Sem 2 His Final
What was the "Nixon Doctrine?"
A military policy of détente
What was "supply-side economics"?
A program of tax cuts and deregulation designed to stimulate the economy
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 Stonewall incident that catalyzed the gay rights movement occurred when which of these happened?
Bar patrons in New York City protested a police raid
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
What was the name of Jerry Falwell's organization that played a major role in the formation of the New Right?
Moral Majority
Who was the leading anti-war candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for President at the 1968 Chicago Convention?
Eugene McCarthy
What was the name of the policy that brought migrant agricultural workers from Mexico to the US to support production during WWII?
The Bracero Program
What was the name of the major agreement reached between Israeli and Palestinian leaders during Carter's Presidency?
The Camp David Accords
How did the United States respond to the movement against French colonialism in Vietnam?
Opposed Vietnamese independence and supported French attempts to retain its colonial control
Which of the following best describes the "Reagan Doctrine?
The United States committed to supplying aid to anti-communist forces everywhere in the world
Greece and Turkey were early flashpoints in the Cold War. How did the United States respond to unrest in Greece and Turkey in 1947?
The United States sent $400 million to both nations to be used by anti-communist forces
Richard Nixon publicly proposed to end American involvement in the Vietnam War through the use of what strategy?
Vietnamization
Who was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 1984?
Walter Mondale
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
A Congressional act that gave President Johnson the authority to escalate American involvement in Vietnam
What was the Bonus Army?
A group of World War I veterans who petitioned the government to make an early payment on bonuses scheduled to be released in 1945
What was the Bretton Woods conference?
A meeting of economic planners to develop a global economic order for the post-WWII world
What is the definition of Herbert Hoover's "Associationalism?"
A system where businesses would voluntarily limit harmful business practices for thegreater economic good
Which of these leaders had their profiles raised by Red Scare-era anticommunism?
All of the above Billy Graham Ronald Reagan Richard Nixon
What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?
All of the above Castro's invitation to the Soviet Union to install missiles Retaliation for the American nuclear arsenal housed in Turkey Hostile relations between the United States and Cuba
Which of the following advantages did the Soviet Union achieve during the Cold War?
All of the above Launched the first orbiting satellite Created the first intercontinental ballistic missile Sent the first human into orbit
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
All of the above Rebuild Western Europe Create new markets for American goods Generate support for capitalist governments
Which of the following factors encouraged American manufacturers to relocate from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt?
All of the above Regional hostility to unions Lower taxes Lax regulations
Which of these was a cause of the Dust Bowl?
All the above (Destructive agricultural practices A years-long drought Low commodity prices)
What was the Stimson Doctrine?
An American policy that declared non-recognition of any countries formed by aggression
What was FDR's "court-packing" scheme?
An attempt to appoint up to six new justices who would be friendly to his interests
What was the "Southern Strategy"?
An electoral strategy of the Republican Party to exploit divisions within the Democratic Party over the Civil Rights Movement.
How did the first freedom ride end?
Angry mobs of white people attacked the riders in Birmingham, Alabama, burned one of the buses, and beat the activists who escaped
Congressional opposition from which faction plagued Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration?
Both Liberal Democrats and Conservative Republicans
What measures were advocated by economist John Maynard Keynes to combat the Great Depression?
Counter-cyclical government spending
Upon assuming office, how did Roosevelt respond to the collapsing bank system?
Declared a bank holiday and then pushed through the Emergency Banking Act
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 political leader referred to Reagan's "supply-side economics" as "voodoo economics" in 1980?
George H.W. Bush
Who was the first influential advocate of the American strategy of "containment" of the Soviet Union?
George Kennan
Which of these countries was not included as a permanent member of the United Nations' Security Council?
Germany
What did Lyndon Johnson call his domestic agenda?
Great Socitey
What is redlining
Housing discrimination against racial or ethnic groups that produces residential segregation
Which of these problems weakened Germany's Weimar Republic, contributing to the rise of the Nazi Party?
Hyperinflation
What was the consequence of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930?
International trade collapsed
Britain and France declared war on Germany after which action?
Invasion of Poland
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was key in launching the activist career of which leader?
Martin Luther King Jr.
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
Joseph McCarthy first achieved national prominence in February 1950 by waving a piece of paper that he claimed included 205 communists currently working in what capacity?
Members of the Department of State
What is the name of the University of Chicago economist who helped to develop the intellectual position of libertarian economics?
Milton Friedman
What policy did New Deal critic Francis Townsend argue should be enacted?
Old age pension
Who was the leader of the movement to stop the Equal Rights Amendment?
Phylis Schlafly
What did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) do?
Put unemployed men and women to work on projects designed and proposed by local governments
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?
Rights of Privacy
Which of these Black Power organizations combined direct action to stop police brutality with community service programs?
The Black Panthers
Which labor organization was created as a result of the Wagner Act?
The Congress of Industrial Organizations
Which Act outlawed racial and religious discrimination in the federal government and defense industry, and set a precedent for future anti-discrimination law?
The Fair Employment Practice in Defense Industries Act
What was the most dramatic result of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act?
The creation of a national minimum wage
What was the result of FDR's Executive Order 9066?
The creation of a system of internment of people "suspected of disloyalty"
Which of these was NOT a component of the GI Bill?
To outlaw racial discrimination in mortgage lending
Which of these was a key part of the Glass-Steagall Banking Act?
To prohibit the mixing of commercial and investment banking
What happened at My Lai?
U.S. troops massacred hundreds of civilians
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
What was the term for the wave of young Democrats elected to office after the scandal of Watergate?
Watergate Babies
