Test 11 - Misc Flashcards
What was President Truman’s social welfare program called?
Fair Deal
What was President Kennedy’s social welfare program called?
New Frontier
What policy stated that the United States would use its resources to prevent the overthrow of any democracy through outside interference?
Truman Doctrine
Through what program did the United States assist in Europe’s economic renewal after WWII?
Marshall Plan
What Supreme Court Case resulted in the banning of prayer and Bible reading in the public school?
Abington School District v. Schempp
What pact established NATO in 1949?
North Atlantic Pact
What organization was formed to resist Communist aggression in Asia and the Pacific?
SEATO
What amendment outlawed poll taxes for national elections?
24th
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution provided legal justification for US involvement in which conflict?
Vietnam
To which cabinet post was Robert Weaver appointed?
Housing and Urban Development
What amendment lowered the legal voting age from 21 to 18?
26th
In what pact did the Soviet Union respond to NATO in 1955?
Warsaw Pact
What is the term used to describe “lessening of tension between the east and the west called”?
detente
What was the longest war that America was involved in?
Vietnam
What was the largest public welfare program since the NEW DEAL?
The Great Society
What acronym is used to describe Arab nations that work together to control oil production and price?
OPEC
What Supreme Court decision declared segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
What did Congress enact in 1944 to provide returning WWII veterans government loans for home, business, or education?
G.I. Bill of Rights
Which amendment states that a President would be limited to two terms in office?
22nd
What is the first satellite to orbit the earth?
Sputnik I
