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Who succeeded Franklin Roosevelt as President in 1945?

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Harry S. Truman

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What Congressional act provided discharge pay, hospitalization, government loans for purchasing homes, farms or businesses, and educational benefits for veterans?

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G.I. Bill of Rights

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What ended the Depression?

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the postwar economic boom

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What is the erosion of the value of money?

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inflation

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What act was passed to curb the growing power of labor unions?

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Taft-Hartley Act

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What amendment limited future Presidents to two terms in office?

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22nd Amendment

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What did Truman call the program of socialistic legislation?

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“Fair Deal”

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What treaty provided military aid to European allies and other friendly nations?

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North Atlantic Treaty

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What program began with an appropriation of $25 million by Congress and was designed to give assistance to underdeveloped countries?

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Point Four Program

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What two acts were used to combat Communist subversion in America?

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The Smith Act and the Internal Security Act

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What member of the State Department transferred documents to a Soviet agent?

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Alger Hiss

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What couple was executed for leaking vital atomic bomb secrets to Russian agents?

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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Who was the former Communist party member and Soviet spy who turned against Communism and exposed a spy ring of which Alger Hiss was a member?

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Whittaker Chambers

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Who charged that the U.S. State Department had been infiltrated by large numbers of Communist spies?

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Joseph P. McCarthy

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What was the conflict between two opposing ideologies: Capitalism vs. Communism?

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The “Cold War”

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What was set up by the UN in order to meet nuclear threats to world peace?

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International Atomic Energy Authority

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What term did Churchill use to describe Communism in Eastern Europe?

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“Iron Curtain”

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18
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What program helped the European nations in their recovery after WWII?

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Marshall Plan

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What stated that the US would employ its resources to prevent the overthrow of any democracy through outside interference?

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Truman Doctrine

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What did the Americans establish to save millions of West Berliners from starvation?

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Berlin Air-Lift

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What defense pact was signed by the US, Canada, and 10 western European nations as a security against Communism? What association of nations did it establish?

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North Atlantic Pact (1949)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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What “defensive” association did Russia form to counter NATO?

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the Warsaw Pact

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Who was both the Supreme Commander in the Allied occupation of Japan and the commander of American and UN forces during most of the Korean War?

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General Douglas MacArthur

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What conference officially ended the Allied occupation of Japan?

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Japanese Peace Treaty Conference

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25
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Who was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe?

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower

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What act gave the President authority to fix wage and price ceilings?

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Defense Production Act

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27
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What is the dividing line between North and South Korea?

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38th Parallel

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28
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Who led the Communist Chinese?

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Mao Tse-tung

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29
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Who led the Chinese Nationalists?

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Chiang Kai-shek

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What American general recommended withdrawal of American support from Nationalist China?

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General George C. Marshall

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31
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When did North Korean forces invade South Korea?

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June 25, 1950

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What is the capital of South Korea?

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Seoul

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To what battle line in the southeast corner of Korea did the outnumbered and outgunned South Koreans and Americans withdraw?

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Pusan Perimeter

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34
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What did President Truman do in April 1951 that shocked the nation?

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He abruptly removed General MacArthur from command.

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35
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Who was elected President in 1952? Who was his VP?

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Dwight D. Eisenhower; Richard M. Nixon

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36
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Who was secretary of state under Eisenhower?

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John Foster Dulles

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37
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What department was created from the Federal Security Agency?

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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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What organization was formed to resist Communist aggression and expansion in Southeast Asia?

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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)

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What two men helped make West Germany one of the most prosperous nations in the world?

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Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard

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What was the economic trend of the Eisenhower Administration?

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Away from government participation in business and the economy

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What unified labor front made its appearance in 1955? Who was its president?

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AFL-CIO; George Meany

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42
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What did the US construct in 1954 in partnership with Canada?

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St. Lawrence Seaway

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What act cleared the way for private, commercial development of atomic power?

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Atomic Energy Act

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44
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What was the world’s first nuclear-powered merchant vessel?

