WW2
Strategy used by the US to defeat the Japanese empire in the Pacific Theatre
What is island hopping?
This conflict began when Communist crossed the 38th parallel and attacked a free nation in 1950. The conflict resulted in an armistice and the two foreign nations have not resolved the issue to this day.
What is the Korean War?
Leader of the Civil Rights movement who believed in nonviolent protest.
Who is Rev. Martian Luther King Jr.?
This is the number of total essays on the US History & Government Regents.
What is 3? (2 Short Essays and 1 Long Essay)
The 1944 Supreme Court case Korematsu v US ruled that this was legal during times of war. Korematsu's conviction was overturned almost 40 years later.
What is Japanese Internment?
Meaning of the Cold War term "detente" and reason why the US would support detente.
What is cooling off?
What is to decrease federal spending concerning defense and technological competition with the USSR and security the safety of the world from Nuclear warfare?
What were reasons for US involvement in Vietnam?
To stop the spread of communism, to support the French, and to respond to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
What day and time is the US History & Government Regents?
Friday, June 20th, 7:30 AM (8 start)
Following WW2, President Truman signed Executive Order 9981 without approval of Congress. What did this executive order do to the military and federal government?
A speech made by the President addressing Congress to give military and economic support to Greece and Turkey, that said "the US would help all free nations threatened by communism."
What is The Truman Doctrine?
The name of President Reagan proposed defense program which would utilize satellites to defend the US from foreign missiles. It was too expensive and the US did not have the technology at the time to bring the project to fruition.
What is "Star Wars"?
Identify a peaceful protest that brought public attention to the injustices of segregation and oppression of African American.
Montgomery bus boycott, Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit Ins, Freedom Rides, March on Washington, Voting Rights March (Selma - Birmingham), Mississippi/Freedom Summer Project
You are allowed to bring these to the testing room.
What are pens and a plain, clear water bottle? Suggest to dress in layers!
This was the purpose or duty of the War Production Board in WW2.
What is to guide transition peacetime industries to war materials production and to conserve and ration scarce resources?
This plan had two goals: to stop the spread of communism and to help rebuild Europe after WW2.
What is The Marshall Plan?
This Congressional resolution took back powers from the president's ability to initiate or escalate military actions abroad granted in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. It was a response to US involvement in Vietnam.
What is the War Powers Resolution of 1973?
Name a reform movement from the 1960s-90s other than the African American Civil Rights Movements. And brief describe their goal.
Various Answers
The two sections earn you the most possible points.
Part 1 (Multiple Choice) and Part 3 (Short Answer & Essay)
In an attempt to stay out of WW2 these two programs allowed the US to sell war supplies to nations at war. Identify one.
What are "Cash and Carry" and the Lend-Lease Act?
Name for President Nixon's plan to end US direct involvement in the War in Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
Name for President Lyndon B. Johnson social and economic plan to improve the living and working conditions of America?
What is The Great Society?
Bonus: Predict a topic for the Constitutional/Civic Issue Essay.
Past years: African American Voting Rights, Women's Suffrage, Rights of Native American, Japanese Internment, Individual Rights during WW1, US Failure to Sign the Treaty of Versailles