What inspired the rights movements of the early 70's like the feminist and gay rights movements

The activism of the Civil Rights Movement

Bill Clinton was impeached due to

lying under oath about having sexual relations with an intern

Redlining refers to bad ratings given by the government to neighborhoods with minorities that prevented them from...

Low interest home loans in the suburbs

The main reason realpolitik was needed by the 1970’s was that

The U.S. & USSR were no longer the sole economic & military powers

Which is one of the reasons the Clinton Administration was limited in its actions against Al Qaeda in the late 1990s?

Republicans thought he was only using it to distract from his impeachment

The year long Montgomery Bus Boycott succeeded largely due to which of the following?

The organization and perseverance within the black community

The term Watergate in reference to Richard Nixon refers to

The series of scandals that surfaced in the Senate after the break-in

In Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court decided that the Florida recount

Should be ended and Bush was the winner

The FBI program known as COINTELPRO was designed to

Disrupt Black and liberal protest groups

The “malaise speech” given by President Jimmy Carter referred to what sentiment in American society in the 1970’s?

Americans felt we had lost our former ideals & purpose & we were in a rut

The Tet Offensive in 1968 had what effect on popular support for the Vietnam War?

decreased because it looked like we weren't in control like we said we were

Which of the following DID NOT add to tensions in Detroit prior to the 1967 riot?

an increasing number of sex crimes in the city against white women

According to Richard Nixon, The Silent Majority were

The average working class Americans who were fed up with protests

During the Cold War arms race, what was the missile gap?

The difference in nuke totals between the US and USSR

How did businesses and middle class citizens react to the riots in Newark, Watts, and Detroit in between 1965 and 1967?

They began to move out of urban areas in large numbers

Domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh was a

right wing militant who thought the government had become too powerful

In the early 1980s, evangelical Christians would have been most likely to support a policy to

promote traditional values in society.

One thing Ronald Reagan brought back to America that had been lacking was

a sense of national pride and positivity

The Brown v. The Board of Education decision...

Desegregated public schools throughout the U.S.

In the Saturday Night Massacre, Richard Nixon obstructed justice by

firing 2 attorney generals and the special prosecutor for Watergate

The Beats or Beatniks were artists in the 1950s who rejected...

The conformist society of the 50's

Kent State, Jackson State and the Hard Hat riot were in reaction to which of the following?

The U.S. invasion and bombing of Cambodia

Which of the following was not an accomplishment during the Clinton Administration

Airport safety issues had been increased to safeguard against terrorists

In late 1970's and the early 2000's the U.S. auto industry failed to

change with changes in consumer demand

JFK proposed his civil rights bill in the summer of 1963 mainly due to negative international coverage of what event?

The Birmingham Children's March

What was the primary goal of President Richard Nixon’s foreign policy of détente?

improving political relations with China and the USSR

What caused the national debt to increase throughout the 1980s?

Military spending & deregulation leading to less tax revenue

What was the reason the United States became involved in the Korean War?

They did not want South Korea to become a communist state

What was a DOMESTIC consequence of LBJ’s decision to increase United States military involvement in Vietnam?

Spending on the war cut spending on Great Society programs

In order to avoid war with the USSR over the Berlin Blockade of 1948, President Harry Truman took what action?

