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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A It demonstrates that the war which began in Europe was now a global conflict.
B The south invades the north wanting to reunite Korea under communist control.
C General MacArthur endorses Truman’s decision not to use nuclear weapons.
D The majority of the war was fought in the winter months because it never snows in Korea.
E It successfully united all of Korea under a pro-American government.
Question #2
A President Reagan sent troops to Grenada to oust a pro-Cuban government.
B Reagan embraced the human rights initiatives of the Carter administration’s foreign policy.
C The Reagan administration presides over the largest military build up in American history.
D Reagan adopted a policy of “peace through strength” and calls the Soviet Union an “evil empire.”
E Reagan proposes a space-based system to intercept and destroy enemy missiles.
Question #3
A
B It demonstrated an abuse of power by high-ranking government officials.
C It brought to the public’s awareness how easy it was to infiltrate the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters.
D It undermined confidence in the Democratic Party.
E It demonstrated the stalwart dedication of two Washington Post journalists who broke an important national story.
F It led to the resignation of President Nixon and a presidential pardon from President Ford.
Question #4
A The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
B The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
C The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
D The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
E The Federal Electricity Act (FEA)
Question #5
A Overhaul the welfare system.
B Cut back on taxes.
C Eliminate economic and environmental regulations.
D Expand affirmative action programs.
Question #6
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #7
A was getting the support of local growers to agree to labor contracts.
B was overcoming obstacles that kept the organization from achieving any success.
C was their inability to work out contracts with major growers prompting the UFW to engage in nonviolent protests and a national boycott of California grapes.
D was for Mexican-Americans to abandon their Mexican past and the new Chicano culture.
E was low wages and oppressive working conditions.
Question #8
A that an “iron curtain” had descended across Europe, partitioning the free West from the communist East.
B that the Soviet Union was on the verge of replacing communism with consumer capitalism and “free market” principles.
C that the United States needed to contribute billions of dollars to finance the economic recovery of Europe.
D that communist ideology will drive the Soviet Union to expand their power throughout the world, and only the United States had the ability to stop them.
Question #9
A As late as the 1990s, nearly 50 percent of suburban whites lived in communities with non-whites.
B Suburbanization softened the racial lines of division in American life.
C Urban renewal was a program that provided federal funds to renovate poor neighborhoods for the benefit of non-whites.
D Urban renewal was a government program that halted the practice of banks and real estate developers from engaging in housing discrimination.
E Suburbia had the effect of creating racial uniformity.
Question #10
A More people watched the Bush/Gore debates than the Kennedy/Nixon debates.
B Bush was elected after winning a tiny margin of the popular vote.
C The decision in Bush v. Gore allowed the counting of Florida ballots.
D It caused Americans to disengage from the public sphere.
Question #11
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #12
A A brilliant policy that limited the war and quieted the antiwar movement.
B A strategy to blame Ho Chi Minh for the conflict in Vietnam and take the blame away from the United States.
C A reaction to the My Lai Massacre in which he committed more American troops to combat.
D A gradual withdrawal of American troops with South Vietnamese soldiers continuing the war.
E A directive to key military advisors and officers to implement a plan that would assimilate U. S. soldiers to life in Vietnam.
Question #13
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #14
A Head Start.
B Legal services for the poor.
C Peace Corps.
D Job training.
E Food Stamps.
Question #15
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #16
A Topeka, Kansas.
B Birmingham, Alabama.
C Oxford, Mississippi.
D Tulsa, Oklahoma.
E Little Rock, Arkansas.
Question #17
A Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
B Alger Hiss.
C Professor Dunlap
Question #18
A Automobile manufactures
B Government agencies
C Retail businesses
D Hotels and restaurants
E Health care industry
Question #19
A The Glass-Steagall Act.
B The Emergency Banking Act.
C The Wagner Act.
D The Social Security Act.
E The Social Insurance Act.
Question #20
A Consensus and conformity.
B Stability and authority.
C Social media and “selfies.”
D Liberty and freedom.
Question #21
A “trickle-down economics”
B “supply-side economics”
Question #22
A Stagflation.
B The Misery Index.
C
Question #23
A Reverend Billy Graham
B Virginia minister Jerry Falwell
C Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
D Father Charles E. Coughlin
Question #24
A The Public Works Administration built stadiums, swimming pools, and sewage treatment plants.
B The Civilian Conservation Corps built dams to prevent foods and deforestation along the Tennessee River.
C The Tennessee Valley Authority authorized the government to raise farm prices and set production quotas for major crops.
D The Works Progress Administration set unemployed young men to work on projects like forest preservation, flood control, and the improvement of national parks and wildlife preserves.
E The Civil Works Administration constructed highways, tunnels, courthouses, and airports.
Question #25
A Germany defaulted on its reparations payments to France and Britain.
B Most professions in the 1920s were trending toward retailing, finance, and education.
C A handful of firms dominated numerous sectors of the economy.
D Industrial workers wages rose disproportionately to corporate profits.
E Forty percent of the population lived in poverty during the 1920s.
Question #26
A Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
B Students for a Democratic Society.
C Young Americans for Freedom.
D Congress of Racial Equality.
E Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Question #27
A Africans were the largest percentage of immigrants coming to the Unites States in the late 20th century.
B African countries complained of losing so many of their physician, teachers, and other skilled workers.
