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US History Advanced Tests Chapters 19-28

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true or false: about 50% of the men who received draft notices for WWI never responded to the notice
false, 12%
true or false: the Palmer Raids were sparked by the Red Scare and real fear of radical revolutionaries.
true
true or false: the Great Migration involved a major shift in the US population from the north and south and west in the 1920s.
false, it was a major shift of blacks moving from the south to the north looking for jobs
regulated all industries involved in the War
War Industries Board
George Creel headed the organization
Committee on Public Information
return to normalcy
Warren G Harding
severe penalties for anyone engaged in disloyal or treasonable acts
Espionage Act
Eugene V. Debbs arrested under this law
Sedition Act
purpose was to "sell America on the war"
Committee on Public Information
wheatless Mondays and meatless Tuesdays
Herbert Hoover
the War Industries Board did NOT do which of the following?
a. how much factory workers would be paid
b. what products would be produced by industries
c. where the products went
d. determined how much products would cost
a. how much factory workers would be paid
which of the following voted "no" as a member of Congress voting on the US's declaration of war against Germany in 1917?
a. William Borah
b. Henry Cabot Lodge
c. Herbert Hoover
d. Jeanette Rankin
d. Jeanette Rankin
the US Supreme Court case of Schenck v. United States said that because there are times when the need for public order is so pressing
a. the Sixth Amendment protections of a right to a lawyer does not apply
b. the Second Amendment's protection of arms does not apply
c. the Fourth Amendment's protection of search and seizure does not apply
d. the First Amendment's protection of speech does not apply
d. the First Amendment's protection of speech does not apply
because of the Palmer Raids, which of the following organizations formed in 1920 to protect the rights of those facing arrest or deportation?
a. the FSAA, Freedom of Speech and Action Association
b. the CLA, Constitutional Law Association
c. the USRA, United States Rights Association
d. the ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union
d. the ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union
the Red Scare came about because of the success of the communist revolution in Russia and
a. the return of US war veterans who had been exposed to communist Russian soldiers
b. the attempted assassination of the US President by anarchists
c. violent labor strikes after World War I
d. the US's failure to ratify the Versailles Treaty
c. violent labor strikes after World War I
for how long was Eugene V. Debbs sentenced to prison for his breaking of a federal law during World War I?
a. 6 months
b. 1 year
c. 5 years
d. 10 years
d. 10 years
what was Wilson's reasoning for having Congress write the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote?
a. women had been drafted for the war so they should be able to vote
b. women had performed well in "men's jobs" during the war that Wilson felt they were ready for the vote
c. it was in the Versailles treaty ending World War I that all nations should let women vote
d. if World War I was fought to "make the world safe for democracy" then the US had to increase its democracy by giving women the vote
b. women had performed well in "men's jobs" during the war that Wilson felt they were ready for the vote
as a result of inflation in the US economy after World War I, in 1919 what percentage of the US's workforce went out on strike for higher wages?
a. 20%
b. 30%
c. 40%
d. 50%
a. 20%
combining those drafted with those who volunteered, how many men were in the US military for World War I?
a. 1.5 million
b. 2.25 million
c. 4.8 million
d. 5.3 million
c. 4.8 million
although Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty of robbery and murder, most felt they were found guilty not because of the evidence against them but rather because
a. they couldn't speak English and couldn't defend themselves in court
b. the actual criminals were rich and powerful people who were able to frame Sacco and Vanzetti for the crime
c. they physically resembled the actual criminals
d. they were anarchists and Italian immigrants
d. they were anarchists and Italian immigrants
Schenck v. US
Sedition Act
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
how many men US men registered for the draft for World War I?
a. 5 million
b. 6 million
c. 10 million
d. 24 million
d. 24 million
although Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty of robbery and murder, most felt they were found guilty not because of the evidence against them but rather because of
a. their inability to speak English
b. their political background
c. their status as recent immigrants
d. their inability to afford a lawyer
b. their political background
true or false: there were 30 million Americans invested in the stock market in 1929 who lost everything when the market crashed.
false, 4 million
true or false: the Empire State Building was built during Hoover's presidency.
true
true or false: FDR's court-packing scheme would have added 3 new judges to the US Supreme Court.
