HIST 1302 Ch. 32

Within a year after taking control of the South, the Vietnamese Communists were at war with the:

Cambodian Communists

In its earliest years, the gay rights movement especially emphasized:

the importance of gays "coming out"

Nixon’s Watergate-related resignation came with the revelation that he had:

ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in

In the early 1970s, angry protests began to erupt in cities outside the South over:

busing

A sad legacy of Watergate was:

lasting damage to the image of the presidency

On October 26, 1972, only a week before the U.S. presidential election, Kissinger announced:

"Peace is at hand"

Senator George McGovern of South Dakota:

was the democratic nominee for president in 1972

By 1971, the New Left:

had split into factions and largely self-destructed

At Columbia University in 1968:

a student strike shut down the campus

The most important factor behind the sexual revolution of the 1960s was the:

development of birth-control pills

The "silent majority":

supported politicians like Richard Nixon

By 1960-1961, a number of students had become inspired to become social reform activists by:

the example of the civil rights movement

All of the following were consequences of the Vietnam War EXCEPT:

Americans were more determined than ever to spread democracy

The energy crisis of the early 1970s increased support for:

environmentalism

Gerald Ford suffered terrible political damage when he:

pardoned Nixon

At the Altamont concert in 1969:

Hells Angels killed a man in front of the stage

Economists coined the term stagflation in the early 1970s to describe:

a simultaneously stagnant economy with inflationary prices

The youths of the counterculture:

were the direct descendants of the Beats of the 1950s

Young men were able to avoid service in Vietnam by all of the following methods EXCEPT:

joining VISTA or the Peace Corps

The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the early 1960s:

challenged established authority in favor of "participatory democracy"

Nixon’s "southern strategy" involved winning southern support by:

capitalizing on their skepticism of federal social welfare programs

Nixon’s policy of "Vietnamization" involved:

gradually reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam

Nixon’s trip to the Soviet Union resulted in:

U.S. wheat sales to the Soviets

The burglars arrested at the Watergate apartment complex:

had connections to the CIA and the Nixon campaign

Shocking events at Kent State University involved:

the killing of four students by the National Guard

The Pentagon Papers:

revealed that the Johnson administration had deceived the public in regard to war policy

All of the following are true of César Chávez EXCEPT that he:

failed to secure collective bargaining rights for farm workers

By 2012, Hispanics:

had become the country’s largest minority

In their role at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, the Yippies could best be described as:

pranksters

The term Hispanic referred to:

growing political assertiveness among Mexican Americans

In 1971, in an effort to curb inflation, President Nixon:

imposed a freeze on wages and prices

Indian activists ultimately discovered that their most effective tactic for bringing about change was:

taking legal action to force the government to adhere to old treaties

Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique:

explained the unhappiness of so many middle-class women

In April 1970, Nixon extended the war when he sent troops into:

Cambodia

Nixon’s new relationship with China was made possible by:

China’s growing fear of the Soviet Union

James Earl (Jimmy) Carter Jr. represented:

the new moderate wing of the Democratic party

The feminist movement suffered a setback with the:

failure of the states to ratify the equal-rights amendment

The hippie movement ultimately:

began to wane as counterculture had become counterproductive

One major impetus behind the rise of a Native American rights movement was the:

terrible levels of poverty that persisted in the Indian population

During his presidency, Gerald Ford achieved a record for:

vetoes

As the 1972 election approached, the biggest threat to Nixon’s reelection seemed to be:

George Wallace’s potential to drain away conservative votes from the Republicans

Essential to breaking the Watergate case was the testimony before the Ervin committee of White House legal counsel:

John Dean

To punish the United States for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC):

threatened to cut off oil shipments to the United States

In regard to Vietnam policy, Nixon:

insisted that he would pursue "peace with honor"

In 1964, the University of California at Berkeley:

was the site of a free-speech movement (FSM)

The figure who most influenced Nixon’s foreign policy was:

Henry Kissinger

The Nixon Doctrine implied a foreign policy that was shaped more by:

a need to be selective in its commitments abroad

The Vietnam settlement signed on January 27, 1973:

left 150,000 Communist troops in South Vietnam

The major motivation behind the Saturday Night Massacre was Nixon’s desire to:

avoid handing over the key White House tapes

Jimmy Carter’s victory in the 1976 election was aided by all of the following EXCEPT:

a huge voter turnout

By 1960-1961, a number of students had become inspired to become social reform activists by:

the example of the civil rights movement

At Columbia University in 1968:

a student strike shut down the campus

By 1971, the New Left:

had split into factions and largely self-destructed

The hippie movement ultimately:

succumbed to commercialism

The feminist movement suffered a setback with the:

failure of the states to ratify the equal-rights amendment

The most important factor behind the sexual revolution of the 1960s was the:

development of birth-control pills

By 2006, Hispanics:

had become the country’s largest minority

One major impetus behind the rise of a Native American rights movement was the:

terrible levels of poverty that persisted in the Indian population

Indian activists ultimately discovered that their most effective tactic for bringing about change was:

taking legal action to force the government to adhere to old treaties

Nixon’s policy of "Vietnamization" involved:

gradually reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam

Shocking events at Kent State University involved:

the killing of four students by the National Guard

The figure who most influenced Nixon’s foreign policy was:

Henry Kissinger

Nixon’s "southern strategy" involved winning southern support by:

slowing down progress on civil rights

In the early 1970s, angry protests began to erupt in cities outside the South over:

busing

The energy crisis of the early 1970s increased support for:

environmentalism

The Nixon Doctrine implied a foreign policy that was shaped more by:

realism and American interests

Nixon’s new relationship with China was made possible by:

China’s growing fear of the Soviet Union

The burglars arrested at the Watergate apartment complex:

had connections to the CIA and the Nixon campaign

Essential to breaking the Watergate case was the testimony before the Ervin committee of White House legal counsel:

John Dean

D. pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military

The GI Bill did all of the following except: A. provide educational benefits for veterans B. provide housing loans for veterans C. help prevent a postwar depression D. pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military E. provide medical treatment for veterans

B. temporarily seize those industries

When confronted with strikes in the coal and railroad industries in 1946, President Truman’s response was to: A. declare martial law B. temporarily seize those industries C. say government had no role in labor-management disputes D. Break the strikes with unemployed veterans E. freeze transportation and energy prices

B. allowed the president to impose a "cooling-off" period during major strikes

The Taft-Harley Act of 1947: A. helped unions gain strength in the south B. allowed the president to impose a "cooling-off" period during major strikes C. was supported by President Truman due to his difficulties with organized labor D. abolished the National Labor Relations Board E. outlawed the passage of so-alled _right-to-work-" laws by the states

E. can veto any major proposal

Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: A. now include Germany and Japan B. meet every two years C. do not participate in the General Assembly D. periodically rotate so that new countries can participate E. can veto any major proposal

D. launch a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin

Trumans’s response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to: A. divide the rest of Germany into occupation zones B. mass American troops on the Soviet border C. get the United Nations to officially protest D. launch a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin E. meet with Stalin to diplomatically resolve the crisis

C. became the first country to recognize the Jewish State

In regard to Israel’s founding in 1948, the United States: A. supported its Arab neighbors B. opposed the British departure from Palestine C. became the first country to recognize the Jewish state D. took no official stance E. sent troops there to maintain peace in the Middle East

E. the military

In 1948, President Truman desegregated: A. public schools B. defense industries C. Washington D.C D. public transportation E. the military

E. Brooklyn Dodgers

Baseball was integrated in 1947 when Jackie Robinson played for the: A. New York Yankees B. Boston Red Sox C. Chicago Cubs D. St. Louis Cardinals E. Brooklyn Dodgers

C. order the development of a hydrogen bomb

The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to: A. arrange a summit conference with Stalin B. order the resumption of the military draft C. order the development of a hydrogen bomb D. see the folly of the nuclear arms race E. arm American submarines with nuclear missiles

E. became divided into northern and southern halves

With the end of World War II, Korea: A. was invaded by the Soviets B. was left under the control of Japan C. was under joint American and British occupation D. quickly emerged as a regional power E. became divided into northern and southern halves

C. that Stalin and the Soviets were behind it

When North Korea attacked South Korea, Truman concluded: A. it was grounds to start World War III B. it was a good excuse to attack Communist China C. that Stalin and the Soviets were behind it D. that South Korea could not be saved E. that he should bypass the United Nations

B. the United Nations authorized military intervention against the aggressors

When North Korean Communists invaded South Korea: A. South Korean forces initially repulsed the invaders B. the United Nations authorized military intervention against the aggressors C. Truman persuaded Congress to declare was on North Korea D. Stalin told the North Koreans to stop their aggression E. the Soviets used their Security Council veto to prevent the United Nations action

B. the federal government

In 1947, President Truman took actions to banish Communists from: A. teaching B. the federal government C. the military D. Hollywood E. unions

B. the State Department

In his Wheeling speech, Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a list of Communists in: A. the White House B. the State Department C.the FBI D. Congress E. the movie industry

B. significantly increased

Between 1945 and 1960, home ownership: A. declined, due to the construction of cheap apartments B. significantly increased C. was hampered due to shortages of credit D. became almost universal E. was not s popular as government-provided housing

B. black veterans encountered barriers to entrance

While college enrollments soared in the postwar period: A. most professors were dull and uninspiring B. black veterans encountered barriers to entrance C. student debt became a major problem D. few students were able to finish and earn a degree E. campuses became hotbeds of student protest and misbehavior

