Period 8 & 9 APUSH

Front

LBJ's plan for increased domestic spending on anti-poverty & anti-racism programs

Back

Great Society

Front

This Civil Rights Legislation outlawed Housing Segregation

Back

Civil Rights Act of 1968

Front

What is the primary aim of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001?

Back

To prevent acts of terrorism against the United States

Front

What was the US government's immediate response to the September 11, 2001 attacks?

Back

The War on Terror began and Afghanistan was invaded.

Front

The largest decrease in the percent of Americans living below the poverty line accompanied which of the following federal policy initiatives: Great Society, The New Deal, The Fair Deal, Welfare to Work?

Back

Great Society

Front

The Supreme Court decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka essentially reversed which of the following earlier Court decisions? Marbury v. Madison, Plessy v. Ferguson, Roe v. Wade, Dred Scott v. Sanford

Back

Plessy v. Ferguson

Front

The George W. Bush administration created which of the following executive agencies?
Department of Homeland Security, National Security Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Environmental Protection Agency

Back

Department of Homeland Security

Front

Kent State University was the site in 1970 of which of the following events? A highly publicized sit-in advocating women’s rights, The first event in observance of Earth Day, which sought to increase public awareness of environmental degradation, An antiwar demonstration in which four students were killed by members of the National Guard, A rock concert second only to the Woodstock concert in the number of attendees

Back

An antiwar demonstration in which four students were killed by members of the National Guard

Front

In the early 1960s, Malcolm X challenged the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Civil Rights movement by arguing that

Back

African Americans must defend themselves against racism by using violence if necessary

Front

The 1962 book that helped launch the national environmental movement was

Back

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring