US History (A Track) Final Review

Post WWII

100

This is what HUAC stands for

House Un-American Activities Committee

200

This couple was tried and executed for espionage

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

300

This gave funds for veterans of WWII to start families, go to college, obtain housing, etc.

G.I. Bill

400

This led to the overall development of suburban areas.

Interstate Highway Act

500

This was the predominant role of women in the 1950's

Homemakers, wives, and mothers

Civil Rights

100

This organization used court proceedings and the law to fight for civil rights

NAACP

200

This case ruled that separate but equal was a lawful order.

Plessy v. Furgeson

300

This prohibited discrimination based on race, gender, religions, or national origin

Civil Rights act of 1964

400

This man was known for his aggressive actions against civil rights protestors such as using a water hose, police dogs, and batons against protestors

Eugene "Bull" Connor

500

This outlawed literacy test for voting and allowed the federal government to promote voter registration

Voting rights act of 1965

1960s

100

Failed attempt by the CIA to have Cuban exiles commit a coup on Fidel Castro

Bay of Pigs invasion

200

Why was the Berlin wall constructed

As a for the soviets to keep people from escaping from East Berlin to West Berlin

300

The great society declared war on this

Poverty

400

The holding of this case, under the 4th amendment, stopped the use of evidence in court that was obtained through illegal search and sizeure

Mapp v. Ohio

500

John Kennedy was assassinated by____, who was shooting from _____, in this city______.

Lee Harvey Oswald, Texas School Book Depository, Dallas

Vietnam

100

The fighting tactic of the vietcong

Guerilla Warfare

200

How were soldiers treated on their return home.

Not given a war welcome, spit at, called names, etc.

300

Why did the US get involved in Vietnam

Containment Policy

400

What was operation rolling thunder

Saturation bombing campaign against North Vietnam

500

This was a surprise attack by North Vietnam on key South Vietnam cities and towns during the Vietnamese new year.

Tet Offensive

Nixon Ford Carter and Conservative Rev.

100

Policy of diffusing tensions between the US and Soviets

Detente

200

How did Ford become president

Nixion's VP resigned and Ford was appointed then Nixon resigned and Ford became president.

300

Explain supply side economics

Reducing taxes and deregulating will stimulate production and buying

400

This was when the US secretly sold weapons to iran

Iran-Contra Affair

500

This triggered the Persian Gulf War

Invasion of Kuwait