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chap 24-27 Hist
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why were American suburbs of the 1950's so heavily segregated? | Residents, Brokers, and realtors dealt in contracts and mortgages that barred the sale to on white residents. |
| What gave conservatives of the 1950s their political unity? | The Common enemies of the Soviet union and the federal government |
| Why did the Soviet Union strongly support the national independence movements in the new Third World? | They Hoped to convince new nations to ally themselves with the easters bloc against European and American imperialists. |
| Between 1946 and 1960 the American gross national product | more than doubled and wages increased |
| During the Cold War religious differences | Were Absorbed within the notion of a common judo-christion heritage |
| All of the following spurred the growth of the suburban middle class except | Trains and streetcars |
| Secretary of state John foster Dulles's policy of massive retaliation | declared that any soviet attack would be countered by a nuclear attack |
| The term used to describe developing countries that refused to align with either of the two Cold War powers was | "Third World countries" |
| The Eisenhower doctrine pledged support | to any middle eastern country resisting communism or nationalism |
| Why did Eisenhower intervene in Vietnam? | To prevent Vietnam from becoming a communist nation |
| All of the following are examples of 1950s cultural dissent except | Port Huron Statement |
| All of the following contributed to the emergence of the civil rights movement of the 1950s except | President Truman's refusal to desecrate the military |
| In 1954 the Supreme Court case known as brown v board of education | found that separate-but-equal was unconstitutional |
| Which statement best describes how the white south reacted to the Brown v. Board of Education decision? | Some states closed the public schools rather than integrate and offered white children choice to opt out of integrated schools. |
| The 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard nixon | Highlighted the impact of television on political campaigns. |
| Southern Manifesto | Denounced Brown decision as an abuse of judicial power |
| SCLC | Coalition of black ministers and activist |
| Social Contrast | agreement between unions and management |
| free enterprise | consumer capitalism |
| Eisenhower Doctrine | American pledge to help Middle Eastern countries |
| Brown v. Board of Education | reversed the separate-but-equal doctrine |
| Mendez v. Westminister | desegregation of Orange County schools |
| Warren Court | active agent of social change |
| modern republicanism | Eisenhower's term for his policies |
| Montgomery Bud Boycott | propelled Martin Luther King Jr. as a national symbol |
| new conservatives | defined freedom as a moral condition |
| Brinkmanship | massive retaliation |
| Which of the following comparisons of wage trends for 1953 to 1973 and 1973 to 1993 I accurate? | Wages increased significantly in the first period but stagnated in the second. |
| How did the experience of the 1960s shape Americas neoconservatives? | Neoconservatives came to believe that even the best-intentioned programs did more harm than good. |
| How did trickle-down economics claim to increase tax revenues? | By lowering tax tariff. |
| Richard Nixon's New Federalism: | Proposed that a system of block grants be assigned to states to spends they saw fit. |
| Richard Nixon's appointments to the Supreme Court were intended to: | lead the court in a conservative direction |
| In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court ruled that: | fixed affirmative action quotas were unconstitutional |
| All of the following are evidence that freedom for women expanded in the 1970s EXCEPT: | Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. |
| Under the Nixon administration, the United States: | continued to undermine Third World governments. |
| When he assumed the presidency, Richard Nixon announced a new policy regarding the Vietnam war known as | Vietnamization |
| In 1975, the Vietnam War ended; | as the only war lost by the United States |
| In the early 1970s, which commodity did many Americans have to wait in long lines to purchase? | Gasoline |
| President Carter's foreign policy emphasized: | human rights as a diplomatic priority |
| The opponents of the ERA defined freedom for women as: | residing in the roles of wife and mother |
| Reagan's economic program, known as "supply-side economics" relied on: | tax cuts and high interest rates. |
| In response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Carter purged all of the following policies EXCEPT: | breaking off diplomatic relations with Pakistan |
| Church Committee | investigated the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and CIA |
| Pentagon Papers | presidential involvement in Vietnam |
| Proposition 13 | ban on raising property taxes |
| Philadelphia Plan | affirmative action |
| stagflation | slow economic growth and high inflation |