The U.S. airlifted supplies into West Berlin over the Soviet blockade

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1
The U.S. economic aid package to rebuild Europe after WWII was called...
The Marshall Plan
The Berlin Airlift
The American Curtain
The Western European Financial Stability plan of 1945
2
What inspired the rights movements of the early 70's like the feminist and gay rights movements
The increase in higher education alone
The growth of a consumer culture
The success of the New Deal
The activism of the Civil Rights Movement
3
Bill Clinton was impeached due to
lying under oath about having sexual relations with an intern
Having sexual relations with an intern
trafficking interns for sexually related purposes
tweeting about having sexual relations with an intern
4
The U.S. went to war with Saddam Hussein in the early 1990s because...
He attacked Israel
He aided Afghanistan
He was selling weapons to terrorists
He invaded Kuwait
5
Redlining refers to bad ratings given by the government to neighborhoods with minorities that prevented them from...
getting proper representation in Congress
voting
Low interest home loans in the suburbs
denying others their human rights
6
What did Winston Churchill call the dividing line between free and communist Europe?
The Iron Curtain
The Buffer Zone
The Berlin Wall
The Red Menace
7
The modern era of mass shootings began with
Columbine
Virginia Tech Shooting
Parkland, Florida
Aurora, Colorado
8
The Warren Commission decided that JFK was killed by
The CIA
The mob and the Cubans
1 man, Lee Harvey Oswald
kindness
9
The main reason realpolitik was needed by the 1970’s was that
The war in Vietnam had gone on for far too long
China began surpassing both the U.S. and the USSR in military production
The U.S. & USSR were no longer the sole economic & military powers
The U.S. and the USSR were on the verge of nuclear war
10
In the end, all of Vietnam became a communist country
True
False
11
What Supreme Court decision made abortion legal in the first trimester or until fetal viability?
Roe v. Wade
Gideon v. Wainwright
Escobedo v. Illinois
Miranda v. Arizona
12
Which is one of the reasons the Clinton Administration was limited in its actions against Al Qaeda in the late 1990s?
Al Qaeda was still an ally of ours
We didn’t know who Bin Laden or Al Qaeda at that point
There was a strong sense of respect for Arab culture in the U.S.
Republicans thought he was only using it to distract from his impeachment
13
The murder of 3 civil rights workers during Freedom Summer led to the passage of...
The Civil Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act
The MLK Act of 1965
The 22nd Amendment
14
True or False: Nixon resigned from office before the Senate could hold the impeachment trial.
True
False
15
What event led to the escalation of U.S. combat troops in Vietnam under President Lyndon Johnson?
The Tet Offensive
The My Lai Massacre
The Kent State Shooting
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
16
The year long Montgomery Bus Boycott succeeded largely due to which of the following?
The organization and perseverance within the black community
Alabama denounced segregation after mob violence broke out
Violent protests within the black community
Political pressure caused by a mass march on Washington
17
The term Watergate in reference to Richard Nixon refers to
Nixon's plans to limit water to the Southwest
The series of scandals that surfaced in the Senate after the break-in
Only the break in at the Watergate Office Complex
A sex scandal involving Richard Nixon
18
In Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court decided that the Florida recount
Should be continued and Bush was the winner
A) Should be ended and Gore was the winner
Should be ended and Bush was the winner
Should be continued and Gore was the winner
19
Who is the biggest clown
Michael Karoomi
Younes Massiri
Tameem Uddin
Angleo Denha
20
The FBI program known as COINTELPRO was designed to
Stop leaks of information at the White House
Disrupt Republican fundraising efforts
Prevent the spread of militarism throughout the country
Disrupt Black and liberal protest groups
21
De jure segregation means segregation by __________; De facto segregation is segregation by ____________
law/custom
custom/law
hatred/love
whites/blacks
22
The “malaise speech” given by President Jimmy Carter referred to what sentiment in American society in the 1970’s?
Americans were concerned about segregation in the South
Americans felt we had lost the Cold War
Americans felt we had lost our former ideals & purpose & we were in a rut
Americans felt we were a strong and peaceful nation
23
The Tet Offensive in 1968 had what effect on popular support for the Vietnam War?
decreased because it looked like we weren't in control like we said we were
decreased because the Vietcong won
increased support because the U.S. military defeated the Vietcong
it increased support because U.S. forces invaded Hanoi
24
