Federal agency created in 1970 to regulate water and air pollution

Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

Who were the Progressives?

educated, middle class reformers

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1
Which group had their civil rights violated because they were interned during WW II?
Mexican Americans
women
African Americans
Japanese Americans
2
Which American president was associated with the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA?
Barack Obama
William "Bill" Clinton
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
3
Which war was caused by "yellow journalism" and imperialism?
World War I
Spanish-American War
World War II
Vietnam War
4
When nations join together for mutual defense and protection
nationalism
isolationism
imperialism
alliances
5
Which country's use of the u-boat or submarine led the US into World War I?
Soviet Union
Mexico
Japan
Germany
6
What president sent federal troops to help the "Little Rock 9" desegregate an all-white school
Eisenhower
Reagan
Kennedy
Johnson
7
Federal agency created in 1970 to regulate water and air pollution
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Environment Protection Agency (EPA)
8
Turning point battle in World War II
battle of Iwo Jima
battle of Saratoga
battle of Verdun
battle of Midway
9
What Supreme Court case declared "separate but equal" unconstitutional?
Roe v. Wade
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. BOE
Plessy v. Ferguson
10
What president was associated with the "Great Society" to end poverty
Johnson
Carter
Kennedy
Ford
11
Which of the following events led to a war with Afghanistan and the passage of the Patriot Act
Persian Gulf War
9/11 Terrorist Attack
Iranian hostage crisis
Watergate
12
"Search and destroy" missions were associated with which of the following wars?
Korean War
World War I
World War II
Vietnam War
13
What president was blamed for the Great Depression?
Richard Nixon
Herbert Hoover
Ronald Reagan
Franklin Roosevelt
14
Which term is associated with people who opposed immigrants coming to America?
isolationists
Okies
hippies
nativists
15
This battle was the turning point in Europe during World War II
the Bulge
Coral Sea
Verdum
Iwo Jima
16
A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power or nation
state
protectorate
nation-state
colony
17
The Chinese Exclusion Act was an example of which of the following ideas?
socialism
activism
communism
nativism
18
His essay proposed that the American frontier was closed by 1890
Frederick Jackson Turner
Herbert Spencer
Adam Smith
Andrew Carnegie
19
The Truman doctrine, Eisenhower doctrine and Nixon doctrine were meant to fight what?
communism
terrorism
isolationism
imperialism
20
Who was a leader for Mexican-American migrant workers in the 1960s?
Cesar Chavez
Martin Luther King, Jr
Rosie Perez
Mario Savio
21
What event in 1964 was held to encourage blacks to register to vote?
Freedom Summer
Watt riots
Greensboro sit-in
"march on Washington"
22
The "White House tapes" were involved in which scandal
Watergate
Teapot Dome
Credit Mobilier
Whitewater
23
What event resulted from a failed attempt to invade Cuba?
9/11 attack
Cuba Missile crisis
Bay of Pigs
Berlin airlift
24
What Supreme Court case legalize the right to an abortion?
Miranda v. Arizona
Engel v. Vitale
Roe v. Wade
Brown v. BOE
25
Helen Hunt Jackson demanded what from the federal government ..
government reform
Indian reform
political reform
business reform
26
Which president is associated with supply-side economics and the Iran-contra scandal?
Jimmy Carter
William Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Warren G. Harding
27
Who were the Progressives?
supporters of civil rights for blacks
educated, middle class reformers
nativists who hated immigrants
Mid-Western farmers
28
A major policy of Ronald Reagan's administration was to
lower federal income tax rates
reduce defense spending
end desegregation in public facilities
promote regulation of all businesses
29
What was banned by the Sherman Anti-trust Act?
government regulation of business
discrimination in public places
monopolies
capital investments
30
What American president renewed "Cold War" tensions with the Soviets in the 1980s?
Harry Truman
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
31
The culture of the young people who rejected mainstream US society in the 1960s
multiculturalism
counterculture
containment
cult of domesticity
32
A rebirth of black literature, music and art in the 1920s was called
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
the "Red Scare"
"Lost generation"
33
Term for no government regulation of the economy made famous by Adam Smith.
capitalism
laissez-faire
command economy
communism
34
What military alliance was formed during the Cold War to fight communism?
