Unit 9. Review

Kent State University was the site in 1970 of which of the following events?

In 1950 a major factor in Truman’s commitment of American troops to combat North Korean aggression was a desire to

Southern Manifesto of 1956 and George Wallace’s campaigns for the presidency in 1968 and 1972 all endorsed

The case of University of California Regents v. Bakke concerned which of the following issues?

Upon becoming president, Gerald Ford announced, “Our long national nightmare is over.” He was referring to

The Black Power movement of the late 1960s advocated that African Americans

In an influential 1947 article, diplomat George F. Kennan advocated that the United States should

A key diplomatic achievement of Richard M. Nixon’s presidency was

All of the following were important to Richard M. Nixon’s victory in the 1968 presidential election EXCEPT

Which of the following led to the most significant escalation of United States military involvement in Vietnam?

The high inflation rates of the late 1960s and early 1970s were due in part to

The “graying” of America since the 1970s is widely seen as threatening which of the following?

Someone who favored GW’s approach to foreign policy would be most likely to object to which of the following US policies

Which of the following did the Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam have in common in the late 1960s?

In his farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Americans about the dangers of

During 1968 the deep divisions within the American public were demonstrated by all of the following EXCEPT

The purpose of the Truman Doctrine of 1947 was to

A significant demographic development in the two decades following the Second World War was a

The 1979 incident at Three Mile Island had which of the following effects?

The containment policy articulated by George F. Kennan in 1947 proposed

The Stonewall riots of 1969 were significant because they

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a Supreme Court decision that

The initial response of the United Stated to the outbreak of war in Korea was to

The Immigration Act of 65 shared a common goal with which of following other federal government policies at the time?

Michael Harrington’s The Other America most directly inspired support for

Which of the following led a campaign to block ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment?

A United States response to the successful orbiting of Sputnik in 1957 was to

Which of the following led to increased United States involvement in the war in Vietnam?

In the mid-1950s, President Eisenhower’s argument for federal funding of highway construction emphasized

The National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in 1966 in order to

During the 1970s and 1980s, the New Right appealed strongly to all of the following groups EXCEPT those who were

Which of the following civil rights groups is NOT correctly matched with one of its leading figures?

The 1970’s and the 1980’s saw an increase in all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following is true of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

One of the immediate consequences of the Tet offensive in 1968 was that

During 60s, young ppl, black ppl, American Indians, Hispanic Ams, and women- All topics were protested against EXCEPT

Jimmy Carter and Ronald Regan were similar as presidential candidates in that both

Which of the following statements is correct about the rise of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy to national prominence?

Joseph McCarthy’s investigative tactics found support among many Americans because

In The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan argued that women

The Civil Rights movement of the late 1960s was characterized by which of the following?

Richard Nixon’s diplomatic overtures to the People’s Republic of China were motivated in part by his belief that China

Which of the following is most characteristic of President Eisenhower’s Cold War strategy?

principal reason for the formation of Dixiecrat party in 1948 was the opposition of dissident Dems to President Truman’s

The most significant cause of the 1973–1974 embargo by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was

Which of the following best characterizes the goals of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Which of the following migration patterns had the greatest impact on United States society in the 1950s?

The 1962 book that helped launch the national environmental movement was

Which of the following is most characteristic of President Eisenhower’s Cold War strategy?

The controversy over school busing during the early 1970s best exemplifies which of the following historical patterns?

many fed policies & initiatives passed in 60s address which of following about the econ trend described in the excerpt?

The high inflation rates of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s were primarily the result of

The rock ‘n’ roll of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the Rolling Stones derived primarily from

The announced purpose of the Marshall Plan was to

Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society included all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following was most responsible for bringing to an end Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anticommunist campaign?

Betty Friedan is best known for her

In her influential 1962 work Silent Spring, Rachel Carson warned

During his presidency, Richard Nixon did which of the following?

When the Soviet Union successfully launched the first artificial satellite Sputnik in 1957, Congress responded by

During the 1960s, sit-in demonstrations were first effectively used by

following WWII, Supreme court decision that had the most widespread consequences concerned which of the following?

growth of activism by relig. conservatives in the 2nd half of the 20th century occurred most directly in response to the

Which of following statements about the emergence of rock n roll music as a part of 50’s pop culture in the US is true?

All of the following were crises during Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency EXCEPT

A major consequence of the 1973 Yom Kippur War in the Middle East was that it led immediately to

The policy of containment, justified by George Kennan’s 1947 analysis of the international situation, called for

The Vietnam War differed from the Korean War in that the Vietnam War

In the early 60s, Malcolm X challenged the leadership of MLK, Jr., in the Civil Rights movement by arguing that

The United States involvement in Vietnam increased dramatically in the 1950s with the withdrawal of the

The support for former Alabama governor George Wallace in the 1968 presidential campaign best illustrates the

Which of the following resulted from the Cuban missile crisis?

One way which immigration policy in 60s differed from immigration policy enacted in 20s was that legislation in the 60s

Betty Friedan’s best-selling book of the 1960s observed that

Which of the following groups would most likely have voted for Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election?

finance the economic reconstruction of Western Europe

Major domestic developments in the US during President Eisenhower’s two terms included all of the following EXCEPT

The decade after the Second World War was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following was a major effect of the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965 ?

African American pressure prompted President Harry Truman to advance civil rights by

Supreme Court decision on Brown v. Board essentially reversed which of the following earlier Court decisions?

Which of the following is a correct statement about the college-level education in the twentieth-century United States?

increased culture of consumerism during the 50s was most similar to developments in which of following earlier periods?

critic of 50s, such as David Riesman, were concerned with what aspects of life in US following WWII

The Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka directly contradicted the legal principle established by

The most significant long-term effect of the Three Mile Island incident in 1979 was that it

Political conservatives in the 1960s and 1970s generally reacted to developments in United States foreign policy by

In Miranda v. Arizona (1966), the Supreme Court ruled that

The festival near Woodstock, New York, in 1969 is most closely associated with the

The SALT, expanded trade with USSR, and Nixon's visit to China all were facets of the policy of

growth of activism by religious conservatives in second half of the 20th century occurred most directly in response to

In the mid-1950s, President Eisenhower’s argument for federal funding of highway construction emphasized

The Taft-Hartley Act did which of the following?

The decade of the 1970s was marked by all of the following economic conditions in the United States EXCEPT

Students staged a sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960 to protest

The Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s successfully eliminated

Which of the following was an achievement of the John F. Kennedy administration?

Free Speech Movement, National organization of Women, and AIM were all influenced by

In 1962, which of the following contributed most directly to a crisis in Soviet-American relations over Cuba?

The major objective of the antipoverty programs of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society was to