Final Exam questions

Which newspaper headline would have appeared in the spring of 1945?

"A Stunned Nation Mourns the Passing of FDR"

What question did Reagan famously pose to the American electorate during the 1980 campaign?

"Are you better off now than you were four years ago?"

Black Tuesday

"Crash"

Garfield

"From he towpath to the White House"

Martin Luther King Jr. spoke which famous words at the March on Washington?

"I have a dream..."

Prominently displayed in Bill Clinton's campaign headquarters was a sign featuring the phrase

"It's the Economy, Stupid!"

Photojournalism

"Life" Magazine

Vatican II resulted in which of the following?

"Meatless" Fridays were no longer required. Priests faced the congregation, rather than the altar, during mass. Mass would be conducted in the vernacular rather than in Latin. not: Confession on Saturday was compulsory.

Republican Party

"The Grand Old Party"

To end bottlenecks in production, the president installed Supreme Court Justice James F. Byrnes as director of the new Office of "_____"

"War Moblization"

Haywood

"Wobblies"

What phrase did President Eisenhower coin to describe the vulnerable neighbors of a country like Vietnam threatened with a Communist takeover?

"a row of dominoes"

What best describes Reagan's style of leadership?

"hands-off" style.

What category of American citizens helped turn the tide in Kennedy's favor in the election of 1960?

"hyphenated" Americans

Which category of American citizens helped turn the tide in Kennedy's favor in the election of 1960

"hyphenated" Americans

Carter described the need for a comprehensive energy plan as the

"moral equivalent of war."

Donald Trump referred to African nations as

"shithole" countries.

All of the following help explain the rise of suburbia EXCEPT

"white flight," which lured rural residents to the glamour and high living standards of metropolitan areas.

The second ruling in the Brown decision, handed down in 1955, required that school desegregation be carried out

"with all deliberate speed."

When North Vietnam began a new offensive against South Vietnam in 1975, how much did Ford request from Congress in emergency funding?

$1 billion

Reparations

$56 billion

New Deal agencies discriminated against African Americans in which of the following ways

- They were paid less that whites -They lost their jobs to whites -They were not allowed to live in certain cities

Which of the following evidence supports the view that Stalin's actions after WWII were primarily defensive

-American military forces occupied in both Europe and Asia -Soviet agriculture and industry were struggling due to war time damage

Which of the following evidence supports the view that Stalin's actions after World War II were primarily defensive?

-American military forces occupied territory in both Europe and and Asia. -Soviet agriculture and industry were struggling due to wartime damage.

Japanese actions in 1941 and the U.S. response to them

-Having established control of the Chinese coast, the Japanese marched into French Indochina and prepared for more conquests. -The United States demanded that Japan withdraw from China and renounce its 1940 pact with Germany and Italy. -While negotiating with the Americans, the Japanese were secretly preparing to attack U.S. possessions in the Pacific.

While a candidate, Eisenhower referred to himself as a "_____________" Republican, as opposed to the more "_____________" members of the party.

-modern -hidebound

Favored policy positions by Eisenhower addressed during his administration

-modest increases in social security -increasing the minimum wage

in the 1960s, Tom Hayden, Mario Savio, and others believed in participatory democracy and used tactics such as

-participating in sit-ins -marching in protests

Key issues in the civil rights movement during the post-World War II era included which of the following?

-receiving equal pay for equal work -extending voting rights -improving segregated schools

Key issues in the civil rights movement during the post- World War II era included which of the following?

-receiving equal pay for equal work -improving segregated schools -extending voting rights

Which of the following was President Truman most likely referring to when, in September 1945, he announced his intention to extend the New Deal into the post-war era?

-subsidized public housing -a commission to fight job discrimination -guaranteed full employment -national health insurance

Which of the following postwar developments indicate the global implications of the cold war?

-the United States rebuilt the economies of western Europe and Japan -The two superpowers possessed the nuclear capability to annihilate each other and the rest of the world -Eastern Europe and China aligned with the Soviet Union

Which of the following issues were used against Democrats by their republican opponents during the presidential campaign in 1952

-the stalemate in Korea -fear of communism -corruption among Truman's associates

What aspects of the Soviet system particularly inspired suspicion among Americans?

-the use of violence and terror -the rejection of private property

Which of the following are success of the New Deal

-unemployment insurance -banking regulations -wage requirements

Members of the counterculture often felt than many current social conventions

-were too repressive. -should be reformed.

By 2001, the Hindu population of the U.S. was about

1 MIL

Which of the following were features of George H. W. Bush's upbringing

1) Member of the East Coast Establishment 2) Son of a Connecticut Senator 3) Student at Yale University

Which of the following statements are true regarding the issue of nuclear power

1) Some regarded nuclear power plants as a non polluting resource that could reduce US dependency of foreign oil. 2) Environmentalists feared the fact that there was no solution to safely dispose of nuclear waste.

During what year was evidence of the eruption of violence in the U.S. found in the Wisconsin dairy farmers' protest and the "coal caravan" in Illinois?

1932

During what year was evidence of the eruption of violence in the U.S. found in the Wisconsin diary farmer's protests and the "coal caravan" in Illinois?

1932

When President Johnson asked Congress to approve the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, how many dissenting votes were there?

2

From 1944 to 1948, approximately how many veterans took advantage of the GI Bill?

2 million

from 1944 to 1948, approximately how many veterans took advantage of the GI Bill

2 million

What percentage of the cuban economy was in the hands of U.S. intrests in the 1950s?

80%

The final outcome of the more than five million investigations conducted by the Loyalty Review Board was...

A heightened fear of Communists

Which U.S Supreme Court case found that the Fourteenth Amendment applied to other racial groups besides African Americans

Hernandez v. Texas

Which U.S. Supreme Court case found that the Fourteenth Amendment applied to other racial groups besides African Americans?

Hernández v. Texas

Barack Obama's main competitor in the 2008 Democratic primary elections was

Hillary Clinton.

The Clinton administration's health care proposal was created by a task force headed by

Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The United States dropped atomic bombs on which two Japanese cities?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Why was Pat Robinson so successful in communicating his message

His Christian Broadcast Network used modern media techniques

Which of the following statements is not an accurate representation of Ralph Nader's interaction with the private sector in the 1960s?

His advocacy of government regulation of the private sector contributed to a notable decline in national GDP as the decade concluded.

Martin Luther King Jr. Spoke which famous words at the March on Washington

I have a dream

Martin Luther King Jr. spoke which famous words at the March of Washington?

I have a dream...

Choose the correct sequence of campaigning on the western front in the European theater of operations: I. Cross-channel invasion; II. Invasion of Italy; III. North Africa campaign; IV. Invasion of Sicily.

III, IV, II, I

Thousands of Japanese Americans were placed in ___________, or concentration camps during the war.

INTERNMENT

Assimilation

Immigrants worked to become Americanized

When did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?

In 1979, during the rule of Leonid Brezhnev after the Iranian Revolution

The New Deal legislation that was designed to raise farm commodity prices through reductions in agricultural production was known as the

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Wright Brothers

Airplane

In the presidential election of 2000, who led in the popular vote nationwide?

Al Gore

Scottsboro

Alabama, 9 Defendants

Wallace

Alabama, Presidential candidate

Who wrote Sand County Almanac, in which he proposed that rather than see land as a "commodity belonging to us," we should see it as a "community to which we belong"?

Aldo Leopold

The popular movie Saturday Night Fever reflected the ______ of the American people.

Alienation

In the off-year elections of 1938, in the midst of the "Roosevelt recession," Roosevelt tried to purge five senators. What was the result?

All five were reelected, handing Roosevelt a defeat.

The Kennedy Government program to improve U.S relations with Latin America through the use of foregin aid as was known as the ___________________ for ______________________

Alliance for Progress

The Kennedy government's program to improve U.S. relations with Latin America through the use of foreign aid was known as the _______ for _______.

Alliance for Progress

Nativism

Americans blamed problems on immigrants

Which event did not take place after the American Blockage of Cuba was put in place

An American U-2 spy plane completed a successful mission in Cuban Airspace

Dulles

Anti-communist, Secretary of State

Clergy who preached their message on the television in the 1950s tended to focus on what themes?

Anticommunism and patriotism

Dewey

Applied theories of pragmatism to education

PLO

Arafat

The famous group from Liverpool, England, that changed rock music in the United States and the world was the

Beatles

As minorities began to move into white neighborhoods in Detroit, a race riot broke out when ______.

Blacks and Hispanics were attacked by white mobs

Great migration

Blacks to North

George

Blamed poverty on the greed of the wealthy

The status of some minority groups, including ________________ Americans and _______________ Americans, improved as a result of their participation in the war effort by allowing them to enter the American mainstream.

Blank 1: Mexican Blank 2: Asian, Filipinos, or Chinese

What folk artist shocked fans by shifting to "folk-rock" in 1965?

Bob Dylan

This Supreme Court decision effectively overturned the principles advocated in Plessey v. Ferguson.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

Which of the following was a landmark civil rights case from 1954 in that it challenged the premise behind Plessy v. Ferguson ?

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

The PWA built which of the following

Brownsville, Texas Triborough Bridge Lincoln Tunnel

Rosa Parks

Bus rider

The "Good Neighbor" policy originated during which presidential administration?

Calvin Coolidge

Khmer Rouge

Cambodia

The best known farm strike of the 1930s took place in San Joaquin Valley cotton fields and was organized by the....

Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union

The best-known farm strike of the 1930s took place in the San Joaquin Valley and was organized by the

Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union

One of the methods used by SNCC and CORE during the rise of black militancy was

Carrying Arms to defend themselves

Consolidation

Control competition and reduce instability

The Voting Rights Act

Eliminated Literacy Tests used to screen voters

When natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina occur, the government agency assigned to help is the Federal

Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Fireside Chats

FDR explained his plans to America through his informal radio broadcasts called ____.

Ford

First famous car that would bear his name

In the 1968 presidential election, this third-party candidate won about 14% of the vote

George Wallace

Which of the following factors contributed to the erosion and dust storms of the Great Plains

Grazing Farming Drought

The St. Lawrence Seway Act, which Eisenhower signed in 1954, providing federal funding for a waterwat that would connect to the

Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

The St. Lawrence Seaway Act, which Eisenhower signed in 1954. provided federal funding for a waterway that would connect the...

Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean (US to Canada)

President Johnson intended to build a "_____ ______" in which racism and poverty had been eliminated.

Great Society

President Johnson intended to eliminate racism and poverty as part of what is known as

Great Society

President Johnson intended to eliminate racism and poverty as part of what was known as a

Great Society.

Reagan

Great communicator

Sullivan

Greatest figure in the early development of the skyscraper

A crucial moment in the cold war came when Britain withdrew aid to which two countries?

Greece and Turkey

An OPEC boycott of oil exports to the United States was a direct result of U.S. support for which of the following countries?

Israel

Japanese in the United States who were not eligible to become citizens were called

Issei

How did the Eisenhower administration address the recession of 1953-1954?

It balanced the budget and checked inflation.

What effect did the Voting Rights Act have on African American voter registration in the South?

It nearly doubled.

In 9164, the U.S Congress passed the National Wilderness System Act. What did this act do?

It reserved wilderness lands so that they could always remain wild

What was Carter's principal criticism of previous U.S. foreign policy?

It supported right-wing dictatorships.

Which of the following statements are true of the Gramm-Rudman Act?

It threatened successful programs such as Medicare. It established a set of limits on federal spending.

What did the Supreme Court decision in Butler v. U.S. (1936) do?

It voided the Agricultural Adjustment Act.

Which of the following best describes the relationship among Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at Teheran in 1943?

It was a high point of cooperation among the three leaders.

Which of the following statements about the Immigration and Control Act of 1986 is true?

It was not successful in curbing illegal immigration to the United States.

Why was Afghanistan an obvious target of the war against the "radical network of terrorists"?

It was the seat of the Taliban.

What action did Japan take after the League of Nations condemned it for attacking China?

It withdrew from the League.

The 1963 March on Washington encouraged

It's participants to back congress's civil rights actions

The earliest fascist agression took place when

Italy attacked and captured Ethiopia.

In 1937, President Roosevelt called for an international quarantine of which three aggressor nations?

Italy, Germany, and Rome

As the U.S. economy struggled in the mid-1970s, what was happening in the Soviet Union?

Its economy was also stagnating.

Beatniks

Jack Kerouac

Fulfilling his promise to provide opportunities for women to participate in his administration, Bill Clinton appointed ______ as his attorney general.

Janet Reno

At the final meeting of the Big Three, Churchill worried about Soviet aggression, whereas Roosevelt hoped for Soviet support against __________

Japan

In the years preceding WWII, the influence of U.S. in Asia was increasingly under threat from the expansion of which country?

Japan

In the years preceding World War II, the influence of United States in Asia was increasingly under threat from the expansion of which country?

Japan

In the years precending World War 2, the influence of the united states in asia was increaingly under threat from the expansion of which country?

Japan

Which of the following nations WAS NOT a combatant in the Korean War?

Japan

Under American law, the children of _______________ immigrants could become U.S. citizens, but not the immigrants themselves.

Japanese

Debs

Leader of American Railway Union

What statement about the state of American manufacturing in the 1970s is true?

Many American manufacturers moved high-wage, skilled jobs overseas.

Which of the following statements about the state of American manufacturing in the 1970s is true?

Many American manufacturers moved high-wage, skilled jobs overseas.

Why did the Puerto Rican community in New York lose some of the leadership it needed to advance its political interests after World War II?

Many light-skinned Puerto Ricans escaped racial discrimination and segregation to blend into the middle class. Most Puerto Ricans were not willing to put down the kind of roots stateside that would have been necessary.

Why were some groups hesitant to energetically tackle the AIDS crisis?

Many sufferers were gay or drug addicts.

Who led Communist troops to victory in China in 1949

Mao Zedong

Who led Communist troops to victory in China in 1949?

Mao Zedong

Coxey's Army

Marched on Washington

"I Have a Dream," the great landmark speech of the civil rights movement, was delivered by

Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was the Key community leader of the Montgomery bus boycott

Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was the key community leader of the Montgomery bus boycott?

Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was the key leader of the Montgomery bus boycott?

Martin Luther King Jr.

What were some of Professor Alfred Kinsey's startling conclusions about sexuality in the 1950s?

Masturbation was widespread and premarital petting was common.

Upon what state did SNCC and CORE workers focus, for over two years, their voting rights efforts?

Mississippi

Which of the following leaders did Martin Luther King Jr. Follow by embracing nonviolence?

Mohandas Gandhi

The People for the American Way was formed in reaction to political pressure from the...

Moral Majority

How did Johnson's Great Society have a lasting impact on the role of the following government

Most Americans did not challenge federal intervention in the enviornment the economy, or providing mecial care for the elderly and poor.

The military alliance that the United States joined in the fifties to defend against Soviet aggression.

NATO

Stalin's actions in Berlin sped up the formation of an alliance known as ________.

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

The _______ ________ was made up of young volunteers who provided technical, educational, and medical assistance to Third World countries.

Peace Corps

What did the 1932 election results illustrate about the country's view of Roosevelt?

People from all sectors of society put their faith in Roosevelt

What did the 1932 election result illustrate about the country's view of Roosevelt?

People from all sectors of society put their faith in him

One of the most famous court cases of the 1930's involved accusations of a rape against a group of African American men who came to be known as the

Scottsboro Boys

One of the most famous court cases of the 1930s involved accusations of rape against a group of African American men who came to be known as the...

Scottsboro boys

Which of the following cities did NOT experience rioting in the late 1960s?

Seattle

Which of the following cities did not experience rioting in the late 1960s

Seattle

Which of the following cities did not experience rioting in the late 1960s?

Seattle

Perkins

Secretary of Labor

Suburbs

Smaller communities on the fringes of big cities

In order to keep foreign goods from flooding U.S. markets, Hoover supported the ______ Tariff.

Smoot- Hawley

In order to keep foreign goods from flooding U.S. markets, Hoover supported the ___________ Tariff

Smoot- Hawley

Passed in 1935, the ______ ______ Act established a pension plan for the elderly and unemployed.

Social Security

De facto segregation is segregation that is

Socially Accepted mistreatment of African Americans.

In the 1990s, U.S. troops were sent to different countries, including

Somalia & Haiti

The name of the first space satellite, which was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union, was ______.

Sputnik

U-2

Spy plane

OPA

Stabilize Prices

What was the purpose of the International Monetary Fund?

Stabilize national currencies to promote trade.

When President Truman found out that the atomic bomb had been successfully tested, ____________ was already aware of the existence of such a weapon.

Stalin

Conservative outrage against communism grew as

Stalin extended Soviet

Conservative outrage against communism grew as

Stalin extended Soviet control in Eastern Europe and Asia.

Conservative outrage against communism grew as...

Stalin extended Soviet control in Eastern Europe and Asia.

Which of the following accurately describe the 1943 Teheran conference?

Stalin reaffirmed his pledge to declare war against Japan once Germany was beaten. The D-Day invasion was agreed upon. Stalin promised to launch a spring offensive to keep German troops occupied on the eastern front. Not: Churchill pushed to make a European invasion a priority, but Stalin resisted throughout.

In the vicious fighting at ______, each side suffered more casualties than the Americans did during the entire war.

Stalingrad

Who founded Apple Computer in the 1970s?

Steve Wozniak Steve Jobs

The U.S. policy of "nonrecognition" of Japan's taking control of Manchuria was also known as the

Stimson Doctrine

What was the purpose of the World Bank?

Stimulate economic growth through investment.

Star Wars

Strategic Defense

Formed by Civil Rights Activist Tom Hayden, this radical group criticized the "old left" and believed that action was necessary to bring about change

Students For a Democratic Society

Formed by civil rights activist Tom Hayden, this radical group criticized the "old left" and believed action was needed to bring about change

Students for a Democratic Society

Formed by civil rights activist Tom Hayden, this radical group criticized the "old left" and believed action was needed to bring about change.

Students for a Democratic Society

Which observation about the makeup of suburban populations in the 1950s is inncorrect?

Suburbs tended to be dominated by aa single ethnic group

Truman

Succeeded FDR

Alliances

Successor of the Grangers

Reaganomics

Supply-side

What was NOT a principle or strategy that unified the diverse group known as isolationists?

Support for the Lend-Lease Act.

By the mid 1930s, Roosevelt had come to view the ______ as the primary impediment to the New Deal.

Supreme Court

By the mid-1930s Roosevelt had come to view the __________________________ as the primary impediment to the New Deal

Supreme Court

Sandra O'Connor

Supreme Court

Missouri

Surrender

Social Darwinism

Survival of the fittest applied to the marketplace

Yom Kippur

Syria and Egypt

The cold war had its roots in the unresolved issues of World War II, especially the questions of German reparations and boundaries, Poland's government, the future of China, and the relationship of the Soviet Union to its bordering nations.

T

Truman adviser Bernard Baruch proposed a plan for U.S.-led international control of atomic energy that the Soviets rejected.

T

Hawley-Smoot

Tariff

Panama Canal

Teddy Roosevelt determined to connect the Atlantic and Pacific by constructing the _____.

Zimmerman

Telegram, Mexico

Tet Offensive

Television covered the ____ when the Viet Cong launched a huge attack in South Vietnam.

Willard

Temperance

The New Deal program that constructed dams and provided electricity for an impoverished area of the country was the

Tennessee Valley Authority

The New Deal program that constructed dams and provided electricity for an impoverished area of the country was...

Tennessee Valley Authority

Which of the following does not explain the rise of militancy among young African Americans

The Civil Rights Act and Voing Rights Act eliminated all forms of discrimination

Which of the following does NOT explain the rise of militancy among young African Americans?

The Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act eliminated all forms of discrimination

The New Deal program that exclusively hired young, single men was the...

The Civilian Conservation Corps.

What, ultimately, ended Roosevelt's pursuit of his "court-packing" plan?

The Court suddenly began to reverse itself, upholding New Deal agencies.

Jackson

The Democrats tried to retain ties to which former President?

Which of the following presented the most divisive issue the Kennedy administration had to face?

The civil rights movement

Pennsylvania

The first established oil well was in ____.

Keating-Owen

The first federal law regulating child labor was known as the ____-____ Act.

Richmond

The first town with an electric trolley was ____.

What role did the media play in the civil rights movement

The images from demonstrations made people outside of the south support the movement

How did efforts to impeach presidents Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon differ?

The impeachment of Clinton was largely a partisan effort.

Baby Boom

The increased birthrate after World War II was known as the ____.

Which of the following is not an accurate statement concerning Latin American culture and politics in the 1960s?

The intractable differences among various Latino groups made cooperation among them impossible.

How did the social upheavals of the 1960s affect the rights and reform movements as the decade progressed?

They limited public support and tolerance for them.

Which best reflects the role of African American Voters in the civil Rights movement?

Those outside the South voted in great numbers, influencing politicians to take a stand on civil rights issues

Which best reflects the roles of African American voters in the civil rights movement

Those outside the south voted in great numbers, influencing politicians to take a stand of civil rights issues

The PWA built...

Triborough Bridge and Lincoln Tunnel, port city of Brownsville Texas, and two aircraft carriers.

John Foster Dulles wanted Communist influence to be rolled back not just contained.

True

Striking automotive workers were successful in their attempts to negotiate with employers

True

At the height of the war, the Allies consisted of a group of 50 countries that referred to themselves as the ___ ___

United Nations

At the height of the war, the Allies consisted of a group of 50 countries that referred to themselves as the _______ _______.

