US history 2 final
Which of these programs introduced by LBJ still exists today
All of these
What was the name of the 1950s counterculture that rejected the values of conformity and domesticity?
Beats
Which supreme Court decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Which of the following best describes the marketing techniques of early television executives?
Finding programming that would appeal to the widest possible audience
On December 19,1998 the house voted to impeach president Clinton for
Lying to the grand jury and obstructing justice
Who lead theMIA's president
MLK Jr.
Nation of Islam minister who had encouraged African Americans to persue freedom, equality, and justice by any means necessary
Malcolm X
What was the name of the university of Chicago economist who helped to develop the intellectual position of libertarian economics?
Milton Friedman
This case expanded the rights of the accused by mandating that they must be informed of their rights
Miranda v. Arizona
What initially sparked the 1973 energy crisis
OPEC's embargo of oil exports
In their first year in office, the George W. Bush Admin
Passed the largest tax cut
After Clinton had sexual relations with an intern his public approval rating
Rose to record levels
Texas billionaire to become a third-party contender
Ross Perot
Reagan announced plans for a space-based system that could shoot down incoming missles called:
SDI
Who first challenged segregation on buses?
Sarah Keys
Most well-known figure of the Chicano movement
Cesar Chavez
How did Ronald Reagan win over the Religious Right
Denouncing abortion and prayer in school
Nixon and Kissinger had concluded that the most effective way to tip the military balance in South Vietnam's favor was to
Destroy military bases
Massive series of raids on various towns, cities, and bases throughout south Vietnam
The Tet offensive
Which of the following best describes the "Reagan Doctrine"
The US committed to supplying aid to anti-communist forces everywhere
In April 1970, the antiwar movement was recharged by
The US invasion of Cambodia
In 1979, Iranians who took American hostages demanded, in return for their release
The United States' return of the Shah of Iran
Congressional republicans offered a policy agenda called
The contraction with America
In 1983, the Reagan adminstration responded to a terrorist bombing of American military barracks in Beirut by
Withdrawing the remaining marines
What did Lyndon Johnson call his domestic program
Great society
When communists with ties to Cuba overthrew the government of the Caribbean nation of- in October 1983, Reagan dispatched the US marines to the island
Grenada
The intent of president of president Richard Nixon's vietnamization policy was to
Have South Vietnamese fighting
In 1979 the Carter admin responded to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan by
Imposing economic sanctions
Which of the following instigated the first gulf war also known as operations Desert shield and Desert Storm
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
In October 1962, this student became the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi
James Meredith
Who was the first African American man to run for president when he campaigned for the democratic party's nomination in 1984 and 1988
Jesse Jackson
In 1958, this Harvard economists and public intellectual published the affluent society
John Kenneth Galbraith
This Texas-based political party had a strong foundation for promoting Chicano nationalism
La Raza Unida
All of the following distinguish millenials from earlier generations except
Less likely to have traveled
What was the name of the prototypical suburban community built in 1946vin Long Island, new York?
Levittown
In the mid 1960s the student nonviolent coordinating committee experienced a transformation. This transformation included all of the following except
Merging with the Black Panther party
Which leader of the Soviet Union advocated the projects of glasnost and perestoika
Mikhail Gorbachev
Who was the leader of the movement to stop the equal rights amendment
Phylis Schlafly
Who was a conservative detractor that felt the equal rights amendment threatened traditional gender roles and values?
