Spring 2024 USH Semester Exam Review

One reason the 2008 presidential election was historically significant is that it was the first time

Which civil rights leader also became the first black American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

One major goal of President Reagan was

The fall of the Berlin Wall represented

Which constitutional issue was debated after the release of the Pentagon Papers?

Bill Clinton became the second president in U.S. history to be

What has been the most lasting effect of Watergate?

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 led the federal government to pass the

Who claimed responsibility for the September 11^th terrorist attacks?

 According to the theory of supply-side economics, raising taxes is the first step towards creating a healthy economy.

This quotation illustrates the action of the Supreme Court to

Based on the reasoning in this directive, why did the United States become involved in the Persian Gulf War in 1991?

Which Soviet action led to the threat illustrated on this map?

What was one result of the activism shown in these photographs?

The results of the Election of 2000 are controversial because

Which woman was the first Hispanic Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?

What was the goal of Nixon’s policy of détente?

Lines for gas such as the one in this photograph resulted from

Which Soviet leader introduced the reforms of glasnost and perestroika?

What is the main idea of this cartoon?

Which postwar law is this poster illustrating?

Which of the following was the purpose of the War Powers Act of 1973?

What was President Kennedy’s response to Soviet plans to install nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962?

The term “McCarthyism” is sometimes used to describe

Cesar Chavez, Hector Garcia, and Betty Friedan were all similar in that they all

Which event of 1948-1949 is illustrated by the cartoon?

The Camp David Accords, negotiated by President Carter, were significant because they led to:

The major goal of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s was to:

The Marshall Plan discouraged the spread of Communism in Europe by restoring economic stability.

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the United States was able to

The Gulf of Tonkin resolution gave the President the ability to take action in SE Asia.

How did the approach of the Black Panthers differ from the methods used by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

NATO was created in response to concerns about

How were these rights formally obtained?

What factor links all of these modern innovations?

The main reason why the US became involved in the Vietnam War was the domino theory.

The Truman Doctrine was originally designed to

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in an effort to correct

The 38^th Parallel became an important dividing line between...

The sending of federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine showed the govt would enforce court decisions.

The Rosenberg Trial of the 1950s was similar to the Sacco and Vanzetti Trial of the 1920s in that

Which of the following resulted from the U.S.- led military coalition's engagement in the Persian Gulf War?

What policy did Nixon use to remove US troops from Vietnam without abandoning their country to communism?