History
Gulf of Tonkin
"necessary measures"
OBAMA CARE
2013 shutdown
Bush and Obama not true
A & B
35 years later
Asia and Latin
boy of pig
CIA failed mission
What reason did the Hollywood Ten give for not cooperating with the HUAC hearings?
They felt the hearings were a violation of the First Amendment.
sep 11
al qaeda (just B)
Freedom revolutions
congressional
3 states passed laws
english official language
Kyoto protocol
global warming
school segregation
increase in 90's housing
stonewall
militant gay
lyndon predecessor
poverty/injustice
MLK Chicago Freedom Movement
vote registration of black cities
patriot Act
wiretap and spy
civil right act
"a fitting memorial"
rodney king
A and C
Which statement best describes what NSC-68 called for?
A permanent military buildup and a global application of containment.
Which statement best describes the thesis of David Riesman's book The Lonely Crowd?
Americans were conformists and lacked the inner resources to lead truly independent lives.
GWB loss 1992
B & D
Inequality after 2010
B & D
Lawrence v Texas
B & D
best explains AHWB loss in 1992
B & D
problem of inequality
B & D
Black Panther
B and D
During the 1950s
B and D
The "Third World":
C and D
Which statement about the Korean conflict is FALSE?
Chinese troops threatened to enter the conflict, but never did.
All of the following statements about the Cold War's impact on American life are true EXCEPT:
Cold War military spending weakened the economy.
Obama supporters
Guantanamo Bay
Bush vs Gore
HAULT
president lyndon is apart from JFK
He knew the meaning of poverty and racial injustice from his own life experience
How did President Dwight D. Eisenhower surpass the New Deal in government involvement in the economy?
He presided over the construction of 41,000 miles of interstate highways.
inaugural
Iraq liberation not terror
NGO Dinht
Kennedy and johnson Vietnam communism
Balkan crisis
NATO's
Tea Party
Obama born in Africa
Sept 11 USA
President Bush
What did Eleanor Roosevelt do of particular significance several years after the war ended?
She chaired the committee which drafted the United Nation's "Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
Who were the "Dixiecrats"?
Southern Democrats who walked out of the 1948 convention to form the "States' Rights Democratic Party."
The charges against which of the following organizations led to the downfall of Joseph McCarthy in 1954?
The Army.
The "social contract":
The constant threat of mutually assured destruction under the doctrine made for more cautious diplomacy.
What inspiration did Martin Luther King Jr. gain from Mahatma Gandhi?
The idea of peaceful civil disobedience.
How had the political climate changed in the South during World War II in the early Cold War years?
The number of African-Americans in the region that were registered to vote increased sevenfold.
Why did the United States allow West Germany to become part of a defensive alliance less than ten years after the defeat of Nazi Germany?
The successful Soviet detonation of a nuclear bomb underlined the importance of a militarily united West.
3rd candidate Perot
Theodore Roosevelt
Why did the Soviet Union strongly support the national independence movements in the new Third World?
They hoped to convince new nations to ally themselves with the eastern bloc against European and American imperialists.
Why did American policymakers agree to spend billions of dollars on the economic recovery of Europe under the Marshall Plan?
They were afraid that if they did not help with the recovery, western European nations might fall into the Soviet sphere of influence.
Why did anticommunist Harry Truman veto the McCarran-Walter Act?
Truman had become alarmed at the excesses of the anticommunist crusade.
Which of the following is NOT true about the growth of the postwar West?
Washington and Oregon eclipsed California's population, due to unprecedented employment opportunities in the defense industry.
Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed which kind of individuals to his cabinet?
Wealthy businessmen to run the government like an efficient business.
not belong in group
YAF
militia groups increased
acts of terrorism
In 1948, the Progressive Party:
advocated expanded social welfare programs.
What obstacle did Harry Truman face when he assumed the presidency following the death of Franklin Roosevelt in April 1945?
arry Truman had absolutely no experience in foreign policy, the most important qualification at this point in American history.
The McCarran-Walter Act:
authorized the deportation of communists, including naturalized citizens.
globalization
b and c
problem inequality 2010
b and d
Chicano farm workers found a powerful advocate in
b) Cesar Chavez.