B. Long Island

The location of William Levitt’s first suburban development was: A. Los Angeles B. Long Island C. Baltimore D. Phoenix E. Boston

B. $6,900

Houses in Levittown in the early 1950s all sold for just under: A. $1,000 B. $6,900 C. $20,000 D. $50,000 E. $100,000

E. new construction of mass public transportation

Suburban growth was spurred by all of the following EXCEPT: A. federally insured loans B. highway construction C. increases in car ownership D. veterans benefits E. new construction of mass public transportation

D. was a major cause of the growth of the suburbs

The phenomenon of "white flights" in the 1950s: A. stopped when the federal government banned housing discrimination B. involved poor whites fleeing the south for jobs in big northern cities C. showed the improvement in race relations since the end of World War II D. was a major cause of the growth of the suburbs E. was discouraged by the open-housing policies of William Levitt

B. the rural South

Most blacks who moved to Chicago were fleeing terrible poverty in: A. southern cities such as Memphis and New Orleans B. the rural South C. the Dust Bowl D. New England E. other northern cities

E. new problems and forms of exploitation

Blacks who moved to northern cities found: A. middle-class status B. quality public housing C. acceptance and respect D. inability to vote E. new problems and forms of exploitation

A. give up their jobs to returning veterans

With the end of World War II, women workers were encouraged to A. give up their jobs to returning veterans B. work longer hours C. limit family sizes D. stay single E. upgrade their job skills through technical training or college

D. retained most and even expanded some of them

In regard to New Deal programs, Eisenhower: A. was intensely hostile B. ended subsidies to agriculture C. promised to outdo Roosevelt D. retained most and even expanded some of them E. wanted to privatize Social Security

B. the U.S. Army

Senator Joseph McCarthy’s power began to unravel when he made reckless charges about Communist influence in: A. the Democratic party B. the U.S. Army C. Ivy League colleges D. the Eisenhower administration E. the media

A. struck down "separate but equal" in public education

In the Brown decision, the Supreme Court: A. struck down "separate but equal" in public education B. ordered an immediate end to Jim Crow segregation C. rejected the legal arguments of the NAACP D. was closely divided E. recognized the high quality of black schools in the South

C. France

Since the nineteenth century, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia had been ruled by: A. China B. Japan C. France D. Great Britain E. themselves

B. his brother, Robert

The person most persuasive in getting President Kennedy to endorse civil rights would have been: A. his vice president, Lyndon Johnson B. his brother, Robert C. his wife, Jackie D. FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover E. Chief Justice, Earl Warren

C. men with new ideas and fresh thinking

President Kennedy’s cabinet was dominated by: A. men of the most radical wing of the Democratic party B. old-school politicians from the Truman administration C. men with new ideas and fresh thinking D. his fraternity buddies from Harvard E. Catholic and racial minorities

A. required that an accused person be informed certain basic rights

In its controversial Miranda v. Arizona decision, the Warren Court: A. required that an accused person be informed of certain basic rights B. made abortion legal C. banned prayer in public schools D. protected job rights for homosexuals E. gave police more power to search without a warrant

A. the sit-in

The protest tactic initiated by black students in Greensboro, North Carolina, was: A. the sit-in B. the occupation of campus administration buildings C. the March on Washington D. street theater E. the freedom ride

D. Kennedy’s public encouragement

Student civil rights activists in the South would likely experience all of the following except: A. mass arrests B. mob violence C. extreme verbal abuse D. Kennedy’s public encouragement E. growing public admiration

D. the University of Mississippi

Violence erupted in 1962 when James Meredith attempted to integrate: A. the University of Alabama B. Louisiana State University C. Georgia Tech D. the University of Mississippi E. Texas A&M

D. declared his willingness to break unjust laws

In his Letter from Birmingham City Jail, Martin Luther King: A. expressed his admiration of activists Ross Barnett and Bull Conner B. announced that he was abandoning nonviolent tactics C. expressed anger at being locked up D. declared his willingness to break unjust laws E. explained why he hated racist whites

B. stood aside

When Alabama governor George Wallace was ordered by federal marshals to stand aside from the doorway at the University of Alabama so that black students could enter, Wallace: A. provoked a riot B. stood aside C. got himself arrested D. unleashed a torrent of racist language E. refused to budge

D. erecting the Berlin Wall

In 1961, Khrushchev escalated tensions over Berlin by: A. imposing another Soviet blockade of West Berlin B. sending spy planes over West Germany C. putting nuclear missiles in East Berlin D. erecting the Berlin Wall E. walking out of a summit conference in Vienna

A. deter another American-supported invasion of Cuba

The major purpose of the Soviet missiles placed in Cuba was to: A. deter another American-supported invasion of Cuba B. show hard-liners in the Soviet military that Khrushchev was sufficiently tough C. launch and attack upon the United States D. make Castro more dependent upon the Soviets E. get Kennedy to let the Soviets have West Berlin

C. the Warren Commission concluded there may have been multiple gunmen

All of the following are true of the Kennedy assassination except: A. the primary suspect was Lee Harvey Oswald B. Jack Ruby shot and killed the suspected assassin C. the Warren Commission concluded there may have been multiple gunmen D. it occurred in Dallas on November 22, 1963 E. so many of the related events were watched on television

D. brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war

The Cuban missile crisis: A. led to a U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba B. showed Kennedy’s tendency to back down in a tense confrontation C. ended the cold war D. brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to a nuclear war E. saw the United States destroy some missile sites with surgical air strikes

E. a U.S.-Soviet agreement to scrap nuclear weapons

The Cuban missile crisis led to all of the following except: A. the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba B. the installation of a "hot line" between Moscow and Washington C. the removal of American missiles from Turkey D. an easing of cold war tensions E. a U.S.-Soviet agreement to scrap nuclear weapons

C. Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission was created by the: A. Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 B. Redevelopment Act of 1961 C. Civil Rights Act of 1864 D. Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965 E. Trade Expansion Act of 1962

D. Great Society

President Johnson labeled his overall program of domestic reform the: A. True Deal B. New Frontier C. New Beginning D. Great Society E. New America

C. those over age sixty-five

Johnson’s Medicare program provided medical benefits to: A. the unemployed B. all Americans C. those over age sixty-five D. single mothers and their children E. the handicapped

A. outlawed segregation in public facilities

The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A. outlawed segregation in public facilities B. strengthened the Democratic party in the South C. was reluctantly supported by Johnson D. passed Congress with minimal opposition E. ended racism in the United States

D. government guarantee of full employment

The legislation passed by Congress at Johnson’s urging in 1965 included all of the following except: A. Medicare B. funds for urban renewal and public housing C. anti-poverty aid to Appalachia D. government guarantee of full employment E. massive federal aid to education

B. removed quotas based upon national origin

Changes in immigration law in 1965: A. favored immigrants from Europe as compared to other parts of the world B. removed quotas based upon national origin C. removed annual limits on how many could enter the United States D. decreased foreign immigration E. were designed to increase American access to cheap labor

C. dramatically expanded black votes in the South

The Voting Rights Act of 1965: A. was passed by Congress over Johnson’s opposition B. ended black protest movements C. dramatically expanded black votes in the South D. made the South more strongly Democratic E. was successfully resisted in the Deep South

A. occurred largely outside of the South

Beginning with Watts, the major race riots on 1965 and 1966: A. occurred largely outside of the South B. started when white mobs attacked blacks C. resulted from blacks being denied the vote D. were led by the Black Panthers E. proved the increasing irrelevance of Martin Luther King

E. avoid losing it to communism

One of Johnson’s major goals in Vietnam was to: A. kill as many Vietnamese as possible B. keep the Soviets and Chinese from attacking elsewhere in Asia C. use nuclear weapons to end the war as quickly as possible D. use the war to unite the country at home E. avoid losing it to communism

C. was used by Johnson as a substitute for a declaration of war

The Tronkin Gulf resolution: A. was in response to a Viet Cong attack upon an American military bse B. deeply divided Congress C. was used by Johnson as a substitute for a declaration of war D. authorized American naval aggression off the coast of North Vietnam E. led Johnson to de-escalate the Vietnam War

E. dramatically affected public support for Johnson’s war policy

The Tet offensive of early 1968: A. was the American attempt to destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail B. was a major victory for the Viet Cong C. resulted in Saigon’s fall to the Communists D. inspired Johnson to dramatically raise troop levels in Vietnam E. dramatically affected public support for Johnson’s war policy

C. resulted in massive rioting in the streets

The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago: A. boosted the candidacy of Hubert Humphrey B. showed the patience of Mayor Daley and the Chicago Police C. resulted in massive rioting in the streets D. was dull and uninspiring E. successfully appealed to the values of "middle America"

A. joining VISTA or the Peace Corps

Young men were able to avoid service in Vietnam by all of the following except: A. joining VISTA or the Peace Corps B. fleeing to Canada or Sweden C. obtaining conscientious objector status D. going to prison E. failing the physical examination on purpose

D. a student strike shut down the campus

At Columbus University in 1958: A. anti-war students disrupted a speech by President Johnson B. the Yippies held their founding convention C. students successfully fought for free tuition D. a student strike shut down the campus E. the presence of military recruiters sparked a riot

