unida, which called job-training programs/access to finance

What was the belief that suggested if Vietnam fell to communism so would the rest of SE Asia?

____ was Johnson's vision of the more perfect society the US could and should become

In 1968, this group wanted to withdraw from Vietnam

The presidential election of 2000 came down to the vote in which state?

For his running mate in 2000, George W. Bush selected former defense secretary

The war in Vietnam included which of following?

Although about 47% of US women were in the 1960s workforce, generally they were shut out of

Kennedy's legislative agenda was called the

Congress refused to pass Kennedy's proposed tax cut because of fears of

Which of the following was a major Great Society program?

Which prominent women headed the President's Commission on the Status of Women?

The Mendez v. Westminster decision was significant because it dealt with

The Neighborhood Youth Corps provided programs

As part of Nixon's New Federalism policy, Congress passed

In Hernandez v. Texas, the Supreme Court ruled that

In May 1989, Chinese students and workers held demonstrations for

Americans believed liberal ideas were moving towards ____, causing US to vote Republican

What happened to most of the young people who embraced the counterculture?

Medicaid is for

Kennedy's "flexible response" plan called for...

Supporters of nuclear energy hailed it as a cleaner and less expensive alternative to

President Bush's plan to change Social Security in his second term involved

An organization founded to protect the rights of Mexican American military veterans was the

On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guard soldiers

The four televised ____ between the 1960 Pres. candidates influenced the 1960 election

In 1954, Eisenhower administration launched a program intended to

The author of the Port Huron Statement

Ambitious, hardworking young prof. of '80s, focused on wealth and leading luxurious lifestyle

Although Congress blocked many of Kennedy's legislative initatives, they did agree too...

Supporters of deregulation believe that

___ is an element in Earth's atmosphere that blocks many of the sun's ultraviolet rays

Dec. 19, '98, the HoR passed two articles of impeachment against Pres. Clinton for

The _____ Act of 1965 eliminated the national origins system

To desegregate schools, gov't instituted __, requiring students taken to school outside of area

Which of the following was the first person to orbit Earth in 1961?

Bush included Iraq in 'axis of evil' b/c Iraq had been known to sponsor terrorism/suspected of

Reagan wanted to appoint Supreme Court justices who would

The long hairstyles for men were popular in the 60s came from hippies rejection of ____

The treatment of prisoners held by the US at Guantanamo Bay drew criticism because

In 1968, President Johnson announced on television that he

Nixon's program for shifting more control from federal gov't to state and local gov't

The Free Speech Movement was sparked by restrictions on students' rights to

A master of the new electrically amplified guitar sound was Jimi

___ formed in 1995 to represent nations in negotiating intern'l trade agreements/trade disputes

US gross domestic product climbed/some large businesses were reporting gains, unemployment

Carter proposed national energy program - conserve oil/promote coal + _ energy sources ie solar

Outlawed job discrim. by private employr not only on the base of race, color, religion, gender?

To keep the deficit under control, Reagan proposed

___ are computer chips that contain several integrated circuits with memory/computing functions

In Nov. 1969, US learned of a horrifying massacre of S. Viet. civilians in __ by American troop

By July 1972, the women's movement had a magazine of its own, called

The results of the battle at Dien Bien Phu convinced

President Kennedy's goal in the space race with the USSR was for the US to be the first to

The Alliance for Progress was a

When US troops first entered the Vietnam War in 1965, many Americans

Supporters balanced budget amen. to Const., proposed Republican 'Contract with America,' argued

Evidence on Watergate seems to show that Nixon

Students involved in the Free Speech Movement demonstrated by

In 2006, Bush announced plan to send "__" of some 20,000 more troops Iraq restore order Baghdad

Which of the following was supported by Mikhail Gorbachev?

Nickname to NE, where industry was in decline and unemployment was high?

Reagan believed that massive Soviet defense spending would

The way in which states draw up political districts based on changes in population is called

Hurricane ___ caused devasting flooding in New Orleans in 2005.

In 1988, Osama bin Laden founded ____, an organization that carried out attacks on US embassies

An understanding between nations that have opposite purposes, but which share common interests

In response to the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley, the Supreme Court

In 2003, nation refused to give US permission to attack Iraq from inside their territories?

The UN went to war in the Persian Gulf because

_______, NE, where industry was in decline and unemployment was high

The Stonewall riot marked the beginning of the what rights movement?

Which of the following is true about the Great Society?

Which women's issue did Charlotte Striebel protest in education?

Approximately how many Americans were killed in the Vietnam War?

In the Iran-Contra Scandal, officials sold weapons to Iran to

Gorbachev instituted ________, allowing some private enterprise and profit-making

The Supreme Court enacted the Fourthteenth Amendment to

The counterculture originally help up a __ ideal: ideal of a society that was full of tolerance

Nixon rejected notion of bipolar world, believing US foreign policy should reflect emergence of

By 1975 the US economy was in the worst ___ since the Great Depression, with unemployment at 9%

On Oct. 22, 1962, JFK announced that US spies took aerial photos of long range USSR missiles in

Kissinger tried to improve relations with the USSR and China so they'd cut back on their NV aid

Televised news coverage of the Vietnam War each night

After the fall of Hussein's dictatorship, the US tried to suppress a ____, prevent a civil war

Organization,idea of Betty Friedan, reflected the diverse goals of the modern feminist movement

As opposition to reforms mounted in the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin

Televangelists were Christian ministers who used ____ to reach a nationwide audience

After the Tet Offensive, the mainstream American media began to

Many college faculty/students against Vietnam War abandoned their classes as a form of protest

On September 26, 1960, an estimated 75 million people watched

The worldwide communication system of networked computers is called

Who was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus

Bush admin claimed prisoners held Guan Bay didn't have right appeal detention US courts bc they

Fourteenth Amendment-"no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without__

Liberals generally believe in

Which of Reagan's nominations to the Supreme Court was not confirmed by the Senate?

