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Question #1

This policy was proclaimed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first inaugural address in 1933 that sought improved diplomatic relations between the U.S. and its Latin American neighbors.

A. Good Neighbor Policy

B. Latin American Policy

C. Western Hemisphere Policy

D. North American Policy

Question #2

This peace treaty brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers in 1918. However, also imposed HEAVY penalties on Germany.

A. Treaty of Versailles

B. Treaty of Tokyo

C. Treaty of London

D. Treaty of Milan

Question #3

This strategy was initiated by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. It was a policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked in hopes of preventing another world war.

A. The German Policy

B. London Accords

C. Paris Initiative of 1933

D. Appeasement

Question #4

This was a secret American program during WWII to develop an atomic bomb.

A. SALT

B. MAD

C. Nuclear Weapons Program

D. Manhattan Project

Question #5

This legal migrant program permitted Mexican laborers to work nationwide on railroads and other industries for an allotted amount of time.

A. Work Abroad Program

B. Railroad Program

C. Bracero Program

D. Legal Work Program

Question #6

This name was coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Cold War divide between western Europe and the Soviet Union’s eastern European satellites.

A. NATO

B. Fog of War

C. Berlin Wall

D. Iron Curtain

Question #7

This doctrine announced in 1947 that the S. would support European countries, particularly Greece and Turkey threatened by communism, to keep their pro-capitalistic societies and not consider a communistic one.

A. FDR’s Doctrine

B. Eisenhower Doctrine

C. Truman Doctrine

D. The American Doctrine

Question #8

This was an overarching U.S. strategy in the Cold War that called for limiting Soviet expansion throughout the world.

A. Red Scare

B. Monroe Doctrine

C. Containment Policy

D. Domino Theory

Question #9

This U.S. program called for the reconstruction of post-World War II Europe through massive financial aid for former enemy nations as well as allies.

A. Reconstruction Program

B. Eisenhower’s Plan

C. Europe Aid Bill

D. Marshall Plan

Question #10

This was a military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe established by the Soviet Union as a response to the creation of NATO.

A. The USSR Plan

B. Warsaw Pact

C. Gorbachev’s Pact

D. Soviet Alliance

Question #11

This WWII’s Red Scare, one man’s vision became so influential that he began to stoke fears of communists being entrenched in U.S. government positions, society, and the military. This fear was called?

A. Hooverism

B. McCarthyism

C. Johnson’s Rally

D. Goldberg’s Rally

Question #12

What was the name of the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth; launched October 4, 1957, by the Soviet Union?

A. Kosmos

B. Sputnik

C. Mars I

D. Astron

Question #13

This landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court was where the Court ruled that American state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools were unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.

A. Roe v. Wade

B. Brown v. Board of Education

C. Dred Scott v. Sandford

D. Plessy v. Ferguson

Question #14

These were demonstrative bus journeys challenging racial segregation in the South in 1961. They were sometimes met with violence, hate, and Molotov cocktails.

A. Equality Rides

B. Deep South Rides

C. MLK Rides

D. Freedom Rides

Question #15

What was the name of the civil rights demonstration on August 28, 1963, where the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial?

A. March on Montgomery

B. March for Equality

C. March on Washington

D. March for Freedom

Question #16

What was the name of the secretive military mission in which the CIA, hoping to inspire a revolt against Fidel Castro, sent 1,500 Cuban exiles to invade their homeland on April 17, 1961? This mission proved to be a disaster.

A. Cuban Affair

B. Contra Affair

C. Bay of Pigs

D. Operation Barbarossa

Question #17

This landmark law outlawed discrimination in public accommodations and employment.

A. Desegregation Act

B. Equal Freedoms Act

C. Equality Act

D. Civil Rights Act

Question #18

This law passed after the Montgomery March, which authorized federal protection to the right to vote and permitted federal enforcement of minority voting rights in individual counties, mostly in the South.

A. The Toll Booth Act

B. Privacy Act of 1967

C. Voting Rights Act

D. Equal Voting Act

Question #19

What was the name of the talks between President Nixon and Secretary Brezhnev, resulting in limiting the quantity of nuclear warheads?

A. LTBT

B. STAR

C. MAD

D. SALT

Question #20

What was the leaked information to the press by former official Daniel Ellsberg called? It revealed how successive presidents had misled the American public about the involvement with Vietnam from WWII to the Vietnam War.