Triple Alliance
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Triple Entente
35
Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba and Phillippines were obtained after which war as colonies?
World War I
World War II
Spanish-American War
Vietnam War
36
What Supreme Court case established the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Plessy v. Ferguson
37
Which American president was associated with eliminating or regulating trusts?
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
38
Policy which seeks to correct past injustices by favoring the groups previously disadvantaged
detente
bimetallism
affirmative action
containment
39
Which amendment made Cuba a virtual protectorate of the U.S?
Teller Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
Platt Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
40
What president was blamed for the Vietnam War by his opponents?
Nixon
Carter
Johnson
Kennedy
41
Kennedy's foreign program of providing economic aid to Latin & Central America
Marshall Plan
flexible response
brinkmanship
Alliance for Progress
42
It banned the sell, manufacture and transportation of alcohol in the early 20th century
Prohibition
urbanization
affirmation action
fundamentalism
43
What was another name for wealthy industrialists who used ruthless business practices?
scalawags
robber barons
captain of industry
utopians
44
What became the new threat to world peace after 9/11?
communism
socialism
pacifism
terrorism
45
A volunteer cavalry regiment led by Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War
Harlem Hell Fighters
Rough Riders
Bonus Army
American Expeditionary Army
46
when a company or companies controls the price of an item and eliminate competition.
propaganda
sedition
monopoly
eugenics
47
Mixing of many cultures in a society to create one unique culture
"melting pot"
"salad bowl"
cold war
isolationism
48
Sacco and Vanzetti were victims of what so-called hysteria in the US after WW 1?
Red Scare
McCarthyism
trustbusting
the Cold War
49
The Patriot Act passed after 9/11 threaten American's right to which of the following?
right to privacy
right to counsel
right to free expression
right to a lawyer
50
Which of the following events resulted in a quarantine of Cuba?
Cuban Missile crisis
Bay of Pig invasion
launch of Sputnik
U-2 incident
51
In the 21st century, most immigrants to the U.S. come from which areas?
Latin and Central America
southern and eastern Europe
the Middle East and Africa
Asia and Africa
52
Which American president was associated with the release of the Iranian hostages in 1981?
Jimmy Carter
Richard M. Nixon
Donald Trump
Ronald Reagan
53
Which group was successful in bringing attention to issues like child labor and poverty?
muckrakers
robber barons
labor unions
communists
54
Which of the following was not a wealthy industrialist of the late 1800s?
Henry Ford
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
55
Which president was associated with the Teapot Dome scandal in the 1920s?
Richard Nixon
William Clinton
Warren G. Harding
Ronald Reagan
56
What event led to the end of the Great Depression for the United States?
World War I
New Deal
World War II
Harlem Renaissance
57
Racial separation established by practice and customs, not by law
de jure segregation
deregulation
de facto segregation
detente
58
The use of gold and silver as a basis of a national monetary system.
bimetallism
capitalism
silverite
gold standard
59
What is the term for an economy suffering from high unemployment and high prices
recession
depression
laissez-faire
stagflation
60
This law limits the president's ability to wage war without congressional approval.
Civil Rights Act
War Powers Act
Judiciary Act
Interstate Highway Act
61
Which of the following was not a muckraker during the Progressive era?
Betty Friedan- Feminine Mystique
Ida Tarbell- History of Standard Trust
Jacob Riis- how the other half lives
Upton Sinclair- The Jungle
62
The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act are all example of what?
consumer protectionism
capitalism
socialism
imperialism
63
What event caused the government to lower the voting age to 18?
Watergate
Vietnam War
Korean War
Iran Hostage crisis
64
U.S. support for this country in the 1970s led to the oil embargo
Soviet Union
China
Israel
South Vietnam
65
Which American president signed the first SALT I Treaty in the 1970s?
Obama
Carter
Bush #41
Nixon
66
What was President John Kennedy's foreign policy called
flexible response
brinksmanship
Truman doctrine
Vietnamization
67
Which group supported the Civil Rights Movement but opposed the Vietnam War?
industrialists
segregationists
hippies
hawks
68
Who were the Populists of the late 1800's?
