The election of 2000 was historically significant because

he Supreme Court intervened and decided the outcome.

Supply-side economics , also called "Reaganomics," rested on

using tax cuts for the wealthy to stimulate investment

Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential victory can be attributed to

Americans’ frustrations over US declining prosperity & power

Why did President Ford pardon Nixon a month after Ford took office in 1973?

He wanted the country to move on from Watergate.

President Bill Clinton was officially impeached in 1998 for

perjury and obstruction of justice.

In the 1960s and 1970s, gender equity was most effectively advanced by

Educational gains resulting from passage of Title IX.

The profits from the secret sale of arms to Iran in the 1980s were used to

aid the Contras, a rebel group in Nicaragua.

Which of the following posed a major stumbling block to Bill Clinton’s political agenda?

Republican control of the House and Senate

What was the U.S. Congress trying to achieve when it passed the USA Patriot Act in 2001?

The suspension of civil liberties to combat terrorism.

The "Space Race" between the US and the USSR began after

the USSR launched Sputnik, the first space satellite.

Which of the following was NOT an element of US policy in the Middle East btwn 1945 and 1980?

U.S. support for indigenous Arab nationalist movements

Which of the following statements characterizes the economic consequences of the Vietnam War?

It created a severe inflationary spiral in the 1970s.

Which group of nations signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993?

The United States, Mexico, and Canada

The GI Bill (1944) stimulated the American economy by

subsidizing higher education & financing mortgages.

Which pair best shows the division of LBJ's attempts to eliminate poverty & contain Communism?

The Great Society and the policy of escalation in Vietnam

Which of the following provoked the greatest fear of internal Communist threats?

The hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee

What was a political consequence of Democratic Party’s embrace of civil rights in the 1960s?

Many southern whites left to join the Republican Party.

Congress passed the 1973 War Powers Act to limit executive authority in part as a response to

Johnson’s unchecked escalation of the Vietnam War

Which of the following precipitated a crisis in American-Iranian relations in 1979?

American support for the deposed shah of Iran

Between 1950 and 1980, working women

increased in number as social & cultural attitudes changed.