B. development of birth-control pills

The most important factor behind the sexual revolution of the 1960s was the: A. Supreme Court’s legalization of abortion B. development of birth-control pills C. free love philosophy of the hippie movement D. increasing number of women in college E. permissive messages and images in Hollywood films

C. Henry Kissinger

The figure who most influenced Nixon’s foreign policy was: A. General Alexander Haig B. Robert McNamara C. Henry Kissinger D. William Rogers E. Bob Haldeman

D. busing

In the early 1970s, angry protests began to erupt in cities outside the South over: A. integration of swimming pools and public parks B. interracial dating C. racial profiling by police D. busing E. rising rates of crime in the inner cities

C. threatened to cut off oil shipments to the United States

To punish the United States for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): A. expelled the United States from membership B. flooded the American market with cheap petroleum to drive American oil producers out of business C. threatened to cut off oil shipments to the United States D. nationalized American oil companies in their countries E. announced it would deal exclusively with the Soviet Union

C. Cambodia

In April 1970, Nixon extended the war when he sent troops into: A. Laos B. China C. Cambodia D. Thailand E. North Vietnam

B. the killing of four students by the National Guard

Shocking events at Kent State University involved: A. a fight between anti-war students and construction workers B. the killing of four students by the National Guard C. violence when police broke up a student strike D. several deaths when students exploded a bomb in the ROTC building E. student attacks upon conservative, pro-war professors

D. had connections to the CIA and the Nixon campaign

The burglars arrest at the Watergate apartment complex: A. were trying to obtain Republican campaign files B. were spying for the Soviet Union C. were common thieves hoping to steal valued items D. had connections to the CIA and the Nixon campaign E. had been sent there by the FBI

C. avoid handing over the key White House tapes

The major motivation behind the Saturday Night Massacre was Nixon’s desire to: A. elevate his approval ratings B. expose the corruption of the Democrats C. avoid handing over the key White House tapes D. publicly humiliate special prosecutor Archibald Cox E. appoint a loyal attorney general

C. pardoned Nixon

Gerald Ford suffered terrible political damage when he: A. continued Nixon’s economic policies B. vetoed the War Powers Act C. pardoned Nixon D. sent Americans back into Vietnam E. failed to achieve peace in the Middle East

D. Americans were more determined than ever to spread democracy

All of the following are consequences of the Vietnam War except: A. 58,000 Americans died B. Saigon fell to the Communists and became Ho Chi Minh City C. many young Americans questioned the value of military service D. Americans were more determined than ever to spread democracy E. deep divisions over foreign policy continued

D. ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in

Nixon’s Watergate-related resignation came with the revelation that he had: A. burned his tapes of the White House conversations B. lied to the Senate’s Ervin committee C. authorized the use of dirty tricks against Democratic campaigns D. ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in E. ordered the IRS to harass his political enemies

In the 1960s and 1970s, the agenda of the political left included

all the above

Students for a Democratic Society was formed

primarily by white college students

In 1964, a dispute broke out at the University of California at Berkeley over

the rights of students to engage in free speech

In the 1960s, the radical group known as "Weathermen"

were involved in college bombings that claimed several lives

Throughout the late 1960s

opposition in the United States to the Vietnam War intensified

In the 1960s, the youth counterculture

presented a fundamental challenge to American middle-class society

In the 1960s, the area of popular culture most strongly embraced by the counterculture was in

the counterculture was in

The purpose of the 1969 Woodstock music festival was to

express the ideals of the counterculture philosophy

In the 1950s, the federal "termination" policy as applied to American Indians sought to

end their cultural distinctiveness

Between 1950 and 1970, the Indian population of the United States

nearly doubled

The 1961 Declaration of Indian Purpose called for

the preservation of Indian heritage

In the late 1960s and early 1970s all of the following occurred due to American Indian activism EXCEPT

Congress granted reservations "independent nation" status within the United States

Founded in 1968, the American Indian Movement (AIM)

focused on militant action

In 1973, American Indian activists occupied an old Indian battle site of

Wounded Knee

Between 1960 and 1970, the Latino population of the United States

tripled

All of the following statements regarding Latinos in the United States are true EXCEPT

Cuban immigrants in the 1980s were more well-to-do than their counterparts in the 1960s

The 1969 "Stonewall Riot" is to be associated with the civil rights movement for

homosexuals

In the 1990s, gay men and lesbians in the United States

both A and B

Betty Friedan’s 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique

gave a voice to a re-emerging women’s rights movement

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was

passed by Congress

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

was amended for the benefit of women

In the mid 1960s, the National Organization of Women focused its efforts on

addressing the needs of women in the workplace

Sandra Day O’Conner, the first female Supreme Court justice was named to the court by

Ronald Reagan

In 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment

both A and B

The Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade (1973)

was based on a new legal interpretation of privacy rights

Ecology rests primarily on the assumption that nature should be preserved

because humans needed to maintain the interrelated balance of life

Rachel Carson’s 1962 book, "Silent Spring" helped launch the modern environmental movement by focusing on the problems concerning

pesticides

In the mid-1960s, the American "beautification" campaign was closely associated with

Lady Bird Johnson

In 1970, "Earth Day" was

an example of the popularization of environmentalism

The creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 came after

a major oil spill

In the early 1970s, the passage of Clean Air and Clean Water Acts

neither A nor B

The intent of President Richard Nixon’s "Vietnamization" policy was to

have the South Vietnamese military do more of the fighting

In 1970, President Richard Nixon sought to bring the Vietnam War to a close by

both A and B

In April 1970, the antiwar movement was recharged by

the invasion by the United States of Cambodia

The so-called Pentagon Papers

revealed the government had misled the public regarding the progress of the war

The killing of South Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers in the village of My Lai

neither A nor B

In 1972, President Richard Nixon, to prompt a peace settlement with North Vietnam,

ordered an increase in the aerial bombing of North Vietnam

In 1972, a peace agreement between the United States and North Vietnam was announced days

ordered an increase in the aerial bombing of North Vietnam

In 1972, the United States’ "Christmas bombing" of North Vietnam

saw the United States suffer, by far, its greatest loss of bombers in the war

The South Vietnam government in Saigon finally collapsed during the presidency of

Gerald Ford

As a result of the Vietnam War

all of the above

President Richard Nixon believed United States foreign policy should work for

a balance of power between several major nations

In 1972, President Richard Nixon’s visit to China

came after Taiwan was expelled from the United Nations

In 1972, the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels

In the 1970s, the Nixon administration believed the world’s most volatile region to be

the so-called Third World

According to policies that became called the Nixon Doctrine, the United States would

assist in the development of friendly nations

In practice, the Nixon Doctrine led the United States to increase its support of

authoritarian regimes

In the early 1970s, the CIA played a major role in destabilizing a leftist government in

Chile

The Yom Kippur War of 1973

saw an American ally face a surprise attack

As part of his domestic agenda, President Richard Nixon

both A and B

President Richard Nixon’s proposed Family Assistance Plan included

a guaranteed annual income for all Americans

The Supreme Court case Engel v. Fitak (1962)

ruled prayers in public schools were unconstitutional

The Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

ruled that all felony defendants were entitled to a lawyer regardless of their ability to pay

The Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

required authorities to inform a criminal suspect of his or her legal rights

In 1969, President Richard Nixon’s appointments to the Supreme Court

were twice rejected by the Senate

After President Richard Nixon had appointed four new justices, the Supreme Court

was increased its commitment to social reform

The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Furman v. Georgia (1972)

abolished existing capital punishment statutes

The Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade (1973)

was one its most controversial decisions in modern court history

The Supreme Court case Bakke v. Board of Regents of California (1978)

upheld the principle of affirmative action

In the 1972 presidential campaign, an assassin attempted to kill the candidate

George Wallace

In the 1972 presidential election

Richard Nixon carried every state but one

In 1973, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

both A and B

In 1971, President Richard Nixon’s responded to mounting economic problems by

imposing a freeze on all wages and prices

"Stagflation" refers to

rising prices and a weak economy

In 1972, the Watergate scandal began with a break-in of the

offices of the Democratic National Committee

In 1972, two Washington Post reporters uncovered evidence linking the Watergate break-in to

both A and B

In 1973, allegations of misconduct by Richard Nixon were made by a presidential advisor

John Dean

By 1973, there was mounting evidence that President Richard Nixon had

been part of the cover-up of the break-in

The key evidence in the determination of President Richard Nixon’s guilt or innocence in the Watergate scandal were

tape recordings made of most conversations in the Oval Office

In 1973, the so-called "Saturday night massacre" involved President Richard Nixon’s firing of

the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate case

In 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned his office because of

neither A nor B

The Supreme Court in the case United States v. Richard Nixon (1974) ruled that Nixon must

neither A nor B

In 1974, Richard Nixon lost the presidency after he

resigned

In 1971, President Richard Nixon believed an American withdrawal from Vietnam would

harm the credibility of himself and the nation

The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the early 1960s:
A) challenged established authority in favor of "participatory democracy"
B) looked to the Socialists and Communists of the Depression era for inspiration
C) was the youth wing of the Democratic party

A) challenged established authority in favor of "participatory democracy"

Young men were able to evade service in Vietnam by all of the following methods EXCEPT:
A) going to prison
B) fleeing to Canada or Sweden
C) joining VISTA or the Peace Corps

