Final Exam

Question 1

By 1973, the US imported one third of its oil, which demonstrated the U.S.’s dependence on imported oil. True or false?

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The Cuban Missile Crisis:

Answer 2

Brought the U.S. and Soviets to the brink of nuclear war

Question 3

Ella Baker founded which civil rights organization known best for the sit-in movement of early 1960s?

Answer 3

SNCC

Question 4

What event forced JFK to take meaningful action in support of the civil rights movement?

Answer 4

King’s demonstration in Birmingham

Question 5

LBJ’s Great Society included immigration quotas that were more stringent than quotas from the 1920s. True or false?

Answer 5

False

Question 6

The…is the idea that if one communist county in Asia fell, that others would follow

Answer 6

The Domino Effect

Question 7

If one moment marked the advent of “gay liberation”, it was a 1969 police raid on the…in New York’s Greenwich Village, a gathering place for homosexuals

Answer 7

Stonewall Inn

Question 8

The Tet Offensive was a major military failure for the American military

Answer 8

False

Question 9

…was national and communist, who was the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War

Answer 9

Ho Chi Minh

Question 10

During WWII, Vietnam and the United States were allies. True or false?

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Ngo Dingh Diem, an American backed leader of South Vietnam, received a lot of criticism from the international community for his brutal treatment of dissenters. True or false?

Answer 11

True

Question 12

LBJ escalated the war in Vietnam. True or false?

Answer 12

True

Question 13

…wrote the Feminine Mystique, a work that examined the lives of disaffected housewives

Answer 13

Betty Friedan

Question 14

The…gave LBJ the opportunity to escalate the war in Vietnam

Answer 14

Gulf of Tonkin incident

Question 15

Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution in 1964, authorizing the president to take “all necessary measures to repel armed attack” in Vietnam. True or false?

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Some of the most vocal critics of the Vietnam War came from Ivy League University students. True or false?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The Great Society:

Answer 17

included LBJ’s crusade to end poverty in America

Question 18

The Cuban Missile Crisis involved which leaders from the U.S. and the Soviet Union?

Answer 18

JFK and Khrushchev

Question 19

JFK increased military spending and also emphasized diplomacy. A few of these programs focused on economic development of the developing world. These programs were:

Answer 19

Alliance for Progress and Peace Corps

Question 20

Stagflation of the 1970s was a combination of:

Answer 20

High unemployment rates, low economic growth, inflation

Question 21

The American Indian Movement:

Answer 21

Demanded greater tribal self-government

Question 22

Richard Nixon’s policy of…, lessened the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union

Answer 22

Detente

Question 23

The Watergate Scandal is best associated with what administration?

Answer 23

The Nixon Administration

Question 24

The Sunbelt was a:

Answer 24

region in the U.S.

Question 25

On New Year’s Day 1959,…forces took over Havana and ousted President Bastisa’s dictatorship

Answer 25

Fidel Castro

Question 26

In April 1961, the US invaded Cuba with a small army of US-led Cubans, which led in failure. This invasion was called…

Answer 26

Bay of Pigs invasion

Question 27

In 1962, JFK faced a major school integration crisis when James Meredith integrated…

Answer 27

University of Mississippi

Question 28

LBJ’s War on Poverty promised to dismantle major aspects of the New Deal reform. True or false?

Answer 28

False

Question 29

The Iran Hostage Crisis only lasted a few months after President Jimmy Carter approved a successful rescue mission. True or false?

Answer 29

False

Question 30

In 1979, leader Ayatollah Khomeini took over…after thee shah was ousted.

Answer 30

Iran

Question 31

Which president gave the “Crisis of Confidence” speech?

Answer 31

Jimmy Carter

Question 32

During the 1970s, the Sun Belt became home to the new Democratic party. True or false?

Answer 32

False

Question 33

In 1971,…a former Department of Defense research released documents that suggested that Nixon had lied to the American public about the Vietnam War.

Answer 33

Daniel Ellsburg

Question 34

In May 1970, students across the nation protested on their campus against the invasion of…, which escalated the Vietnam War beyond the boarders of South and North Vietnam.

Answer 34

Cambodia

Question 35

President Nixon’s plan of Vietnamization, ended American military presence in the Vietnam War. True or false?

Answer 35

False

Question 36

The 1965 Voting Rights Act expanded the power of the federal government by empowering the Department of Justice to oversee voter registration. True or false?

Answer 36

True

Question 37

Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union:

Answer 37

The Evil Empire

Question 38

Ronald Reagan’s economic policies:

Answer 38

Resulted in increased economic inequality

Question 39

The basis for Reaganomics:

Answer 39

Cut taxes for Americans and corporations and cut government spending on federal programs