AHM 2020 FINAL EXAM SG
In ______ significant reform legislation was passed by Congress concerning welfare programs.
1976
The crisis of American hostages being held in Iran lasted
444 DAYS
How did the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton end?
ACQUITTED
In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
ALLIES OF NATION; NATO
The Supreme Court ruling in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)
ALLOW STATE TO BAND ABORTION FROM PUBLIC HOSPITALS (MISSOURI)
The key evidence in the determination of President Richard Nixon's guilt or innocence in the Watergate scandal were
AUDIO TAPES
In the early 1970s, the CIA played a major role in destabilizing a leftist government in
CHILE
In the 1990s, opponents of globalization
CLAIM THAT WAS NOT ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL TO WORKERS
In the 1960s, the radical group known as "Weathermen" was involved in
COLLEGE BOMBINGS THAT CLAIMED SEVERAL LIVES
In the election of 2004, the Republican strategy involved appealing mainly to
CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS EVANGELICALS
The Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
CRIMINALS MUST BE INFORM OF THEIR RIGHTS
In 1949, the Truman administration made progress in civil rights by
ENDING DISCRIMINATION IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT
The South Vietnam government in Saigon finally collapsed during the presidency of
FORD
Bill Clinton was the first Democrat to win two terms as president since
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
In 1972, the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
FROZE ARSENAL AT CURRENT LEVEL
Which of the following nations became a nuclear power in the 1950's?
GREAT BRITTAIN
The Supreme Court in the case United States v. Richard Nixon (1974) ruled that Nixon must
HANDS OVER THE TAPE
The Warren Commission investigation of the assassination of President John Kennedy concluded
HARVEY ASSESINATED HIM, NOT CONSPIRACY
In regards to the assassination of President John Kennedy,
HARVEY WAS SHOT AND KILLED
In 1947, the Truman Doctrine
HELP ANY GOVERNMENT THREATED BY COMMUNISM
In the late 1980s, the spread of AIDS in the United States was spreading most rapidly among
HETEROSEXUALS
The 1969 "Stonewall Riot" is to be associated with the civil rights movement for
HOMOSEXUALS
The Supreme Court case of Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) dealt a blow to
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION
As president, Jimmy Carter called for a foreign policy that stressed the importance of
HUMAN RIGHTS
In 1979, the United States responded to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan by
IMPOSE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS IN THE SOVIET UNION
The Gulf War of 1991 had its origins in an Iraqi decision to
INVADE KUWAIT
n 1980, Iraq invaded
IRAN
What happened during the Yom Kippur War of 1973?
ISRAEL BEING ATTACKED
When was the Equal Pay Act passed by Congress?
JUNE 10 1963
During the 1980s and 1990s, American corporations became more competitive by reducing
LABOR COST
On December 19, 1998, the House voted on partisan lines to impeach President Clinton for
LYING TO COURT
In 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of command because
MACARTHUT CRITICICED TRUMAN POLICY IN KOREA
In 1947, the first target of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was
MOVIE INDUSTRY
What did the U.S. do during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis?
NAVAL AND AIR BLOCKADE
In 2002, President George W. Bush described an "axis of evil" made up of Iraq, Iran, and
NORTH KOREA
Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of "containment" was
NOT COMMUNIST EXPANSION
In its first year in office, the Bush administration
PAST LARGEST TAX CUTS
In 1974, former President Richard Nixon was pardoned by
PRESIDENT FORD
The Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade (1973) was based on a new legal interpretation of
PRIVACY RIGHTS AND LED TO LEGALIZING ABORTION
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court justice, was named to the court by
REAGAN
The Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) ruled that
RIGHT TO A LAWYER
In 1948, President Harry Truman responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by
SENDING AIR SUPPLYINGS
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson's Medicare program
SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO SOCIAL SECURITY
What have scientists discovered about the DNA structure?
SOLVE CRIMES
Which country did the U.S. support during the Vietnam War?
SOUTH VIETNAM
In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying for
SOVIET UNION
In the early 1980s, the country President Ronald Reagan described as an "evil empire" was
SOVIET UNION
In the last months of 1949, events in the Soviet Union and China included
SOVIET UNION EXPLORED FIRST ATOMIC BOMB; COMMUNISM TOOK OVER CHINA
In the 1968 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon called for
STABILITY AND NATIONAL LAW AND ORDER
Joseph McCarthy burst to national prominence by charging that there were known communists in the
STATE DEPARTMENT
Which of the following was the first method nuclear weapons delivery?
STRATEGIC BOMBERS
In 1992, Ross Perot made the best third-party showing in American politics since
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Nation to have landed a man on the Moon and in what year?
US 1969
Which are the five permanent members of the UN Security Council?
US UK RUSSIA FRANCE CHINA
In 1992, severe rioting in Los Angeles began in response to the
VEREDICT OF RODNEY KING
The Civil Rights Act of 1965 primarily focused on the issue of
VOTING RIGHTS
During the Bay of Pigs operation, President John Kennedy decided to
WITHOLD MILITARY AND AIR SUPPORT