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DOULBE POINTS
What event brought the U.S. and Soviet Union closest to nuclear war in 1962?
A. Berlin Airlift
B. Cuban Missile Crisis
C. Korean War
D. Vietnam War
B - Cuban Missile Crisis
T / F
Nixon was impeached over his relationship with Monica Lewinksy
FALSE
Bill Clinton
What event is often considered the start of World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
DOUBLE POINTS
What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash of 1929
What is propaganda?
Biased information / tool used to manipulate or influence public opinions
What did Executive Order 9066 authorize during World War II?
Japanese Internment Camps
Which treaty officially ended World War I?
A. Treaty of Paris
B. Treaty of Ghent
C. Treaty of Versailles
D. Treaty of Tordesillas
C. Treaty of Versailles
What technological boom helped fuel the economy in the 1990s?
The Internet
Which president was involved in the signing of NAFTA?
Bill Clinton
What was the Berlin Wall a symbol of?
A. German unity
B. The Great Depression
C. Division during the Cold War
D. The Civil Rights Movement
C - Division during Cold War
Reaganomics is also known as what type of economics and is typically associated with what political party?
Trickle Down Economics
Conservatives
What was a major criticism of Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression?
He was slow to respond, didn't help out Americans
Which event officially brought the United States into World War II?
The attack on Pearl Harbor
DOUBLE POINTS
What was the goal of Eugenics?
Improving genetics through selective breeding or genetic modification
What was the Watergate scandal?
Nixon's attempt to rig a second term of presidency
DOULBE POINTS
Which conflict deeply divided Americans during the 1960s and 1970s?
Vietnam War
What was NAFTA?
A trade agreement between CA, US, MX to increase trading
What Supreme Court case ended segregation in public schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
What policy did the United States follow to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War?
Containment
How would you describe the US economy in the 1990s?
Economic boom
Prosperous
Growing
Which president was connected to the Iran-Contra Affair?
Ronald Reagan
What was the main goal of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
To outlaw discrimination
The Iran-Contra Affair involved secretly......
selling weapons to Iran which then funded The Contras in Nicaragua, helping them to overthrow their government
What was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s program to fight the Great Depression called?
New Deal
What major event symbolized the end of the Cold War?
Fall of the Berlin Wall