false, 6 new judges
tariff war with Europe that killed US international trade
Hawley-Smoot
"every man a king"
Long
"prosperity is just around the corner"
Hoover
put historians, artists, and musicians to work
Federal Writers Project
campaign pledge that if elected he would balance the budget
FDR
protects bank accounts
FDIC
Lameduck
20th Amendment
during the first 3 years of the Great Depression, how did the US President feel about the national government giving direct relief to the individual?
a. giving direct relief to the individual would mean the US government would end up destroying a person's self-respect and create a large bureaucracy
b. giving direct relief to the individual would mean the US government would get too involved in the personal affairs of the individual and destroy individual freedoms
c. giving direct relief to the individual would create a government where it would become too easy to control the lives of individuals and destroy individual liberty
d. giving direct relief to the individual is a service best done by the US government so long as Congress provides laws to protect the process from state taxes
a. giving direct relief to the individual would mean the US government would end up destroying a person's self-respect and create a large bureaucracy
what does AAA stand for?
a. Agency for Action Army
b. Airplane and Automobile Administration
c. Agriculture Adjustment Act
d. Artists and Arts Agency
c. Agriculture Adjustment Act
critics on the right who were opposed to the New Deal were opposed to the New Deal because
a. they thought the New Deal was Marxism, and they were opposed to it for that reason
b. they thought the New Deal was Fascism, and they were opposed to it for that reason
c. they thought the New Deal was Socialism, and they were opposed to it for that reason
d. they thought the New Deal was Anarchism, and they were opposed to it for that reason
c. they thought the New Deal was Socialism, and they were opposed to it for that reason
which of the following is one of the things accomplished by the Fair Labor Standards Act?
a. establish the federal workplace safety law
b. establish the federal overtime and holiday pay law
c. establish the federal minimum wage law
d. establish the federal workplace lunch-time law
c. establish the federal minimum wage law
because the Social Security Act excluded farmers and domestic workers, what fraction of Black workers were not eligible for Social Security coverage?
a. 1/3rd
b. 1/2
c. 2/3rds
d. 3/4ths
c. 2/3rds
how many US banks failed as a result of the Great Depression?
a. 13,250
b. 16,700
c. 5,500
d. 9,200
c. 5,500
what does the TVA do?
a. provide aid to local and state food pantries and soup kitchens
b. build transportation vehicles like planes, trains, and cars for the US military buildup to World War II
c. build dams and power plants on the Tennessee River Valley
d. provide temporary housing for city dwells who have lost their homes due to bankruptcy caused by the Great Depression
c. build dams and power plants on the Tennessee River Valley
the other name for the National Labor Relations Act is the
a. Sherman Act
b. Wagoner Act
c. Roosevelt Act
d. Hoover Act
b. Wagoner Act
FDR's New Deal programs fit into 3 categories. Which of the following is NOT one of the three categories?
a. relief
b. reset
c. recovery
d. reform
b. Reset
why didn't FDR's Court Packing Scheme work out the way FDR had hoped it would work?
a. because the Supreme Court ultimately has control over how many judges are on the Supreme Court
b. because Congress refused to add new judges to the Supreme Court
c. because the House of Representatives refused to pass the law that would allow the number of judges on the Supreme Court to be changed to 15 judges in total
d. because the Supreme Court ruled his Court Packing Scheme was illegal
b. because Congress refused to add new judges to the Supreme Court
why did the Supreme Court declare two New Deal programs unconstitutional?
a. the programs unconstitutionally allowed the US President to regulate local, rather than interstate, commerce
b. the programs unconstitutionally allowed the Congress to dictate spending policies for the state governments
c. the programs unconstitutionally allowed the US Congress to regulate interstate, rather than intrastate, transportation
d. the programs unconstitutionally allowed US governors to regulate intrastate, rather than interstate, commerce
a. the programs unconstitutionally allowed the US President to regulate local, rather than interstate, commerce
what does WPA stand for?
a. Workers Protections Agency
b. Wealth and Poverty Adjustments
c. World Programs for Advancement
d. Works Progress Administration
d. Works Progress Administration
true or false: there were 4 million Americans invested in the stock market in 1929 who lost everything when the market crashed.
