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1
Nixon used ___ to reduce the number of nuclear arms in the US and USSR.
Detente
Realpolitik
New Federalism
SALT I Treaty
2
Eisenhower supported...
Only Republican policies
Neither Republican nor Democratic policies
Some Republican and some Democratic policies
Only Democratic policies
3
Political alliance of Evangelicals in the 1980s, who opposed liberal attitudes and raised money for consrv candidates?
Moral Majority
Stop-ERA
Conservative Coalition
The New Right
4
What was Ford's most controversial decision?
Pardoning Richard Nixon
The Fall of Saigon in South Vietnam
The W.I.N. Program
Continuing to negotiate with China and USSR
5
The New Frontier was a term used to describe what?
LBJ's progressive domestic policies
MLk's conservative domestic policies
JFK's progressive domestic policies
JFK's anti-communist foreign policies
6
Which of these was a positive foreign policy achievement for the Carter Administration?
Automating US manufacturing
Arming the Afghans to fight the Soviets
The Camp David Accords
The Iranian Hostage Crisis
7
Which of these is
NOT TRUE
about George C. Wallace?
He won the 1968 presidential election
He was Governor of Alabama
He tried to block the integration of the University of Alabama
He was shot and paralyzed in 1972
8
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Outlawed poll taxes in elections
Outlawed segregation, no more separate white and black public facilities
Outlawed housing discrimination, no more redlining
Guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race, ethnicity, color, gender
9
Cutting taxes for the richest Americans was part of what concept?
The New Right
American Foreign Policy
The New Left
Trickle-down Economics
10
Agreeing to negotiate and deal with communist countries
because they are powerful
was a practice of...
New Federalism
Detente
SALT I Treaty
Realpolitik
11
What was the original crime during the Watergate Scandal?
Burglary
Wiretapping
Perjury
Bribery
12
Which group was able to enjoy the full benefits of the GI Bill?
Asian GIs
Hispanic GIs
White GIs
Black GIs
13
The military alliance between the Soviet Union and Soviet Satellite States in Eastern Europe.
The North American Trade Operation
The Moscow Alliance
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The Warsaw Pact
14
What were the 2 main domestic issues in the US during the 1970s?
Inflation and Energy
Voting and Immigration
Taxes and Energy
Immigration and Taxes
15
What event is said to mark the end of the Civil Rights Movement?
Assassination of JFK
Attempted Assassination of George Wallace
Assassination of MLK
Assassination of RFK
16
What happened to the racial income gap in the Postwar Era?
It stayed the same
It disappeared
It got smaller
It got bigger
17
What book helped women open their eyes to the inequality and injustice between men and women in the US?
Silent Spring
The Jungle
The Odyssey
The Feminine Mystique
18
The policy of Glasnost in the USSR reflects what idea?
Being more open and transparent
Being more friendly to democratic capitalist countries
Restructuring the government and economy
Cutting spending on social welfare programs
19
Which of these describes the Truman Doctrine used by the US after WWII?
Provide financial support to W. Eur. countries to rebuild after the war
Provide military support to W. Eur. countries to resist Communism
Provide military support to countries around the world to resist Communism
Provide financial support to E. Eur. countries to rebuild after the war
20
One result of the Hard Hat Riots and the disaster at the DNC was...
Many upper class African Americans became Republican
Many working class whites became Democrats
Many working class whites became Republican
Many lower class African Americans became Republican
21
What was the fighting like in the Vietnam War?
Satellites, drone strikes, and high tech warfare
Search-and-Destroy missions and guerilla warfare
Static trench warfare
Fast moving tanks, followed up by aerial and infantry support
22
The peacetime military alliance between Democratic Capitalist countries from North America and Western Europe
The Moscow Alliance
The North American Trade Operation
The Warsaw Pact
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
23
Someone who was against consumerism and mass culture in the 1950s would be known as a...
G.I.
Hippie
Counter-Cultist
Beatnik
24
Overall, the 1950s saw a general shift in American politics towards...
Liberalism
Globalism
Centrism
Conservativism
25
What was the poorest minority group in America during the Postwar Era?
