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CP Q4 Review
CP Quarterly 4 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did the Kennedy administration approach foreign policy in the early 1960s? | With strength and determination |
| Why did Kennedy order a naval blockade of Cuba in 1962? | Soviets place nuclear missile sites in Cuba |
| What Supreme Court decision was Eisenhower enforcing when he sent federal troops to desegregate a school in Little Rock, Arkansas? | Brown v Board of Education of Topeka KS |
| What were the most important beliefs and actions of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.? | Non-violence protest, March on Washington, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize |
| What were the core beliefs of Malcolm X while he was a member of the Nation of Islam? | nonviolence is ineffective, blacks and whites should be separate, whites are racist & evil |
| What were major goals of the Black Panther Party? | Black Nationalism-taking charge of politics and businesses in their own communities, end to police brutality, providing social services such as free breakfast, transportation for seniors, and neighborhood watch |
| What was the goal of President Johnson’s Great Society programs? | Antipoverty reforms and civil rights legislation |
| What act of Congress granted President Johnson power to build up military presence in the Vietnam conflict? | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| What are reasons why the United States did not win the Vietnam War? | US never understood Vietnamese history or nationalism, US was worn down by a long divisive war, US sided with an unpopular and corrupt South Vietnam |
| What two nations did the Nixon Administration bomb outside of Vietnam, which shocked anti-war protestors? | Laos and Cambodia |
| What is regarded to be THE major accomplishment of the Nixon administration in terms of foreign policy? | Opening and easing foreign relations with China and the Soviet Union |
| What was the lasting significance of the Watergate scandal? | Showed the laws of the US were superior to the actions of a president |
| Why was the Ford administration different than any other U.S. presidency? | Neither President nor Vice President had been elected to office |
| Since World War II, what has been the primary goal of the U.S. in terms of Arab-Israeli conflict? | resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict |
| What were some of the major problems facing the Carter administration? | Revolution in Iran and taking of American hostages, energy shortage, foreign competition hurting American trade, American unemployment |
| What was the impact of higher prices for imported oil on the U.S. of the 1970s and early 1980s? | Increased cost of oil hurt the economy |
| What are major goals of the more conservative Republican Party since the 1980s? | cut federal taxes |
| What does supply side (trickle down) economics consist of, and which President introduced the concept? | If you cut taxes on the wealthy the money will "trickle down" to the poor--Reagan |
| What impact did the fall of the Berlin Wall have on communism in Europe? | It marked the beginning of the end of communism in Eastern Europe |
| What was the final outcome of the Persian Gulf War in 1991? | Kuwait was liberated from Iraq's control |
| How did the Clinton administration’s economic successes help soften the impact of Clinton’s personal scandals? | Positive economic conditions helped maintain Clinton's high approval ratings, regardless of any character issue or threatened impeachment. Clinton was a "Teflon" president; no scandals or indictments stuck to him. |
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