Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique focused on what primary issue

Feelings of dissatisfaction with life as a housewife

How did Jimmy Carter respond to the economic crises of the late 1970s?

Using approaches championed by conservatives including deregulation...

Which of the following best describes the ruling of Citizens United v. FEC?

No limits could be placed on political spending by corporations...

How did Reagan’s first budget immediately impact the national debt?

The national debt increased dramatically

Which of the following is true of the 2016 election:

Trump & Clinton were the most unpopular nominees in modern American history

The Kerner Commission explained urban riots as the result of which of the following

Black frustration with the hopelessness of urban poverty

What was the subject of Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring?

Environmental dangers of pesticides

Which of the following best describes the so-called Bush Doctrine?

The US should act unilaterally and preemptively to fight terrorism

How did Ronald Reagan win over the Religious Right?

Denouncing abortion and prayer in schools

President Johnson proposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 partially in response to what event in Selma, Alabama

“Bloody Sunday,” the beating of peaceful marchers by police officers

Which of the following best describes global economic trends in the early 1990s?

Liberalized economic laws and rising international investment

Why was the federal government slow to respond to the AIDS crisis?

The issue disproportionately affected gay Americans, a marginalized group

George H. W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis by doing all of the following EXCEPT

Updating New Deal programs for a new era

What was the intention of the War Powers Resolution?

Reduce the president’s ability to wage war without congressional consent

How did racism influence the growth of the modern Republican Party?

Democrats took the lead in passing civil rights legislation pushing white..

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 accomplish?

Created a Civil Rights Commission in the Department of Justice...