Republicans who wanted to punish the South for the Civil War
wealthy industrialists who controlled huge corporations
middle class, educated social reformers
Mid-Western farmers
69
What was America's policy to fight communism during the start of "Cold War" called?
flexible response
containment
socialism
brinksmanship
70
The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting to sell newspapers and magazines
urbanization
Social Darwinism
yellow journalism
progressivism
71
US foreign policy calling for equal trade for all countries with China
Big Stick policy
Monroe Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Teapot Dome
72
What was the greatest achievement of the Freedmen's Bureau?
teaching the former slaves how to work in farming
providing food and clothing for the former slaves
educating the former slaves
helping the former slaves gain "forty acres and mule"
73
What group was helped by Title IX legislation passed in the 1970's?
African Americans
Asian Americans
Hispanic-Americans
women
74
What was America's foreign between World War I and World War II?
imperialism
sectionalism
communism
isolationism
75
Who were the "Okies" in the 1930s?
unemployed veterans
Indians pushed off their land by the federal government
people who lost all their money in the Stock Market crash
farmers from the Great Plains looking for work in California
76
It led to the "race for space" in the 1950s between the US and Soviet Union.
launch of Sputnik
Cuban Missile crisis
construction of the "Berlin War"
Iran Hostage crisis
77
She wrote a book, Silent Spring about the impact of environmental pollution
Betty Friedan
Rosa Parks
Hillary Clinton
Rachel Carson
78
A bombing in Chicago at the Haymarket Square led to the demise of this labor union.
Knights of Labor
Molly Marguires
IWW or "Wobblies"
American Federation of Labor
79
Which of the following was a major cause of the Spanish-American War and the World War I?
communism
imperialism
isolationism
sectionalism
80
The Sixteenth Amendment called for which of the following?
banned the poll tax
federal income tax
an end to slavery
direct election of US Senators
81
Mayor of NYC and famous political boss of Tammany Hall in the 1870s
William Tweed
George Cox
Robert Lafollette
Grover Cleveland
82
Which of the following led the US into World War I?
attack on Pearl Harbor
the explosion of the USS Maine
Zimmermann note or telegram
assassination of the archduke
83
Which principle was most weakened as a result of the Watergate scandal?
executive privilege
judicial review
national security
congressional immunity
84
Which amendment guarantees equal protection under the law and due process?
Sixteenth Amendment
Thirteen Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
85
Which war did television play a major role in affecting public opinion on?
Vietnam War
Korean War
Persian Gulf War
World War I
86
What was America's position when World War II started?
all in
trustbusting
joining the Allies
neutrality
87
Blacks who migrated from the South to Kansas in the post-Reconstruction era
Exodusters
freedom riders
Black Panthers
forty-niners
88
They demanded higher wages and better working conditions for their members
gold rushers
political parties
nativists
labor unions
89
It was an economic aid program to fight communism in Europe after WW II.
Marshall Plan
detente
Vietnamization
Camp David Accords
90
William Jennings Bryan was a supporter of which of the following?
unlimited coinage of silver
the gold standard
capitalism
Vietnam War
91
Famous document of WW II war aims of opposing the Axis Powers
Atlantic Charter
Treaty of Versailles
GI Bill of Rights
Emancipation Proclamation
92
Which of the following inventions had the greatest impact on the settlement of the West?
barbed wire
windmills
gold mines
reaper
93
Which American president was impeached in the 1990s but not removed from office?
Bush # 44
Clinton
Obama
Ford
94
Which war ended in a stalemate or no declared winner?
Spanish-American War
Korean War
Vietnam War
War on Terrorism
95
Which group was most associated with the Populist Party in the 1890s?
wealthy industrialists
African American workers
Mid-West farmers
educated, middle class reformers
96
Which president was associated with the policy of detente with the Soviet?
Ford
Nixon
Carter
Kennedy
97
This amendment adopted in 1920 gave women the right to vote
Sixteenth
Eighteenth
Seventeenth
Nineteenth
98
What was Jimmy Carter's greatest achievement as president in foreign policy?
Iranian Hostage crisis
Camp David Accords
the Oil Embargo
the overthrow the government in Chile
99
What has been America's foreign policy since World War II?
interventionism
communism
imperialism
isolationism
100
Two groups which help construct the first transcontinental railroad were
Italians and Poles
immigrants and black
slaves and Native Americans
Irish and Chinese

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AH2 NC FINAL EXAM REVIEW

100 termsStudBud Administration611 plays

This review game for American History 2

Flashcards100 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 100

Answers

1
Which group had their civil rights violated because they were interned during WW II?