true
true or false: had he not been assassinated a year earlier, Huey Long was going to be a challenger to FDR in the 1936 presidential election.
true
gave $500 million to states
FERA
Glass-Stegall Banking Act
FDIC
shortens time between election and taking office
20th Amendment
why did FDR cut federal spending in 1937?
a. FDR had promised Congress he would reduce the federal deficit by reducing spending
b. the Supreme Court had ruled so many of his programs unconstitutional that he had to cut the spending of those programs that were illegal
c. FDR was encouraged by the success of the New Deal programs and felt the economy had recovered enough that he could cut spending
d. Congress forced him to reduce spending
c. FDR was encouraged by the success of the New Deal programs and felt the economy had recovered enough that he could cut spending
true or false: the Bracero Program was developed to encourage Mexicans to come to the US and join the US military.
false, Mexican farm workers would be brought into the US and be provided transportation, food, shelter, and medical care in exchange for their labor on US farms
true or false: to help pay for the war, the US government passed a "head tax" of $25 for each person in a family.
false, placed a 5% income tax on all incomes over $624 a year
true or false: the US Supreme Court case of Korematsu vs. United States was a victory for the Nisei and a defeat for FDR
false, it was a defeat for the Nisei and a victory for FDR
US citizens travel on ships of warring nations at their own risk
Neutrality Act of 1935
Battle of Midway turning point 6 months after Pearl Harbor attack
June 4, 1942
warring nations can purchase non-war-material from US on cash and carry basis
Neutrality Act of 1937
US will not sell weapons to nations at war
Neutrality Act of 1935
nations at war can purchase weapons from US on cash and carry basis
Neutrality Act of 1939
brought US into the war with ought actually having "boots on the ground"
Lend-Lease Act of 1941f
V-J Day
August 14, 1945
the overall Commander-in-Chief of the US forces in the Pacific was
a. Chester Nimitz
b. Henry Stinson
c. Douglas MacArthur
d. Jimmy Doolittle
a. Chester Nimitz
what committee was created out of Executive Order 8802?
a. Free Speech Watch Committee
b. Un-American Action Enforcement Committee
c. New Deal Engagement Committee
d. Fair Employment Practices Committee
d. Fair Employment Practices Committee
why were sugar and coffee rationed for the civilian use during WWII?
a. because the fertilizer made in US factories that was used to help these two crops grow in the US was no longer available, making these crops scarce
b. because they were expensive products, the government wanted to ensure that the rich civilians were not the only part of the population that could have these products
c. the Japanese navy made it difficult to import these products into the US
d. due to the war farmers were not allowed to use the amount of water necessary to grow the cane and bush crops that sugar and coffee comes from; lack of water made the cane and bushes shorter and produced less sugar and fewer beans
c. the Japanese navy made it difficult to import these products into the US
what did a "gold star" banner mean?
a. someone from that house had been in the military during WWII, but had been killed in service to the nation
b. the house supported the war effort by having at least 3 men from the house in the military during WWII
c. the house supported the war effort by having purchased at least $1000 in war bonds
d. someone from that house had worked in a defense factory, but had been killed
a. someone from that house had been in the military during WWII, but had been killed in service to the nation
due to military needs, civilian clothing during WWII was affected. which of following is NOT an example discussed in your notes about the changes in clothing due to the war?
a. metal zippers were replaced by buttons
b. men's suits no longer came with a vest
c. shoes rationed
d. men's hats no longer produced
d. men's hats no longer produced
in the US's "destroyer-for-bases" agreement with Britain,
a. in exchange for 99-year rent free leases on British military bases, FDR allowed the transfer of 50 surplus destroyers to England
b. in exchange for England's agreement that after the war it would build throughout western Europe military bases for the US to use, the US would sell at half-price US destroyers to England
c. in exchange for the US giving Britain the use of US destroyers during the war, the British would allow US military stationed in England to use British military
d. in exchange for the US letting the British train on US military bases, the British would train US sailors on British destroyers
a. in exchange for 99-year rent free leases on British military bases, FDR allowed the transfer of 50 surplus destroyers to England
why is the Battle of Midway considered to be the turning point of the WWII and the Pacific?
