Final Exam Review

Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed?

• To help with freedom of speech

• To correct racial and gender discrimination

• To limit immigration quotas

• To allow women into the armed forces

How did President Eisenhower enforce the Supreme Court decision to desegregate public schools?

• Marches

• Sending federal troops

• Boycotting busses

• Overturn the courts decision

Lunch counter sit-ins and freedom riders are examples of what?

• nonviolent opposition of segregation

• violent opposition of segregation

• extreme examples of new transportation in the 1960s

• nonviolent opposition of MLK and Malcolm X's beliefs

After which war did Americans begin to question the country's role of a "police officer" of the world?

• Vietnam War

• World War I

• World War II

• Persian Gulf War

Which of the following was a reason the US became involved in the Vietnam War

• prevent the spread of communism

• Vietnam cut off our oil supply

• Vietnam was using guerrilla tactics in the United States

• prevent the spread of democracy

What turned American public opinion against the war in 1968 by revealing the Vietcong were nowhere close to surrendering?

• Tet Offensive

• Tet Defensive

• Battle of Thermopylae

• Battle of Midway

What showed that no person or group is above the law?

• Bill Clinton's scandal

• 22nd Amendment

• Watergate Scandal

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

Jimmy Carter's goal was to establish peace in the Middle East with this...

• Camp David Accords

• Middle Eastern Fund

• United Nations

• Oil Embargo

Which dealt with the constitutional rights of women?

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Education

• Spurs v Lakers

• Roe v Wade

How did Bill Clinton attempt to stimulate economic growth in the United States?

• Supporting NATO

• Supporting NASA

• Supporting the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

• Supporting small businesses in the southern United States