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Savannah

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45
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Who was the Marxist leader of East Germany who attempted to increase working hours while retaining low wages?

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Walter Ulbricht

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46
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Where did the greatest resistance to Communist tyranny occur in 1956?

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Hungary

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47
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In what year did Israel become a nation?

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1948

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48
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Who was the president of Egypt during the Suez Canal crisis?

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Gamal Nasser

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In what project did the US cancel its participation after learning of Nasser’s duplicity?

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Aswan High dam

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What was formed by the union of Egypt and Syria in 1958?

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United Arab Republic (UAR)

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To what country did President Eisenhower send U.S. Marines in 1958 to protect American lives and prevent Arab revolt?

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Lebanon

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What Nationalist Chinese islands were bombarded by Communist China and protected by American naval and air forces?

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Quemoy and Matsu

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Where did Eisenhower order a buildup of American naval and air forces, making it possible for beleaguered Nationalist Chinese troops on Quemoy and Matsu to receive supplies?

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Formosa Strait

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54
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What doctrine expressed the President’s determination to use force, if necessary, to stop Communist aggression in the Middle East?

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Eisenhower Doctrine (1957)

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55
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What was the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth?

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Sputnik I

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56
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What was created to further US space research and development?

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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57
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What was the US’s first man-made satellite?

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Explorer I

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58
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Who was the Chief Justice during the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka case?

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Earl Warren

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Which court case resulted in the desegregation of public schools? In what year?

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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka; 1954

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60
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Who was arrested after boarding a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?

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Rosa Parks

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61
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Who helped to organize a boycott of the city bus system after Rosa Park’s arrest?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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What group formed by Martin Luther King, Jr., pledged itself to nonviolent resistance in the struggle for civil rights?

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

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63
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What two states were added to the Union in 1959?

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Alaska and Hawaii

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64
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Who became the premier of the Soviet Union shortly after the Geneva Summit?

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Who piloted the U-2 that was shot down over Russia?

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Francis Gary Powers

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66
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What pro-Communist premier of the Republic of the Congo was assassinated during the civil war?

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Patrice Lumumba

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What Christian American medical missionary was murdered in the Republic of the Congo?

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Dr. Paul Carlson

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What Cuban dictator was ousted by Communist revolutionaries in 1959? Who led the revolution?

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Fulgencio Batista; Fidel Castro

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What movement organized by Fidel Castro in Mexico was named after his aborted attempt to seize the Cuban government in 1953?

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the 26th of July Movement

70
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Who introduced the polio vaccine?

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Jonas E. Stalk

71
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Who perfected the polio vaccine?

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Albert B. Sabin

72
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What was the world’s longest suspension bridge (1957)?

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Mackinac Straits Bridge

73
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What is the largest domestic building program in the United States?

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The Interstate Highway System

74
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Who became the first black American ballplayer to play for a major league team?

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Jackie Robinson

75
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Who was the youngest man ever elected to the Presidency?

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

76
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What was JFK’s liberal program called which laid the foundation for the greatest growth in government welfare and regulatory agencies since the New Deal?

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“New Frontier”

77
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What was the major domestic issue during the Kennedy years?

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the demand for equal rights for black Americans

78
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What were sit-ins?

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Black college students sat at lunch counters in the sections reserved for whites only.

79
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What group of blacks and white toured the South by bus to protest local segregation laws?

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“freedom riders”

80
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Who became the first black American man to make an attempt to enroll at the all-white University of Mississippi?

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James Meredith

81
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What was the most dramatic moment of the civil rights movement?

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MLK’s speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963

82
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In what court case were public schools forbidden to require the recitation of prayers?

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Engel vs. Vitale

83
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What court case banned school prayers and Bible reading, even if they were voluntary?

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Abington School District vs. Schempp

84
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Who was the atheist and Marxist who was brought to national attention through a court case in Maryland?

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Madalyn Murray O’Hair

85
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What was the program of single-manned space flights?

