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What was the first "televised" war?
Vietnam
Spanish American War
World War II
Korea
2
This book written by Rachel Carson warned Americans about a threat to the planet
Nuclear Winter
Silent Spring
Cruel Summer
Bye-Bye Birdie
3
Roe v Wade
Free Speech
Right to an attorney
Race in College Admissions
Reproductive Rights (privacy)
4
What president is associated with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
Barrack Obama
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
5
Iran Hostage Crisis, Camp David Accords
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
6
What decade did TV first become popular?
1950s
1970s
1930's
1920s
7
Union Leader: United Farm Workers
Samuel Gompers
Cesar Chavez
Rachel Carson
Martin Luther King
8
What was the US government's response to Sputnik?
increased funding for math and science, creation of NASA
Invention of television and air conditioning
Funding for interstate highways and the Manhattan Project
The GI Bill and Levittown
9
Which president desegregated the military by executive order in 1947?
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin Roosevelt
John Kennedy
Harry S Truman
10
Which ethnic group were sent to internment camps during WWII?
Koreans
Chinese
African-Americans
Japanese
11
What grade is Tim going to get on the GMAS
100
97
98
92
12
1940s Civil Rights leader, planned March On Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
W..E.B. DuBois
Louis Armstrong
A. Phillip Randolph
13
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in what year in what city?
1968 Dallas
1963 Los Angeles
1968 Memphis
1963 Dallas
14
The following were used during both the American Revolution AND Civil Rights movement EXCEPT
Boycotts
Direct Action
Intellectual Argument
Tar and Feathering
15
Increased birth rates after World War II was referred to as the
Sexual Revolution
Baby Boom
Great Awakening
Boom Boom Time
16
What event led to a shift from indentured servitude to slavery in Virginia?
Nat Turner's Revolt
Bacon's Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion
17
Which Supreme Court decision dealt with the use of race in university admissions?
Gideon v Wainright
Roe v Wade
Regents v Bakke
Miranda v Arizona
18
The Battle of Midway was a turning point in which war?
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
19
Which president is responsible for the Interstate Highway Act of 1956?
Franklin Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
20
Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in what year and what city?
1963 Dallas
1963 Memphis
1968 Los Angeles
1968 Memphis
21
You have the right to remain silent
Sanford v Scott
Roe v Wade
Gideon v Wainwright
Miranda v Arizona
22
You have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford an attorney one will be provide for you
Gideon v Wainwright
Roe v Wade
Miranda v Arizona
Regents v Bakke
23
What effect did TV have on the 1960 presidential election?
TV had no effect on the campaign
Kennedy defeated Nixon in televised debates
Richard Nixon used the first campaign ads on TV
Nixon won because he looked better on TV than Kennedy
24
Which president was known for re-establishing relations with China and the Watergate scandal?
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nixon
Johnson
25
What scandal was Ronald Reagan's administration involved in?
Iran-Contra
Monica Lewinski
Watergate
Iran-Hostage Crisis
26
Who was the first black major league baseball player of the modern era?
Louis Armstrong
Muhammad Ali
Jackie Robinson
A. Phillip Randolph
27
Student-led Civil Rights group, Known for Freedom Rides
EPA
SCLC
NOW
SNCC
28
Truman, ????, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
George Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
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What was Levittown?
Pivotal battle in the American Revolution
Code name for the atomic bomb
a 1920s suburban development
a 1950s suburban development
30
Sputnik was
The Russian counter-part to NATO
The German rocket program during WWII
The first man-made satellite launched into space
the code name for the Soviet Union's atomic bomb program
31
First permanent English settlement in New World
Quebec
New Amsterdam
Jamestown
Plymouth Rock
32
Supreme Court ruling overturned "Separate But Equal"
Miranda v Arizona
Gideon v Wainwright
Plessy v Ferguson
Brown v BOE
33
What decade was the Great Depression
1950s
1930s
1910s
1940s
34
Economic Aid to 22 European Countries after WWII
Marshall Plan
Tet Offensive
Watergate Plan
Anaconda Plan
35
Letter From A Birmingham Jail
Cesar Chavez
WEB DuBois
A Phillip Randolph
Martin Luther King
36
This group, founded by Martin Luther King, grew out of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts
SCLC
Nation of Islam
Black Panthers
SNCC
37
What was "Massive Resistance"
Civil Rights protesters marched to resist Jim Crow
Southern public schools shut down to resist integration
The US war plan to resist the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War
The US supported rebels resisting communism
38
What was the name of the leader of the Powhatan Indians in Virginia
Powhatan
Pocahontas
Sitting Bull
Sacajawea
39
Which president is associated with the missile defense program known as Star Wars in the 1980s?
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
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Nixon, Ford, ????, Reagan
George Bush
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
41
What war included the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964) and Tet Offensive (1968)
Operation Enduring Freedom
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
42
The GI Bill included tuition for college, business loans, and
health care for Vietnam veterans
free meals at Applebee's on Veteran's Day
unemployment benefits for WWII veterans
bonuses for World War I veterans
43
What was the primary cash crop in Jamestown?
Indigo
Maize
Tobacco
Cotton
44
President during Cuban Missile Crisis
Ronald Reagan
John Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Kennedy
45
First ever president to resign
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
George Bush
Bill Clinton
46
"Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Donald Trump
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Ronald Reagan