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REA Test 2 Nik
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "As advertising developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some marketers used fear to sell products. Which of the following disease-sounding words was created to sell Listerine? " | Halitosis 2 |
| "The agency that resettled tens of thousands of Civil War refugees, built dozens of hospitals, and issued millions of rations to the poor and hungry was " | the Freedmen's Bureau. 3 |
| "What general led the U.S. offensive in the Pacific theatre during World War II? " | General Douglas MacArthur 11 |
| "Who was Arthur Levitt? " | Builder of planned communities 13 |
| "The heaviest casualties in the Spanish-American War came as a result of " | tropical diseases. 14 |
| "What is the name of Booker T. Washington's famous school for blacks in the South? " | Tuskegee Institute 18 |
| """About 150,000 WAC members and nearly as many WAVES served in World War II."" What does this statement refer to? " | Women serving with the armed forces 27 |
| "An ongoing event in the 1920s that focused on finding communists hidden in the U.S. was called " | the Red Scare. 36 |
| The year 1968 was marred by the assassinations of two important public figures; Martin Luther King, Jr. and | Robert Kennedy. 37 |
| "Which candidate for president in the election of 1992 won the most popular votes for an independent party in several decades? " | Ross Perot 42 |
| "What area of the U.S. was most affected by the ""Dust Bowl"" phenomenon of the 1930s? " | Southern Plains states 45 |
| "Where did Puerto Ricans tend to settle in 1950s America? " | New York 52 |
| "The movie industry thrived during the Great Depression. Which of the following films opened in the 1940s and dealt with issues of economic depression in a serious manner? " | The Grapes of Wrath 53 |
| "In the infamous Scottsboro case, who were the accusers? " | Two white women 55 |
| "Malcolm X broke with which organization in 1964? " | The Nation of Islam 60 |
| "Lend-Lease allowed the U.S. to do what? " | Break the Neutrality Act by selling arms to Great Britain 62 |
| "What are the dates of the Korean War? " | 1950-1953 63 |
| """Zoot suit"" refers to " | a clothing style worn mostly by male Latino teens in the 1940s. 66 |
| "The largest armada ever assembled was at " | Normandy, France. 67 |
| "The heaviest U.S. casualties in the Pacific during World War II were sustained at " | Okinawa. 68 |
| The American diplomat usually associated with the Cold War policy of containment is | George F. Kennan. 71 |
| "In 1983, who did Reagan refer to as the ""Evil Empire""? " | The Soviet Union 72 |
| "What was the conclusion of the Berlin blockade and airlift? " | The Soviets stopped the blockade 73 |
| "What is the ""Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944"" more commonly known as? " | The GI Bill 75 |
| ________ was NOT one of the major decisions of the Yalta conference in 1945 | India would become an autonomous nation. 78 |
| "Which countries border Vietnam to the west and were involved in the Vietnam War? " | Laos and Cambodia 80 |
| "The man who succeeded Stalin and with whom Eisenhower had to deal was " | Nikita Khrushchev. 84 |
| what issue forced President Eisenhower to take a stand on civil rights? | The desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas 91 |
| "What was the U.S. plan for the Bay of Pigs invasion? " | Armed Cuban exiles launched from offshore U.S. boats would land on the beach and encourage the Cuban people to rise up and revolt against Castro. 93 |
| "The Marshall Plan has been called one of the most important pieces of foreign policy in U.S. history. What did the plan do? " | Provided $13 billion in loans to Western Europe's recovery effort 95 |
| "AIM is an acronym for what group of militants that seized the deserted Alcatraz island in 1969 and kept it until 1971? " | American Indian Movement 100 |
| "In what year was the famous Tet offensive of the Vietnam War? " | 1968 101 |
| "Why did President Lyndon Johnson not run for reelection in 1968? " | He did not want to further divide the country over his war politics. 102 |
| In 1992 President George H. W. Bush sent peacekeeping troops to what African country in a mission that ended in disaster in 1993? | Somalia 103 |
| "Nixon nominated three justices considered to be conservative. Therefore, he was surprised when the famous Roe v. Wade case was handed down, as it was considered a liberal ruling. The judge who wrote the decision was " | Harry Blackmun 107 |
| "A book called The Feminine Mystique galvanized the feminist movement in the 1960s. It was written by " | Betty Friedan. 110 |
| "A nickname often used for President Ronald Reagan is " | the "Great Communicator." 111 |
| "In 1990 the Senate voted whether to authorize the president to take military action against Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait. What was the result of that vote? " | A slim majority of votes were given for war 116 |
| "What was the important legislation passed in 1990 that covered most employees in the country and all businesses with over 25 employees? " | The Americans with Disabilities Act |
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