During the Vietnam War, American planes dropped __, a jellied gasoline that explodes on contact

Which of the following resulted from Reagan's policy from Reagan's policy of deregulation?

In which case did the Supreme Court modify the Roe v. Wade decision?

What was the scandal called destroyed Nixon's administration and included the break-in at DNC?

Insurgents carry Iraq attacks affiliated w/ radical Muslim groups believe that invasion

Supply-side economists believed that tax cuts would result in

Many Americans resented high ___ they had to pay for New Deal/Great Society programs

Medicare is for

In 1968 antiwar protesters and police clashed outside the

Why did the US launch a war in Afghanistan/defeat its Taliban gov't?

_______ argued tht inflation was caused by too much money in circulation

The Pentagon Papers revealed that

Busing began a wave of opposition from many whites, response-taking kids out of public schools

Between 1986 and 2006 the number of unauthorized immigrants to the US

Laborers from Mexico entered into short term employment contracts in the Southwest

Some opponents of bilingualism argued that

The first practical and affordable home computer was the

By the end of the 70s, members of a new conservative coalition share a common belief that

To get the economy moving, JFK pushed for a

To soothe the concerns of Protestants during the campaign, Kennedy spoke in support of

Who founded conservative magazine National Review and helped revive conservative ideas in US?

Members of the counterculture movement were mostly

Support for Iraq war declined when fighting dragged on longer than most Americans expected/when

In 1965, the Supreme Court outlawed state bans on contraceptives for married couples in

The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 attacked unemployment and ____ as major causes of poverty

Many conservatives believe that most social problems can be solved through

President Johnson refused to allow a full-scale attack on the Ho Chi Minh Trail because

North Vietnam received military weapons and other support from the Soviet Union and

A "superstation" was a new innovation in

In the '08 campaign, Obama formed a strong grassroots network of young supporters/made good use

During the 1960 presidential campaign, Nixon warned that the Democrat's fiscal policies would

To gain Southern support, Nixon promised several things to the powerful South Carolina senator,

A rock festival that drew hundreds of thousands of people in 1969 was at

Affirmative action was initially proposed to improve the economic status of

The Office of Economic Opportunity was a major part of Johnson's

Bush's admin., advocates of immi. reform supported expanded quotas thro guest-worker program +

Quotes shortened, HW Bush promised Americans he would continue Reagan's policies by stating,

President Kennedy was assassinated in the city of

The 1978 Panama Canal treaties transferred control of the Panama Canal from

Investigations into the Iran-Contra Scandal revealed that Reagan had

In 1959, ____ overthrew the corrupt Cuban dictator

Which president established the President's Commission on the Status of Women?

When President Kennedy entered office, the Democrats

Amendment that protects against unreasonable search and seizure with need to increase security

Which of the following is true about JFK's administration?

JFK expanded the US

What showed on 6.23.72, 6 days post WG burglary, Nixon ordered CIA to stop FBI's investigation

the 1960s youth movement challenge the American political and social system and conventional

The right to remain silent is one part of an individual's

One outspoken critic of the Equal Rights Amendment was

The Immi. Reform/Control Act of 1986 strengthened border, set up amnesty process to illegals +

The big change in abortion laws came with the 1973 Supreme Court decision in

JFK became the first US president who followed the ______ religion

The Other America inspired Lyndon Johnson to make the elimination of ______ a major policy goal

Latinos wanted _schools, the practice teaching immigrant students both native/ English language

By the 90s, many companies allowed employees to ___, or perform their jobs at home via computer

___ was a new sound of the '80s, with artist speaking rather than singing,

Which law led to long-term changes in the demographics of the American population?

To make good on his campaign promise to fight crime, Nixon targeted

Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Pete Seeger were popular ____ singers in the 1960s.

Problem arose for Johnson as news reports contradicted claims that enemy was on brink of defeat

In Vietnam, American troops fought a war of ___, defeat the enemy by wearing them down

As part of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, Nixon and Brezhnev agreed to

What country's troops returned to Vietnam in 1946 and drove Vietminh's forces into countryside

Nixon's decision to invade Cambodia angered Congress, resulting in

The National Organization for Women demanded

Affirmative action called for companies and institutions to

Clinton believed lowering interest rate would enable businesses/consumers borrow more money for

Repub. learned through Goldwater's pres. candidacy that the best way to attract Southern votes

During the Reagan presidency, illegal payments were made to the

Special fortified villages in South Vietnam were known as

What country did American troops invade in an effort to destroy Vietcong military bases there?

Supported high taxes on wealthy, to weaken the wealthy and keep society more equal

In 1994, who led congressional Republicans in proposing the Contract with America?

Before Reagan became governor of California, he was

OPEC announced that its members would embargo petroleum to countries that supported

The ___ reestablished some limits on executive power.

What are 'earmarks'?

The Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War, resulted in

How did the FBI conclude that the Watergate burglars were part of a Nixon re-election scheme?

Andrew Young was the first African American to serve as

What convinced JFK to establish the Pres. Commission on the Status of Women?

Which group helped to increase the political influence of seniors citizens?

In 1966, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta merged their organizations to form the

Who wrote the influential book The Other America?

As part of his Southern strategy, Nixon took steps to

During the economic boom in 90s, the US economy expanded, leading to balanced budget in '97 and

What amendment gave all citizens 18 and older the right to vote in all state/local elections