World War II
Cold War at Home
Cold War Abroad
Civil and Women's Rights
Nixon-Bush
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America pledged to stay out of World War II by passing these laws...
Neutrality Acts
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What is McCarthyism?
The fear and search for Communists in the American Government
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What is containment?
Stopping the spread of communism in Europe and Asia
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What is the Voting Rights Act of 1964?
Outlawed poll taxes, which increased African-American voting registration and participation
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What is detente?
Easing of Cold War tensions
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What is the significance of the "cash-and-carry" policy and the Lend-Lease Act?
Allow America to help the Allies without getting involved in the War
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Why was the Hollywood industry investigated during the McCarthy era?
Because they could easily influence the American public
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What is the domino theory and which two conflicts did it justify?
The fear that if one country in Asia falls to communism, the others will soon follow. Korea and Vietnam.
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What is the difference in the techniques used to achieve Civil Rights between MLK Jr and Malcom X?
MLK preached nonviolence, Malcolm X preached "any means necessary"
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How is the Watergate Scandal an example of Checks and Balances?
If Nixon did not resign, he would have been impeached
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Why is Decemeber 7, 1941 considered a "date which live in infamy"?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
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What is suburbanization?
The growth of the suburbs after World War II
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What was the Berlin Airlift?
After the Soviet Union created the Berlin Blockade, US decides to air-drop supplies into West Berlin
300
What is the relationship between Plessey v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education?
Plessey declared segregation to be constitutional, Brown overturned that decision and integrated schools and other public places
300
What is supply-side economics (Reagan) and what is it similar to?
Providing tax cuts for the businesses and wealthy, similar to trickle-down economics by Hoover
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Why were Japanese-Americans reloacated to internment camps during Wolrd War II and what was the court case that declared this constitutional?
They were considered a national threat, Korematsu v. United States
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What is the baby boom?
The increase in the birth rate following World War II
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What are the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine and how do they relate to containment?
Providing Europe with economic and other aid to help rebuild following WWII. Would make countries more inclined to adopt capitalism
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Why were women unhappy with their roles post-WWII?
They were bored and wanted more from their lives
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Why were troops sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 by Bush 41?
To protect Kuwait from Iraq and protect American oil interests in the Middle East
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Why did President Truman decide to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan at the end of World War II?
To end the war quickly with few American lives lost
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What is the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
To aid the search for Communists in the government and elsewhere, espeically Hollywood
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What is NATO and what is the Soviet equivalent?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization-alliance of capitalist countries. Warsaw Pact
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Why did President Eisenhower send troops to Little Rock Arkansas in 1957?
To protect nine students trying to attend a high school that should have been integrated
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Why is President Ford's adminsitration unique?
He is the only President not elected to the position of President or Vice-President
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