A. Washington Papers

B. Ellsberg Papers

C. Pentagon Papers

D. Nixon Papers

Question #21

What was the name of this strongly-believed rightward turn of American politics in the mid to late 1900’s? It stemmed from a U.S. President advocating for individual freedom, fewer taxes, religious conservatism, and a stronger military to stand against the evil empire.

A. Nixon’s Revolution

B. Reagan’s Revolution

C. Bush’s Revolution

D. Carter’s Revolution

Question #22

What Republican-led economic theory proposed that taxes on businesses and the wealthy in society should be reduced as a means to stimulate business investment in the short term and benefit society at large in the long term?

A. Trickle Down Economics

B. Laissez Faire

C. The Free Market

D. The Invisible Hand

Question #23

What was the name of the scandal involving sales of arms to Iran in partial exchange for release of hostages in Lebanon, and the use of the arms money to aid the Contras in Nicaragua, which was expressly forbidden by Congress?

A. Iran-Sandanista Affair

B. Contra Arms Affair

C. Nicaraguan Affair

D. Iran-Contras Affair

Question #24

This Soviet policy, led by Gorbachev, aimed toward economic reform and reconstruction of the Soviet Union. The policy was ultimately unsuccessful and led to the disintegration of the nation.

A. Brezhnev Doctrine

B. Glasnost

C. Perestroika

D. Chernenko Doctrine

Question #25

What was the name of Bill Clinton’s famous agreement with Canada and Mexico? It allowed goods to travel across their borders free of tariffs.

A. NAFTA

B. USMCA

C. USCM

D. NATO

Question #26

This famous painter portrayed the four American values with his artwork during Roosevelt’s time in WWII. His paintings have become emblematic of the era. His name was?

A. John Altoon

B. Joan Mitchell

C. Joseph Glasco

D. Norman Rockwell

Question #27

This event was staged by the Japanese military as a pretext to enter northeastern China’s territory known as Manchuria. League of Nations members would later investigate and find this narrative false. What was the name of this staged event?

A. Beijing Bombing

B. Manchurian Incident

C. The Imperial Incident

D. Japanese Railroad Scandal

Question #28

What was Nazi Germany’s codename for their proposed aerial bombing of Great Britain during WWII?

A. Operation Barbarossa

B. Operation Sea Lion

C. Operation Torch

D. Operation Atlantic

Question #29

What was the name of the famous beach that allied troops landed on in Normandy that opened up the western front to fight Hitler’s forces?

A. Norman Beach

B. Omaha Beach

C. Alpine Beach

D. Nevada Beach

Question #30

What was the nickname given to FDR, Stalin, and Churchill when they would meet and strategize about the war?

A. Mighty Trio

B. West East Alliance

C. Big Three

D. Continental Three

Question #31

Which of these nations was NOT given permanent status within the United Nations?

A. France

B. Germany

C. China

D. Britain

Question #32

This military alliance was founded in 1949 by ten western European nations who were determined to deter Soviet expansion in Europe. What was this famous alliance called? It is still in action today.

A. NATO

B. SALT

C. NAFTA

D. STAR

Question #33

These individuals were born following WWII and led to the greatest demographic “bubble” in American history. What were they called?

A. Generation Y

B. Generation X

C. Baby Boomers

D. Hippy Babies

Question #34

This was a rising concern within the United States that president Eisenhower warned about during his 1961 farewell address. What was this major concern he warned Americans about?

A. 1970’s Deep Recession

B. Gerrymandering

C. Congressional Gridlock

D. Military-Industrial Complex

Question #35

This doctrine of military strategy and national security was a policy created in case a full-scale nuclear response was needed. Due to the absurd results of such a nuclear war, it has been named appropriately.

A. Mutually Assured Destruction

B. Total Annihilation Policy

C. Nuclear Cold War

D. Nuclear Winter War

Question #36

During the Kennedy and Nixon presidential debate, what was one crucial aspect that allowed for Kennedy to seem more popular and favorable to the American public?

A. Nixon’s Vietnam War

B. Television Availability

C. Kennedy’s Rhetoric

D. Rise of Liberalism

Question #37

A. League of Undocumented Latinos and Chicanos

B. League of United Latin American Citizens

C. League of United Latinos and Chicanos

D. Latinos Uniting League and Chicano Power

Question #38

This phrase was placed on all new U.S. currency as of 1954 as a response to the Cold War and other factors.