United Nations

At the height of the war, the Allies consisted of a group of 50 countries that referred to themselves as the ________ ___________

United Nations

Bernard Baruch rejected the proposal by a high-level government committee that mining and use of atomic materials should be supervised by the

United Nations

Bernard Baruch rejected the proposal by a high-level government committee that mining and use of atomic materials should be supervised by the _____ _____.

United Nations

Bernard Baruch rejected the proposal by a high-level government committee that mining and use of atomic materials should be supervised by the _______ _______.

United Nations

Bernard Baruch rejected the proposal by a high-level government committee that mining and use of atomic materials should be supervised by the ______________________________________________

United Nations

Bonus Army

WWI veterans who marched on Washington DC were called the ____.

What is an example of a sit-in

Waiting at a lunch counter until being served food

What is an example of a sit-in?

Waiting at a lunch counter until being served food.

Baruch

War Industries Board

In the early 1940s, the protest of tens of thousands of laborers against working conditions led to the creation of the ______.

War Labor Board

The ___ ____ ___ was created in 1942 to end labor strife

War Labor Board

The _________ _______ _________ was created in 1942 to end labor strife.

War Labor Board

In 1969 President Nixon appointed who as chief justice of the Supreme Court?

Warren Burger

The Soviet Union sent tanks back into Budapest in October 1956 because of Hungary's decision to withdraw from...

Warsaw Pact

Spoils

What is the ability of a political party to control and dispense jobs?

Nativists

What term defined people who believed open immigration was harming the nation?

Detente

What term described the goal of lessening tension between the US and the USSR?

Treaty of Versailles

What treaty was a peace settlement between Germany and the Allies and formally ended WWI?

December 7, 1941

What was the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

October 29, 1929

What was the date of the beginning of the Great Depression?

Lusitania

What was the name of the British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915?

Muckrakers

What were journalists who drew attention to injustices in American society called?

1950

What year did the Korean War begin?

Most fundamentally, over what did internationalists and isolationists disagree?

Whether war could be prevented by collective security.

Churchill

Which British Prime Minister was one of the century's greatest men?

Roosevelt

Which President said that he was "steward of public welfare?"

Garfield

Which President was assassinated after just a few months in office?

McCarthy

Which Republican senator from Wisconsin believed the U.S. government contained communists?

Collage-Briand

Which agreement was supposed to "outlaw" war?

21st amendment

Which amendment repealed prohibition?

Italy

Which country changed sides in WWI?

Wallace

Which does not belong? (George Wallace, Watergate, Democratic headquarters, Nixon re-election)

SEC

Which group is supposed to police the stock market?

Social Security Act

Which of Roosevelt's programs was called the most important social welfare legislation?

AAA

Which of the New Deal programs asked farmers to cut production to raise prices?

REA

Which of the New Deal programs brought electricity to farmers?

TVA

Which of the New Deal programs truly "paid its own way"?

Toledo

Which of these cities had unemployment of 80%?

Italy

Which of these did not control part of Germany after WWII?

Speech Act

Which of these did not curtail free speech? (Speech Act, Espionage Act, Sabotage Act, and Sedition Act)

Drake

Which of these does not belong? (Bessemer, Drake, Kelly, and Hewitt)

Pentagon leak

Which of these does not belong? (Kent State, Pentagon leak, ROTC building burned, and four dead)

Easy entrance, exit

Which of these does not belong? (New York City, Triangle Factory, Easy entrance, exit, and 146 dead)

Payne-Aldrich Tariff

Which of these does not belong? (Square Deal, Payne-Aldrich Tariff, Trust Buster, and San Juan Hill)

Carnegie

Which of these does not belong? (Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Hill, and Huntington)

Italy

Which of these had the lowest sea power after 1921?

Temperance Union

Which of these should not be included? (Temperance Union, Anna Shaw, Carrie Catt, and 19th Amendment)

Secretarial

Which of these was not a "woman's profession" in the 1800s? (Secretarial, Librarian, Nursing, and Teaching)

Maynard

Which of these was not a key labor leader?

Howell

Which of these was not a key painter? (Whistler, Howell, Homer, and Sargent)

Revivals

Which of these was not a major reason for urban growth? (revivals, jobs, amenities, and public transportation)

Children were given away

Which of these was not a result of the depression?

Potsdam

Which of these was not a wartime conference?

Ford

Which of these was not defeated by Reagan?

Meuse-Argonne

Which offensive effectively ended WWI?

People's Party

Which powerful third party was especially attractive to farmers?

Lifestyle of Rich and Famous

Which was not "escapist" radio?

Too many farms

Which was not a cause of the Great Depression?

Russia

Which was not conquered by Germany in the 1930s?

Bok

Who figured out how to have mass market circulation of magazines?

Edison

Who is said to be America's greatest inventor?

Wallace

Who was FDR's Secretary of Agriculture?

Taft

Who was Teddy Roosevelt's handpicked successor and became the 27th President?

Oswald

Who was accused of assassinating Kennedy?

Mussolini

Who was the Fascist leader of Italy?

Hitler

Who was the Nazi leader of Germany whose mad ambitions led to World War II?

Pershing

Who was the commander of the American Expeditionary Force?

Collier

Who was the commissioner of Indian affairs responsible for helping the Indians preserve their tribal identities?

Shepherd

Who was the first American in space?

Sally Ride

Who was the first female astronaut to fly in space?

Nasser

Who was the leader of Egypt who was hostile to America and welcomed help from USSR?

Tojo

Who was the war leader of Japan?

Carnegie

Who wrote How to Win Friends and Influence People?

Upton Sinclair

Who wrote a novel regarding unsanitary methods of meat preparation entitled The Jungle?

Sullivan

Who, from Chicago, was considered the "Father of the skyscraper"?

Swift

Whose company developed the refrigerated railroad car?

In the 1950s many young people adopted the defiant attitude and rebellious ways of the character portrayed by Marlon Brando in The ______________________ One.

Wild

Coin's Financial School

William H. Harvey

New freedom

Wilson

Virgin Islands

Wilson purchased the ____ from Danish West Indies in order to keep Germany from getting them.

McKinley

Winner of the 1896 election

_______________coined the phrase the "_______________" in his speech to the American public in Fulton, MO

Winston Churchill; Iron Curtain

Roe vs. Wade

____ vs. ____ removed all restrictions on abortions during the first three months of pregnancy.

Glenn

____ was the first American to orbit the earth.

in his 1937 foreign policy speech, the first he had given in 14 months, FDR called for

a "quaratine" of aggressor nations.

Both the Alger Hiss case and the Klaus Fuchs case reinforced to Americans that what existed in the United States?

a Communist conspiracy

Parts, or all, of which of the following had been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court as of 1935?

a New York minimum-wage law the Agricultural Adjustment Act the National Recovery Act

Hoover believed which of the following was necessary to restore business confidence?

a balanced federal budget

Which of the following proposals from the "Contract with America" passed the House of Representatives?

a balanced-budget amendment a broader application of the death penalty tax cuts

he war aims of the Allies were articulated before U.S. entry into the war, in the so-called Atlantic Charter. This document included all of the following EXCEPT

a call for a new association of nations.

Which of the following best describes John F. Kennedy?

a charming man with a talent for politics and organization

The chapter introduction uses the automobile as a symbol for the 1950s in order to make the point that

a culture of mobility developed, featuring abundance and a high degree of movement, especially to the suburbs.

Early advocates of the Internet saw it as

a democratic and free technology.

The failure of health care reform under Bill Clinton in 1993 led to

a disenchantment with Congress, which in turn led to Republican victories in the 1994 midterm elections.

What was the Philadelphia Plan?

a federal affirmative action plan that affected the building trades

What did southern senators threaten to use to derail the implementation of recommendations from the Committee on Civil Rights?

a filibuster

What did southern senators threaten to use to derail the implementation of recommendations from the Committee on Civil Rights?

a filibuster (A prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assemble while not technically contravening the required procedures.)

What did Kennan's theory of containment offer to leaders in Washington who were struggling with what to do about the Soviets?

a framework for analyzing Soviet behavior

Johnson made education the cornerstone of his Great Society because he believed

a good education would compensate those with incomes below the federal poverty line for other disadvantages.

For the U.S. military-intelligence community, the Tet Offensive can best be described as...

a huge failure

What was Carter's first proposal to stimulate the stagnating economy?

a series of tax rebates

One trend in federal governmental spending durnig the 1950s was

a significant increase in defense spending.

What was the result of the "Education Summit" of 1989?

a small set of future goals

Most Americans viewed war work for women as

a temporary response to the war emergency.

Based on your reading on the decade of the 1950s, one immediate problem in the first few years after World War Two was

a very serious shortage of housing.

Anti- New Deal businessmen and conservatives claimed that Franklin Roosevelt was

a would-be dictator who violated property rights

In response to increased Japanese expansion in Asia, The united states

barred iron and oil shipments, embargoed trade, and froze Japanese assets

In response to increased Japanese expansion in Asia, the United States ______.

barred iron and oil shipments, embargoed trade, and froze Japanese assets

In response to increased Japanese expansion in Asia, the United States

barred iron and oil shipments, embargoed trade, and froze Japanese assets.

When Cesar Chavez was growing up, his family lost their farm in Arizona and

became migratory workers earning less than $10 per week

When Cesar Chavez was growing up, his family lost their farm in Arizona and...

became migratory workers earning less than $10 per week.

Once George H. W. Bush moved to Texas, he

became more conservative.

Why can the profile of Asian immigration to the United States be described as resembling an hourglass?

because most of the immigrants are either relatively well off or extremely poor

During the Depression, many Mexican workers following crop harvests around the country found that

it was difficult for their children to get and education

Arguments against NSC-68's recommendations included...

it was too expensive, and too complex

What action did Japan take after the league of Nations condemned it from attacking China?

it withdrew from the league

The 1963 March on Washington encouraged

its participants to back Congress' civil rights actions.

Why was General Electric so well positioned to diversify?

its size enabled it to finance large research-and-development budgets

The Economic Opportunity Act addressed which of the following?

job training for the unemployed

The Economic Opportunity Act addressed which of thr following?

job training for the unemployed

Each of the following was a component of U.S. diplomacy between the world wars EXCEPT

joining collective efforts to block German and Japanese aggression.

The Soviet Union jumped ahead in the race for technology following World War Two when they

launched Sputnik into orbit.

De facto segregation is segregation that is not in written

law.

symbolic of its refusal to take a leadership role in international affairs was the fact that the united states never joined the __ __ __

league of nations

In the years immediately following 1929, the number of persons

leaving the United States exceeded the number entering

In the years immediately following 1929, the number of persons...

leaving the United States exceeded the number entering

In 1995, the Republicans' decision to force the government to shut down rather than compromise on the budget

led the public to turn its back on the Republican revolutionaries.

Franklin Roosevelt's election to an unprecedented fourth term

led to a very close election and signs of weakness within the New Deal coalition

Franklin Roosevelt's election to an unprecedented fourth term ______.

led to a very close election and signs of weakness within the New Deal coalition

Used in the Civil Rights Movement, the tactic known as the sit in:

led to thousands of arrests in the 1960's, and was a nonviolent form or protest.

Used in the civil rights movement, the tactic known as the sit in

led to thousands of arrests in the 1960s is a nonviolent form of protest

As unemployment increased during his administration, Herbert Hoover...

lessened his opposition to federal relief to aid the unemployed

The Social Security Act did what?

levy a tax on employers and employees to fund pensions; pave the way for the welfare state; provide a safety net for the unemployed

Someone who advocates small government and emphasizes private individuals' freedom to do what they want is

libertarian

Someone who advocates small government and emphasizes private individuals' freedom to do what they want is a

libertarian.

In cooperation with local and state officials, the Tennessee Valley Authority created which social programs?

library bookmobile service and an anti malaria campaign

Young Americans for Freedom wanted to

limit the role of the government and encourage conservative views.

To combat job discrimination, what did Truman seek to maintain?

the Fair Employment Practices Commission

To combat job discrimination, which of the following did Truman seek to maintain?

the Fair Employment Practices Commission

The United States increased its indirect involvement in Vietnam after 1945 because...

the French were unable to defeat indigenous guerillas

The United States increased its indirect involvement in Vietnam after 1945 because

the French were unable to defeat indigenous guerrillas.

What caused George H. W. Bush's ratings to soar so high that his chief of staff said he really needed to do nothing more?

the Gulf War

What legislation led to a sharp increase in the number of immigrants from Asia after 1965?

the Immigration Reform Act

The idea of Net neutrality states that

the Internet should be free for all to use and not dominated by large companies.

Many members of Saddam Hussein's army eventually joined what would become

the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

In 1941 the U.S. Congress passed a new program to aid Britain called

the Lend-Lease Act.

Which U.S. congressional action created the Atomic Energy Commission?

the McMahon Act

Which of the following regions was a major supplier of oil to the United States in the 1970s?

the Middle East

Since the recession and inflation had big roles in determining the outcome of the 1980 election, one could say that Carter lost and Reagan won largely because of

the economy

Francis Townsend's Depression Era relief were focused on...

the elderly

In their rejection of middle-class culture, the beats objected to..

the elevation of material abundance above spiritual enlightenment.

In their rejection of the middle-class culture the beats objected to

the elevation of material abundance above spiritual enlightment

According to Jonathan Schell in his book The Fate of the Earth, what would be the aftermath of a U.S.-Soviet nuclear exchange?

the end of life on earth

What were some issues the United States faced in the 1970s that limited its ambitions?

the energy crisis; rising inflation; increasing competition from Europe and Asia

The "new debate" over immigration in 2006 centered upon

the fate of 11 million illegal immigrants who were living in the U.S.

What issue did the Camp David Accords fail to address?

the fate of Palestine

The Teheran Conference in November 1943 was significant because it was

the first meeting of the Big Three leaders and where D-Day was agreed upon.

When _____________ asked the United States to intervene against the Viet Minh in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu, President Eisenhower refused the request.

the french

If the battle of britain was a success

the germans could invade from France

Which shift in the relationship between the government and the people was reflected in the Social Security Act

the government became responsible for the social well-being of Americans

What accurately described the CAWIU farm strike?

the government stepped in the arbitrate a wage settlement

What was a consequence of the success of women in high-tech and professional industries?

the growing political influence of educated women

A striking characteristic of U.S. military enlistment in WWII was

the high enlistment rate among Mexicans and Asians.

The differnce between men's and women's wages in the United states in the 1950s was _________ among industrialized countries

the largest

The difference between men's and women's wages in the United States in the 1950s was ______ among industrialized countries.

the largest greater

before he began to organize wartime protests, A. Phillp Randoph had been

the leader of a black labor organization

All of the following could be attributed to the Soviet Union;s apparent lead in the space race except

the loss of a U-2 high altitude spy plane

All of the following factors made it harder for blacks and ethnic minorities to thrive in the U.S cities during the 150s except

the migration of minorities to the suburbs

All of the following factors made it harder for blacks and ethnic minorities to therive in the U.S cities during the 1950's except

the migration of the minorities to the suburbs

The Paris Agreement called for limitations on greenhouse gases to keep global temperatures from rising by more than 2 degrees Celsius. Most climate scientists considered this goal

the minimum that was necessary.

What CIA action under Reagan violated international law and provoked the U.S. Congress to pass the Boland Amendment?

the mining of a Nicaraguan harbor

Why did President Hoover's spending on public works fail to end the Great Depression

the money he allotted for public works was less than one-tenth of what was needed

The allies' earliest successes came in

the pacific

As the end of WWII approached, Allied generals had to worry also about winning

the peace

What "race" began during the Kennedy administration?

the race to the moon

What event was a direct consequence of Gorbachev's desire to build a "new world order"?

the removal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan and Eastern Europe

As the 1980s progressed and the economy improved,

the richest Americans controlled even more wealth.

The Griswold v. Connecticut (1964) case concerned

the sale of contraceptives

The increasing importance of the West Coast in American culture was demonstrated by

the shift of television production from New York to Hollywood. the role of the San Francisco area in initiating the counterculture. the national ascendancy of music about cars and surfing. not: the election of John F. Kennedy to the presidency.

What riots started when sailors began beating Hispanics in Los Angeles in 1943, causing Hispanics to retaliate?

the soot suit riots

A. Philip Randolph was responsible

-He was an advocate of greater Black militancy. -He launched a campaign for Blacks to gain entrance to jobs in defense industries and government agencies.

Woodstock was a

-Huge rock festival held in 1969. -Celebration of the counterculture.

Roosevelt wanted to avoid which of the following patriotic excesses that occurred during World War I?

-Intimidation of immigrants -Harassment of pacifists -Neighbors spying on each other not denigration of returning soldiers

Used in the civil rights movement, the tactics known as the sit-in

-Is a non-violent form of protest. -led to thousands of arrests in the 1960s.

Referring to Pesident Truman's decision to recognize the new state of __________________________ in May 1948, the British prime Minister Clement Attlee observed, "There's no______________________ vote in America, but there's a heavy__________________ vote."

-Israel -Arab -Jewish

Which of the following are failures of the New Deal

-It did not help the neediest Americans -It did little to change the nation's economic and racial culture -it did not spend enough

Some of the organizations involved in the integration of the Little Rock, Arkansas schools included

-Justice Department. -National Guard.

The establishment of the Tennessee Valley authority led to which of the following outcomes

-Servicing of poor, rural areas by library bookmobiles -availability of electricity at rates lower than those of private utility companies -the movement of thousands of families from their homes

Which of the following evidence supports the view that Stalin's actions after World War II were primarily defensive

-Soviet agriculture and industry were struggling due to wartime damage -American military forces occupied territory in both Europe and Asia

Which of the following evidence supports the view that Stalin recognized the emerging power of the Soviet Union on world affairs following World War II?

-Soviet spies informed Stalin that the United States possessed only a small nuclear arsenal. -The Soviet border was secure except for its southern border with Iran. -The former powers Germany and Japan had both be soundly defeated.

The Battle of Midway

-The battle marked the end of Japanese naval supremacy in the Pacific. -American code-breaking efforts contributed significantly to U.S. victory in the battle. -American Marines were able to land on the island of Guadalcanal.

Which of the following statements about the building of the dams under the New Deal are true?

-The dams resulted in negative impacts on the environment -the goal was to control whole river systems for regional use -Their creation often resulted in the generation of cheap electricity

Manhattan Project

-The project cost in excess of $2 billion. -Scientists involved were American, Canadian, and British. -Throughout the project, the fear was that the Germans would produce a bomb first.

Which of the following postwar developments indicate the global implications of the cold war.

-The two superpowers possessed the nuclear capability to annihilate each other and the rest of the world. -Eastern Europe and China Aligned with the Soviet Union -The United States rebuilt the economies of Western Europe and Japan

Which of the following statements correctly describes the employment situation of woman and minorities after World War II?

-They fell victim to a policy of "Last hired, first fired." -They were often displaced by returning veterans.

Which of the following was President Truman most likely referring to when, in September 1945, he announced his intention to extend the New Deal to the post war era?

-a commission to fight job discrimination -guaranteed full employment -subsidized public housing -national health insurance

The Earl Warren Supreme Court is seen as a liberal court because a number of its rulings relate to the rights of

-criminal suspects. -minorities.

Opposed policy positions by Eisenhower addressed during his administration

-dismantling the New Deal -Deficit spending

Which of the following factors contributed to the erosion and dust storms of the Great Plains? -industry -drought -plant growth -grazing -farming

-drought -grazing -farming

The 1965 Immigration Act provisons that

-encouraged the reunion of immigrants with family members already in the United States -limited the numbers of immigrants from some areas of the world

The 1965 Immigration Act had provisions that

-encouraged the reunion of immigrants with family members already in the United States. -limited the numbers of immigrants from some areas of the world.

Which of the following issues were used against Democrats by their Republican opponents during the presidential campaign in 1952?

-fear of communism -corruption among Truman's associates -the stalemate in Korea

In comparison with black suburbanites, black city dwellers in the 1950's tended to have

-fewer jobs -declining education

Which two factors drove the postwar economic boom?

-government expenditures -consumer and business spending

Woodstock was a

-huge rock festival held in 1969 -celebration of the counterculture

Roosevelt's supporters in the 1932 election included which of the following? -industrial workers in the North -disillusioned western Republicans -residents of large urban areas -poor farmers in the South

-industrial workers in the North -residents of large urban areas -poor farmers in the South

Which two factors in the immediate postwar ultimately put an end to Truman's hopes for extending the New Deal

-inflation -labor unrest

Which two factors in the immediate postwar period ultimately put an end to Truman's hopes for extending the New Deal?

-labor unrest -inflation

During the late 1980s, developments in health and medicine in the United States included

1) rising medical costs 2) Millions of people without health insurance

1. Nixon hope that the policy of "Vietnamization" would help to 2. Nixon's policy of "Vietnamization" called for

1. reduce the U.S. presence in the war 2. making South Vietnam's armed forces capable of fighting independently.

During WWII, the proportion of women making up the U.S. workforce increased from 1/4 in 1940 to more than ______ in 1945

1/3

During World War II, the proportion of women making up the U.S. workforce increased from 1/4 in 1940 to more than ______ in 1945.

1/3

How long did it take U.S.-led ground forces to vanquish the Iraqi Republican Guards?

100 hours

Between Pearl Harbor in 1941 and March 1945, approximately _____ million people (not counting those in military service) had changed their county of residence.

