History Final Test

Question 1

Kent State

Answer 1

students were protesting against the Vietnam war, national guard came, shots were fired, 4 dead and 9 injured

Question 2

Watergate

Answer 2

A hotel and DNC offices

Question 3

Jimmy Carter appealing to voters?

Answer 3

he was an outsider, someone who was different than the old presidents

Question 4

Carter’s solution to energy crisis

Answer 4

to turn down your thermostats and wear a sweater, also taxed big cars

Question 5

What happened when the US left Vietnam?

Answer 5

The North took over the South, they didn’t even fight, just gave up

Question 6

Détente

Answer 6

To calm the cold war tension by ignoring smaller nations and confronting Russia and China

Question 7

Who held 66 American hostages?

Answer 7

Iran

Question 8

Nixon quote

Answer 8

“I’m not a crook”

Question 9

Regantomics

Answer 9

Domestic policy to shrink the government and reduce taxes

Question 10

SDI

Answer 10

“Star Wars” or Strategic Defense Initiative, put laser beams into space to kill off nuclear bombs from Russia

Question 11

Symbol of the end of the Cold War

Answer 11

Berlin wall falls down and everyone celebrates freedom by drinking free Coke, the fall of communism

Question 12

Reagan quote

Answer 12

“Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall”

Question 13

First Iraq War

Answer 13

Operation Dessert Storm: 30 days of bombing, 100 hours after ground war, war is over

Question 14

Oklahoma City bombing

Answer 14

Truck bombing by Timothy McVeigh, 168 killed, 19 were children

Question 15

Al Qaeda attacks

Answer 15

Bombed world trade center, 9/11

Question 16

Obama’s presidency

Answer 16

Death of Ben Ladin and provided hope

Question 17

America enters WWI

Answer 17

Pearl Harbor

Question 18

End of the War

Answer 18

Atomic bombing in Japan

Question 19

War at home

Answer 19

Japanese in internment camps, women working in factories

Question 20

Zoot suits

Answer 20

big suits that mainly Mexicans wore, used in the war for parachutes, caused many riots

Question 21

GI Bill

Answer 21

help pay for college, graduate school, and loans for houses

Question 22

Suburbs were called

Answer 22

Levittowns

Question 23

New lifestyles

Answer 23

Television

Question 24

Marshall Plan

Answer 24

US gave money to Europe to help rebuild and prevent communism

Question 25

Point of Cold War

Answer 25

to end communism, nuclear arms race (USA and Russia racing with weapons)

Question 26

Cold War at home

Answer 26

duck and cover drills, bomb shelters, fear of communism

Question 27

Korean war

Answer 27

divided korea

Question 28

Why fight in Vietnam?

Answer 28

To end the spread of communism, Domino Theory

Question 29

Vietnam in the public’s opinion

Answer 29

Hated the war once televised

Question 30

The Hmong

Answer 30

immigrated to America from Laos and Thailand

Question 31

Civil Rights

Answer 31

no political power

Question 32

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 32

separate is equal

Question 33

Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 33

separate is not equal

Question 34

Civil rights methods

Answer 34

civil disobedience

Question 35

civil rights for women

Answer 35

more jobs/job force for women

Question 36

civil rights for Mexicans

Answer 36

Were able to unionize for better working conditions

Question 37

civil rights for Native Americans

Answer 37

gain their land/lands back

Question 38

Because of watergate….

Answer 38

Nixon resigned

Question 39

New tech

Answer 39

computer

Question 40

Persian Gulf War

Answer 40

Invasion of Kuwait

Question 41

Terrorism

Answer 41

Al Qaeda did all the terroist events

Question 42

Because of Sept. 11th

Answer 42

there was a lack of freedom