What was the outcome of the Korean War?

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

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

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

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

Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to take over its oil reserves

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

Required a certain percentage of gov't jobs be given to African Americans

What charges led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton?

Perjury and obstruction of justice

What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?

To support nations trying to resist Soviet control

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

Overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro

What was America’s economic response to the formation of the European Union (EU)?

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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

Industrial nations were in a depression & wary of the mistakes of WW I

Which of the following led to the 2008 Great Recession?

Risky bank loans and a decline in home values

What was the primary effect of the policy of internment?

Japanese Americans were gathered and forced into internment camps.

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

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

The Democratic National Committee

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1
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
Korea was unified under a Communist government
North Korea surrendered after the threat of atomic warfare.
Korea remained divided at almost exactly the same place as before the war.
China controlled North Korea while South Korea remained independent.
2
The Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education ended
The “separate but equal” doctrine, especially in regards to schools
Jackie Robinson’s career in baseball
Discrimination in the hiring of federal employees
Eisenhower’s support of civil rights
3
What is the name given to the treatment of Jews and other groups considered undesirable by the Nazi's?
The Holocaust
The Relocation
The Dark Ages
VE Day
4
Which of the following was NOT a result of Ronald Reagan’s defense spending?
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to take over its oil reserves
Made the Soviet Union realize it couldn't keep up an arms race w/ the U.S.
The national debt skyrocketed
The economy would go into recession under George H.W. Bush
5
Students stormed the US Embassy in this country in 1979 taking 66 Americans hostage:
Israel
Iran
Iraq
Afghanistan
6
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did all of the following EXCEPT:
Established the EEOC to fight discriminationin hiring
Outlawed discrimination in voting, education, and public accommodations
Gave the government the power to desegregate schools
Required a certain percentage of gov't jobs be given to African Americans
7
Economic condition in the 1970s created by high inflation combined with recession.
Stagflation
New Right
Sit ins
Affirmative Action
8
What charges led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton?
Bribery of an elected official
Perjury and obstruction of justice
Wiretap and cover up of Watergate
Illegal drug use while governor
9
What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
To fight hunger anywhere in the world.
To support nations trying to resist Soviet control
To win the election of 1948.
To help General Motors increase wartime production
10
Why were the Vietcong such a difficult enemy to face during the Vietnam War?
They were rebels, not uniformed soldiers, & thus very difficult to identify
They dug extensive tunnels that allowed them to move around quickly
All of the above
They did not control territory & could not be defeated by conquering land
11
What Russian leader moved the Soviet Union away from socialism with his policy of perestroika?
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Leonid Brezhnev
12
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a CIA-hatched plan to:
Assassinate President Kennedy
Overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro
Fill San Francisco Bay with police officers
Destroy nuclear missiles placed in Cuba by the Soviet Union
13
What was America’s economic response to the formation of the European Union (EU)?
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
World Resolution On National Globalization (WRONG)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
14
During his time as President, Gerald Ford is most remembered for:
Ending America’s involvement in the Vietnam War
Declaring war on Afghanistan
Pardoning Richard Nixon
Returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
15
Which of the following WAS NOT a legislative policy of Obama’s while he was president?
No Child Left Behind
DACA
Affordable Care Act
Economic Stimulus Package
16
Who won the controversial 2000 presidential electionand what state was at the center of all the controversy?
Gore; Florida
Bush; Ohio
Gore; Ohio
Bush; Florida
17
Why did the world choose to appease Adolf Hitler during the 1930s?
Most of the world leaders supported Adolf Hitler’s final solution.
Industrial nations were in a depression & wary of the mistakes of WW I
Most of Europe felt that another war would improve the economy.
Europe had belonged to Germany so it was only right for Hiitler to unite it
18
What were the laws called that made segregation legal?
Gradualism
Black Panther
Integration
Jim Crow
19
Which of the following led to the 2008 Great Recession?
Cold War and overspending by the government on military
High unemployment and trade restrictions with other countries
Stock Market crash and oil embargos
Risky bank loans and a decline in home values
20
What was the primary effect of the policy of internment?
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.
Government jobs could not discriminate by race
21
A resurgent conservative movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Stagflation
Freedom Rides
Affirmative Action
New Right
22
9/11 was our biggest terrorist attack since Pearl Harbor, what happened on 9/11?
Airplanes crashed into the White House, Statue of Liberty and Pentagon
Terrorists attacked multiple historic landmarks including Mount Rushmore
Terrorists attacked the Twin Towers and Pentagon using commercial airplanes
Terrorists set a bomb in a car garage of the Twin Towers
23
Policy that gives special consideration to women and minorities to make up for past discrimination.
Stagflation
New Right
Affirmative Action
Freedom Rides
24
Program to protest segregation on interstate transportation, in which civil rights workers took buses through the south.
Freedom Rides
Affirmative Action
Sit ins
Stagflation
25
Protest in which African Americans occupied segregated establisments & demanded service, usually at diner counters.
Affirmative Action
Sit ins
Freedom Rides
Stagflation
26
Nixon campaign workers broke into what offices in the Watergate complex?
The US Treasury
The executive offices of Death Row Records
Campaign headquarters for Senator Ted Kennedy
The Democratic National Committee

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