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Project Mercury

86
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Who was the first American in space?

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Alan B. Shepard, Jr.

87
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Who became the first American to orbit the earth?

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John H. Glenn, Jr.

88
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What were the first two American communications satellites?

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Telstar and Relay

89
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What satellite passed within nearly 22,000 miles of the planet Venus in 1962?

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Mariner II

90
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Where did American-trained Cuban freedom fighters attempt to invade Communist Cuba?

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Bay of Pigs

91
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What did Kennedy and Khrushchev agree to end on October 28, 1962?

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Cuban Missile Crisis

92
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What was built by East Germany to keep their people from escaping to the West?

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Berlin Wall

93
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What three countries of Southeast Asia were formerly known as French Indochina?

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Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

94
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What called for democratic elections in 1956 to unite Vietnam under one government, whether Communist of free?

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Geneva Accords

95
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What were Communist guerillas in Vietnam called?

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Viet Cong

96
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What special U.S. Army unit was sent to South Vietnam by Eisenhower and later by Kennedy to aid the South Vietnamese in their struggle against Communist aggression?

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Green Berets

97
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Who assassinated President Kennedy, where, and when?

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Lee Harvey Oswald; Dallas, Texas; 1963

98
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Who succeeded JFK as President in 1963?

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Lyndon Baines Johnson

99
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Whom did Johnson run against in the Presidential election of 1964?

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Barry M. Goldwater

100
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What did Johnson call his social welfare program?

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the “Great Society”

101
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What act in 1965 continued federal grants for the construction of college buildings and ensured student loans and grants?

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The Higher Education Act of 1965

102
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What act granted the first direct federal funding of local public schools?

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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act

103
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What act inaugurated programs for the “War on Poverty”?

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The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

104
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What act was designed to provide medical care for the elderly under the Social Security system?

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The Medicare Act of 1965

105
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What act was intended to raise the standard of living in the Appalachian Mountain region?

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The Appalachian Development Act

106
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What two new Cabinet-level offices were established by the Johnson Administration?

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the Department of HOusing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Transportation

107
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What became the largest public welfare program since the New Deal?

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The Great Society

108
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What were poor inner city sections called?

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ghettos

109
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What act in 1968 prohibited discrimination in renting or selling houses?

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Fair Housing Act

110
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What was one of the white supremacist organizations?

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Ku Klux Klan

111
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What was one of the black separatist groups?

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Black Panthers

112
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What prominent black separatist leader was assassinated in 1965?

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Malcom X

113
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What act prohibited racial discrimination in public places?

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The 1964 Civil Rights Act

114
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What amendment outlawed pool taxes for national elections?

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the 24th Amendment

115
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What act strengthened previous voting rights laws, and the number of black Americans registered to vote increased by 40 percent?

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the 1965 Voting Rights Act

116
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Who became the first black American cabinet officer?

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Robert Weaver

117
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Who was the first black associate justice of the Supreme Court?

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Thurgood Marshall

118
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What important civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

119
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What resolution of Congress passed in August 1964 provided legal justification for U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War?

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The GUlf of Tonkin Resolution

120
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When were the first U.S. combat troops sent to South Vietnam?

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1965

121
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Who commanded the U.S. troops in South Vietnam?

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General William C. Westmoreland

122
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What’s the name for the series of devastating battles begun by the Communists in Vietnam?

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the Tet Offensive

123
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What were Americans who supported the fight against Communism called?

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“hawks”

124
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What were Americans who were soft toward Communism called?

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“doves”

125
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What war erupted in the Middle East when Egypt, Jordan, and Syria attacked Israel in June 1967?

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Six-Day War

126
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What is a two-man space project called?

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Gemini

127
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What is a three-man space project called?

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Apollo

128
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Who were the Apollo 11 astronauts who traveled to the moon in the largest, heaviest spacecraft launched to that date?

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Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins

129
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Who became the first basketball player ever to score 100 points during a single professional game?

