Final Exam

A  The south invades the north wanting to reunite Korea under communist control.

B  It successfully united all of Korea under a pro-American government.

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 demonstrates that the war which began in Europe was now a global conflict.

A  The Reagan administration presides over the largest military build up in American history.

B  President Reagan sent troops to Grenada to oust a pro-Cuban government.

C  Reagan adopted a policy of “peace through strength” and calls the Soviet Union an “evil empire.”

D  Reagan embraced the human rights initiatives of the Carter administration’s foreign policy.

E  Reagan proposes a space-based system to intercept and destroy enemy missiles.

A  It demonstrated an abuse of power by high-ranking government officials.

B  It undermined confidence in the Democratic Party.

C    

D  It led to the resignation of President Nixon and a presidential pardon from President Ford.

E  It demonstrated the stalwart dedication of two Washington Post journalists who broke an important national story.

F  It brought to the public’s awareness how easy it was to infiltrate the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters.

A  The Federal Electricity Act (FEA)

B  The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

C  The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

D  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

E  The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

A  Overhaul the welfare system.

B  Eliminate economic and environmental regulations.

C  Expand affirmative action programs.

D  Cut back on taxes.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  was overcoming obstacles that kept the organization from achieving any success.

B  was getting the support of local growers to agree to labor contracts.

C  was low wages and oppressive working conditions.

D  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.

E  was for Mexican-Americans to abandon their Mexican past and the new Chicano culture.

A  that the Soviet Union was on the verge of replacing communism with consumer capitalism and “free market” principles.

B  that an “iron curtain” had descended across Europe, partitioning the free West from the communist East.

C  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.

D  that the United States needed to contribute billions of dollars to finance the economic recovery of Europe.

A  Suburbanization softened the racial lines of division in American life.

B  As late as the 1990s, nearly 50 percent of suburban whites lived in communities with non-whites.

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.

A  Bush was elected after winning a tiny margin of the popular vote.

B  More people watched the Bush/Gore debates than the Kennedy/Nixon debates.

C  It caused Americans to disengage from the public sphere.

D  The decision in Bush v. Gore allowed the counting of Florida ballots.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  A brilliant policy that limited the war and quieted the antiwar movement.

B  A reaction to the My Lai Massacre in which he committed more American troops to combat.

C  A gradual withdrawal of American troops with South Vietnamese soldiers continuing the war.

D  A strategy to blame Ho Chi Minh for the conflict in Vietnam and take the blame away from the United States.

E  A directive to key military advisors and officers to implement a plan that would assimilate U. S. soldiers to life in Vietnam.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Peace Corps.

B  Food Stamps.

C  Job training.

D  Legal services for the poor.

E  Head Start.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Oxford, Mississippi.

B  Topeka, Kansas.

C  Tulsa, Oklahoma.

D  Little Rock, Arkansas.

E  Birmingham, Alabama.

A  Alger Hiss.

B  Professor Dunlap

C  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

A  Hotels and restaurants

B  Government agencies

C  Health care industry

D  Automobile manufactures

E  Retail businesses

A  The Social Insurance Act.

B  The Social Security Act.

C  The Emergency Banking Act.

D  The Glass-Steagall Act.

E  The Wagner Act.

A  Social media and “selfies.”

B  Consensus and conformity.

C  Stability and authority.

D  Liberty and freedom.

A  “trickle-down economics”

B  “supply-side economics”

A  The Misery Index.

B  Stagflation.

C    

A  Reverend Billy Graham

B  Father Charles E. Coughlin

C  Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

D  Virginia minister Jerry Falwell

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 Civil Works Administration constructed highways, tunnels, courthouses, and airports.

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 Tennessee Valley Authority authorized the government to raise farm prices and set production quotas for major crops.

A  Germany defaulted on its reparations payments to France and Britain.

B  A handful of firms dominated numerous sectors of the economy.

C  Most professions in the 1920s were trending toward retailing, finance, and education.

D  Industrial workers wages rose disproportionately to corporate profits.

E  Forty percent of the population lived in poverty during the 1920s.

A  Students for a Democratic Society.

B  Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

C  Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

D  Congress of Racial Equality.

E  Young Americans for Freedom.

A  African countries complained of losing so many of their physician, teachers, and other skilled workers.

B  There were more Africans coming to the United States during the Atlantic slave trade than the late 20th century.

C  Africans were the largest percentage of immigrants coming to the Unites States in the late 20th century.

D  The influx of Africans coming to the United States changed the racial landscape.