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1
What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Hostile relations between the United States and Cuba
Castro’s invitation to the Soviet Union to install missiles
All of the above
Retaliation for the American nuclear arsenal housed in Turkey
2
Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique focused on what primary issue
Feelings of dissatisfaction with life as a housewife
The problems facing women in poverty
Rising incidents of rape and sexual violence
Employment discrimination based on gender
3
Which of the following statements regarding the Iran Contra Affair are true?
The project was authorized by the 1984 Boland Amendment
goal was to raise money to support anti-Sandinista government in Nicaragua
All of the above
Reagan escaped prosecution despite proof that he authorized the operation
4
How did Jimmy Carter respond to the economic crises of the late 1970s?
Actively encouraging Americans to participate in the consumer economy
Proposing a new New Deal in attempt to revitalize American liberalism
Using approaches championed by conservatives including deregulation...
Carter took very little action on economic issues
5
__________ of American households purchased a television set between 1948-1955.
nearly 2/3
30%
1/2
70%
6
Which of the following best describes the ruling of Citizens United v. FEC?
The torture that occurred at Guantanamo Bay violated both the...
Judicial oversight does not have authority over partisan gerrymandering
No limits could be placed on political spending by corporations...
Federal officials must verify the citizenship status of all individuals...
7
What was the “Nixon Doctrine?”
A renewed commitment to send American forces to military conflicts
The use of militarized police forces to end urban riots
Commitment to the domino theory
A military policy of détente
8
How did Reagan’s first budget immediately impact the national debt?
The national debt decreased dramatically
There was little change in the national debt
The national debt decreased slightly
The national debt increased dramatically
9
Which of the following is true of the 2016 election:
Trump & Clinton were the most unpopular nominees in modern American history
Donald Trump stole the election from Hillary Clinton
Millions of Russians illegally voted
Americans felt heart warmed by the style of politics they witnessed
10
Medgar Evers, an NAACP leader in Mississippi, was assassinated in the summer of 1963.
True
False
11
The Religious Right was a coalition of protestants and Catholics concerned with issues like:
guns
abortion, gay rights, ERA
12
The Kerner Commission explained urban riots as the result of which of the following
The provocation of racist urban police departments
Anger over the failures of the Civil Rights Movement
Poor parenting by African Americans
Black frustration with the hopelessness of urban poverty
13
Roe v. Wade, the court case that legalized abortion hinged on what legal idea?
Right of privacy
Community good
Feminist equality
Sexual liberation
14
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State an account of sex
True
False
15
On what legal principle did Brown v. Board of Education rest?
equal but unequal
idk
separate but equal
cool but not
16
What was the subject of Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring?
The role of religion in the Civil Rights movement
Persistence of sexism in the 1960s
Threats of nuclear war
Environmental dangers of pesticides
17
Donald Trump was impeached a second time for
"illegal use of campaign funds"
"incitement of insurrection"
"contempt of Congress"
"perjury"
18
By 1968, ______________ American troops were stationed in Vietnam, and nearly ____________ had been killed.
10,000; 100
500,000; 20;000
3 million; 100,000
40 million; 500,000
19
What did Lyndon Johnson call his domestic program?
Fair Deal
New Frontier
Square Deal
Great Society
20
Which of the following best describes the so-called Bush Doctrine?
The US should act unilaterally and preemptively to fight terrorism
Financial services firms deemed “too big to fail” should rescued w/ federal
Cutting taxes will increase government revenue
Contact between the exec & legis branches should occur via the VP’s office
21
As many as ______ Americans participated in demonstrations for racial justice in the summer of 2020.
5 million
10 million
25 million
1 million
22
What was the primary guiding principle of Carter’s foreign policy during his early years in office?
Human rights
Domino Theory
Isolationism
Realpolitik
23
How did Ronald Reagan win over the Religious Right?
Denouncing abortion and prayer in schools
Distancing himself from the racist past by opposing Bob Jones University
Emphasizing his background as a church-goer and Sunday school teacher
All of the above
24
President Johnson proposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 partially in response to what event in Selma, Alabama
The assassination of Malcolm X
The jailing of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bombing of an African American church
“Bloody Sunday,” the beating of peaceful marchers by police officers
25
Which of the following enabled the rising purchase of consumer goods?
Increased production that lowered prices
Use of installment plans
All of the above
Mass-distribution of credit cards
26
How did federal housing programs discriminate against Americans of color?
Redlining neighborhoods that included Americans of color
Creating self-fulfilling prophecies that racially integrated neighborhoo...
Claiming Americans of color were a greater risk of defaulting on FHA loans
All of the above
27
1950s culture saw the rise of a new genre of music called rock 'n' roll.
True
False
28
Which of the following best describes global economic trends in the early 1990s?
A final resurgence of global communism
Massive economic growth inspired by government investment and war
Spiraling trade wars
Liberalized economic laws and rising international investment
29
What was the name of the 1950s counterculture that rejected the values of conformity and domesticity?
Beats
Zoot Suiters
Toughs
Hippies
30
What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education?
All of the above
Extended the reach of the Fourteenth Amendment
Ruled against segregated public schools
Overturned the legal logic of Plessy v. Ferguson
31
