US History Trimester 3 Final Exam

General of the army and U.S. Army chief of staff during World War II who pushed for the formation of the WAAC

President Johnson's program to reduce poverty and racial injustices and to promote a better quality of life in the U.S.

This woman became well known for defeating the Equal Rights Amendment.

a policy allowing the president to provide arms to certain foreign countries

the plan to develop the atomic bomb

a law that banned discrimination in housing.

a federal program that provides hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance to Americans aged 65 and over

young people who rejected mainstream American society in the 1960s seeking to create an alternative society

the distribution of federal money to state and local governments, with few or no restrictions on how it is spent

In the early years of the Vietnam war, how could a young man automatically be deferred from the draft?

a Latino political organization founded in 1970 by Angel Gutierrez

an agency established by Congress to control inflation during WWII

racial segregation established by law

a law enacted in 1973 , limiting a president's right to send troops into battle without consulting Congress

a law that eliminated literacy tests and authorized federal examiners to enroll voters denied at the local level

President of the United States who resigned due to the Watergate Scandal

the southern Vietnamese soldiers with whom U.S. troops fought against the North during the Vietnam War

a 1964 project to register African-American voters in Mississippi

This person adopted the tactics of nonviolent protest and helped fight the struggle of farm workers in the U.S.

By signing the Munich Pact, Britain and France agreed to take this policy toward German aggression

an economic condition marked by both inflation and high unemployment

a government program (like Social Security, Medicare, etc) that guarantees and provides benefits to a specific group

agreement between Israel and Egypt that led to a peace treaty between those two countries

an agency established in 1961 to provide volunteer assistance to developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

a preoccupation with the purchasing of material goods.

militant organization that was formed in 1968 to work for Native American rights.

a group led by the Supreme Court Justice that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy

a 7,000 page document leaked to the press that revealed the U.S. government had not been honest about the Vietnam War

a communication link established in 1963 to allow the leaders of the U.S. and Soviet Union to contact each other

a law that banned discrimination on basis of race, sex, religion, national origin in public places and most workplaces

Germany's plan to keep food and war supplies from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union is referred to as this

Case in which the Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal education for black andwhite students was unconstitutional

a month-long battle of WW II, in which the allies succeeded in turning back the last major German offensive of the war

A U.S. policy of providing aid to free nations threatened by opponents to restrict the spread of communism