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Which nation on the Korean peninsula has a Communist government?
Japan
South Korea
China
North Korea
What was the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of?
North and South Vietnam
East and West Asia
North and South Korea
East and West Europe
Where was Vietnam divided?
19th Parallel
20thParellel
38th Parellel
34th Parallel
Who were the two participants in the Space Race?
The US and Cuba
China and US
The Soviet Union and US
US and North Vietnam
During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?
Truman Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
What country is highlighted on the map of Latin America?
Mexico
Cuba
Colombia
Brazil
The goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to get rid of which communist leader in Cuba?
Guevara
Batista
Chavez
Castro
Which country became a close friend of the Cuban government after the Bay of Pigs?
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
Canada
What did the US government create to allow the military to moved more efficiently within the US?
GI Bill of Rights
National Interstate and Defense Highways Act
Autobahn
Truman Doctrine
What was done because racial tension in the military needed to be reduced and Korean War needed for more troops
Truman signed GI Bill of Rights
Truman signed executive order integrating military
Eisenhower ordered National Interstate and Defense Act
McCarthy enacted the Marshall Plan
The creation of a national space program (NASA) was a main effect of
McCarthyism
the Korean War
the launch of Sputnik
The Marshall Plan
A US army soldier returning home after WWII to find that he could get a loan and buy an affordable new home and receive free tuition to college would most likely owe a debt of gratitude to:
HUAC and Joseph McCarthy
"Reaganomics"
The New Deal
The GI Bill
Congress passed this, which authorized the construction of a national network of highways to connect every major city in America. The new system replaced the railroad network as the principal way of transporting goods and boosted economic development.
G.I. Bill
Truman Doctrine
National Interstate and Defense Highway Act
Marshall Plan
Sputnik concerned leaders in the United States because:
It was an agreement between the USSR and Cuba that placed nuclear missiles within 90 miles of the U.S.
It was a Soviet satellite that signaled that the US was far behind the Soviets in education.
It was a submarine that U.S. ships were defenseless against.
It was a bomb ten times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Japan.
Congress granted LBJ power to go to war with North Vietnam by passing the ______ thus changing US soldiers from advisers to fighters was.
Great Society
War Powers Act
26th Amendment
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What was the goal of "Vietnamization"?
Hand South Vietnam over to the communists
Keep peace with the Soviet Union
Retake territory lost during the Tet Offensive
Force South Vietnam to take over more of the fighting
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution led to...
American withdrawal from Vietnam
Public disapproval of the war
Escalation of the war
Who were the communists in South Vietnam who used guerrilla style tactics were called?
Vietminh
Vietcong
Ho Chi Minhions
What major North Vietnam & Vietcong offensive in South Vietnam surprised Americans beginning on 1/30/68?
New Year's Offensive
Ho Chi Minh Offensive
Tet Offensive
Saigon Offensive
What kind of marches did Martin Luther King Jr. lead?
large
mad
nonviolent
violent
These were any type of law that discriminated against people based on race.
14th Amendment
state laws
federal laws
Jim Crow laws
The Civil Rights Movement sought to integrate society. What does this mean?
Repeal laws that forced African Americans to remain separate from whites.
Overthrow the government.
Built new houses and schools for African Americans.
Make sure African Americans received more privileges than whites.
What was the elimination of segregation called?
Civil Disobedience
Desegregation
Stereotype
Racism
What counterargument does Dr. King present to the advice to wait?
Democratically elected officials would not require African Americans to wait.
Socrates would not have waited under the same circumstances.
African Americans already have waited for more than 340 years.
The 1954 Supreme Court decision has made it impossible to wait.
Why was Martin Luther King arrested and put in jail in many southern cities?
He refused to pay income taxes.
The U.S. President felt threatened by his actions.
He participated in illegal fundraising.
He instructed people to disobey unjust laws.
Why did Cesar Chavez start a union?
to help migrant farm workers
to finish school
to learn how to farm
What two countries were involved in the Iranian Hostage Crisis ?
North & South Africa
Iran & United States
Iran & Iraq
China & Japan
What president came into office when the hostages were released ?
Obama
Carter
Trump
Bush
Who was the former Iranian leader or king that U.S. protected?
Mufit
Imam
Shah
Caliph
When did the Iranian Hostage Crisis end ?
April 5 , 2010
August 21 , 1972
January 20 , 1981
Khomeini established a theocratic type of government.