The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) mimicked policy proposals of all of the following politicians EXCEPT
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon
Mitt Romney
Newt Gingrich
32
All of the following distinguish millennials from earlier generations EXCEPT
Less religious
More burdened by debt
Less likely to have traveled
More liberal
33
Why was the federal government slow to respond to the AIDS crisis?
Concerns about the deficit discouraged new research spending
The disease was portrayed as an international problem, not a USA problem
The surgeon general opposed allocating research funding
The issue disproportionately affected gay Americans, a marginalized group
34
George H. W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis by doing all of the following EXCEPT
Updating New Deal programs for a new era
Using his son to solidify his relationship with the religious right
Promising to continue the conservative work of the Reagan administration
Appealing to racial resentment among white voters
35
In 2012, nearly _______ of all Americans were immigrants or the sons or daughters of immigrants.
one fifth
one half
one fourth
one eighth
36
The National Indian Youth Council (NIYC)...
staged a series of fish-ins.
employed militant rhetoric and advocated direct action.
marked the beginning of the Red Power movement.
all of the above are correct.
37
What was the most provable part of Nixon's role in Watergate? (maybe)
his friend
The tapes
38
Which of the following industries experienced the most economic growth under Reagan?
Financial Services
Organized Laborers
Agriculture
Manufacturing
39
What is the name of the U of Chicago economist who helped to develop the intellectual position of libertarian economics?
Milton Friedman
Leonard Reed
John Maynard Keynes
Jasper Crane
40
Who was the leader of the movement to stop the Equal Rights Amendment?
Richard Nixon
Betty Friedan
Jerry Fallwell
Phylis Schlafly
41
The Religious Right built a powerful coalition that united conservative evangelicals with what other voting group?
Jewish Americans
Conservative Catholics
Mainline Protestants
All of the above
42
What was the intention of the War Powers Resolution?
Reduce the president’s ability to wage war without congressional consent
Reform the selective service process to prevent draft dodging
Creating regulation to monitor the Military Industrial Complex
Fund military expenditures through raising taxes to prevent spending
43
The Pentagon Papers were the guilt impugning documents that the Nixon administration tried to keep from the public.
True
False
44
What percentage of white New Yorkers sympathized with Goetz?
50%
15%
33%
90%
45
The 1968 Democratic National Convention included massive protests by police. Where did this convention meet?
Chicago
Atlanta
Washington D.C.
Memphis
46
The Dow Jones Industrial Average–which stood at 950 in 1981–reached _______ by the end of Reagan’s second term.
3,927
1,893
2,239
2,947
47
Vietnam was considered the 1st "living room war" highlighting the role outlets like CBS Evening News played in the war.
True
False
48
How did racism influence the growth of the modern Republican Party?
Nixon’s administration actively recruited black political appointees...
Republicans defended white supremacy in their official party platforms
Democrats took the lead in passing civil rights legislation pushing white..
Members of the KKlK were embraced by the Democratic Party, pushing...
49
Bob Dylan's song "Times They are a Changin" highlighted the role folk music played in the culture of protest in then
False
True
50
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 accomplish?
All of the above
Created a Civil Rights Commission in the Department of Justice...
Legalized interracial marriage
Demanded the integration of all public colleges and universities
51
Which of the following right wing think tanks were created in the first decade following WWII?
Both of these
Neither of these
Foundation for Economic Education
Mont Pelerin Society
52
Which leader of the Soviet Union advocated the projects of glasnost and perestroika?
Leonid Brezhnev
Yuri Andropov
Konstantin Chernenko
Mikhail Gorbachev
53
How did American liberals change their views of poverty during the 1960s?
Economists demonstrated how structural flaws in the national economy...
The War on Poverty created over a million new jobs under the...
Johnson’s Great Society and its imitators cut government-sponsored training
More saw poverty from the failure of people to take advantage of the system
54
Reaganomics argued that if you cut taxes on corporations & wealthy, the money would "trickle down" to everyone else.
False
True
55
All of the following occurred during the Clinton administration EXCEPT
Restricting access to welfare benefits
Significant economic growth
Allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the military
Passage of NAFTA
56
In the mid-1960s, SNCC experienced a transformation. This transformation included all of the following EXCEPT
The growing influence of radical leaders like Stokely Carmichael
Merging with the Black Panther Party
Focus on racial injustice in northern cities
The expulsion of all white members
57
The Albany Movement on Christian commitments to social justice & united all of the following Civil Rights groups EXCEPT
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
58
Describe the Vietnam War Memorial.
it's cool
The Memorial is depressing and unpatriotic.
fun!
really fun
59
Who first challenged segregation on buses?
Emmett Till
Sarah Keys
Mary-Louise Smith
Rosa Parks
60
The Stonewall incident that catalyzed the gay rights movement occurred when __________
A gay teenager was tortured and murdered in the Midwest
A prominent gay politician was murdered in San Francisco
Media leaders began to focus on the experience of gay and lesbian Americans
Bar patrons in New York City protested a police raid
61
All of the following led to the economic development of the Sun Belt EXCEPT
The development of modern air conditioning made the climate more tolerable
A resurgence in southern agriculture
Massive federal subsidies, including military spending created new jobs
Cheap, nonunionized labor & lax regulations stole north away from Rust Belt
62
Black Power was championed by figures like Malcolm X and organizations like the Black Panther Party founded in CA.
False
True
63
A year after the Little Rock 9 were escorted to school every day, schools closed instead of allowing integration.