African Americans
Mexican Americans
Native Americans
Asian Americans
26
This was the puppet leader of South Vietnam, who basically did whatever the US told him to do.
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
William Westmoreland
Robert McNamara
27
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 do?
Outlawed poll taxes in elections
Outlawed segregation, no more separate white and black public facilities
Guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race, ethnicity, color, gender
Outlawed housing discrimination, no more redlining
28
This was the process of removing American troops from Vietnam, and returning Vietnam to the Vietnamese.
Vietnam Syndrome
Felling the Domino
Relenquishing Control
Vietnamization
29
Which of these reflects
POLITICAL
inequality?
White and black waiting rooms
Segregated buses in Montgomery
Literacy Tests
Banks rejecting home loans to African Americans
30
Why did the ERA fail?
It was not ratified by enough states
It did not pass through congress
It was vetoed by the president
SCOTUS deemed it unconstitutional
31
Which CRM leader was a militant member of the Nation of Islam, but later shifted to a policy of racial peace?
John Lewis
Martin Luther King Jr.
Stokely Carmichael
Malcolm X
32
Who put up the Berlin Wall, and for what reason?
Americans, to keep the Soviets out of West Berlin
Soviets, to keep people from escaping to West Berlin
Soviets, to keep Western Allies out of the Eastern Bloc
Americans, to keep people from escaping to the Eastern Bloc
33
Who was elected president in 1988?
Mike Dukakis
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
34
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
Guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race, ethnicity, color, gender
Outlawed housing discrimination, no more redlining
Outlawed poll taxes in elections
Outlawed segregation, no more separate white and black public facilities
35
This was the Communist leader of North Vietnam until he stepped down in 1965, before dying in 1969
William Westmoreland
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
Robert McNamara
36
What happened to many women during the postwar era?
They kept the jobs and social mobility acquired during WWII
Many of them lost jobs to returning GIs, and returned to the home
Began taking blue collar jobs in the service industry
Began taking white collar jobs in the advertising industry
37
After illegally selling weapons to Iran, the Reagan administration used the money to support which group?
The Taliban
The Sandinistas
The Contras
The Soviets
38
The
Warren Court
was the group responsible for investigating the Kennedy Assassination.
True
False
39
This was the leader of American Military forces in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
William Westmoreland
Robert McNamara
40
South Vietnamese militia that fought a guerilla war against American troops in Vietnam
Viet Minh
Viet Cong
ARVN
NVA
41
85% of new homes built during the 1950s were built where?
In high rise apartment buildings
In suburban neighborhoods
In rural areas
In inner cities
42
Nixon's plan to gain votes by opposing desegregation policies and liberal SCOTUS decisions was part of...
Southern Strategy
Detente
SALT I Treaty
New Federalism
43
Abortion was a big issue in the 1980s. What two groups form the Abortion Debate?
Pro-Choice and Pro-Mandate
Pro-Life and Pro-Death
Republicans and Democrats
Pro-Choice and Pro-Life
44
This style of leadership has a market economy, private ownership, and elected government officials
Capitalist Democracy
Communist Dictatorship
45
Meeting with communist countries
to try and ease cold war tensions
was a part of...
New Federalism
Realpolitik
Detente
Southern Strategy
46
De Jure
means "From the Law" and describes what is actually written in the law code
True
False
47
Which organization was mostly made up of college aged students and organized sit-ins?
SCLC
NAACP
SNCC
48
What was the name of the first man made satellite put into space, and who put it there?
Sputnik, the Soviets
Muttnik, the Soviets
Explorer 1, the Americans
Apollo 1, the Americans
49
If you remove government intervention in an industry or economic sector, you are participating in...
Deregulation
Financial culling
Defunding
Government Expansion
50
Which of these would have been opposed by the New Right?
Affirmative Action
All of these
The ERA
Entitlement Programs
51
The Warren Commission determined that
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing JFK.
True
False
52
What was biggest issue during the Watergate Scandal?
Perjury
Bribery
Wiretapping
Burglary
53
Which organization helped pass
Brown v. Board of Education
to desegregate public schools?
SCLC
NAACP
SNCC
54
The Dixiecrats were opposed to what aspect of Truman's policies?