A. Established in 1776

B. In God We Trust

C. Federal Reserve Note

D. Union Conservatorium

Question #39

What was Dwight D. Eisenhower’s nickname?

A. Mike

B. The Hammer

C. Ike

D. Howard

Question #40

Which WWII veteran U.S. Senate candidate won the 1950 election by running on a vigorous anticommunism campaign? He also suggested that his opponents had communist sympathies.

A. Robert A. Taft

B. Ronald Reagan

C. Richard Nixon

D. Teddy Kennedy

Question #41

What was the “forgotten man” image that the Republican Party championed and campaigned with in the 1950s?

A. The African American communities that were seeking help in equality, employment, and fair treatment.

B. The New England fishing port cities who saw their political voices stifled by their crippled economy, which meant less political influence.

C. The hardworking citizen burdened by heavy taxation and unresponsive government bureaucracies.

D. The midwestern farmer who had lost all of his land during the Dust Bowl and sought compensation from the federal government.

Question #42

Which Russian leader called for a “peaceful coexistence” with the United States and wanted to ease the Cold War tensions in his 1956 speech?

A. Leonid Brezhnev

B. Nikita Khrushchev

C. Konstantin Chernenko

D. Georgy Malenkov

Question #43

What was considered the “Third World?”

A. Developing countries who rejected all current institutions. They sought complete revolution for a new system.

B. Developing countries who had chosen the Soviet Union in the Cold War.

C. Developing countries who had clearly chosen the U.S. in the Cold War.

D. Developing countries aligned with neither of the two Cold War powers. Wanted to find their own model of development.

Question #44

Sparked by Rosa Parks's arrest on December 1, 1955, for refusing to surrender her seat to a white passenger, a successful year-long boycott protesting segregation on city buses; led by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. What was this protest called?

A. Washington D.C. bus boycott

B. Atlanta bus boycott

C. Nashville bus boycott

D. Montgomery bus boycott

Question #45

While serving a nine-day jail sentence after being arrested for peaceful resistance in Birmingham, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an eloquent plea for racial justice. This writing was known as?

A. Luther's Letters to the Man

B. Luther's Plea

C. Birmingham Prayers

D. Letter from Birmingham Jail

Question #46

A. March for Equality

B. MLK's Mighty March

C. Washington D.C. Protest March

D. March on Washington

Question #47

Who was the assassin of John F. Kennedy?

A. James Earl Ray

B. Lee Harvey Oswald

C. Leon Czolgosz

D. John Wilkes Booth

Question #48

Five days after Kennedy's assassination, Lyndon B. Johnson called on Congress to pass the last major bill JFK was working on. This would be to solidify his legacy. This major piece of legislation, which was passed in 1964, was called?

A. Voting Rights Act

B. Equality Act

C. Civil Rights Act

D. Hart-Celler Act

Question #49

Who was the intellectual founder of Black Power?

A. Malcolm X

B. Thurgood Marshall

C. W.E.B. Du Bois

D. Booker T. Washington

Question #50

What was the Gulf of Tonkin resolution?

A. U.N resolution seeking peace in Southeast Asia

B. Congressional blank check for Vietnam War

C. A peace resolution between the U.S. and Vietnam

D. Chinese-Vietnamese military alliance

Question #51

What 1963 publication by Betty Friedan reawakened feminist consciousness?

A. Women of the 60's

B. The Problem That Has No Name

C. The Feminine Mystique

D. Feminism Reawakened

Question #52

In 1968, a "backlash" within the Democratic voters against both black assertiveness and antiwar demonstrations helped to propel who into the White House?

A. Teddy Kennedy

B. Ronald Reagan

C. Richard Nixon

D. John F. Kennedy

Question #53

Three months after his trip to Beijing, Nixon became the first Cold War American president to do what?

A. Sign into law limiting Social Security benefits

B. Visit the Soviet Union

C. Publicly endorse military force against the Soviet Union

D. Open Trade talks with Mongolia

Question #54

Which Soviet leader inaugurated policies known as glasnost (political openness) and perestroika (economic reform) while working alongside Ronald Reagan to improve Cold War relations?

A. Konstantin Chernenko

B. Andrei Gromyko

C. Leonid Brezhnev

D. Mikhail Gorbachev

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