15

How many U.S soiliers were serving as military advisers in Vietnam in 1963

16,000

How many U.S. soldiers were serving as "military advisers" in Vietnam in 1963?

16000

When was the phrase "Under GOD" added to the pledge of Allegiance

1954

When was the phrase "under God" added to the Pledge of Allegiance?

1954

When was the phrase "under God," added to the Pledge of Allegiance?

1954

In what year was Ngo Dinh Diem's regime in Vietnam toppled by a military coup?

1963

In what year was Ngo Dinh Diem's regime in Vietnam toppled by military coup?

1963

The first Earth Day was celebrated in...

1970

The first Earth Day was celebrated in

1970.

In what year were American troops finally back home from Vietnam?

1973

As Republicans attempted to appeal the Affordable Care Act, the Congressional Budget Office's analyses consistently reported that the plans they proposed would deprive ______ Americans of their health insurance.

20 million

From 1944 to 1948, approximately how many veterans took advantage of the GI Bill?

2million

The first contingent of U.S. combat troops that President Johnson sent to Vietnam consisted of

3,500 marines

Between 1940 and 1960, the percentage of wives working outside the home went from 15 percent to

30 percent.

Between 1940 and 1960, the percentage of wives working outside the home went from 15% to...

30%

By about what percentage did workers' wages increade between 1950 and 1960

35%

In the postwar years, how many African Americans moved to cities in the middle Atlantic states, the Northeast, and upper Midwest?

4.5 Million

In 1950 the Communist Party in the US could claim about ______ members out of a population of 150 million.

43,000

In 1950 the Communist Party in the United States could claim about ______ members out of a population of 150 million.

43,000

In 1950 the Communist Party in the United States could claim about ________ members out of a population of 150 million.

43,000

In 1950 the Communist Party in the United States could claim about ___________ members out of a population of 150 million

43,000

In the 1960s, business spending on technology was about 3 percent. By the mid-1990s, it was

45%

Between 1949 and 1960, the number of Americans who owned a television set grew from one million to....

46 million

Approximately what percentage of Americans belonged to a church in the 1950's

50%

Approximately what percentage of Americans belonged to a church in the 1950s?

50%

The war in Vietnam (and its aftermath) was responsible for more than ______ refugees between 1975 and 1990.

500,000

What percentage of voters cast a ballot in the 1960 U.S. presidential election?

64

What percent of voters cast a ballot in the 1960 US presidential election?

64%

What percentage of voters cast a ballot in the 1960 U.S presidential election

64%

By 1945, how many Americans were in the army?

7 million

Among the women who worked outside the home during WWII, what percentage hoped to keep their jobs after the war, according to one survey?

75%

Among women who worked outside the home during World War II, what percentage hoped to keep their jobs after the war, according to one survey?

75%

Thanks in large part to the Rural Electrification Administration, by 1950 the percentage of American farms that had electricity had risen to ______, up from 10 percent in 1925.

90 percent

All of the following were elements of Johnson's "Great Society" programs EXCEPT

<Blank Answer>

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to your text, "marked one of the great moments in the history of American reform." It barred discrimination in all of the following EXCEPT

<Blank Answer>

The Double V strategy was the

<Blank Answer>

Early advocates of the internet saw it as

A democratic & free technology

Potsdam

A meeting between Truman, Stalin, and Churchill was held in ____ to settle Germany's future.

How did Kennedy respond to the discovery that the Soviet Union had deployed nuclear weapons in Cuba?

A naval blockade of Cuba

Which of the following was one principal trend of the period 1946-1960?

A significant increase in the American birth rate.

Noting inequalities of the hiring of minorities for public-sector jobs during WWII, __________ set up a black march on Washington

A. Philip Randolph

Noting inequalities in the hiring of minorities for public-sector jobs during World War II, ______ set up a black march on Washington.

A. Phillip Randolph

The Democratic nominee for president in 1952 was

Adlai E. Stevenson.

Director Leni Riefenstahl's film Triumph of the Will (1935) mythologized...

Adolf Hitler

Madison Avenue

Advertising

At the beginning of his presidency, pressure was high on President Obama to redeploy U.S. troops to

Afghanistan.

In 1972 Huey Newton thought that these people might be the most oppressed people in America

African Americans

Which of the following formed part of the "Roosevelt coalition"

African Americans

Who formed part of the "Roosevelt Coalition"?

African Americans

Why did the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII?

After the bombing of Nagasaki, the Japanese emperor intervened for peace.

What happened to the Scottsboro boys?

After years of appeals, charges against four were dropped, but five received substantial prison sentences.

Isolationism

America's desire to close itself off from the rest of the world was called ____.

Battle of the Coral Sea

America's first important victory over Japan was ____.

Popular Front

American Communists

"Thought Police"

American Protective League

The Battle of Midway:

American code-breaking efforts contributed significantly to U.S. victory in the battle. The battle marked the end of Japanese naval supremacy in the Pacific. American Marines were able to land on the island of Guadalcanal.

According to Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, the key problem confronted by married, middle-class American women was that...

American culture regarded them simply as homemakers rather than as individuals with dreams and aspirations.

The Federal Writers Project employed writers to capitalize on the public's interest in

American history

In the 1930s, which of the following presented a challenge to U.S. foreign policy?

American interests in the Pacific were being threatened by the growing rivalry and expansion of Japan.

In the 1930's which of the following presented a challenge to U.S. foreign policy?

American interests in the pacific were being threatended by the growing rivalry and expansion of Japan

Why didn't the U.S take a leadership role to ease international tensions before the outbreak of WW2?

American leadership chose not to.

Why didn't the United States take a leadership role to ease international tensions before the outbreak of World War II?

American leadership chose not to.

Hiroshima

As a means to end the war, the atomic bomb was first dropped now which city?

What region did MacArthur hold to be the key to world history in the future?

Asia

On the West Coast best coast, many _______ workers were given opportunities to work in the aircraft industry.

Asian

Which of the following statements regarding the Black Panthers is False

At its height the group claimed 200,000 members

Which of the following statements regarding the Black Panthers is false?

At its height, the group claimed 200,000 members

Munich

At the ____ Conference Hitler was awarded Sudetenland in exchange for his anti-aggression pledge.

What statement about Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism is incorrect?

At the height of his power, McCarthy controlled the HUAC

Which statement about Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism is incorrect?

At the height of his power, McCarthy controlled the HUAC.

In August 1941, Roosevelt and Churchill met secretly and drew up the ___________ ___________.

Atlantic Charter

Manhattan Project

Atomic Bomb

National Labor Union

Attempted to unite various unions

The Neutrality Act of 1935 ___________ the sale of munitions to belligerents in wartime.

BANNED.

The term " _________ _________" describes the dramatic population growth that took place in the United States after WWII.

Baby Boom

the term" ________________ ________________" decribes the dramtic population growth that took place in the U.S. after World War II

Baby Boom

John Hopkins

Baltimore

Pancho Villa

Bandit

The so-called "merchants of death," ___ and __ __ were found by the Nye Committee to have profited from World War 1

Bankers, arms, makers

Martin Luther King Jr. was a

Baptist minister.

In the election of l964, President Johnson was opposed by the candid and outspoken

Barry Goldwater

Lyndon Johnson won a landslide victory against this Arizona Republican in the 1964 presidential election.

Barry Goldwater

General Douglas MacArthur's victory in which battle effectively destroyed Japan's navy?

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT in identifying war-time leaders?

Benito Mussolini-Japan

What city became a focus of cold war tension in the spring of 1948, when US, Britain, and French allies sought to transform their occupation zones into an independent West German state?

Berlin

In 1963, women's rights were brought to national attention in the Feminine Mystique, written by....

Betty Friedan

Twenty-five million

Between 1865 and 1915 there were ____ immigrants.

Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, with their alliance and leadership, were called the

Big Three.

President Kennedy announced his support for a strong civil rights bill following demonstrations in what city?

Birmingham, Alabama

Why was the postwar bulge in population growth unexpected?

Birthrates generally decrease as societies industrialize.

Garvey

Black nationalism

The creation of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction took place at

Bretton Woods.

By responding to the needs of various groups that had usually been ignored, "Roosevelt's "_______ ______" prevented a social revolution in the United States.

Broker State

Robinson

Brooklyn Dodgers

What contributed to the less than stellar performance of the National Recovery Administration?

Businesses were not forced to comply, Big business shaped the act's codes to their advantage, and the codes proved to be costly and complicated

John Lewis

CIO

In June 1944, Hitler thought the Allies would invade Europe at ______, and the Allied planners did all they could to encourage this belief.

Calais

What state did people hoping to escape the devastation of the dust bowl migrate to?

California

Catholic dogma held that life began at conception.

Catholic dogma held that life began at conception.

Because of his weekly broadcasts criticizing the New Deal, Father _____ ______ earned the nickname "Radio Preist"

Charles Coughlin

Because of his weekly broadcasts criticizing the New Deal, father ______________________________ earned the nickname "Radio Priest"

Charles Coughlin

In the early 1970s, the United States hoped to reach the Soviet Union by reaching out to...

China

Trump's tariff increases resulted in trade wars with which of the following?

China

The Chinese inflicted one of the worst military defeats in U.S. history at....

Chosan

The Chinese inflicted one of the worst military defeats in US history at

Chosan.

What was NOT a significant effect of the growth of suburban communities and the expansion of U.S. highways?

Cities expanded public services by taxing suburbs at higher rates.

Commission

City government

Intended to raise morale, the first attempt a work relief program was the short-lived

Civil Works Administration

Intended to raise morale, the first attempt at a work relief program was the short-lived _______ _______ ______.

Civil Works Administration

The New Deal program that exclusively hired young, single men was the

Civilian Conservation Corps

This SCOTUS nominee of George H. W. Bush was controversial because he was accused of sexually harassing a subordinate attorney, Anita Hill.

Clarence Thomas

Which U.S. Supreme Court nominee of George H. W. Bush was controversial because he was accused of sexually harassing a subordinate attorney, Anita Hill?

Clarence Thomas

Navajos

Code-Talkers

The post- World War II period of U.S.- Soviet relations that was characterized by increasing political tensions and military build-up is known as the _______________________________________

Cold War

The post-World War II period of US-Soviet relations that was characterized by increasing political tension and military build-up is known as the ________ ________.

Cold War

Thanks to New Deal Era damn projects, what river had turned so salty that its water was unfit for either drinking of irrigation by 1950?

Colorado

Thanks to New Deal-era dam projects, what river had turned so salty that its water was unfit for either drinking or irrigation by 1950?

Colorado

Eisenhower

Commander in Europe

Although the American Federation of Labor excluded unskilled laborers, the newly formed _________ for ____________________ welcomed them

Committee for Industrial Organization

Viet Cong

Communist guerrillas

The McCarran Act of 1950 required _____________ to register with the government.

Communists

Truman's critics frequently charged that he did not do enough to rid the United States of _________.

Communists

What did the McCarran Act mandate?

Communists must register with the attorney General

What did the McCarran Act mandate?

Communists must register with the attorney general.

What measures were taken to address income inequality during Obama's second term?

Congress passed a slight increase in tax rates for incomes over $250,000.

Why did Congress fail to ratify SALT II?

Congressional Republicans opposed further détente with the Soviet Union.

Muir

Conservation

Which of the following statements regarding global warming is true?

Conservatives and industry leaders continued to express skepticism over global warming.

the "good neighbor" policy originated during which presidential administration(s)?

Coolidge and Hoover

What issues were used against Democrats by their Republican opponents during presidential campaign in 1952?

Corruption among Truman's associates; fear of communism; the stalemate in Korea

President Truman's full-employment bill, in addition to establishing that the government was responsible for maintaining full employment, also created the

Council of Economic Advisers.

Angry with Populists

Coxey's Army was not ____.

President Truman became the first president to make civil rights a moral issue to be addressed by the federal government when he did this?

Created the President's Committee for Civil Rights which issued the report To Secure These Rights

When Roosevelt and Churchill announced production targets soon after the United States entered the war, what happened?

Critics sneered, but in fact American, British, and Canadian production exceeded these goals.

The Distinguished Flying _____________ was awarded to more than 80 black pilots.

Cross

Congressional hearings revealed that the CIA carried out assassination attempts on leaders of what countries?

Cuba, Congo, South Vietnam, and the Dominican Republican

The United States invaded Grenada to oppose rebels who sympathized with the politics of

Cuba.

Bay of Pigs

Cuban invasion

A communist coup in February 1948 overthrew the democratically elected government of which country?

Czechoslovakia

Congress finally approved the Marshall Plan after Communist actions in what country?

Czechoslovakia

The britisha and french policy of attempting to placate hitler backfired in september 1938, when the western democracies gave the Nazi leader the go-ahead annex a large portion of

Czechoslovakia

A Communist coup in February 1948 overthrew the democratically elected government of which country?

Czechosolovakia

What is the commonly used name for the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944?

D-Day

In 1948 half the population of Donora, Pennsylvania, was hospitalized because of exposure to all of the following except

DDT

The pesticide ____________ and hybrid seeds are two examples of beneficial WWII scientific advances that also had negative effects.

DDT

In what city was President Kennedy shot in 1963

Dallas

In what city was President Kennedy shot in 1963?

Dallas

In what city was President Kennedy assassinated?

Dallas,TX

Scopes Trial

Darrow and Bryan

McCarthy decided to go after the army when who was denied a commission?

David Schine

Which of the following is the most likely reason for the rise of black militancy in the 1960s?

De facto segregation persisted despite new civil rights laws.

Keynes

Deficit Spending

Republicans blamed ___________ for the fall of China to the Communists

Democrats

Whihc indicated the failure of Eisenhower's "modern Republicanism" to find lasting support among American voters?

Democrats' success in the 1958 midterm elections

In the new debate over immigration, Hispanics tended to support

Democrats.

The 1991 U.S.-led bombing campaign against Iraq in response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait was code-named Operation

Desert Storm.

Which of the following did the Central Intelligence Agency believe would enable its army of 1400 Cuban rebels to overthrow Fidel Castro

Desire of Cuban people to escape communism

Which statement regarding the Battle of Midway is not correct? American Marines were able to land on the island of Guadalcanal. The battle marked the end of Japanese naval supremacy in the Pacific. Despite the American victory, U.S. carrier losses were as bad as those experienced by the Japanese. American code-breaking efforts contributed significantly to U.S. victory in the battle.

Despite the American victory, U.S. carrier losses were as bad as those experienced by the Japanese.

In which American city did a riot break out in 1943 over the proposed development of minority housing?

Detroit

Throughout Reagan's term in office, the CIA

Did not realize the fragility of the Soviet Union

Why had Ngo Dinh Diem lost the support of many South Vietnamese by 1961?

Diem , A Catholic, persecuted members of the Buddhist majority.`

With thier garrison under seige at ____________ ________________ _______________, the French requested support from the U.S Military

Dien Bein Phu

With their garrison under siege at Dien Bien Phu , the French requested support from the U.S. military.

Dien Bien Phu

The southern conservative wing of the Democratic Party came to be known as the...

Dixiecrats

This Cold War theory involved the principle that should one nation fall to the communists, their neighboring states would as well.

Domino effect.

Spock

Dr. Benjamin ____ authored Baby and Child Care and influenced America's permissive society

What led Stalin to see an opportunity to advance Soviet state interests?

Due to the toll of the war, Britain and the United States were unlikely to enter into conflict with the Soviet Union; The American atomic arsenal was much smaller than previously thought; The defeat of Germany and Japan meant that eastern and western Soviet borders were secure.

Relief

During the 1930's, financial assistance to the unemployed was called ____.

Stevenson

Election of 1952

Dust storms throughout the Great plains caused the condition known as the

Dust Bowl

Dust storms throughout the Great Plains caused the condition known as the ________ ________

Dust Bowls

Dust storms throughout the Great Plains caused the condition known as the __________ __________.

Dust Bowls

When the Watergate burglars went on trial in January 1973, two White House aides went on trial with them. Who were they?

E. Howard Hunt Jr. and G. Gordon Liddy

When the Watergate burglars went on trials in Jan 1973, two WH aides went on trials with them, who?

E. Howard Hunt Jr. and G. Gordon Liddy

When the Watergate burglars went on trial in January 1973, two White House aides went on trial with them. Who were they?

E. Howard Hunt, Jr., and G Gordon Liddy

Berlin Wall

East Germany built the ____ to prevent East Germans from escaping to freedom in West Berlin.

Several factors explain the rise of the cold war, according to the text. Which IS NOT a correct statement of one these factors?

Economic: both the U.S. and USSR were economically devastated after World War II.

Sherman Antitrust Act

Effort to outlaw monopolies

The Kennedy administration employed covert operations similar to those approved by President _________________________

Eisenhower

What change in the U.S. foreign preceded Soviet Premier Khrushchev's decision to visit the United States

Eisenhower wanted to improve U.S- Soviet relations

What change in the U.S. foreign preceded Sovit Premier Khrushchev's decision to visit the United States

Eisenhower wanted to improve U.S- Soviet relations

What change in U.S. foreign policy preceded Soviet Premier Khrushchev's decision to visit the United States?

Eisenhower wanted to improve U.S.-Soviet relations

How did the downign of an American spy plane impair Eisenhower's efforts to improve relations with the soviet union

Eisenhower's visit to Moscow was canceled

Why did Carter's comprehensive plan fail to pass Congress?

Energy policy was heavily influenced by special interests.

Darwin

English scientist associated with the theory of evolution

The Civil Rights Act did all of the following except

Ensure and protect African American Voting

This 1970s act, which prohibited discrimination based on gender, passed the House and the Senate but failed to gain sufficient support in state legislatures.

Equal Rights Amendment

This 1970s act, which prohibited discrimination based on gender, passed the House and the Senate but failed to gain sufficient support in state legislatures

Equal Rights Amendment Act - CW

American foreign policy advisers held a(n) ______view of foreign affairs whereby Korea was merely a "small link" in a global security system.

Eurocentric

American foreign policy advisers held a(n) _______ view of foreign affairs whereby Korea was merely a "small link" in a global security system.

Eurocentrist

The tension between Truman and MacArthur corresponded to foreign-policy experts' disagreements on whether to focus on the Pacific basin or

Europe

If you are claiming you are born again, you belong to this type of church

Evangelical

What statements regarding the foreign policy document known as NSC-68 is correct?

Even the harshest critics of NSC-68 admitted that its analysis was correct.

Which statement regarding the foreign policy document known as NSC-68 is incorrect?

Even the harshest critics of NSC-68 admitted that its analysis was correct.

Harry S. Truman

FDR's running mate in the 1944 election

President Roosevelt established the _______________ in order to stop discrimination in the hiring of government or defense industry workers.

FEPC

Churchill and Roosevelt denied Stalin his requested second ____________ from 1942 to 1944.

FRONT

A Republican favoring small government, Eisenhower consistently fought to overturn programs accociated with New deal liberalism

False

Even in the face of the "Roosevelt recession" conservatives in the U.S. Congress found that the President was too influential for them to push through their agenda

False

McCarthy's young staffers Roy Cohn and David Schine behaved diplomatically on their tour of Europe

False

T or F: Eisenhower abandoned the containment doctrine formulated by the Truman administration.

False

T or F: Prior to the outbreak of hostilities, Korea occupied a central place in the Truman administration's foreign policy.

False

T or F; McCarthy was the guiding force behind the national concern about Communists in the United States.

False

true or false: The House Committee on Un-American Activities uncovered a powerful network of Communist filmmakers.

False Reason: The HUAC never presented convincing evidence of any such network.

True or false: The postwar baby boom was a continuation of an already existing demographic trend of increasing birthrates in twentieth-century America.

False Reason: Birth rates dropped to an all-time low during the Depression because many couples chose to delay having children.

True or false: The Communist Party became an important force in American politics during the 1930s.

False Reason: Recall that the Communist Party was weak in the 1930s.

True or false: Neither Roosevelt nor Churchill were concerned about containing the Soviet Union after World War II.

False Reason: The leaders did have postwar concerns about the Soviet Union.

T or F: McCarthy's young staffers Roy Cohn and David Schine behaved as diplomats on their tour of Europe

False Reason: The staffers did not behave as diplomats.

True or false: President Truman was able to use the atomic bomb to gain diplomatic advantage over the Soviets.

False Stalin already knew about the existence of the atomic bomb before Truman referred to it.

True or false: The U.S. navy effectively destroyed the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. True false question. True

False The victory over the Japanese navy was at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines.

The New Deal program that offered loans to tenant farmers so that they could buy their own farms was the...

Farm Security Administration

The founder of the United ________ ________ of America, an organization of migrant workers in the United States, was Cesar Chavez.

Farm Workers

What factors contributed to the erosion and dust storms of the Great Plains?

Farming, drought, and grazing

In order to rid the government of " Reds, phonies, and 'parior pinks,'" Truman established the

Federal Employee Loyalty Program

In order to rid the government of "Reds, phonies, and 'parlor pinks,'" Truman established the

Federal Employee Loyalty Program

The Banking Act of 1935 established the...

Federal Reserve Board

The New Deal agency that insured deposits up to a certain amount was called the

Federal deposit Insurance Corporation

The Banking act of 1935 established the

Federal reserve Board

The integration of the schools in Little Rock, Arkansas took two years and the arrival of

Federal troops

Radicals in the late 1960s, throughout the world, lauded who?

