Finals / Social Studies

Question 1

What is the Pentagon Parers

Answer 1

Documents that revealed that the US officials were lying to the American public about the progress of the war for years .

Question 2

War Power Act-

Answer 2

No president can commit troops to armed struggles without congress permission .

Question 3

Camp David Accords

Answer 3

Carter worked with Egypt and Israel to make Camp David Accords (a peace agreement )

Question 4

How did the Watergate Scandal begin ?

Answer 4

Five men that were part of Nixons Association were arrested while breaking in to the Democratic National Committees offices at the Watergate hotel .

Question 5

What did Reagans economic plan lower ?

Answer 5

Taxes

Question 6

Supply Side Economics -

Answer 6

the theory that influenced Reagans economic plan .

Question 7

the Cold War dissolved this country ?

Answer 7

Soviet Union

Question 8

Nafta is an achievement of this president ?

Answer 8

Bill Clinton .

Question 9

Globalization Concern-

Answer 9

US would lose jobs to other countries where wages or pay are lower

Question 10

Silent Spring Author -

Answer 10

Rachel Carson (She made a book that brought attention to the dangers of pollution ).

Question 11

SALT participant

Answer 11

Nixon

Question 12

Did other politicians believe Richard Nixon abused political president power ?

Answer 12

yes they thought he abused his presidential power and legal structures . (Senator Edmond Muskie )

Question 13

Detente meaning

Answer 13

hostile relations between the US and the SU (1970)

Question 14

Apartheid meaning -

Answer 14

South African government racial SEGREGATION

Question 15

Information Revolution

Answer 15

The development of the World Wide Web . (Www)

Question 16

Executive Judicial and Legislative members

Answer 16

Executive / president and Vice President
Judicial / Supreme Court justices
Legislative / House of Representatives and senate . (Law makers )

Question 17

democracy and communist country’s

Answer 17

democracy : US

Communist : China / SU/ north Vietnam /North Korea

Question 18

Johnsons policy of escalation used this

Answer 18

buildup of US armed forces in Vietnam

Question 19

Reasons US entered ww11-

Answer 19

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 20

Why did Roosevelt use fire side chats

Answer 20

to restore confidence in American banks by putting their money back in the banks

Question 21

Berlin Wall location -

Answer 21

East and West Berlin

Question 22

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 22

Leader of North Vietnam

Question 23

Brown vs the board of education -

Answer 23

case that led to integration and desegregation in the public schools .

Question 24

D day invasion

Answer 24

Successful invasion of France

Question 25

What was the goal of the new deal ?

Answer 25

To give people jobs and relieve unemployment .

Question 26

What were the woman’s roles in ww2?

Answer 26

they did the work traditionally done by men .

Question 27

Majority of holocaust victims nationally

Answer 27

Jewish people

Question 28

Why was Cesar Chavez important ?

Answer 28

he formed a union that would later become the United National Farm Workers ( better pay and working conditions for migrant farm workers .

Question 29

photographer of migrant workers in the Great Depression .

Answer 29

Dorothea Lange

Question 30

What is a landslide win ?

Answer 30

An electoral vote

Question 31

How does the president really win ?

Answer 31

At least 270 electoral votes .