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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A It successfully united all of Korea under a pro-American government.
B It demonstrates that the war which began in Europe was now a global conflict.
C The south invades the north wanting to reunite Korea under communist control.
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.
Question #2
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 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 The Reagan administration presides over the largest military build up in American history.
Question #3
A
B It demonstrated the stalwart dedication of two Washington Post journalists who broke an important national story.
C It brought to the public’s awareness how easy it was to infiltrate the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters.
D It undermined confidence in the Democratic Party.
E It led to the resignation of President Nixon and a presidential pardon from President Ford.
F It demonstrated an abuse of power by high-ranking government officials.
Question #4
A The Federal Electricity Act (FEA)
B The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
C The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
D The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
E The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Question #5
A Overhaul the welfare system.
B Eliminate economic and environmental regulations.
C Expand affirmative action programs.
D Cut back on taxes.
Question #6
A TRUE
B FALSE
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 getting the support of local growers to agree to labor contracts.
C was overcoming obstacles that kept the organization from achieving any success.
D was low wages and oppressive working conditions.
E was for Mexican-Americans to abandon their Mexican past and the new Chicano culture.
Question #8
A that the United States needed to contribute billions of dollars to finance the economic recovery of Europe.
B that the Soviet Union was on the verge of replacing communism with consumer capitalism and “free market” principles.
C that an “iron curtain” had descended across Europe, partitioning the free West from the communist East.
D 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.
Question #9
A Suburbanization softened the racial lines of division in American life.
B Suburbia had the effect of creating racial uniformity.
C Urban renewal was a government program that halted the practice of banks and real estate developers from engaging in housing discrimination.
D Urban renewal was a program that provided federal funds to renovate poor neighborhoods for the benefit of non-whites.
E As late as the 1990s, nearly 50 percent of suburban whites lived in communities with non-whites.
Question #10
A The decision in Bush v. Gore allowed the counting of Florida ballots.
B It caused Americans to disengage from the public sphere.
C Bush was elected after winning a tiny margin of the popular vote.
D More people watched the Bush/Gore debates than the Kennedy/Nixon debates.
Question #11
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #12
A A directive to key military advisors and officers to implement a plan that would assimilate U. S. soldiers to life in Vietnam.
B A strategy to blame Ho Chi Minh for the conflict in Vietnam and take the blame away from the United States.
C A reaction to the My Lai Massacre in which he committed more American troops to combat.
D A brilliant policy that limited the war and quieted the antiwar movement.
E A gradual withdrawal of American troops with South Vietnamese soldiers continuing the war.
Question #13
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #14
A Job training.
B Peace Corps.
C Food Stamps.
D Legal services for the poor.
E Head Start.
Question #15
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #16
A Oxford, Mississippi.
B Little Rock, Arkansas.
C Tulsa, Oklahoma.
D Birmingham, Alabama.
E Topeka, Kansas.
Question #17
A Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
B Alger Hiss.
C Professor Dunlap
Question #18
A Government agencies
B Retail businesses
C Health care industry
D Automobile manufactures
E Hotels and restaurants
Question #19
A The Social Insurance Act.
B The Glass-Steagall Act.
C The Social Security Act.
D The Emergency Banking Act.
E The Wagner Act.
Question #20
A Liberty and freedom.
B Social media and “selfies.”
C Consensus and conformity.
D Stability and authority.
Question #21
A “trickle-down economics”
B “supply-side economics”
Question #22
A
B Stagflation.
C The Misery Index.
Question #23
A Virginia minister Jerry Falwell
B Father Charles E. Coughlin
C Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
D Reverend Billy Graham
Question #24
A The Civilian Conservation Corps built dams to prevent foods and deforestation along the Tennessee River.
B The Public Works Administration built stadiums, swimming pools, and sewage treatment plants.
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 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 Germany defaulted on its reparations payments to France and Britain.
B A handful of firms dominated numerous sectors of the economy.
C Industrial workers wages rose disproportionately to corporate profits.
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.
Question #26
A Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
B Young Americans for Freedom.
C Congress of Racial Equality.
D Students for a Democratic Society.
E Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
Question #27
A The influx of Africans coming to the United States changed the racial landscape.
B African countries complained of losing so many of their physician, teachers, and other skilled workers.
C There were more Africans coming to the United States during the Atlantic slave trade than the late 20th century.