C) joining VISTA or the Peace Corps

At Columbia University in 1968:
A) anti-war students disrupted a speech by President Johnson
B) a student strike shut down the campus
C) the Yippies held their founding convention

B) a student strike shut down the campus

The youths of the counterculture:
A) came primarily from poor or working-class families
B) believed that electoral politics would solve society’s problems
C) were the direct descendants of the Beats of the 1950s

C) were the direct descendants of the Beats of the 1950s

At the Altamont concert in 1969:
A) Hells Angels killed a man in front of the stage
B) the Beatles gave their last performance
C) the Rolling Stones recorded live their most classic psychedelic album

A) Hells Angels killed a man in front of the stage

The feminist movement suffered a setback with the:
A) Supreme Court’s refusal to recognize abortion rights
B) failure of the states to ratify the equal-rights amendment
C) National Organization for Women’s inability to agree on a political agenda

B) failure of the states to ratify the equal-rights amendment

Use of the term Chicano indicated:
A) the New Left’s major influence upon young Hispanics
B) growing political assertiveness among Mexican Americans
C) Mexican American opposition to illegal immigration

B) growing political assertiveness among Mexican Americans

All of the following are true of Cesar Chavez EXCEPT that he:
A) used boycotts to pressure grape growers
B) failed to secure collective bargaining rights for farmworkers
C) was committed to nonviolent tactics

B) failed to secure collective bargaining rights for farmworkers

The "silent majority":
A) were not fans of TV’s Archie Bunker
B) was growing weaker by the early 1970s
C) supported politicians like Richard Nixon and George Wallace

C) supported politicians like Richard Nixon and George Wallace

In regard to Vietnam policy, Nixon:
A) insisted that he would pursue "peace with honor"
B) was determined to end the American involvement quickly
C) still believed that the war could be won

A) insisted that he would pursue "peace with honor"

Nixon’s policy of "Vietnamization" involved:
A) working toward the reunification of North and South Vietnam
B) gradually reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam
C) establishing diplomatic and trade relations with North Vietnam

B) gradually reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam

Shocking events at Kent State University involved:
A) the killing of four students by the National Guard
B) several deaths when students exploded a bomb in the ROTC building
C) a fight between anti-war students and construction workers

A) the killing of four students by the National Guard

The Pentagon Papers:
A) revealed shocking waste in military spending
B) were the actual diary entries of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara
C) revealed that the Johnson administration had deceived the public in regard to war policy

C) revealed that the Johnson administration had deceived the public in regard to war policy

To punish the United States for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC):
A) cut off oil shipments to the United States
B) expelled the United States from membership
C) nationalized American oil companies in their countries

A) cut off oil shipments to the United States

In 1971, in an effort to curb inflation, President Nixon:
A) asked American businesses to voluntarily reduce prices
B) imposed a freeze on wages and prices
C) drastically cut the federal budget

B) imposed a freeze on wages and prices

The Nixon Doctrine implied a foreign policy that was shaped more by:
A) realism and American interests
B) the desires of our allies
C) the needs of the domestic economy

A) realism and American interests

Nixon’s trip to the Soviet Union resulted in:
A) U.S. wheat sales to the Soviets
B) the end of the cold war
C) the end of the new relationship with China

A) U.S. wheat sales to the Soviets

On the domestic front, Carter’s most notable shortcoming was:
A) not putting a stop to government corruption
B) trying to slow progress on civil rights
C) failing to deal adequately with an energy crisis

C) failing to deal adequately with an energy crisis

Carter’s management of the economy resulted in:
A) a surplus in the federal budget
B) growing public confidence that the nation was recovering from the Nixon-Ford recession
C) unacceptably high rates of inflation

C) unacceptably high rates of inflation

A crisis in Iran involved all of the following EXCEPT:
A) the freezing of Iranian assets in the United States
B) Carter’s inability to secure the return of American hostages
C) the takeover of Iran’s government by hard-line Communists

C) the takeover of Iran’s government by hard-line Communists

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How were free blacks treated in the North and South?
a. Fair—they were able to travel and get good-paying jobs.
b. Bad—they were denied freedoms that whites enjoyed.
c. Bad—they were beaten and whipped like slaves.
d. Good—they were not slaves, so they could do whatever they wanted.

b. Bad – They were denied freedoms that whites enjoyed.

What did slaves do to cope with their situation?
a. They learned to read and write.
b. They were able to be with their families, which gave them hope.
c. They revolted often.
d. They sang songs called spirituals.

d. They sang songs called spirituals

What invention had the most significant impact on the South?
a. steam engine
b. locomotive
c. cotton gin
d. sewing machine

c. cotton gin

What impact did the telegraph have on Northern companies?
a. The telegraph allowed companies to build more buildings.
b. The telegraph allowed companies to stock more merchandise.
c. The telegraph allowed companies to diversify and make many different products.
d. The telegraph allowed companies to communicate about supply needs and consumer demands.

d. The telegraph allowed companies to communicate about supply needs and consumer demands

What is a cash crop?
a. any crop that is sold for money
b. a type of vegetable that is only grown in the South
c. a type of currency that farmers used to buy tools
d. a worker on a cotton plantation

a. any crop that is sold for money

Why was the South so dependent on cotton?
a. There was no way to build factories in the South.
b. Cotton was the only crop that would grow in the South.
c. Farmers made a lot of money growing cotton.
d. The North did not allow the South to grow anything else.

c. Farmers made a lot of money growing cotton.

What happened to workers who were hurt on the job?
a. They were given sick leave until they could return to work.
b. Their pay was reduced until they could return to work.
c. They were given money to compensate for the injury.
d. They were fired and replaced if they couldn’t continue to work.

d. They were fired and replaced they couldn’t continue to work.

What was the biggest difference between the Northern and Southern economies?
a. The Northern economy had fewer inventions, so the Northern economy didn’t grow as fast as the Southern economy.
b. The Northern economy was more diverse and had many different types of industry.
c. The Southern economy had no factories.
d. The Southern economy was only based on tobacco.

b. The Northern economy was more diverse and had many different types of industry

Men wanted their wives to leave the factories and return home. How did they attempt to do this?
a. They forced their children to get jobs in factories.
b. They went on strike and demanded better wages.
c. They went to school to become skilled workers.
d. They worked two jobs.

b. They went on strike and demanded better wages.

Which invention allowed for factories to be built anywhere?
a. telegraph
b. spinning jenny
c. steam engine
d. locomotive

c. steam engine

What happened to the horse-drawn wagons after the coming of railroads and steamboats?
a. The wagon drivers were given less money because they didn’t have to travel as far.
b. Wagons were forced to the South, where there were very few railroads.
c. Wagons were still needed to transport goods from the railroad stations to the different markets.
d. Wagons were no longer needed to transport goods.

c. Wagons were still needed to transport goods from the railroad stations to the different markets

Which invention helped the North and South transport goods more quickly and efficiently?
a. locomotive
b. canals
c. horse-drawn wagon
d. steamboat

d. steamboat

What was the major reason that small farmers left their farms to work in the factories?
a. Small farmers could make much more money working in factories.
b. The small farmer could not afford to buy new inventions to aid in production.
c. New inventions made it difficult for the small farmer to compete with large-scale production farms.
d. Small farmers could not afford advertisements like large companies could.

c. New inventions made it difficult for the small farmer to compete with large-scale production farms

What are artisans?
a. skilled workers who specialized in a specific trade
b. factory workers
c. women who work away from home
d. sculptors, painters, and photographers

a. skilled workers who specialized in a specific trade

Why were railroads so important to the Northern economy?
a. The economy would have collapsed without the railroads.
b. Railroads connected cities and allowed for faster transportation.
c. Railroads provided many jobs for unskilled workers.
d. Railroads provided a place to store merchandise.

b. Railroads connected cities and allowed for faster transportation

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Why did some Northerners oppose the abolitionist movement?
a. Most Northerners owned slaves.
b. Some Northerners made money from Southern cotton.
c. All Northerners wanted slavery to be legal in the North.
d. All Northerners accepted slavery as a necessary evil.

b. Some Northerners made money from Southern cotton.

