US History

What is the main reason that 60 nuclear power plants were shut down after 1979?

Kennedy's legislative agenda was called the

To get the economy moving, Kennedy pushed for a

whichof the following statements can you infer about the rise of youth movement from the information in the table above?

To push for better wages and benefits for farmworkers, César Chávez organized a successful

CORE successfully integrated many restaurants by using

To keep the deficit under control, Reagan proposed

According to the above excerpt, opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment feared that its ratification would

The goal of the Kyoto Protocol was to

How much time passed from the moment the first combat troops arrived until all Americans had left Vietnam?

The Vietminh formed initially in Vietnam to

The 1978 Panama Canal treaties transferred control of the Panama Canal from

Affirmative action called for companies and institutions to

In the Iran-Contra Scandal, officials sold weapons to Iran to

During the Clinton presidency, U.S. troops served as peacekeepers in

Nixon tried to avoid turning over the Watergate tapes by claiming that the tapes

In 1968 antiwar protesters and police clashed outside the

The brutal expulsion of Bosnian Muslims and other groups was known as

The Republican nominee for president in the 1960 election was

Nightly news coverage of the Vietnam War on television helped

The Warren Court’s decision that requires the police to read a criminal suspect their rights provides for

In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American to

The bus boycott in Montgomery lasted for

Nixon’s decision to invade Cambodia angered Congress, resulting in

The Freedom Riders were organized to draw attention to the South’s refusal to

By his famous statement in his Inaugural Addres, Kennedy meant that

According to the time line, Archibald Cox’s appointed position lasted

After his pilgrimage to Makkah, Malcolm X concluded that

The first ma or protest of the civil rights movement occurred in what state, according to the time line above?

A rock festival that drew hundreds of thousands of people in 1969 was at

During the economic boom of the 1990s, people’s incomes rose, as did the taxes they paid, leading to ___ in 1998.

The Environmental Protection Agency sets and enforces pollution standards, promotes research and

During the space race, Kennedy's goal for America was to be the first to

Before he resigned, Nixon served how many years of his second term as president?

Nixon and Kissinger both believed that__would lead to establishing positive relations with Cold War enemies.

Bill Gates co-founded the company

The collapse of the Soviet economy was due to

Which event contributed to Nikita Khrushchev’s fall from power in 1964?

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996

The process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected is called

According to the above graph, what happened to the percentage of women in the workplace between 1950 and 2000?

Supreme Court ordered school districts to end school segregation “with all deliberate speed,” but many districts where

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 outlawed (take away)

Which of the following required state universities to offer an equal number of scholarships to female and male athletes?

During the Vietnam War, American planes dropped ____, a jellied gasoline explosive that explodes on contact.

the first social reform of its kind in the United States occurred between 1960 and 1964, what was this reform?

Which Supreme Court ruling prevented some students from being bused to other schools?

In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans

At Love Canal, residents experienced health problems because of

In 1995, the federal government was shut down after

Refer to the chart above. Which two legislative initiatives most helped parents?

Which of the following statements about Native Americans in 1970 is true?

Operation Rolling Thunder was

According to the chart, changes under NAFTA resulted in

George H.W. Bush promised Americans that he would continue Reagan’s policies by stating,

The National Organization for Women demanded

This speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. reveals his commitment to

In South Vietnam, a monk set himself on fire to protest

What factor led to the increase in college enrollments?

According to the table above, which of the following statements is most accurate?

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., drew on the philosophy and techniques of

By the end of the 1970s, members of a new conservative coalition shared a common belief that

In which year was segregation of public facilities prohibited?

In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that

Which of the following statements most accurately summarizes the passage?

During the 1960 election campaign, television aired its first

Choose the statement below that most accurately describes Clinton’s impeachment.

Rescan felt hat he United Sales could___but Americans must find solutions___

The United Nations went to war in the Persian Gulf because

How did the FBI conclude that the Watergate burglars were part of a Nixon re-election scheme?

Acoring to the fine line, when did he fist US combatroops arive in Vidan)

Reagan believed that massive Soviet defense spending would

What event happened at My Lai that profoundly shocked Americans?

Liberals generally believe in

The purpose of Agent Orange was to

Which organization or campaign did NOT fight to advance civil rights?

Which of the following statements about the effects of Earth Day is true?

President Carter imposed an embargo on the sale of grain to the Soviet Union as a result of the Soviet

In this passage, Eisenhower is making the point that

Which of the Supreme Court rulings in the chart above condoned segregation?

The principle of “one man, one vote” meant that

Kennedy felt that he needed to stand up to communism in Vietnam because of

The Brady Bill was a

A problem Clinton faced in trying to reduce the federal deficit was

What was the highest number of American casualties in a single year of the Vietnam War, according to the graph?

American oil companies in the 1970s claimed it was difficult to make a profit because of

Why was Alexander Butterfield’s information about a White House taping system important?

By the 1970s, the U.S. economy had become heavily dependent on

With the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Congress, in effect,

Beginning in 1959, more than 350,000 Cubans left Cuba for the United States because of

As part of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, Nixon and Brezhnev agreed to

The passage above is a prime example of the way in which Reagan

The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 established

Members of the counterculture movement were mostly

Based on the information provided above, which of the following statements regarding the Peace Corps is most accurate?

Evidence on Watergate seems to show that Nixon

Which Supreme Court ruling was a victory for supporters of busing?

The War Powers Act vas an altempt to resolve the problens that had been caused by the

the Supreme Court ordered an end to segregated public schools in 1954, many schools stayed segregated in the early 1970s

Which Great Society program is considered to be an entitlement program?