| Three Mile Island | nuclear power plant accident |
| detente | easing of Cold War tensions |
| supply-side economics | trickle down economics |
| Iran-Contra scandal | arms for hostages |
| savings and loan crisis | caused by deregulation |
| yuppies | young, successful, urban professionals |
| Camp David Accords | peace between Egypt and Israel |
| What were the main characteristics of the affluent society of the 1950's? | The peoples pursue of the American Dream Men works white collar job while women stay home with children income started rising beginning of credit cards and franchise system. |
| What cultural conflicts emerged in the 1990's? | widened gap between rich and the poor red states vs. blue states issues against multiculturalism, gay marriage, sex education, and gays in the military |
| Peace Corps | young american volunteers to help abroad |
| Freedom summer | voter registration drive |
| New York Times v. Sullivan | Freedom of the press |
| silent majority | Richard Nixon voter base |
| Alliance for Progress | aid for Latin America |
| Port Huron Statement | SDS |
| Twenty-fourth Amendment | outlawed the poll tax |
| Roe v. Wade | protection of the right to abortion |
| Silent Spring | Environmental movement |
| Gulf of Tonkin resolution | a congressional blank check |
| Sharon statement | Young Americans for freedom |
| Free speech movement | university of California at berkley |
| Our Bodies, Ourselves | womens health |
| Glass-Stegall Act | baking regulation regulation repealed in 1999 |
| "Freedom revolution" | Contract with America |
| Operation Desert Storm | Kuwaiti Freedom |
| Olso Accords | Israel and palestinian agreement |
| Velvet Revolution | fall of communism in Eastern Europe |
| Tiananmen Square | Chinese demonstration for democracy |
| NAFTA | free-trade zone |
| multiculturalism | awareness of American diversity |
| welfare | dismantled by Clinton |
| Wal MArt | largest corporate employer in2000 |
| Pequot tribe | Foxwoods casino |
| genocide | Rwanda |
| The 1963 march on washington | was a high point in black and white cooperation |
| To combat communism, one of John Kennedy's first acts was to: | establish Peace Corps |
| The great society | Included Lyndon Johnson;s crusade to end poverty in America |
| Johnson's war on poverty included all of the following programs EXCEPT: | a Jobs program for unemployed americans |
| Malcom X; | insisted that blacks have economic and political authority |
| The Gulf of Tonkin resolution; | authorized the president to take "all necessary measures to repel armed attack" in Vietnam |
| The antiwar movement: | Challenged the foundations of Cold War thinking |
| The counterculture of the 1960s can best be described as: | a rejection of mainstream values |
| The National Organization for Women (NOW) campaigned for all of the following EXCEPT; | an end to equal employment opportunity commission |
| Racheal Carson's silent spring inspired the: | environmental movement |
| Why was the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe called the "Velvet Revolution"? | The overthrow of the Eastern European communist regimes was almost entirely peaceful |
| Which of the following technologies had the least influential effect on American life? | Video cassettes |
| What did Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East and evangelical christianity in the United States have in common at the beginning of the twenty-first century? | both attracted followers partly because of the global spread of mass entertainment |
| By the end of 1991 Soviet attempts at economic reform had created chaos, and the: | Soviet Union dissolved, ending cold war |
| operation desert storm; | quickly drove Iraqi army out of kuwait |
| in 1992, bill Clinton secured the democratic nomination for president because | combined social liberalism with elements of conservatism |
| NAFTA | created a free-trade zone for United States, Mexico, and canada |
| During the 1990s the american economy | continued to expand |
| countless corporate scandals and stock frauds stemmed directly from the 1999 repeal of which new deal measure? | The glass steagall act |
| By the end of the 1990s the American economy | was characterized by rising employement rates and declining income for poor and middle class Americans |
| During the 1990s twent three states passed laws | Making English the official language |
| the battles that raged throughout the 1990s over moral values were called; | culture wars |
| The term "Pay gap" refers to the difference in: | pay rates between men and women |
| the 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore was: | finally decided by the supreme court |
| Proposition 13 | ban on raising property taxes |
| Philadelpia plan | affirmative action |
| stagflation | slow economic growth and high inflation |
| Three Mile Island | nuclear power plant accident |
| detente | easing of Cold War tensions |
| supply-side economics | trickle-down economics |
| Iran-Contra scandal | arms for hostages |
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