AHM 2020 FINAL EXAM SG

In ______ significant reform legislation was passed by Congress concerning welfare programs.

1976

The crisis of American hostages being held in Iran lasted

444 DAYS

How did the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton end?

ACQUITTED

In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

ALLIES OF NATION; NATO

The Supreme Court ruling in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)

ALLOW STATE TO BAND ABORTION FROM PUBLIC HOSPITALS (MISSOURI)

The key evidence in the determination of President Richard Nixon's guilt or innocence in the Watergate scandal were

AUDIO TAPES

In the early 1970s, the CIA played a major role in destabilizing a leftist government in

CHILE

In the 1990s, opponents of globalization

CLAIM THAT WAS NOT ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL TO WORKERS

In the 1960s, the radical group known as "Weathermen" was involved in

COLLEGE BOMBINGS THAT CLAIMED SEVERAL LIVES

In the election of 2004, the Republican strategy involved appealing mainly to

CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS EVANGELICALS

The Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

CRIMINALS MUST BE INFORM OF THEIR RIGHTS

In 1949, the Truman administration made progress in civil rights by

ENDING DISCRIMINATION IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT

The South Vietnam government in Saigon finally collapsed during the presidency of

FORD

Bill Clinton was the first Democrat to win two terms as president since

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT

In 1972, the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

FROZE ARSENAL AT CURRENT LEVEL

Which of the following nations became a nuclear power in the 1950's?

GREAT BRITTAIN

The Supreme Court in the case United States v. Richard Nixon (1974) ruled that Nixon must

HANDS OVER THE TAPE

The Warren Commission investigation of the assassination of President John Kennedy concluded

HARVEY ASSESINATED HIM, NOT CONSPIRACY

In regards to the assassination of President John Kennedy,

HARVEY WAS SHOT AND KILLED

In 1947, the Truman Doctrine

HELP ANY GOVERNMENT THREATED BY COMMUNISM

In the late 1980s, the spread of AIDS in the United States was spreading most rapidly among

HETEROSEXUALS

The 1969 "Stonewall Riot" is to be associated with the civil rights movement for

HOMOSEXUALS

The Supreme Court case of Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) dealt a blow to

HOUSING DISCRIMINATION

As president, Jimmy Carter called for a foreign policy that stressed the importance of

HUMAN RIGHTS

In 1979, the United States responded to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan by

IMPOSE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS IN THE SOVIET UNION

The Gulf War of 1991 had its origins in an Iraqi decision to

INVADE KUWAIT

n 1980, Iraq invaded

IRAN

What happened during the Yom Kippur War of 1973?

ISRAEL BEING ATTACKED

When was the Equal Pay Act passed by Congress?

JUNE 10 1963

During the 1980s and 1990s, American corporations became more competitive by reducing

LABOR COST

On December 19, 1998, the House voted on partisan lines to impeach President Clinton for

LYING TO COURT

In 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of command because

MACARTHUT CRITICICED TRUMAN POLICY IN KOREA

In 1947, the first target of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was

MOVIE INDUSTRY

What did the U.S. do during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis?

NAVAL AND AIR BLOCKADE

In 2002, President George W. Bush described an "axis of evil" made up of Iraq, Iran, and

NORTH KOREA

Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of "containment" was

NOT COMMUNIST EXPANSION

In its first year in office, the Bush administration

PAST LARGEST TAX CUTS

In 1974, former President Richard Nixon was pardoned by

PRESIDENT FORD

The Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade (1973) was based on a new legal interpretation of

PRIVACY RIGHTS AND LED TO LEGALIZING ABORTION

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court justice, was named to the court by

REAGAN

The Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) ruled that

RIGHT TO A LAWYER

In 1948, President Harry Truman responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by

SENDING AIR SUPPLYINGS

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson's Medicare program

SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO SOCIAL SECURITY

What have scientists discovered about the DNA structure?

SOLVE CRIMES

Which country did the U.S. support during the Vietnam War?

SOUTH VIETNAM

In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying for

SOVIET UNION

In the early 1980s, the country President Ronald Reagan described as an "evil empire" was

SOVIET UNION

In the last months of 1949, events in the Soviet Union and China included

SOVIET UNION EXPLORED FIRST ATOMIC BOMB; COMMUNISM TOOK OVER CHINA

In the 1968 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon called for

STABILITY AND NATIONAL LAW AND ORDER

Joseph McCarthy burst to national prominence by charging that there were known communists in the

STATE DEPARTMENT

Which of the following was the first method nuclear weapons delivery?

STRATEGIC BOMBERS

In 1992, Ross Perot made the best third-party showing in American politics since

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Nation to have landed a man on the Moon and in what year?

US 1969

Which are the five permanent members of the UN Security Council?

US UK RUSSIA FRANCE CHINA

In 1992, severe rioting in Los Angeles began in response to the

VEREDICT OF RODNEY KING

The Civil Rights Act of 1965 primarily focused on the issue of

VOTING RIGHTS

During the Bay of Pigs operation, President John Kennedy decided to

WITHOLD MILITARY AND AIR SUPPORT