New Deal and Economy
To regulate the stock market and prevent fraud, Congress created an independent agency called the...
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC
Two causes of the rise in dictatorships after WW1 were..
The peace treaty (Treaty of Versailles) and economic depression.
The dramatic ruling in Brown v. Board of Education threatened...
School segregation.
The war in Vietnam started as part of which government policy?
Containment (the policy to stop the spread of communism).
What reached its peak after the 1977 movie, Saturday Night Fever?
Disco music and dance clubs.
The New Deal's legacy, including its effectiveness in dealing with the Depression and its lasting effects on the government, is that the government is now expected to...
Manage and regulate the economy.
When was..."a day that will live in infamy"?
December 7, 1941 (Attack on Pearl Harbor).
By the middle of the 1900's, which people were the poorest...?
Native Americans.
The war in Vietnam included all of the following EXCEPT: (Note: As your multiple choice options aren't provided, common historical false-statements here include: using nuclear weapons, or sending in United Nations troops).
Nuclear Weapons
What contributed to President Reagan's popularity?
His optimistic vision for the country, charismatic communication style, and his ability to resonate with the growing conservative movement.
President Reagan used a supply-side policy that worked in the 1920s (also known as "Reaganomics") where tax cuts were meant to generate revenue by doing what?
Growing the economy and increasing the overall tax base.
The first atomic bomb was dropped on..
Hiroshima, Japan (on August 6, 1945).
In 1966, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta merged their organizations that fought for the rights of farmworkers to form the...
United Farm Workers (UFW).
The space shuttle was a breakthrough because, unlike earlier spacecraft, it could...
Be reused.
President Reagan's domestic policy included..
Cutting taxes, increasing defense spending, and deregulating the economy.
The 1980's plan to boost the economy by raising interest rates while dramatically cutting taxes was called...
Reaganomics (or Supply-Side Economics).
North Vietnam received military weapons and other support from the Soviet Union and...
China.
Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement began to focus their energies on gaining good jobs for African Americans and...
Better housing / ending housing discrimination.
Which of the following would be true in a comparison of liberalism and conservatism?
Liberals generally favor government intervention in the economy to solve social problems, whereas conservatives favor free-market solutions and less government regulation.
Intel revolutionized computers by..
Inventing the microprocessor.
Unlike liberals, conservatives fundamentally distrust the power of...
The government.
The Reagan Doctrine was a policy of..
Providing military and financial support to anti-communist guerrilla groups to rollback Soviet-backed governments.
To push for better wages and benefits for farmworkers, César Chávez...
Organized a national boycott on grapes.
Some opponents of bilingualism argued that..
It made it harder for immigrants to assimilate into American culture.
The conservative movement grew in the 1980s, particularly with the leadership of...
Ronald Reagan