American History 3; 5.0

Question 1

Tensions at Yalta led to what?

Answer 1

The cold war

Question 2

What did America use in the cold war to stop the spread of communism?

Answer 2

Truman Doctrine, NATO, and the Berlin airlift

Question 3

Capitalism

Answer 3

Private citizens control economic activity

Question 4

How did Truman change the armed forces?

Answer 4

He racially integrated them

Question 5

What rights did the McCarthy communist witch hunts attack?

Answer 5

Freedom of speech and assembly, and the right to plead the fifth

Question 6

What did the US and Soviet Union partake in that was the main focus of the cold war?

Answer 6

A nuclear arms race

Question 7

Where did communism spread to ?

Answer 7

China, Cuba, and Vietnam

Question 8

What influenced rock-n-roll?

Answer 8

Black rhythm and blues

Question 9

What was the G.I. Bill?

Answer 9

It let veterans go to college for free

Question 10

What did many women start to do in the 1950’s?

Answer 10

Started challenging the limitations and expectations society placed on them

Question 11

What resulted in a dramatic increase of births/ the population?

Answer 11

The 1950’s Baby Boom

Question 12

What started the space race? What else did it result in?

Answer 12

Soviet Union launched the space satellite Sputnik. Resulted in competitive science education.

Question 13

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 13

Soviet Union was interested in placing nuclear arms in Cuba. US blockade was imposed to stop it

Question 14

What two things were put in place to protect Americans from future attacks?

Answer 14

The PATRIOT Act and the Department of Homeland Security

Question 15

What was LBJ’s Great Society intended to do?

Answer 15

Intended to pull people out of poverty through welfare, education, and more.

Question 16

Who did the Great Society believe had the responsibility to alleviate poverty?

Answer 16

The Federal Government

Question 17

What was the Warren Court’s controversial ruling?

Answer 17

Miranda v. Arizona; ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination.

Question 18

What was the significates of the Warren Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education?

Answer 18

Outlawed segregation in public schools

Question 19

What did the Civil Rights movement consist of?

Answer 19

Sit-ins, marches, protests, Freedom Riders, and more

Question 20

What did MLK Jr. believe in?

Answer 20

Non-violent civil disobedience

Question 21

What did Malcom X believe in?

Answer 21

Using violence in the face of violence

Question 22

What did President Regan believe in? (Reaganomics)

Answer 22

Cutting taxes for the wealthy to improve the economy; trickle down economics

Question 23

What represented the end of the Cold War?

Answer 23

The fall of the Berlin Wall

Question 24

What has been a goal of every president since Carter?

Answer 24

Stability in the Middle East

Question 25

What were the 1990's known for?

Answer 25

Improving employment rate

Question 26

What was happening to types of jobs in the 1990's?

Answer 26

Decline in manufacturing jobs; growth in International trade and technological jobs

Question 27

Why was the 2000 Bush v. Gore election controversial?

Answer 27

Decided by a small number of votes; not all votes counted.

Question 28

What helped lead to Richard Nixon's election in 1968?

Answer 28

Democratic party was in conflict over Vietnam

Question 29

What were Hawks?

Answer 29

People who supported the Vietnam war

Question 30

What were Doves?

Answer 30

People who were against the Vietnam war

Question 31

What was the War Powers Act?

Answer 31

Limited the President's power to wage war

Question 32

Why did Mainstream American culture not like Counterculture?

Answer 32

Believed Counterculture threatened tradition

Question 33

What was Counterculture?

Answer 33

Communal living, rock-n-roll, drugs. They were against conformity

Question 34

What did Cesar Chavez do?

Answer 34

Used non-violence and protests to get more rights and better wages for migrant workers

Question 35

What was powerful about Betty Friedan's book "Feminine Mystique"?

Answer 35

Gave housewives a voice for their frustration with their limited options in the work place

Question 36

What was the main goal of the Vietnam War?

Answer 36

To contain the spread of communism

Question 37

What eventually decreased support for the Vietnam War?

Answer 37

The draft

Question 38

How did the Tet Offensive influence Americans?

Answer 38

Led to many questioning if we could win the war in Vietnam

Question 39

What was the American Indian Movement designed to do?

Answer 39

Designed to aggressively challenge the federal government

Question 40

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Answer 40

Was an attempt to amend the US constitution to ensure gender equality

Question 41

What was ruling of Roe v. Wade?

Answer 41

Guaranteed women the right to reproductive freedom; including abortion rights

Question 42

What did women start to expect in the 1960's?

Answer 42

Equal rights to men

Question 43

What was seen as the start of the LGBT civil rights movement?

Answer 43

The Stonewall Inn riots in NYC

Question 44

Why did American people lose trust in the government?

Answer 44

Vietnam War and Watergate

Question 45

Where were dangers of nuclear energy experienced?

Answer 45

Three Mile Island

Question 46

What did President Nixon try to do?

Answer 46

Tried to ease Cold War tensions with Soviet Union and China

Question 47

What did President Carter committed to?

Answer 47

Human rights

Question 48

What led to long lines for fuel in the 1970's?

Answer 48

An oil embargo from the Middle East

Question 49

What did Rachel Carson do?

Answer 49

Led to many environmental protections

Question 50

What was the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)?

Answer 50

An attempt to have the means to shoot Soviet missiles from the sky

Question 51

What did Regan mostly increase spending for?

Answer 51

The military and national defense

Question 52

What did Détente with US and Soviets lead to?

Answer 52

A nuclear arms reduction

Question 53

Al Qaeda

Answer 53

Terrorist group that attacked the US on 9/11

Question 54

What happened in response to 9/11?

Answer 54

President Bush invades Iraq

Question 55

What was the PATRIOT Act?

Answer 55

A balance between protecting citizens and limiting civil liberties

Question 56

What influenced President Obamas victory in 2008?

Answer 56

The internet, young people, and African American voters