C The influx of Africans coming to the United States changed the racial landscape.
D There were more Africans coming to the United States during the Atlantic slave trade than the late 20th century.
Question #28
A It was embraced by female and liberal members of congress.
B It was endorsed by Johnson and presented to Congress less than a week after John Kennedy’s assassination.
C It prohibited racial discrimination in public institutions and privately-owned public accommodations such as restaurants, hotels, and theaters.
D It outlawed poll taxes and literacy tests that discriminated against African American voters.
E It banned discrimination on the grounds of sex.
Question #29
A Wallace (Progressive Party), Truman (Democrat), Thurmond (State’s Rights Democratic Party), Dewey (Republican).
B Truman (Republican), Dewey (Democrat), Thurmond (Progressive Party), Wallace (State’s Rights Democratic Party).
C Dewey (Republican), Truman (Progressive Party), Wallace (State’s Rights Democratic Party), Thurmond (Democrat).
D Thurmond (State’s Rights Democratic Party) , Dewey (Progressive Party), Truman (Democrat), Wallace (Republican).
Question #30
A Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)
B The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
C National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
D International Labor Defense.
E Anti-Defamation League.
Question #31
A The United States along with Britain and France introduced a separate currency in their zones.
B Truman signed an executive order that would dissolve the Soviet Zone and divide its territory equally among France, Britain, and the United States.
C American troops invaded the Soviet-controlled zone of Berlin and destroyed military outposts.
D The United States conducted an eleven-month airlift with Western planes supplying fuel and food to their zones.
E The Soviets were unable to cut off road and rail traffic from the American, British, and French zones of occupied Germany to Berlin.
Question #32
A In the 1950s, movie theater attendance replaced TV watching as the nation’s leading leisure activity.
B Television provided news programing, but newspapers were the most common source of information about public events.
C It provided Americans of all regions and backgrounds with a common cultural experience.
D Television programs were controversial and often projected the harsh reality of suburban America.
E Only a small percentage of American homes had television by the end of the 1950s.
Question #33
A Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
B Students for a Democratic Society.
C Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
D Young Americans for Freedom.
E Congress of Racial Equality.
Question #34
A Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).
B Family Assistance Plan.
C Minimum Wage Act (MWA)
D Affirmative action.
E Block grants.
Question #35
A Genocide
B Apartheid
C Ethnic cleansing
Question #36
A The repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999.
B The idea that the federal government would always be there to rescue the big banks.
C The free trade and deregulation polices supported by a Republican Congress and president Clinton.
D Discount and online firms that charged lower fees than traditional brokers.
E Big banks and corporate lawyers collecting fees for pushing certain companies stocks.
Question #37
A Racial inequality.
B Tax reform.
C Abortion rights.
D Equal Rights Amendment.
Question #38
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #39
A Vietnam exemplifies how American leaders seemed more comfortable with dealing with democratic governments than military regimes.
B With U.S. backing, the anticommunist leader Ngo Dinh Diem moved quickly to hold elections believing it would result in a victory for his party.
C Eisenhower sent American troops to Vietnam to avert French defeat in 1954.
D The Eisenhower administration funneled billions of dollars in aid to bolster Japanese efforts to preserve its Asian empire in Vietnam.
E A peace conference in Geneva divided Vietnam temporarily into northern and southern districts with elections scheduled for 1956 to unify the country.
Question #40
A ushered in a Congress that endorsed Truman’s civil rights agenda.
B ensured a conservative coalition of lawmakers along with southern Democrats.
C returned both houses of Congress to the Democrats since the 1920s.
D ushered in a Congress that was pro labor.
E ushered in a Congress that endorsed Truman’s Fair Deal.
Question #41
A Black activists.
B Some elected officials.
C Labor leaders.
D Anti-Communists.
E Southern New Dealers.
Question #42
A those in the black community who were advantaged by higher-wage jobs and affordable housing in Harlem.
B those in the black urban community of Harlem who moved to the rural south for greater economic opportunities.
C those in the black community who rejected black stereotypes and a searched for black values.
D those in the black community who visited Harlem’s dance halls, jazz clubs, and speakeasies in search of exotic adventure.
E those in the black community who were disadvantaged by segregation.
Question #43
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #44
A The National Endowments for the Humanities and for the Arts.
B The Occupational Health and Safety Administration.
C Block Grants.
D The National Transportation Safety Board.
E The Environmental Protection Agency.
Question #45
A Miranda v. Arizona.
B Roe v. Wade.
C Griswold v. Connecticut.
D New York Times v. Sullivan
E Loving v. Virginia.
Question #46
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #47
A It came about as a response to the Soviet Union testing its first atomic bomb in 1949.
B It pledged mutual defense against any future Soviet attack.
C It was established by the United States, Canada, and ten western European nations.
D West Germany became a crucial part of NATO.
E It was established immediately after the Soviets formalized their own eastern European alliance.
Question #48
A Civil Works Administration.
B The Agricultural Adjustment Act.
C Public Works Administration.
D Works Progress Administration.
E Civilian Conservation Corp.
Question #49
A The federal government forced employers to provide private pensions and medical insurance to employees.
B The blacklisting of union organizers to prevent or defeat strikes.
C Unions agreed to demands by employers.
D Corporations paid more attention to the human factor in employment.