a. the US war strategy of island hopping, which made Midway Island a key point the US had to protect, had proven to be the most effective strategy in defeating the Japanese, and it all started with winning Midway and keeping it out of Japanese hands
b. it was the US's first victory since the bombing of Pearl Harbor
c. the US sunk 4 Japanese carriers in the battle, a blow that Japan never recovered from
d. the US didn't lose any airplanes in the attack, which meant no loss of trained fighter pilots
c. the US sunk 4 Japanese carriers in the battle, a blow that Japan never recovered from
in the beginning of WWII, if blacks enlisted in the US Navy,
a. they could not serve on ships, they were stuck at land duties
b. they could only be cooks or stewards
c. they could not achieve a rank higher than Seaman First Class
d. they could only be paid half of what white sailors were paid
b. they could only be cooks or stewards
who piloted the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb?
a. Jimmy Doolittle
b. Dwight Eisenhower
c. Charles Sweeney
d. Paul Tibbits
d. Paul Tibbits
why did the Navajo language make a good language for the US military to use in WWII?
a. the Navajo language's alphabet has only 10 individual letters and only 12 letter combinations, making it very difficult to assign the sounds to the letters and letter combinations
b. the Navajo language has no written alphabet, making it unintelligible to the Japanese
c. because the Navajo language was a made-up language like "pig Latin" it could easily be changed and adjusted as the Japanese figured things out
d. the Navajo language's alphabet has 45 letters, making it very difficult to decipher the various sounds and assign them to the letter combinations
b. the Navaho language has no written alphabet, making it unintelligible to the Japanese
which of the following is good description of the idea of "cash and carry"?
a. the US will sell goods to nations but the nations must pay for the goods in cash and come to the US, pick up the goods, and transport the goods back to their own nation on their own ships
b. if a nation pays cash for the US goods it is purchasing, the US will carry the goods to the purchasing nation
c. the US would transport all goods across the ocean for any nation, but that nation must pay cash for the transport service
d. the foreign nations purchasing US goods must pay for the goods with American dollars and not the foreign cash currency of the foreign nation purchasing the goods
a. the US will sell goods to nations but the nations must pay for the goods in cash and come to the US, pick up the goods, and transport the goods back to their own nation on their own ships
according to class discussion, for what use was the "kitchen fat" used when home front communities held kitchen fat drives?
a. the fat was processed and made into grease that would be used as a substitute for butter on the home front
b. the fat was processed and made into grease that would be used to grease bullets for the military guns
c. the fat was processed and made into a liquid that would be used to burn in oil lamps instead of kerosene
d. the fat was processed and made into a liquid that would be used as a hair gel product for men to use in their hair
b. the fat was processed and made into grease that would be used to grease bullets for the military guns
true or false: the Bracero program was developed to encourage Mexicans to come to the US and work as farm help at harvest
true
true or false: the US Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States was a loss for the Nisei and victory for FDR
true
V-E day
May 8, 1945
who piloted the plane that dropped the second atomic bomb?
a. Jimmy Doolittle
b. Dwight Eisenhower
c. Charles Sweeney
d. Paul Tibbits
c. Charles Sweeney
true or false: the US's development of the world's first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) is what sparked the "space race" between the US and the communist Soviet Union.
false, when the Soviet Union their Sputnik satellite into orbit, they sparked the space race
true or false: by 1953, 75% of all homes in the US had a TV.
false, 67%
true or false: the first nuclear powered submarine was the USS Washington.
false, the USS Nautilus
Berlin Blockade started
1948
hunted communist spies in the government
Joesph McCarthy
the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb
1949
Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision date
1954
U2 spy pilot
Francis Gary Powers
hunted communist spies in Hollywood
HUAC
China became a communist country
1949
what was the response of the US, British, and French to the Soviet Union's Berlin Blockade?
a. the British and French responded with an economic attack against the Soviet Union, stopping money loans they had made earlier in the year, the US responded by no longer selling wheat or corn to the Soviet Union
b. the US, British, and French flew airplanes into and out of their Berlin occupation sectors bring in food, medicine, and fuel that the people of Berlin needed, as a way to get around the road blockade
c. the US and British government retaliated with economic sanctions against the Soviets, refusing to sell food to the Soviets while the French no longer sold technology to the Soviets
d. the US responded with an air attack against the Soviet army stationed within Berlin, while the British and French attacked by land
b. the US, British, and French flew airplanes into and out of their Berlin occupation sectors bring in food, medicine, and fuel that the people of Berlin needed, as a way to get around the road blockade
what drove Castro to become a communist and align Cuba with the Soviet Union?