Phyllis Schlafly
Types of jobs such as nursing, teaching, and secretarial work
Pink collar jobs
Which democratic challenger did Reagan face in the election of 1984
Walter Mondale
The environment protection Agency was create in- when- signed the National Environmental Protection Act into law
1970; Richard Nixon
What percentage of white New Yorkers sympathized with Goetz
90%
In 2001 convinced that it harbored Al Qaeda terrorists, NATO, led by the US attacked
Afghanistan
The explosive growth of mass incarceration exacted a heavy toll on which community
African Americans
In the 1980's record national budget deficits resulted from
All of these answers are correct
This comprehensive act barred segregation in public accommodations and outlawed discrimination
Civil Rights Act of 1965
The Supreme court in the case US v. Richard Nixon ruled that Nixon must
Turn over audio tape recordings from the oval office to the special prosecuter
What happened at My Lai
US troops massacred millions of civilians
NAFTA eliminated most trade barriers among
US, Canada, and Mexico
On August 2, This United States ship reported incoming fire from North Vietnamese ships in the Gulf of Tonkin
USS Maddox
George H W Bush defeated Micheal Dukakis doing all of the following except
Updating New Deal Programs
The presidential election of 1984 convinced the Democratic party that its future lied with what group
Upwardly mobile professionals
An act that abolished voting discrimination in Federal, state, and local elections
Voting rights act of 1965
The crisis of American hostages being held in Iran
lasted over one year
In 2012 nearly- of all Americans were immigrants or sons or daughters of immigrants
one fourth
What was the Nixon doctrine
A military policy of Detente
The supply side economic theory embraced by president Ronald Reagan called for
A reduction of personal and corporate taxes
All of the following led to the economic development of the sun belt except
A resurgence in Southern agriculture
In late 1995 and early 1996 the public largely blamed a budget impasse that shut down the federal government on
Congressional republicans
Which group first promoted the idea that drug use could remedy feelings of alienation
Counterculture
This case ruled that states must provide attorneys at state expense for accused persons unable to procure their own legal defense
Gideon v. Wainwright
Who was a vocal supporter of the proposed equal rights amendment
Gloria Steinem
In 1974 former president Nixon was pardoned by
The President
The Albany movement centered on Albany, Georgia drew on Christian commitments to social justice and united all of the following civil rights groups except
The Southern Baptists Convention
The military spread this chemical agent onto dense jungle
Agent Orange
On the day of the 2000 election
Al Gore won the popular vote
Dwight Eisenhower accomplished which of the following
All are correct
How did federal housing programs discriminate against Americans of color?
All are correct
What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education?
All are correct
What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?
All of the above
In 1972 the equal rights amendment
All of the answers are correct
In 1972, two Washington post reporters uncovered evidence linking the watergate break in to
All of the answers are correct
In 1999 nearing the end of his presidency Clinton
All of the answers are correct
Which of the following enabled the rising purchase of consumer goods?
All of the answers are correct
Why did president Clinton fail to secure universal health care
All of the answers are correct
Why was Emmett Till murdered?
Allegedly whistling at a white women
All of the following occured during the Clinton administration except
Allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the military
This group staged dramatic demonstrations
American Indian Movement
Who published the Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedman
Obamacare mimicked policy proposals by all of the following politicians except
Bill Clinton
The Kerner commission explained urban riots as the result of which of the following
Black frustration
President Johnson proposed the voting rights act of 1965 partially in response to what event in Salem, Alabama
Bloody Sunday
Which show did not introduce advertising for new products manufactured during the 1950s?
Charlies Angels
The 1968 Democratic national convention included massive protests violent reprisals by police. Where did this convention meet?
Chicago
The party's 10-point plan also included employment, housing, and education
Chicago Movement
This case ruled that it was illegal for the states to require official school prayers
Engel v. Vitale
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 WW2?
Federal spending created more economic growth
Betty Friedmans Feminine Mystique focused on what primary issue
Feelings of dissatisfaction as a housewife
On January 8, 1959 the rebel and his revolutionary army initiated a new era of Cuban history
Fidel Castro
Which of the following industries experienced the most economic growth under Reagan
Financial services
What was the primary political issue that Carter used in his presidential campaign
Focused less on issues than on his background
Founded in 1968, the American Indian Movement
Focused on militant actions
Bill Clinton was the first Democrat to win two terms as president since
Franklin Roosevelt
Ho Chi Minh spent years of enduring whose control and abuse
French
The voting rights act of 1965:
Gave total control of all elections to the federal government, that blacks were given freedom to fully exercise their voting rights
The Nixon administration ordered the heavy bombing of communist forces located in Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
What was the primary guiding principle of Carters foreign policy during his early years in office
Human rights
Which storm developed into a category 5 hurricane in 2005
Hurricane Katrina
After the Gulf War, President George Bush's high popularity quickly faded because of his
Inability to contain worsening recession
All of the following aspects of the tax reform act of 1986 are true except
Increased federal revenues
Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald?
Jack Ruby
In 1979 this Baptist minister founded the Moral Majority
Jerry Falwell
What campus needed Ohio National Guardsmen to restore order
Kent State
This drug began its life as a drug used primarily in psychological research before trickling down into college campuses
LSD
President Obama's main policy intiative to shore up the faltering economy was
Massive stimulus package
The civil rights leader was assassinated at his home in Jackson Mississippi
Medgar Evers
This group was founded in 1966 by prominent American feminists including Betty Friedman, Shirley Chisolm, and others
National Organization for Women
The Watergate scandal began in 1972 with a break in at the
Offices of the Democratic National Committee
A van blew up in front of a federal building in
Oklahoma city
How did the US respond to the independence movement in Vietnam
Opposed Vietnamese independence and supported French attempts to retain its colonial control
The 24th amendment
Outlawed poll taxes
Who wrote Silent Spring?
