World War Two to 9/11 UNIT EXAM

Question 1

Watergate

Answer 1

richard nixon had the plumbers break into democratic national committee office

Question 2

Government trust

Answer 2

public trust went down for government

Question 3

Containment

Answer 3

used to stop spread of communism
Marshall Plan- provided assistance to foreign countries

Question 4

Truman Doctrine

Answer 4

the US should support countries being threatened by communism

Question 5

Little Rock 1957-

Answer 5

desegregation of central schools

Question 6

Commander in Chief

Answer 6

president

Question 7

Red Scare

Answer 7

Fear of Communism

Question 8

Martin Luther King

Answer 8

i had a dream, wanted to desegregate

Question 9

-Nonviolence

Answer 9

protested in ways that were peaceful, boycotting, sitting groups

Question 10

National Emergency

Answer 10

allows president to declare national emergency without requests from states

Question 10

Korematsu v. United States

Answer 10

withheld japanese americans from west coast in fear that they were spies

Question 11

NATO

Answer 11

north atlantic treaty organization

Question 12

Rosie the Riveter

Answer 12

poster used to empower women during war times, to feel strong

Question 13

Women wartime labor

Answer 13

there weren’t many men b/c they left for the war so women had to do most work

Question 14

Nixon v. United States

Answer 14

withheld 18.5 min of recordings that he took and was being impeached

Question 15

Executive Privilege

Answer 15

can withhold information from congress for the safety of the nation

Question 16

Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 16

wanted to desegregate schools

Question 17

Equal Protection

Answer 17

under 14th amendment, gov’t can’t deny citizens of equal protection

Question 18

War Powers Act

Answer 18

limits presidents to initiate or escalate war

Question 19

Congress power over troops

Answer 19

raise up an army

Question 20

Great Society

Answer 20

gave help to foreign nations in poverty