a. the Soviet Union had provided Castro with weapons
b. the US had placed a trade embargo on Cuba
c. the US would not give Castro money
d. the Soviet Union promised Castro help
b. the US had placed a trade embargo on Cuba
what line became the established border between North Korea and South Korea when the truce was declared in 1953?
a. 17th parallel
b. 42nd parallel
c. 38th parallel
d. 27th parallel
c. 38th parallel
what was the "black list" in Hollywood?
a. list of people who were associated with the Democratic Party but voted last time for a Republican president, and therefore were no longer allowed to work in Hollywood
b. list of people who considered too difficult to work with and were therefore no longer going to be hired in Hollywood
c. list of people in Hollywood associated with illegal drugs and therefore no longer allowed to work in Hollywood
d. list of people who were associated with communism and therefore no longer allowed to work in Hollywood
d. list of people who were associated with communism and therefore no longer allowed to work in Hollywood
which woman created the software in Harvard's computation laboratory that turned computation machines into the first computers?
a. Mary Cooper
b. Grace Hooper
c. Elaine Ricter
d. Susan Rice
b. Grace Hooper
how did the Soviet Union and its army manage to take over the nations of Eastern Europe in the days after WWII?
a. the Soviet Army had the atomic bomb and were able to force these nations into allowing the Soviets to come in and take over
b. as a result of how the fighting ended in World War II, the Soviet Union army was able to occupy and control the nations of Eastern Europe
c. the Soviet Army threatened to drop bombs onto the capital cities of Eastern Europe unless the governments of these Eastern European nations "invite" the Soviet Union and its army to take over running these nations
d. the Soviet Army had kidnapped various government leaders of the nations of Eastern Europe, and were able to force these leaders to "invite" the Soviet Army into their nations and "ask" the Soviet army to take over running the governments of these nations
b. as a result of how the fighting ended in World War II, the Soviet Union army was able to occupy and control the nations of Eastern Europe
what was the purpose of the Federal Employee Loyalty Program President Truman put into place in 1947?
a. to find those who might be embezzling money from the government
b. to find those who might be hiding a crime they committed in their past
c. to find those who might be stealing from the government
d. to find those who might be communist spies in the government
d. to find those who might be communist spies in the government
which candidate was accused of corruption for having accepted the gift of a puppy from a campaign donor, a puppy given to him for his young daughter?
a. Lyndon Johnson
b. George Wallace
c. Richard Nixon
d. Dwight Eisenhower
c. Richard Nixon
what was the purpose of the 80-day cooling period found in the Taft-Hartley Act?
a. it allows the strikers to be paid for 80 days at full pay before the company can cut the pay of the strikers
b. it allows the company to not have to pay the strikers for 80 days before the company has to resume paying the striking workers
c. it allows the strikers to stay on strike for 80 days before the company can legally fire the strikers
d. it allows the government to investigate the pay request claims of the workers while the striking workers go back to work
d. it allows the government to investigate the pay request claims of the workers while the striking workers go back to work
which is NOT correct for the Dixiecrats?
a. were states' rightists
b. opposed to the Democratic Party's civil rights plank
c. put up Robert Byrd as their candidate for President
d. were involved in the 1948 US Presidential Election
c. put up Robert Byrd as their candidate for President
who was the overall commander of US troops in the Korean War?
a. Douglas MacArthur
b. George Marshall
c. Chester Nimitz
d. Paul Tibbets
a. Douglas MacArthur
which of the following is NOT part of the domestic affairs program of President Eisenhower?
a. raise the power of Congress and the Supreme Court
b. limit the power of the presidency
c. create a modern welfare program
d. slow the growth of the federal government
c. create a modern welfare program
In 1948, the President helped some Blacks achieve equality with whites when he
a. ordered the racial desegregation of all US government office buildings
b. ordered the racial desegregation of the US military
c. made segregation illegal in all US national parks
d. made segregation illegal in all US airports
b. ordered the racial desegregation of the US military
who was the Republican candidate who ran against Harry Truman?