All of these
His implementation of the Truman Doctrine
His focus on Cold War spending
His focus on civil rights
55
HUAC, FLRB, and McCarthyism resulted in what kind of changes in American society?
Increased nationalism, conformity, and religiousness in American society
All of the above
Increased the number of Americans in labor unions
Many states removed laws that limit free speech
56
The policy of Perestroika in the USSR reflects what idea?
Cutting spending on social welfare programs
Restructuring the government and economy
Being more friendly to democratic capitalist countries
Being more open and transparent
57
Before the draft lottery, what group was most heavily drafted?
White Americans
Asian Americans
Upper class Americans
Working class Americans
58
What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviet Union put nuclear weapons in Cuba, but were later removed
Americans tried to incite a revolution in Cuba, which failed miserably
Americans tried to incite a revolution in Cuba, which was successful
The Soviet Union put nuclear weapons in Cuba, which stayed there until 1989
59
The mass migration of middle class white families to suburbs was known as...
The Great Migration
Caucasian Relocation
White Flight
Urbanization
60
What happened during the Bay of Pigs incident?
American Gov tried to incite a revolution in Cuba, which was successful
The Soviet Union put nuclear weapons in Cuba, which stayed there until 1989
The Soviet Union put nuclear weapons in Cuba
American Gov tried to incite a revolution in Cuba, which failed miserably
61
Which president signed the CRA 1964 and VRA 1965 into law?
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
62
The Black Panthers wanted...
To follow the philosophy of nonviolent protest
All of these answers are correct
To participate in sit-ins to desegregate public facilities
To protect their community and separate from white society
63
When the Soviets blockade Berlin in an attempt to take it over, the West continued to supply West Berlin through the...
Operation Candy Bomber
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Blockade
The Free Berlin Movement
64
What was the result of the SCOTUS case
United States v. Nixon
?
The president can claim national security in in order to withhold evidence
What Nixon did was illegal, but he was president and therefore it was legal
That Nixon would be removed from the office of the President
The president cannot claim national security in order to withhold evidence
65
The Saturday Night Massacre was...
When several top White House officials resigned or were fired
When Nixon resigned from the office of President
The night the Watergate burglars were caught red-handed
When 3 people were killed by protesters outside the white house
66
The concept adopted by the US to halt the spread of communism to other countries is known as...
Proxy War
Iron Curtain
Containment
The Eastern Bloc(k)
67
What was the objective of the National Women's Political Caucus?
To support candidates that supported the Women's Lib Movement
To help register more women to vote
All of these
To get more women nominated for political office
68
How did the GI Bill help Americans and the US Economy after WWII?
Found job placement for GIs and provided financial help to unemployed GIs
The GI Bill did all of these things
Provided GIs with guaranteed loans to buy houses and start businesses
Helped GIs pay for their college education
69
Which of these
DID NOT
contribute to the Baby Boom of the 1950s?
Increased quality and availability of public schools and childcare
The Baby Boom Bill giving tax breaks to families with multiple children
Economic security from the GI Bill
Postwar reunions of husbands and wives
70
Who became President in the 1968 Election?
Hubert Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
71
Which of these reflects
SOCIAL
inequality?
Black GIs not receiving benefits
Literacy tests
Poll taxes
Segregated restrooms
72
The book
A Nation at Risk
examined America's failing __________ in the 1980s.
Stock Market and Economy
Schools and Educational System
IRS and Tax System
Military Defenses
73
Which of these did JFK sign into law?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
None of these
24th Amendment
74
Which one of these would be considered an entitlement program?
Social Security
Welfare
Food Stamps
All of these
75
In which of these countries did the US conduct shady foreign policy actions during the 1980s.
All of these
Panama
Nicaragua
Grenada
76
This term means putting requirements on the number employees that are Male, Female, Black, White, Asian, Latino, etc.
Decreasing the Wage Gap
Workforce Equity
OSHA Regulations
Affirmative Action
77
Which of these are successes of the Women's Lib Movement.
All of these are successes of the Women's Lib Movement
Greater access to career and education opportunities
Reducing the gender pay gap
Instituting Title IX
78
This style of leadership has a command economy, no private ownership, and complete control by one political party
Capitalist Democracy
Communist Dictatorship
79
What two groups were disproportionately affected by the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s?
