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2nd Semester US History Final Exam Review 2016 PART 2
2nd Semester US History Final Exam Review 2016 PART 2
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1
The Mexican government fully supported this agreement because it promoted investment & growth.
NAACP
NASA
NATO
NAFTA
2
Which amendment changes the voting age from 21 to 18?
26th
18th
21st
13th
3
What did MLK argue in his
Letter from Birmingham Jail
?
Schools should be desegregated.
Equality must be achieved by any means necessary.
Nonviolence is the way to achieve equality.
Violence should be met with violence.
4
What were people protesting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
Vietnam War
Civil Rights
Kanye West
Abortion
5
Which President resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal?
Lyndon Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
6
How were songs of the 1960s and 1970s a reflection of the times?
Showed there was social conflict over war and civil rights
Promoted hate and violence in the lyrics
Idolized reality TV stars of the times
showed that Americans agreed about foreign & domestic issues
7
Why did the US get involved in the Vietnam War?
to make them a US territory
to help North Vietnam unite with South Vietnam
to stop the spread of communism
to keep the French out of Vietnam
8
Ronald Reagan's supply-side economics was called
Reaganomics
Supply Economic Opportunity Proposal
Down-up Economics
Reagan's Economic Enhancement Plan
9
Nightly news about the Vietnam War did what?
Built trust between Americans and their political leaders
Strengthened Americans support for the government
Strengthened Americans support for the war
Created a credibility gap
10
What event symbolized the decline of Soviet power over Eastern Europe?
Formation of Backstreet Boys
Creation of NAFTA
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Launch of Sputnik
11
Whose assassination led to riots and the growth of the Black Power movement?
John F. Kennedy
John Lennon
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr.
12
What major factor led to inflation in the 1970s?
High tariffs
High unemployment
Tax increases
Oil embargoes
13
What was the famous 1969 music event where artists such as Jimi Hendrix played?
Woodspot
Woodwind
Willowwood
Woodstock
14
Who won a
decisive
victory in the 2000 election?
Al Gore
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
No one...Bush won electoral votes but lost popular vote
15
In what court case was segregation in public schools made illegal?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Loving v. Virginia
Brown v. Board of Education
16
Reaganomics was successful at
enforcing stricter environmental regulation
lowering taxes
raising taxes
increasing social programs
17
Which President chose not to run for re-election because of low approval ratings?
Nixon
Carter
Reagan
Johnson
18
What characterized Johnson’s ‘Great Society’ programs?
promoting segregation
helping the poor and elderly
building more nuclear missiles than the Soviets
helping to end the Cold War
19
What were the circumstances behind Robert Kennedy's assassination?
shot in NYC right before giving a speech
shot in a car in Dallas
shot outside a Memphis motel
shot in a hotel kitchen in California
20
What theory says that if one country falls to communism, other countries will follow?
Marxist Theory
Communisto Theory
Domino Theory
Trickle Down Theory
21
What year was Barack Obama elected the first African American US President?
2012
2000
2004
2008
22
The majority of people in the 60s counterculture movement were
white, middle-class college youths
Native Americans
Latinos
poor, urban youths
23
In what mission was a teacher a part of the crew that perished when the space shuttle exploded?
Discovery
Columbia
Challenger
Endeavour
24
Who is the newest Supreme Court justice?
Neil Gorsuch
Susan Kennedy
Charlie Chaplin
Clarence Thomas
25
Under which president did the Vietnam War escalate the most?
JFK
Eisenhower
Nixon
Johnson
26
The Black Panthers & Malcolm X believed
in nonviolent direct action
in a conservative approach to the civil rights movement
using any means necessary, including violence, for equality
whites and blacks should be integrated
27
At which University was the Free Speech movement started?
UCLA
UC-Berkeley
University of Arkansas
UCA
28
The law allowing authorities to engage in more wiretapping and other electronic surveillance.
Patriot Act
Homeland Security Act
No-Fly Law
Terrorist Watch List
29
Roe v. Wade
said that
all abortions are illegal
states can never regulate abortion
all abortions are legal
abortion is legal in the first 3 months
30
What was NOT accomplished in the Civil Rights Movement?
African American poverty ended.
Segregation became illegal.
African Americans became more politically involved.
African Americans gained a new sense of ethnic pride.
31
The Little Rock 9 crisis showed that
states did not have to follow Supreme Court rulings
the President can force states to comply with court rulings
no black students wanted to attend all white schools
integration was never going to happen
32
Lying about an affair with Monica Lewinsky led to the impeachment of what President?
Richard Nixon
Bill Clinton
Andrew Johnson
Ronald Reagan
33
What is the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in the US?
Oklahoma City bombing
Unabomber
World Trade Center car bombing
San Bernardino shooting
34
The Vietnam War draft was skewed so that
Caucasians were chosen more than minorities
Wealthy people were chosen more than the poor/working class
Poor/working class were chosen more than the wealthy
Women were chosen more than men
35
Who was the President when 9/11 occurred?
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
36
Were the decisions of the Warren Court primarily liberal or conservative in nature?
conservative
liberal
37
What has been a major long-term effect of the Vietnam War?
US hesitant to commit troops overseas for extended action
US forces occupy Vietnam
US & Vietnam become BFFs
Americans support a permanent draft
38
What became a devastating world-wide epidemic by the 1990s?
AIDS
Zika Virus
SARS
Swine Flu
