What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?

To support nations trying to resist Soviet control.

9/11 was our biggest terrorist attack since Pearl Harbor, what happened on 9/11?

Terrorists attacked the Twin Towers and Pentagon using commercial airplanes

What was the primary effect of the policy of internment?

Japanese Americans were gathered and forced into internment camps.

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

Korea remained divided at almost exactly the same place as before the war.

Why did the world choose to appease Adolf Hitler during the 1930s?

Most nations were wary of repeating the mistakes of WWI.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did all of the following EXCEPT:

jobs to be filled by women and minorities

Why did the world choose to appease Adolf Hitler during the 1930s?

Most nations were wary of repeating the mistakes of WWI.

Which was created to secure free trade between US Canada and Mexico?

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Which of the following led to the 2008 Great Recession?

Risky bank loans and a decline in home values

The Bay of Pigs invasion was a CIA-hatched plan to:

Overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro

The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education ended

The “separate but equal” doctrine, especially in regards to schools

What charges led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton?

Perjury (lying under oath) and obstruction of justice

Which of the following was NOT a result of Ronald Reagan’s defense spending?

Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to take over its oil reserves

Nixon campaign workers broke into what offices in the Watergate complex?

The Democratic National Committee

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1
What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
To support nations trying to resist Soviet control.
To win the election of 1948.
To help General Motors increase wartime production.
To fight hunger anywhere in the world.
2
9/11 was our biggest terrorist attack since Pearl Harbor, what happened on 9/11?
Terrorists attacked the Twin Towers and Pentagon using commercial airplanes
Airplanes crashed into the White House, Statue of Liberty and Pentagon
Terrorists set a bomb in a car garage of the Twin Towers
Terrorists attacked multiple historic landmarks including Mount Rushmore
3
Students stormed the US Embassy in this country in 1979 taking 66 Americans hostage:
Israel
Afghanistan
Iraq
Iran
4
What was the primary effect of the policy of internment?
Government jobs could not discriminate by race.
Japanese Americans were gathered and forced into internment camps.
Women had an easier time finding employment outside of the house.
Most foreigners were asked to leave the United States.
5
During his time as President, Gerald Ford is most remembered for:
Returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
Pardoning Richard Nixon
Declaring war on Afghanistan
Ending America’s involvement in the Vietnam War
6
Economic condition in the 1970s created by high inflation combined with recession
Reaganomics
Glastnost
Watergate
Stagflation
7
What were the laws called that made segregation legal?
Integration
Jim Crow
Black Panther
Gradualism
8
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
China controlled North Korea while South Korea remained independent.
North Korea surrendered after the threat of atomic warfare.
Korea was unified under a Communist government.
Korea remained divided at almost exactly the same place as before the war.
9
Students protesting segregated transportation, civil rights workers took buses through the south
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Freedom Summer
Freedom Rides
Sit Ins
10
Why did the world choose to appease Adolf Hitler during the 1930s?
Most of Europe felt that another war would improve the economy.
Europe originally belonged to Germany and Hitler wanted to reunite it.
Most nations were wary of repeating the mistakes of WWI.
Most of the world leaders supported Adolf Hitler’s final solution.
11
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did all of the following EXCEPT:
jobs to be filled by women and minorities
Established the EEOC to fight discrimination in hiring
Gave the government the power to desegregate schools
no discrimination in hiring or public places
12
Why did the world choose to appease Adolf Hitler during the 1930s?
Most of the world leaders supported Adolf Hitler’s final solution.
Most of Europe felt that another war would improve the economy.
Most nations were wary of repeating the mistakes of WWI.
Europe originally belonged to Germany and Hitler wanted to reunite it.
13
Which was created to secure free trade between US Canada and Mexico?
General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
World Resolution On National Globalization (WRONG)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
14
Which was a policy of President Obama?
No Child Left Behind
Economic Stimulus Package
Affordable Care Act
Desegregation of schools
15
A new conservative movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The Fourth Reich
Liberalism
Dixiecrats
New Right
16
Protest where African Americans occupied segregated establishments & demanded service especially used at diners.
Occupy Wall Street
Freedom Rides
Sit In
Diner Marches
17
Which of the following led to the 2008 Great Recession?
Risky bank loans and a decline in home values
Cold War and overspending by the government on military
Stock Market crash and oil embargos
High unemployment and trade restrictions with other countries
18
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a CIA-hatched plan to:
Overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro
Assassinate President Kennedy
Fill San Francisco Bay with bacon
Destroy nuclear missiles placed in Cuba by the Soviet Union
19
What is the name given to the treatment of Jews and other groups considered “undesirable” by the Nazis?
the Holocaust
the Dark Ages
the Relocation
V-E Day
20
Who won the electoral vote but not the popular vote in 2000 and which state was at the center of the controversy?
Bush; Ohio
Gore; Ohio
Bush; Florida
Gore; Florida
21
Policy that gives special consideration to women and minorities to make up for past discrimination.
Sit In
Affirmative Action
Freedom Rides
Diversity Directives
22
The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education ended
Discrimination in the hiring of federal employees
The “separate but equal” doctrine, especially in regards to schools
Eisenhower’s support of civil rights
Jackie Robinson’s career in baseball
23
Why were the Vietcong such a difficult enemy to face during the Vietnam War?
They were rebels, not uniformed soldiers, and very difficult to identify
Known for extensive tunnels that allowed them to move around quickly
All of the above
Did not control any territory, impossible to defeat them by conquering land
24
What charges led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton?
Perjury (lying under oath) and obstruction of justice
Wiretap and cover up of Watergate
Bribery of an elected official
Illegal drug use while governor
25
What Russian leader moved the Soviet Union away from socialism with his policy of perestroika?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Boris Yeltsin
26
Which of the following was NOT a result of Ronald Reagan’s defense spending?
The economy would go into recession under George H.W. Bush
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to take over its oil reserves
The national debt skyrocketed
Soviet Union realized it could not keep up in an arms race with the U.S.
27
Nixon campaign workers broke into what offices in the Watergate complex?
The Democratic National Committee
The executive offices of Death Row Records
The US Treasury
Campaign headquarters for Senator Ted Kennedy

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