Soldiers and Sailors
Lower class women and upper class men
White, european men and women
Homosexual men and intravenous drug users
80
Which of these explains the concept of "Vietnam Syndrome"?
American citizens arguing over involvement in Vietnam
PTSD suffered from fighting in Vietnam
More Amer. foreign military involvement to make up for Vietnam
Less Amer. foreign military involvement as a result of Vietnam
81
The Freedom Rides from Washington DC to New Orleans, La. resulted in what?
The Integration of New Orleans
Integration of interstate travel facilities
Federal Voting Rights
The deaths of many of the people involved in the Freedom Rides
82
In the Cold War, what does M.A.D. stand for?
Mass Atomic Destruction
Mutually Assured Destruction
Major Achievement Division
Main American Defense
83
Who was James Meredith?
Killed by an Alabama State Trooper in Selma
A black activist killed in MS, along with two white activists
The first black student to attend the University of Mississippi
The first black student to attend the University of Alabama
84
Which of these is
NOT
part of the Economic Opportunity Act?
Provided financial stipends to impoverished African Americans
Created the Head Start and Job Corps programs
Provided job training, adult education, and small business loans
Created local Community Action Agencies
85
What was the final event that lead to Nixon resigning?
The House of Rep advising to start impeachment process
The Saturday Night Massacre
Burglary of the DNC HQ
VP Spiro Agnew resigning
86
Which of these reflects
ECONOMIC
inequality?
Literacy Tests
Black GIs not receiving benefits of the GI bill
Minorities having to use rear entrances to movie theatres
Poll Taxes
87
Which CRM leader preached and practiced the philosophy of non-violent civil disobedience
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
John Lewis
Stokely Carmichael
88
What kind of American equipment was shot down over the Soviet Union?
U-2 "Dragon Lady" Spy Plane
"Explorer 1" Satellite
SR-71 "Blackbird" Recon Plane
B-2 "Spirit" Stealth Bomber
89
The Federal Loyalty Review Board and the House Un-American Activities Committee were similar in that they....
Were required to submit evidence of their findings in a court of law
Were secretly communist organizations
Investigated Americans for communist activities
Didn't really effect American home life during the cold war
90
This holiday started the largest NV offensive/invasion of SV during the war.
Chinese New Year
Easter
Tet
Christmas
91
Which of these describes the Marshall Plan used by the US after WWII?
Provide financial support to E. Eur. countries to rebuild after the war
Provide military support to W. Eur. countries to resist Communism
Provide military support to countries around the world to resist Communism
Provide financial support to W. Eur. countries to rebuild after the war
92
Which CRM leader served many terms as a congressman for Atlanta, Ga.
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
John Lewis
Stokely Carmichael
93
The policy of brinkmanship practiced during the Cold War resulted in the United States.....
Increasing its stockpile of nuclear weapons
Decreasing its stockpile of nuclear weapons
94
The Warren Court resulted in many __________ landmark decisions on major issues.
Communist
Progressive
Moderate
Conservative
95
Which organization was based in religion and has MLK JR as their leader?
NAACP
SNCC
SCLC
96
____________ is similar to a "witch hunt", where people are accused of being communist without evidence.
Nationalism
Brinkmanship
Blacklisting
McCarthyism
97
The idea that if one country becomes communist, the countries around it would become communist also is known as...
Slinky Theory
Transfer of Communism
The Communist Creep
Domino Theory
98
De Facto
means "From the Fact" or what happens in reality
True
False
99
LBJ's Great Society programs had what kind of results?
All of these were results
A massive reduction in the poverty rate
An increase in the power and reach of the federal government
Backlash from conservatives who didn't support his programs
100
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were.....
Neither convicted nor executed as spies for the Soviet Union
Neither worker spies for the Soviet Union
Both working as spies for the Soviet Union
Both convicted and executed as spies for the Soviet Union
101
When and where was John F. Kennedy assassinated?
