History 1302

Thirty-seven year old white engineer, Bernard Goetz, shot and seriously wounded four black teenagers on a subway car because he suspected the young men--armed with screwdrivers--planned to rob him. What percentage of white New Yorkers sympathized with Goetz?

90%

The 1968 Democratic National Convention included massive protests and violent reprisals by police. Where did this convention meet?

Chicago

The cornerstone of Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty was which program?

Community Action

Why was Emmett Till murdered?

Correct answer: allegedly whistling at a white woman

How did racism influence the growth of the modern Republican Party?

Democrats took the lead in passing civil rights legislation, which pushed many white Americans towards the Republican Party.

What was the relationship between the federal government and the economic growth in the aftermath of World War II?

Federal spending created more economic growth.

Which of the following instigated the First Gulf War, also known as Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm?

Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

What initially sparked the 1973 energy crisis?

OPEC's embargo of oil exports to the United States in retaliation for American intervention in the Middle East

Who was the leader of the movement to stop the Equal Rights Amendment?

Phylis Schlafly

What was the primary rationale used to justify the Iraq War?

Saddam Hussein's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction

Who first challenged segregation on buses?

Sarah Keys

What is the name of the University of Chicago economist who helped to develop the intellectual position of libertarian economics?

Milton Friedman

What was the "Nixon Doctrine"?

a military policy of détente

All of the following led to the economic development of the Sun Belt except __________.

a resurgence of southern agriculture

The churches most common in suburban America tended most frequently celebrated which of the following cultural values?

economic individualism

The National Indian Youth Council differed from the National Congress of American Indians because the NIYC __________. Correct answer:

employed direct action tactics and more combative rhetoric

What was the subject of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring?

environmental dangers of pesticides

Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique focused on what primary issue?

feelings of dissatisfaction with life as a housewife

Which of the following industries experienced the most economic growth under Reagan?

financial services

Which of the following best describes the marketing techniques early television executives?

finding programming that would appeal to the widest possible audience

What was the primary guiding principle of Carter's foreign policy during his early years in office?

human rights

All of the following aspects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 are true except ___________.

increased federal revenues

Which of the following took place in the 1990s, representing a new trend in immigration?

increased immigration to the American South

How did Reagan's first budget immediately impact the national debt?

it increased dramatically

All of the following distinguished millennials from early generations except ____________.

less likely to have traveled

Which of the following best describes global economic trends in the early 1990s?

liberalized economic laws and rising international investment

In the mid-1960s, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) experienced a transformation. This transformation included all of the following except ______________.

merging with the Black Panther Party

How did American liberals change their views of poverty during the 1960s?

more and more saw poverty from the failure of individuals to take full advantage of the American system

Which of the following best describes the ruling of Citizens United v. FEC?

no limits could be placed on political spending by corporations, unions, and nonprofits

In 2012, nearly ________ of all Americans were immigrants or the sons or daughters of immigrants.

one fourth

How did the United States respond to the independence movement in Vietnam?

opposed Vietnamese independence and supported French attempts to retain colonial control

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 focused on what primary issue?

outlawing discrimination in housing

Advertisers in the 1960s innovated by beginning to emphasize which of the following traits as a means of selling products?

rebellion and individuality

What was the intention of the War Powers Resolution?

reduce the president's ability to wage war without congressional consent

According to economists at JP Morgan Chase was the greatest factor in the unprecedented profit margins of the early 2000s?

reductions in wages and benefits

Roe v. Wade, the court case that legalized abortion hinged on what legal idea?

right of privacy

Which group first promoted the idea that drug use could remedy feelings of alienation?

scientists

All of the following are true about the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the ensuing resolution except ____________.

served as justification for the assassination of Ngo Diem

Who organized the first sit-ins?

students

The Albany Movement, centered in Albany, Georgia, drew on Christian commitments to social justice and united all of the following Civil Rights groups except ____________.

the Southern Baptist Convention

The 2000 presidential election was decided when _____________.

the Supreme Court ruled that the automatic recount had to cease immediately

Which of the following best describes the "Reagan Doctrine?"

the United States committed to supplying aid to anti-communist forces everywhere in the world

Which of the following best describes the so-called Bush Doctrine?

the United States should act unilaterally and preemptively to fight terrorism

Why was the federal government slow to respond to the AIDS crisis?

the disease disproportionately affected gay Americans, a marginalized group

The wave of politicians, called New Democrats, advocated all of the following except ______________.

the end of mass incarceration

Which of the following statements regarding the Iran Contra Affair are true?

the goal was to raise money to support the anti-Sandinista government in Nicaragua

Who were the "Brass Hats?"

the leadership of the National Association of Manufacturers who created advertising campaigns supporting free enterprise

Which of the following resulted from American commitments to free trade?

the relocation of American manufacturing overseas

President Johnson proposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 partially in response to what event in Selma, Alabama?

"Bloody Sunday," the beating of peaceful marchers by police officers

The Dow Jones Industrial Average--which stood at 950 in 1981--reached _____ by the end of Reagan's second term.

2,239

What groups experienced the increased fertility rates associated with the baby boom?

Americans from all racial, social, and class lines

The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) mimicked policy proposals by all of the following politicians except ________________.

Bill Clinton

What was the primary political issue that Carter used in his presidential campaign?

Carter's campaign focused less on issues than on his background as a hardworking, honest Southern Baptist southerner

Which leader of the Soviet Union advocated the projects of glasnost and perestroika?

Gorbachev

What did Lyndon Johnson call his domestic program?

Great Society

What happened at My Lai?

U.S. troops massacred hundreds of civilians.

How did federal housing programs discriminate against Americans of color?

all of the above

What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?

all of the above

What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education?

all of the above

Which of the following enabled the rising purchase of consumer goods?

all of the above

Why did President Clinton fail to secure universal healthcare?

all of the above

All of the following occurred during the Clinton administration except _______________.

allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the military

How did the first freedom ride end?

angry mobs composed of KKK members attacked the riders in Birmingham, Alabama and burned one of the buses and beat the activists who escaped

The Stonewall incident that catalyzed the gay rights movement occurred when ________.

bar patrons in New York City protested a police raid

What was the name of the 1950s counterculture that rejected the values of conformity and domesticity?

beats

The Kerner Commission explained urban riots ad the result of which of the following?

black frustration with the hopelessness of urban poverty

Which of the following phrases best describes "Reagan Democrats?"

blue-collar voters who lost faith in the liberal creed

Congressional opposition from which faction plagued Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration?

both

Which of the following right wing think tanks were created in the first decade following World War II?

both of these

The Religious Rights built a powerful coalition that united conservative evangelicals with what other influential voting groups?

conservative Catholics

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 accomplish?

created a Civil Rights Commission in the Department of Justice to investigate claims of racial discrimination

How did Ronald Reagan win over the Religious Right?

denouncing abortion and advocating prayer in schools

George H. W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis by doing all of the following except _________.

updating New Deal programs for a new era

The presidential election of 1984 convinced the Democratic Party that its future lied with what group?

upwardly mobile professionals and suburbanites

How did Jimmy Carter respond to the economic crises of the late 1970s?

using approaches championed by conservatives including deregulation, spending cuts, and tax cuts