Review Final Exam 24

_____ prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school that receives funding from the federal government.

Who was the president of the United States during the Watergate scandal?

Isolationism was an American policy before WW2 and in response America had created the Lend Lease Act.

Failed 1961 invasion of Cuba. Involved CIA-trained Cuban exiles.

What does HUAC stand for?

What is the 18th Amendment

Who were the two journalists who investigated the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post?

What event is considered the start of the Great Depression in the United States?

What was the main goal of the Marshall Plan?

 What was the main fear driving the Red Scare in the United States?

Prohibited anti-government speech and targeted socialists, pacifists, and critics.

Proponent of the 1st Amendment rights to free speech & freedom of assembly. Leader of the Civil Rights Movement.

How did the Battle of the Bulge get its name?

MAD aimed to start nuclear attacks and relied on balance of nuclear arsenals.

 Which famous music festival epitomized the counterculture movement and took place in 1969?

Where was the Dustbowl?

What was the primary goal of the counterculture movement?

Richard Nixon was the only President to _______

The Lend Lease Act helped the Axis powers fight the Allies

What day did the stock Market Crash?

What could have been prevented to lessen the dust storms during the Dustbowl.

The Space Race led to America spending more money on what?

In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, what doctrine was established as a result of the Supreme Court's decision?

What is the main goal of Reaganomics?

 The policy of “Trickle Down” Economics is associated with

______ Established the League of Nations and would end secret treaties after WW1.

Which event triggered the significant escalation of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War?

During the battle Of Midway how did the Americans gain leverage on the Japanese and surprise them at Midway?

Why was Iwo Jima strategically important during World War II?

 Following the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, how were public schools supposed to proceed with desegregation?

What was Lyndon B. Johnson's famous social program aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice called?

What was the main focus of the HUAC during the Cold War era?

Which activist is famous for his role in the Indian independence movement through non-violent civil disobedience?

Rosa Parks' arrest sparked off Martin Luther King Jr.'s involvement in the civil rights movement?

Did the Bay of Pigs blow up in President Johnsons face?

What president helped pave the way for the Civil rights movement and was elected in 1961

In response to the attacks, the United States enacted which major piece of legislation to combat terrorism?

What was the issue for Conservatives regarding the New Deal?

Leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He used poetry to celebrate the African American culture.

What is one goal of non-violent civil disobedience?

Which of the following best describes the "trickle-down" theory related to Reaganomics?

Who was the Attorney General notorious for leading the Palmer Raids during the first Red Scare?

Who was the Communist Prime minister in Cuba who the US failed to overthrow on numerous different attempts

America tried everything in their power to stay _______ from/In WW2.

The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote.

The Vietnam War led to the rise of the "Hawks" and "Doves." What did these terms represent?

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What does the Acronym MAD stand for?

The "Domino Theory" was a major justification for U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. What did it suggest?

What was the main consequence of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

LBJ sent troops into Cuba to put an end to a Communist threat in 1965.

What major event followed the Stock Market crash of 1929?

 What term was used to describe the makeshift towns where homeless people lived during the Great Depression?

Which program, part of the New Deal, provided retirement income for millions of Americans?

Who launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into space?