1963 March on Washington
black and white cooperation
black lives matter
black humanity
obama 2nd term
broken nuclear energy
federal emergency management agency
bush administration prided itself on its unique focus
William Levitt, with the help of the GI Bill, gave many Americans the opportunity to:
buy a home.
free speech movement
campus born political groups
quasi-sovereign
casinos
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party city
challenged states democratic party
"human rights"
china saudi arabia
freedom summer
coalition rights of civil rights mississippi
dick cheney
colin powell
The Truman Doctrine:
committed the United States to fighting communism anywhere
Gold Water
conservative movement
counterculture
counterculture realm of life
late 20th century imprisonment
criminal and drug use
"redrew political map"
democratic strongholds
proposition 187
denied illegal immigrants welfare education
occupy movement false
died out and failed to inspire
women liberation
discriminatory
1991 Soviet attempt
dissolved end Cold War
health care first term
drug companies
malcolm X
economic political autonomy
The new conservatives:
emphasized tradition, community, and moral commitment.
Labor and employers agreed to a new "social contract" that included all of the following provisions EXCEPT:
employers required the National Association of Manufacturers to accept the right of workers to organize unions.
1s year GWB
enact tax
1st year GWB
enact tax
Rachel Carson spring summer
environmental movement
The impact of the Cold War on American culture was:
especially evident in the movies.
baking crisis 2008
fed reverse bank frenzy
1995 truck bombing
for night militia group
Enron
fraud
NAFTA
free trade zone
MLK was assassinated
garbage worker
security fraud
glass steagall act
1998 congress impeachment
grand jury
malcolm x
harmony muslim saudia arabia
legacy on war on poverty
helped significantly reduce incidence of poverty q
Dot coms
high tech companies
The 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon:
highlighted the impact of television on political campaigns.
Hurricane Katrina
homeland security
Bill Clinton to reign policy
human rights to a central place
war of poverty
incidence of poverty
JFK considered civil rights
incompatible free world
1968 as troops in vietnam
increase 1/2 a million brutal
90's prison population
increase state government increases penalties
first political campaign 20th century
internet to raise money
"loving a virginia
interracial marriage
inaugural
iraq war liberation not war
2006 house representatives
legal and illegal immigrants natioanwide
JKF and Dwight eisenhower common
lens of cold war
Texas and Obergefell v Hodges
living document
GWB message Sept 11
love of freedom
pay gap
men and women
2009 womens jobs
men decreased jobs due to recession
feminism mystique
middle class women
Asian americans
model minority
Guatemalan leader Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán:
ought to reduce foreign corporations' control over his country's economy.
The Taft-Hartley Act:
outlawed the closed shop.
internet
owned telecommunications
miranda v arizona 1966 supreme court
people in custody have rights
1st year GWB
persuaded congress
Iraq compared to Vietnam
policy makers with little knowledge
D.C
political center
easily re elected
popular policies republication
bush v gore 2000 unusual
precedent
1963 march june
punitive jim crow
Clinton response to 94 victory
radical republicans elections
AIDS
rapidly decreased among gays
"pay gap"
rates women and men
goldwater campaign emphasized
reduction in government
New conservatives trusted government to:
regulate personal behavior.
"freedom revolution"
republican victory at 94 election
casey v planned
repudiated control wife
Last 2 decades
riches increase
Walmart
second biggest industry besides apple
Clinton democratic nomination
social liberalism
Democratic nomination
social liberalism conservatism
Supreme court
southern states
Greensboro, North Carolina
sparked similar successful demonstrations
contract
steeply cut
GHW foreign policy
summit geneva switzerland
Not drive of Mexican immigration
superior public
did not drive immigration from mexico in 90's
superior public services
2000 Presidential race between
supreme court
"government takeover"
sweeping health care
In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans about:
the military-industrial complex.
Half a billion $
toxic mortgage security
new left movement liberalism
true participatory democracy
Saddam Hussein
tyrant leader of Iraq
liability of obama
unemployment remained high
1960 latino rights focus
united farmer workers
least influential
video cassettes
president bill clinton
welfare state grants