Fidel Castro, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara

During the 1970s, many people turned to the born-again movement because they wanted to

Find more traditional Religious practices

Spencer

First proponent of Social Darwinism

What was the ruling in the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case Bakke v. Regents of the University of California?

Fixed quotas were disallowed as a means by which to promote diversity in higher education.

The presidential election of 2000 was ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court because of an electoral stalemate in the state of

Flordia

Hoover

Food administration

Taiwan

Formosa

Rockefeller

Founder of the Standard Oil Company

The Big Three included __________ as part of the division of Germany.

France

Big Three

Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, with their alliance and leadership

What was "fragging" in the Vietnam War?

GIs throwing grenades at officers who were pursuing the war too aggressively.

Eisenhower's claim that the U-2 shot down by the Soviet military was a weather plan was invalidated when Khrushchev produced the plane's pilot, whose name was...

Gary Powers

Eisenhower's claim that the U-2 shot down by the Soviet military was a weather plane was invalidated when Khrushchev produced the plane's pilot, whose name was

Gary Powers.

Who in the Soviet Union chain of command was in charge of deciding whether to use the nuclear weapons located in Cuba?

General Issa Pliyev

Who in the Soviet chain of command was in charge of deciding whether to use the nuclear weapons located in Cuba?

General Issa Pliyev

Sloan

General Motors

The Manhattan Project was spurred by fears that the _______ were developing nuclear weapons.

Germans

In late 1941 Roosevelt and Churchill decided that ______ was the country that posed the greatest threat.

Germany

WW2 began when which country invaded poland in 1939?

Germany

Who was the aggressor in the Battle of Britain?

Germany

Who was the aggressor in the battle of britain?

Germany

World War II began when which country invaded Poland in 1939?

Germany

Great Britain and France declared war on Germany because of which action?

Germany's attack on neighboring Poland

In 1937, President Roosevelt called for an international quarantine of three aggressor nations:

Germany, Italy, Japan

Axis

Germany, Italy, and Japan were together called ____ Powers.

The Employment Act of 1946 established what principle?

Government was responsible for managing unemployment.

Which of the following was among the countries to which U.S. troops were deployed in the early 1990s?

Haiti

Hanna

Hand-picked governor William McKinley

Who said, " he who controls Europe is well on his way toward controlling the whole world"?

Hans Margenthau

Gold Standard

Hard Money

The anger, frustration, and despair felt in the ghettos manifested itself in rioting in the ______ neighborhood of New York City; the ______ neighborhood of Los Angeles; Detroit' and elsewhere.

Harlem ; Watts

Who oversaw the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)?

Harry Hopkins

Which of the following best describes Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy of protest during the Civil Rights Movement?

He advocated protest through nonviolent and Christian ideals

Which of the following best describes Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy of the protest during the civil rights movement?

He advocated protest through nonviolent christian ideals

Which of the following best describes Martin Luther Kings Jr.s philosophy of protest during the civil rights movement

He advocated protest through nonviolent means and Christian ideals

Which of the following statements regarding King's response to the rise of militancy is not correct

He attempted to find a middle ground between his approach and that of the Militants

How did Johnson feel about ghetto violence, rioting, and Black militancy?

He believed that they undermined the racial progress of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.

How did Khrushchev solve the problem of East Germans crossing into West Germany

He built a wall in Berlin

How did Khrushchev solve the problem of East Germans crossing into West Germany?

He built a wall in Berlin.

Which of the following accurately describes Bill Clinton?

He called for reform of the welfare and health care systems. His wife, Hillary, had a full-time career. He was the first baby boomer president.

Why did Dulles Refuse to allow Vietnamese people to elect their leaders in a democratic election?

He considered any victory for communism to be unacceptable

Why did Dulles refuse to allow the Vietnamese people to elect their leaders in a democratic election?

He considered any victory for communism to be unacceptable.

How did Reagan handle the PATCO strike in 1981?

He declared the strike illegal and fired the air traffic controllers.

Why was President Kennedy reluctant to use federal intervention in Southern civil rights matters?

He did not want to alienate white southern Democrats

Why was President Kennedy reluctant to use federal intervention in Southern civil rights matters?

He did not want to o alienate white southern Democrats

How did Lee Harvey Oswald explain his motivations?

He did not; he was killed by Jack Ruby two days after his arrest.

How did Carter prefer to tackle rising energy prices in the United States?

He encouraged conservation

How did Carter prefer to tackle rising energy prices in the United States?

He encouraged conservation.

How did Kennedy respond to the discovery that the Soviet Union had deployed nuclear weapons in Cuba?

He enforced a naval blockade of Cuba.

Part of Johnson's legacy as president are the Great Society programs. What was his personal view of civil rights, aid to those with incomes below the federal poverty line, education, and welfare for the elderly?

He genuinely believed in these things.

Which of the following statements about Eugene McCarthy is not true?

He had a strong support from conservative Republicans

The articles of impeachment against Nixon charged which of the following?

He had hindered the House Judiciary Committee's investigation. He had obstructed justice. He had abused his constitutional authority in properly using federal agencies to harass citizens.

How did Henry Ford react to the 1932 protest in which three thousand marchers stormed the Dearborn plant?

He had his police force use water hoses and guns against the protesters.

How did Henry Ford react to the 1932 protests in which three thousand marchers stormed the Dearborn plant?

He had his police force use water hoses and guns against the protesters.

Which of the following correctly describes candidate Donald Trump?

He had never held political office. He had faced dozens of lawsuits for nonpayment of debts. He had at least four bankruptcies.

The articles of impeachment against Nixon charged him with what?

He had obstructed justice, had abuse his constitutional authority in improperly using federal agencies to harass citizens, and had hindered the committee's investigation

What led to VP Agnew's resignation in the midst of the Watergate investigation?

He had systematically solicited bribed as governor and vp

What led to Vice President Agnew's resignation in the midst of the Watergate investigation?

He had systematically solicited bribes both as governor and as vice president.

Labor leader A. Philip Randolph was responsible for which of the following? Multiple select question. He launched a campaign for blacks to gain entrance to jobs in defense industries and government agencies. He promoted peaceful talks and negotiations with white leaders. He was an advocate of greater black militancy. He pushed for more extreme segregation between blacks and whites.

He launched a campaign for blacks to gain entrance to jobs in defense industries and government agencies. He was an advocate of greater black militancy.

Labor leader A. Philip Randolph was responsible for:

He launched a campaign for blacks to gain entrance to jobs in defense industries and government agencies. He was an advocate of greater black militancy.

In what way did Thurgood Marshall differ from previous leading Black leaders?

He moved with ease among Blacks and whites and was more "of the people."

What did Lyndon Johnson do on his first day as President?

He promised civil right leaders he would pass Kennedy's civil rights bill

What did Lyndon Johnson do on his first day as a president?

He promised civil rights leaders he would pass Kennedy's civil rights bill

What did Lyndon Johnson do on his first day as president?

He promised civil rights leaders he would pass Kennedy's civil rights bill.

In the 1932 campaign, what best describes what Roosevelt promised?

He promised whatever he needed to, depending on his audience.

How did Clinton portray himself as a new type of Democratic politician?

He promoted a moderate, probusiness agenda.

How did Bush approach the 1992 "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro?

He resisted efforts to address global warming.

What action did democratically elected Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán take that triggered a covert CIA operation in Guatemala, resulting in his ouster and replacement with a military dictatorship?

He seized land that belonged to the United Fruit Company.

How did president Kennedy respond to the desegregation of the University Of Mississippi

He sent Federal marshals to keep the peace

What statement best describes Nixon's adherence to conservative or liberal philosophies during the course of his presidency?

He subscribed to conservative beliefs but supported the most popular aspects of liberal government

Which of the following statements best describes Nixon's adherence to conservative or liberal philosophies during the course of his presidency?

He subscribed to conservative beliefs but supported the most popular aspects of liberal government.

How did President Roosevelt modernize the presidency?

He took a leading role in initiating new laws

What statements are an accurate representation of Ralph Nader's interaction with the private sector in the 1960s?

He used his early success as a consumer advocate to fund an advocacy organization that exposed the irresponsible practices of numerous corporations; He played a key role in the passage of unprecedented gov standards for the safety of cars and roads; His research into unsafe cars led GM to initiate a campaign to discredit him.

How did Carter try to distance himself symbolically from the idea of the imperial presidency?

He walked to his inauguration.

According to John Poindexter's testimony, why did he not tell Ronald Reagan about the plots linking Iran and the Nicaraguan Contras?

He wanted Reagan to maintain "future deniability."

What was Khrushchev's chief reason for placing nuclear weapons in Cuba?

He wanted to level the nuclear playing field with the United States.

What accurately describes Bill Clinton?

He was the first baby boomer president. He called for reform of the welfare and health care systems. His wife, Hillary, had a full-time career.

How did the Bonus Army's situation affect Hoover's reputation as a president?

He was viewed as unsympathetic to the plight of the unemployed

The Johnson administration developed an education initiative for preschools known as

Head Start

The Johnson administration developed an education initiative for preschoolers known as

Head Start.

Why were many conservative adults uncomfortable with Elvis Presley's popularity among young people

His style was shaped by lower-class and black influences

Saigon

Ho Chi Minh City

John Foster Dulles promoted a South Vietnamese governmentled by a Ngo Dinh Diem as preferable to a unified Vietnam Under ____________ ______________ _______________

Ho chi minh

Which did conservatives claim was controlled by Communist sympathizers?

Hollywood

The United States did very little to end the ______ or aid Europe's Jews.

Holocaust

The United States did very little to end the _____________ or aid Europe's Jews.

Holocaust

What was a chief argument of the United Organizations of Taxpayers regarding the benefits of lower property taxes for small homeowners?

Homeowners did not receive tax breaks like businesses.

Which of the following is an example of de facto segregation

Housing patterns that kept African Americans from buying property in white neighborhoods

$12 billion

How much did the Marshall Plan cost?

Riis

How the Other Half Lives

The politician responsible for the "Share Our Wealth" clubs was...

Huey Long

Adams

Hull House

China

In 1882, the government voted to halt immigration form the country of ____.

Stalin's actions in Berlin sped up the formation of an alliance known as

NATO

Stalin's actions in Berlin sped up the formation of an alliance known as...

NATO

Panay

In the ____ incident, the Japanese sank an American gunboat.

1871

In what year was the great Chicago fire?

Thomas Edison

Incandescent lamp (light bulb)

Seeking a solution to the socioeconomic problems confronting their communities, some Chicano activists in the late 1960s called for the creation of

Independent latino enclaves

Among Asian immigrants to the United States, those from ______ have more easily adapted to American society because many had college degrees and previous knowledge of English.

India

How did the New Deal change the extent to which Indians controlled their own land?

Indians' control over their land increased for the first time since the 1880's.

Steffen

Influential muckraker

What was Truman's primary motivation for firing McArthur?

Insubordination

The ________________ ________________ Act established the largest public works project in U.S history, providing federal funding for 41,000 mile of roads

Interstate Highway

In 1946, the NAACP obtained the Morgan v. Virginia ruling, which declared that segregation was illegal on/in:

Interstate buses

All of the following were covert elements of the Iran-Contra affair except

Invading Grenada

Naismith

Invented the sport of basketball

Warren Commission

Investigated assassination

The first nation that appeared to be the place in which the Truman Doctrine would be applied was

Iran

The first nation that appeared to be the place in which the Truman Doctrine would be applied was...

Iran

What two countries fought a bloody war in the Middle East from 1980 to 1988?

Iran and Iraq

What were some of the results from the covert CIA operation Ajax?

Iran's monarch was returned to power and The Mossadeq government in Iran was overthrown.

To evoke a connection to Richard Nixon's presidential mistakes, the press labeled Ronald Reagan's intrigues in Iran and Nicaragua

Irangate.

After the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq,

Iraq fractured along religious and ethnic lines

Holocaust

Jews

CCC

Jobs for Young Men

In the 2004 presidential election, George W. Bush defeated Democrat ______, who was burdened with a reputation for "flip-flopping" on issues.

John Kerry

When coal miners, led by ______, went on strike, President Roosevelt considered arresting and drafting them.

John L. Lewis

The Republican presidential candidate in the 2008 election was

John McCain.

Which pope convened Vatican II?

John XXIII

What had brought on the inflation portion of the "stagflation" of the early 1970s?

Johnson's refusal to raise taxes

Eisenhower opposed the extreme actions of the anti-Communists, but he never publicly condemned the actions of Wisconsin Senator _________________________________________________

Joseph McCarthy

The American couple, ________________, were arrested for ________________ and were given a death sentence after being found guilty.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg; spying for the Soviet

Okinawa

June 1945

Some of the organization involved in the integration of the Little Rock, Arkansas schools included the

Justice Department National Guard

Some of the organizations involved in the integration of the Little Rock, Arkansas, schools included the

Justice Department. National Guard.

Alfred Landon

Kansas Republican

New Frontier

Kennedy's domestic program was called the ____.

Memphis

King assassination

Long

Kingfish, Louisiana

Arguing that it would put an unfair burden on American businesses, the Bush administration rejected an international agreement from 1997 to curb global warming. This agreement was called the

Kyoto Protocol.

Led by middle class Latinos, the organization known by the acronym _______ sought to promote the American identity of Mexican Americans and fought for Latino civil rights in the United States.

LULAC

Led by middle-class Latinos, the organization known by the acronym ______________sought to promote the American identity of Mexican Americans and fought for Latino civil rights in the United States

LULAC

After Reagan's 1982 tax increases, what occurred?

Labor productivity improved. Unemployment fell.

After Reagan's 1982 tax increases, which of the following occurred?

Labor productivity improved. Unemployment fell. not: The stock market fell sharply. Inflation surged.

Symbolic of its refusal to take a leadership role in international affairs was the fact that the United States never joined the _______ _____ _______.

League of Nations

Kennedy's assassin was ______ ________ ________.

Lee Harvey Oswald

John F Kennedy's assassin was

Lee Harvey Oswald.

John F. Kennedy's assassin was

Lee Harvey Oswald.

The Johnson administration saw Affirmative Action as a way to correct the effects of discrimination in this kind of way

Legally

The Catholic Church established the __________ of ___________ in 1933 to review motion pictures.

Legion of Decency

The Catholic Church established the ___________ of _____________ in 1933 to review motion pictures

Legion, Decency

Who was the Reagan administration's point man during the Iran-Contra affair?

Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North

This militant civil rights leader was familiar with the plight of the lower class from his own experience

Malcom X

RFC

Loans to Banks and Railroads

The following American cities were the sites of major race riots in 1943:

Los Angeles & Detroit

Robert Kennedy and MLK both exemplified liberal politics because of their history of championing the cause of the...

Lower Classes

At the pinnacle of McCarthyism, thirty-two of states required teachers to take a _________________ oath

Loyalty

Even before McCarthy's speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, Truman had set up the Federal Employee _____________________________ program to root out Communist sympathizers

Loyalty

"Great Society"

Lyndon Johnson

"I have a dream..."

MLK Jr.'s speech

The militant civil rights leader ______ was familiar with the plight of the lower class from his own experience.

Malcolm X

This militant civil rights leader was familiar with the plight of the lower class from his own experience

Malcolm X

This militant civil rights leader was familiar with the plight of the lower class from his own experience.

Malcolm X

V-Day

May 8, 1945

Eisenhower opposed the extreme actions of the _____ but did not publicly condemn McCarthyism.

McCarthyites

Begun during the Johnson administration, this program provides medical care for low income families

Medicaid

______ provides medical care for low-income families, and ______ provides health insurance for the elderly.

Medicaid ; Medicare

AMA

Medical standards

What federal program illustrates Johnson's concern for the elderly, who typically use the hospital three times more frequently than the general public but had half the income?

Medicare

What federal program illustrates Johnsons concern for the elderly, who typically used the hospital three time more frequently than the general public but had half the income

Medicare

Which of the following does not characterize the counterculture?

Members were interested in preserving current society.

The Delgado v. Bastrop ruling demonstrated that

Mexican Americans wanted full rights of citizenship.

How did the larger, comprehensive high schools of the 1950s affect the middle-class youth culture?

Middle class youths adopted aspects of the culture of working class students

Following the Battle of ______, the United States went on the offensive, which drastically changed the war in the Pacific.

Midway

Chavez

Migrant workers

Which of the following contributed to most Americans being unaware of Asian involvement in identity politics?

Most Asian Americans lived in only three states. Most Asian Americans were unlikely to join in the more public and vocal protests of the era. Not: Most Asian Americans self-identified more with whites than with ethnic minorities. Anti-black racism among Asian Americans kept them from participating in many of the era's movements.

What contributed most to Americans being unaware of Asian involvement in identity politics?

Most Asian Americans were unlikely to join in the more public and vocal protests of the era; Most Asian Americans lived only in three states.

The Internment of Japanese communities: Which of the following statements about the internment of Japanese communities are true?

Most Japanese Americans were forced to sell their property and goods at below market value. Only those in western states were sent to internment camps. Most internment camps were in Western states.

Why did the Puerto Rican community in New York lose some of the leadership it needed to advance its political interests after WWII?

Most Puerto Ricans were not willing to put down the kind of roots stateside that would have been necessary; Many light-skinned Puerto Ricans escaped racial discriminations and segregation to blend into the middle class.

James

Most prominent publicist of pragmatism

By the winter of 1931-1932, what was the state of private relief organizations?

Most were severely depleted, with little hope of new donations.

Women's Colleges

Mount Holyoke, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Radcliffe

Which activity was encouraged in the communities created by William Levitt

Mowing the lawn weekly

What event made black soldiers, especially, question why they were fighting in Vietnam?

Muhammad Ali's refusal to be drafted

Choose the answer that correctly lists, from earliest to latest, the rise to power of the following world leaders.

Mussolini, Roosevelt, Hitler

Choose the answer that correctly lists, from earliest to letest, the rise to power of the following world leaders.

Mussolini, Roosevelt, Hitler

To cope with the effects of the Great Depression, Mexican Americans formed _______, traditional societies that provided insurance and sickness benefits to members.

Mutualistas

Which of the following civil rights organizations effectively used the nation's judicial system to implement lasting change in America?

NAACP

Colonel Gamal Adbel _____________ was the nationalist leader of Eygpt who tried to modernize his country and foster a pan- Arab alliance in the 1950s

Nasser

Malcolm X was associated with this religious group

Nation of Islam

Malcolm X was associated with what religious group?

Nation of Islam

What legislation established the Public Works Administration?

National Industrial Recovery Act

Which of the following established the largest public works project in U.S. history, providing federal funding for 41,000 miles of road?

National Interstate and Defense Highways Act

Which of the following established the largest public works project in U.S. history, providing federal funding for 41,000 miles of roads?

National Interstate and Defense Highways Act

The _____ _____ ______ Act created a board that had the authority to ensure the bargaining rights of unions.

National Labor Relations

The ___________ ______________ ______________ Act created a board that had the authority to ensure the bargaining rights of unions

National Labor Relations

Alice Paul

National Women's Party

The agency that provided jobs for young people was the...

National Youth Administration

U.S. leaders viewed Japan's invasion of ______ as a threat to the U.S. open-door policy.

Nationalist China

U.S. leaders viewed Japans invasion of ___ as a threat to the U.S. open door policy.

Nationalist China

** The Congressional policy of termination essentailly provided one-time payments, but little else for

Native Americans.

Working Class suburbs tended to develop...

Near manufacturing centers

Which statement about the end of the Korean war is incorrect?

Nearly 17,000 Americans were killed in the Korean War.

Which statement about the end of Korean War is incorrect?

Nearly 17,000 Americans were killed in the Korean War. True: Korea remained divided much as it had been in 1950. An armistice ended the war in July 1953. Communism had been "contained."

Which statement about the end of the Korean War is incorrect?

Nearly 17,000 Americans were killed in the Korean war

In order to give China continued access to American goods, President Roosevelt in 1937 refused to invoke the __________ _____________ , but this ultimately benefited Japan, whose volume of trade with the United States dwarfed China's.

Neutrality Act

FDR

New Deal

In promoting his "Fair Deal" , Truman called for the revival of several __________________________________ programs, including regional improvement projects like the TVA

New Deal

In promoting his Fair Deal, Truman called for the revival of several ________ ________ programs, including regional improvement projects like the TVA.

New Deal

In promoting hisFair Deal, Tuman called for the revival of several _______ ______ programs, including regional improvement projects like the TVA.

New Deal

Nixon hoped that the frustration many Democrats felt over the social upheavals of the 1960s could contribute to Republican dominance and destroy the Democratic coalition that had existed since the

New Deal

The Progressive ticket thought that Truman had not gone far enough in carrying out ________ ________ reforms.

New Deal

The progressive ticket though that Truman had not gone far enough in carrying out _____________________ reforms

New Deal

Henry Hopkins

New Deal Administrator

The federal block grant program of 1972 was part of a conservative agenda that was designed as a counter to liberal federal programs. Nixon called this program...

New Federalism

What was the first state to have an agency to handle the unemployed, the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA) established in 1931?

New York

Japan's attack of ________ confirmed doubts about the effectiveness of the U.S. policy of "nonrecognition"

Shanghai

Speaker of the House ______ led the 1994 Republican majority in the House of Representative and promised to complete the conservative revolution begun by Ronald Reagan.

Newt Gingrich

What triggered the Vietcong to renew their guerrilla warfare in 1956?

