Summer 2025 History 1700 Test #1 Modules 25-32 Identify two impacts of World War II on the world. 1. 2. 3. Why did the United States Gross National Product decrease in 1946-1947?

4. Why did the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 cause tensions?

5. What was the 1946 Employment Act?

6. What was the results of the "white flight"?

7. What was the "Cold War"?

8. What were the Nuremberg Trials?

9. What did Chief Justice Harlan Stone say about the Nuremberg Trials?

10. Winston Churchill coined the term "iron curtain". What did he mean?

11. What did "Operation Vittles" accomplish?

12. What was the "containment doctrine"?

13. What was the purpose of the House Committee on American Activities?

14. Hollywood became the focus of anti-Communism in the late 40s and 50s. Why did this happen?

15. Who were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg? 16. Which politician was catapulted into national prominence because of the Alger Hiss trial? A. Joe McCarthy. B. Richard Nixon. C. Dwight D. Eisenhower. D. George C. Marshall. 17. What was the "politics of fear" campaign?

18. How did it impact American society?

19. Why did President Truman relieve General MacArthur of command during the Korean War?

20. Who made the following statement, "I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them." 21. After being elected president of the United States and before taking office what did Eisenhower do to try and bring the Korean War to an end?

22. What was Eisenhower's response seven months later?

23. Who was Emmett Till and what happened to him?

24. How did President Eisenhower respond to Governor Orval Faubus' actions to keep Black students from enrolling in an Arkansas high school?

25. On October 4, 1957 what shocked the United States and threatened their reality?

26. After the United States helped Fidel Castro overthrow Batista in Cuba what did he announce to the world?

27. What was the key issue of the 1960 Presidential Election between Richard Nixon and John Fitzgerald Kennedy? A. Political views. B. Economic views. C. Kennedy's religion. D. Civil rights views. 28. What was the result of the TV debates between Kennedy and Nixon?

29. What were some of the highlights of the consumer culture in the 1950s and 60s?

30. What was JFK trying to accomplish with these words from his inaugural address, "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for youask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."?

Identify two of the challenges facing Kennedy during his administration.

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33. What did Kennedy declare in an interview about American involvement in the Vietnam conflict?

34. Why is the Kennedy Assassination so controversial?

35. Why did the United States become involved in the Vietnam conflict? A. Stop imperialism. B. Help the French. C. Stop advance of communism. D. Greed. 36. What was President Johnson's comment on the Bay of Tonkin incident between the U. S. Navy and the North Vietnamese gunboats?

37. What did the U. S. learn from the 1968 Tet Offensive?

Identify two of the impacts of the Vietnam War on the United States.

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40. What was Agent Orange?

41. What were the results of using Agent Orange on the Vietnamese?

42. What was the effects on American Veterans from exposure to Agent Orange?

43. Who made this comment, "to build a great society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor."? A. JFK. B. Richard Nixon. C. Eisenhower. D. LBJ. What were three points of the Great Society agenda?

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47. Who was the first African American appointed to serve as Supreme Court Justice? A. Clarence Thomas. B. Thurgood Marshall. C. W. E. B. Dubois. D. Collin Powell. Give two reasons why LBJ did not run for reelection in 1968.

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What were the platforms for the candidates for the U. S. Presidency in 1968?

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53. Which candidate made the following statement, "In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."? A. Richard Nixon. B. Hubert H. Humphrey. C. George Wallace. D. Eldredge Cleaver. 54. Why did George Romney withdraw from the Presidential Race?

The presidential election year of 1968 was full of violence and frustration. Identify five events during that year that were significant.

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60. What was the difference between Women's Liberation and ERA?

Who were two of the main proponents of the women's movement in the 60s and 70s?

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62. 63. Who made this statement, "Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood." A. Gloria Steinem. B. Bella Abzug. C. Betty Friedan. D. Shirley Chisholm. 64. Which woman activist worked as a Playboy Bunny in 1963 in New York City? A. Gloria Steinem. B. Bella Abzug. C. Betty Friedan. D. Shirley Chisholm. 65. Why was the Miss America contest referred to as the Miss America Cattle Auction?

66. Why were women burning the bras in protest at this time?

67. Who was the primary force behind NOW - National Organization of Women? A. Gloria Steinem. B. Bella Abzug. C. Betty Friedan. D. Shirley Chisholm. 68. Who was Roe in Roe v. Wade?

69. What was the purpose of the legal case Roe v. Wade?

70. What was the result of this case?

71. After the decision what position did the plaintiff take for the rest of her life? A. Pro-Life. B. Pro-Choice. C. Did not change. 72. In the 1972 Presidential Election what were Nixon's platform?

73. In that same election what was the Democratic platform?

74. What was the Thomas Eagleton disaster?

75. How did this influence the election results?

Identify three election firsts in the 1972 Presidential Election campaign.

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79. What was the Watergate Scandal?

80. Who pursued the investigation into this situation?

81. What was learned from this investigation?

82. What was the result of the Pentagon Papers scandal?

83. What was the White House "plumbers unit"?

84. What was CREEP?

85. Who was Deep Throat?

86. Why did Spiro Agnew resign as Vice President of the United States?

87. Who would succeed him?

88. Why did Nixon resign?

89. Why was Nixon not criminally charged and prosecuted?

90. When Gerald Ford ran for the presidency what mistakes did he make in the debates?

91. Who was Jimmy Carter?

92. What is stagflation?

93. What financial problems were faced in the 1970s?

94. What was the 4th Great Awakening?

95. What was Reagan noted for?

96. What is Reaganomics?

97. Why was the election campaign between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton referred to as a "mudslinging election"?

98. What did Barack Obama accomplish during his presidency?

99. What was controversial about George Bush II's administration?

100. What defines Joe Biden's administration?

Extra Credit: 1. Who in history has Donald Trump been compared with and why?

2. What issues haunted Hillary Rodham Clinton and why?

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