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Duplicate of 2nd Semester US History Final Exam Review 2016 PART 2
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1
Lying about an affair with Monica Lewinsky led to the impeachment of what President?
Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
2
What were people protesting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
Kanye West
Civil Rights
Abortion
Vietnam War
3
The Patriot Act (2001)
stopped the military from excluding gay people from service
provided additional funding to enhance America’s nuclear arsenal
expanded the government’s authority in the fight against terrorism
undid state laws that were designed to restrict African American voting
4
What were the circumstances behind Robert Kennedy's assassination?
shot in NYC right before giving a speech
shot outside a Memphis motel
shot in a car in Dallas
shot in a hotel kitchen in California
5
The majority of people in the 60s counterculture movement were
white, middle-class college youths
poor, urban youths
Native Americans
Latinos
6
In what court case was segregation in public schools made illegal?
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Loving v. Virginia
Dred Scott v. Sandford
7
Which amendment changes the voting age from 21 to 18?
13th
18th
21st
26th
8
Who won a
decisive(landslide)
victory in the 2000 election?
Bill Clinton
Al Gore
George W. Bush
No one...Bush won electoral votes but lost popular vote
9
What has been a major long-term effect of the Vietnam War?
Americans support a permanent draft
US & Vietnam become BFFs
US hesitant to commit troops overseas for extended action
US forces occupy Vietnam
10
Opponents of the PATRIOT Act argue that it violates what part of the Constitution?
Guarantee of a republican form of government
Protection against unreasonable search and seizures
Right to bear arms
Freedom of speech
11
At which University was the Free Speech movement started?
University of Arkansas
UC-Berkeley
UCLA
UCA
12
What was the famous 1969 music event where artists such as Jimi Hendrix played?
Woodwind
Woodstock
Woodspot
Willowwood
13
What did MLK argue in his
Letter from Birmingham Jail
?
Nonviolence is the way to achieve equality.
Violence should be met with violence.
Equality must be achieved by any means necessary.
Schools should be desegregated.
14
What was NOT accomplished in the Civil Rights Movement?
African Americans gained a new sense of ethnic pride.
African Americans became more politically involved.
Segregation became illegal.
African American poverty ended.
15
Roe v. Wade
said that
all abortions are illegal
abortion is legal in the first 3 months
states can never regulate abortion
all abortions are legal
16
What theory says that if one country falls to communism, other countries will follow?
Domino Theory
Trickle Down Theory
Marxist Theory
Communisto Theory
17
What is the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in the US?
San Bernardino shooting
Oklahoma City bombing
World Trade Center car bombing
Unabomber
18
The Vietnam War draft was skewed so that
Women were chosen more than men
Caucasians were chosen more than minorities
Poor/working class were chosen more than the wealthy
Wealthy people were chosen more than the poor/working class
19
In what mission was a teacher a part of the crew that perished when the space shuttle exploded?
Discovery
Endeavour
Columbia
Challenger
20
Ronald Reagan's supply-side economics was called
Reaganomics
Reagan's Economic Enhancement Plan
Supply Economic Opportunity Proposal
Down-up Economics
21
Were the decisions of the Warren Court primarily liberal or conservative in nature?
conservative
liberal
22
Whose assassination led to riots and the growth of the Black Power movement?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Lennon
23
Who was the President when 9/11 occurred?
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
24
Which President resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal?
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Ronald Reagan
25
How were songs of the 1960s and 1970s a reflection of the times?
Showed there was social conflict over war and civil rights
Promoted hate and violence in the lyrics
Idolized reality TV stars of the times
showed that Americans agreed about foreign & domestic issues
26
What event symbolized the decline of Soviet power over Eastern Europe?
Launch of Sputnik
Creation of NAFTA
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Formation of Backstreet Boys
27
The Mexican government fully supported this agreement because it promoted investment & growth.
NASA
NAFTA
NATO
NAACP
28
When did Social Security end?
2005
1942
1991
Still around today
29
What characterized Johnson’s ‘Great Society’ programs?
promoting segregation
helping to end the Cold War
building more nuclear missiles than the Soviets
helping the poor and elderly
30
Under which president did the Vietnam War escalate the most?
Johnson
Nixon
JFK
Eisenhower
31
What major factor led to inflation in the 1970s?
High tariffs
Tax increases
High unemployment
Oil embargoes
32
The Social Security program is endangered primarily because
More people are taking from it than paying into it
the program has lost support
the program has become more indentified with racial minority
federal deficits have shifted funds previously used
33
How has the rise in school shootings impacted schools?
Schools have to increase security
Increased stress and anxiety for students
Teachers worry about their lives and students' lives being in danger
All of the above :(
34
The Little Rock 9 crisis showed that
states did not have to follow Supreme Court rulings
the President can force states to comply with court rulings
integration was never going to happen
no black students wanted to attend all white schools
35
Reaganomics was successful at
lowering taxes
raising taxes
enforcing stricter environmental regulation
increasing social programs
36
Nightly news about the Vietnam War did what?
Strengthened Americans support for the war
Created a credibility gap
Strengthened Americans support for the government
Built trust between Americans and their political leaders
37
What became a devastating world-wide epidemic by the 1990s?
Swine Flu
SARS
AIDS
Zika Virus
38
Why did the US get involved in the Vietnam War?
to help North Vietnam unite with South Vietnam
to keep the French out of Vietnam
to make them a US territory
to stop the spread of communism
39
The Black Panthers & Malcolm X believed
in a conservative approach to the civil rights movement
whites and blacks should be integrated
using any means necessary, including violence, for equality
in nonviolent direct action
40
Which President chose not to run for re-election because of low approval ratings?
Carter
Nixon
Johnson
Reagan
41
What year was Barack Obama elected the first African American US President?
2004
2008
2012
2000
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The law allowing authorities to engage in more wiretapping and other electronic surveillance.
Homeland Security Act
No-Fly Law
Terrorist Watch List
Patriot Act