Which of the following DID NOT add to tensions in Detroit prior to the 1967 riot?
The job market was very racially biased
Expressways were built through black neighborhoods
an increasing number of sex crimes in the city against white women
redlining and unfair FHA loans helped whites not blacks
25
Which of the following people was NOT assassinated in the 1960's
Robert Kennedy
Malcolm X
Spiro Agnew
Martin Luther King
26
The following political cartoon is referencing what political event?
Watergate
The HUAC Hearings
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Vietnam War
27
According to Richard Nixon, The Silent Majority were
Midwestern white people
The African American population
The elderly Americans who were largely forgotten by the baby boomers
The average working class Americans who were fed up with protests
28
During the Cold War arms race, what was the missile gap?
The gap in US defenses nukes could get through
Gaps in military spending that could go toward nukes
The difference in nuke totals between the US and USSR
The difference between nukes and normal bombs
29
How did businesses and middle class citizens react to the riots in Newark, Watts, and Detroit in between 1965 and 1967?
They began to move out of urban areas in large numbers
The moved to reject racism and create a peaceful world
They secluded themselves within urban areas to avoid future violence
They decided to work closer with the poor in the community
30
Domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh was a
leader at the forefront of a new era of freedom in America
guy who was brainwashed by Middle Eastern terrorists
right wing militant who thought the government had become too powerful
left wing Antifa radical
31
In the early 1980s, evangelical Christians would have been most likely to support a policy to
spread the word of God to minority populations
legalize the sale and use of marijuana.
promote traditional values in society.
increase government regulation of business.
32
One thing Ronald Reagan brought back to America that had been lacking was
Tax breaks for average middle class Americans
Racial hatred
a sense of national pride and positivity
Social programs to help pull the poor out of poverty
33
The Brown v. The Board of Education decision...
Desegregated everything in the south
Led to the segregation of public schools
Desegregated public schools throughout the U.S.
Only made school bus segregation illegal
34
In the Saturday Night Massacre, Richard Nixon obstructed justice by
Replacing members of the Supreme Court
Firing the Watergate burglars
firing 2 attorney generals and the special prosecutor for Watergate
Firing Haldeman and Ehrlichman
35
Which Supreme Court case requires police officers to read you your rights and make sure you understand them?
Roe v. Wade
Gideon v. Wainwright
Miranda v. Arizona
Escobedo v. Illinois
36
The Beats or Beatniks were artists in the 1950s who rejected...
Art and music
The conformist society of the 50's
The capitalist system
American's who couldn't prove they weren't communist
37
Kent State, Jackson State and the Hard Hat riot were in reaction to which of the following?
The Tet Offensive
The U.S. invasion and bombing of Cambodia
The break-in at the Watergate Office Complex
The My Lai Massacre
38
Which of the following was not an accomplishment during the Clinton Administration
The federal budget was balanced
Airport safety issues had been increased to safeguard against terrorists
Homeownership reached it's highest level in U.S. history
The deficit was erased
39
Deregulation of the financial industry led to what in 2008 at the end of G.W. Bush's 2nd term?
The unemployment rate lowering by 50%
The Great Recession
The War on Terror
The national debt lowered by 50%
40
In late 1970's and the early 2000's the U.S. auto industry failed to
create cars that were safe in any way
change with changes in consumer demand
bring many Americans into the middle class
develop fast muscle cars
41
Which of the following WAS NOT a Cold War tension during the administration of President John F. Kennedy?
Building of the Berlin Wall
The Cuban Revolution
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
42
In the end, the Watergate scandal was a test of the _________________________ system in the U.S. Gov't
weighs and means
public broadcasting
checks and balances
Tax
43
JFK proposed his civil rights bill in the summer of 1963 mainly due to negative international coverage of what event?
The Birmingham Children's March
The Murder of 3 civil Rights workers/Freedom Summer
The March on Washington
The Emmitt Till Case
44
What was the primary goal of President Richard Nixon’s foreign policy of détente?
maintaining military alliances with France and the UK
improving political relations with China and the USSR
providing economic aid to South Korea and South Vietnam
establishing democratic governments in North Korea and North Vietnam
45
What caused the national debt to increase throughout the 1980s?
