Final Exam

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

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

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

D  The majority of the war was fought in the winter months because it never snows in Korea.

E  General MacArthur endorses Truman’s decision not to use nuclear weapons.

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

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

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

A  It undermined confidence in the Democratic Party.

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

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

D    

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

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

A  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

B  The Federal Electricity Act (FEA)

C  The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

D  The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

E  The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

A  Eliminate economic and environmental regulations.

B  Cut back on taxes.

C  Overhaul the welfare system.

D  Expand affirmative action programs.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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

D  was low wages and oppressive working conditions.

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

A  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.

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

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

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

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  Suburbia had the effect of creating racial uniformity.

D  Urban renewal was a government program that halted the practice of banks and real estate developers from engaging in housing discrimination.

E  Urban renewal was a program that provided federal funds to renovate poor neighborhoods for the benefit of non-whites.

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

D  It caused Americans to disengage from the public sphere.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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

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

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

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Peace Corps.

B  Job training.

C  Head Start.

D  Food Stamps.

E  Legal services for the poor.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Little Rock, Arkansas.

B  Birmingham, Alabama.

C  Oxford, Mississippi.

D  Topeka, Kansas.

E  Tulsa, Oklahoma.

A  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

B  Professor Dunlap

C  Alger Hiss.

A  Government agencies

B  Hotels and restaurants

C  Automobile manufactures

D  Retail businesses

E  Health care industry

A  The Emergency Banking Act.

B  The Social Insurance Act.

C  The Social Security Act.

D  The Glass-Steagall Act.

E  The Wagner Act.

A  Liberty and freedom.

B  Stability and authority.

C  Social media and “selfies.”

D  Consensus and conformity.

A  “trickle-down economics”

B  “supply-side economics”

A  The Misery Index.

B  Stagflation.

C    

A  Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

B  Reverend Billy Graham

C  Virginia minister Jerry Falwell

D  Father Charles E. Coughlin

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

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

C  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.

D  The Public Works Administration built stadiums, swimming pools, and sewage treatment plants.

E  The Civilian Conservation Corps built dams to prevent foods and deforestation along the Tennessee River.

A  Industrial workers wages rose disproportionately to corporate profits.

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

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

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

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

A  Young Americans for Freedom.

B  Congress of Racial Equality.

C  Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

D  Students for a Democratic Society.

E  Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

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

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

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

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

A  It was embraced by female and liberal members of congress.

B  It banned discrimination on the grounds of sex.

C  It was endorsed by Johnson and presented to Congress less than a week after John Kennedy’s assassination.

D  It outlawed poll taxes and literacy tests that discriminated against African American voters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

B  Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)

C  International Labor Defense.

D  Anti-Defamation League.

E  The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

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  Truman signed an executive order that would dissolve the Soviet Zone and divide its territory equally among France, Britain, and the United States.

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

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

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

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

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

A  Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

B  Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

C  Young Americans for Freedom.

D  Congress of Racial Equality.

E  Students for a Democratic Society.

A  Family Assistance Plan.

B  Minimum Wage Act (MWA)

C  Affirmative action.

D  Block grants.

E  Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).

A  Ethnic cleansing

B  Apartheid

C  Genocide

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

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

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  Racial inequality.

B  Equal Rights Amendment.

C  Tax reform.

D  Abortion rights.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Vietnam exemplifies how American leaders seemed more comfortable with dealing with democratic governments than military regimes.

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

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

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

E  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.

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

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

C  ushered in a Congress that was pro labor.

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

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

A  Southern New Dealers.

B  Black activists.

C  Labor leaders.

D  Some elected officials.

E  Anti-Communists.

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

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

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

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  The Occupational Health and Safety Administration.

B  The National Transportation Safety Board.

C  Block Grants.

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

E  The Environmental Protection Agency.

A  Miranda v. Arizona.

B  Loving v. Virginia.

C  New York Times v. Sullivan

D  Roe v. Wade.

E  Griswold v. Connecticut.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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

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

D  West Germany became a crucial part of NATO.

E  It pledged mutual defense against any future Soviet attack.

A  Works Progress Administration.

B  Civil Works Administration.

C  The Agricultural Adjustment Act.

D  Public Works Administration.

E  Civilian Conservation Corp.

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

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

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

D  Unions agreed to demands by employers.