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Final Exam

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