Ngo Dinh Diem decided not to hold elections

The War Powers Resolution was created in reaction to the...

Nixon Presidency

What statement best portrays the efforts of the Nixon administration to achieve more favorable relations with the Soviet Union and China?

Nixon sought to resolve issues of mutual concern with the Soviets and exploited the rivalry between the Soviet Union and China to his advantage.

What is an accurate statement in connection with Nixon's view of the potential political uses of independent federal bureaucracies?

Nixon's deep resentment of opponents encouraged him to settle scores by any means.

Which of the following is an accurate statement in connection with Nixon's view of the potential political uses of independent federal bureaucracies?

Nixon's deep resentment of opponents encouraged him to settle scores by any means.

What initiative, signed into law in January 2002, attempted to make schools more accountable through the use of standardized tests?

No Child Left Behind

Who told Congress that a war in Asia would be the " wrong war, at the wrong place, and the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy"?

Omar Bradley

Dwight Eisenhower was the commander of the June 1944 invasion of ___________

Normandy

One of the turning points of the war in Europe was Operation Torch in late 1942, which was an assault on

North Africa

One of the turning points of the war in Europe was operation Torch in late 1942, which was an assault on

North Africa

What country's troops crossed the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950?

North Korea

When did the Cuban missile crisis take place?

October 1962

Townsend

Old Age Pension Plan

Grangers

Oliver H. Kelly

Who told Congress that a war in Asia would be "the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy"?

Omar Bradley

Who told Congress that a war in Asia would be "the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy."

Omar Bradley

Hoovervilles

Shanty Towns

By the early 2000s, the largest number of Muslim immigrants to the U.S. came from

Pakistan and South Asia.

How many Mexican Americans were in the Senate during the New Deal Era?

One, Dennis Chaves

Sociologist William Whyte regretted the loss of what in suburban developments?

Open Space

Glasnost

Openness

Political Machines

Organizations that dispensed favours to the voters

One infamous militant who traveled to Afghanistan to join Afghan rebels fighting the Soviet Union in the 1980s was ______, who was born in Saudi Arabia.

Osama Bin Laden

The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 in part to capture Osama bin Laden, who was affiliated with the Afghanistan group the

Osama bin Laden

MacArthur

Pacific Commander

Midway

Pacific Turning Point

The GI Bill offered which of the following?

Paid tuition for college or vocational training.

What did the Japanese conquer?

Philippines

The most high-profile movement against the Equal Rights Amendment, called STOP ERA, was led by

Phyllis Schlafly.

Sears

Please list an early illustration of a "chain store" that was given in the notes.

Germany invaded ______ on September 1, 1939, starting World War II.

Poland

Germany invaded ___________ on September 1, 1939, starting WWII.

Poland

Coolidge

Police strike

Salk

Polio Vaccine

Bosses

Political machines were headed up by ____.

Which statement regarding the Loyalty Review Board is incorrect?

President Truman actively opposed the board's creation.

Which statement regarding the system of loyalty review boards is incorrect?

President Truman actively opposed the board's creation.

Space Shuttle

Re-usable

President Ford gave former President Nixon a

Presidential Pardon

Woodrow Wilson

Princeton

In terms of philosophical influence, 1960s environmentalists felt that government corporate interact in conservation efforts should resemble that of the

Progressive Era

Bull Moose

Progressive Party

Patronage

Spoils system

The American involvement in Vietnam essentially came to an end in 1975 because

Public frustration compelled the U.S congress to refuse further funding

In his " Letter from Birmingham Jail," King responded to local ministers who wanted him to

Put an end to confrontation

After the 1983 bombing of a marine barracks in Lebanon,

Reagan withdrew the troops

Communism

Red Scare

What did President Herbert Hoover allow his secretary of state, Henry Stimson, to do in response to the Japanese takeover of Manchuria?

Refuse to recognize the new Japanese territories.

_______________ became very prominent in the United States during the decade of the fifties.

Religion

CORE

Resist Racial Segregation

Roosevelt responded to critics like Huey Long, and Father Charles Coughlin with the __________ ________ of 1935 also known as the " Wealth Tax Act"

Revenue act

Dwight Eisenhower's vice presidential running mate in 1952 was...

Richard M. Nixon

Dwight Eisenhower's vice-president running mate in 1952 was

Richard M. Nixon

The Watergate tapes contained recordings of several consecrations and telephone calls from

Richard Nixon

The Watergate tapes contained recordings of several conversations and telephone calls from

Richard Nixon.

In May 2017, the Justice Department appointed ______ as special counsel with the authority to investigate Russian meddling in the election and any potential collusion with the Trump campaign.

Robert S. Mueller

Young Americans for Freedom's ultimate political legacy was their

Role in shaping the conservative Republican party figures of the 1970s

A famous 1987 summit meeting in Reykjavík, Iceland, featured which two world leaders?

Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev

Which of the following spurred Americans to change their views from isolationism to internationalism?

Roosevelt's aid to the Allied powers and the Battle of Britain

Coughlin

Royal Oak, Michigan

The Second New Deal agency that brought electric power to farmers and other isolated Americans was the

Rural Electrification Administration

The Second New Deal agency that brought electric power to farmers and other isolated Americans was the ______ _____ ______.

Rural Electrification Administration

One way that the Great Depression affected African Americans was by discouraging immigration out of the

Rural South

People from what nation promised "dirt" on Hillary Clinton to members of Trump's campaign team?

Russia

Bill Clinton appointed ______ to the Supreme Court.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Which civil rights organization did the Kennedy administration convince to focus on voter registration

SNCC

Which civil rights organization did the Kennedy administration convince to focus on voter registration?

SNCC

By 1967, what city was recognized as the center of the counterculture

San Francisco

By 1967, what city was recognized as the center of the counterculture?

San Francisco

Appointed by Reagan, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court was

Sandra Day O'Connor.

Franz-Ferdinand

Sarajevo

What position did John Foster Dulles hold in the Eisenhower administration?

Secretary of state

The agency established to oversee the stock market was the...

Securities and Exchange Commission

The case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka concerned

Segregated schools ordered to end ( de jure segregation )

At the time he was chosen to run as Kennedy's vice president, Lyndon Johnson was

Senate majority leader.

Brown v. Board of Education overturned the doctrine of

Separate but equal

How did John F. Kennedy reassure voters concerned about the fact that he was the first Catholic to run the White House

Separation of church and state He emphasized his belief in the separation of church and state.

Japan's attack of ___ confirmed doubts about the effectiveness of the U.S policy of "nonrecognition"

Shanghai

Why did members of the international community protest the actions of Ariel Sharon's troops during Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982?

Sharon used the war as a pretext to attack Palestinian settlements.

When President Truman received word of the successful testing of an atomic bomb while he was at Potsdam, these were the questions he asked...

Should the U.S. now use the bomb? Should Truman inform Stalin that the U.S. possessed an atomic bomb? Should the U.S. warn Japan before dropping the bomb?

President Truman hoped that a victory in Korea would benefit him politically in which of the following ways?

Silence Senator McCarthy; give democrats an edge in upcoming elections

African Americans left the _____ in such large numbers that cotton growers began to buy mechanical harvesters to replace their labor.

South

Ngo Dinh Diem

South Vietnam

In the 1960s to the 1980s, Asian immigrants to the United States included a higher percentage of people from...

Southeast Asia

In the 1960s-1980s, Asian immigrants to the United States included a higher percentage of people from

Southeast Asia

The name of Martin Luther a King Jr.s organisms that emerged following the Montgomery bus boycott was the

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

The name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s organization that emerged following the Montgomery bus boycott was the

Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Churchill did not want to see Poland and eastern Europe end up under the control of the ______.

Soviet Union

Lobbyists

Special interest groups

Lindbergh

Spirit of St. Louis

What triggered Nixon's authorization of "the plumber's" break-in in 1971?

The "Pentagon Papers" had been leaked to the press.

Legislation declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court as of 1935.

The Agricultural Adjustment Act, a New York minimum wage law, and the National Recovery Act.

Four million

The Alliances peaked with just over ____ members.

In what way did the Great Depression cause Anglo-American attitudes to change toward Mexicans and Latinos?

The Anglo population's attitude shifted against Mexicans

In what way did the Great Depression cause Anglo-Americans to change toward Mexicans and Latinos

The Anglo population's attitude shifted against Mexicans

Which of the following WAS NOT a military turning point of World War Two?

The Battle of Gettysburg

Which of the following was not a military turning point of World War Two?

The Battle of the Little Big Horn.

What did Stalin perceive as threatening to Soviet interests after the war?

The French, British, and American presence in Southeast Asia; American control of Middle East oil fields

Which of the statement regarding the suspicion of Communist activity in Hollywood and the resulting HUAC investigation is incorrect?

The HUAC investigations had little impact on Hollywood

What statement regarding the suspicion of Communist activity in Hollywood and the resulting HUAC investigation is untrue?

The HUAC investigations had little impact on Hollywood.

What was the result of the attempt to impeach Bill Clinton?

The House voted to impeach Clinton, but the Senate acquitted him of the charges.

What legislation led to a sharp increase in the number of immigrants from Asia after 1965?

The Immigration Reform Act.

Child-labor

The Keating-Owen Act delay with ____.

Which event pushed aside the significant opposition to NSC-68

The Korean War

Written in 1950, David Riesman's book __________ argued that Americans were becoming more "other directed" than "inner directed"

The Lonely Crowd

This was the massive American relief package for rebuilding war-torn Europe.

The Marshall Plan

Which statement about the Marshall Plan is incorrect

The Marshall Plan included a provision stating that, as a precondition for aid, nations had to renounce communisim

Which of the following resulted from the covert CIA Operation Ajax?

The Mosaddeq government in Iran was overthrown. Iran's monarch was returned to power.

The integration of the schools in Little Rock, Arkansas took two years and the arrival of

The National Guard

What was the sticking point in peace negotiations in Vietnam in the early 1970s?

The North Vietnam rejected any agreement that left the South Vietnamese government in power.

In his book ______, William Whyte condemned the homogeneity and materialism of white-collar families in suburbia.

The Organization Man

In his book _________, William Whyte condemned the homogeneity and materialism of white-collar families in suburbia.

The Organization Man

Philadelphia and Reading

The Panic of 1893 was started by which railroad?

U.S officials falsely believed that China was the puppet of which country?

The Soviet Union

The Allied Powers of World War included which?

The Soviet Union, Great Britain, the United States, China, Free France.

What was McCarthy's first target?

The State Department

Which of the following statements concerning the Gulf of Tonkin incident and its immediate aftermath is most accurate?

The U.S. Congress authorized the president to take measures that held the potential to deepen the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

The National Recovery Administration was ended because

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional

Great White Fleet

The U.S. sent sixteen battleships known as the ____ to display our naval potential.

Which statement regarding Japanese actions in 1941 and the U.S. response to them is incorrect?

The U.S.-Japanese stalemate came to an end when Japan, imitating Hitler's Polish campaign, swept into the Dutch East Indies.

Sputnik

The USSR launched the first manmade satellite and name it ____.

What was not a result of Reagan's decision to intervene in Lebanon?

The United States harassed Palestinians living in Lebanon.

What actions did the U.S. government take in Yugoslavia in the 1990s?

The United States participated in a NATO bombing campaign against Serbia and sent troops as part of a NATO peacekeeping operation in Kosovo.

The Soviet Union sent tanks back into Budapest in October 1956 because of Hungary's decision to withdraw from

The Warsaw Pact

Selective Service

The ____ Act drafted almost three million men into the army.

Paris Peace

The ____ Conference took place to draft a treaty to formally settle the war.

38th Parallel

The ____ is the latitude line dividing communist North Korea from democratic South Korea.

Great Migration

The ____ occurred when nearly 500,000 blacks left the rural South for the industrial North.

Dust Bowl

The ____ was a large area of the South and Midwest that experienced severe drought.

Square Deal

The _____ was Theodore Roosevelt's slogan for his second term in office.

William Levitt is noted for which of the following?

The adaptation of assembly-line methods to the process of home construction.

Which of the following best identifies U.S Attorney General Robert Kennedy's reasoning for encouraging a shift to voter registration on the part of civil rights workers?

The belief that voter registration would stir up less violence than other tactics

Which of the following were objections raised by critics of the tax cuts proposed by Bush?

The cuts did little to spur the creation of jobs. The cuts erased the Clinton-era budget surpluses. The cuts favored those in high-income brackets.

Which of the following statements about the building of dams under the New Deal are true?

The dams resulted in negative impacts on the environment. Their creation often resulted in the generation of cheap electricity. The goal was to control whole river systems for regional use.

What is a principal reason that a disproportionate number of African American men lost their jobs starting in the 1970s?

The decline of American industry

In 1989-1990 this event captured the world's imagination and reunified the country at the heart of Cold War tensions

The destruction of the Berlin Wall

Race riots

The end of WWII did not bring an increase in ____.

Colleges

The federal government donated land to the states to create ____.

Pendleton

The first national civil service measure was the _____ Act.

Which shift in the relationship between the government and the people was reflected in the Social Security Act?

The government became responsible for the social well-being of Americans.

Liberty Bonds

The government took loans from the American people known as ____ to finance the war.

What did Huey Long's Share Our Wealth program propose for recovery?

The government would limit the size of all fortunes and confiscate the rest.

Which event prompted business leaders to seek ways to reduce the toll of economic slumps?

The great depression

What was not a source of division in the Middle East?

The growing number of democratic states in the region

Why did President Hoover's spending on Public works fail to end the Great Depression?

The money he allotted for public works was less than one-tenth of what was needed.

What happened to the American Indian Movement after Wounded Knee in 1973?

The movement splintered into more than 100 different organizations.

Social Darwinism

The philosophy that the strongest businesses would survive was called ____.

Which of the following best describes the position of African Americans concerning the Vietnam War?

The racial consciousness of many African Americans led them to identify with the Vietnamese.

What was the result of the investigation into allegations about Whitewater during Clinton's first term?

The special prosecutor did not find any evidence of illegal actions by the Clintons.

Which of the following statements about the foreign policies of the Eisenhower era is NOT true?

The summit meeting scheduled for 1960 between Dwight Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev was never held, because of the Berlin blockade.

Participation the war by homosexuals?

The war gave many gays their first major exposure to other homosexuals.

The Economic Recovery Tax Act the Reagan urged through the U.S. Congress lowered taxes the most for

The wealthy

zThe houses William Levitt built were known for

Their basic design

Large U.S. corporations in the WWII

Their share of the workforce more than doubled.

Why were Republicans opposed to the Panama Canal's return to the country of Panama?

They believed that it showed American weakness.

How did wartime U.S. employers deal with workers with disabilities?

They employed them in order to overcome the labor shortage.

In drafting the Social Security legislation, what did legislators do to appease southern Democrats hostile to African Americans?

They excluded occupations that were disproportionately held by blacks.

Why did the " Hollywood Ten" go to prison?

They refused to say whether they were Communists.

Why did the "Hollywood Ten" go to prison?

They refused to say whether they were Communists.

Why did black parents support busing of their children to schools in white neighborhoods?

They saw it as a way for their children to get a better education

During what was called by German U-boat sailors "the American hunting season," merchant sailors on oil tankers would sleep where on ship?

They slept wherever they wanted; no one would survive a U-boat attack.

Why did Washington officials fail to anticipate Chinese involvement in Korea?

They thought Mao was a Soviet puppet who would do nothing.

What was noteworthy about the conviction of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?

They were convicted of espionage

When Mexican immigrants were deported back to Mexico in the 1930s, what happened to their American-born children, who were U.S. citizens?

They were deported with their parents.

What correctly describes the employment situation of women and minorities after WWII?

They were often displaced by returning veterans; They fell victim to a policy of "last hired, first fired"

In what ways did New Deal agencies discriminate against African Americans?

They were paid less than whites; they were not allowed to live in certain towns, and they lost their jobs to white workers.

What impeded relief efforts for Mexican Americans during the New Deal?

They weren't a priority for the government, claim procedures were unfamiliar to many, and Latino culture did not encourage seeking aid from government

NATO

This alliance between the U.S. and Western Europe was first commanded by Eisenhower.

Which of the following correctly describe the Manhattan Project? All work was in a centralized location to insure security. Throughout the project, the fear was that the Germans would produce a bomb first. Scientists involved were American, Canadian, and British. The project cost in excess of $2 billion.

Throughout the project, the fear was that the Germans would produce a bomb first. Scientists involved were American, Canadian, and British. The project cost in excess of $2 billion.

Who is the 1960s counterculture figure best known for the promotion of drugs such as LSD?

Timothy Leary

What was the name of the landmark report put out in 1946 by the Committee on Civil Rights?

To Secure These Rights

What agreement was made at Munich in 1938 between Great Britain, France and Germany?

To allow Germany to take a portion of Czechoslovakia

Why did the Black Panthers arm themselves

To protect black communities from police harassment.

Why did the Black Panthers arm themselves?

To protect black communities from police harassment.

African Americans were hired in large numbers by the...

WPA

True or false: Saturday Night Fever glamorized vulgarity, sexuality, and violence.

True Reason: Recall that the movie glamorized vulgar language, violence, explicit sexuality, and drug use.

In a March 1947 speech to Congress, President Truman called for American aid to support freedom in the face of totalitarianism, thus introducing what came to be known as the

Truman Doctrine

Fair Deal

Truman's "____" was a progressive postwar domestic program that was opposed by Congress.

Which of the following statements regarding Trump's election is true?

Trump did not win the popular vote.

Germany attempted to break the Atlantic connection between the United States and Britain through the use of

U-boats.

Which statement regarding the "miracle" of war production is most accurate?

U.S. achievements in war production proved as important to the Allied victory as success on the battlefield.

Membership in LULAC was limited to....

U.S. citizens

Although some argued that the United States had to enter Yugoslavia to stop the violence, others feared that

U.S. troops could become entangled in another conflict like the Vietnam War.

At the close of WWII, which country was in the strongest relative position?

US

McGovern

Ultra liberal

Hoover feared that providing direct federal relief to the unemployed would

Undermine the initiative of the recipients

By 1944, what was the number of unemployed people in the U.S.?

Unemployment had virtually disappeared.

How did the Great Depression affect African American unemployment levels?

Unemployment increased.

by 1944 what was the number of unemplyed people in the U.S.?

Unemplyed had virtually disappeared

Meredith

University of Mississippi

Under the New Deal, which of the following occurred in the organized labor?

Unskilled labor found a powerful voice for collective bargaining

Under the New Deal, what occurred in organized labor?

Unskilled labor found a powerful voice for collective bargaining.

Sacco

Vanzetti

in the 1960s, the Roman Catholic Church responded to the growing concern for social issues through a series of reforms known as

Vatican II

In the 1960s, the Roman Catholic Church responded to the growing concern for social issues through a series of reforms known as

Vatican II.

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnam

Three-quarters of the almost 1 million refugees who arrived in the U.S. by 1990 were from where?

Vietnam

A unifying characteristic of student movements across the world was their opposition to U.S. involvement in the

Vietnam War.

By 1967 members of the public such as college students were increasingly more likely to

Voice their opposition of the Vietnam War

In what area did nearly 250,000 Dominican immigrants settle during the 1970s and 1980s?

Washington Heights, New York

War production created new industrial centers, especially in the ______.

West

Stalin's postwar plans called for a greatly expanded role for the Soviet Union in world affairs, but they did not call for a major conflict with the...

West.

Interstate Commerce Act

What Act did congress pass to regulate the railroad industry?

In His Steps

What C.S. novel applied the teachings of Christ to modern times?

Hearst

What California resident helped popularize "yellow journalism"?

Direct Primary

What allowed voters to choose candidates rather than political machines?

17th Amendment

What amendment provided for direct election of senators previously appointed by state legislatures?

Radar

What device revolutionized the tracking of ships and planes during WWII?

Polio

What disease did FDR overcome?

OPEC

What organization refused to sell oil to nations supporting Israel and raised prices 400%?

Blitzkrieg

What was the German word for "lightning war"?

Russia, France, and Britain

What was the Triple Entente comprised of?

In 1955, Emmett Till was murdered in Mississippi because he

While visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman four days earlier.

Dewey

Who applied theories of pragmatism to education?

Alger

Who became famous for his "rags to riches" stories?

Martin Luther King Jr.

Who became the recognized spokesman for Black America during and after the bus boycott?

Bell

Who created the first patented, commercially useful telephone?

What conclusion did Professor Alfred Kinsey reach concerning women and sex?

Women enjoyed sex in much the same way that men did.

Which of the following best describes employment opportunities from women during the Great Depression?

Women in the workforce continued to work in positions traditionally held by women

In 1969, the _____ Music Festival was the ;largest rock concert ever organized.

Woodstock

Headed by Harry Hopkins, the largest work relief program introduced during the "second hundred days" was the

Works Progress Administration

What did al Qaeda bomb in its first attack on the United States in 1993?

World Trade Center

In 1973 the Indian activist group AIM protested policies of the U.S. government's bureau of Indian Affairs by taking over a trading post

Wounded Knee

In 1973 the Indian activist group AIM protested policies of the U.S. government's Bureau of Indian Affairs by taking over a trading post in

Wounded Knee.

Where did the Big Three leaders meet for the last time, to discuss postwar Europe and the war against Japan?

Yalta

What was the "Munich analogy"?

You dare not appease aggressors.

Burger

____ replaced Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Before he began to organize wartime protests, A. Philip Randolph had been ______.

a labor leader the leader of a black labor organization.

