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Unit 4
Some like vocab or sumthin like that.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following was not a goal of the Great Society? | Winning the war in Vietnam |
| Which of the following is not a conflict associated with the Cold War? | Gulf War |
| JFK's presidency is referred to as the ____________ | New Frontier |
| Lyndon B. Johnson, during his presidency, declared war on ________________ | Poverty |
| The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee was responsible for organizing college students to resist __________ | Racial Inequality |
| ______________ was a civil rights activist who called for equality by any means necessary, even violence. | Malcolm X |
| In 1963, MLK delivered the "I Have A Dream" speech at the ________________ to encourage Congress to support Civil Rights. | March On Washington |
| Many speculate that JFK won the presidency in 1960 because ________________ | He was more prepared for televised debates. |
| The 24th Amendment was designed to ____________________. | Remove poll taxes as an obstacle to voting |
| The ___________, while a military failure, turned American public opinion against the war in Vietnam. | Tet Offensive |
| The US and _____________ negotiated over the removal of nuclear missiles from Cuba and Turkey during the Cuban Missile Crisis. | Soviet Union |
| According to your textbook, the Great Society largely failed because ______________. | Vietnam diverted resources |
| During the __________, JFK used the CIA to train Cuban refugees in hopes of starting a grassroots uprising | Bay of Pigs rebellion |
| In 1965, the _________________ was a law passed by Congress essentially giving the president the authority to administer the military efforts in Vietnam. | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| The ____________ is the broad term for the group of activists who rejected the Democratic Party's slow-moving advance to civil equality | New Left |
| Stokely Carmichael argued for ____________ | Black separatism |
| Caesar Chavez tried to organize ___________ and help them get better wages and working conditions. | Farm Workers |
| JFK's program to use a flexible response (like the CIA and Green Beret) is called ____________ | Counterinsurgency |
| Betty Freidan's book, ____________, is credited with starting the modern women's movement. | The Feminine Mystique |
| The Black Power movement stressed the desire for African Americans to have __________. | Better housing, employment, and healthcare |
| ___________ was the leader of the Vietnamese communist movement after World War II | Ho Chi Minh |
| ________________, created in 1964, was the umbrella organization that oversaw much of the war on poverty. | Office of Economic Opportunity |
| The sit-in movement began at a Woolworth's Department store in __________________ in 1960. | Greensboro, NC |
| ___________ was Johnson's program to provide healthcare for the poor | Medicaid |
| The group the Reagan administration supported in its fight against the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua was known as the | Contras |
| For which of the following purposes was the organization Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) founded? | to encourage wider political involvement |
| Why did some people consider the Korean and Vietnam Wars to be illegitimate? | They did not involve a formal declaration of war by Congress. |
| Ronald Reagan's policy of giving states federal tax money for specific programs was known as _____________ | Block Grants |
| The 1980s was a period of economic boom. Detractors of President Reagan derisively referred to this time as ____________. | Decade of Greed |
| What was The Moral Majority's primary goal when it was founded in 1979? | encouraging Judeo-Christian values |
| What labor union consisting of air traffic controllers went on strike in 1981, resulting in over 10,000 of their employees being fired by President Reagan? | PATCO |
| The series of covert activities that produced the most dramatic political scandal in American history was called | Watergate |
| Bill Clinton helped create a large free market among Canada, the United States, and Mexico with the ratification of _______. | NAFTA |
| Name of the military campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation? | Operation Desert Storm |
| George H. W. Bush's promise to the American people that came back to hurt him when he ran for re-election against Bill Clinton was ____________. | "Read my lips, no new taxes". |
| After being elected, what was President Nixon's first action toward the Vietnam War? | to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from combat in Vietnam |
| What nation did Iraq invade that triggered the crisis resulting in the Persian Gulf War? | Kuwait |
| President Jimmy Carter helped negotiate the Camp David Accords between which two rival nations? | Egypt and Israel |
| Ronald Reagan is the only president in American history to have been a member of a labor union. What was the name of this union? | Screen Actors Guild |
| What was the long-term impact of the Watergate scandal on the U.S. government? | It weakened the executive privilege of the president. |
| What labor union consisting of air traffic controllers went on strike in 1981, resulting in over 10,000 of their employees being fired by President Reagan? | PATCO |
| What was the primary rationale that Phyllis Schlafly and her STOP ERA movement cite when opposing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment? | The ERA would end gender-specific privileges women enjoyed |
| Before becoming a conservative Republican, Ronald Reagan was _____. | New Deal Democrat |
| What was the name of the conservative religious movement that spoke out against abortion, homosexuality, and increasingly supported Republican political candidates? | Moral Majority |
| The key state in the 2000 presidential election was _____________. | Florida |
| Détente refers to | the name given to the easing of tensions during the Cold War, specifically during Nixon's administration |
| Which man served as both President and Vice-President of the United States without having been elected to either office? | Gerald Ford |
| The political outlook on environmentalism changed in the 1980s after which of the following events? | The Exxon Valdez oil spill |
| Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique was most noted for which of the following? | Encouraging people to rethink the roles of women |
| With which area of reform was Cesar Chavez most involved? | The labor movement |
Created by:
Keagan Jackson