history final test
The Dow Jones Industrial Average-which stood at 950 in 1981-reached _______ by the end of Reagan's second term.
2,239
What initially sparked the 1973 energy crisis?
OPEC's embargo of oil exports to the US in retaliation for US intervention
How did Ronald Reagan win over the Religious Right?
Denouncing abortion and prayer in schools
Donald Trump was impeached a second time for
"incitement of insurrection"
Which of the following best describes the "Reagan Doctrine?"
The US committed to supplying aid to anti-communist forces everywhere
Which of the following best describes the so-called Bush Doctrine?
The US should act unilaterally and preemptively to fight terrorism
What was the name of the 1950s counterculture that rejected the values of conformity and domesticity?
beats
All of the following led to the economic development of the Sun Belt EXCEPT
A resurgence in southern agriculture
The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) mimicked policy proposals of all of the following politicians EXCEPT
bill clinton
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 WWII?
both of these
The 1968 Democratic National Convention included massive protests by police. Where did this convention meet?
chicago
What was the most provable part of Nixon's role in Watergate? (maybe)
the tapes
How did students challenge segregated lunch counters at a Woolworth's in North Carolina?
they staged a sit in
What did Lyndon Johnson call his domestic program?
Great Society
All of the following distinguish millennials from earlier 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
Which leader of the Soviet Union advocated the projects of glasnost and perestroika?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Which group first promoted the idea that drug use could remedy feelings of alienation?
Psychologists and sociologists
What is the name of the U of Chicago economist who helped to develop the intellectual position of libertarian economics?
milton friedman
Which two prominent Americans were assassinated in 1968?
mlk and robert kennedy
Who organized the first sit-ins?
students
What percentage of white New Yorkers sympathized with Goetz?
90%
Why was Emmett Till murdered?
Allegedly whistling at a white woman
The Stonewall incident that catalyzed the gay rights movement occurred when __________
Bar patrons in New York City protested a police raid
What happened at My Lai?
U.S. troops massacred hundreds of civilians
George H. W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis by doing all of the following EXCEPT
Updating New Deal programs for a new era
How did Jimmy Carter respond to the economic crises of the late 1970s?
Using approaches championed by conservatives including deregulation...
Which of the following statements regarding the Iran Contra Affair are true?
all of the above
Why did President Clinton fail to secure universal healthcare?
all of the above
Four Americans were killed by the National Guard in 1970 at __________ in the midst of campus protests about Vietnam.
kent state university
__________ of American households purchased a television set between 1948-1955.
nearly 2/3
What was the "Nixon Doctrine?"
A military policy of détente
The Religious Right built a powerful coalition that united conservative evangelicals with what other voting group?
Conservative Catholics
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 accomplish?
Created a Civil Rights Commission in the Department of Justice...
Which of the following is true of the 2016 election:
Trump & Clinton were the most unpopular nominees in modern American history
In 2012, nearly _______ of all Americans were immigrants or the sons or daughters of immigrants.
1/4
The National Indian Youth Council (NIYC)...
All of the above are correct
All of the following occurred during the Clinton administration EXCEPT
Allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the military
The Kerner Commission explained urban riots as the result of which of the following
Black frustration with the hopelessness of urban poverty
What was the primary political issue that Carter used in his presidential campaign?
Carter's campaign focused less on issues than on his background
What was the subject of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring?
Environmental dangers of pesticides
What was the relationship between the federal government and economic growth in the aftermath of World War II?
Federal spending created more economic growth
Which of the following took place in the 1990s, representing a new trend in immigration?
Increased immigration to the American South
In the mid-1960s, 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 saw poverty from the failure of people to take advantage of the system
Who was the leader of the movement to stop the Equal Rights Amendment?
Phylis Schlafly
What was the intention of the War Powers Resolution?
Reduce the president's ability to wage war without congressional consent
Roe v. Wade, the court case that legalized abortion hinged on what legal idea?
Right of privacy
How did Reagan's first budget immediately impact the national debt?
The national debt increased dramatically
Which of the following resulted from American commitments to free trade?
The relocation of American manufacturing overseas
The Religious Right was a coalition of protestants and Catholics concerned with issues like:
abortion, gay rights, ERA
Describe the Vietnam War Memorial.
depressing and unpatriotic
Advertisers in the 60s innovated by beginning to emphasize which of the following traits as a means of selling products?
rebellion and individuality
On what legal principle did Brown v. Board of Education rest?
seperate but equal
Who first challenged segregation on buses?
Sarah Keys
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
As many as ______ Americans participated in demonstrations for racial justice in the summer of 2020.
25 million
By 1968, ______________ American troops were stationed in Vietnam, and nearly ____________ had been killed.
500,000; 20;000
How did the first freedom ride end?
Angry mobs composed of KKK members attacked the riders in Birmingham...
Which of the following phrases best describes "Reagan Democrats?"
Blue-collar voters who lost faith in the liberal creed
How did racism influence the growth of the modern Republican Party?
Democrats took the lead in passing civil rights legislation pushing white..
Which of the following best describes the marketing techniques of early television executives?
Finding programming that would appeal to the widest possible audience
Which of the following best describes the ruling of Citizens United v. FEC?
No limits could be placed on political spending by corporations...
What was the primary rationale used to justify the Iraq War?
Saddam Hussein's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction
What event was exploited as a pretext for escalating American involvement in Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The 2000 presidential election was decided when
The Supreme Court ruled that the automatic recount had to cease immediately
Why was the federal government slow to respond to the AIDS crisis?
The issue disproportionately affected gay Americans, a marginalized group
The Albany Movement on Christian commitments to social justice & united all of the following Civil Rights groups EXCEPT
The southern baptist convention
The presidential election of 1984 convinced the Democratic Party that its future lied with what group?
african americans
Medicare provides insurance primary for the ___________, while Medicaid primarily provides care for the ______________.
aged;poor
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
The cornerstone of Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty was which program?
community action
The churches most common in suburban America tended most frequently celebrated which of the following cultural values?
economic individualism
The word used by the Johnson administration to describe the increasing troop presence in Vietnam was "________." (maybe)
escalation
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
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
"Reaganomics" argued that if you cut taxes on corporations and the wealthy, the money would "________________" to everyone else.
trickle down
1950s culture saw the rise of a new genre of music called rock 'n' roll.
true
A year after the Little Rock 9 were escorted to school every day, schools closed instead of allowing integration.
true
Black Power was championed by figures like Malcolm X and organizations like the Black Panther Party founded in CA.
true
Bob Dylan's song "Times They are a Changin" highlighted the role folk music played in the culture of protest in then
true
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State an account of sex
true
Medgar Evers, an NAACP leader in Mississippi, was assassinated in the summer of 1963.
true
Reaganomics argued that if you cut taxes on corporations & wealthy, the money would "trickle down" to everyone else.
true
The Pentagon Papers were the guilt impugning documents that the Nixon administration tried to keep from the public.
true
Vietnam was considered the 1st "living room war" highlighting the role outlets like CBS Evening News played in the war.
true
