How did President Truman impact the Civil Rights Movement?

He passes an executive order integrating the U.S. military

He passed an executive order requiring Japanese-Americans to enter internment camps

How did Joseph McCarthy impact the Cold War?

He accused government workers of being communist spies for the Soviet Union

He criticized Roosevelts attempt to get Americans out of the Great Depression

The reckless accusations unsupported by evidence

Rule by the people, when the population is allowed to vote on a political issue

What was the significance of the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act?

To develop interstate highways that connected major cities and provide a system of roads for public defense

To deliver weapons, food and medical supplies to troops in the European Theater

What was the significance of Brown v. Board of Education?

Supreme court case that ruled the "Separate but Equal" Doctrine was unconstitutional

Supreme court case that ruled Affirmative Action was constitutional

An artificial satellite developed by the Soviet Union

An artificial satellite developed by the United States

How did Sputnik impact American Society?

It led to an increase in U.S. technological innovations and education (more math and science)

It helped unify the national culture by increasing communication between citizens

What was the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Soviet Union attempts to provide Cuba with Nuclear weapons, U.S. creates a naval block-aid to prevent the Soviet Union's plan.

Soviet Union attempts to provide Cuba with Nuclear weapons, U.S. agrees to remove troops from Vietnam to prevent Soviet Union's plan

What did the Soviet Union agree to do as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Remove nuclear weapons from Cuba

Remove nuclear weapons from China

What did the United States agree to do as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Remove nuclear weapons from Turkey

Remove nuclear weapons from Afghanistan

Why did the United States participate the Vietnam War?

To stop the spread of communism in Vietnam.

To stop the spread of democracy in Vietnam.

What was the significance of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

Led Lyndon B. Johnson to escalate U.S. War efforts in Vietnam

Nixon's administration is caught breaking into the Democratic Headquarters

What was the political result of the John F. Kennedy Assassination?

Showed the American government would live on and helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965

The Soviet Union agrees to remove nuclear weapons from Cuba as a sign of respect

What was the purpose of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society?

Provides old-age insurance for people over 65, unemployment compensation, and aid for the disabled

Use government to provide economic support for disadvantaged Americans

Which of the following were part of Johnson's Great Society?

Head start programs, Economic Opportunity Act, and Medicare

G.I. Bill, Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine

Which of the following were impacted by the creation of the Television?

Civil Rights movement, Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate, and Vietnam War

Tennessee Valley Authority, Wagner Act and Social Security Act

List two tactics used by Civil Rights groups?

Violent and Non-violent protests (civil disobedience)

Labor strikes and work stoppages

What was the significance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail?

He addresses white Christian leaders and their belief that the Civil Rights Movement was moving too fast

MLK calls for an end to racism in America and called for civil and economic rights for minorities

What was the significance of Cesar Chavez?

Created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, uses non-violent protests to gain labor and civil rights for Hispanic Americans.

Created the National Farm Workers Association, uses non-violent protests to gain labor and civil rights for Hispanic Americans.

Which of the following were part of the social and political problems of 1968?

The Tet-Offensive in Vietnam, Assassination of MLK Jr., Assassination of Robert Kennedy, and the Election of Richard Nixon

Camp David Accords, Iran Hostage Crisis, Watergate Scandal and Assassination of Robert Kennedy

What was the significance of the Tet-Offensive of 1968?

North Vietnamese surprise attack U.S. troops during a holiday, result U.S. citizens want out of Vietnam

Laos surprise attacks U.S. troops during a holiday, result U.S. citizens want out of Vietnam

What was the significance of the 1968 Presidential Election?

Nixon tried to look like the one that was going to restore law and order, bad politics increased the number of Republican.

The United States elects conservative Jimmy Carter as president

What was the significance of Nixon's trip to China?

Nixon makes economic and political agreements with China, opens trade with China

Nixon agrees to remove U.S. Troops from Vietnam and South Korea

What was the significance of the War Powers Act?

Limits the power of the President, President must notify Congress within 48 hours after deploying military abroad, Troops cannot be deployed for more than 60 days without congressional approval

Nixon's administration is caught breaking into the Democratic Headquarters

What was the significance of Carter's Camp David Accords?

