Civil war + middle east

Question 1

Why was Israel created (3 reasons)

Answer 1

Nations General assembly voted 33, 13.
British relinquished their mandate over palestine in 1948
6 day war

Question 2

Has the US has supported Israel since its creation as a nation in 1948? Why or why not?

Answer 2

Yes because of political reasons

Question 3

What people and events are associated with US & Iranian relations from 1953-1988?

Answer 3

Iranian revolution
Iranian Hostage crisis
Jimmy carter
Regan
Eisenhower

Question 4

How did the Iran-Contra Scandal impact our relationships in the Middle East?

Answer 4

Yes because the United states had a secret bank account and funded both parties that were fighting.

Question 5

What was The Iran Hostage Crisis?

Answer 5

52 US diplomats from the US embassy for 444 days. It showed that the united states can be weakened by terromism

Question 6

hich events and people are associated with Iraq 1980-1991?

Answer 6

Saddam
Iran

Question 7

What were the outcomes of the 1991 Gulf War?

Answer 7

Saddam left in power
Bush and thatcher are voted out of office
Oil fields are on fire but ‘safe’
UN searches for and destroys WMD’s

Question 8

What did the events of “Tank Man” and the fall of the Berlin Wall show to the world regarding democratic ideals (freedom, justice, equality)?

Answer 8

Communism was coming to an end despite democracy being an unwelcome idea.

Question 9

What people and events are associated with Afghanistan 1980-1993?

Answer 9

Osama bin laden
First world tade center bombing
Mujahadeen
Al Qaeda
Miracle on ice

Question 10

What people, countries, and events are associated with the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001?

Answer 10

Osama Bin Laden
World trade center bombing the first time
Al Qaeda
Jihad (holy war)

Question 11

Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were convicted of domestic terrorism and murder for which action?

Answer 11

Oklahoma city bombing (blowing up a federal building that had a daycare inside it), they used a truck that had diesel and fertilizer

Question 12

Who was recorded on video camera being severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department after a traffic stop in 1991? And Out come?

Answer 12

Rodney King, LAPD found not guilty of wrong against him.

Question 13

Why was President Bill Clinton Impeached?

Answer 13

Accused of high crimes against him, and sexual relations with someone he lied about.

Question 14

In the presidential election of 2000, who won the popular vote and who own the electoral college vote? Who won the election?

Answer 14

Popular vote; Al Gore
Electoral; Bush
Winner; Bush

Question 15

Which event took place as the Soviets had invaded Afghanistan, the Iranians held US diplomats as hostages, and the US economy was struggling?

Answer 15

Iranian Revolution

Question 16

What places were viticm of the 9/11 attack

Answer 16

World trade center
Pentagon
Shanksville, PN

Question 17

What did Plessy v. Ferguson set up in the south?

Answer 17

Segergated but equal

Question 18

What 2 quotes by Malcolm X promoted his ideas?

Answer 18

“By any means necessary”
“Without education, youre not going anywhere in this world”

Question 19

Why was the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery seen as significant and what was its purpose?

Answer 19

Protest the right for blacks to vote

Question 20

Which laws, policies, or decisions of the Civil Rights Era were enacted to have more people gain equal rights?

Answer 20

Voting rights act of 1965
Shelley v. Kraemer: excluding minorities from buying houses in white neighborhoods is illegal
Military Integration
Tuskegee Airmen
Brown v. Board - against school segregation
Segregation on buses became illegal

Question 21

What impact did the Emmett Till murder have on America?

Answer 21

Shocked people in america, made more people want to fight for rights

Question 22

What was the goal of “Freedom Summer” in Mississippi?

Answer 22

To raise the rates of black voters