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Honors - Civil Rights & Political/Social of 50's & 60's + Honors- Modern Era + HONORS US - Col
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The US govt believes that terrorists who coordinated attacks on 9-11-01 were part of
Al Qaeda
the Iraqi government
Taliban
Hamas
2
Who is the other president to have been impeached (way back in the day)
William McKinley
Richard Nixon
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
3
Who inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Emmett Till
Rosa Parks
John Lewis
Medgar Evers
4
This map best portrays...
The effect of the Tet Offensive
The policy of democracy
The policy of containment
The impact of WWI
5
The period of time the government and the American people feared communists was nicknamed...
kamikaze
the red scare
The iron curtain
6
Which is thought to have caused the baby boom?
all of the above
higher standard of living
low unemployment
affordable housing
7
The Election of 1960 was influenced by what?
The debate being televised
dissatisfaction with the Marshall Plan
the use of the hydrogen bomb
the recession in the US
8
Founder of the United Farm Workers Union
Pablo Escobedo
Fidel Castro
Cesar Chavez
Ernesto Miranda
9
Who is the only president to ever resign from office?
LBJ
Nixon
Ford
Reagan
10
Economy is run by the government on behalf of the people; intention is fairness and equality
communism
democracy
capitalism
dictatorship
11
US and their allies military alliance
Warsaw Pact
NAFTA
UN
NATO
12
Nixon visited which communist country to improve diplomatic relations/open up trade?
China
Cuba
the Soviet Union
North Korea
13
What was the world's first artificial satellite launched in 1957?
Explorer
Apollo
Luna
Sputnik
14
Plessy V. Ferguson established the idea of:
blacks and whites living together
national integration
all students going to school no matter their race
separate but equal
15
What was the turning point in the Vietnam War?
Tet Offensive
There wasn't one
Battle of Midway
Tonkin Offensive
16
Which election ended with Gore winning the popular vote, and GW Bush winning the electoral?
1996
2000
1992
2004
17
What Communist ally in Asia supplied communist revolutionaries with support in Korea?
Germany
Japan
Vietnam
China
18
In 1979, which country took hostages from an American embassy?
Iran
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Israel
19
1st satellite to orbit the earth, by the Soviets
Putin
Apollo
Sputnik
Khruschev
20
Camp David Accords.: Which two countries negotiated peace at these talks?
The U.S. and U.S.S.R.
Lebanon and Jordan
Iran and Iraq
Israel and Egypt
21
Which president experienced an economic boom due to the technological changes of the 90s?
Reagan
Clinton
Carter
Bush, Senior
22
Fear that if one country falls to communism, the others surrounding it will to
propaganda
domino theory
Containment policy
Red Scare
23
Failed CIA attempt to overthrow Communist Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Havana Invasion
Tet Offensive
24
What event triggered the Persian Gulf War?
Clinton's impeachment
Iraqi's invasion of Kuwait
signing of NAFTA
Iran's invasion of Kuwait
25
In the 1950's 75% of the new homes construction took place in
rural areas
inner city
small towns
suburbs
26
Which President was impeached due to perjury?
Reagan
Nixon
Ford
Clinton
27
Figurative separation between East and West Europe
Berlin Wall
iron curtain
Stalin Curtain
Turkey
28
Ran for president in 1964, said nuclear weapons are a must; “Mr. Conservative”
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Dwight Eisenhower
Earl Warren
29
The buildup of nuclear weapons during the Cold War was described as the
arms race
space race
military race
power race
30
The U.S. agreed to loan money to Europe to help them rebuild after WWII
Truman Doctrin
Tet Offensive
Marshall Plan
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
31
Communist assault campaign on 36 capitals and 5 major cities
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Korean Stalemate
Viet Cong
Tet Offensvie
32
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited
discrimination in employment, voting, and public places
segregation in schools
African Americans from certain restaurants
Segregation in bus stations
33
All economic industry is owned by private individuals; free market economy
democracy
capitalism
autocracy
communism
34
Soviet military alliance with satellite states throughout Eastern Europe
NATO
UN
Warsaw Pact
NAFTA
35
Why did the US establish a naval blockade in the Caribbean?
Khrushchev wouldn't pick up the hotline telephone
Soviets set up missiles in Cuba
The Cubans did the same
The Bay of Pigs was successful
36
Which president took out Sadam Hussein with "Operation Iraqi Freedom?"
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
37
Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark because it
threw out the doctrine of separate but equal in education
was going to fully segregate all schools and make them equal
integrated the armed foces
said any one can make their own school
38
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...
allowed the President to exercise war powers
pulled the U.S. out of Vietnam before it ended
was denied by Congress
ended the Vietnam war
39
Nonviolent protests against unjust laws were called
Gandhi movement
freedom of petition
literacy tests
civil disobedience
40
President Clinton was the only president to be impeached.
False
True
41
Which below helped solidify "American culture?"
conusmerism
American television
Levittown
all of the above
42
Who became president without being elected as Vice President or President and pardoned Nixon?
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
LBJ
JFK
43
In the late 1940's and the early 1950's increased birthrates led to
White Flight
Economic recession
Baby Boom
Levittown
44
The U.S. believed Osama Bin Laden was hiding in which country?
Iran
Kuwait
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
45
Competition between US and Soviet Union for control and influence in the world
Cold War
Capitalism
NATO
Warsaw Pact
46
Who came to power in Cuba after a communist revolution in 1959?
Cesar Chavez
Raul Castro
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
47
The Vietnam War ended with....
the country being united under communism
the Soviet Union collapsing
the country being divided into 2 nations
the Tet Offensive
48
The primary goal of the U.S. space program in the 1960's was to:
Land a man on the Moon
launch a satellite before the Soviets
Establish a permanent space station
explore the effects of space on the human body
49
This US foregin policy promised to aid nations struggling against communist movements
Democratic Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
New Deal
50
Which best describes the 1980s economic policy called Reaganomics?
All of the Above
Deregulate businesses
Reduce taxes
Reduce social programs
51
In the early 1950's, Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he:
led the fight in congress to increase the minimum wage
claimed that hundred of government employees were communists
ran for president against Truman
was convicted as a spy
52
Who was president during the rebuilding of Europe after WWII
Johnson
Truman
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
53
This president made tax cuts for the rich which led to investment and caused economic growth
Bush Sr.
Ford
LBJ
Reagan