What does civil war mean?
a. a war between people from the same country
b. a war involving slaves
c. a war among many countries
d. someone killing a president

a. a war between people from the same country

Why was Reconstruction viewed as not being very successful?
a. The public school system was formed.
b. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution did not help blacks.
c. Most Northerners wanted to punish the South for seceding.
d. The South returned to their old traditions and social order.

d. The South returned to their old traditions and social order

If Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, what did the leaders of the South want the Southern states to do?
a. demand a re-vote
b. join the Democratic Party
c. support Abraham Lincoln
d. leave the Union

d. leave the Union

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Civil War?
a. different political and moral issues on slavery
b. the sectional division between the North and the South
c. the invention of the cotton gin
d. the attack of Fort Sumter

c. the invention of the cotton gin

Who was the Republican candidate for the 1860 election?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Stephen Douglas
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. William Lloyd Garrison

c. Abraham Lincoln

Which of the following was NOT a difference between the North and the South?
a. The South welcomed new industry.
b. The North welcomed modernization.
c. The North moved toward an urban society.
d. The South was an agricultural based economy.

a. The South welcomed new industry

Which of the following is NOT true about the Compromise of 1850?
a. It established the Fugitive Slave Act.
b. It banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
c. It upheld popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska.
d. It admitted California as a free state.

b. It banned the slave trade in Washington DC

How did Northerners react to the Dred Scott decision?
a. They were excited because slavery would die out and not spread west.
b. They were shocked because blacks could not be citizens.
c. They were upset because slavery was officially acceptable in the North.
d. They were shocked because slavery became illegal.

b. They were shocked because blacks could not be citizens

Who said, "We are not enemies, but friends"?
a. Preston Brooks
b. Harriet Beecher Stowe
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. William Lloyd Garrison

c. Abraham Lincoln

What is the difference between nationalism and sectionalism?
a. Sectionalism is loyalty to a governor and nationalism is pride in the president.
b. Sectionalism is pride in state government and nationalism is loyalty in national government
c. Nationalism is loyalty to a state or section and sectionalism is loyalty to a country.
d. Nationalism is pride in one’s country and sectionalism is loyalty to a part of the country.

d. Nationalism is pride in one’s country and sectionalism is loyalty to a part of the country

Which abolitionist founded the Boston antislavery newspaper the Liberator?
a. William Lloyd Garrison
b. Sojourner Truth
c. Preston Brooks
d. Samuel Cornish

a. William Lloyd Garrison

What impact did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on America?
a. The book convinced a large group of Northerners that slavery was wrong.
b. Northerners and Southerners felt it was a harsh attack on the South.
c. Northerners and Southerners enjoyed the fictitious story about a slave’s life.
d. The book angered slaves and they began to revolt.

a. The book convinced a large group of Northerners that slavery was wrong.

Which of the following was one type of resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act?
a. Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
b. Preston Brooks caned Charles Sumner on the Senate chamber floor.
c. The Republican party elected Abraham Lincoln as their presidential candidate.
d. Slaves learned to sing and dance.

a. Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad

How did most colonists view slavery before the American Revolution?
a. Slavery was a necessary evil.
b. Slavery was morally wrong.
c. They supported slavery.
d. Slavery was unnecessary.

a. Slavery was a necessary evil

Which individuals were all abolitionists?
a. Preston Brooks, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Maria Stewart
b. William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Preston Brooks, Sojourner Truth
c. Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, Maria Stewart
d. Samuel Cornish, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Stephen Douglas

c. Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, Maria Stewart

what did the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act have in common?
a. They both had large support from the North and the South.
b. They both wanted to ban slave trade in Washington, D.C.
c. They were both a compromise on the issue of slavery in the territories.
d. They both insisted on the removal of slavery in the territories.

c. They were both a compromise on the issue of slavery in the territories

Why was the Civil war considered a turning point in American history?
a. Factories could now be built in the South
b. The South was able to stay separated from the Union
c. All blacks became free from discrimination
d. Many lives were lost and blacks received some basic rights.

d. Many lives were lost and black received some basic rights.

Why did the South not support the newly formed Republican Party?
a. The Republican Party opposed slavery and wanted it to be abolished.
b. The Republican Party opposed the cotton industry in the South.
c. The Republican Party supported the Compromise of 1850 and the Dred Scott decision.
d. The Republican Party supported the Northern philosophy of industrialization.

a. The Republican Party opposed slavery and wanted it to be abolished.

What policy was passed to help former slaves after the Civil War?
a. slave codes
b. Freedmen’s Bureau
c. black codes
d. Emancipation Proclamation

b. Freedman’s Bureau

21. Which of the following was NOT a result of the Emancipation Proclamation?
a. Andrew Johnson became president of the United States.
b. Five hundred thousand slaves left the South and some joined the Northern military.
c. Great Britain and France started supporting the North.
d. No slaves were actually freed.

a. Andrew Johnson became president of the United States

What does popular sovereignty mean?
a. allowing slaves to read and write
b. giving women the right to vote
c. letting the people vote on the Kansas-Nebraska Act
d. allowing the people of a region to vote on a particular issue, which was slavery in this case

d. allowing the people of a region to vote on a particular issue, which was slavery in this case

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The moving assembly line impacted factory production in several ways. Which of the following was a result of the moving assembly line?
a. Factory production increased the prices of many consumer goods.
b. Factory production brought affordable products into homes.
c. Factory production forced smaller businesses to close.
d. Factory production hurt the farmers in the United States.

b. Factory production brought affordable products into homes

Why did Andrew Carnegie argue in favor of monopolies?
a. He felt that competition is good for small businesses.
b. He argued that too much competition hurt business.
c. He felt that small businesses cannot keep up with public demand.
d. He wanted complete control so no one else would make money from the product.

b. He argued that too much competition hurt business

Which of the following was NOT invented by Thomas Edison?
a. electric power plant
b. phonograph
c. typewriter
d. lightbulb

c. typewriter (Although he didn’t invent the lightbulb either! He merely invented direct current and Tesla was the one to invent the alternating current that we use in lightbulbs today. Edison zapped neighborhood cats and dogs with AC in public because he was jealous of Tesla and wanted to smear his name. In other words, Edison was a jerk.)

Who invented and put the moving assembly line into practice?
a. Thomas Edison
b. Andrew Carnegie
c. Henry Ford
d. James Naismith

c. Henry Ford

What does urbanization mean?
a. holding on to traditions while becoming accustomed to a new culture
b. moving from the city to the farm
c. forcing a group to absorb another culture
d. moving from rural life to urban life

d. moving from rural life to urban life

What is a monopoly?
a. total or almost total control of an industry or product
b. a love for making money
c. a popular board game
d. a type of money used by big business to control bankers

a. total or almost total control of an industry or product

Which invention had the greatest impact on the American economy during the Gilded Age?
a. lightbulb
b. airplane
c. automobile
d. basketball

c. automobile

What made life easier during the Gilded Age?
a. inventions
b. factories
c. monopolies
d. tenements

a. inventions

Who gave the industrial era the title the Gilded Age?
a. Andrew Carnegie
b. James Naismith
c. Henry Ford
d. Mark Twain

d. Mark Twain

Why were bison so important to Plains Indians?
a. Plains Indians used the bison for food, tools, and clothing.
b. Bison played an important part of a sacred ritual.
c. Plains Indians sold parts of the bison to miners for money.
d. Bison stopped the railroad from going through their land.

a. Plains Indians used the bison for food, tools, and clothing.

What happened to businesses without capital?
a. They had to raise the price on their products.
b. They were not able to buy new machinery.
c. They were able to buy more machinery.
d. They enjoyed prosperity and were able to expand.

b. They were not able to buy new machinery

Who invented the telephone?
a. James Naismith
b. Thomas Edison
c. Alexander Graham Bell
d. Henry Ford

c. Alexander Graham Bell

What influenced the steel industry to find a cheaper and faster way to make steel?
a. electricity
b. railroad
c. immigration
d. automobile

b. railroad

Which of the following was not a type of entertainment during the Gilded Age?
a. watching and playing soccer
b. listening to ragtime music
c. attending vaudeville shows
d. watching and playing baseball

a. watching and playing soccer

Which of the following did NOT result from the transcontinental railroad being connected?
a. The railroad allowed for faster travel.
b. People could travel from coast to coast.
c. Miners were able to find more gold.
d. Buffalo herds began to diminish.

c. Miners were able to find more gold.

Which of following was NOT a reason for westward expansion?
a. The cattle industry started to grow in Texas.
b. Land was given away for free.
c. Too many people were living in the East.
d. Miners discovered minerals in the Sierra Nevada.

c. Too many people were living in the East

How immigrants maintained ties to their native country?
a. They started to protest and fight against Nativists.
b. They could not adjust, so they returned to their homelands.
c. They went to work as families in the same factories.
d. They formed neighborhoods where they spoke their native language and ate their native foods.

d. They formed neighborhoods where they spoke their native language and ate their native foods.

Why did John D Rockefeller build oil refineries before drilling for oil?
a. He did not have the right equipment to drill for oil.
b. He tried to drill for oil but did not find any.
c. Oil was not worth anything until it was refined.
d. Oil had still not been discovered in the United States.

c. Oil was not worth anything until it was refined.

During the Gilded Age, where did wealthy business owners live in relation to the city?
a. in the heart of the city
b. on the outskirts of the city
c. on farms away from the city
d. just outside the center of the city

d. just outside the center of the city

What impact did the transcontinental railroad have on Native Americans?
a. The railroad stopped bison from traveling very far.
b. The railroad did not impact Native Americans.
c. The railroad contributed to the destruction of the bison herds.
d. Native Americans used the railroad to travel.

c. The railroad contributed to the destruction of the bison herds

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What sparked the war with Spain?
a. explosion of the Maine
b. sinking of the Lusitania
c. letter sent from Germany to Mexico
d. building of the Panama Canal

a. explosion of the Maine

Who was NOT a muckraker?
a. Upton Sinclair
b. Lincoln Steffans
c. Ida Tarbell
d. Robert La Follette

d. Robert La Follette

Who became president after McKinley was assassinated?
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. William Howard Taft
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Theodore Roosevelt

d. Theodore Roosevelt

Which of the following was NOT a cost of WWI?
a. Nine million soldiers were killed.
b. Northern France was destroyed and needed to be rebuilt.
c. Propaganda was declared illegal.
d. Many civilians died of starvation and disease.

c. Propaganda was declared illegal.

