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Test 11, Chapters 21-22 Flashcards

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1
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Who introduced mass-production of low-cost housing in the 1940s?

A

Levitt and Sons

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2
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What country won the Yom Kippur War in 1973?

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Israel

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3
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President Johnson called his social welfare program the ____

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great society

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4
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Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for ____

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polio

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5
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President ____ negotiated the surrender of the Panama Canal Zone to the military dictator of Panama.

A

Carter

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6
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Communists took over all of South Vietnam in what year?

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1975

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7
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Did Israel win or lose the Six-Day War in 1967 against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria?

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win

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8
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Marian Anderson was a great black American ____ who used her talent and influence to peacefully bring about change.

A

opera singer

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9
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who was the first black major-league baseball player

A

Jackie Robinson

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10
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which amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?

A

26th

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11
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which amendment did away with poll taxes?

A

24th

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12
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what act prohibited racial discrimination in all public places?

A

civil right act of 1964

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13
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in what year did the US put a man on the moon?

A

1969

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14
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who was the communist leader of North Vietnam

A

Ho Chi Minh

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15
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The US fought the Vietnam War between what years?

A

1965 - 1973

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16
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What country signed the SALT I treaty with the US

A

Soviet Union

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17
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which US President was the first to resign from office?

A

Nixon

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18
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which president was the first man from the deep south to win the presidency since Zachary Taylor in 1848?

A

Carter

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19
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what communist dictator took over cuba in 1959?

A

Fidel Castro

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20
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negotiated the cease-fire in Vietnam

A

Henry Kissinger

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21
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held anti-Communist hearings in congress

A

Joseph McCarthy

22
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passed State Department secrets to a Soviet agent

A

Alger Hiss

23
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negotiated the Camp David Peace Accords

A

Carter

24
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sold nuclear information to the Russians

A

Julius Rosenberg

25
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assassinated Robert F. Kennedy

A

Sirhan Biashara Sirhan

26
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Soviet leader that met with Pres. Eisenhower at the 1955 Geneva Summit in Switzerland.

A

Nikita Khrushchev

27
Q

In what case did the Supreme Court rule to legalize abortion.

A

Roe vs. Wade

28
Q

What city was divided by a barbed wire fence and later a solid wall to keep people from escaping Communism

A

Berlin, Germany

29
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What did Pres. Kennedy call his welfare program?

A

the New Frontier

30
Q

What Egyptian Pres. seized the Suez Canal from Great Britain in 1956

A

Abdel Nasser

31
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what city was Pres. Kennedy visiting when he was assassinated?

A

Dallas, TX

32
Q

What young black minister was the leading figure of the civil rights movement?

A

Martin Luther King, JR.

33
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first American to orbit the earth

A

John Glenn

34
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first black Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

A

Thurgood Marshall

35
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first American to fly in space

A

Alan B. Shepard, Jr.

36
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first man to walk on the moon

A

Neil Armstrong

37
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first black American to achieve the rank of 4 start general in the US Army

A

Daniel “Chappie” James

38
Q

Vice President who succeeded Nixon

A

Gerald Ford

39
Q

prominent black supremacist leader

A

Malcolm X

40
Q

first black American cabinet officer

A

Robert Weaver

41
Q

America’s first satellite, launched in 1958.

A

Explorer I

42
Q

Who led the movement to have prayer and Bible reading banned from the public schools?

A

Madalyn Murray O’Hair

43
Q

the group of liberal lawyers who began in the 1960’s to use the courts to limit public references to Christianity

A

ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)

44
Q

What act passed in 1968 prohibited discrimination in renting or selling houses?

A

Fair Housing Act

45
Q

Name the civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, TN

A

Martin Luther King, Jr.

46
Q

What incident in 1964 gave Pres. Johnson reason or “excuse” to increase US military presence in South Vietnam?

A

Gulf of Tonkin

47
Q

Name the monopoly formed by oil-producing nations of the Middle East to control the supply and price of oil.

A

OPEC

48
Q

What scandal forced Pres. Nixon to resign from office in 1974?

A

Watergate Affair

49
Q

How did television influence the McCarthy hearings and the election of 1960?

A

The Am. public was in agreement with McCarthy until the TV broadcasts of the Army hearings. Although his views were correct, McCarthy seemed sarcastic and stern.
Kennedy and Nixon debated on TV in 1960, Nixon, ahead in the polls at the time, seemed unsure of himself. Those listening by radio said Nixon won the debates. but because TV had the greater impact, Kennedy won the election.

50
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know the following locations:

A

Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, Colombia, Falkland Islands, Cerro Aconcagua, Amazon River

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