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1
Air conditioning and the boom in technology industries combined to increase migration to the
Silican Valley
The Sun Belt
Desert Meccas
The west
2
Michael Dell, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates were all essential in the development and use of
social media outlets
video special effects
internet browser sites
personal computers
3
Brinksmanship is defined as
A secret negotiation using nuclear missiles
A ship that sailed to Cuba with Soviet Missiles
Going to the edge of war in order to prevent a war
A preliminary nuclear strike
4
This president wanted the construction of a space-based anti-missile system
Kennedy
Reagon
Nixon
Johnson
5
Why was the election in 2008 Historic?
The first female contender lost by a large margin
The independent candidate strongly impacted the outcome
The Supreme Court decided the final outcome
The first African American was elected
6
Job losses in the steel, auto, and coal industries lead many american to migrate away from the great lakes region
False
True
7
TV shows like american bandstand and Davey Crockett were favorites of this generation.
millennials
Gen Z
Baby Boomer
Gen X
8
First black Female Secritary of state?
Condoleeza Rice
Hillary Clinton
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sandra Day O’Connor
9
The Neutrality Acts of the 1930’s kept the US from repeating actions that drew it into WWI.
True
False
10
Clinton was impreached but not found guilty because...
lying under oath about Monica Lewinsky
Sending troops to somolia
Stealing land from Native Americans
Real estates deals in Arkansas
11
Truman says“…we have now won the battle of the laboratories.”. What does this refer too?
The U.S. devoted critical resources to the building of an atomic weapon
The U.S. leads the world in science as well as in the production of arms.
The U.S. stopped the experiments in the German concentration camps.
The U.S. developed the atomic bomb before the Germans were able to.
12
How did President Clinton impact welfare policies during his Presidency?
Less emphasis on food stamps as a form of relief
Stricter guidelines and limits
Bonuses to families that used public housing
Increases in the number of recipients
13
The Regents of the University of California v. Bakke decision upheld the constitutionality of
desegregation of private universities
affirmative actions in school admissions
organized protests on college campuses
Free speech in school newspapers
14
The picture shows the impact of blitzkrieg in Europe and early Japanese conquests in Asia and the Pacific.
False
True
15
Jeff Bezos transformed American consumerism in which way?
by expediting delivery service nationwide
by offering high limit credit cards
by creating fast-food franchises
by developing online shopping
16
The Taft-Hartley Act prohibited closed shops in workplaces
False
True
17
Combined Allied forces used this invasion to open a second front through France to reach Germany.
Operation Overlord (D-Day)
Operation Stonewall
Operation Market Garden
Operation Torch
18
This act removed a critical source of funding for defense and left allies vulnerable to German re-armament.
War Powers Act
The Johnson Debt Default Act
The Neutrality Acts
Defense Production Act
19
The attack on the twin towers happend on
11.9.2001
1.9.2011
9.11.2002
9.11.2001
20
What defined the United States and the Soviet Union as “superpowers” between 1945 and 1975?
competing ideologies
Large militaries
strong alliance
Nuclear Arsenals
21
Clinton High School is important because...
It struggled to desegregated
It was one of the First Schools to Desegregate
The Pricipal was in the KKK
It was one of the last schools to Desegrigate
22
Woodstock is one of the major curtural events of the 1960s
False
True
23
thr gradual removal of US troops from vietnam and replacing them with South vietnamese troops is known as..
National Sovereignty
Vietnamization
Gradual Military depreciation
Gradual Release
24
A lack of consiquences for breaking this treaty causes it to fail.
SALT I
SALT II
Washington Disarmament Conference
League of Nations
25
This Battle was a turning point of the war in the Pacific...
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Wake Island
Battle of Midway
26
What was the Non-Aggression Pact of 1939?
A pact with Germany & Polond not to invade each other.
A pact with Germany & Britian not to invade each other.
A pact with Germany & the US not to invade each other.
A pact with Germany & the Soviets not to invade each other.
27
Which US president ordered the invasion of Panama to capture Manuel Noriega, who was suspected of running a drug cartel.