After the Spanish-American War, the United States gained the following possessions:
a. Hawaii, Panama, and Colombia
b. Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam
c. Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Alaska
d. Philippines, Panama, and Alaska

b. Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam

What did Teddy Roosevelt mean when he said "Speak softly and carry a big stick"?
a. Words do not need action.
b. Big countries should beat up on smaller countries.
c. Action does not require words to be spoken.
d. Words should be supported by the capacity for action.

d. Words should be supported by the capacity for action.

How did foreign policy in the United States change in the early nineteen hundreds?
a. It went from expansionism to isolationism.
b. It went from imperialism to fascism
c. It went from isolationism to imperialism.
d. It went from aggressivism to passivism.

c. it went from isolationism to imperialism

What inspired Progressives to try and fix social and economic problems during the early nineteen hundreds?
a. President McKinley’s assassination
b. religion and science
c. The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair
d. World War I

b. religion and science

What was US policy when WWI broke out in Europe?
a. isolationism
b. expansionism
c. supporting the Central Powers
d. neutrality

d. neutrality

What was one purpose of propaganda during World War I?
a. calling for progressive reform
b. stopping people from eating meat on Tuesdays
c. encouraging women’s suffrage
d. none of the above

b. stopping people from eating meat on Tuesdays

What was the setting of Upton Sinclair’s book "The Jungle"?
a. a tenement in Buffalo, New York
b. a sweatshop in New York City
c. a coal mine in Pennsylvania
d. the stockyard district in Chicago

d. the stockyard district in Chicago

This invention was used to combat Great Britain’s naval blockade. It also infuriated President Wilson and turned American public opinion against the Central Powers. What invention is this passage describing?
a. destroyer
b. war plane
c. tank
d. u-boat

d. U-boat

Who was NOT a Progressive president?
a. William Howard Taft
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. William McKinley

d. William McKinley

Why did Theodore Roosevelt want to build a canal in Panama?
a. Roosevelt wanted to free Panama from Colombia.
b. The canal would be a faster and more economical way to ship goods.
c. Roosevelt wanted to liberate Latin America from Europe.
d. The canal would provide the rest of the world with a shortcut to the United States.

b. The canal would be a faster and more economical way to ship goods.

Which one of Wilson’s fourteen points was accepted during the Treaty of Versailles?
a. free trade
b. settlement over colonies
c. League of Nations
d. arms reduction

c. League of Nations

What regulatory institution emerged partially because of Upton Sinclair’s influential novel The Jungle?
a. American Workers against Unsanitary Meat
b. Food and Drug Administration
c. Pure Food Alliance
d. Meat Inspection Administration

b. Food and Drug Administration

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
a. Seventeenth Amendment
b. Nineteenth Amendment
c. Eighteenth Amendment
d. Thirteenth Amendment

b. Nineteenth Amendment

What was a direct result of Robert La Follette’s political reform?
a. Voters got more involved in the government.
b. Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle.
c. The Nineteenth Amendment was passed.
d. World War I began.

a. Voters got more involved in the government

How did the United States fund World War I?
a. The United States made Germany pay for the war.
b. The government raised taxes.
c. The government sold Liberty Bonds.
d. Charlie Chaplin donated all his money to the war effort.

c. The government sold Liberty Bonds

Which of the following was NOT a factor that forced the United States into World War I?
a. the sinking of American merchant ships
b. propaganda posters against the Central Powers
c. Russian Revolution
d. German U-boats continually sinking American ships

b. propaganda posters against the Central Powers

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Which of the following best describes "flappers" during the 1920s?
a. a gang of female bootleggers
b. women who rebelled against conventions by cutting their hair, wearing short skirts, and drinking illegal alcohol
c. a hairstyle that women wore during the Jazz Age
d. a favorite type of fish that was enjoyed at the speakeasies

b. women who rebelled against conventions by cutting their hair, wearing short skirts, and drinking illegal alcohol.

Who was the president of the United States immediately following World War I?
a. Calvin Coolidge
b. William Howard Taft
c. Warren Harding
d. Franklin Roosevelt

c. Warren Harding

What were Hoovervilles?
a. poor towns of makeshift shacks
b. empty pockets
c. newspapers
d. food eaten by the poor

a. poor towns of makeshift shacks

Which of the following was NOT a way Americans rebelled against Prohibition?
a. People made alcohol in their bathtubs.
b. Women started dressing in shorter skirts.
c. Speakeasies emerged throughout cities.
d. Bootlegging became popular.

b. Women started dressing in shorter skirts.

Why was Herbert Hoover not reelected as president in 1932?
a. People blamed him for the Great Depression.
b. He suffered from polio.
c. He had already been president for two terms.
d. He had a heart attack during his first term.

a. People blamed him for the Great Depression

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan did not end the Great Depression. What world conflict revitalized American industries American industries and brought the United States out of the Depression?
a. World War I
b. Vietnam War
c. World War II
d. Spanish-American War

c. World War II

What event during Roosevelt’s administration showed Americans that he understood the problems and difficulties they were facing?
a. He ended Prohibition.
b. He declared a "bank holiday."
c. He talked to the nation via the radio.
d. He stopped the Great Depression.

c. He talked to the nation via the radio

From what you learned about these presidents in this lesson, which president said the following words in his March 1933 inaugural address? This great nation will endure as it has endured. We will rise, and we will prosper. So first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing to fear is fear itself.
a. Herbert Hoover
b. Warren Harding
c. Franklin Roosevelt
d. Theodore Roosevelt

c. Franklin Roosevelt

What were Roosevelt’s Three Rs?
a. recovery, relief, reform
b. reading, ‘riting, ‘rithmetic
c. relief, resolve, recommitment
d. research, reform, renovation

a. recovery, relief, reform

Why could more Americans buy an automobile during the 1920s?
a. More people were working in industry.
b. The New Deal gave Americans more money to buy cars.
c. Farmers were making more money on cash crops.
d. Mass production helped reduce productions costs and overall prices and allowed manufacturers to make more automobiles.

d. Mass production helped reduce production costs and overall prices and allowed manufacturers to make more automobiles.

What was introduced in the 1920s that allowed average Americans to purchase new appliances and automobiles?
a. Prohibition
b. advertising agencies
c. buying on credit
d. the New Deal

c. buying on credit

Why did Prohibition fail?
a. The stock market crashed and people could not afford to make illegal alcohol.
b. Crime began to rise and it was too difficult to regulate illegal alcohol.
c. The Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment.
d. Women fought against Prohibition, saying it was ruining their marriages.

b. Crime began to rise and it was too difficult to regulate illegal alcohol

What was President Hoover’s initial policy on the Great Depression?
a. He felt the government should not get directly involved.
b. He established the Three Rs to help end the Depression.
c. He established the New Deal to help end the Depression.
d. He felt the government should get involved.

a. He felt the government should not get directly involved

What was Black Tuesday?
a. the day the stock market crashed
b. the start of World War II
c. the day fifteen tornadoes hit midwestern cities
d. the end of World War I

a. the day the stock market crashed

Which of the following was NOT an impact of the radio on American culture?
a. People were more in tune with national news.
b. The telegraph was replaced by the radio.
c. Families gathered together after dinner and listened to the radio.
d. The president of the United States was able to communicate with Americans.

b. The telegraph was replaced by the radio

What was the Harlem Renaissance?
a. a gang of bootleggers
b. a rebirth of African American culture
c. a basketball team from Harlem
d. a government agency during Roosevelt’s administration

b. a rebirth of African American culture

When Franklin Roosevelt became president, what was his first priority?
a. helping the farmers
b. strengthening the banks
c. ending Prohibition
d. regulating the stock market

b. strengthening the banks

What caused the Dust Bowl during the 1930s?
a. overgrazing, lack of rain, and high winds
b. migrants moving from the farms to cities
c. overproduction of crops and low prices
d. the stock market crash and bank closures

a. overgrazing, lack of rain, and high winds

What was the primary cause of the Great Depression?
a. the stock market crash of 1929
b. overcrowding in cities
c. high unemployment
d. overproduction by factories and farms

d. overproduction by factories and farms

Which series of programs caught the imagination of the people trying to end the Great Depression?
a. Return to Normalcy
b. Square Deal
c. New Frontier
d. New Deal

d. New Deal

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What event changed the American attitude from isolationism to full-out involvement in World War II?
a. atomic bomb
b. Lend-Lease Act
c. attack on Pearl Harbor
d. Holocaust

c. attack on Pearl Harbor

Who became president of the United States after Franklin D. Roosevelt?
a. Herbert Hoover
b. Harry S. Truman
c. Warren G. Harding
d. John F. Kennedy

b. Harry S. Truman

Which of the following was NOT a cause of World War II?
a. German aggression toward Poland
b. development of totalitarian government
c. bombing of Pearl Harbor
d. rise of militarism in Japan

c. bombing of Pearl Harbor

Which country did NOT adopt totalitarian rule?
a. Italy
b. Soviet Union
c. France
d. Germany

c. France

Which country was NOT an Allied power during WWII?
a. Soviet Union
b. Spain
c. France
d. United States

b. Spain

Why did Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
a. Truman did not want more American soldiers to die fighting Japan.
b. Scientists had just created it during World War II and wanted to test it.
c. Before Roosevelt died, he told Truman to use the atomic bomb.
d. Japan was going to attack Hawaii again.

a. Truman did not want more American soldiers to die fighting Japan.