Dallas, Texas on Nov. 22, 1963
Houston, Texas on Nov. 22, 1963
Dallas, Texas on Nov. 22, 1965
Dallas, Texas on July 4, 1963
102
When the US liberated Kuwait in Operation Desert Storm, as part of the Gulf War, the result was a __________.
Massive success for the US and her allies
A complete and utter failure for the US and her allies
103
When Nixon redistributed power from the national government to the state governments, he was practicing...
New Federalism
Southern Strategy
Detente
Realpolitik
104
Which organization would most likely support the ERA?
WIN
NAACP
NOW
SALT I
105
What did the 24th Amendment do?
Outlawed housing discrimination, no more redlining
Outlawed segregation, no more separate white and black public facilities
Guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race, ethnicity, color, gender
Outlawed poll taxes in elections
106
What is a grassroots organization?
One that is created out of the government
One that is created by the people in a certain area
One that is focused on agriculture
107
Why did the United States get involved when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait?
Kuwait sold oil to the US
Kuwait purchased lots of computer technology from the US
We had a neutrality treaty with Kuwait
Saddam said he was coming after the US next
108
What happened to the Challenger Space Shuttle?
It landed on the moon
it disintegrated upon re-entry into Earth's atmosphere
It exploded a little over a minute over after launch
It took the first civilian into space
109
Advertising in the 1950s mostly portrays...
Lower class white society
Idealized middle class black society
Idealized, middle class white society
Lower class black society
110
What did the 26th Amendment do?
Increased the voting age to 21
Lowered the draft age to 18
Lowered the voting age to 18
Increased the draft age to 21
111
Which CRM leader was a militant former leader of SNCC and would become a leader of the Black Panthers?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Stokely Carmichael
John Lewis
Malcolm X
112
This reduced the power of the President to engage in warfare in other countries.
Pentagon Papers
Tonkin Gulf Incident
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
War Powers Act
113
What huge infrastructure project did President Eisenhower complete?
The Hoover Dam
Greatly expanded the power grid
The Interstate Highway System
The Empire State Building
114
Political alliance of right wing voters in the 1980s, who opposed big government and cultural change?
The New Right
Conservative Coalition
Moral Majority
Stop-ERA
115
How did the Vietnam War affect LBJ's policies of the Great Society?
Took money and support away from the Great Society
Provided funding and support for the Great Society
Vietnam had no impact on the Great Society
116
Hours after JFK was killed, who was sworn in as our new President?
Robert F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
117
The Hard Hat Rioters were...
In support of Nixon and Vietnam
A protest to the shootings at Kent St. and Jackson St.
Did not result in violence
118
What organization was formed after the arrest of Rosa Parks?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
Congress on Racial Equality
Montgomery Improvement Association
119
Reaganomics cut spending to what programs?
Benefits for private investors
The Department of Defense
Public housing, Medicare, and Medicaid
All of these
120
Besides the benefits of the GI Bill, what else contributed to America's postwar boom?
Pent-up demand and savings from rationing and soldiers being overseas
Foreign countries wanted to buy American products
US government spending lots on Cold War defense
All of these helped the US postwar boom
121
How did Carter respond to the 1970s Energy Crisis?
Created the Nat. Energy Act, reducing our dependence on imported oil
Investing in public transportation to reduce the use of cars and thus gas
By transitioning the US to renewable energy sources
Carter did not care about the Energy Crisis in the 1970s
122
Which of these were
not
issues that lead to Stagflation?
More ppl in the workforce resulted in higher unemployment
The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
US dependence of imported oil
Deficit spending for Vietnam and social programs
123
What was the name of the leaked document that revealed several lies about the US involvement in Vietnam?
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
War Powers Act
Pentagon Papers
Tonkin Gulf Incident
124
In Operation Desert Storm, the United States stepped in to help ________, a country who had been invaded by Iraq.
United Arab Emirates
Syria
Jordan
Kuwait
125
The Head Start program was designed to do what?
Reducing poverty by providing early childhood education
Helping consumers by regulating the economy
Improving cities by updating their infrastructure
Protect the Environment by putting restrictions on emissions
126
This gave the president broad powers to wage war in Vietnam, increasing US involvement
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
War Powers Act
Tonkin Gulf Incident
Pentagon Papers
