History Test study guide (standard 5)

Question 1

What type of action would Martin Luther King Jr. use if he wanted to oppose a political or business policy?

Answer 1

Peaceful protesting (sit-ins, jail time), boycotts, and campaigns

Question 2

Did the abolitionist movement, women’s suffrage movement, and the 1960s civil rights movement develop significant popular support?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

What was the major goal of the civil rights movement of the 1960s?

Answer 3

End segregation based on race

Question 4

What did the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education do?

Answer 4

Declared that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional; required integration of public schools

Question 5

What two types of discrimination was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 trying to correct?

Answer 5

Segregation based on race and segregation based on gender

Question 6

What were the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act trying to end?

Answer 6

Discrimination for various groups of people

Question 7

Did Lyndon B. Johnson have a lot on his plate as president?

Answer 7

Yes (Civil Rights Act, Great Society, and Vietnam)

Question 8

What were some of the initiatives of Johnson’s Great Society program?

Answer 8

Medical care for the poor and elderly, headstart program, and VISTA (domestic version of peace core created by JFK)

Question 9

What was Johnson’s major goal of his Great Society program?

Answer 9

End poverty in the U.S.

Question 10

What country originally controlled Vietnam and why did we stay after they left?

Answer 10

France, we wanted to stop the spread of communism

Question 11

What event occurred that started the bombing of North Vietnam by the U.S.?

Answer 11

Two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin said that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces

Question 12

What were some of the reasons the American public opposed the Vietnam War?

Answer 12

The draft was unfair, poor motivation, and drug use

Question 13

What event occurred that created anti-war protests at Kent State University in Ohio?

Answer 13

Nixon chose to invade Cambodia

Question 14

What did the War Powers Act do?

Answer 14

Required the president notified Congress within 48 hours to use military force

Question 15

When Ronald Reagan was president what two things did federal spending increase for?

Answer 15

Defense and military

Question 16

How would you describe American society during the 1960s and early 1970s?

Answer 16

It was a period of unrest that led to division, which then caused social transformation.

Question 17

What does the term “Reaganomics” refer to?

Answer 17

Regan’s economic policies that reduced taxes on individuals and businesses, as well as cutting federal regulations and domestic social programs

Question 18

Which president viewed the USSR as an “evil empire”?

Answer 18

Reagan

Question 19

What landmark could be a symbol of communism and the iron curtain?

Answer 19

Berlin Wall

Question 20

What two issues might critics have problems with from Reagan’s presidency?

Answer 20

Nations debt and the Iran-contra affair

Question 21

What is Nixon forever going to be remembered as?

Answer 21

The only president to ever be forced to resign because of his involvement in the Watergate scandal

Question 22

Would a conservative like George Bush generally believe in tax cuts for the wealthy?

Answer 22

Yes

Question 23

What military event did President George H.W. Bush gain great popularity for?

Answer 23

Victory of the Persian Gulf War

Question 24

What is the difference between national debt versus national budget?

Answer 24

The national debt refers to the total amount the government has borrowed over time (overall amount of money U.S. owes) and the national budget contains estimates of federal government income/spending for the upcoming year

Question 25

Did signing the welfare reform bill and battling the budget help Clinton gain popularity as president?

Answer 25

Yes, it helped him get re-elected

Question 26

How does globalization impact the U.S. economy?

Answer 26

It decreases the cost of manufacturing and makes products cheaper

Question 27

What was Operation Enduring Freedom designed to do?

Answer 27

Build and maintain pressure inside Afghanistan, with the objective of the destruction of al Queda and the government of the Taliban

Question 28

What problems does increased immigration create in politics?

Answer 28

Controversy over immigration in legislation

Question 29

What are the motivations behind U.S. involvement in supporting Israel in the Middle East?

Answer 29

Protect them from terrorism (one of the only democracies in the region), economic relations, and one of the few allies we have in the area