Military spending & deregulation leading to less tax revenue
Military budget cuts
The AIDS and crack epidemics
Overspending on social programs for the poor
46
What was the reason the United States became involved in the Korean War?
They did not want South Korea to become a communist state
North Korea was a key member of their Asian allies
Korea was a key supplier of their Asian military bases
They did not want Korea to become a trading partner with the USSR
47
What was a DOMESTIC consequence of LBJ’s decision to increase United States military involvement in Vietnam?
It guaranteed a Republican victory in 1964
Spending on the war cut spending on Great Society programs
Millions of Vietnamese died
The war brought Americans together
48
What has increased in Washington D.C. politics since the 1990's?
extreme bi-partisan co-operation
extreme partisan divisiveness
The plan to cover up the existence of UFO's
extreme ritualistic murders by a tiny cult of rich people
49
Prior to 9/11, what signs were there that al Qaeda was a terrorist threat to the U.S.?
There was evidence that they had infiltrated the government
They had taken 52 U.S. diplomats hostage for 444 days
The Bombing of the USS Cole
They bombed the FBI Building in Oklahoma City
50
The Federal govt under LBJ and Nixon lied to the public about the progress of the war in Vietnam
True
False
51
In order to avoid war with the USSR over the Berlin Blockade of 1948, President Harry Truman took what action?
The United States did nothing to aid the civilians in West Berlin
The U.S. airlifted supplies into West Berlin over the Soviet blockade
The United States evacuated West Berlin, givingit up to the USSR
The United States placed an embargo on goods to the USSR
52
Kanye West said what about Bush's Katrina response?
George Bush is not for our people
George Bush is a part of the plot to re-enslave black people
George Bush hates blacks
George Bush doesn't care about black people
53
The Korean War was an example of
Brinksmanship
Military containment
U.S. dominance in the early Cold War
Economic containment
54
Which of the following is not a reason President Gerald Ford gave for pardoning President Richard Nixon?
It would put an end to a rough era for America
He struck a deal with Nixon, Ford becomes President, Nixon gets pardoned
It would be humiliating for the American Presidency
Nixon couldn't get a fair trial
55
What health crisis did Ronald Reagan's administration fail to address effectively?
Ebola
Cancer
Covid-14
AIDS
56
What 2 countries did the U.S. invade and occupy after 9/11?
Iraq/Afghanistan
Afghanistan/Iran
Syria/Iraq
Syria/Afghanistan
57
Rock and Roll began to blur the race line in America because...
It corrupted both races equally
White people stole black music and made it popular
Black and white kids were listening to black and white musicians
White parents didn't want their kids listening to black music
58
The “baby boom” is a term which describes what?
A plan to weaponize babies in the Cold War
The boom in population due to the "free love" of the hippies
The sharp increase in the birthrate in the U.S. following World War II.
The promotion of childbirth as a way to combat Communism
59
Levittown and its imitators brought what to American society
Happy days
Racial violence
Suburbia
City overcrowding
60
Which U.S. action in the 1980's hurt us after 9/11
The savings and loan scandal
The end of the Cold War
We supported the Mujahedeen who became Al Qaeda and the Taliban
We fought Saddam Hussain throughout the 1980's
61
True or False: George W. Bush had broad international support for his invasion of Iraq in 2002
True
False
62
George W. Bush's 2nd term was marred by his poor response to what in 2005?
The opioid crisis
Hurricane Katrina
African American voters
9/11
63
President Dwight Eisenhower sent in federal troops to protect students in which event?
The Freedom Rides
Freedom Summer
The Birmingham Children's March
The integration of Little Rock High School
64
Homosexuality was listed in the DSM as a mental disorder up until the 2000’s and was seen as a “curable” condition
False
True
65
The voting age was changed to 18 by the 26^th Amendment largely due to what?
The increased apathy toward national politics
The civil rights movement
18 year olds were becoming more active in local politics
18 year olds were drafted during the Vietnam War but could not vote
66
During the 1950’s, how did U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy increase his political power?
He used the Red Scare to his advantage and accused opponents
He recruited young students to serve as campaign volunteers
He got sympathy for his alcoholism
He brought Democrats and Republicans together
67
Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative was a system that was supposed to
Stop all Communist immigration
Nuke every city in Russia
Defend our major cities from ground attack
Shoot down nukes before they enter the U.S.
68
