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All of the following led to Jimmy Carter becoming unpopular EXCEPT
Economic stagflation
The Iran Hostage Crisis
The Tet Offensive
The energy crisis
2
The GI Bill of Rights was created with the intention of
Providing veterans with home loans and college funding
Allowing women to serve in all US armed forces
Protecting US soldiers from War Crime prosecution
Permanently desegregating of the US military
3
The Marshall Plan attempted to prevent the spread of Communism by
Sending US troops to all US allies in Europe and Asia
Engaging in a propaganda campaign to discredit communism
Providing money to European countries to help them rebuild
Preemptively invading Eastern Europe to end communism
4
The Space Race between the US and Soviets began with the
Soviets successfully launching Yuri Gagarin into space
US landing the first man on the moon
The US launching Alan Shepard into space
Soviet launch of Sputnik
5
After the 9-11 attacks...
American Muslims suffered increased suspicion & discrimination
the US invaded Iraq
tensions increased between the US and the Soviet Union
the US invaded Afghanistan
6
All these factors helped spur massive economic growth in the US after WW2 EXCEPT
Germany reparations after WWII boosted the US economy
US Defense spending continued to be high due to the Cold War
Consumer goods and credit stimulated the postwar economy
Lack of consumer goods during WWII forced people to save $
7
Which of the following principles led the US to become involved in Vietnam?
Monroe Doctrine
Containment
Detente
Domino Theory
8
The Bush Doctrine said that...
European countries should not interfere in N. America
the US would strive to contain communism across the world
the US would largely withdraw from international affairs
the US would fight terrorists & terrorism around the world
9
Synthesis: MLK and Malcolm X can best be compared to
WEB Dubois and Booker T Washington
Richard Nixon and JFK
John C Calhoun and Daniel Webster
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
10
The Soviet leader after Stalin (and during the Cuban Missile Crisis)
Khruschev
Goerring
Breshnev
Gorbachev
11
Eisenhower launched a massive US infrastructure improvement program with the
Taft-Hartley Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Interstate Highway Act
GI Bill of Rights
12
Which of the following led to a massive increase in US involvement in Vietnam?
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The Tet Offensive
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The U-2 Incident
13
The election of Ronald Reagan is evidence that...
most Americans wanted a more active federal government
there was an ongoing backlash against the activism of the 1960s.
there was an ongoing backlash against neoconservative policies
most Americans wanted a smaller federal government
14
The Taft-Hartley Act is best viewed within which
CONTEXT
African American Civil Rights
US Foreign Policy
Government-Labor Relations
Gender Equality
15
The "generation gap"...
began to develop in the 1970s
was made worse by a large earthquake in 1962
initially involved baby boomers and their parents
was lessened by the counterculture movement
16
Betty Friedan's book
The Feminine Mystique
led to which of these movements?
Gay rights
Feminism
Environmentalism
Latino Rights
17
The Montgomery Bus Boycott ultimately led to the rise in prominence of
Stokely Carmichael
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Booker T. Washington
18
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended
Legal segregation
Discrimination against women
The Cold War
Voter discrimination
19
The Bay of Pigs Invasion...
was conceived by Lyndon Johnson.
pushed Cuba into the US sphere of influence.
involved US forces.
resulted in Castro consolidating power in Cuba.
20
1950s culture in the US could be summarized (and over-simplified, tbh) in the word...
hardship
rebellion
conformity
change
21
Joe McCarthy was...
a key Congressional supporter of the Civil Rights Movement
a key advisor to JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis
the Republican presidential candidate in 1960
a central figure during the Red Scare
22
All of the following were Great Society programs
EXCEPT
Medicaide
Social Security
Head Start
Medicare
23
Which of the following Cold War events occurred FIRST?
U-2 Incident
Berlin Airlift
Yalta Conference
Cuban Missile Crissis
24
Gerald Ford's most notable Presidential action was to
Bring down the Berlin Wall
Pass the Interstate Highway Act
Pardon former President Nixon
Visit China
25
Which event is most directly related to this cartoon?
the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
the Bay of Pigs invasion
the leaking & publishing of the Pentagon Papers
the fall of Saigon
26
Which of the following Presidents improved Cold War relations (detente) by visiting China?
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon
27
All of the following led to increased opposition to the Vietnam War
EXCEPT
The Tet Offensive
The Kent State massacre
arrest & trial of the Rosenburgs
expansion of the draft
28
One long-term effect of Richard Nixon's southern strategy was that...
segregation finally ended
more manufacturing jobs relocated to the southeastern US
more southerners tend to vote for Republicans
the US lost the support of the S. Vietnamese people
29
Which event brought the US and USSR closest to the brink of nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Berlin Airlift
The Korean War
The Suez Crisis
30
Politicians largely lost the trust of Americans in the 1970s because of...
the Vietnam War dragged on into the late 70s despite huge protests
failure to pass the Civil Rights Act
scandals and stagflation
laissez-faire economic policies of LBJ causing a recession
31
The HUAC was created by Congress with the intention of
Encouraging Americans to buy consumer goods on credit
Investigating the spread of Communism within the US
Increasing US defense spending to combat the Soviet Union
Monitoring Southern states abuses of African Americans
32
The Supreme Court Case Brown vs. Board of Education led to
Legal segregation in the South
Free college for US service members
Criminal protections against self-incrimination
Ending segregation of Public Schools
33
The Watergate Scandal ultimately led to the
End of the Cold War
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Impeachment trial of Jimmy Carter
Resignation of Richard Nixon
34
The Cold War ended...
in a cataclysmic nuclear war, which explains why we're glowing right now
after the US invaded East Germany.
when the Soviet Union ceased to exist.
when Gorbachev was the leader of the USSR
35
All of the following contributed to causing the Cold War
EXCEPT
Unwillingness of the US to share atomic technology
Mutual mistrust between the USSR and US
Refusal of the Soviets to hold free elections in E. Europe
Refusal of the US to repay loans to the Soviets from WWII
36
Reform movements in the early 1970s can best be summarized as
Militant and aggressive
Similar to 1800s Antebellum reforms
Largely passive and conformist
Mostly nonexistent
37
Lyndon Johnson's domestic program to end poverty in the US was called the
Silent Majority
Square Deal
Great Society
New Deal
38
The Berlin Blockade...
forced the Western powers from Berlin
soon resulted in Germany being split into two countries
was the defensive scheme that helped the Bears win the Super Bowl in '85
was ordered by President Kennedy