Clinton
Nixon
Bush Sr.
Kennedy
28
The original purpose of the interstate highways system was...
develop travel-related businesses
Encourage Americans to travel
Facilitate military movement
Provide better overland trade routes
29
The government facility established in Oak Ridge, TN enriched uranium for atomic weapons.
False
True
30
The fall of China to the communists leads to this event in the U.S.
The Mcarthy Hearings
Sacco & Vanzetti
The Palmer raids
The Red Scare
31
What role did Robert Kennedy play in breaking the power of unions?
He used the National Guard to break a strike by the United Mine Workers.
He fought for legislation to deny the right to strike.
He granted contracts for federal work to non-union industries.
He led a special investigation into the Teamsters
32
The United States and the United Nations intervene to stop “ethnic cleansing” of Muslims in these locations
Rwanda and Sudan
Bosnia and Kosovo
Iraq and Iran
Ukraine and Russia
33
A strong military that can respond quickly to agression..
Strengthens the economy
Makes military options more flexible
Protects our allies around the globe
Ensures peace through deterrence
34
The embargo by OPEC in retaliation for U.S. support for Israel caused...
An oil Shortage
An oil Surplus
War with Saudi Arabia
Peace in the middle east
35
Jimmy Carter was defeated in his 1980 re-election bid because
perceived as ineffective
perceived as effective
36
entrepreneur credited with developing one-stop shopping convenience & blamed for the demise of the small retailers?
Sam Walton
Donald Trump
Lee Iacocca
Fred Smith
37
The U.S. a Russia agreed that Eastern european nations would have these after the war.
Free and open Elections
Admission into NATO
Freedom of Speech
Admission into the USSR
38
As a result of the attack on 9.11, the Unites States invades this nation...
Libya
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Iraq
39
Non-Violent protest is assiciated with this civil rights leader...
Malcolm X
Medgar Evers
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr.
40
The Vietnam War was televised, this lead to an increase in anti-war sentiment.
False
True
41
President Bush Sr. ordered American forces to the Middle East in the First Gulf War to repel Iraqi forces out of Kuwait
True
False
42
Brown Vs. The Board of Education...
Desegregated interstate busing
Desegregated schools
Desegregated government offices
Desegregated public places
43
The 2000 election lead to many states upgradeing voting machines from punch cards to digital voting
False
True
44
Deterring attacks by maintaining a powerful, efficient military and strategic nuclear weapons describes...
Mutually assured destruction
Military Spending
The military-industrial complex
Peace-through-strength
45
Truman removes this General from command over fears of Millitary escalation.
McCarthy
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Patton
46
Kennedy Responds to the Cuban missile crisis by..
Ordering a blockade of Soviet ships heading to Cuba
Building new missile sites in Cuba
Aiding an invasion by Cuban exiles and rebels
Sending a military force into Cuba to destroy missiles
47
Millitary alliance designed to stop the spread of communism
NATO
NAFTA
WARSAW PACT
48
This series shows African Americans as strong individuals and families able to withstand the indignities of slavery
Murphy Brown
Roots
Blackish
12 years a slave
49
What event caused Roosevelt to join wwII?
Destruction of the USS Enterprise
The Bombing of Hong Kong
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
Attack on the USS Maine
50
The Battle of Okinawa showed the US Military that
The Japanese would give up easily
The Japanese would rather die than surrender
The Japanese were brutal to prisoners of war
The Japanese would capture more islands before they gave up
51
“Second Wave” feminists of the 1970’s and 1980’s were most interested in achieving...
Universal Healthcare
Voting Rights
Equal Rights and Pay
Tax cuts for single parents
52
Who Argued the
Brown V Board of Education
case?
Martin Luther King
Thurgood Marshall
Malcom X
Louis Farrahkhan
53
First woman to serve on the supreme court.
Nancy Pelosi
Hillary Clinton
Geraldine Ferraro
Sandra Day O’Connor
54
Anti-war protest on college campuses were common, where did one turn deadly?
Kent State
North Carolina
New York University
Washinton University
55
Kennedy's Flexible response uses what?