New Deal relief efforts had....

a limited effect on Latino communities

New Deal relief efforts had

a limiting effect on Latino communities

Which demographic initiative did the Kennedy adminustration manage to see through the U.S Congress

a minimum wage increase

The Ho Chi Minh Trails could best be described as

a network of routes that passed through Laos and Cambodia

All the following factors played into Nixon's decision to resign the presidency except

a public admission of guilt. factors: impending impeachment for abusing his power. evidence that he was involved in bribery. a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against him.

During WWII, American women in the military were

able to serve as noncombatants

During World War II, American women in the military were ______.

able to serve as noncombatants

The new Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965:

abolished "national origins" quota system that had been in place since 1924, the act also doubled the number of immigrants allowed to enter annually while for the first time setting limits on immigrants from the Western Hemispere, it further provided for the admission of close relatives of US citizens, outside those numerical limits

In the Rod v. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that certain state legislation had unduly restricted women's access to

abortion

In the Roe v Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that certain state legislation had unduly restricted women's access to...

abortion

In the Roe v. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that certain state legislation had unduly restricted women's access to

abortion.

By how many votes did John F. Kennedy defeat Richard Nixon?

about 118,000

What revelation was central to the experience of being born again?

acknowledging sinfulness

What best describes Reagan as president?

adaptable

When China threated Taiwan in 1955, Eisenhower availed himself of all the following options expect

agreeing to recognize Communist China

The Economic Opportunity Act tried to address the various causes of poverty by

aiding small businesses, migrant workers, and unskilled workers

Which of the following most transformed West Coast industry during World War II?

aircraft construction

which of the following most transformed West Coast industry during WW2

aircraft construction

The September 11, 2001, attacks were coordinated and carried out by

al Qaeda.

Japanese who were U.S. citizens were treated no differently than Japanese

aliens.

Osama bin Laden was dismayed that his home country of Saudi Arabia

allowed the United States to stage attacks on Iraq from Saudi lands.

Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court made rulings that affected ordinary Americans by

allowing more people the right to a fair trial

Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court made rulings that affected ordinary Americans by

allowing more people the right to a fair trial.

Richard Nixon's attitude toward "value movements" could best be described as...

ambivalent, but he thought they had broad popular appeal

What did Father Divine promise his followers?

an afterlife full of equality

All of the following describe attepts to improve relations between the United States and the Soviet Union after the Cuban missle crisis except

an agreement to reduce the number of nuclear weapons possessed by both sides

From Hitler's perspective, what was the principal benefit of signing the August 1939 nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union?

an assurance that he would not have to fight a two-front war.

Which one of the following WAS NOT a major social or economic trend of the post-World War II era?

an cultural consensus enthusiastically supported by all segments of society

The $700 billion TARP program, in which the government purchased "toxic assets" to try to stabilize the financial markets, was

an example of government involvement in business affairs.

With respect to Poland, the Yalta conference provided for

an interim government and subsequent free elections.

Difficult campaigns on Okinawa and Iwo Jima convinced Roosevelt that the only way to defeat Japan was through ______.

an invasion of the mainland

Following the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, Americans faced a different scare when it was revealed that letters containing ______ had been sent through the postal system.

anthrax spores

Clergy who preached their message on television in the 1950s tended to focus on what themes?

anticommunism patriotism not: the infallibility of the Bible the universalism of God

Former British prime minister Neville Chamberlain's policy of ______, which served to strengthen Hitler's expansionist policy, was used as a warning for American foreign policy toward the Soviet Union.

appeasement

Former British prime minister Neville Chamberlain's policy of _________________________, which served to strengthen Hitler's expansionist policy, was used as a warning for American foreign policy toward the soviet Union.

appeasement

Which best described the non-confrontational policy of Britain and France toward German expansion in 1938?

appeasement

which of the following terms best describes the non-confrontational policy of Britain and France toward German expansion in 1938?

appeasement

President George W. Bush hoped to impose conservative values on judicial rulings by

appointing John Roberts to the Supreme Court.

What was the central message of prosperity theology?

approval of economic success

Which of the following tactics was Martin Luther King Jr. unlikely participate in?

armed protests

How did Reagan-era conservatives generally perceive environmental regulations?

as a strategy to regulate business

In the powerful position as director of the Office of War Mobilization, Supreme Court justice James F. Byrnes earned the unofficial title "____________ ____________"

assistant president

The Manhattan Project was a large scale project to develop an ____ ____

atomic bomb

The Manhattan Project was a large-scale project to develop an _________ __________

atomic bomb

As part of the Tet Offensive, the Vietcong:

attacked the presidential palace in South Vietnam and invaded the American Embassy in Saigon.

With the introduction of color and ___________, movies entertained Depression-era audiences and allowed them to forget their troubles.

audio

The largest strikes occurred in which industry

automobile

The Environmental Protection Agency's first major act was to

ban most domestic uses of DDT.

In the 1990s, young Mexican immigrants gathered to listen to what type of music?

banda

The so-called "merchants of death," ___________ and ________ _____________ were found by the Nye Committee to have profited from World War I

bankers and arms makers

The so called "merchants of death," ______ and ______ were found by the Nye Committee to have profited from World War I.

bankers; arms makers

Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection in September 2008. This was a sign of the problems in the ______ industry.

banking

The Net neutrality act of 1935 ___ the sale of munitions to belligerents in wartime

banned

The Neutrality Act of 1935 ______ the sale of munitions to belligerents in wartime.

banned

The Neutrality Act of 1935

banned the sale of munitions to all belligerents.

The neutrality legislation of the 1930s was based on the assumption that the United States could keep out of war by

banning arms sales to countries at war

Which of the following actions did federal, state, and local authorities take to combat Communist influence in the United States?

banning the book Robin Hood requiring loyalty oaths from teachers inquiring about employees' newspaper subscriptions not: barring known Communists from voting

Which of the following were medical breakthroughs of the 1980s?

the CAT scan MRIs synthetic insulin production

In 1966 U.S. national leaders who were hawks concerning the Vietnam war

believed that a U.S. victory was crucial to safeguard the lives of Americans fighting the way

In 1966 national leaders who were hawks concerning the Vietnam war

believed that a US victory was crucial to safeguard the lives of American fighting at war

Hollywood studios, fearful of government anticommunist pressure, produced a _________ to prevent suspected Communists from finding work.

blacklist

Hollywood studios, fearful of government anticommunist pressure, produced a _____________________ to prevent suspected Communists from finding work

blacklist

Hollywood studios, fearful of government anticommunist pressure, produced a(n) ____ to prevent suspected Communists from finding work.

blacklist

Because the fighting against the Vietcong had no well-defined front lines, the U.S. military gauged success by the number of enemies killed, a measurement known as

body count.

High war wages allowed consumers to accumulate considerable funds in savings accounts and war_____.

bonds.

In July 1932 Hoover brought in the U.S. Army to disperse the remnants of the

bonus army

All of the following were popular radio programs during the Great Depression except -variety shows. -soap operas. -broadcasts of baseball games. -broadcasts of football games.

broadcasts of football games.

By responding to the needs of various groups that had usually been ignored, Roosevelt's "________________________________________" prevented a social revolution in the United States

broker state

A highly valuable manner in which students expressed their feeling about U.S. military policy was to do this to their draft cards

burn

What were some practices that Supreme Court allowed in a 1971 decision in which it greatly strengthened integration efforts in the public schools?

busing redrawing school district lines balancing ratios

What were some practices that the Supreme Court allowed in a 1971 decision in which it greatly strengthened integration efforts in the public schools?

busing, balancing ratios, and redrawing school district lines.

When the feud between Truman and MacArthur went public, how did Truman respond?

by consolidating support among politicians

A Key component of the cold war mentality was the fear that the Soviets could ( and if given the opportunity, would) defeat the United States either on the battlefield or

by subverting it from within

How did whites react to the Montgomery bus boycott?

by using legal and physical intimidation

One of the most notable examples of water pollution in the United States was the Cuyahoga River because it

caught on fire in 1969.

The "New Look" in cold war policy, identified with Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles, proclaimed a

containing the Soviets through security and trade agreements, covert action, and the threat of a full nuclear response.

The purpose of Woodstock was to

celebrate the promise of peace, love, and freedom. Woodstock drew 400,000 people for one long weekend based on sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

How did FDR die?

cerebral hemorrhage

how did FDR die?

cerebral hemorrhage

The American G.I. Forum was established in 1948 to campaign for

civil rights

The congressional act that established the Atomic Energy Commission was intended to place control of all fissionable atomic materials, for both military and peacetime applications, in ______ hands.

civilian

As the Vietnam war progressed, a point of contention with the Selective Service System was that...

college students and people in certain occupations could avoid military service.

As the war progressed, a point of contention with the Selective Service System was the fact that...

college students and people in certain occupations could avoid militry service.

Which best descibes Khrushchev's temperament during his first meeting with Kennedy in Vienna?

combative and pushy

Which best describes Khrushchev's temperament during his first meeting with Kennedy in Vienna?

combative and pushy

Psychologist Fredric Wertham blamed the rise in juvenile delinquency on

comic books.

One of the mainstays of Reagan's presidency was his visible fight against

communism

Truman's critics frequently charged that he was "soft" on ___.

communism

Truman's critics frequently charged that he was "soft" on ______.

communism

Which was at odds with what postwar commentators descibed as the American "consensus"

communism

Kissinger defended U.S. meddling in the democratic affairs of Latin American countries in the name of combating

communism or socialism

One of the mainstays of Reagan's presidency was his visible fight against

communism.

In his book A Sand Country Alamanac, ecologist Aldo Leopold argued that people must see the land as a....

community to which we belong.

In his book A Sand Country Almanac, ecologist Aldo Leopold argued that people must see the land as a

community to which we belong.

What constrained the projects in which the Works Progress Administration could be involved?

competing with private industry

Developers ignored potential hazards, such as filling wetlands and ignoring flood dangers, in order to

contain land purchase costs.

President Bill Clinton's political skills

conflicted with other aspects of his personality.

Critics of middle-class culture were distressed by how social pressure, the spread of suburbs growing materialism, and homogeneous values bred ________ among subrban residents in the post wr United States

conformity

Allen Ginsberg, in his 1955 poem Howl, blamed what for his generation's disillusionment?

conformity and capitalism

A corporation that diversifies its interests by purchasing firms that operate in a number of unconnected markets is called a(n)

conglomerate

A corporation that diversifies its intrests by purchasing firms that operate in a number of unconnected markets is called

conglomerate

In a 1976 survey, the majority of Americans believed that the nation's leaders

consistently lied to them

Developers ignored potential hazards, such as filling wetlands and ignoring flood dangers, in order to...

contain land purchase cost.

In terms of foreign policy, Stalin was most concerned with which of the following after WWII

control of territory along the Soviet Union's borders

In terms of foreign policy, Stalin was most concerned with which of the following after WWII?

control of the territory along the Soviet Union's border

In terms of foreign policy, Stalin was most concerned with what after WWII?

control of the territory along the Soviet Union's borders

In terms of foreign policy, Stalin was most concerned with which of the following after World War II?

control of the territory along the Soviet Union's borders

Which of the following was not a strategy used by firms like IT&T, Mobil, and Exxon to extend the reach of thier business intrests?

controlling supply chains through vertical intergration

What was not frowned upon in many evangelical religious circles?

converting nonbelievers

Who were the beats' models?

cool urban hipsters

Which of the following adjectives does not accurately describe Nikita Khrushchev

coolheaded

Which of the following adjectives does not accurately describe Nikita Khrushchev?

coolheaded

A fundamental assumption of the Johnson administration policy of escalation in the Vietnam War was that the enemy

could not match gradual increases in U.S. military force.

In the early 1940s, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal program ______.

created strong opposition in both parties

The lead character of the television series All in the Family, Archie Bunker, was a...

critic of permissive viewpoints

The lead character of the television series All in the Family, Archie Bunker, was a...

critic of permissive viewpoints.

What was the topic of the "Pentagon Papers"?

criticism of the Vietnam War

The distingushed flying ____ was awarded to more than 80 black pilots

cross

In 1958, anti-American sentiments in Latin America became obvious when...

crowds in several countries spat on VP Nixon's car and threw eggs and stones.

What caused the "Roosevelt recession" in 1937?

cuts in federal spending

For many Americans, Vietnam and Watergate helped to create a sense of

cynicism.

Just before leaving office in 1961, President Eisenhower warned Americans of the

dangers of the military-industrial complex.

As he began his term as president, Harry Truman's leadership style was ______.

decisive

According to conventional economic theory, a recessionary market corrects itself by forcing prices and wages to

decline

According to conventional economic theory, a recessionary market corrects itself by forcing prices and wages to...

decline

In the 1980s, American workers who belonged to unions

decline in number

In the 1980s, Central Americans joined the northward flow of Mexican illegal immigrants because of ______ in their home countries.

economic issues

As part of his global strategy, MacArthur advocated which of the following?

defeat of communism through Asia

John Maynard Keynes's theory of "countercyclical" action meant...

deficit spending in depressions and tax increases in prosperous times

Under FDR, " The good neighbor" policy

defined relationships with Latin American nations

Under Franklin Roosevelt, the "Good Neighbor" policy

defined relationships with Latin American nations.

During the Spanish Civil War, Americans were torn between support for the

democratic Popular Front and Francisco Franco's fascists

Republicans blamed ______ for the fall of China to the Communists.

democrats

What were the first political events to be shown on television?

the Democratic and Republican conventions

The U.S military's plan to prevent a Soviet attack by preparing a devastation atomic counterattack was known as

deterrence

To assist Great Britain after the fall of France in 1940, President Roosevelt

devised ways to provide aid without going to war.

The chapter 27 introduction recounts the stories of returning GI Timuel Black and nurse Betty Basye. The point drawn from these anecdotes is how

different from "normal" life became as the American government met the international and economic challenges of peacetime.

Life became ______ for loyal Asian Americans following the outbreak of war with Japan.

difficult

Life became _______ for loyal Asian Americans following the outbreak of war with Japan.

difficult.

A revenue sharing act passed in 1972 funded block grants as an innovative funding mechanism that was designed to

disburse federal aid at the state and local level with no conditions for how it was to be spent

The Hoover administration's actions to combat the Depression led to widespread

discontent

When the Holocaust became public knowledge, many Americans

discouraged Jewish immigration to the United States.

The form of corporate growth used to minimize shocks in specific markets, used when General Electric entered markets for appliances, X-ray machines, and elevators, is known as

diversification

Vietcong guerrillas were able to conduct the Tet offensive by

diverting U.S. troops from urban areas to rural areas

Jimmy Carter was among a new breed of southern governors who distinguished themselves from their predecessors by being....

economic progressives

American foreign policy advisers held a _______________ view of foreign affairs whereby Korea was merely a "small link" in a global security system.

euro-centric

Which stereotype of women was most common in the 1950s?

domestic and motherly

The majority of Americans who served in the military in Vietnam were chosen by Selective Service System as part of the

draft

The majority of Americans who served in the military in Vietnam were chosen by the Selective Service System as part of the

draft

In his famous speech of March 1946, what did Winston Churchill claim that the Soviet Union had done concerning its satellite nations?

dropped an iron curtain in front of them

The Marshall Plan allowed all European countries to apply for

economic aid

The Marshall Plan allowed all European countries to apply for...

economic aid

The Marshall Plan allowed all European countries to apply for

economic aid.

What caused a spike in emigration out of Mexico in the 1980s?

economic downturn

Which two of the following were long-term problems that Obama faced during his second term as president?

economic inequality global warming

The Voting Rights Act

eliminated literacy test used to screen voters

In wartime factories, Black and Latino workers ______.

encountered the same discrimination they'd always found

What were the first political events to be shown on televison

the Democratic and Republican conventions

The primary goal of the Montgomery bus boycott was to

end seating discrimination on buses.

In 1974 the American Psychiatric Association promoted gay and lesbian rights by...

ending its classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder...

What were generally considered the two most prominent issues on Carter's domestic agenda?

energy and the environment

The text makes the point that minorities in the United States

enlisted to become a part of the American mainstream.

The Civil Rights Act did all of the following except

ensure and protect African-American voting

After the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the U.S. economy

entered a serious recession.

An event in Donora, Pennsylvania, in 1948 illustrated what danger that was associated with the growing consumer society?

environmental damage

An event in Donora, Pennsylvania, in 1948 illustrated which danger associated with the growing consumer society?

environmental damage

In the 1960s this movement emerged from the rejection of the idea that pollution and destruction of natural resource were acceptable in exchange for industrial progress and prosperity

environmental movement

In Yugoslavia a terrible consequence of Bosnia gaining its independence was the mass killing of rival populations, a practice called

ethnic cleansing

If you claim you are born again, you belong to which type of church?

evangelical

John Foster Dulles viewed the Soviet Unionas a(n)

evil enemy to be vanquished

John Foster Dulles viewed the Soviet Union as a(n)

evil enemy to be vanquished.

What has been most effective in changing the Affordable Care Act during the Trump administration?

executive orders

A crucial factor that led to Nixon's resignation was the refusal on investigators and prosecutors to accept his interpretation of the concept of

executive privilege

A crucial factor that led to Nixon's resignation was the refusal of investigators and prosecutors to accept his interpretation of the concept of

executive privilege.

How did business try to protect their economic security in the postwar era.

expanding in size

What was not a qualification that Robert McNamara brought to his job as secretary of defense?

experience in counterespionage

The health reform law enacted in 2010 gave 16 million low-income people insurance by

extending Medicaid coverage.

Once in office, Donald Trump issued executive orders to stem immigration through the use of

extreme vetting.

According to the text, the Western Allies (Great Britain and the United States) were willing to leave Hitler in power if he could help contain the spread of Soviet Communism across Eastern Europe.

f

The U. S. military's operational codename for producing an atomic weapon was the Bronx Project.

f

After their initial success in Iraq, U.S. forces

faced difficulty in creating a viable Iraqi government while striving to contain violence

Following legal challenges in 1996 and 2003, affirmative action

faced serious limitations but survived as a policy.

At what point in WW2 did the Allies have their first successes in Europe?

fall 1942

At what point in World War II did the Allies have their first successes in Europe?

fall 1942

Among the "shocks of 1949" was the

fall of China to Mao Zedong's Communists.

Computers were already in widespread use in the business community by 1950

false

Eisenhower abandoned the containment doctrine formulated by the Truman administration

false

Prior to the outbreak of hostilities, Korea occupied a central place in the Truman administration's foreign policy

false

Regardng his domestic policies, as a staunch conservative, Eisenhower sought to eliminate as many New Deal welfare state programs as he could get away with.

false

The Kennedy administration recieved strong support for its domestic agenda from the conservative Democrats who dominated Congress

false

The post war baby boom was a continuation of an already exsisting demographic trend of increasing birthrates in the twentith century

false

Suburban homebuilders of the 1950s faced strict builing and zoning code in rual areas slotted for development.

false Reason: Only events like the landslides in California provoked a move toward more restrictive building codes.

In the 2006 midterm elections,

the Democrats took control of the House and Senate

Which best describes the Communist Party in American society in 1950?

fear-inducing

The integration of the schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, took two years and the arrival of

federal troops.

After 1929, the cost of living in the United States...

fell but incomes dropped more sharply

While he served as FDR's vice president, Harry Truman met the president

fewer than ten times.

What strategy in pursuing equal rights did LULAC share with the NAACP in the 1940s?

filing court cases to secure equal rights and opportunities.

Eisenhower believe the governement should be

financially prudent but socially compassionate

Eisenhower believed that government should be

financially prudent but socially compassionate.

During the 1970s, many people turned to the "born-again" movement because they wanted to

find more traditional religious practices.

Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau argued for what economic approach?

fiscal restraint

The Elementary and Secondary School Act provided all of the following to low-income school districts except

grants based on standardized testing results.

McNamara proposed replacing the all or nothing nuclear policy of Dulles and Eisenhower with a doctrine of ______ ________, which would allow for negotiation with the Soviet government.

flexible response

The Nicaraguan Contras consisted primarily of what group of people?

followers of former dictator Anastasio Somoza

Why did Carter choose to cancel his proposed tax rebates?`

for fear of enlarging the deficit

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration provided...

grants to states, local governments, and nonprofit organizations

In 1990, Lawrence Auster revived old nativist arguments in his book The Path to National Suicide in which he warned of

the "browning of America."

Between 1929 and 1932, about one worker in ____________ could not find work

four

What was the original purpose of agreeing to conduct arms sales with Iran, a U.S. enemy?

freeing U.S. hostages

Churchill and roosevelt denied stalin his request second ____ from 1942 to 1944

front

President Ford gave former president Nixon a

full pardon.

Although they had generally supported President Johnson's efforts at social uplift for minorities, middle class whites opposed these initiatives when they judged that minorities and rights groups

gaining unfair advantages from the system

Although they had generally supported President Johnson's efforts at social uplift for minorities, middle class whites opposed these initiatives when they judged that minorities and rights groups were...

gaining unfair advantages from the system

Which of the following was one reason Hollywood became a target for anticommunists?

high-profile foreign celebrities

The Tonkin Gulf Resolution

gave President Johnson the authority to increase military involvement in Vietnam.

The Tonkin Gulf Resolution...

gave President Johnson the authority to increase military involvement in Vietnam.

