US History Spring Final-McKerr P-4

Question 1

"Don't trust anyone over 30" was the motto for this group of people.

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hippies

Question 2

The Montgomery Bus Boycott began with this woman refusing to give up her seat.

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Rosa Parks

Question 3

Which of these countries was NOT an Allied power during WWII?

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Spain

Question 4

This man was the Baptist minister that led the peaceful civil rights movement

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 5

Which of the following was NOT an aggressive nation leading up to WWII

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Botswana

Question 6

How did Germany violate the Treaty of Versailles after WWI?

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Military buildup

Question 7

Belief that Britain and France gave Hitler got want he wanted, it would lead to peace.

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appeasement

Question 8

Why did Truman believe we needed to step in and help South Korea in the Korean war?

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Prevent the spread of communism

Question 9

If one want high taxes on the rich and more social welfare programs, they are considered a

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liberal

Question 10

Nixon's plan to return the war to the South Vietnamese and slowly withdraw American soldiers

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Vietnamization

Question 11

Which country was initially ahead in the space race because of their satellite technology?

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USSR

Question 12

Which of the following groups was NOT a group victimized by the Holocaust

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Aryans

Question 13

Amendment that allowed Nixon to nominate Gerald Ford as the Vice President

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25th

Question 14

This act created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and ended segregation in public

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 15

This landmark SC Case said separate but equal had no place in education.

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Brown v. Board of Education

Question 16

Name for anti-war liberals who opposed LBJ's war plans

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doves

Question 17

Which of these countries was NOT a member of the Axis powers during WWII?

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Russia

Question 18

Major attack launched by Vietcong on Vietnam's new year.

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Tet Offensive

Question 19

Which of the following is the correct date for the D-Day invasion?

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June 6, 1944

Question 20

President Carter's major achievement in foreign policy with Israel and Egypt

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Camp David Accords

Question 21

Many college students and children of the wealthy received these to avoid the draft

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deferments

Question 22

This SC Case established "separate but equal" in the United States, beginning segregation.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 23

Which of the following groups did NOT see an expansion in workplace equality during WWII?

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Japanese Americans

Question 24

Select one of the cities that had atomic bombs dropped on them to force a Japanese surrender.

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Nagasaki, Hiroshima

Question 25

This was the date of the Pearl Harbor attack.

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December 7th, 1941

Question 26

SC case that rules Nixon did not have executive privilege in the Watergate scandal

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US v. Nixon

Question 27

In response to the Soviet blockade of Berlin, the USA, France and Britain launched this

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The Berlin Airlift

Question 28

Policy to give special consideration in employment and education for minorities and women

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Affirmative Action

Question 29

What theory made multiple presidents want to use military intervention in Vietnam?

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domino theory

Question 30

Major turning point to the war in Europe, Soviet forces defeated the Nazi war machine.

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Battle of Stalingrad

Question 31

Democratic nominee of the 1960 election, eventually assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald

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John F. Kennedy

Question 32

Economic problem of rising inflation and unemployment at the same time

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Stagflation

Question 33

These documents proved that the Johnson administration was not telling the truth about Vietnam

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Pentagon Papers

Question 34

Reagan's economic policy to cut taxes and deregulate businesses

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supply side economics

Question 35

CIA led mission to overthrow Castro in Cuba; failed miserably.

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Bay of Pigs

Question 36

What was the nickname given for May 7, 1945; when the Axis powers surrendered in Europe?

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V-E Day

Question 37

What event provoked Great Britain and France to finally declare war on Germany?

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Invasion of Poland

Question 38

Legislation to try and limit the President's power to wage war without Congress approval.

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War Powers Act

Question 39

JFK built up special forces so that the US could us a _________ response in conflicts.

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flexible

Question 40

Policy used by Nixon to reduce cold war tensions by dealing with adversaries directly

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Detente

Question 41

Segregation by LAW is known as

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De jure segregation

Question 42

Which country did the USA support to take Vietnam AFTER WWII?

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France

Question 43

Supply line for the Vietcong through Cambodia and Laos.

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Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 44

After the Shah of Iran came to the USA, This event shocked many Americans in Iran

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The Iranian Hostage Crisis

Question 45

This incident allowed Johnson to use military action against the North Vietnamese.

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Tonkin Gulf Incident

Question 46

Policy where the USA would "lend" military equipment to GB to fight WWII.

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Lend-Lease Act

Question 47

The closest the US came to full on nuclear warfare during the Cold War, ended peacefully

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 48

Whom was the Fascist dictator of Italy?

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Benito Mussolini

Question 49

This group of American's were rounded up and put in Internment camps b/c Executive Order 9066

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Japanese

Question 50

This was the leader of the radical Nation of Islam, who called for separation of the races.

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Malcolm X

Question 51

This was the visible symbol of the divide between capitalism and communism during the Cold War.

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Berlin Wall

Question 52

This university had shootings after the American invasion of Cambodia

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Kent State

Question 53

Many Americans did not want to get involved in the war prior to Pearl Harbor because they were

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Isolationist

Question 54

Code name for the project that created the atomic bomb

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Manhattan Project

Question 55

Term coined for the difference between Johnson's word and the media reports on Vietnam.

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Credibility gap

Question 56

This American military base was hit with a surprise attack by the Japanese.

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Pearl Harbor

Question 57

Which of the following did Hitler and the Nazi Party NOT promote in Germany?

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Going to the dentist

Question 58

Chinese civil war was won by the communist's led by this man

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Mao Zedong

Question 59

This act provided benefits for Veterans returning home from WWII

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G.I Bill of Rights

Question 60

These two countries signed the non aggression pact and agreed to secretly split Poland

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Germany-USSR

Question 61

Who was the Japanese General in charge of planning the Pearl Harbor Attack?

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Hideki Tojo

Question 62

Who was the communist dictator of the Soviet Union?

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Josef Stalin

Question 63

President Truman disagreed with this General's approach to the Korean War

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Douglas MacArthur

Question 64

Small village in Vietnam that Lt. Calley ordered an assault on civilians, killing hundreds.

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My Lai

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