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Spring Semester Review: It's Time To REALLY Show Out
Spring Semester Review: It's Time To REALLY Show Out
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So what do you remember about the Cold War to the Present Day?
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1
He's probably the
most hated person
in El Paso right now.
Vladimir Putin
Hamas
Hunter Biden
Suspected Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius
Dr. Anthony Fauci
Kamala Harris
2
Choose the "movie" nickname given to President Reagan's
Strategic Defense Initiative
program in 1984?
End Game
Build Back Better
Star Wars
A New Hope
New Deal
Iron Dome Defense
3
Who was not a part of the 1960's music revolution?
Elvis Presley
The Beetles
Peso Pluma
The Supremes
The Beach Boys
the Jackson 5
4
When
Rosa Parks
was confronted on the bus in
Montgomery, Alabama
, she chose to...
act non-violently, sit quietly and not make a fuss
claim that all bus drivers were racists and unfair
take out her phone and call her Pookie
text MLK for advice; she was unsure what to do on her own
fall to the floor shouting "I can't breath...!!!"
pull out her strap and start dropping fools
5
America fought the Vietnam War to stop the spread of what philosophy?
Republicanism
Chaos
Anarchy
Communism
Islam
Christianity
6
Roasting Time
! President Trump referred to this
North Korean
dictator as
"Little Rocket Man."
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Tekashi 69
Fidel Castro
Kim Jong Un
El Chapo
Vladimir Putin
7
Why did we use the
"domino theory"
to justify using military force?
It's a really fun game for the family to play
if one nation fell to communism, then others might fall too
we stop the use of fossil fuels
Their pizza is bomb!
to stop the spread of Islam
8
Civil Rights laws such as
Title IX (Title 9)
gave female athletes opportunities in the 1970's.
True
False
9
Which presidents used the
"policy of containment"
to justify stopping the spread of communism?
Ramirez, Dahmer, Epstein, Manson
Nixon, Ford and Jimmy Carter
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy (JFK)
Washington, John Adams and Jefferson
Obama, Trump, Biden
10
Which of the following
domestic issues
have occurred during the 5 past years?
a pandemic afffected all 50 states
ALL of these have occured in the past 5 years
House of Representatives drew Articles of Impeachment against a president
statues of General Lee, Lincoln, Jefferson and Roosevelt were torn down
these events are all lies
the Roe v Wade court case was overturned
11
In his 1987 speech, President Reagan told Russia to "TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" (Berlin Wall)
True
False
12
What is
detente
?
the relaxing of tension between governments
the relaxing of tension between nations
the relaxing of tension between countries
all of these are examples of detente
the relaxing of tension between rivals
13
Her husband had an affair; She was a First Lady, a Sec. of State and a presidential candidate in 2016. Who was she?
Hillary Clinton
Jackie Kennedy
Nancy Reagan
Kamala Harris
Cruella Deville
Sandra Day O'Connor
14
Technology has become a big part of the 2000's. What do the letters A.I. stand for?
Addittional Information
Ashy Imbecile
Artificial Interests
Artificial Intelligence
Army Intelligence
Automatic Interception
15
After the attacks on 9/11, the
Wounded Warrior Project
helped 1st responders and soldiers with PTSD.
False
True
16
Why was the
Iran-Contra Affair
of 1985 so scandalous?
it declared a War on Drugs that Nancy Reagan supported
access to nuclear warheads and launch codes were sent to Iraq
America sent $ to finance a war against Communists in Nicaragua
five hundred bags of tranq were stolen from El Chapo
it closed the Southern border of the United States
it ended the Berlin Airlift too soon
17
The USA won the Vietnam War.
False
True
18
Nixon used
detente
(the relaxing of military tension) with which
Cold War
rival of the USA?
Iran/Iraq
Russia/USSR
Cuba/Puerto Rico
the Moon (Luna)
Antartica
Mexico/Nicaragua
19
Secret recordings; bugging phones; an impeachment. These were related to what scandal in 1973?
the January 6th Insurrection
Clinton Impeachment
Boston Tea Party
Watergate scandal
the Zimmermann telegraph
Iran/Contra scandal
20
Sonya Sotomayor is a figure in U.S. history. She was the
first female
Supreme Court Justice. True or False?