Mexican Americans
women
African Americans
Japanese Americans
2
Which American president was associated with the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA?
Barack Obama
William "Bill" Clinton
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
3
Which war was caused by "yellow journalism" and imperialism?
World War I
Spanish-American War
World War II
Vietnam War
4
When nations join together for mutual defense and protection
nationalism
isolationism
imperialism
alliances
5
Which country's use of the u-boat or submarine led the US into World War I?
Soviet Union
Mexico
Japan
Germany
6
What president sent federal troops to help the "Little Rock 9" desegregate an all-white school
Eisenhower
Reagan
Kennedy
Johnson
7
Federal agency created in 1970 to regulate water and air pollution
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Environment Protection Agency (EPA)
8
Turning point battle in World War II
battle of Iwo Jima
battle of Saratoga
battle of Verdun
battle of Midway
9
What Supreme Court case declared "separate but equal" unconstitutional?
Roe v. Wade
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. BOE
Plessy v. Ferguson
10
What president was associated with the "Great Society" to end poverty
Johnson
Carter
Kennedy
Ford
11
Which of the following events led to a war with Afghanistan and the passage of the Patriot Act
Persian Gulf War
9/11 Terrorist Attack
Iranian hostage crisis
Watergate
12
"Search and destroy" missions were associated with which of the following wars?
Korean War
World War I
World War II
Vietnam War
13
What president was blamed for the Great Depression?
Richard Nixon
Herbert Hoover
Ronald Reagan
Franklin Roosevelt
14
Which term is associated with people who opposed immigrants coming to America?
isolationists
Okies
hippies
nativists
15
This battle was the turning point in Europe during World War II
the Bulge
Coral Sea
Verdum
Iwo Jima
16
A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power or nation
state
protectorate
nation-state
colony
17
The Chinese Exclusion Act was an example of which of the following ideas?
socialism
activism
communism
nativism
18
His essay proposed that the American frontier was closed by 1890
Frederick Jackson Turner
Herbert Spencer
Adam Smith
Andrew Carnegie
19
The Truman doctrine, Eisenhower doctrine and Nixon doctrine were meant to fight what?
communism
terrorism
isolationism
imperialism
20
Who was a leader for Mexican-American migrant workers in the 1960s?
Cesar Chavez
Martin Luther King, Jr
Rosie Perez
Mario Savio
21
What event in 1964 was held to encourage blacks to register to vote?
Freedom Summer
Watt riots
Greensboro sit-in
"march on Washington"
22
The "White House tapes" were involved in which scandal
Watergate
Teapot Dome
Credit Mobilier
Whitewater
23
What event resulted from a failed attempt to invade Cuba?
9/11 attack
Cuba Missile crisis
Bay of Pigs
Berlin airlift
24
What Supreme Court case legalize the right to an abortion?
Miranda v. Arizona
Engel v. Vitale
Roe v. Wade
Brown v. BOE
25
Helen Hunt Jackson demanded what from the federal government ..
government reform
Indian reform
political reform
business reform
26
Which president is associated with supply-side economics and the Iran-contra scandal?
Jimmy Carter
William Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Warren G. Harding
27
Who were the Progressives?
supporters of civil rights for blacks
educated, middle class reformers
nativists who hated immigrants
Mid-Western farmers
28
A major policy of Ronald Reagan's administration was to
lower federal income tax rates
reduce defense spending
end desegregation in public facilities
promote regulation of all businesses
29
What was banned by the Sherman Anti-trust Act?
government regulation of business
discrimination in public places
monopolies
capital investments
30
What American president renewed "Cold War" tensions with the Soviets in the 1980s?
Harry Truman
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
31
The culture of the young people who rejected mainstream US society in the 1960s
multiculturalism
counterculture
containment
cult of domesticity
32
A rebirth of black literature, music and art in the 1920s was called
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
the "Red Scare"
"Lost generation"
33
Term for no government regulation of the economy made famous by Adam Smith.
capitalism
laissez-faire
command economy
communism
34
What military alliance was formed during the Cold War to fight communism?