What role did Doctor Korczak play in the Warsaw ghetto?
a. He was a professor who gathered memoirs and writings of those who lived in the ghetto.
b. He ran an underground school so that those in the ghetto might continue to be educated.
c. He ran an orphanage and moved to the ghetto with the children.
d. He was a pharmacist who continued distributing medicine to those who needed it within the ghetto.

c. He ran an orphanage and moved to the ghetto with children

How were Jews identified in German-occupied Poland?
a. Their heads were shaved.
b. They wore a badge in the shape of a yellow star.
c. They wore only black clothing.
d. They wore a white armband with a blue star.

d. They wore a white armband with a blue star

Who did Hitler use as the scapegoat for Germany’s loss in World War I?
a. himself
b. Allied forces
c. Jews
d. United States

c. Jews

What group of soldiers served as message carriers so the Japanese could not intercept American transmissions?
a. Japanese Americans
b. kamikaze pilots
c. telegraph workers
d. Navajo code-talkers

d. Navajo code-talkers

Why were Japanese Americans placed in relocation camps?
a. People questioned their loyalty to America.
b. They were placed there to protect them from future attacks.
c. America saw how successful Hitler was with the Jews.
d. It provided a training facility for fighter pilots.

a. People questioned their loyalty to America

Which American attitude and policy from the 1930s did the Neutrality Act reflect?
a. imperialism
b. isolationism
c. colonialism
d. expansionism

b. isolationism

What was the purpose of the War Production Board?
a. creating the ultimate weapon
b. helping factories switch from producing consumer goods to producing wartime materials
c. helping women produce ships, guns, ammunition, and airplanes
d. creating coupons to ration food

b. helping factories switch from producing consumer goods to producing wartime materials

Who was NOT an American general during World War II?
a. Omar Bradley
b. Dwight D. Eisenhower
c. Erwin Rommel
d. George S. Patton

c. Erwin Rommel

What happened after most of the Jews had been deported from the Warsaw ghetto and only forty to sixty thousand Jews remained?
a. Several thousand Jews escaped from the ghetto.
b. More Jews were brought into the ghetto before being deported.
c. The Jews violently resisted the Nazis, but were unsuccessful.
d. The Allied forces arrived in time to free the rest of the Jews.

c. The Jews violently resisted the Nazis, but were unsuccessful.

Who guarded the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, also known as flops?
a. Jewish police hired by the Nazis
b. new recruits of the Nazi army
c. Nazi soldiers who had been injured in combat
d.non-Jewish members of the Warsaw community

a. Jewish police hired by the Nazis

What policy did France and Britain pursue with the European dictators up until 1939?
a. appeasement
b. containment
c. quarantine
d. Cash and Carry

a. appeasement

What did Adolf Hitler do when Allied forces reached Berlin during World War II?
a. He unsuccessfully tried to escape.
b. An American soldier shot him.
c. He committed suicide.
d. He escaped to Poland, where he died of old age.

c. He committed suicide.

What was NOT a turning point for the Allies during WWII?
a. Battle of Midway
b. D day
c. Hitler’s attack on Stalingrad
d. Battle of Argonne Forest

d. Battle of Argonne Forest

Why couldn’t France and Great Britain inflict military force on Germany when it took the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia?
a. France and Great Britain were struggling financially.
b. France and Great Britain didn’t have the support from the United States.
c. France and Great Britain were not allies.
d. The League of Nations did not support France and Great Britain.

a. France and Great Britain were struggling financially

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Where were North Korea and South Korea divided before the Korean War?
a. They were not divided.
b. They were divided along the demilitarized zone.
c. They were divided along the 38th parallel.
d. They were divided along the equator.

c. They were divided along the 38th parallel

What are the main goals of the United Nations?
a. rallying for human dignity and against communism
b. advocating human dignity and world peace
c. opposing local crime and preserving peace
d. fighting against communism and world peace

b. advocating human dignity and world peace

What is a détente?
a. a nation with military, economic, and political strength that can influence the rest of the world
b. a policy of containment
c. a policy to reduce tension between two countries
d. a person who has been forced to leave his or her homeland

c. a policy to reduce tension between two countries

Who was the president of the United States when military forces were sent into Vietnam?
a. Dwight D. Eisenhower
b. Lyndon B. Johnson
c. Richard Nixon
d. John F. Kennedy

a. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Which event from the Cold War era are in correct chronological order?
a. Korean War, Vietnam War, Soviet collapse, Cuban Missile Crisis
b. Vietnam War, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet collapse
c. Cuban Missile Crisis, Korean War, Soviet collapse, Vietnam War
d. Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Soviet collapse

d. Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Soviet collapse

What happened to Vietna after the United States withdrew its troops from the conflict?
a. An armistice was signed and a line divided North and South Vietnam.
b. Nothing changed and they are still fighting today.
c. A deadly stalemate occurred.
d. The communist government took over Vietnam.

d. The communist government took over Vietnam

Which event sparked the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
a. Cuban Missile Crisis
b. end of the Vietnam War
c. Soviet launching of Sputnik
d. Soviet testing of the atomic bomb

c. Soviet launching of Sputnik

Which of the following was NOT a form of protest during the Vietnam War?
a. staging rallies to discuss the war
b. burning draft cards
c. men enlisting in the military
d. playing music against the war

c. men enlisting in the military

What was the US policy during the Cold War?
a. preserving peace
b. the New Deal
c. imperialism
d. containment

d. containment

Which of these was NOT an attempt to stop communism from spreading in Latin America?
a. the creation of the Marshall Plan
b. providing military aid
c. the creation of the Alliance for Progress
d. the creation of the Peace Corps

a. the creation of the Marshall Plan

Which of the following events did NOT lead to the Soviet Union’s downfall?
a. President Nixon’s trip to the Soviet Union
b. the Soviet Union’s economic struggles
c. government revolutions in Soviet satellite nations
d. the war in Afghanistan

a. President Nixon’s trip to the Soviet Union

Which of these is NOT a similarity between the Korean War and the Vietnam War?
a. The United States was deeply involved militarily.
b. The northern part of each country was controlled by communist governments.
c. Both wars were fought over communist expansion.
d. Communism eventually controlled both countries.

d. Communism eventually controlled both countries

Which Cold War event happened first?
a. issuing of the Truman Doctrine
b. construction of the Berlin wall
c. Nixon’s trip to the Soviet Union
d. Soviet launch of Sputnik

a. issuing of the Truman Doctrine

What was the world symbol of the Cold War?
a. Germany’s four zones
b. Berlin airlift
c. the thirty-eighth parallel
d. Berlin wall

d. Berlin Wall

Which was NOT a cause of the Cold War?
a.Korean War
b. division of Germany into four zones
c. the forming of NATO and the Warsaw Pact
d. mistrust between the United States and the Soviet Union

a. Korean War

How was President Nixon’s foreign policy different from that of his predecessors?
a. He organized a meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev.
b. He wanted to recognize the government of the People’s Republic of China.
c. He wanted to contain the spread of communism.
d. He dropped out of the United Nations.

b. He wanted to recognize the government of the People’s Republic of China.

Which country was not given part of Germany after WWII?
a. Japan
b. France
c. Soviet Union
d. United States

a. Japan

What did President JFK do to stop the Soviet Union from sending missiles to Cuba?
a. He blockaded Cuba with an American naval fleet.
b. He sent exiles to try and overthrow Fidel Castro.
c. He asked the United Nations to attack the Soviet Union.
d. He attacked Soviet ships with an American naval fleet.

a. He blockaded Cuba with an American naval fleet.

Which Cold War event surprised the United States in 1949?
a. The Soviet Union tested an atomic bomb.
b. The Berlin wall came down.
c. The Soviet Union launched Sputnik.
d. North Korea attacked South Korea.

a. The Soviet Union tested an atomic bomb.

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What is a recession?
a. a temporary economic slump, shorter and less extreme than a depression
b. a sharp and sudden rise in prices and a decline in the value of money
c. a refusal to buy or use a product or service
d. a long duration of time when the economy struggles and unemployment rises

a. a temporary economic slump, shorter and less extreme than a depression

Which of the following was NOT a factor in the baby boom after WWII?
a. many families were reunited after the Depression and World War II
b. invention of the television
c. American prosperity
d. better health care

b. invention of the television

Who was not a major figure during the civil rights movement?
a. Buddy Holly
b. Martin Luther King, Jr.
c. Rosa Parks
d. Thurgood Marshall

a. Buddy Holly

Which list of presidents is in correct chronological order?
a. Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Clinton, George W. Bush
b. Kennedy, Eisenhower, Clinton, Nixon, George W. Bush
c. Nixon, Kennedy, Eisenhower, George W. Bush, Clinton
d. Eisenhower, Nixon, Kennedy, Clinton, George W. Bush

a. Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Clinton, George W. Bush

Why did Lyndon B. Johnson become president of the United States for the first time?
a. American voters elected him president.
b. He was sworn in as president after Nixon was impeached.
c. He was sworn in as president after Kennedy was assassinated.
d. He won the electoral vote but not the popular vote.

c. He was sworn in as president after Kennedy was assassinated.

