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Theory holds if people pay fewer taxes, they would save more money & invest more to create jobs
Strategic Defense Initiative
supply-side economics aka Reaganomics
socialism
Communism
2
Which best explains why the Tet Offensive surprised many Americans?
They had not expected China to enter the war.
They thought the USSR would not sen in actual troops
They thought the USA was winning the war.
They thought Communist troops would attack cities, not farms
3
All of the following occurred as a result of Nixon's visit to China EXCEPT:
the 2 nations agreed to participate in cultural exchanges
the Chinese government renounced communism
economic relations between the 2 nations improved
the American public praised the visit as a success.
4
Why did Reagan's supply-side economics increase the national debt?
The federal government increased spending on social programs
Less tax revenue, so gov't engaged in deficit spending
As nation grew, Americans bought more foreign goods
Increased regulation caused US factories to close
5
The first time the 25th Amendment was officially used?
Nixon replaced VP Agnew with VP Gerald Ford
When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865
When VP Johnson took oath of office after JFK's death
When Ford replaced Nixon in the Oval Office
6
1980, conservatives elected ___, a believer in less taxes and government, & traditional values
George W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
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T or F: Johnson's Great Society programs increased the size of the federal deficit.
FALSE
TRUE
8
Under the leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court....
ended racial discrimination
limited the powers of Congress
established equal rights for women
extended individual rights and freedoms
9
Which best describes goals of American Indian Movement?
Re-establishment of ownership of Alcatraz Island and Alaska
Renewal of tradition, economic independence of tribes
Call for total control of all American natural resources
Passage of legislation to help with tourism on reservations
10
This Supreme Court reversed separate but equal in nation's public schools in 1954 w/ this case:
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
NAACP v. United States
11
Both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cesar Chavez were inspired by principle of
black power
public accomodation
segregation
nonviolent resistance
12
The Montgomery bus boycott was organized in response to what event?
The arrest of Rosa Parks
The assassination of President Kennedy
The passing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964
The arrest of Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama
13
One of the biggest impacts to LBJ's Great Society was the enormous conservative backlash.
FALSE
TRUE
14
The Equal Rights Amendment, which wanted equal rights based on sex, was ratified in 1979.
False
True
15
According to this image, how did Rosa Parks use civil disobedience?
She gave up her seat for a white passenger
She refused to sit in the back of the bus
She talked with a white stranger
She refused to get off bus at "Colored Only" stop
16
Why was the Vietnam War called the first "living room war"?
because the war was often debated in living rooms
because every American home was affected by the war.
because television coverage brought the war into homes
because the war revealed a generation gap
17
Which scandal exposed illegal activities within Reagan administration?
the Iranian hostage crisis
the Whitewater affair
the Iran-Contra affair
the Watergate affair
18
During Reagan's presidency, federal spending increased MOST in which area?
defense and the military
mass transit in urban areas
environmental protection
job training and school loans
19
This extended the right to vote to citizens 18 years and older...
19th Amendment
26th Amendment
Voting Rights Act 1965
25th Amendment
20
President Johnson created Great Society because he wanted a society that
provided justice, education, healthcare, for all Americans
made separate schools for black and white children equal
emphasized all people are equal only in the eyes of God
encouraged extremism in defense of liberty
21
Martin Luther King, Jr. got his start as a civil rights leader when he organized the....
creation of NAACP
American Indian Movement
National Organization of Women
Montgomery bus boycott
22
What is considered one of President Carter's greatest foreign policy accomplishments?
the OPEC oil embargo against the US in 1973
Mob attacks on US embassy in Tehran, Iran in 1979
Negotiation of Camp David Accords in 1978
The release of Iranian hostages after 444 days in 1981
23
How did President Truman try to expand opportunities for African Americans?
by issuing an executive order to integrate the military
by prohibiting racial discrimination in the workplace.
by ending segregation in public schools
by creating a jobs program for African Americans
24
Overall, how did Cold War affect the economy of the Soviet Union?
Investment in new technology helped economy grow
Soviet satellite nations contributed to growth of economy
The nuclear arms race was a drain on the economy
Competition with the US spurred growth in their economy
25
Officially outlined the presidential line of succession; proposed after assassination of JFK.
15th Amendment
24th Amendment
27th Amendment
25th Amendment
26
The 14th Amendment says/does all of the following EXCEPT:
"no state shall deprive any person....or due process of law"
defines citizenship in the USA
grants African American men the right to vote.
"no state shall ...deny the rights of citizens"
27
All of the following are programs from LBJ's War on Poverty EXCEPT:
Headstart
Medicaid
Food stamps
Americans with Disabilities Act
28
What was President Ford's MAIN reason for decided to pardon former Pres. Nixon?
to repay a debt to society
to spare Nixon the embarrassment of a trial
to fulfill the demands of other countries
to avoid reopening the wounds causes by Watergate
29
What term refers to the ease of tension between Cold War enemies?
containment
brinkmanship
detente
disarmament
30
Over what issue did Malcolm X & Black Muslims disagree with Martin Luther King, Jr.?
the leadership of CORE
the methods of the NAACP
the role of women in the civil rights movement
the philosophy of civil disobedience & nonviolent resistance