a. Dwight Eisenhower
b. Richard Nixon
c. Barry Goldwater
d. Thomas Dewey
c. Barry Goldwater
how long did the Berlin Blockade last?
a. about five years
b. about three weeks
c. about six months
d. about a year
d. about a year
Berlin Blockade ended
1949
"what is good for our country is good for General Motors, and vice versa"
Dwight Eisenhower
which of the following is accurate for the National Defense Education Act?
a. required all male high school and college students to take at least 1 year or 2 semesters of military Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC)
b. required all female high school and college students to take at least 1 year or 2 semesters of self-defense classes
c. required all high school and college students to take algebra, trigonometry, chemistry, and a year of a foreign language in order to graduate
d. strengthened the teaching of maths, sciences, and foreign languages in high schools and colleges to create more college graduates in these areas
d. strengthened the teaching of maths, sciences, and foreign languages in high schools and colleges to create more college graduates in these areas
the "Checkers Speech" involved which politician?
a. Strom Thurman
b. Dwight Eisenhower
c. Richard Nixon
d. John F Kennedy
c. Richard Nixon
which of the following was NOT part of Truman's economic program?
a. national health insurance program
b. hiring quotas for minorities and women
c. raise in the minimum wage
d. housing assistance
b. hiring quotas for minorities and women
which of the following was NOT part of the US's response to confront and control the spread of communism?
a. the Domino Theory
b. HUAC
c. joining the United Nations
d. Containment Policy
c. joining the United Nations
HUAC focused on the Hollywood film industry because
a. the film industry generates a lot of money
b. most Americans go to the movies
c. it had the influence and power to corrupt the American public if it so desired
d. Hollywood directors have influence in the New York Broadway too
c. it had the influence and power to corrupt the American public if it so desired
true or false: the purpose of the Great Society programs was to bring about a "war on poverty."
true
true or false: the first sit-in of the Civil Rights movement was held in Selma, Alabama.
false, Greensboro, North Carolina
true or false: the idea of "one man, one vote" was established by the Supreme Court decision in the case of Baker v. Carr
true
MLK's "I Have a Dream Speech"
1963
Tet Offensive year
1968
Berlin Wall crisis year
1961
Gulf of Tonkin year
1964
Bay of Pigs year
1961
first sit-in at Woolworth's Department store
1960
"13 days in October" year
1962
what Civil Rights organization organized the Freedom Rides as a way to test the implementation of the US Supreme Court's Boynton decision which prohibited segregation on interstate buses?
a. CORE
b. SCLC
c. Black Panthers
d. Nation of Islam
a. CORE
why did the Bay of Pigs invasion fail?
a. the invading Cubans didn't have a very good plan for capturing Castro once they got onto the island
b. Fidel Castro had heard about the planned invasion from a spy in the US and was prepared to defend against the invasion
c. the US President didn't provide US military support for the invading Cubans
d. two of the boats the Cubans used were intercepted by the Cuban navy, and not enough invaders actually made it to the beach to be able to succeed
c. the US President didn't provide US military support for the invading Cubans
the Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall in response to the US's
a. successful launch of an ICBM
b. increase in defense spending and doubling the number of troops drafted
c. Mercury Space Program
d. attempt to invade Cuba
b. increase in defense spending and doubling the number of troops drafted
which US Supreme Court case protected the rights of students who wanted to protest the Vietnam War?
a. Mapp v. Ohio
b. Tinker v. Des Moines
c. Griswold v. Connecticut
d. United States v. Raines
b. Tinker v. Des Moines
what does the Voting Rights Act of 1965 say?
a. allows the US President to send the US military to towns to protect Blacks who are attempting to register to vote or vote on election day
b. allows the US Attorney General to appoint federal examiners to register voters in areas where local officials have prevented Blacks from registering to vote
c. allows the FBI or Federal Marshalls, on election day, to replace local sheriffs or police forces in cities or counties/parishes to ensure Black registered voters are allowed to vote
d. allows Congress to deny US Senator or US Representative election results from states or districts where less than 25% of the state or district's eligible Black voters are registered to vote or are allowed to vote on election day
b. allows the US Attorney General to appoint federal examiners to register voters in areas where local officials have prevented Blacks from registering to vote
which is NOT part of the 1960s?