What did JFK, Malcolm X, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King have in common?
a. They all ran for president of the United States.
b. They all supported the idea of nonviolence during the civil rights movement.
c. They all lived during the 1970s.
d. They were all assassinated.

d. They were all assassinated

What device had an impact on the presidential election between JFK and Richard Nixon?
a. computer
b. cell phone
c. radio
d. television

d. television

What is the definition of segregation?
a. the separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
b. the inclusion of different racial or ethnic groups
c. refusing to buy or use a product or service
d. a sharp and sudden rise in prices and a decline in the value of money

a. the separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

Which of the following was NOT part of the lifestyle change that took place during the 1950s and 1960s?
a. gathering as families around the radio after dinner
b. listening to rock and roll music
c. watching television in the home
d. experimenting with illegal drugs

a. gathering as families around the radio after dinner

Which action was NOT taken by George W Bush to fight the war on terrorism?
a. He created the Department of Homeland Security.
b. Troops were sent into Iraq with the help of allied countries.
c. Troops were sent into Afghanistan to destroy the Taliban.
d. He raised federal taxes.

d. He raised federal taxes

What civil rights demonstration in 1963 brought together over two hundred thousand supporters who rallied to encourage Congress to end discrimination and help the poor?
a. Montgomery Bus Boycott
b. sit-in at Raleigh, North Carolina
c. March on Washington
d. freedom ride to Montgomery, Alabama

c. March on Washington

What organization was established in 1994 to reduce trade barriers between the United States, Mexico, and Canada?
a. Twenty-fourth Amendment
b. NAFTA
c. NAACP
d. SCLC

b. NAFTA

Which historical events are in the correct chronological order?
a. March on Washington, Watergate Affair, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Woodstock
b. March on Washington, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Woodstock, Watergate Affair
c. Montgomery Bus Boycott, March on Washington, Woodstock, Watergate Affair
d. Montgomery Bus Boycott, Woodstock, Watergate Affair, March on Washington

c. Montgomery Bus Boycott, March on Washington, Woodstock, Watergate Affair

Why did Americans look to conservative presidents during the 1980s?
a. Bill Clinton, a Democrat, was almost impeached.
b. Americans wanted to return to traditional values.
c. No Democratic candidate ran against Ronald Reagan.
d. Americans wanted Richard Nixon to return the military troops from Vietnam.

c. Americans wanted to return to traditional values

Why did the Montgomery Bus Boycott begin?
a. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
b. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated.
c. Rosa Parks was arrested for not leaving her seat in the front of the bus.
d. The March on Washington took place.

c. Rosa Parks was arrested for not leaving her seat in the front of the bus

Which event reversed the "Plessy v. Ferguson" court case and ended legal segregation?
a. Montgomery Bus Boycott
b. freedom rides
c. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
d. March on Washington

c. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

During which presidency did the Persian Gulf War take place?
a. George H.W. Bush
b. Ronald Reagan
c. George W. Bush
d. John F. Kennedy

a. George HW Bush

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the civil rights movement?
a. African Americans aquiring highly recognized occupations.
b. adoption of affirmative action programs
c. rise of the counterculture movement
d. end of discrimination in the United States

d. end of discrimination in the United States

FINALLY DONE

Yes.

True

The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act was also known as the GI Bill of Rights.

True

Within a few months of the end of World War II, there were strikes and other labor disputes in the steel, coal, and railroad industries.

True

Israel’s creation in 1948was followed immediately by a war with its Arab neighbors.

False

The Fair Deal was President Truman’s name for his approach to foreign policy in the early days of the cold war.

True

At the end of World War II, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel.

False

In the early months of the Korean War, UN forces encountered little resistance until they reached the Chinese border.

True

The GI Bill of Rights provided financial assistance for home loans and college expenses.

True

Rural areas experienced practically no population growth in the 1950s and 1960s.

False

Detroit became known as the capital of black America due to the huge growth of its African American population.

True

Elvis Presley’s first national smash his was "Heartbreak Hotel".

True

Nikita Khrushcheb was Soviet premier while Kennedy was president.

False

Jack Ruby was charged with assassinating President John F. Kennedy, but doubts about his guilt linger.

True

Lyndon Johnson’s domestic program was called the Great Society.

False

Volunteers in Service to America was a group of Republican young people who campaigned for Nixon and other conservative candidates in 1960.

True

Johnson’s Great Society programs helped reduce the number of people living in poverty.

False

By 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. had become a leading spokesman for "black power".

True

The Viet Cong were the rebel army in South Vietnam.

True

The Tet offensive marked a turning point in public support for the war in Vietnam.

True

In 1968, students managed to shut down Columbia University.

True

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) resolved to use its huge oil supplies as a political and economic weapon.

True

Nixon and his White House aides tried to cover up the Watergate break-in.

False

Richard Nixon was impeached for Watergate-related offenses.

True

For pardoning Nixon, President Ford suffered a huge decline in his popularity.

False

When North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam in 1975, U.S. troops were sent back into the region.

False

Within days of the U.S. withdrawal, the cease-fire in Vietnam collapsed.

Harry Truman

Served as a senator from Missouri, personally suffered by contrast to Franklin Roosevelt when he became president, was an artillery officer in WWI, was a partner in a clothing business.

One of Truman’s great strengths as he assumed the presidency was

his determined, decisive character.

The GI Bill of Rights provided

financial assistance for home loans and college expenses.

The GI Bill did all of the following:

Provide educational benefits, provide housing loans, help prevent a postwar depression, provide medical treatment

State Department official George Kennan said

the United States should contain Soviet expansionist tendencies.

Marshal Plan

war damage and dislocation Europe invited Communist influence, Economic aid to all European countries offered in the European recovery program

Truman’s response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was

to launch a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin.

One major reason that WWII inspired postwar changes in race relation was

the racist nature of the enemies of the United States.

Baseball was integrated in 1947 when

Jackie Robinson played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Truman won in major upset in

the 1948 election.

The United States experienced a shock in 1949 when

Communists took over China.

When North Korean Communists invaded South Korea

the United Nations authorized military intervention against the aggressors.

Whittaker Chambers, former Soviet agent,

accused Hiss of passing secret documents

Hiss convicted of

Perjury

Senator McCarthy was very effective in

exploiting public fears.

The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by

cold war related military spending.

the most popular new household product of the 1950’s was

the television set.

Suburban growth was spurred by

federally insured loans, highway construction, increases in car ownership, and veterans’ benefits.

Blacks who moved to northern cities found

new problems and forms of exploitation.

By the 1950’s, suburban life was marked by

an increasing uniformity.

The music Alan Freed labeled rock and roll was

actually rhythm and blues.

Elvis was especially controversial because of

his suggestive gyrations on stage.

In the Brown decision

The Supreme Court struck down "separate but equal" in public education.

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles could be viewed as a sixteenth-century religious zealot in that he

divided the world into forces of good and evil.

The First Indochina War ended when

the French suffered a major defeat at Dien Bien Phu.

in 1961, Khrushchev escalated tensions over Berlin by

erecting the Berlin Wall.

The result of the 1960 election was

a narrow victory for Kennedy.

in its controversial Miranda v. Arizona decision, the Warren Court required

than an accused person be informed of certain basic rights.

Greensboro sit-ins based on

King’s "militant nonviolence" philosophy

Student civil rights activists in the South would likely experience

mass arrests, mob violence, extreme verbal abuse, and growing public admiration.

In his letter from Birmingham City Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. declared

his willingness to break unjust laws.

The Bay of Pigs invasion was

thoroughly bungled by the CIA

the Cuban missile crisis brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to

nuclear war

All of the following are true of the Kennedy assassination

the primary suspect was Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby shot and killed the suspected assassin, it occurred in Dallas on November 22, 1963, and many of the related events were watched on television.

Kennedy’s successor as president, Lyndon Johnson genuinely cared about the

disadvantaged in society.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed

segregation in public facilities.

Johnson’s Medicare program provided medical benefits to

those over age sixty-five.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 dramatically expanded

black votes in the South.

malcolm X said blacks should be proud of

their African heritage.

The Tonkin Gulf resolution allowed Johnson to

escalate the war

One of Johnson’s major goals in Vietnam was to

avoid losing it to communism

The Tet offensive of early 1968 dramatically affected public support for

Johnson’s war policy

On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray

shot and killed Martin Luther King Jr.

Betty Friedan’s "The Feminine Mystique" explained the unhappiness of

so many middle-class women.

The feminist movement suffered a setback with the failure of

the states to ratify the equal-rights amendment.

One major impetus behind the rise of the Native American rights movement was

the terrible levels of poverty that persisted in the Indian population.

The "silent majority" supported

politicians like Richard Nixon

Nixon’s policy of "vietnamization" involved gradually reducing the

number of American troops in Vietnam.

Shocking events at Kent State University involved

the killing of four students by the National Guard.

The Pentagon Papers revealed that the Johnson administration had

deceived the public in regard to war policy.

In regard to Vietnam policy, Nixon insisted that

he would pursue "peace with honor"

Nixon’s trip to the Soviet Union resulted in

some limits on future missile construction.

The burglars arrested at the Watergate apartment complex had connections to

The Nixon reelection campaign.

Nixon’s Watergate-related resignation came with the revelation that he had

ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in.

Gerald Ford suffered terrible political dame when

he pardoned Nixon.

To punish the United States for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War

The Organization of petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) threatened to cut off oil shipments to the United States.

Jimmy Carter’s victory in the 1976 election was aided by

his electoral strength in the South, his non-Washington background in the aftermath of Watergate, his promise to be an honest president, Ford’s less-than-impressive presidential record.