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1
The election of 2000 was historically significant because
for the first time, a 3rd-party candidate swayed the result.
he Supreme Court intervened and decided the outcome.
it was the first time the Solid South voted Republican.
it had the highest voter turnout since 1968.
2
What NAACP attorney argued the case that overturned school segregation in Brown v. Board?
Stokely Carmichael
Thurgood Marshall
John Lewis
A. Phillip Randolph
3
Which of the following was most characteristic of the cultural conformity of the 1950s?
Steady domestic migration to rural America
Middle-class suburbanization
Racial integration following the Brown ruling
A decline in higher educational opportunities
4
Supply-side economics , also called "Reaganomics," rested on
increasing the money supply with lower interest rates.
balancing the federal budget as the highest priority.
using tax cuts for the wealthy to stimulate investment
stimulating the economy by increasing federal spending.
5
Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential victory can be attributed to
his handling of the hostage crisis during his first term.
Americans’ frustrations over US declining prosperity & power
Americans’ frustrations over the Iran-Contra affair.
the ineptitude of his predecessor, Gerald Ford.
6
Why did President Ford pardon Nixon a month after Ford took office in 1973?
Putting Nixon on trial would damage national security.
Nixon was depressed and suicidal.
Nixon had been punished enough by having to resign.
He wanted the country to move on from Watergate.
7
President Bill Clinton was officially impeached in 1998 for
sexual harassment.
gross misconduct.
perjury and obstruction of justice.
adultery.
8
All were attempts to address the prevalence and persistence of poverty in the U.S. EXCEPT
the Head Start program.
Medicare and Medicaid.
the Southern Strategy.
the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
9
In the 1960s and 1970s, gender equity was most effectively advanced by
Allowing women to assume combat roles in the military.
The successful ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Educational gains resulting from passage of Title IX.
Successfully closing the income gap with equal pay laws.
10
Which of the following was the central theme of Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy?
American control over the sources of imported oil
Use of covert military action to overthrow communist regimes
Economic aid to non-Communist countries
A commitment to human rights
11
Which is NOT a reaction to Watergate and attempts to limit the authority of the president?
The Freedom of Information Act
Campaign spending limits
Presidential term limits
Public campaign financing
12
The profits from the secret sale of arms to Iran in the 1980s were used to
aid the Contras, a rebel group in Nicaragua.
finance President Reagan’s re-election campaign.
contribute to the suppression of radical Islamic groups.
bolster Kuwait’s defenses against Iraq.
13
Which region’s nationalist movements presented the greatest challenge to U.S. Cold War goals?
Africa
Southeast Asia
Eastern Europe
The Middle East
14
Which of the following posed a major stumbling block to Bill Clinton’s political agenda?
An increasingly troubled economy
The president’s moderate approach to liberal reforms
Republican control of the House and Senate
The Supreme Court
15
What was the U.S. Congress trying to achieve when it passed the USA Patriot Act in 2001?
Increased revenue to fund the war on terrorism.
New civil liberties protections for American citizens
New civil liberties protections for American-born Muslims
The suspension of civil liberties to combat terrorism.
16
Malcolm X embraced confrontational tactics in civil rights and was affiliated with which group?
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
The Black Panthers
The Black Muslims
17
The "Space Race" between the US and the USSR began after
the Soviet Union exploded its first nuclear device.
JFK called for the US to put a man on the moon.
President Eisenhower signed the Outer Space Exploration Act.
the USSR launched Sputnik, the first space satellite.
18
Which represented the largest post-WWII effort to bolster economies of non-Communist nations?
The League of Nations
The Truman Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
19
Which of the following was NOT an element of US policy in the Middle East btwn 1945 and 1980?
Consistent U.S. financial and military support for Israel
U.S. support for indigenous Arab nationalist movements
U.S. intervention in the Suez Crisis in Egypt
The Camp David peace accords between Egypt and Israel
20
Which of the following statements characterizes the economic consequences of the Vietnam War?
Led to a 20% increase on individual & corporate income taxes
It consumed half the gross nat'l product than all of WWII.
It created a severe inflationary spiral in the 1970s.
The War had almost no adverse economic consequences.
21
Nixon called his supporters who favored traditional family values & an end to liberal politics
The Silent Majority
New Republicans
Dixiecrats
Working-Class Patriots
22
Which group of nations signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993?
The United States, Mexico, and Canada
The United States, Cuba, and Panama
Jamaica, Haiti, and the United States
Mexico, the United States, and Haiti
23
The GI Bill (1944) stimulated the American economy by
subsidizing higher education & financing mortgages.
giving states millions of $$$ to build public universities.
granting protection to labor unions founded by veterans.
allowing unemployed veterans to rejoin the military for pay.
24
Which of the following is true of the Reagan presidency?
Reagan’s policies reduced homelessness.
The national debt tripled.
The gap between rich and poor narrowed.
Federal aid to poor families increased.
25
Which pair best shows the division of LBJ's attempts to eliminate poverty & contain Communism?
The Great Society and the policy of escalation in Vietnam
Medicare and increased funding for Appalachia
The Christmas bombing of Hanoi and “Vietnamization”
The Federal Assistance Plan and détente
26
Which of the following provoked the greatest fear of internal Communist threats?
President Eisenhower’s allegations of Communist subversion
The influence of Communist professors on US college campuses
The arrests of hundreds of spies in the federal government
The hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee
27
President Eisenhower authorized CIA agents to undermine Mohammad Mossadegh’s political power to
protect Western oil interests.
hinder an alliance between Iranian & Vietnamese communists.
inhibit the growth of radical Islam.
apply the domino theory to the Middle East.
28
What was a political consequence of Democratic Party’s embrace of civil rights in the 1960s?
The growth of powerful independent and third parties.
The New Deal coalition was strengthened.
Many southern whites left to join the Republican Party.
Race was no longer an issue in elections by the 1970s.
29
Congress passed the 1973 War Powers Act to limit executive authority in part as a response to
Kennedy’s actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nixon’s policy of “Vietnamization”
Johnson’s unchecked escalation of the Vietnam War
Eisenhower’s policy of brinksmanship
30
Which of the following precipitated a crisis in American-Iranian relations in 1979?
American support for the deposed shah of Iran
Iranian terrorist activity in the United States
A Communist revolution in Iran
President Carter’s criticism of the Iranian secret police
31
This SC decision recognized the right to privacy & protected women’s access to birth control.
Bakke v. University of California
Millken v. Bradley
Roe v. Wade
Griswold v. Connecticut
32
Between 1950 and 1980, working women
received little help from the federal gov't for equal pay.
dramatically declined in numbers because of the baby boom.
increased in number as social & cultural attitudes changed.
were excluded from protection of the Civil Rights Act (1964)

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