Spetsnaz
Special forces groups
Threat specific escalation
Targeted Bombing
56
The Marshall Plan was a plan to help Europe Economicly recover after WWII.
True
False
57
Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for...
facilitating a peace accord between Israel and Egypt
arranging the return of the Canal Zone to the Panamanian government
sending assistance to refugees in war-torn Nicaragua and El Salvador
boycotting the Olympics to force the Soviets out of Afghanistan
58
Truman orders this event to keep the allies in Berlin
The Berlin Airlift
Invasion of the USSR
Invasion of Eastern Germany
Destruction of Europe
59
Al Gore lost the 2000 election because...
Electoral Commission voted to award disputed returns to the Republicans
The house elected Bush when no candidate had a majority electoral vote.
Electoral College returned a majority vote for Bush.
Supreme Court ruled that a recount in Florida violated the 14th Amendment
60
Silent Spring
, Love Canal, Three Mile Island, and Exxon
Valdez cause
the EPA to fine companies related to the events
Congress passes relief funds to areas affected by environmental disasters
the emergence of the new environmental movement
politicians to pass new laws about the environment
61
Johnas Salk developed a vaccine for this desiese...
Tetanus
Polio
Yellow Fever
Smallpox
62
Which of the following is NOT true about Malcolm X
Advocated Black Nationalism
Promoted Non-violence
Converted to Islam in Prison, led Nation of Islam
Changed his name from Malcolm Little
63
Beatniks could be found in Coffee shops in the 1960s.
True
False
64
The peace corps worked to improve conditions in undeveloped nations.
False
True
65
As a result of the invasion of Cambodia Nixon began to loose supprt from...
The republican party
The Anti-War movement
The Silent Majority.
The Supreme Court
66
Because of migration and population loss, the region on the map is referred to as the
NAFTA Corridor
The Rust Belt
Lake Effect
The Hot Zone
67
These Nations resorted to a policy of appeasement to keep the peace before WWII.
The United States and Russia
France and Russia
England and The United States
France and England
68
Civil rights legislation passed in 1964, 1965, and 1968 was to end discrimination in voting, hiring, & public places.
TRUE
FALSE
69
The use of deregulation, tax cuts, and the reduction of Gov spending are known as
Global economics
Reaganomics
Trickle-down Economics
Supply-side Economics
70
Clintons greatest acompliment as president was
Ending hostilities between isarel and Egypt
Negotiating treaties with Panama
Balancing the budget
Education reform
71
Battle of the Buldge was a surprise attack designed to stop the Allied advance in europe
True
False
72
The Russians launching Sputnic 1 causes.....
An increase in Math and Science Education
A decrease in military funding
An increase in NASA funding
Investigation of NASA for communist influance
73
What President desegrigated the Armed Forces
Taft
Johnson
Truman
Eisenhower
74
Why did Elvis Presley cause such a sensation when he debuted his style of music?
Black listeners liked his music
His music had roots in American Gospel
He and his band were excellent musicians.
He moved suggestively to the rhythm
75
The band U2 writes “Pride – In the Name of Love” as a tribute to...
Medgar Evers
The Wayne Family
John Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr.
76
The Chicano Movement and the work of Cesar Chavez focused mainly on
providing equal access to good schools
improving working conditions for farm laborers
ending segregation in public facilities
reforming immigration policies
77
What president said we were going to put a man on the moon?
Ford
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
78
Russia Keeping pace with american defence spending lead to their economic downfall.
True
False
79
The Gulf of Tonkin incident convincess congress to
Help the French leave Vietnam
Increase troop deployments to Vietnam
Bombing of Cambodia
Tet Offensive
80
The popularity of cars in the united states lead to...
Crowded Highways
The Loss of inner-city jobs
Dependency on foreign oil
Suburbs Shrinking
81
The major consiquence of the Korean War was...
Chinese take over of Taiwan
Rise of China as a superpower
The unification of Korea
The continued division of Korea
82
Jim Lawson trained activists in non-violent techniques
False
True