Which is the best description of Eisenhower as a military commander during World War II

gifted organizer

The cash-and-carry policy may have helped lead the U.S. toward involvement in WWII by

giving preference to the British

The Employment Act of 1946 established what principle?

government was responsible for managing unemployment

The elementary and secondary school act provided all of the following (funds for textbooks, enrichments programs like Project head start, educational tools) to low-income school districts except

grants based on standardized testing results

Between the years 1950 and 1964, the American economy

grew at a consistent pace.

Affirmative action rested on the notion that racial minorities had been discriminated against as...

groups

What was the broad, underlying shift in American society to which critics of mass culture are responding?

growth of impersonal organizations and insulated suburbs

`New Deal efforts to bring electricity to rural areas...

had a dramatic effect on the lives of rural Americans

Radio in the 1930s

had a unifying effect on the country

As the investigation into the Watergate burglary progressed evidence indicated that the White House

had directed the crime and subsequent cover-up

As the investigation into the Watergate burglary progressed, evidence indicated that the White House...

had directed the crime and subsequnet cover-up

While he served as FDR's vice president, Harry Truman ______.

had learned almost nothing of Roosevelt's postwar plans

In World War II, homosexuals in the U.S. military

had to hide their sexual orientation in the screening process.

The appeal of Obamacare

has not yet happened, as of December 2018.

Franklin Roosevelt turned the 1936 presidential election into a contest between...

haves and the have nots

After Malcolm X made a pilgrimage to Mecca, he:

he converted to Orthodox Islam and began publicly accepting the idea of cooperation between blacks and whites

Truman did not declare war on North Korea because

he did not want to provoke a war with China

The 1992 election results made it difficult for Bill Clinton to get legislation passed by Congress without making compromises because

he did not win more than 50 percent of the popular vote and had only narrow Democratic majorities in Congress.

Which best describes how Truman responded to his critics during the 1948 election?

he fought back

What was Khrushchev's cheif reason for placing nuclear weapons in Cuba?

he wanted to level the nuclear playing field with the united states

What kept Huey Long from running in the 1936 election?

he was shot to death by a disgruntled constituent.

How did the Bonus army's situation affect Hoover's reputation as a president

he was viewed as unsympathetic to the plight of the unemployed

What did kennedy's fascination with James Bond reveal about his character?

he was willing to back his idealistic rhetoric with pragmatic decisions

A key component of the Clinton health care reform effort was

health care coverage for all Americans.

In 2009 liberals called for spending as much as one trillion dollars in the United States in order to

help restore the economy.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States was involved in the politics of South Vietnam by

helping make Ngo Dinh Diem the president of South Vietnam.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States was involved in the politics of South Vietnam by...

helping make Ngo Dinh Diem the president of South Vietnam.

The rapidly changing American youth culture was centered around the

high school

Eleanor Roosevelt prodded her husband to

hire more women and minorities

Proposition 209, passed in California in 1996, eliminated racial and gender preferences in which of the following?

hiring & college admissions

What were some reasons for Reagan's mastery of public speaking and presidential performance?

his expert communications staff; his time as California governor; his acting career

When George W. Bush took office, he pushed for an agenda that appealed to

his political base on the right.

Ho Chi Minh was confident that he would win the national elections that had been agreed upon at Geneva because of...

his popularity among the Vietnamese people.

Which of the following proved insignificant with respect to Kennedy's victory in the 1960 Election

his realative youth

Which of the following were reasons for Reagan's mastery of public speaking and presidential performance

his time as California governor his expert communications staff his acting career

Suburban culture in postwar America is best described as

homogeneous.

In 1972 Huey Newton thought that these people "might be the most oppressed people" in America.

homosexuals

The Daughters of Bilitis and the Mattachine Society were founded to promote the rights of

homosexuals

The Daughters of Bilitis and the Mattachine Society were founded to promote the rights of...

homosexuals

Immediately following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States worried about attacks from

hostile groups who disagreed with U.S. policies.

Which represents the relationship between cost of living and household income from 1929 to 1933?

household income decreased more than cost of living.

Which of the following is an example of de facto segregation?

housing patterns that kept African Americans from buying property in white neighborhoods

Woodstock was a

huge rock festival held in 1969 celebration of the counterculture

Alfred Kinsey's famous midcentury research dealt with

human sexuality

The case of the "Scottsboro boys" shows that the Great Depression was a period marked by...

increased prejudice against African Americans

Latin American immigrants tended to settle in enclave communities where

immigrants from the same country supported each other.

By 1992, the currency flow of the global oil trade was the largest in volume. The currency flow of what was second largest?

immigrants sending funds

Why did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?

in response to the defeat of a pro-Soviet regime

United Nations Organization

included an 11-member Security Council and a General Assembly

When President Nixon was in office, he

incorporated a blend of liberal and conservative practices and ideas.

Nixon believed that the best way to jump start peace negotiations whenever they stalled was to do this to the scale of U.S. military action

increase

Nixon believed that the best way to jump-start peace negotiations whenever they stalled was to do this to the scale of U.S. military action

increase

Nixon believed that the best way to jump-start peace negotiations whenever they stalled was to do this to the scale of U.S. military action.

increase

To end a depression, the economist John Maynard Keynes advocated

increase government spending

What was one of the provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982?

increase tax enhancing revenue by raising taxes

Over the course of the New Deal, membership in the Democratic Party

increased as African Americans, Farmers, and workers joined its ranks

During Harry Truman's presidency, the U.S. defense budget

increased by billions of dollars

What was the immediate effect of laarger families on American Society?

increased demand for housing

What was the immediate effect of larger families on American society?

increased demand for housing

To end a depression, the economist John Maynard Keynes advocated...

increased government spending

The postwar NAACP decision to use the legal system to attack the Jim Crow laws reflects

increased national influence due to African American migration from the South

What is the reason the Middle East peace initiative under Bill Clinton failed to achieve lasting peace?

increased suspicion and violence by extremists

The "Nixon Doctrine" was intended in part to create stability in key regions of the world by do this to the size of the armed forces of certain U.S. allies

increasing

The "Nixon Doctrine" was intended in part to create stability in key regions of the world by doing what to the size of the armed forces of certain U.S. allies?

increasing

Which of the following were issues the United States faced in the 1970s that limited its ambitions?

increasing competition from Europe and Asia rising inflation the energy crisis

The ongoing peace negotiations affected U.S. servicemen and veterans by...

increasing tension between officers and enlisted men in the field.

How did Kennedy's Liberal economic Advisers propose to help the economy and reduce unemployment

increasing the federal budget and reducing taxes

How did Kennedy's liberal economic advisers propose to help the economy and reduce unemployment?

increasing the federal budget and reducing taxes

Worldwide, what was the trend regarding religion in the 1980s?

increasingly conservative

In the 1960s, American music

increasingly included the topic of drugs. was heavily influenced by British groups. began to show increasing attention to political and social themes. not: moved away from the social commentary that dominated music in the fifties.

Was the Reconstruction Finance Corportation a success?

incredibly so

Seeking a solution to the socioeconomic problems confronting their communities, some Chicano activists in the late 1960s called for the creation of

independent Latino enclaves

U.S. _____________ proved every bit as important as battlefield victories to the nation's ultimate success in WWII.

industrial production

President Truman proclaimed that he was "tired of babying the Soviets" after a February 1946 speech in which Stalin proclaimed that in a world allegedly dominated by capitalism, war was

inevitable.

Which military division suffered 90 percent of battlefield casualties during the war?

infantry

which milltary division suffered 90 percent of battlefield casualties during the war?

infantry

The heavy U.S. spending associated with the Vietnam War threatened the economy by contributing to

inflation

California's middle-class and lower-class homeowners were burdened by...

inflation and higher taxes

The author of the policy of containment, George Kennan, argued that Soviet leaders were a combination of which two forces?

insecurity and Marxism

The author of the policy of containment, George Kennan, argued that soviet leaders were a combination of which two forces

insecurity and Marxism

Following the death of Ho Chi Minh in 1969, North Vietnam

insisted that the U.S. cease supporting the South Vietnamese government

Following the death of Ho Chi Minh in 1969, North Vietnam

insisted that the US cease supporting the South Vietnamese government.

According to the policy known as _____________, the United States should work actively with other nations to dictate world affairs.

internationalism

Thousands of Japanese Americans were placed in ____ camps during the war.

internment camps

What was Eisenhower's main objection to the military-industrial complex

it unbalanced the national budget

What did the Supreme Court decision in Butler v U.S. (1936) do?

it voided the Agricultural Adjustment Act.

The integration of the schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, resulted in President Eisenhower federalizing

the Arkansas National Guard.

In his famous speech of March 1946, what did Winston Churchill claim that the Soviet Union had done concerning its satellite nations

iron curtain falling across Eastern Europe

Describe the international policy of the United States during the 1930s

isolationist

Which term best describes the international policy of the United States during the 1930's

isolationist

Which term best describes the international policy of the United States during the 1930s?

isolationist

Americans were divided between internationalists, who desired to work closely with other nations, and ___, who believed that the United States should avoid entangling alliances.

isolationists

What did MacArthur do without the approval of Truman?

issue an ultimatum to Chinese commanders

How did the Eisenhower administration address the ression of 1953-54

it balanced the budget and check inflation

In seeking support for the new interstate highway system, Eisenhower argued that

it could be used to evacuate cities in case of a nuclear attack.

Although Latino voters in California had opposed Proposition 187, which denied benefits to illegal immigrants, they supported Proposition 227 because

it mandated that schools teach their children to read and write English.

Which is not true about the Emergency Relief and Construction Act

it represents one of Hoover's greatest successes during his presidency

What was Eisenhower's main objection to the military- idustrial complex?

it unbalanced the national budget

The 1965 Immigration Act had provisions that

limited the number of immigrants from some areas of the world encouraged the reunion of immigrants with family members already in the US

How did the Council of Economic Advisers propose to prevent an inflationary spiral in the steel industry?

limiting price and wage increases

How did the Council of Economicg Advisors propose to stabilize prices

linking wage increase to productivity

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was established in 1932 in order to...

loan banks money and stop the failure and closure of those banks

Muhammad Ali's refusal to enter the U.S. military resulted in the...

loss of his heavyweight boxing title.

Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. both exemplified liberal politics because of their history of championing the cause of the

lower classes.

What was the principal goal of the United Organizations of Taxpayers?

lowering taxes

At the pinnacle of McCarthyism, 32 states required teachers to take a(n) ____ oath.

loyalty

At the pinnacle of McCarthyism, thirty-two states required teachers to take a ________ oath.

loyalty

Eisenhower's _____________ campaign resulted in thousands of resignations from government employees

loyalty

As he prepared to begin peace negotiations, Nixon sought to use his previous foreign-policy stances to convince Hanoi that he was a bit of a

lunatic

After serving less than a month, Donald Trump was forced to fire his national security advisor, Michael T. Flynn, for

lying about his contacts with the Russian ambassador.

The Immigration and Control Act of 1986 did which of the following?

made American employers responsible for determining whether employees were legal residents granted amnesty to illegal immigrants who had arrived in the country before 1986 granted legal residency status to illegal immigrants who had arrived before 1986 Not: fined illegal immigrants who had arrived in the country before 1986

What did the Immigration and Control Act of 1986 do?

made American employers responsible for determining whether employees were legal residents; granted amnesty to illegal immigrants who had arrived in the country before 1986; granted legal residency status to illegal immigrants who had arrived before 1986

Most consumer advocated came from these segments of American society

mainstream

Most consumer advocates came from which segment of American society?

mainstream

Most consumer advocates come from which segment of American society?

mainstream

The increased number of American women in the workforce because of WWII

maintained old views of genera roles and temporary job security.

In the 1960s, Tom Hayden, Mario Savio and others believed in participatory democracy and used tactics such as

marching in protest, participating in sit-ins.

The majority of female workers in World War II were either ______ or between ______ years old.

married; 55 and 64

Cultural critics lamented the homogenized suburban lifestyle they believed was created by conspicuous consumption, widespread conformity, and

mass media

Which of the following were features of George H. W. Bush's upbringing?

member of the East Coast establishment student at Yale University son of a Connecticut senator

What were some features of George H.W. Bush's upbringing?

member of the East Coast establishment, student at Yale University, son of a Connecticut senator

Which of the following does not characterize the counterculture

members were interested in preserving current society

Which of the following correctly describes the communist party in the U.S. during the Great Depression?

membership increased slightly but the party never became a real political force

Dwight Macdonald disparaged cultural forms popular with the suburban middle class by describing The Ten Commandments as examples of ________________________

midcult

The New Deal generally failed to provide assistance to which of the following groups?

migrant workers sharecroppers tenant farmers

The policy of containment called for the United States to stop Soviet expansion through diplomatic, economic, and _______ pressure.

military

The policy of containment called for the United States to stop Soviet expansion through diplomatic, economic, and _________ pressure.

military

What condition of U.S. finances was indicated by $600 toilet seats and $7,000 coffee pots?

military overspending

American life in the 1950s has been described—then and since—as a time of "consensus." What does your text recognize as a dark side to this consensus?

mindless conformity

The riots of the late 1960s were often triggered by

minor events like arguments.

The Earl Warren Supreme Court is seen as a liberal court because a number of its rulings relate to the rights of

minorities, criminal suspects

As part of their tactics, the Vietcong commonly

mixed in with civilians

Most homemakers coped with declining family incomes by...

monitoring family budgets carefully

As compared to his predecessor, Pope John Paul II was...

more conservative

By the 1960s, the southern economy was

more integrated into the national economy. more diversified than it had been before World War II.

By 1939, Eleanor Roosevelt was...

more popular then her husband, FDR

In its two year existence, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) furnished relief valued at...

more than $1 billion

In its two-year existence, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) furnished relief valued at

more than $1 billion.

In the 1950s, the median wage of men was ______ that of women.

more than double

Between 1947 and 1952 U.S defense spending

more than quadrupled

Between 1947 and 1952 U.S. defense spending

more than quadrupled.

By the winter of 1931-1932, what was the state of private relief organizations?

most were severely depleted, with little hope of new donations

The justices of the Supreme Court recognized that 15 years after the Court's Brown decision, school districts were

mostly segregated.

What entertainment venues lost a significant portion of their clientele to television and drive-in theaters?

movie theaters

The Federal Arts Program was best known for the _____ its artist created around the country.

murals

The Federal Arts Program was best known for the ______ its artists created around the country.

murals

To cope with the effects of the Great Depression, Mexican Americans formed ___________, which provided insurance and sickness benefits to members

mutualistas

The phrase _______ _______ destruction was used to describe the likely outcome of any conflict between the US and the Soviet Union because of both countries aggressive nuclear weapons programs.

mutually assured

Working-class suburbs tended to develop

near manufacturing centers.

What effect did the Voting Rights Act have on African American voter registration in the south?

nearly doubled (black voter registration jumped from 35 to 65 percent)

The Johnson administration regarded escalation as a useful strategy because it thought that it would encourage North Vietnam to

negotiate because the costs were too high otherwise

The Johnson administration regarded escalation as a useful strategy because it thought that it would encourage North Vietnam to....

negotiate because the costs were too high otherwise

During the 1988 election, what did Bush promise audiences at his campaign events?

no new taxes

In the wake of the Tet Offensive, a critical problem for the U.S. leadership was that

no one could be sure if any level of force could secure a U.S. victory

Owing to racial prejudice, the army ________ African Americans during WWII.

noncombatant

The marches, boycotts, and hunger strikes employed by Cesar Chavez illustrated his devotion to

nonviolent resistance

What two options did King present to African American ministers in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?

nonviolent resistance and violent insurrection

In the 1970s, the United States and the Soviet Union sought political accommodation and signed agreements to limit these kind of weapons

nuclear

In the 1970s, the United States and the Soviet Union sought political accommodation and signed agreements to limit these kind of weapons.

nuclear

Weapons eliminated by a 1987 U.S.-Soviet agreement included a type of

nuclear missiles.

The Manhattan Project was a large-scale project to develop a(n)

nuclear weapon

In their effort to contain Soviet aggression, Eisenhower and Dulles replaced conventional forces with the threat of massive retaliation with

nuclear weapons

In their effort to contain Soviet aggression, Eisenhower and Dulles replaced conventional forces with the threat of massive retaliation with _______ ______.

nuclear weapons

What position did John Foster Dulles hold in the Eisenhower administration?

secretary of state

During the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, special prosecutor Kenneth Starr said that Bill Clinton should be put on trial for

obstruction of justice and perjury.

Following new waves of immigration to the United States in the late twentieth century, mainline churches

often accommodated immigrant communities.

What conflicting American interests in the Middle East molded U.S. policy in the region?

oil and Israel

during the war, about ___ african americans served in the armed forced

one million

Sociologist William Whyte regretted the loss of what in suburban developments?

open space

Reagan's controversial secretary of the Interior, James G. Watt, favored

opening public lands to private development.

Reactions toward the Freedom Riders in the south lead President John F. Kennedy to

order federal authorities to prevent further violence

Reactions toward the freedom riders in the South led President John F. Kennedy to

order federal authorities to prevent further violence.

As Nixon sought to end U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War, what actions did he take in 1969-70 in an effort to make the North Vietnamese government more pliable at the negotiating table?

ordering U.S. troops to attack North Vietnamese bases in Cambodia; Letting the North Vietnamese think he would stop at nothing to end the war; launching air attacks against North Vietnamese supply depots in Cambodia

Nixon defied members of his cabinet in 1970 by

ordering the deployment of troops into Cambodia

The movement of U.S. jobs to countries that pay lower wages is known as

outsourcing

Following the Geneva peace conference, Vietnam was temporarily divided at the 17th

parallel

Following the Geneva peace conference, Vitnam was temporarily divided at the 17th_____________________

parallel

President Ford said he

pardoned Nixon to put the pain of Watergate behind the American people.

One of the strongest indicators of Internet access in the home is

parents' education level Reason: Families with college-educated parents were three times more likely to have Internet access in the home than families with parents with high school educations.

César Chávez's father's experience with ______ greatly influenced the younger Chávez in his later life.

participating in agricultural strikes

A key challenge faced by Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey, the two main contenders for the 1968 election, involved distancing themselves from their

past policy positions

A key challenge faced by Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey, the two main contenders for the 1968 election, involved distancing themselves from their...

past policy positions

By 1944, Roosevelt wanted to place the Soviet Union within an international ______ following World War II.

peacekeeping system

By 1944, Roosevelt wanted to place the Soviet Union within an international _________ following WWII.

peacekeeping system

Which of the following resulted from a sharp spike in oil prices in the mid-1970s?

people waiting for hours in long lines at gas stations an annual inflation rate of 14 percent the near bankrupting of New York City Not: an increase in the value of the dollar

What was the result of a sharp spike in oil prices in the mid-1970s?

people waiting for hours in long lines at gas stations; an annual inflation rate of 14 percent ;the near bankrupting of New York City

Unemployed musicians who found work through the Federal Music Project...

performed for the public at shows that were affordable

Although student movements varied from country to country, it would be fair to characterize the 1960s as

period of student radicalism

Although student movements varied from country to country, it would be fair to characterize the 1960s as a...

period of student radicalism

What product did most industries in the postwar era rely on the increase production

petroleum

What product did most industries in the postwar era rely on to increase production?

petroleum

The War Powers Resolution limited presidential authority by requiring congressional involvement in which of the following?

planning troop deployments

Which major technological breakthrough contributed to the vast increase of trash in the United States?

plastics

In the 1936 U.S. election, women...

played a critical role in Roosevelt's reelection campaign

Roosevelt was _____ the interest of African Americans.

sympathetic to

As the Civil Rights movement progressed in the late 1960s, minority groups such as gays, feminists, Latinos and African Americans challenged the prevailing liberal idea of integration and assimilation, replacing it with a model that preserved the groups' essential differences. This model is known as

pluralism

As the civil rights movement progressed in the late 1960s, minority groups such gays, feminists, Latinos, and African Americans challenged the prevailing liberal idea of integration and assimilation, replacing it with a model that preserved the groups' essential differences. This model is known as

pluralism

The military movement against North Korea under the supervision of the United Nations was called a(n

police action

What caused a spike in emigration out of Central America in the 1980s?

political unrest

In the 1936 election, Roosevelt won about 60 percent of the popular vote.

popular

in the 1936 election, Roosevelt won about 60% of the________ vote

popular

A key to Dwight Eisenhower's political success was his

positive image with both liberals and conservatives

Which market represents General Electric's original area of focus?

power and light

The Bush administration argued that United States should invade Iraq before the United States itself was attacked. This policy was known as the doctrine of

preemption.

In his relationship with Latin American countries during his first term as president, Franklin Roosevelt

preferred a policy that inspired international goodwill.

Following his reelection in 2004, George W. Bush unsuccessfully pushed for

privatizing Social Security and extending his earlier tax cuts.

In the context of the 1960s, liberalism described a belief system that

promoted civil rights and helped the disadvantaged

Under Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency began

promoting the use of coal.

In 1978, California's Proposition 13 placed a legal limit on the

property taxes of homeowners.

The plans put forward by Sinclair, Coughlin, Long and Townsend

proposed uncomplicated solutions to address the problems of the Great Depression

The first contingent of U.S. troops arrived in Vietnam to

protect US airbases

The Social Security act did all of the following except

provide benefits specifically for women and minorities

In order to keep South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem in power, the United States

provided military training to the South Vietnamese Army.