A  It prohibited racial discrimination in public institutions and privately-owned public accommodations such as restaurants, hotels, and theaters.

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 banned discrimination on the grounds of sex.

A  Wallace (Progressive Party), Truman (Democrat), Thurmond (State’s Rights Democratic Party),  Dewey (Republican).

B  Dewey (Republican), Truman (Progressive Party), Wallace (State’s Rights Democratic Party), Thurmond (Democrat).

C  Truman (Republican), Dewey (Democrat), Thurmond (Progressive Party), Wallace (State’s Rights Democratic Party).

D  Thurmond (State’s Rights Democratic Party) , Dewey (Progressive Party), Truman (Democrat),  Wallace (Republican).

A  The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

B  Anti-Defamation League.

C  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

D  Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)

E  International Labor Defense.

A  The Soviets were unable to cut off road and rail traffic from the American, British, and French zones of occupied Germany to Berlin.

B  The United States conducted an eleven-month airlift with Western planes supplying fuel and food to their zones.

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  American troops invaded the Soviet-controlled zone of Berlin and destroyed military outposts.

E  The United States along with Britain and France introduced a separate currency in their zones.

A  It provided Americans of all regions and backgrounds with a common cultural experience.

B  Television provided news programing, but newspapers were the most common source of information about public events.

C  Television programs were controversial and often projected the harsh reality of suburban America.

D  In the 1950s, movie theater attendance replaced TV watching as the nation’s leading leisure activity.

E  Only a small percentage of American homes had television by the end of the 1950s.

A  Congress of Racial Equality.

B  Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

C  Students for a Democratic Society.

D  Young Americans for Freedom.

E  Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

A  Minimum Wage Act (MWA)

B  Family Assistance Plan.

C  Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).

D  Affirmative action.

E  Block grants.

A  Apartheid

B  Genocide

C  Ethnic cleansing

A  The free trade and deregulation polices supported by a Republican Congress and president Clinton.

B  The repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999.

C  The idea that the federal government would always be there to rescue the big banks.

D  Big banks and corporate lawyers collecting fees for pushing certain companies stocks.

E  Discount and online firms that charged lower fees than traditional brokers.

A  Abortion rights.

B  Racial inequality.

C  Tax reform.

D  Equal Rights Amendment.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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  The Eisenhower administration funneled billions of dollars in aid to bolster Japanese efforts to preserve its Asian empire in Vietnam.

D  Eisenhower sent American troops to Vietnam to avert French defeat in 1954.

E  A peace conference in Geneva divided Vietnam temporarily into northern and southern districts with elections scheduled for 1956 to unify the country.

A  ushered in a Congress that was pro labor.

B  returned both houses of Congress to the Democrats since the 1920s.

C  ushered in a Congress that endorsed Truman’s Fair Deal.

D  ushered in a Congress that endorsed Truman’s civil rights agenda.

E  ensured a conservative coalition of lawmakers along with southern Democrats.

A  Black activists.

B  Anti-Communists.

C  Labor leaders.

D  Some elected officials.

E  Southern New Dealers.

A  those in the black community who were disadvantaged by segregation.

B  those in the black community who visited Harlem’s dance halls, jazz clubs, and speakeasies in search of exotic adventure.

C  those in the black community who were advantaged by higher-wage jobs and affordable housing in Harlem.

D  those in the black community who rejected black stereotypes and a searched for black values.

E  those in the black urban community of Harlem who moved to the rural south for greater economic opportunities.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  The National Transportation Safety Board.

B  The National Endowments for the Humanities and for the Arts.

C  The Environmental Protection Agency.

D  The Occupational Health and Safety Administration.

E  Block Grants.

A  Griswold v. Connecticut.

B  Loving v. Virginia.

C  Miranda v. Arizona.

D  New York Times v. Sullivan

E  Roe v. Wade.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  It pledged mutual defense against any future Soviet attack.

B  It came about as a response to the Soviet Union testing its first atomic bomb in 1949.

C  West Germany became a crucial part of NATO.

D  It was established by the United States, Canada, and ten western European nations.

E  It was established immediately after the Soviets formalized their own eastern European alliance.

A  Civilian Conservation Corp.

B  Public Works Administration.

C  Civil Works Administration.

D  The Agricultural Adjustment Act.

E  Works Progress Administration.

A  Corporations paid more attention to the human factor in employment.

B  The blacklisting of union organizers to prevent or defeat strikes.

C  Unions agreed to demands by employers.

D  The federal government forced employers to provide private pensions and medical insurance to employees.