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What decade was the Great Depression
1910s
1950s
1930s
1940s
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Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in what year and what city?
1963 Memphis
1968 Los Angeles
1963 Dallas
1968 Memphis
3
Which president is associated with the missile defense program known as Star Wars in the 1980s?
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
4
What scandal was Ronald Reagan's administration involved in?
Iran-Contra
Watergate
Monica Lewinski
Iran-Hostage Crisis
5
Nixon, Ford, ????, Reagan
Jimmy Carter
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
George Bush
6
Iran Hostage Crisis, Camp David Accords
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
7
What war included the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964) and Tet Offensive (1968)
Operation Enduring Freedom
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
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What was the primary cash crop in Jamestown?
Tobacco
Indigo
Cotton
Maize
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The GI Bill included tuition for college, business loans, and
unemployment benefits for WWII veterans
bonuses for World War I veterans
free meals at Applebee's on Veteran's Day
health care for Vietnam veterans
10
President during Cuban Missile Crisis
John Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Dwight Eisenhower
11
Increased birth rates after World War II was referred to as the
Sexual Revolution
Baby Boom
Great Awakening
Boom Boom Time
12
Letter From A Birmingham Jail
Cesar Chavez
Martin Luther King
WEB DuBois
A Phillip Randolph
13
What event led to a shift from indentured servitude to slavery in Virginia?
Shay's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Revolt
Whiskey Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion
14
Truman, ????, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
George Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
15
Which president desegregated the military by executive order in 1947?
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Harry S Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
16
What was the name of the leader of the Powhatan Indians in Virginia
Pocahontas
Sitting Bull
Powhatan
Sacajawea
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You have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford an attorney one will be provide for you
Gideon v Wainwright
Regents v Bakke
Roe v Wade
Miranda v Arizona
18
Student-led Civil Rights group, Known for Freedom Rides
EPA
SCLC
SNCC
NOW
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You have the right to remain silent
Miranda v Arizona
Sanford v Scott
Roe v Wade
Gideon v Wainwright
20
Sputnik was
the code name for the Soviet Union's atomic bomb program
The first man-made satellite launched into space
The German rocket program during WWII
The Russian counter-part to NATO
21
1940s Civil Rights leader, planned March On Washington
Louis Armstrong
W..E.B. DuBois
Martin Luther King Jr.
A. Phillip Randolph
22
The following were used during both the American Revolution AND Civil Rights movement EXCEPT
Direct Action
Intellectual Argument
Boycotts
Tar and Feathering
23
First permanent English settlement in New World
Plymouth Rock
New Amsterdam
Quebec
Jamestown
24
Roe v Wade
Race in College Admissions
Right to an attorney
Free Speech
Reproductive Rights (privacy)
25
This group, founded by Martin Luther King, grew out of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts
SNCC
SCLC
Black Panthers
Nation of Islam
26
Supreme Court ruling overturned "Separate But Equal"
Miranda v Arizona
Brown v BOE
Plessy v Ferguson
Gideon v Wainwright
27
What president is associated with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Barrack Obama
28
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
29
Union Leader: United Farm Workers
Rachel Carson
Samuel Gompers
Martin Luther King
Cesar Chavez
30
"Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
George Bush
Ronald Reagan
31
Which ethnic group were sent to internment camps during WWII?
Chinese
Koreans
Japanese
African-Americans
32
What was the first "televised" war?
Korea
Spanish American War
World War II
Vietnam
33
What was the US government's response to Sputnik?
Funding for interstate highways and the Manhattan Project
Invention of television and air conditioning
The GI Bill and Levittown
increased funding for math and science, creation of NASA
34
The Battle of Midway was a turning point in which war?
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
35
Who was the first black major league baseball player of the modern era?
Muhammad Ali
Jackie Robinson
A. Phillip Randolph
Louis Armstrong
36
Which president was known for re-establishing relations with China and the Watergate scandal?
Kennedy
Johnson
Eisenhower
Nixon
37
What effect did TV have on the 1960 presidential election?
Kennedy defeated Nixon in televised debates
TV had no effect on the campaign
Richard Nixon used the first campaign ads on TV
Nixon won because he looked better on TV than Kennedy
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First ever president to resign
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
George Bush
Bill Clinton
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What was Levittown?
Code name for the atomic bomb
a 1950s suburban development
a 1920s suburban development
Pivotal battle in the American Revolution
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What decade did TV first become popular?
1920s
1950s
1930's
1970s
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Economic Aid to 22 European Countries after WWII
Anaconda Plan
Tet Offensive
Watergate Plan
Marshall Plan
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in what year in what city?
1968 Dallas
1963 Los Angeles
1963 Dallas
1968 Memphis
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Which president is responsible for the Interstate Highway Act of 1956?
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
44
This book written by Rachel Carson warned Americans about a threat to the planet
Silent Spring
Cruel Summer
Nuclear Winter
Bye-Bye Birdie