1950s / Cold War
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s to Present
100
The Allied leaders met at the Yalta Conference near the end of WWII in order to determine how to divide__.
Where is Germany
100
What did the Civil Rights Movement’s marches, sit-ins, and boycotts have in common?
What is nonviolent demonstration
100
The Presidency of Gerald Ford was different from all previous Presidencies because he was the first President who
What is he was not elected to either the Presidency or the Vice-Presidency
100
The "supply side" economics of President Ronald Reagan and President George Bush favored
What is decreasing taxes and deregulating to stimulate business growth
100
The process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected is called
What is globalization
200
The successful launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 signaled the beginning of American fears that __
What is the Soviets had achieved technological superiority
200
What factor is shared by President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society programs?
What is both were designed to expand the role of government in helping citizens
200
What was a lasting effect of the Watergate scandal under President Richard Nixon?
What is trust in elected officials was undermined
200
A primary reason for the increase in federal debt between 1980 and 1990 was
What is high levels of spending on the military by the federal government
200
Name three effects or consequences of the War on Terror
What are defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan, defeating Saddam Hussein in Iraq, Increased tensions between the US and Middle East
300
In the 1950’s, Senator Joseph McCarthy was most closely associated with 2 issues; Name both issues.
What is Communist infiltration and the denial of civil liberties
300
What word most represents Dr. Martin Luther King’s March on Washington speech?
What is equality
300
The easing of Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1970s was called
What is detente
300
A major goal of the Republican Party since the 1980s has been to
What is cut federal taxes
300
If industrial and manufacturing jobs decreased in the 1980s and 1990s, which type of jobs increased?
What are service industry jobs or jobs with technology
400
The baby boom primarily resulted from the
What is delay in marriages during World War II
400
Opponents of the Vietnam War made which criticism of the United States government?
What is The government failed to accurately inform the public about the war
400
Which statement is most accurate about the economy of the United States during the 1970’s and early 1980’s?
What is the increased cost of imported oil hurt economic growth
400
Reagan believed that massive Soviet defense spending would collapese
What is communism / Soviet Union economy/government
400
Immigration from which areas was the greatest in the 1980s and 1990s?
Where are Asian countries and Latin American countries
500
The rapid growth in personal income in the decade after World War II contributed to
What is expansion of the middle class and
500
What is a positive result of the Counterculture movement?
What is that young people became more politically active
500
The Sunbelt experienced population growth as a result of this?
What is decreased jobs in the north, invention of better air conditioning, and availability of more suburbs in the south
500
Conservatives generally support splitting government power between __.
What is between federal and state levels
500
The USA Patriot Act is an antiterrorist bill that allows the government to
What is conduct secret searches of suspects, wiretap suspects, and track Internet communications
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