Which event was the “final straw” that caused the Democrats to lose to Republican candidate Richard Nixon in 1968?
The Kent State Shooting
The Riot at the Democratic National Convention
The Assassination of Robert Kennedy
The Manson Family Murders
69
The hippie counterculture of the late 1960’s were rejecting the values and norms of which of the following?
The poor and working class
The Southern Elite
The Communists and Communist sympathizers
Middle class suburban America
70
The Stonewall Riot marked the beginning of...
the end
The modern gay rights movement
The modern feminist movement
bad race relations in NYC
71
What best describes the suburban division of labor in the 1950s?
Women kept wartime jobs while men got white collar ones
Men and women both worked high paying jobs
Women were housewives, men worked
Both women and men were under employed
72
Which of the following is representative of a backlash against the Gay Rights Movement?
The murder of Fred Hampton
The Kent State Massacre
The Love Canal Incident
The murder of Harvey Milk
73
What organization was started by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, CA in 1966?
SNCC
AIM
The Black Muslims
The Black Panthers
74
Nixon’s policy of détente led to
decreasing tensions between the U.S., the USSR, and China
increased tensions between the U.S., the USSR, and China
the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam immediately
the immediate return of the P.O.W.s in the Vietnam War
75
Forced bussing, disliked in both the black and white communities, was an attempt to
remove all criminals from inner city areas
forced bus desegregation
integrate schools in the de facto segregated north and west
integrated black communities with other races
76
Supreme Court decisions like Miranda v. Arizona and Roe v. Wade led to conservative poitical action in the 70s and 80s
True
False
77
The rise of 24-hour news channels in the 1990s added to the partisan division within the country
True
False
78
Other than Joe McCarthy, what congressional committee hunted communists in the 1950s?
USDA
CPUSA
NRA
HUAC
79
In which of the following ways did the draft during the Vietnam War divide America along socioeconomic lines?
Black people got drafted whites did not
Poor kids got drafted, upper and middle class kids got deferments
Only the middle class supported the war
Middle class kids were drafted while poor kids stayed at home and worked
80
What was the U.S. policy to prevent the spread of communism called?
Red resistance
Containment
Buffer zone
Massive retaliation
81
President Reagan’s plan for supply-side economics is sometimes referred to as __________ economics.
"gradual"
"Supply"
“trickle down”
"limited"
82
On 9/11, The World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked by
Iranian Terrorists
Iraqi terrorists
Domestic terrorists
Islamic terrorists/Al Qaeda
83
The fact that many Americans focused on self improvement and hedonism caused many in the late '70's to be called
fools, fools one and all
The Me Generation
The Immoral Majority
The Lost Generation
84
One reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union was overspending on the arms race
True
False
85
Which of the following occurred in Iraq after Saddam Hussein was killed by the U.S.?
The Iraqis went to war with Syria
52 American diplomats were held hostage for 444 days
The country rallied around a new democratic government
a civil war broke out between Sunnis and Shiites
86
Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique said popular culture and suburban life did which of the following to women?
Made them happy, very happy
Limited them to the role as the primary money earner in the household
Limited them to roles as housewives and mothers
Caused them to challenge social and sexual norms
87
The countries George W. Bush called “The axis of Evil” were
Iran, Syria, North Korea
North Korea, Iraq, Iran
Iran, Israel, Iraq
Iran, Iraq, Syria
88
The following image, "Duck and Cover" tried to keep kids safe from...
School shooters
Communist spies
A conventional weapon attack
A nuclear weapon attack
89
Cases like Love Canal showed that America
was coming together as a loving country
was divided along political lines
was still one of the most racist places on Earth
was suffering from years of illegal toxic waste disposal
90
The biggest scandal of the Reagan Administration was
The Savings and Loan Scandal
The Beirut bombing
The AIDS Epidemic
Iran/Contra Affair
91
Which of the following was NOT a response to the attacks on 9/11?
Airport security was now handled by a federal agency, the TSA
The USA Patriot Act was passed making it easier to spy on Americans
U.S. bombed multiple targets in Iran, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, & Pakistan
The Department of Homeland Security was created
92
Name the civil rights organization was founded in 1960 after a series of sit-ins at lunch counters throughout the south?
NAACP
SNCC
The Black Panther Party
SCLC

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