Unit 8 Test: Modern Era

Watergate is remembered as an important event in US history because it

• resulted in only the second presidential impeachment in history

• nearly destroyed the Reagan presidency

• forced a US president to resign in disgrace

• ended the political career of Bill Clinton

The name for President Ronald Reagan’s economic program that included budget cuts, tax cuts, and increased defense spending was

• The Great Society

• Enduring Freedom

• NAFTA

• Reaganomics

· Closest presidential election in history

· Intervention by the US Supreme Court

· Electoral College a major factor

Florida

• Presidential Election of 1980

• Presidential Election of 1992

• Presidential Election of 2000

• Presidential Election of 2008

One similarity shared by Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton is that both

• Had no vice president

• Served only one term as president

• Were impeached but not convicted

• Came to the office after the death of a president

The Camp David Accords negotiated by President Jimmy Carter were important because they

• Reduced tensions in the Middle East

• Opened trade negotiations with Vietnam

• Slowed the pace of the nuclear arms race

• Renewed diplomatic relations with China

Which of the following civil rights leaders is BEST KNOWN for advocating non-violent protest?

• W. E. DuBois   
• Marcus Garvey
• Malcolm X
• Martin Luther King Jr.

In its 1954 ruling on Brown v. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court 

• Permitted affirmative action in admission to college. 
• Ended Bible reading and prayer in public schools.
• Outlawed racial segregation in public schools.
• Authorized schools to censor student newspapers. 

Based on this 1961 picture, which is the BEST conclusion that can be drawn about the "Freedom Riders"?

• Many Freedom Riders were prepared to use violence in their fight for integration.
  
• Most young, white Americans opposed integration and equal rights for African-Americans.
  
• Some young, white Americans supported integration and equal rights for African-Americans.
  
• White college students often traveled to other southern states to stage protests against integration.

The primary goal of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society was to:

• Increase military spending
• Expand the national highway system
• Eliminate poverty and racial prejudice
• Reduce taxes and the size of government

Vietcong fighters launched a massive assault during the Vietnam War, attacking over 100 South Vietnamese towns, 12 American air bases, and the U.S. embassy in South Vietnam. This was known as the: (hint: this event lead to the drastic decrease of American support for the Vietnam war)

• Tet Offensive

• Dooms Day

• Agent Orange

• Fall of Saigon