Triple Alliance
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Triple Entente
35
Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba and Phillippines were obtained after which war as colonies?
World War I
World War II
Spanish-American War
Vietnam War
36
What Supreme Court case established the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Plessy v. Ferguson
37
Which American president was associated with eliminating or regulating trusts?
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
38
Policy which seeks to correct past injustices by favoring the groups previously disadvantaged
detente
bimetallism
affirmative action
containment
39
Which amendment made Cuba a virtual protectorate of the U.S?
Teller Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
Platt Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
40
What president was blamed for the Vietnam War by his opponents?
Nixon
Carter
Johnson
Kennedy
41
Kennedy's foreign program of providing economic aid to Latin & Central America
Marshall Plan
flexible response
brinkmanship
Alliance for Progress
42
It banned the sell, manufacture and transportation of alcohol in the early 20th century
Prohibition
urbanization
affirmation action
fundamentalism
43
What was another name for wealthy industrialists who used ruthless business practices?
scalawags
robber barons
captain of industry
utopians
44
What became the new threat to world peace after 9/11?
communism
socialism
pacifism
terrorism
45
A volunteer cavalry regiment led by Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War
Harlem Hell Fighters
Rough Riders
Bonus Army
American Expeditionary Army
46
when a company or companies controls the price of an item and eliminate competition.
propaganda
sedition
monopoly
eugenics
47
Mixing of many cultures in a society to create one unique culture
"melting pot"
"salad bowl"
cold war
isolationism
48
Sacco and Vanzetti were victims of what so-called hysteria in the US after WW 1?
Red Scare
McCarthyism
trustbusting
the Cold War
49
The Patriot Act passed after 9/11 threaten American's right to which of the following?
right to privacy
right to counsel
right to free expression
right to a lawyer
50
Which of the following events resulted in a quarantine of Cuba?
Cuban Missile crisis
Bay of Pig invasion
launch of Sputnik
U-2 incident
51
In the 21st century, most immigrants to the U.S. come from which areas?
Latin and Central America
southern and eastern Europe
the Middle East and Africa
Asia and Africa
52
Which American president was associated with the release of the Iranian hostages in 1981?
Jimmy Carter
Richard M. Nixon
Donald Trump
Ronald Reagan
53
Which group was successful in bringing attention to issues like child labor and poverty?
muckrakers
robber barons
labor unions
communists
54
Which of the following was not a wealthy industrialist of the late 1800s?
Henry Ford
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
55
Which president was associated with the Teapot Dome scandal in the 1920s?
Richard Nixon
William Clinton
Warren G. Harding
Ronald Reagan
56
What event led to the end of the Great Depression for the United States?
World War I
New Deal
World War II
Harlem Renaissance
57
Racial separation established by practice and customs, not by law
de jure segregation
deregulation
de facto segregation
detente
58
The use of gold and silver as a basis of a national monetary system.
bimetallism
capitalism
silverite
gold standard
59
What is the term for an economy suffering from high unemployment and high prices
recession
depression
laissez-faire
stagflation
60
This law limits the president's ability to wage war without congressional approval.
Civil Rights Act
War Powers Act
Judiciary Act
Interstate Highway Act
61
Which of the following was not a muckraker during the Progressive era?
Betty Friedan- Feminine Mystique
Ida Tarbell- History of Standard Trust
Jacob Riis- how the other half lives
Upton Sinclair- The Jungle
62
The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act are all example of what?
consumer protectionism
capitalism
socialism
imperialism
63
What event caused the government to lower the voting age to 18?
Watergate
Vietnam War
Korean War
Iran Hostage crisis
64
U.S. support for this country in the 1970s led to the oil embargo
Soviet Union
China
Israel
South Vietnam
65
Which American president signed the first SALT I Treaty in the 1970s?
Obama
Carter
Bush #41
Nixon
66
What was President John Kennedy's foreign policy called
flexible response
brinksmanship
Truman doctrine
Vietnamization
67
Which group supported the Civil Rights Movement but opposed the Vietnam War?
industrialists
segregationists
hippies
hawks
68
Who were the Populists of the late 1800's?
