US History Spring Review--Part 2 Flashcards

1

What leader was to be overthrown during the Bay of Pigs?

Castro
Ho Chi Minh
Chamberlain
Stalin

2

In relation to what did Nixon claim he had“executive privilege”?

breaking into Democratic Headquarters
threatening the USSR
resigning
not turning over tapes of Oval Office conversations

3

What was the most significant foreignpolicy achievement of the Carter presidency?

Iran Hostage Crisis
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
SALT II
Camp David Accords

4

What nation did Nixon want to improverelations with?

Vietnam
USSR
China
Germany

5

Which was NOT a personality traits valued by baby-boomers?

Spontaniety
Spirituality
Youth
Conformity

6

What was Eisenhower's Domino Theory?

peace time draft
containment of communism
way to end WWII
way to stop Japan

7

Who won the 1968 presidential election?

Ford
Kennedy
Nixon
Carter

8

What state had the disputed election in 2000?

Ohio
Florida
New York
California

9

What are “Reaganomics”?

tax cuts
tax increases for the rich
tax increases
tax cuts for the rich

10

How did Kennedy stop the Russian missile bases from being installed?

Negotiations
Embargo
Threat of war
Naval Blockade

11

Who started the EPA?

Nixon
Johnson
Ford
Kennedy

12

Who was Kennedy's Vice President?

Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson

13

Why did Saddam Hussein attack Kuwait?

take over oil fields
he didn't
Kuwait had much needed water
they attacked first

14

What music stars died of drug overdosesand made people realize drugs are dangerous?

Cobain & Hendrix
Joplin & Presley
Hendrix & Prince
Hendrix & Joplin

15

Who shot JFK?

Lyndon Johnson
Aaron Burr
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth

US History Spring Review--Part 2

Questions 15

US History Spring Review--Part 2

Questions 15