2nd semester final review

Which of the following created hydroelectric dams in the South that gave the area jobs, flood control, and electricity.

This black man won a federal court case allowing him to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962?

This chemical destroyed foliage in Vietnam in an effort to the expose the enemy?

The belief that Countries on the brink of Communism would fall to communism if Vietnam fell was the ________ theory?

Nixon was the first president to be removed from office by Congress.

A conglomerate is a large corporation that owns and operates many different types of businesses

During George H. W. Bush’s presidency the US went to war to remove the Iraqi Army from:

What is the Congressional Resolution that gave Johnson the authority to escalate the number of troops in Vietnam?

President Nixon established the Environmental Protection Agency.

Which of these is NOT a classic film from the 1930s:

In the Iran-Contra scandal the United states sold weapons to Iran to fund:

Carter pardoned Richard Nixon of all wrong doing in the Watergate crisis.

This Senator claimed before Congress that he had a list of 205 people that were Communist in the State Department.

What militant Islamic group took power in Iraq and Syria after the withdrawal of US troops in 2012 and 2013?

Bill Clinton was Republican.

Vietnam gained its independence from China.

Nixon’s Southern Strategy was an attempt to expand Civil Rights in the South.

This black man led the NAACP to many legal victories challenging segregation in the 1950s and 60s:

This General led Allied troops in the Pacific, retreated from the Philippines, but kept his promised to return.

Franklin Roosevelt is the only president to serve more than two terms.

Tensions between the US and the Soviet Union became icy at this conference at the end of World War II:

Which of these is NOT a Jazz Musician of the 1920s?

WWII boosted America's economy and brought it out of the Great Depression.

This was an ethically “German” Area that Hitler annexed peacefully before World War II:

Franklin Roosevelt consistently disagreed with Economist John Maynard Keynes about deficit spending.

Unemployment during the Depression was around: 50% 2% 25% 10%

President Johnson’s programs designed to make a more equitable nation were called:

Which Supreme Court Chief Justice led the Court to promote individual rights over strict constitutionalism.

Which of these was NOT a celebrity in the 1920s?

The Beat Movement was a artistic movement that celebrated the suburban values of the 1950s.

The New Deal successfully ended the Great Depression.

Roosevelt’s “Fireside Chats” were his means of:

Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were both assassinated in what year:

This is the name of the surprise Allied invasion of Normandy:

Who became President following Kennedy’s assassination?

During the Bush (W's) administration which of these significantly was reformed (changed):

In the years following the 9/11 attacks the United States went to war in what two countries:

President Obama celebrated the legalization of homosexual marriage in what supreme Court case?

Which of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt’s presidency?

Nixon was the first President to visit Russia and China while in office.

Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister of England during WWII.

This “Silent” 1920s President said, “The Business of America is Business:”

Which of the following New Deal programs was directly responsible for creating new jobs?

Who served as the President of the United Sates from 1993 to 2001?

During the Obama administration which of these significantly was reformed (changed):

Which of the following is NOT true of the Scopes Trial?

Martin Luther King Jr. drew inspiration for his ideas of protest from all of the following EXCEPT:

Who was the controversial Conservative African American that Bush appointed to the Supreme Court?

Hoover responded to the Great Depression in all of the following ways EXCEPT

The Dust Bowl was a series of storms in the Great Plains caused by a combination of:

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the conservative tide of the 1980s?

This man organized Latino Farm workers to unionize and gain better pay and treatment?

Which of the following was responsible for lowering production and killing livestock.

Adolph Hitler was the Communist leader of the Soviet Union during World War II:

Chamberlain was the British Prime Minister known for his policy of appeasing Hitler’s desire for more land.

Which of the following of Roosevelt’s ideas failed to become law?

Francisco Franco was the Fascist leader if Italy during WWII.

During the Watergate scandal, the Nixon administration mysteriously “lost” 18 ½ minutes of subpoenaed audio tape.

In what Supreme Court case did the Court decide to apply the bill of rights to matters of local law enforcement?

This man led the Nationalist government of China and fled to Taiwan

Which country was forced to accept war guilt and pay reparations as a result of World War I?

Which of the following is true of Presidents Harding and Coolidge?

This program provided money for retirement and disability:

Ho Chi Minh was the communist leader of North Vietnam.

Who served as the President of the United Sates from 2009-2017?

Who won the Election of 1932?

What Supreme Court case in 1896 established racial segregation all over the South?

Who served as the President of the United Sates from 2001 - 2009?

This college student led a movement of students to continue the Freedom Rides after a bus in Anniston, AL was bombed?

Mr. Lytle is a great history teacher.

The Red Scare in the United States (1918-1920) was a reaction to what event overseas?

Bill Clinton was impeached for:

Gerald Ford became president after Nixon’s downfall.

Nixon called the moderate (non-hippie) Americans the __________ __________?

Robert Kennedy was the Democratic Party’s Dove candidate in 1968, but was assassinated.

During the Clinton administration which of these significantly was reformed (changed):

Gorbachev’s policies of glasnost and perestroika meant:

This is the term for Communist insurgents in South Vietnam?

Rachael Carson’s Silent Spring was a persuasive attack on the leftist tendencies of the Environmental movement.

Which of these is NOT a famous author of the 1920s?

Approximately when did the Great Recession (housing market collapse) happen?

Carter gave the US built Panama Canal to the Country of Panama.

What was the failed invasion to overthrow Castro’s Cuba called?

What incident sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Which of these is NOT true of the Reagan’s administration?

Which of the following is NOT true of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti:

Rapid suburbanization in the 1950s was the result of all the following EXCEPT:

Truman’s ambitious economic program was called:

This American led operation Torch and was Supreme Commander of the Allied forces:

Douglas MacArthur was fired after his public disagreement with Truman over taking the Korean War into this Country:

The Truman Doctrine advocated sending troops into to support democracy over communism in all of the following EXCEPT:

Hoover and Congress responded to the financial crisis by:

What Supreme Court case in 1954 essentially overturned this ruling in question above?

Which of these is NOT true of the Equal Rights Amendment?

Who served as the President of the United Sates from 1993 to 2001?

Which of these was an attempt to Reform the economy by instilling confidence in the Nation's Banks.

What Great Society Program provides medical assistance for the poor?

This term is associated with Jerry Falwell and conservative Christian voters in the 1980s:

The First major Southern City to integrate was:

This Segregationist split the Democratic Party in 1968 by winning several Southern states.