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Period 8&9 APUSH Rev
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| TRUE OR FALSE | The GI Bill contributed to suburbanization & the increase in blue collar workers. | False — The ___ ___ fueled suburbanization but boosted white-collar growth; veterans used education benefits to enter professional fields, not primarily blue-collar work. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | The Marshall Plan offered economic aid to achieve the US policy of Containment. | True — The ___ ___ provided over $12 billion to rebuild Western Europe, preventing economic despair that could push nations toward Communism — a core goal of ___. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | The Red Scare led by Joseph McCarthy was ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court. | False — ___ was never ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. His influence collapsed after televised Army hearings in 1954 led to Senate censure, not a Court ruling. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | The men found "not guilty" of murdering Emmett Till later confessed they did it. | True — Acquitted by an all-white jury in 1955, the two men later admitted to killing ___ ___ in a 1956 magazine interview, protected from retrial by double jeopardy. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | Eisenhower allocated funding to the Interstate Highway System to help increase national security. | True — ___ signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, justifying the interstate system partly as a Cold War necessity for military troop movement and civilian evacuation. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbid housing discrimination & protected voting rights. | False — The ___ ___ ___ of 1964 banned employment & public accommodation discrimination. Housing was addressed by the Fair Housing Act (1968); voting by the Voting Rights Act (1965). |
| TRUE OR FALSE | The Vietnam War wasn't officially declared. | True — Congress never formally declared war on Vietnam. Instead, the ___ ___ ___ Resolution (1964) gave the president broad authority to use military force without a declaration of war. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | Nixon visited both China & the USSR. | True — In 1972, ___ made his historic opening to China and then visited the USSR for the SALT I summit — landmark Cold War diplomacy under his policy of détente. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | Reagan waged a war on drugs. | True — ___ escalated federal anti-drug efforts, coining the phrase "Just Say No" alongside Nancy Reagan. Mandatory minimums and increased enforcement led to mass incarceration. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | OPEC placed an embargo on steel. | False — ___ placed an oil embargo — not steel — on the US in 1973 in response to American support for Israel during the Yom Kippur War, causing a major energy crisis. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | The GI Bill was equally beneficial to all veterans regardless of race. | False — Black veterans were largely denied ___ ___ benefits in practice. Banks refused loans and segregated universities blocked enrollment, limiting gains for African American servicemen. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | The House Un-American Activities Committee sought out Communists and homosexuals. | True — ___ investigated suspected Communists and also targeted gay federal employees during the Lavender Scare, viewing homosexuality as a security risk during the Cold War. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | The Montgomery Bus Boycott was organized by the SCLC and lasted over a year. | False — The ___ ___ ___ was organized by the MIA (Montgomery Improvement Association) led by MLK, not the SCLC, which formed afterward. It lasted 381 days. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | The US & USSR got the closest to nuclear war during JFK's presidency. | True — The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, during ___ 's presidency, brought the US and USSR to the brink of nuclear war for 13 days before a diplomatic agreement was reached. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech during the Birmingham Campaign. | False — MLK delivered "I Have a Dream" at the March on Washington (August 1963). The ___ ___ earlier that year was known for police brutality against protestors. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | The My Lai Massacre increased support for the Vietnam War. | False — When news of the ___ ___ ___ (1968) broke publicly in 1969, it deeply damaged public trust and intensified the anti-war movement, further eroding support for the war. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | Kent State protests were in response to Nixon authorizing the bombing of Cambodia. | True — ___ 's secret bombing and invasion of Cambodia in 1970 triggered nationwide student protests. At ___ ___, National Guard troops killed four students on May 4, 1970. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | Nixon destroyed the entire "smoking gun" tape to cover up Watergate. | False — ___ did not destroy the tapes. An 18.5-minute gap was erased, but the "smoking gun" tape was ultimately released under Supreme Court order, proving his involvement. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | Jimmy Carter brokered a peace agreement between Egypt & Israel. | True — ___ mediated the Camp David Accords (1978) between Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli PM Begin — a landmark Middle East peace agreement and a high point of his presidency. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | The Moral Majority supported Reagan. | True — Founded by Jerry Falwell Sr., the ___ ___ mobilized evangelical Christians and was a key part of the conservative coalition that helped elect ___ in 1980. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | Reagan cut taxes and increased the national deficit. | True — ___ 's supply-side tax cuts (ERTA, 1981) reduced top rates sharply. Combined with defense spending increases, the national ___ tripled during his presidency. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | Clinton was removed from office due to perjury & obstruction of justice. | False — ___ was impeached by the House on perjury and obstruction charges in 1998 but was acquitted by the Senate and remained in office for the rest of his term. |
| TRUE OR FALSE | Bush v. Gore was over a recount in Georgia during the 2000 election. | False — ___ v. ___ concerned a recount in Florida, not Georgia. The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision halted the recount, effectively deciding the 2000 presidential election. |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | In the UN, permanent members of the ___________ have veto power. | Security Council |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | Brown v. Board of Education overturned this 1896 ruling: ___________. | Plessy v. Ferguson |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | ___________ won the Election of 1960 due to his performance (& appearance) in the televised debates. | JFK |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | This group organized the Freedom Rides and Lunch Counter Sit-ins, comprised mostly of young people: ___________. | SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | ___________ sent federal troops to enforce the desegregation of Little Rock High. | Eisenhower |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | The 1963 "Feminine Mystique" was written by ___________ who argued women were kept in "gilded cages." | Betty Friedan |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | The ___________ were based in Oakland and argued for Black Power. | Black Panthers |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | ___________ led the Huelga of United Farm Workers. | Cesar Chavez |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | These documents were written by Daniel Ellsberg & revealed the US had lied about Vietnam, creating a "credibility gap": ___________. | Pentagon Papers |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | Johnson's Great Society was focused most on a "War on ___________." | Poverty |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | The "___________ ___________" of 1968 showed the Vietnam War was not close to ending and increased public discontent with the war. | Tet Offensive |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | The policy of ___________ involves the lessening of Cold War tension characteristic of the Nixon era. | Détente |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | The 1973 Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of abortion under a woman's right to privacy: ___________. | Roe v. Wade |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | This was signed by Jimmy Carter & Brezhnev to limit nuclear weapons: ___________. | SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | He was the first openly gay elected official and was assassinated in 1978: ___________. | Harvey Milk |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | Reagan's "Strategic Defense Initiative" was also called "___________ ___________." | Star Wars |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | Reagan challenged Gorbachev to "___________ ___________ ___________ ___________; Open this gate." | Tear Down This Wall |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | This war was fought in 1991 in response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait: ___________. | Persian Gulf War |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | This was created under Clinton to facilitate trade between America, Canada & Mexico: ___________. | NAFTA |
| FILL IN THE BLANK | The acronym ___________ Act was passed in response to 9/11 to improve homeland security. | USA PATRIOT |
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