Rachel Carson
Environmental and consumer advocate that entered the race for president as the green party candidate
Ralph Nadar
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 presidents ability to wage war
This president created the environmental protection agency
Richard Nixon
In 1972, Henry Kissinger announced that peace is at hand
Right before the American presidential election
Roe v. Wade the court case that legalized abortion hinged on what legal idea
Right of privacy
Perhaps one hundred thousand youth descended on San Francisco for the Utopic promise of 1967
Summer of Love
President Truman saw an expansion of social security benefits, a higher minimum wage, and urban development aimed at eliminating slums
The Fair Deal
President Lyndon B. Johnson's vision for America extended past the initiatives left behind by Kennedy. He introduced the idea of:
The Great Society
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
Why was the federal government slow to respond to the AIDS crisis
The issue disproportionately affected gay Americans a . marginalized group
How did the Reagan's first budget immediately impact the national debt
The national debt increased dramatically
In 1974, Richard Nixon lef the presidency
Through resignation
In 1952, this NAACP lawyer argued on behalf of Linda Brown
Thurgood Marshall
Which of the following best describes the so-called Bush Doctrine
US should act unilaterally and preemptively
The Phenomenon when whites in metropolitan areas fled city centers for the suburbs- often it resulted in resegregated residential patterns
White flight
The so-called Pentagon Papers
revealed the government had misled the public regarding the progress of the war.
After the house impeached Clinton they sent the charges to the senate where
Senate republicans fell short
Who shot Reagan and three others
John Hinckley
Who was the first women to serve on the supreme court
Sandra Day O'Connor
demacration line, created in Vietnam that existed from 1954 until 1975
17th parallel
In what year were MLK Jr. and Robert Kennedy both assassinated
1968
The Dow Jones industrial average which stood at 950 in 1981 reached- by the end of Reagan's second term
2,239
1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis where he assisted in organizing
A strike involving black sanitation workers
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
Introduced in 1977, this computer was the first successful massed produced microcomputer
Apple 2
Who is the conservative economist that predicted lower tax rates would generate so much economic activity that federal tax revenues would actually increase
Arthur Laffer
The key evidence in the determination of president Richard Nixon's guilt or innocence in the watergate scandal was
Audio tape recordings
The 2000 presidential election was decided when
Automatic recount had to cease
The Stonewall incident that catalyzed the gay rights movement occured when:
Bar patrons in New York City protested a police raid
Which of the following phrases best describes "Reagan Democrats"
Blue-collar voters who lost faith in the liberal creed
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 racism influence the growth of the modern republican party
Democrats took the lead in passing civil rights legislation
Outrages southern democrats led a break-away faction headed by South Carolina Governor J. Strom Thurmond known as the:
Dixiecrats
In his own words, this president described himself as "Conservative when it comes to money and liberal when it comes to human beings"
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which agency investigates sexual discrimination in the workplace
EEOC
The churches most common in suburban America tended most frequently celebrated which of the following cultural values?
Economic individualism
This event in Arkansas exemplified the worst kind of response to integration attempts in the south
Little Rock Nine
Why was the landmark election of 1960 the first of its kind?
Never before had the media played such a prominent role in politics
Who was the corrupt leader of the republican of vietnam propped up by the American government with little domestic support
Ngo Dinh Diem
Which of the following best describes the ruling of citizens United v. FEC
No limits could be placed on political spending
Who was the secretary of defense under Lyndon Johnson
Robert McNamara
Court case that decided a women and her doctor possessed the right to decide the fate of a pregnancy
Roe v. Wade
Group that organized voting efforts in Mississippi, notable for its relatively large black community and scant number of black voters
SNCC
What was the primary rationale used to justify the Iraq war
Saddan Husseins alleged possessions of weapons of mass destruction
The Contras, a right-wing insurgency group was fighting this leftist government in Nicaragua
Sandinista
In 2015 the supreme court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges
That prohibition \s against same sex marriage were unconstitutional
Activists in this particular event sat at segregated lunch counters in an act of defense
The 1960s Greensboro sit-ins
All of the following are true about the Gulf of Tonkin incidents and the ensuing resolution except:
The Johnson administration disorted the incident to provide a pretext for escalating American involvement in Vietnam
In the early 1980's the country president Ronald Reagan describes as an evil empire was:
The Soviet Union
In 1964 a dispute broke out at the University of California at Berkely over:
The rights of free speech
This concert in New York became shorthand for the new youth culture and its mixture of politics
Woodstock
As president, Ronald Reagan
succeeded in making his personality a central feature of his presidency
