5 Written Questions

1. A propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories. It became a rallying symbol for women to do their part.
2. 1972; Nixon feared loss so he approved the Commission to Re-Elect the President to spy on and espionage the Democrats. A security guard foiled an attempt to bug the Democratic National Committee Headquarters, exposing the scandal. Seemingly contained, after the election Nixon was impeached and stepped down
3. Brought about the era of political television. Between Kennedy and Nixon. Issues centered around the Cold War and economy. Kennedy argued that the nation faces serious threats from the soviets. Nixon countered that the US was on the right track under the current administration. Kennedy won by a narrow margin.
4. The "new look" defense policy of the Eisenhower administration of the 1950's was to threaten "massive retaliation" with nuclear weapons in response to any act of aggression by a potential enemy.
5. 1965; invalidated the use of any test or device to deny the vote and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had disenfranchised blacks; as more blacks became politically active and elected black representatives, it procured jobs, contracts, and facilities and services for the black community, encouraging greater social equality and decreasing the wealth and education gap

5 Matching Questions

1. Television
2. Medicare
3. My Lai Massacre
4. War Production Board
5. Siege of Stalingrad

1. a 1968, in which American troops had brutally massacred innocent women and children in the village of My Lai, also led to more opposition to the war.
2. b During WWII, FDR established it to allocated scarce materials, limited or stopped the production of civilian goods, and distributed contracts among competing manufacturers
3. c Turning point in Germany's assault on Soviet Union in 1942; despite massive losses, Russians successfully defended the city; over one-third of German army surrendered.
4. d Machine for seeing things that are far away
5. e health care for the aged -65

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.
   1. Baby Boom
   2. Bay of Pigs
   3. Salk Vaccine
   4. Warsaw Pact
2. Group of American writers who came to prominence in the 1950s, and also the cultural phenomena that they wrote about and inspired (later sometimes called "beatniks"). Central elements of "Beat" culture include a rejection of mainstream American values, experimentation with drugs and alternate forms of sexuality, and an interest in Eastern spirituality. Examples: Ginsberg and Kerouac
   1. Kent State
   2. Beat Generation
   3. Watergate
   4. Television
3. In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city buses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal.
   1. The Great Society
   2. Watts Riot
   3. Henry Kissinger
   4. Montgomery Bus Boycott
4. First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.
   1. UNIVAC
   2. AFL-CIO
   3. Sputnik
   4. NATO
5. Spread ideas of black nationalism. disagreed w/ both the tactics and goals of the early civil rights movement. minister of the nation of islam. rejected his original name because it was his family's slave name
   1. Medicare
   2. Malcom X
   3. AFL-CIO
   4. Medicaid

5 True/False Questions

1. Korean War → The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.

   True        False

2. Cuban Missile Crisis → The main negotiator of the peace treaty with the North Vietnamese; secretary of state during Nixon's presidency (1970s).

   True        False

3. Salk Vaccine → A polio-virus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis

   True        False

4. John F. Kennedy → The 1973 Supreme Court decision holding that a state ban on all abortions was unconstitutional. The decision forbade state control over abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy, permitted states to limit abortions to protect the mother's health in the second trimester, and permitted states to protect the fetus during the third trimester.

   True        False

5. James Dean → An economic extension of the New Deal proposed by Harry Truman that called for higher minimum wage, housing and full employment. It led only to the Housing Act of 1949 and the Social Security Act of 1950 due to opposition in congress.

   True        False