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Cold War, Civil Rights Movement, Camelot, Vietnam, Iranian Hostage Crisis, & Reagan Revolution.
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1
What civil rights organization challenged segregation through the courts?
Black Panthers
NAACP
SNCC
CORE
2
Which group had the highest poverty rates post-World War II?
Native Americans
African Americans
Latino Americans
Asian Americans
3
How did Americans view the defeat of Chinese Nationalists to Mao Zedong?
As a failure for United States
As a trifle
As a recoverable disappointment
As a long overdue regime change
4
What did President Kennedy create in order to counter communist Cuba?
The Alliance for Progress
G7
The Non-Alignment Pact
NATO
5
What event tainted the presidency of Jimmy Carter?
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Watergate Scandal
Iran-Contra Scandal
Vietnam War
6
What groups were most affected the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965?
Northern Europeans and Russians
Asians and Latin Americans
Africans and Central Asians
Eastern and Southern Europeans
7
Which of the following pieces of legislation helped popularize the suburbs?
Interstate Housing Act
Federal Highway Act of 1956
Wagner Act
Home Owners Loan Corporation Act
8
What form of musical expression represented cultural rebellion in the 1960s?
Rhythm and Blues
Tin Alley tunes
Rock and Roll
Ragtime
9
The Tet Offensive resulted in a(n)
Surge of public support for the Vietnam War
Overwhelming loss for the United States
Credibility gap between President Johnson and Americans
Increase in the morale of U.S. soldiers
10
The Moral Majority was a political organization that largely included
Working-class Democrats
Religious conservatives
All of the above
Ethnic minorities
11
Which of the following is an example of the Truman Doctrine in action?
All of the above
Involvement in the Korean War
Truman’s request of economic aid for Greece and Turkey
The creation of the national security state
12
Which writer represented the Beat Generation of the 1950s?
Betty Friedan
Walter Cronkite
Alfred Kinsey
Jack Kerouac
13
Cesar Chavez is noted for founding
National Association for Latino Americans
United Farm Workers
The Congress of Racial Equality
American Federation of Farm Labor
14
Which of the following was NOT a Cold War conflict?
Korean War
Yom Kippur War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
15
Which event most represents the youth counterculture of the 1960s?
None of the above
Civil rights march on Washington
Stonewall riots
Woodstock
16
The 1973 Oil Crisis was in response to
U.S. aid to Israel in the Yom Kippur War
The Iranian hostage crisis
U.S. covert operations in Iran
U.S. covert operations in Guatemala
17
What did Congress pass to limit the president's military power after the Vietnam War?
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
War Powers Act
Camp David Accords
18
Some conservatives responded to the feminist movement by joining
CORE
NOW
STOP-ERA
None of the above
19
Liberalism believes government has the power to
Create a perfect democracy
All of the above
Achieve domestic social goals
Provide for everyone in society
20
The Great Society sought to help people
Achieve higher academically
Overcome poverty cycles
Save money
Register to vote
21
What event toppled Senator Joseph McCarthy from his position of authority?
Whittaker-Chambers Trial
Alger Hiss Case
The Army-McCarthy Hearings
The trial of the Rosenbergs
22
What was America’s Soviet policy after World War II called?
“Open Door”
Containment
Accommodation
Triangulation
23
Liberalism promotes
Social justice and democracy
Civil liberties and equal opportunity
All of the above
Government regulation of economic activity
24
How did President Eisenhower respond to the Little Rock Nine crisis?
He issued an executive order to allow temporary segregation.
He granted the Arkansas governor full authority.
He sent federal troops to Little Rock.
He issued an executive order to expedite desegregation.
25
Post-World War II, what region became the center of the defense industry?
Sunbelt
Rustbelt
Frostbelt
Midwest
26
Which of the following was a sign of detente during the Cold War?
President Kennedy sending advisors to Vietnam.
All of the above
President Nixon visiting China.
President Johnson announcing the Great Society.
27
Which of the following was a catalyst for the American Indian Movement (AIM)?
A failed lawsuit by Native Americans
Native American occupation of Alcatraz
U.S. seizure of Native American land
The Battle of Wounded Knee
28
After World War II, what established a mutual defense alliance among Western powers?
United Nations
OPEC
NATO
Treaty of Versailles
29
What group felt dissatisfied with the nonviolent civil rights movement?
Black Panthers
SNCC
Students for a Democratic Society
NOW
30
Which president denounced the military-industrial complex?
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
31
Post-1965, what civil rights group challenged nonviolence doctrine?
SCLC
NAACP
CORE
SNCC
32
Which of the following was NOT an aim of conservatives in the 1960s?
Limiting the scope of government
Having a more assertive foreign policy
Fighting communism
Support of the counterculture movement
33
What group of Americans did George Wallace most appeal to during the election of 1968?
Blue-collar workers
Young voters
Ethnic minorities
White Southerners
34
The Warren Court (1953-1969) was known for
Judicial activism
Constructionism
Constitutional restraint
Conservatism
35
The Three Mile Island accident made people wary of
Fracking
Natural gas
Fossil fuels
Nuclear energy
36
What group was formed in 1966 to challenge workplace discrimination?
CORE
Stop ERA
NOW
ERA
37
Which of the following cases demonstrated anti-communist sentiment in America?
The trial of the Rosenbergs
Hollywood “blacklists”
All of the above
The Alger Hiss trial
38
The Freedom Summer sought to
Create new civil rights legislation
All of the above
Register African-American voters
Coordinate widespread sit-ins
39
What technology influenced the growth of antiwar movement during the Vietnam War?
Radio
Hueys
Nuclear weapons
Television
40
What student group was known as the embodiment of the “New Left”?
NOW
Black Panthers
Student National Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
41
The legal basis for the decision in
Brown v. Board of Education
was the
“Freedom to exercise” clause of the 1st Amendment
“Equal protection” clause of the 14th Amendment
“Due process” clause of the 14th Amendment
“Establishment” clause of the 1st Amendment
42
What was the economic result of OPEC’s oil embargo placed on the U.S.?
Price deflation
Stagflation
Only inflation
A surge in U.S. domestic industries
43
U.S. military involvement in Latin America during the Cold War was based on
Flexible Response
domino theory
The safety valve theory
Triangulation
44
Which of the following was NOT a legislative achievement of the Great Society?
The War on Poverty
Medicare and Medicaid
Social Security
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
45
Criticism of allowing young Americans to serve in the Vietnam War led to
Shutdowns of major news networks
The passage of the 26th Amendment
Johnson’s escalation in Cambodia
The democratization of the draft
46
Which of the following contributed to the affluence post-World War?
Baby boom
Technological developments
All of the above
Federal spending
47
The Stonewall riots (1969) were demonstrations by
The LGBT community
Feminists
Environmental activists
Anti-war protesters