False
True
21
In the mid 1970's, Arab nations reduced the supply of what
natural resource
in the United States?
electricity
oil
coal
wind power
the Allspark
steam
22
Which of these methods are used to make changes in United States government?
all of these are true
Acts of Congress
Supreme Court decisions
Constitutional amendments
none of these are true
the government can never be changed
23
Which location was a target of the terrorists on
September 11, 2001
?
Vatican City
Great Wall of China
AT&T Stadium
the Superdome
World Trade Center
Empire State Building
24
Choose the action
that led the United States to begin operation
Desert Storm
against Iraq in 1991?
Just Stop Oil supporters were captured
Iraqi computer geeks hacked into Game Stop game servers
crash of the Iraqi stock market
Iraq kidnapped 53 Americans and held them for 444 days
Iraq launched an attack against the Twin Towers in New York
Iraq invaded the oil-rich country of Kuwait
25
During the 2021 pandemic (Covid-19) there were no vaccines available. People were angry.
False
True
26
Freedom Riders, freedom marchers and sit-ins favored
violent
methods of protest.
False
True
27
In 1978 President Carter held the
Camp David Accords
to unite which 2 rivals?
Roe v. Wade
Russia and Ukraine
Turkey and Spain
Cuba and Puerto RIco
North America and South America
Egypt and Israel
28
During 2020, which of these products were
REALLY
hard to find in many stores?
bleach
Lysol spray
all of these
hand sanitizer
toilet paper
there were plenty of these products on ALL the store shelves
29
Whose tragic death in January of 2020 shocked the entire sports world.
Apollo Creed
Kobe Bryant
Patrick Mahomes
Steph Curry
Tom Brady
Tiger Woods
30
What domestic issue did
Nancy Reagan
inform us about?
Black Lives Matter
Just Stop Oil
Just Say No!
The New Green Deal
Save the Whales
MeToo movement
31
In the presidential election of 2000, the Florida results were disputed. Why was the outcome controversial?
a sudden third-party candidate, Ross Perot, claimed victory
Al Gore was accused of hacking the internet just days before
a Civil War had just been declared
Kanye West got involved again
the election was cancelled due to COVID
the Supreme Court determined that Bush was the winner
32
How did the presidential election of
2008
make history?
he was our first professional athlete to become president
first non citizen to become president
Kanye West was a close second
first African-American (Brotha) ever elected to the office
he was a third party candidate who won the nomination
first NBA player to become president
33
What event led to the USA Patriot Act, Dept. of Homeland Security and passport requirements?
the death of George Floyd in May of 2020
the sinking of the Maine on February 15, 1898
the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001
Kansas City cheating in the 2024 Superbowl
the assassination of JFK on November 22, 1963
the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
34
Who were the 2 OPPS during the
Iraq War
? (2003-2011)
Iraq and Palestine
USA and Germany
Iraq and Israel
USA and Israel
USA and Iraq
Nazi Germany and Russia
35
Who were these people and what war were they against?
Antifa/the War on Terror
Hippies/U.S. involvement in Vietnam
My Body/My Choice
Democrats/Republicans/Antifa
Black Lives Matter/the Po-Po
36
Cultural Diffusion is the sharing of ideas around the world. The internet has helped to speed up this process.
True
False
37
Bill Clinton
was
impeached
for having a sassy affair with Monica Lewinsky and Stormy Daniels in 1998.
True
False
38
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Microsoft and Twitter were made possible by contributions from which
inventors
?
these products don't exist anymore
ALL of them were contributors
Mark Zuckerberg
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Elon Musk
39
Who were the only
two presidents
to hold office during the 1980's? Here's one of them.
JFK and Johnson
Ford and Carter
Reagan and George H.W. Bush
Washington and Lincoln
40
Besides Blacks, which
other groups
have benefitted from the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
women
LGBTQ Americans
Hispanic-Americans
all of these groups have benefitted
Native Americans
no one has EVER benefitted from Civil Rights legislation
41
In 2005, the failure of levees led to hurricane
Katrina
flooding New Orleans.
False
True