False
True
64
What was the relationship between the federal government and economic growth in the aftermath of World War II?
Economic growth resulted from less federal spending
Economic stagnation resulted from less federal spending
Federal spending slowed economic growth
Federal spending created more economic growth
65
Which group first promoted the idea that drug use could remedy feelings of alienation?
Civil rights activists
Feminists
Psychologists and sociologists
Musicians
66
What was the primary rationale used to justify the Iraq War?
The expansion of democracy and alleviation of human rights abuses
The defeat of al-Qaeda cells
Saddam Hussein’s alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction
Reduction of global gas prices
67
Which of the following best describes the marketing techniques of early television executives?
Using targeted regional programming that created different shows for...
Creating new channels to market directly to smaller groups whose...
Finding programming that would appeal to the widest possible audience
Designing programming that appealed primarily to children
68
How did students challenge segregated lunch counters at a Woolworth's in North Carolina?
they slayed
they staged a sit-in
69
Who organized the first sit-ins?
NAACP
Members of the Communist Party
Students
Churches
70
Why did President Clinton fail to secure universal healthcare?
Resistance from conservatives
Attack ads funded by the healthcare industry
Hesitancy among Democrats in congress
All of the above
71
What event was exploited as a pretext for escalating American involvement in Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The U2 Incident
The military coup that ousted Diem
72
Which of the following resulted from American commitments to free trade?
The relocation of American manufacturing overseas
Rising prices on international goods
Increased dominance of American exports
Increased diplomatic conflict with other wealthy nations
73
Which of the following took place in the 1990s, representing a new trend in immigration?
Declining immigration from Latin America
The decline of anti-immigrant sentiment
Increased immigration to the American South
All of the above
74
The 2000 presidential election was decided when
Al Gore conceded privately to George W. Bush
A recalculation of electoral college votes from PA tipped the scale
The FL recount concluded that George W. Bush had received 863 more votes
The Supreme Court ruled that the automatic recount had to cease immediately
75
How did the first freedom ride end?
The riders were arrested in Montgomery, Alabama
The ride was peaceful and ignored by both southerners and northern media
Angry mobs composed of KKK members attacked the riders in Birmingham...
The ride drew protests and media attention, but there was no violence
76
The churches most common in suburban America tended most frequently celebrated which of the following cultural values?
Social justice
Nonviolence and peacemaking
Communal unity
Economic individualism
77
Four Americans were killed by the National Guard in 1970 at __________ in the midst of campus protests about Vietnam.
ut
georgia tech
uga
Kent State University
78
The cornerstone of Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty was which program?
Community Action
Peace Corp
Teach for America
Head Start
79
What initially sparked the 1973 energy crisis?
Public panic over the Watergate scandal
Environmental legislation that eliminated old coal-fired power plants
OPEC’s embargo of oil exports to the US in retaliation for US intervention
Price manipulation by American oil companies
80
Which of the following best describes the “Reagan Doctrine?”
A commitment to détente
Avoiding international engagement in favor of domestic economic investment
The US committed to supplying aid to anti-communist forces everywhere
importance of triangulation to play communist nations off of one another
81
What was the primary political issue that Carter used in his presidential campaign?
Continuing the progress of the Civil Rights Movement
The reduction of regulation in hopes of kick-starting the economy
Carter’s campaign focused less on issues than on his background
Solving the problems of American poverty with a major new federal program
82
All of the following aspects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 are true EXCEPT:
Increased federal revenues
Reduced the highest marginal rate from 50% to 28%
Simplified the tax code
Lowered top corporate tax rate from 46% to 34%
83
Why was Emmett Till murdered?
Refusing to give up a bus seat to a white woman
Sneaking into a movie theater with a white girlfriend
Protesting segregation in Mississippi public schools
Allegedly whistling at a white woman
84
Advertisers in the 60s innovated by beginning to emphasize which of the following traits as a means of selling products?
Beauty and sexual attractiveness
All of the above
Rebellion and individuality
Worldliness and intelligence
85
Which of the following phrases best describes “Reagan Democrats?”
Corporate leaders in Northeast who supported Democrats; believed in Reagan
A new brand of Democrats who advocated liberal programs to oppose Reagan
Southerners who resisted the Civil Rights Act
Blue-collar voters who lost faith in the liberal creed
86
Medicare provides insurance primary for the ___________, while Medicaid primarily provides care for the ______________.
aged; poor
sick; dying
funny; goofy
87
The word used by the Johnson administration to describe the increasing troop presence in Vietnam was "________." (maybe)
deescalation
escalation
88
The presidential election of 1984 convinced the Democratic Party that its future lied with what group?
Rural voters
Union members
African Americans
Upwardly mobile professionals and suburbanites
89
What happened at My Lai?
An American ship was fired upon, leading to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
An American journalist was killed increasing opposition to the war
U.S. troops massacred hundreds of civilians
The Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive
90
Which two prominent Americans were assassinated in 1968?
your mom and dad
malcolm x and nixon
MLK and Robert Kennedy
91
Congressional opposition from which faction plagued Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration?
Both
Liberal Democrats
Conservative Republicans
Neither

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