Republicans who wanted to punish the South for the Civil War
wealthy industrialists who controlled huge corporations
middle class, educated social reformers
Mid-Western farmers
69
What was America's policy to fight communism during the start of "Cold War" called?
flexible response
containment
socialism
brinksmanship
70
The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting to sell newspapers and magazines
urbanization
Social Darwinism
yellow journalism
progressivism
71
US foreign policy calling for equal trade for all countries with China
Big Stick policy
Monroe Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Teapot Dome
72
What was the greatest achievement of the Freedmen's Bureau?
teaching the former slaves how to work in farming
providing food and clothing for the former slaves
educating the former slaves
helping the former slaves gain "forty acres and mule"
73
What group was helped by Title IX legislation passed in the 1970's?
African Americans
Asian Americans
Hispanic-Americans
women
74
What was America's foreign between World War I and World War II?
imperialism
sectionalism
communism
isolationism
75
Who were the "Okies" in the 1930s?
unemployed veterans
Indians pushed off their land by the federal government
people who lost all their money in the Stock Market crash
farmers from the Great Plains looking for work in California
76
It led to the "race for space" in the 1950s between the US and Soviet Union.
launch of Sputnik
Cuban Missile crisis
construction of the "Berlin War"
Iran Hostage crisis
77
She wrote a book, Silent Spring about the impact of environmental pollution
Betty Friedan
Rosa Parks
Hillary Clinton
Rachel Carson
78
A bombing in Chicago at the Haymarket Square led to the demise of this labor union.
Knights of Labor
Molly Marguires
IWW or "Wobblies"
American Federation of Labor
79
Which of the following was a major cause of the Spanish-American War and the World War I?
communism
imperialism
isolationism
sectionalism
80
The Sixteenth Amendment called for which of the following?
banned the poll tax
federal income tax
an end to slavery
direct election of US Senators
81
Mayor of NYC and famous political boss of Tammany Hall in the 1870s
William Tweed
George Cox
Robert Lafollette
Grover Cleveland
82
Which of the following led the US into World War I?
attack on Pearl Harbor
the explosion of the USS Maine
Zimmermann note or telegram
assassination of the archduke
83
Which principle was most weakened as a result of the Watergate scandal?
executive privilege
judicial review
national security
congressional immunity
84
Which amendment guarantees equal protection under the law and due process?
Sixteenth Amendment
Thirteen Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
85
Which war did television play a major role in affecting public opinion on?
Vietnam War
Korean War
Persian Gulf War
World War I
86
What was America's position when World War II started?
all in
trustbusting
joining the Allies
neutrality
87
Blacks who migrated from the South to Kansas in the post-Reconstruction era
Exodusters
freedom riders
Black Panthers
forty-niners
88
They demanded higher wages and better working conditions for their members
gold rushers
political parties
nativists
labor unions
89
It was an economic aid program to fight communism in Europe after WW II.
Marshall Plan
detente
Vietnamization
Camp David Accords
90
William Jennings Bryan was a supporter of which of the following?
unlimited coinage of silver
the gold standard
capitalism
Vietnam War
91
Famous document of WW II war aims of opposing the Axis Powers
Atlantic Charter
Treaty of Versailles
GI Bill of Rights
Emancipation Proclamation
92
Which of the following inventions had the greatest impact on the settlement of the West?
barbed wire
windmills
gold mines
reaper
93
Which American president was impeached in the 1990s but not removed from office?
Bush # 44
Clinton
Obama
Ford
94
Which war ended in a stalemate or no declared winner?
Spanish-American War
Korean War
Vietnam War
War on Terrorism
95
Which group was most associated with the Populist Party in the 1890s?
wealthy industrialists
African American workers
Mid-West farmers
educated, middle class reformers
96
Which president was associated with the policy of detente with the Soviet?
Ford
Nixon
Carter
Kennedy
97
This amendment adopted in 1920 gave women the right to vote
Sixteenth
Eighteenth
Seventeenth
Nineteenth
98
What was Jimmy Carter's greatest achievement as president in foreign policy?
Iranian Hostage crisis
Camp David Accords
the Oil Embargo
the overthrow the government in Chile
99
What has been America's foreign policy since World War II?
interventionism
communism
imperialism
isolationism
100
Two groups which help construct the first transcontinental railroad were
Italians and Poles
immigrants and black
slaves and Native Americans
Irish and Chinese