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1
What was HUAC
Investigate a possible subversive of activities by Nazis
Investigate possible subversive activities by fascists
House un-American activities committee
Investigate a possible subversive activities by Communists
2
Civil rights act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination in public places and Employment
Equal wages for work
Stimulated the economy
The Kennedy legacy
3
Who was reelected president in 1972
Clinton
Obama
Nixon
Bush
4
Camp David Accord’s
Provided good service and prices to control stocks
Peace treaty between Carter, Egyptian, and Israeli leaders
Focused on American consciousness
WithDrew troops from the Sinai Peninsula
5
Bay of Pigs
small writers and artist critical of American society
US and British pilots flew supplies the West Berlin
Divided east Germany in West Berlin
Failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA-lead force of Cuban exiles
6
Define the Red Scare
Spies inside and outside America working to destroy America
Fear that was not unique to the late 1940s and 1950s
Fear that communists Were working to destroy American life
Belief communist were everywhere and the death to society
7
Define black power
Term first used by Carmichael In 1966
African-Americans used economic power to gain equality
Used for violence
Term used by the NAACP
8
Vietnamization
Hope to secure south Vietnam
Gradual withdraw of US forces
US forces withdraw ARVN and troops assumed more combatduties
9
Truman Doctrine
crisis between the United States and the Soviet union
Response to the iron curtain
Trumans promise to aid nations struggling against communism
Peace treaty created by Germany
10
Why would Al Qaeda attack us
Just for fun
To enable an act of violence and fear
Prove they are more superior
initiate rise of terrorism
11
What was the SEATO
Cease-fire
alliance aimed at preventing the spread of communism
The south Asia Treaty organization
South Korea’s enemy fortification
12
Who is Nikita Khrushchev
President of Germany
General of North Korea
General of South Korea
Head of the Soviet Union after Stalins Death
13
Supply side economics
People have more money to spend if taxes are reduced
assumption that if taxes are reduced people work more
All of the above
Can cause the economy to grow
14
Axis of evil
Term used By Bush
Described Terrorism and Sought weapons of mass destruction
Form of power
One of bushes domestic challenges
15
Explain Watergate
Illegal activities led to resignation of Nixon
Scandal that Dominated national news
16
who controlled the ”Satellite States”
U.S.
Austria Hungary
Asia
Soviet Union
17
What did the Warsaw Powers act do
Restricted the presidents War making powers
Stop the growth of the imperial presidency
Requiring president to consult with Congress
i don't know
18
Montgomery bus boycott
Protested bus segregation
Fueled by Rosa parks incident
Citizens refuse to ride the Montgomery buses
Caused black people to carpool
19
What happened on 9/11
Terrorist attack on World Trade center, and the Pentagon
Attack on the Us by Afghanistan
New York attacked by Germany
20
what was the purpose of NATO
US and Soviet alliance
Provided the military alliance to counter Soviet expansion
Western nations forceful action
Aid to Yugoslavia
21
Who became president after being vice president for eight years
Reagan
Hillary Clinton
George HW Bush
Bill Clinton
22
Who and what did the US fight during the Korean War
Economic boom led by Eisenhower
Communism led by Mao Zedong
23
Persian Gulf War
I don’t know
War between US and Iraq
24
Brown v. Board of Education
Desegregated public education at all grade levels
Segregation imposed by law
Case that supported the civil rights
Mexican American trial
25
What’s rivalries were a part of the Cold War
United States-Spain
United States-Soviet Union
Germany-France
United States-Austria Hungary
26
Who invaded Kuwait
Soviet Union
Saddam Hussein
US
Iran
27
Who was the leading authority on the Soviet union
Ms.Godbout
George F. Kennan
President Truman
Adolf Hitler
28
Jimmy Carter
President of United States
One time governor of Georgia but elected president in 1976
Governor of Georgia
29
When did the division between North and South Korea and
1880
It never did
1963
1975
30
what cause Clinton to get Impeached
All of the above
Abuse of power
Perjury
Sexual Harassment
31
Tet offensive
Named after the Vietnamese lunar new year
Coordinated assault on 36 provincial capitals
Gap in the American public’s growing distrust of statements
Assault on 5 major cities in the US Embassy in Saigon
32
Cuban missile crisis
Resulted from soviet installation of nuclearmissiles in Cuba
Conflict between the US and the SU
33
Who were the Al Qaeda
Wanted to end American involvement in Muslim countries
Group in Afghanistan who hated the United States
Terrorist group led by Osama bin Laden
34
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
Authorized the president to take all necessary measures
Aggression by Taylor
repel any armed attack against forces of the United States
war power
35
Iran Hostage crisis
Iranian students invaded the US Embassy and took 66 hostages
Khomeini gov. Took control of the US embassy and hostages
conflict challenging foreign policies United States
36
What was the purpose of the Warsaw Pact
Protected non-communist parts of Europe
Response to Germany becoming a member of NATO
SU and it’s satellite states form a rival military alliance
Advertise communism
37
What was the Marshall Plan
US took money from western European
Work against the expansion of communism
Work against the expansion of communism
offered economic aid To western European countries
38
What was McCarthyism
Catch word for extreme
Irresponsible allegations
Catch word for Reckless charges
Increased his power
39
Roe v. Wade
Right to privacy for pregnant women
Court case for unsafe sex
Pregnant women have a say if they want abortion or not
Ruled for segregation
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The Reagan revolution would help shift what
Economic status of the nation
Threat against Iran
The political direction of the nation
War in the Middle East