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Wilt Chamberlain

130
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Name some of the leading baseball players of the 1960s.

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Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays

131
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What counterculture movement attempted to erode the values of traditional American culture?

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the “hippie” lifestyle

132
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Who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy (JFK’s brother)?

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Sirhan Biashara Sirhan

133
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Who won the election of 1968?

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Richard M. Nixon

134
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Whose administration concentrated on bringing peace to Vietnam?

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the Nixon Administration

135
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Name two college campuses where violent anti-war demonstrations were held.

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Kent State University and Jackson State College

136
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What amendment lowered the voting age to 18?

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the 26th Amendment

137
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Who ran against Nixon and lost in the 1972 election?

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Goerge McGovern

138
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When were the last U.S. troops withdrawn from Vietnam?

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1973

139
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What was the longest war the US was ever involved in and America’s first no-win war?

A

Vietnam

140
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Who was the spokesman for detente during Nixon’s Administration?

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Henry Kissinger

141
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What was the agreement between the US and the Soviet Union in which the US and Soviet Union agreed to limit the production of nuclear arms?

A

SALT 1

142
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In what year did President Nixon visit Communist China?

A

1972

143
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In what war in 1973 was Israel attacked by Syria, Egypt, and Jordan?

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Yom Kippur War

144
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What made oil scare, resulting in long lines at gas stations?

A

the Arab Oil Embargo

145
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What was the monopoly designed to control the supply and price of Middle Eastern oil?

A

OPEC

146
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What building project did Congress initiate to lessen American dependence on Middle East oil?

A

Alaska Pipeline

147
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What was the root cause of inflation during Nixon’s administration?

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the loose money policies of the Federal Reserve

148
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What Supreme Court decision in 1972 caused an increase in crime across the nation?

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ruling against capital punishment

149
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Who are people that believe the Constitution should be interpreted as the Founding Fathers intended known as?

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strict constructionists

150
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What 1973 Supreme Court decision ruled in favor of abortion?

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Roe vs. Wade

151
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What VP resigned from office after admitting to taking bribes and evading his income tax?

A

Spiro Agnew

152
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In what year did the Watergate affair occur?

A

1974

153
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What political scandal let to President Nixon’s resignation in 1974?

A

Watergate affair

154
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Who became President after Nixon’s resignation?

A

Gerald R. Ford

155
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What was one of the programs expanded by Congress during Ford’s administration?

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the Food Stamp Program

156
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In what year did President Ford officially announce the end of American involvement in Vietnam and order the evacuation of US civilians and embassy personnel?

A

1975

157
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What was the capital of South Vietnam?

A

Saigon

158
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In what year did South Vietnam fall to the Communists?

A

1975

159
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What two other countries fell to Communism after Vietnam?

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Cambodia and Laos

160
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Who won the Presidential election of 1976?

A

James (Jimmy) Carter

161
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On what concept did Carter build his policy?

A

human rights

162
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What area did President Carter negotiate to surrender in 1977?

A

the Panama Canal Zone

163
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Carter’s policy of appeasement and reluctance to contain Communism with force no doubt encouraged the Soviet invasion of what country in 1979?

A

Afghanistan

164
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What disarmament agreement was signed by President Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, the signing of which was followed by the Communist invasion of Afghanistan?

A

SALT II

165
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What treaty promised peace between Egypt and Israel and what three leaders signed it?

A

Camp David Peace Accord; President Carter, Begin, and Sadat

166
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In what country were 63 Americans taken hostage in 1979?

A

Iran

167
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What Muslim religious leader led the capture of the American embassy in Tehran in 1979 after a revolution deposed the anti-Communist Shah of Iran?

A

Ayatollah Khomeini

168
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What new Cabinet position was created during the Carter administration?

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the secretary of energy

169
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Where did a nuclear power plant accident take place in 1979?

A

Three Mile Island

170
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What was the highlight of the 1970s?

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the Bicentennial Celebration of 1976

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