D Africans were the largest percentage of immigrants coming to the Unites States in the late 20th century.
Question #28
A It prohibited racial discrimination in public institutions and privately-owned public accommodations such as restaurants, hotels, and theaters.
B It banned discrimination on the grounds of sex.
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 was embraced by female and liberal members of congress.
Question #29
A Truman (Republican), Dewey (Democrat), Thurmond (Progressive Party), Wallace (State’s Rights Democratic Party).
B Dewey (Republican), Truman (Progressive Party), Wallace (State’s Rights Democratic Party), Thurmond (Democrat).
C Wallace (Progressive Party), Truman (Democrat), Thurmond (State’s Rights Democratic Party), Dewey (Republican).
D Thurmond (State’s Rights Democratic Party) , Dewey (Progressive Party), Truman (Democrat), Wallace (Republican).
Question #30
A National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
B International Labor Defense.
C The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
D Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)
E Anti-Defamation League.
Question #31
A The United States conducted an eleven-month airlift with Western planes supplying fuel and food to their zones.
B The United States along with Britain and France introduced a separate currency in their zones.
C American troops invaded the Soviet-controlled zone of Berlin and destroyed military outposts.
D The Soviets were unable to cut off road and rail traffic from the American, British, and French zones of occupied Germany to Berlin.
E Truman signed an executive order that would dissolve the Soviet Zone and divide its territory equally among France, Britain, and the United States.
Question #32
A Television programs were controversial and often projected the harsh reality of suburban America.
B Television provided news programing, but newspapers were the most common source of information about public events.
C It provided Americans of all regions and backgrounds with a common cultural experience.
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.
Question #33
A Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
B Students for a Democratic Society.
C Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
D Congress of Racial Equality.
E Young Americans for Freedom.
Question #34
A Family Assistance Plan.
B Minimum Wage Act (MWA)
C Affirmative action.
D Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).
E Block grants.
Question #35
A Ethnic cleansing
B Genocide
C Apartheid
Question #36
A The free trade and deregulation polices supported by a Republican Congress and president Clinton.
B Discount and online firms that charged lower fees than traditional brokers.
C The repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999.
D Big banks and corporate lawyers collecting fees for pushing certain companies stocks.
E The idea that the federal government would always be there to rescue the big banks.
Question #37
A Tax reform.
B Racial inequality.
C Abortion rights.
D Equal Rights Amendment.
Question #38
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #39
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 Eisenhower sent American troops to Vietnam to avert French defeat in 1954.
D The Eisenhower administration funneled billions of dollars in aid to bolster Japanese efforts to preserve its Asian empire in Vietnam.
E A peace conference in Geneva divided Vietnam temporarily into northern and southern districts with elections scheduled for 1956 to unify the country.
Question #40
A ushered in a Congress that endorsed Truman’s civil rights agenda.
B ushered in a Congress that endorsed Truman’s Fair Deal.
C returned both houses of Congress to the Democrats since the 1920s.
D ushered in a Congress that was pro labor.
E ensured a conservative coalition of lawmakers along with southern Democrats.
Question #41
A Labor leaders.
B Anti-Communists.
C Southern New Dealers.
D Black activists.
E Some elected officials.
Question #42
A those in the black community who were advantaged by higher-wage jobs and affordable housing in Harlem.
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 urban community of Harlem who moved to the rural south for greater economic opportunities.
E those in the black community who were disadvantaged by segregation.
Question #43
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #44
A The Occupational Health and Safety Administration.
B The Environmental Protection Agency.
C The National Transportation Safety Board.
D Block Grants.
E The National Endowments for the Humanities and for the Arts.
Question #45
A Loving v. Virginia.
B Roe v. Wade.
C Miranda v. Arizona.
D Griswold v. Connecticut.
E New York Times v. Sullivan
Question #46
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #47
A It came about as a response to the Soviet Union testing its first atomic bomb in 1949.
B West Germany became a crucial part of NATO.
C It pledged mutual defense against any future Soviet attack.
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.
Question #48
A Civilian Conservation Corp.
B Works Progress Administration.
C Civil Works Administration.
D Public Works Administration.
E The Agricultural Adjustment Act.
Question #49
A The federal government forced employers to provide private pensions and medical insurance to employees.
B Unions agreed to demands by employers.
C Corporations paid more attention to the human factor in employment.
D The blacklisting of union organizers to prevent or defeat strikes.