Final Exam Review

What is brinkmanship?Massive retaliation to

preserve peace

The idea that if one nation fell under

communist control others will follow is

called ___.The Domino Theory

Who was the first leader of communist

China?Mao Zedong

Chiang Kai-Shek

Leader of Nationalist China who lost during he

Communist revolution

What was the Truman Doctrine set up to do?

help any nation fighting communist aggression

What was the purpose of Marshall Plan?

help Western Europe recover economically

after WW II.

Which was a long-term impact of the

New Deal?Government plays a

larger role in the lives of the citizens

What was the first action taken by Franklin

Roosevelt as president?He closed all of the nation’s banks and

ordered inspections.

What facts do you know about Eleanor Roosevelt?•She was considered one of the most influential first ladies in the

history of the presidency.

•She was a distant cousin of Franklin Roosevelt.

•She was the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet.

What caused the Great Depression?

•An uneven distribution of income

•Overbuying on credit during the 1920s

•The stock market crash

The first months of Franklin Roosevelt’s

presidency was called ___.The first “Hundred Days”

Because the US supplied the Allied nations with war

materials it was called ___.

The arsenal of democracy

What happened on December 7, 1941.

The Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor

Why were ration stamps implemented during

World War II?to obtain goods of limited

availability

What happened at D-Day?

Invasion of Normandy

Where is the permanent headquarters of the

United Nations located?New York City

What was the main reason for the formation

of NATO?provide a defense of the

member nations against the spread of

communism

What was the blacklist?

The way in which accused communists

were kept from working in Hollywood

After the US committed to help South Korea

what country entered the Korean War?

China

Who was Francis Gary Powers?

The captured American U-2 plane pilot who was flying a secret

mission over the USSR.

What nations occupied Berlin

immediately after WWII?

France, US, Britain, USSR

What is Sputnik?

1st satellite in space

Where were the French defeated in

VietnamDien Bien Phu

Who was Ngo Dinh Diem?

Leader of South Vietnam who was assassinated

Who was the leader of North Vietnam?

Ho Chi Minh

What was the job of the HUAC at the beginning

of the Cold War?investigate communist activities in America

What are Levittowns?

Suburbs

Dr. Jonas Salk developed a

vaccination against __.

Polio

What is consumerism?

when buying material goods becomes

equated with success

What happened at the Bay of Pigs?Anti-Castro rebels

trained by the US CIA were defeated

Who was accused of assassinating JFK

Lee Hardy Oswald

What commission declared the Oswald acted on his own to assassinate JFK?Warren Commission

What structure became the defining symbol of

the Cold War?The Berlin Wall

What was the effect of Miranda v. Arizona?

suspects must be “read their rights” before being

questioned by police

Who was John Glen?

First American to orbit the earth

What action made America victorious

during the Cuban Missile Crises

A naval blockade / quarantine of Cuba

What is de facto segregation?

Racial segregation that occurs on its own

What id de jure segregation?

Segregation that occurs by law

Name 3 things associated with the rebellious actions of young people during the counter culture movement.

Examples: Drugs, Flower Power, Jeans, Hippies, Rock n’ Roll, Protests,

Long Hair

Since what election has TV continued to play a

major role?

Kennedy/Nixon 1960

Who was the first Roman Catholic

president?John Kennedy

What court case ruled separate but equal unconstitutional?

Brown v. Board of Education

Name two types of protests that followers of Dr. Martin Luther King

used.Sit-ins, boycotts, freedom

riders, non-violent protests, children’s march

Who sparked the Montgomery Bus

Boycott?Rosa Parks

James Meredith was the first African American to attend the University of

___.A. Mississippi

B. Alabama

C.Illinois

A. Mississippi

B. Alabama

C.Illinois

Who was president during the Crisis at

Little Rock?Dwight Eisenhower

Giving minorities opportunity o fill quotas even if they are not as qualified is called ___.

Reverse discrimination

Malcolm X preached his message of Ballots or

Bullets after his pilgrimage to ___.

Mecca

Describe one aspect of the Black Power

Philosophy.1. The non-violent methods of Dr. King

were taking too long2. Blacks should develop a strong sense

of pride in their race.3. Black should develop a feeling of self-

reliance.

What was the result of the

Plessy v. Ferguson ?

Separate but equal was legal

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964

outlaw?employment

discrimination based on race, color, religion, etc.

What was the goal of “Freedom

Summer”?To register

minorities to vote

What incident justified US involvement in

Vietnam?

Gulf of Tonkin incident

What chemical was used to kill plants in

the Vetnamese jungle where the enemy was

hiding?

Agent Orange

What act limited the president’s

war making powers?

War Powers Act

What was the result of the

Vietnam War?Communists North took over the South

Who was the Secretary of State during the Vietnam War under JFK and

LBJ?

Robert McNamara

What was the main goal of the US military

during the Vietnam War?

Containment of Communism

Many Vietnam War Veterans have

suffered from this.

Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome

What did the US troops use as a strategy to

defeat the guerillas in Vietnam?

Search and Destroy

What was used to get military supplies from North Vietnam to the

Vietcong in the South

Ho Chi Min Trail

Nixon’s policy of gradually withdrawing American

forces from Vietnam was called ___.

Vietnamization

President Nixon’s chief foreign-policy

adviser was ___.Henry

Kissinger

What agreement between the United States and the

USSR provided forthe limiting of weapons on

both sides?

SALT I agreement

What scandal led the resignation of

Nixon?

Watergate

Who pardoned Nixon?

President Ford

The House Judiciary Committee charged Nixon

with ___. (name 3)

• obstruction of justice• abuse of power• failing to follow a court

order and turn over audio tapes