a. Berlin Crisis
b. Telephone "Hot Line"
c. Jackie Robinson joins Major League Baseball
d. "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President
c. Jackie Robinson joins Major League Baseball
which of the following groups transformed itself in the mid-1960s and now felt that Blacks should not defer to whites, the group should transform into being an exclusively Black organization, and that Black Power should be advocated are characteristics of which Civil rights group?
a. CORE
b. NAACP
c. SNCC
d. SCLC
c. SNCC
what gave the US President the authority to increase the number of soldiers fighting in Vietnam?
a. The Truman Doctrine Act
b. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c. the National Defense Act
d. the Vietnam Act
c. the National Defense Act
those in the middle class who opposed the Great Society programs opposed them because
a. they didn't like having their taxes raised to pay for it
b. they didn't think the programs were necessary
c. they felt it was a waste of money - the problems the programs were designed to fix were unfixable no matter how much money was spent
d. they didn't like the spending of tax money on only the poor and not equally across all economic levels of American society
d. they didn't like the spending of tax money on only the poor and not equally across all economic levels of American society
why did President Kennedy have no real success in getting most of his domestic program through Congress?
a. Kennedy's lack of experience and the determination of the Democratic-party controlled Congress to follow its own domestic agenda plan made Congress not want to pass his programs
b. Kennedy's decision to push for new taxes to be passed by Congress to pay for his new programs and Congress' desire to keep taxes low to help their members get re-elected to Congress made Congress not pass any of his programs
c. Congress wanted to limit his presidential powers by not passing his programs
d. Congress wanted to focus on the Space Race and therefore didn't want to pass his domestic program
a. Kennedy's lack of experience and the determination of the Democratic-party controlled Congress to follow its own domestic agenda plan made Congress not want to pass his programs
which of the following is NOT accurate for the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a. guaranteed equal access to/treatment in all public owned or operated facilities
b. prohibited discrimination in public accommodations
c. required southern states to register a minimum of 50% of the Black population of their state that meets the federal voting age of 21 years old or older
d. banned different voter registration standards for Blacks and whites
c. required southern states to register a minimum of 50% of the Black population of their state that meets the federal voting age of 21 years old or older
what was the purpose of the Tet Offensive?
a. a psychologically-motivated attack to prove to the US that the "weak communists" were not so weak after all and could strike out at any time against the US and South Vietnamese armies
b. to prove to the US that the majority of the Vietnamese people supported the communists of North Vietnam
c. to capture US military bases located in South Vietnam
d. to prove to the US that South Vietnam could win the war, but only with US support
a. a psychologically-motivated attack to prove to the US that the "weak communists" were not so weak after all and could strike out at any time against the US and South Vietnamese armies
which of the following was NOT among the rights being fought for by the American Indian Movement?
a. fishing rights
b. monetary compensation for lands stolen from them
c. titles to land
d. free healthcare
d. free healthcare
which of the following was responsible for providing a platform for women's rights and women's equality?
a. Great Society Program of 1965
b. Miranda v. Arizona
c. Voting Rights Act of 1965
d. Civil Rights Act of 1964
d. Civil Rights Act of 1964
James Meredith integrated what university in 1962?
a. University of Tennessee
b. University of Alabama
c. Georgia Tech
d. Ole Miss
d. Ole Miss
true or false: The Gideon v. Wainwright guarantees accused persons the right to an attorney while being questioned by police
false, this court case suspects in criminal cases who could not afford a lawyer had the right to free legal aid
MLK's letter from Birmingham jail
1963
how did the US find out the Soviet Union was building a nuclear missile facility on the island of Cuba?
a. the US captured a Soviet spy and upon interrogation, the spy spilled the secret of the missile facility being built in Cuba
b. Soviet President Khrushchev informed Kennedy and dared Kennedy to stop him
c. the US intercepted Soviet ships taking the missiles to Cuba
d. the US flew a U2 spy plane over Cuba and took photos that showed the missile site being constructed
d. the US flew a U2 spy plane over Cuba and took photos that showed the missile site being constructed
James Meredith integrated Ole Miss in
a. 1962
b. 1963
c. 1964
d. 1965
a. 1962
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