New Deal water management programs

provided water to barren areas and generated electricity while creating detrimental effects on local ecologies

New Deal water management programs...

provided water to barren areas and generated electricity while having detrimental effects on local ecologies.

What domestic initiative did the Kennedy administration manage to see through the U.S. Congress?

providing financial aid to rural areas

Which domestic initiative did the Kennedy administration manage to see through the U.S. Congress?

providing financial aid to rural areas

The American involvement in Vietnam esstentially came to an end because (1975)

public frustration compelled the U.S. Congress to refuse further funding.

The American involvement in Vietnam essentially came to an end in 1975 because

public frustration compelled the U.S> Congress to refuse further funding

The New Deal program that hired contractors to build permanent structures as a way to stimulate the economy was the, _____________ ______________ Administration.

public works

As evidence mounted that implicated the White House in the Watergate burglary and cover-up, Nixon did all the following except

quickly admit his direct involvement in ordering the burglary. Nixon did: accept the resignations of H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, his closest aides. cite executive privilege in refusing to turn over tape-recorded conversations. fire his White House counsel, John Dean.

The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001

quickly brought down the Taliban but failed to secure the capture of Osama bin Laden

Although the U.S. Supreme Court case of Gratz v. Bollinger did not allow the University of Michigan to use a point system to provide minorities preference in admissions, the Court did allow

race to be used as a consideration in the admissions process.

By the 1960s, federal minimum wage laws

raised southern wages closer to the national average.

Michael Harrington's book The Other America contributed to the development of Johnson's Great Society by

raising the nation's consciousness of widespread poverty despite a booming economy.

Michael Harrington's book The Other America contruibuted to the development of Johnson's Great Society by

rasing the nation's consciousness of widespread poverty despite a booming economy.

In 1982 and 1983, Ronald Reagan supported economic measures that represented a reversal of his campaign stance to

reduce taxes

Many white conservative voters during 1968 harbored all the following beliefs about the U.S. political environment except the belief that

reduce the U.S. presence in the war.

How did Eisenhower believe that the government should tackle economic problems?

reduce the federal deficit

The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 encourage American Indians to...

reestablish native arts and culture and to celebrate festivals

The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 encouraged American Indians to

reestablish native arts and culture and to celebrate festivals

reflected the growing importance of California and the West Coast as a center of culture.

reflected the growing importance of California and the West Coast as a center of culture.

What emerged as a primary foreign policy problem of the Clinton administration?

regional ethnic conflicts

President Eisenhower proposed to follow a course that politically would "take that straight road down the middle." By the 1950s, "the middle" meant all EXCEPT

rejecting communist ideology while recognizing the value of allowing leftists to advocate their beliefs in a pluralistic, free society

All of the following features of middle-class suburban life in the 1950s came under attack by intellectuals except

religiosity

In 1974 the American Psychiatric Association promoted gay and lesbian rights by

removing homosexuality from its list of mental disorders.

Which measure did Eisenhower refuse to endorse during his presidency?

repeal of the New Deal

The debate over immigration in the mid-2000s revealed a split particularly among

republican

Who were Roosevelt's supporters in the 1932 election?

residents in large urban areas, industrial workers in the North, and poor farmers in the South.

Which of the following best describes Roosevelt's approach to governance?

results oriented

What best describes Eisenhower's strategy toward negotiations with the North Koreans and the Chinese

rewards and punishment

What best describes Eisenhower's strategy toward negotiations with the North Koreans and the Chinese?

rewards and punishment

What dismantled the closed-shop system?

right to work laws

Which of the following dismantled the closed-shop system?

right-to-work laws

Young Americans for Freedom's ultimate political legacy was their

role in shaping the conservative Republican Part figures of the 1970s

Young Americans for Freedom's ultimate political legacy was their

role in shaping the conservative Republican Party figures of the 1970's

One way that the Great Depression affected African Americans was by discouraging immigration out of the ________ ________.

rural south

By the end of the 1980s, less regulation by the federal government led to high rates of failure in this area.

savings and loans institutions

The Engel v. Vitale (1962) case, which was very concerning to conservatives, involved the issue of

school prayer.

What was the U.S. Army tactic used in Vietnam for identifying enemy strongholds, attacking them, and then returning to base?

search and destroy

What was the U.S. Army tactic used in Vietnam for identifying enemy strongholds, attacking them, and then returning to base?

search-and-destory

Owing to racial prejudice, the army ___ african americans during WW2

segregated

Owing to racial prejudice, the army ______ African Americans during World War II.

segregated

Owing to racial prejudice, the army ________ African Americans during WWII.

segregated

Brown v. Board of Education was an important court case that ruled that

segregated public schools were unconstitutional.

Brown v. Board of Education was an important case that ruled that

segregation is public schools is unconstitutional

Brown v. Board of Education overturned the doctrine of

separate but equal.

Delgado v. Bastrop ruling in 1947

served as a precedent to Brown v. Board of Education

The Delgado v. Bastrop ruling in 1947

served as a precedent to Brown v. Board of Education

What served as a symbolic gesture to announce Roosevelt's break with the customs of the Hoover White House?

serving less fancy meals to White House visitors.

What action by Nasser prompted Dulles to rescind the American offer to help Egypt build the Aswan Dam?

setting up an Arab alliance against Israel

The New Deal generally failed to provide assistance to...

sharecroppers, tenant farmers, migrant workers,

Between 1932 and 1936, most black voters...

shifted from supporting Republicans to supporting Democrats

The large influx of women into the workforce during the war ultimately resulted in ______.

short-term independence for women that ended when the men returned from war

During the 1968 peace negotiations in Paris, the United Stated and North Vietnam

showed few signs of progress

During the Paris peace negotiations in 1968, the United States and North Vietnam...

showed few signs of progress

Nixon said that Americans who obeyed the law, worked hard at their jobs and did not protest and demand special privileges out of a sense of entitlement were part of what he called a

silent majority

Nixon said that Americans who obeyed the law, worked hard at their jobs, and did not protest and demand special privileges out of a sense of entitlement were part of what he called a...

silent majority

In what group was poverty most common during the 1980s?

single mothers

When African-American students in Greensboro, North Carolina, entered a local store's all-white restaurant and waited to be served, they engaged in a tactic called a ________.

sit-in

Roosevelt was ________ the interests of Africans Americans

sympathetic to

Radio programs if the 1930s that told stories based on individuals' personal struggles were originally called "___________ operas" because of their advertisers.

soap

Radio programs of the 1930s that told stories based on individuals' personal struggles were originally called " operas" because of their advertisers.

soap

Radio programs of the 1930s that told stories based on individuals' personal struggles were originally called "_________ operas" because of their advertisements

soap

What were popular radio programs during the Great Depression?

soap operas, variety shows, and broadcasts of baseball games.

What was a major cause of accelerating inflation in the 1970s?

soaring energy costs

Most consumer advocates came from these segments of society

social mainstream

As the population of the U.S. grew more diverse...

some questioned whether new immigrants' minority cultures would influence the traditional majority cultures

As the population of the United States grew more diverse,

some questioned whether new immigrants' minority cultures would influence the traditional majority cultures. Reason: The United States did not end its limits on the number of immigrants it permits each year.

As African Americans became more socially and politically conscious, this type of music came to express black pride in the 1960s

soul music

With the introduction of color and ________, movies entertained Depression-era audiences and allowed them to forget their troubles

sound

By the end of the twentieth century, Latino immigrant communities in the United States were

spread across urban and suburban areas.

What were some medical breakthroughs of the 1980s?

synthetic insulin production MRIs the CAT scan

What is the name for the economic phenomenon in which unemployment rose together with inflation, in contradiction to conventional economic theory?

stagflation

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was established in 1932 in order to

stop the failure and closure of banks

Elijah Muhammad established the Black Muslims in 1931 and encouraged his followers to do what?

strive for a separate, all black nation; celebrate their African heritage, and live lives of self discipline

During his negotiations with the Vietnamese, Nixon hoped to remind people about his past...

strong anticommunist views

A major cause of the housing market's collapse was the overuse of

subprime mortgages.

According to Nixon, which group was NOT a part of the portion of society

suburban youth

According to Nixon, which group was NOT a part of the portion of society he represented

suburban youth

According to Nixon, which group was NOT a part of the portion of society he represented?

suburban youth

An earlier chapter pointed out that by 1920, more than half the American population lived in urban places. By 1960, 40 years later, half the population lived in

suburbs

which of the following statements about the economy in the immediate postwar are is incorrect?

supply of consumer goods was high

Which of the following statements about the economy in the immediate postwar era is incorrect?

supply of consumer goods was high (people weren't buying things)

Before the Untied States was involved in World War Two FDR wanted the nation to become the "great arsenal of democracy" for the Allied powers fighting against Hitler and the Nazis.

t

Japanese American citizens were also known as nisei and, if they lived on the West Coast, were confined in camps during the war.

t

The 1941 agreement between FDR and Churchill stating their war aims, which included economic cooperation between the U. S. and Britain was the Atlantic Charter.

t

The 1950 document that recommended a sharp rise in military spending, thus establishing the framework for U.S. cold war policy, was NSC-68.

t

The U. S. military's operational codename for producing an atomic weapon was the Manhattan Project.

t

The harnessing of atomic energy meant no one in the world, even in the United States, was safe anymore.

t

What were some of President Obama's proposals in 2009 for dealing with the collapsing economy?

tax cuts expanded unemployment benefits spending on infrastructure

The Revenue Act of 1942

taxed all Americans earning over a certain level a flat 5 percent, a regressive tax.

Meetings in which college professor described the issues concerning the Vietnam War to concerned students were called

teach-ins

The 1980s saw an explosion of ______ along interstate highways where office and industrial parks housed technology companies, pharmaceutical concerns, professionals, and providers of financial services.

technoburbs

Consistent with suburbia's leisure-minded lifestyle was a new household technology that burgeoned in the 1950s: _____________.

television

In the 1960s and 1970s, Reverend Jerry Falwell communicated his message through...

television

According to the text, all of the following contributed to the explosive growth of suburbs EXCEPT

television, which drew Americans toward the centers of cities

All of the following contributed to the explosion in televison's populatriy during the 1950s except

televsion sets were portable and inexpensive

The federal government sought to improve social conditions for Native Americans by reforming the reservation system through a policy known as...

termination

What was the main conclusion of hearings directed by Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota in 1935?

that bankers and munitions makers had profited from World War I

In sending Americans all over the world, the U.S. military showed ______.

that the war and the reach of the United States were global

What women's rights organization convinced President Johnson to include women along with African Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities as a group covered by federal affirmative action programs?

the National Organization for Women

The Allies' earliest successes came in ______.

the Pacific

General Douglas MacArthur famously promised that he, and American forces, would return to ______.

the Philippines

Following Germany's surrender in WWII, the Allies met at Potsdam, where

the Russians prevailed, receiving German reparations and a divided Germany.

According to Reagan in 1980, ______ was responsible for "all the unrest in the world."

the Soviet Union

What was McCarthy's first target?

the State Department

What organization formed from the Greensboro sit-in movement?

the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

All of the following offered, directly or implicitly, conscious dissent from the consensus-oriented, organizational culture of the 1950s EXCEPT

the TV preachers

Donald Trump rejected what trade agreement?

the Trans-Pacific Partnership

George W. Bush won the presidential election of 2000 because

the U.S. Supreme Court ended the recount of Florida's votes and awarded the state to Bush.

When they met at Dumbarton Oaks in 1944, what body did the Western powers agree to create?

the United Nations Organization

Following the Tet Offensive, U.S. Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford met with a group of respected cold war experts who concluded that

the United States could not win the war and that Johnson should seek a negotiated settlement with North Vietnam.

What conflict did Reagan want American citizens to leave in the past so as to rebuild their international leadership?

the Vietnam War

What key legislation was passed in August 1965?

the Voting Rights Act

Women entered the U.S. army in what was called ______.

the Women's Army Corps

Women entered the U.S. army in what was called

the Women's Army Corps.

Which institution was attacked by Senator Joe McCarthy in the infamous televised hearings that ultimately destroyed his reputation?

the army

Which institution was attacked by senator Joe McMarthy in the infamous televised hearings that ultmately destroyed his reputation?

the army

The chapter introduction tells the story of Hawaiian pipefitter John Garcia to make the point that

the attack on Hawaii and subsequent global war taught Americans that they could not be isolated from the perils of the rest of the world.

An affect that emerging minority activism had on conventical liberal politics was that...

the belief that all groups would assimilate into mainstream America gave way to the idea that groups would be equal but remain distinct

Which of the following best identifies U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy's reasoning for encouraging a shift to voter registration on the part of civil rights workers?

the belief that voter registration would stir up less violence than other tactics

What action did the Nixon administration take in Vietnam in May 1972?

the bombing of Haiphong

By the twenty-first century the biggest economic divide was between

the college-educated and noncollege-educated.

Soviet troops blockaded Berlin in order to prevent

the creation of West Germany

Allied grand strategy during World War Two called for

the defeat first of Nazi Germany, then shifting the focus to defeat Japan.

Which statement about U.S. defense policy during the late 1940s is incorrect

the strategy of nuclear deterrence was ultimately founded on the conviction that the United States could and would win the cold war

What effect did the passage of Proposition 13 have in other states?

the tax rebellion spread across the nation

At Yalta, Stalin agreed to enter the Pacific war within three months after Germany's defeat. In exchange, he wanted ______.

the territories that Russia had lost in the Russo-Japanese War

Although Iraq had not attacked the United States, the Bush administration saw war in Iraq as necessary because it believed that

the threat of weapons of mass destruction was so great that Saddam Hussein needed to be removed before he could use them.

What finally pushed the Kennedy administration to commit to federal legislation to end segregation and protect voting rights?

the violent repression of nonviolent demonstrations

What were some underlying causes of the Soviet Union's fragility?

the war in Afghanistan, political corruption, a stagnant economy

What did Roosevelt and Churchill prioritize when they met in Washington?

the war in Europe

The Economic Recovery Tax Act that Reagan urged through the U.S. Congress lowered taxes the most for

the wealthy.

By the end of the 1960s, many rights activist organization splintered because members developed differing ideas about

their individual identity

In drafting the Social Security legislation, what did legislators do to appease southerners Democrats hostile to African Americans

they excluded occupations that were disproportionately held by blacks

One of the major problems that U.S. troops face in South Vietnam

they often could not distinguish between enemy combats and civilians

Many white conservative voters during 1968 harbored what beliefs about the U.S. political environment...

they should be removed from federal government programs involving social welfare and worker's rights

Many white conservative voters during 1969 harbored all of the following belief about the U.S. political environment except the belief that...

they should be removed from federal government programs involving social welfare and worker's rights

Critics of nuclear power say that there are hazards with this type of power. They mention the partial meltdown in 1979 at the nuclear power plant at

three miles island, Pennsylvania

Which statement best describes why Truman dropped the atomic bomb on Japan?

to bring the war to an end speedily and to intimidate the Russians

After Stalingrad, Stalin's forces

went on the offensive, toward Poland and Romania.

What was the first recommendation of American security advisors in response to the discovery of Soviet missles in Cuba?

to conduct air strikes agais Cuba

What was the goal of the National Recovery Administration (NRA)?

to control competition among businesses

What was the American Liberty League's purpose?

to disparage Roosevelt and the New Deal

What was the purpose of the 1958 National Defense Education Act?

to emphasize the sciences and foreign languages in schools

Why did McCarthy send two young staff members to Western Europe in the summer of 1953?

to investigate the State Department

According to Reagan, for what reason did the United States invade the small island nation of Grenada?

to protect a group of American students

Why did the Black Panthers arms themselves?

to protect black communities from police harassment

Truman did not want the United States to declare war against North Korea because he did not want

to provoke the Soviets

What was the purpose of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty?

to reduce U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons stockpiles

Which of the following did Trump promise during his presidential campaign?

to repeal the Affordable Care Act to protect gun rights

Why did Saddam Hussein order the Iraqi army to invade Kuwait in August 1990?

to rescue Iraqi finances by seizing Kuwait's oil assets

Wy did Harley Earl add fins to the design of the 1948 Cadillac?

to sell more cars with a stylish design

What did Roosevelt and his advisors decide was the best way to save desperate European Jews?

to win the war as soon as possible

The interstate highway system and the St. Lawrence Seaway were both built with funds from user ________________ and taxes

tolls

The interstate highway system and the St. Lawrence Seaway were both built with funds from user__________and taxes.

tolls

Which of the following did not lead to the death of the counterculture

too many people left mainstream society to join communes

Owing to the United Mine Workers' coal strike, the federal government

took control of the mines.

Ronald Reagan's national security advisors and their aides

took power because Reagan did not concern himself with foreign policy.

The signing of the 1939 Soviet-German nonaggression pact

took the Western powers by surprise.

What measure introduced by Pope John Paul II ran counter to the opinion of most American Catholics?

tougher opposition to birth control

In 2008 the U.S. government modified its initial financial stabilization program to provide funds directly to

troubled banks.

Americans in the 1950s sought fulfillment from new patterns of consumerism and a demand for the "American Dream"-a car, a house and a family.

true

Regardng his domestic policies, "Ike's" presidency stressed moderation and behind-the-scenes negotiation.

true

The individual widely acknowledged as the innovator of affordable mass produced houseing in the postwar period was Bill Levitt.

true

African American unemployment was ______ white unemployment in 1932.

twice that of

The sit-in movement was begun by

two college students in Greensboro, North Carolina.

All of the following forces stymied Truman's efforts to revive the New Deal EXCEPT

un-met demands of veterans

What two factors drove the postwar economic boom?

unbridled consumer and business spending. government expenditures at the local, state, and federal levels

Sociologists warned that jobless African Americans in decaying urban areas would become a permanent

underclass

Hoover feared that providing direct federal relief to the unemployed would...

undermine the initiative of the recepients.

All of the following words describe the majority of Americans' reactions to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 except

understanding

All of the following words describe the majority of Americans' reactions to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 except...

understanding

Members of the Bonus Army were...

unemployed WW1 veterans

The members of Roosevelt's "Brains Trust" agreed on the need for...

unemployment relief

The members of Roosevelt's Brains Trust agreed on the need for

unemployment relief

George W. Bush's foreign policy sought to engage the world on its own terms and not through consensus, an approach known as

unilateralist.

Robert Taft's primary goal in the Taft-Hartley Act was to contain

unions.

After the Tet Offensive, how did the general public view the Johnson administration's assessment of U.S. prospects in the war?

unrealistic

Politically, Howard Jarvis, the founder of United Organizations of Taxpayers, was

very conservative

The GI Bill was designed to help ______ go to college.

veterans

The GI Bill was designed to help _________ go to college.

veterans

Hubert Humphrey won the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1968. In 1968, Humphrey was the

vice president.

By 1944, what was the number of unemployed people in the United States?

virtually none

By 1967, members of the public such as college students were increasingly more likely to...

voice their opposition of the Vietnam War

By 1967, members of the public such as college students were increasingly more likely to

voice their opposition of the Vietnam War.

High war wages allowed consumers to accumulate considerable funds in savings accounts and war

war bonds

Which of the following describes most of the Cubans who came to the U.S. after Castro came to power in 1959?

~An usually large number came from Cuba's professional, business, and government class. ~They settled around Miami. ~They were racially white. Not: ~They were mostly liberal. ~They actively sought alliances with other Latino communities.

War Labor Board

was created in 1942 to end labor strife.

Although Gerald Ford had no ties to the Watergate scandal, some people felt his ability to govern the country was weakened by the fact that he

was not elected vice president or president

Members of the counterculture viewed the use of drugs, such as hallucinogens, as

way to raise their states of consciousness and to free themselves from conventions

The Tet Offensive can best be described as...

well coordinated Vietcong operation that surprised but did not defeat U.S. forces.

After Stalingrad, Stalins forces

went on the offensive, toward Poland and Romania

In the 1936 U.S. election, women

were appointed to high federal positions

Under the New Deal, women

were appointed to high federal positions

Under the New Deal, women...

were appointed to high federal positions

After 1994 the proposals from the "Contract with America"

were largely passed in the Republican-controlled House but were less successful in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Class distinctions in suburbs

were more pronounced between them rather than within them.

Class distinctions in suburbs...

were more pronounced between them rather than within them.

Some observers worried that upon entering the White House, Jimmy Carter and his advisers

were too much outsiders to succeed.

Members of the counterculture often felt that many current social conventions

were too repressive should be reformed

Members of the counterculture often felt that many social conventions

were too repressive, should be reformed

Compared to the soldiers sent to fight in World War 2, Americans who served in Vietnam usually

were younger

Compared to the soldiers sent to fight in World War II, Americans who served in Vietnam usually

were younger.

Because of the threat of German U-boats, merchant sailors on oil tankers would sleep where on ship?

wherever they wanted

Which best describes how Eisenhower brought the Korean War to an end?

with a willingness to negotiate, combined with a threat of retaliation

How did Mississippi residents respond to the federally ordered desegregation of the University of Mississippi?

with violence and vandalism

What was the U.S. response when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan?

withdrawal from the Moscow Olympics

For Truman, MacArthur's calls to take the battle to China threatened to begin another _____ _____.

world war

For Truman, MacArthur's calls to take the battle to China threatened to begin another _______ _______.

world war

Anti-New Deal businessmen and conservatives claimed that Franklin Roosevelt was...

would be a dictator who violated property rights

Professor Alfred Kinsey began his career in what area of study before he began researching data on sex?

zoology