President Jimmy Carter help Israel and Egypt reach a peace agreement, peace in the Middle East.

Congress gives Jimmy Carter the authorization to take any action necessary to prevent the spread of Communism in Vietnam

What was the significance of the 1979 Iranian Revolution?

The Shah (supporter of America) of Iran goes to America for cancer treatment, the Grand Ayatollah takes control of Iran

The Grand Ayatollah and Iranian students take 52 Americans hostage for 444 days, in hope of America returning the Shah to Iran.

What was the significance of the Iranian Hostage Crisis?

Jimmy Carter responded to the raid of U.S. by demanding hostages be released but this failed.

Afghanistan starts providing financial support to Al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden

What was the significance of the Environmental Protection Agency?

Conserved millions of acres of wilderness land such as the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone Park

Use on conserve resources more wisely, sets limits on pollution, to conduct environmental research

What was the significance of the National Organization for Women?

They want equal rights for women, especially equal pay

They want equal rights for women, especially the right to be drafted into the military

What was the Watergate Scandal?

Nixon's administration is caught breaking into the Democratic Headquarters

Nixon losses support from the republican congress and loses the 1972 Presidential Election

Which of the following were two results of the Watergate Scandal

Nixon resigns, Americans lose faith in politicians

Nixon is impeached, Americans lose faith in politicians

What happened to the Soviet Union during the Reagan Administration?

Collapsed due to China's desire to become an economic power

Collapsed due to Reagans overspending on the military

Why was Bill Clinton impeached?

He broke the Tenure of Office Act

What was the result of Bill Clinton's impeachment?

Clinton was acquitted of all crimes

Clinton was impeached and removed from office

Describe the attacks of September 11, 2001?

Terrorist attack the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon, and one crashes in Pennsylvania

U.S. invades Iraq to help the nation of Kuwait

What was the result of September 11, 2001?

Terrorist attack on Harpers Ferry, Bleeding Kansas and the Dredd Scott vs. Sanford case

What was the goal of Reganomics?

Balance the budget and encourage economic growth, cut taxes on wealthy so they can invest

Was a place where biases and incorrect information can be spread

Let's people buying more stuff online opposed to in stores

Was a place where biases and incorrect information can be spread

What was the significance of the Presidential Election of 2008?

Election of Barack Obama, Many people gathered in D.C. to see his inaugural address, the first African American President

Election of Donald Trump, low turnout at inaugural address, the 48 white president of the United States

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What was the significance of the Cold War?

A political, economic and military competition between the Japan and America, last four decades

A political, economic and military competition between the Soviet Union and America, last four decades

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What was the significance of the Containment Policy?

U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of Capitalism

After Soviet Union takes control of Berlin, U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism

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What was the significance of the Marshall Plan?

U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism by giving any country military and economic aid (example Turkey and Greece)

U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism in Europe by giving European countries $13 billion dollars to rebuild their countries.

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What was the significance of the Truman Doctrine?

U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism by giving any country military and economic aid (example Turkey and Greece)

U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism in Europe by giving European countries $13 billion dollars to rebuild their countries.

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What was the significance of the Korean War?

U.S. troops help stop the spread of Communism to South Korea

U.S. troops help stop the spread of Democracy to South Korea

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What was the geographic significance of the Korean War?

Creates the 38th Parallel to divide Communist North Korea from Democratic South Korea

Creates the 38th Parallel to divide Democratic North Korea from Communist South Korea

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How did the G. I. Bill impact Americans?

Provided education, medical care, pension, and mortgage loans for military veterans

Decreased taxes, increase in military spending, decrease in social programs

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What was the significance of the Cold War?

What was the significance of the Containment Policy?

What was the significance of the Marshall Plan?

What was the significance of the Truman Doctrine?

What was the significance of the Korean War?

What was the geographic significance of the Korean War?

How did the G. I. Bill impact Americans?

How did President Truman impact the Civil Rights Movement?

How did Joseph McCarthy impact the Cold War?

Define McCarthyism

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