US History Spring Final Review

What was Gerald Ford's most famous act as president?

Which type of protests did Civil Rights leaders advocate for in the 1960s?

The theory of giving tax cuts and business incentives from the top-down is known as?

The US feared a communist take-over of South Vietnam because of a fear known as what?

In which year did the Soviet Union officially collapse?

The Soviet test of A. Bomb and Communist revolution led to which act?

What was an example of containment?

What program was created to help veterans with attending college, job training, and loans?

What was the series of major Vietcong attacks throughout South Vietnam during 1968 called?

Who won the popular vote of the 2000 presidential election?

Who led the nation into the Digital Age

What event caused Richard Nixon to resign the presidency?

What did Brown vs Board of Education declare was illegal?

What is NAFTA an acronym for?

Which event showed Americans that the nation was becoming increasingly dependent on foreign oil

What did the 26th amendment do?

Who was president when the NSC secretly diverted money to support Nicaraguan rebels?

Which Republican from California dominated the politics of the 1980s?

Which president had two articles of impeachment brought against him in 1998?

Which Wisconsin Senator was made famous for his outrageous accusations about Communists?

What was the effect of the Soviet Union detonating an atomic bomb and Chinese the revolution?

Programs that give preferences to minorities and women in hiring and admissions is called?

The United States created NASA in 1957 in response to which act?

Which two Civil Rights icons began their career with the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?

Who gave the famous "I have a Dream Speech?"

Which program was designed to help end the spread of communism across the globe?

Which group of individuals were most likely to protest the Vietnam War?

Who is the world's greatest Super Hero?

What famous event happened in Europe on November 9, 1989?

Which supreme court struck down laws that banned abortions?

Johnson wanted to fight poverty, clean the environment and civil rights with what program?

The 13 billion dollar project to rebuild Western Europe from 1948 to 1951 was known as:

Who won the 1988 Presidential Election, becoming the first sitting VP to do so in a century?

Which terrorist group carried out the attacks of September 11, 2001

Which president reestablished the US relationship with China in 1972?

Who broke the color barrier in baseball in 1947?

Which Eastern Asian Conflict did the US enter in 1950, to prevent the spread of communism?

Winston Churchill called the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe by what name?

Which disease discovered in 1981, is caused by human immunodeficiency virus?

Which orginization was created 1945 to help prevent further wars?

The time period after WWII that is marked by high tension and nuclear threat is known as?

What country were the two bombers of the OKC bombing from?

Which failed attempt at a coup of the Fidel Castro was an embarrassment for Kennedy?

What were the goals of the New Right, an ultra conservative effort in the 1970s?

In 1989 several dozen Americans were taken hostage at the American embassy in which country?

What was the name of the flight that first landed on the moon?

In which country did Operation Desert Storm take place?

In which city was there a terrorist attack that left 241 US Marines dead in 1983?

The two decades following WWII are marked by high birthrates, what is this known as?

At which University were protestors fired upon by federal troops in 1970?

President Johnson created the Warren Commission to investigate what event?

What did the 24th amendment do?

Which 50s president warned of the "military-industrial complex."

In October 1962, the US and Soviet Union nearly went to war during which event in Cuba?

Who agreed to allow for free elections in Poland at the Yalta Conference?