Why didn't Eisenhower send troops right away to LIttle Rock?

Ike hoped the governor would back down

Why didn't the Clinton administration intervene in the Rwandan genocide?

Sacred following an attempt on Americans in Mogadishu.

Why did MLK Jr. write the Letter from the Birmingham Jail?

Due to the tactics of Eugene "Bull" Connor in Birmingham

What was the Manhattan Project?

Venture developing an atomic bomb

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

banned discrimination in employment and public housing.

One key effect of Hurricane Katrina was

The government was ill prepared to handle natural disasters

Why did the US attack Iraq?

The US thought that Iraq had nuclear weapons

By 1933 the Nazis became the most powerful party in Germany because

they effectively played on public discontent and nationalism

the idea that US needs to prevent communism from spreading

Why wasn't President Clinton impeached?

the Senate failed to reach a 2/3 vote to impeach him

Who won the 2000 election?

The man who won the state of Florida

Which of the following was a criticism of NAFTA?

Mexican work would be cheaper reducing U.S. business

What was the Marshall Plan?

Financial aid to Europe after WWII

Who were the Rosenbergs?

Siblings accused of sending nuclear secrets to USSR

existed throughout the U.S. in the 1960s

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1
What was the U.S. Congressional response to 9/11?
pass the Department of Homeland Security Act
pass the Defense of America Act
pass the Miracle on Ice Act
pass the Patriot Act
2
Where were hundreds of pro-democracy supporters killed by communist forces?
Hungary
Vietnam
China
Korea
3
Why didn't Eisenhower send troops right away to LIttle Rock?
National Media outlets were covering up the event
Ike hoped the governor would back down
School desegregation was not legalized
Gov. Faubus promised to protect African Americans
4
Were Reagan's predictions different than the results of Reaganomics?
Maybe
Yes
We still don't know
No
5
Why was the US isolationist in 1930?
Americans overall supported the war effort
Most Americans were pacifists
The UN was created since the US was isolationist
Americans were upset with the way WWII ended
6
Why didn't the Clinton administration intervene in the Rwandan genocide?
Sacred following an attempt on Americans in Mogadishu.
The War on Terror began
the split of Yugoslavia
Clinton signed the Oslo Accords`
7
Why did MLK Jr. write the Letter from the Birmingham Jail?
In response to Eisenhower and Little Rock
Due to the tactics of Eugene "Bull" Connor in Birmingham
Creation of the NAACP
Creation of the Black Power Movement
8
What was the Manhattan Project?
Program providing benefits to veterans
Project in which the US sent a man to space
Venture developing an atomic bomb
Program designed to helped the Navajo Code Talkers in WWII
9
What movie taught children what to do in case of a nuclear attack?
I Love Lucy
Bert and Turtle
Duck and Cover
The Nuclear War Guide Book
10
What did HUAC do?
Liberated most of South Korea in 1950
Hunted Nazis
Created the state of Israel
Investigated Communists
11
Which country was not a member of the Allied Powers at the start of the war?
Britain
France
Australia
USSR
12
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
ended de facto segregation in the South
banned the use of poll taxes
ended de jure segregation in the South
banned discrimination in employment and public housing.
13
Black Muslims were led by
Muhammad II
Medgar Edgers
Martin Luther KIng Jr.
Malcolm X
14
Which country was not a member of the Axis Powers?
Italy
Japan
Germany
USA
15
Which economic condition dominated the 1970s?
Stagflation
Low unemployment
High unemployment
Inflation
16
One key effect of Hurricane Katrina was
New Orleans faced a long drought
The U.S. government created FEMA to help with disasters
The government was ill prepared to handle natural disasters
The government was well prepared to handle natural disasters
17
Which man developed the plan behind 9/11?
Boris Yeltsin
Ocama Bin Laden
Saddam Hussein
Osama Bin Laden
18
Why did the US attack Iraq?
Osama Bin Laden was protecting Saddam Hussein
The US thought that Iraq had nuclear weapons
Iraqi troops were torturing people in Kuwait
Saddam Hussein was protecting Osama Bin Laden
19
By 1933 the Nazis became the most powerful party in Germany because
they convinced most Germans that communism was the answer
they were in power in the Weimar Republic
they effectively played on public discontent and nationalism
they supported the Treaty of Versailles
20
This period in the 1950s saw a very sharp increase in the birth rate in the US
Baby Baby Oh
Baby Doom
Baby Gloom
Baby Boom
21
Containment is
the idea that one communist nation will cause others to fall
the idea that the US wants communism to spread
the idea that US needs to prevent communism from spreading
cool
22
Why wasn't President Clinton impeached?
the House of Representatives failed to reach a 2/3s vote
He resigned before he could be impeached
A majority Senators voted to impeach him
the Senate failed to reach a 2/3 vote to impeach him
23
Operation Desert Storm involved the Iraq invading
Somalia
Kuwait
Iran
Afghanistan
24
Which of the following was a prominant aspect of American society in the 1950s?
Loss wages
A swooning economy
Women staying in the workforce
Conformity
25
Who was fired for failing to take order from the President?
Ho Chi Minh
General Westmoreland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
26
What did protesters demand at the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
Nomination of Hubert Humphrey
acceptance of President Johnson's war policies
an end to the Vietnam War
more troops in Vietnam
27
Who won the 2000 election?
The man who won the state of Florida
Ralph Nader
The man who won the popular vote
Al Gore
28
What occurred on Nov. 9th, 1989?
Tiananmen Square
Berlin Wall is Built
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Fail of Berlin Whale
29
Auschwitz, Dachau, and Bergen-Belsen were locations of
Nazi Death Camps
Fun worlds
Nazi State Capitals
WWII battles
30
Which of the following was a criticism of NAFTA?
Canada would be left in the cold
WTO opposed it
Mexican work would be cheaper reducing U.S. business
US goods would be more expensive on the world market
31
Where were the principle strikes of the Tet Offensive?
urban areas
Khe Sanh
rural areas
North Vietnam
32
Who was the leader of the USSR?
Stalin
Mussolini
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
33
Nixon's plan to shift power from the federal government to the states was called
Anti-Federalism
affirmative action
New Federalism
Shuttle Diplomacy
34
Which president pardoned Nixon?
Reagan
Carter
Ford
Clinton
35
Why did the US fell that it was necessary to intervene in South Vietnam?
Massive Retaliation
The Marshall Plan
Vietnamization
Domino Theory
36
What was the Marshall Plan?
U.S. troop deployment in Korea
Forced negotiations after WWII
Financial aid to Europe after WWII
US occupation of Berlin
37
Who were the Rosenbergs?
A married couple who were collecting dating on communists
Siblings accused of sending nuclear secrets to USSR
Helped during the Berlin Airlift
Siblings who started Israel
38
De facto segregation
only existed in the South
existed throughout the U.S. in the 1960s
has a legal basis
was struck down by the Supreme Court
39
How was the Black Power movement different from MLK Jr's movement?
wanted to get African Americans political active
used nonviolent methods
used the teachings of Islam in their mission
advocated the use of violence
40
What ruling was tested by the Little Rock Nine?
Wainwright v. Gideon
Miranda v. Arizona
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education

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