True
False
The Shah wanted to westernize Iran.
True
False
A major cause of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 was the concern by Islamic leaders that
Women were being denied political rights
Traditional values were being undermined by Western ideas
Israel had lost its influence in the Middle East
Religious leaders were becoming too powerful
In the 1970s, when Iran was ruled by the Shah, Khomeini's major criticism was of the...
Shah's friendship with the Soviet Union
Return to traditional Islamic Law
Lack of political and social rights for women
Non-Islamic influences on the culture and economy
In Iran, both the Revolution of 1979 and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism have caused...
An increase in women's rights
Tension between traditionalism and modernization to continue
Foreign control of natural resources to expand
The introduction of a communist form of government
This leader took over Iran after the Shah was removed in 1979
Ayatollah Khomeini
Shah Pahlevi
Mohammed Mossadeq
Jimmy Fallon
The Shah( Pahlavi) wanted to modernize Iran.
True👍
False👎
This is a name given to a day where two high-ranking Justice Dept. officials resigned and the Watergate Special Counsel was fired
Black Tuesday
Monday Night Football
Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Massacre
Sunday Morning Showdown
What building is being portrayed as a giant tape recorder here?
Capitol Records Tower
Mar-a-Lago
Supreme Court
Watergate Hotel
White House
To accuse a government official and/or charge with a crime is known as
perjury
political espionage
impeachment
subpoena
Who were the "plumbers" in the Watergate scandal?
special investigation team created to stop news leaks about Vietnam War
people that were investigating Nixon's recordings
committee assigned to work on getting Nixon re-elected
people that were fired for investigating the Watergate scandal
How did the Watergate scandal get its name?
Watergates opening was a metaphor used for the flood of information and the president's inability to stop it
People broke into Richard Nixon's office at the Watergate aprtment complex to get information about the election
Bill Watergate was the director of the FBI in charge of investigating Nixon but he was corrupt
there was a break-in at the Watergate apartments and office complex in D.C.
Five men were arrested when they were caught putting up surveillance equipment in this location:
D.C. National Convention office building
Democratic National Committee headquarters
Republican Committee headquarters
The Washington Post's office building located at the Watergate complex
To what does the "Saturday Night Massacre" refer?
Nixon was impeached on a Saturday; unusual that it wasn't on a week day...
After many refusals to fire people involved with the investigation of the scandal, Nixon started firing many people himself.
Nixon ordered his attorney general to fire a special prosecutor and attorney general refused to do it; he resigned
Nixon ordered people to be killed to keep quiet about his illegal activities in office
What did a U.S. District Court judge subpoena, but Nixon claimed executive privilege and refused to turn over?
surveillance of the break-in at the Watergate building
transcripts of conversations between Nixon and the directors of the FBI and CIA
recorded conversations from inside the White House
President Nixon’s policy of reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam allowing South Vietnam to assume more the fighting was known as…
Vietnamization
Detente
Watergate
Brinkmanship
The War Powers Act of 1973 was intended to affect the balance of power between the President and Congress by
allowing troops to be sent overseas without the president’s consent
requiring the president to remove all United States troops from Southeast Asia
permitting the president to enter treaties without Senate approval
placing limitations on the president’s ability to keep troops in hostile situations
The secret documents detailing the history of American involvement in Vietnam, which were obtained by Daniel Ellsberg and later printed by the new York Times, were known as the
Watergate tapes
Nixon memoranda
Pentagon Papers
Warren Report
The American Hostage Crisis in Iran was caused in part by
the American government allowing the deposed Shah of Iran to come to the US for cancer treatment
Carter's involvement in arranging the Camp David accords between the Egyptians and the Israelis
American air strikes against Iran's ally, Libya
American attempts to overthrow the newly emplaced government of Ayatollah Khomeini
President Gerald Ford lost the most support from the American public for
allowing the fall of South Vietnam to the Communists
his ineffective WIN campaign against inflation
becoming the first unelected president of the United States
his pardon of Richard Nixon
What is the main idea of this cartoon from the Watergate era?
The Supreme Court presides over a presidential impeachment trial.
Congress has to obey the Constitution.
The president has the final word involving constitutional issues.
No person or group is above the law.
What was a result of Nixon’s resignation?
Spiro Agnew became president of the United States.
Nixon was put on trial for his crimes at the United Nations.
Americans questioned the system of checks and balances.
Many Americans lost trust in government officials.
