Survey of History Practice Questions

The National Security Act of 1947 streamlined the government in matters of security by creating the National Security Council and establishing the ____.

Central Intelligence Agency

Truman opposed ______ plans to demand large reparations from Germany.

Stalins

The Federal Republic of Germany joined NATO in ______.

1955

The idea that neighbors to communist nations were likely to succumb to the same allegedly dangerous and infectious ideology is known as _____.

Domino Theory

The U.S. diplomatic activity was in support of unseating _______, including plans to assassinate him if necessary.

Lumumba

This senator was responsible for leading the charge that communists were hiding in the State Department.

Joseph McCarthy

The Truman Doctrine offered support to ______ in the form of financial assistance, weaponry, and troops to help train their militaries and bolster their governments against communism.

Greece and Turkey

The Soviet Union formed the _____ as a counterbalance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The Warsaw Pact

Chinese Communist Party leader ______ announced the triumph of the Chinese Communists over their Nationalist foes in a civil war that had been raging since 1927.

Mao Zedong

The 1948 presidential campaign had Harry S. Truman running against.

Thomas E. Dewey

The _______ Resolution allowed negotiations to begin for the North Atlantic Treaty.

Vandenburg

The armistice agreement between North and South Korea established a(n) _________ between the two nations that remains today.

the Korean Demilitarized Zone

Entire industries sprang up to cater to Americans needs for clothing, toys, games, books, and breakfast cereals as a result of the ____.

Cold War

One of Eisenhower's campaign promises was to end ___.

End the Korean War and maintain the New Deal

The Women's Political Council, a group of African American female activists, organized a boycott of Montgomery's buses, which resulted in ____.

desegregation of public transportation in montgomery

_______ began to tear down color barriers as white youths sought out African American musicians such as Chuck Berry and Little Richard.

Rock and Roll

Eisenhower supporters used the phrase ________ to support him during the election of 1952.

"we like ike"

_______ refused to give up her seat to a white man, and the Montgomery police arrested her.

Rosa Parks

Under the ______ strategy, Eisenhower embraced nuclear "massive retaliation," a plan for a nuclear response to a firs Soviet strike that would be so devastating that attackers would not be able to respond.

New Look Strategy

The ruling of the Supreme Court case, Brown v. the Board of Education _______ public schools.

ruled that racial segregation in public schools violated the Constitution

In response to the lead that the Soviets had taken in the space race when Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the earth successfully, John F. Kennedy urged Congress to ____.

land an American on the moon

Ella Baker pushed for a "participatory democracy" that built on the grassroots campaigns of active citizens instead of deferring to the leadership of educated elites and experts which resulted in the formation of the ____.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Which of these is not a way hippies rejected the conventions of traditional society?

accepting casual sex between unmarried man and women as acceptable

The _______ were excerpts from a study prepared during the Johnson administration that revealed the true nature of the conflict in Vietnam, including that his administration had sought to deliberately provoke North Vietnamese attacks in order to justify escalating American involvement.

Pentagon Papers

While being transferred from Dallas police headquarters to the county jail, Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed by ______, a local nightclub owner who claimed he acted to avenge Kennedy.

Jack Ruby

Who was not one of the four sophomores from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro who entered the local Woolworths and sat at the lunch counter?

Joseph McNeil

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade invalidated a number of state laws under which _______ obtained during the first three months of pregnancy were illegal.

abortion

_________, suffering health problems and realizing his actions in Vietnam had hurt his public standing, announced that he would not seek reelection and withdrew from the 1968 presidential race.

Johnson

Which act provided increased federal funding to both elementary and secondary schools, allocating more than $1 billion for the purchase of books and library materials and the creation of educational programs for disadvantaged children?

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

President Johnsons final piece of civil rights legislation was the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibited _____.

discrimination in housing

In 1960, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved _______, freeing women from the restrictions of pregnancy and childbearing.

The pill

The North Vietnamese launched their most aggressive assault on the South, known as the _______, where nearly 100 cities in the South were attacked, including the capital of Saigon.

Tet Offensive

Russia and the United States signed the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT), which limited each side to deploying only two _______.

Antiballistic missile

The Religious Right regarded HIV/AIDS as a form of divine retribution meant to punish gay men for their 'immoral" lifestyle, despite _____.

it affecting heterosexual individuals

Jimmy Carters dedication to peace and human rights significantly changed the way that the United States conducted its ____.

foreign affairs

The idea that tax cuts for the wealthy would eventually translate into more jobs further down the socioeconomic ladder is known as ____.

trickle-down economics

The head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, _______, argued that to continue to attack a defeated army would be "un-American," and he advocated for ending Operation Desert Storm without removing Saddam Hussein from power.

General Colin Powell

The health crisis that was plaguing young gay men in large cities was initially named "Gay Related Immune Deficiency" (GRID), but was later renamed ______.

AIDS

Jimmy Carter was an engineer, a former naval officer, and ______.

a peanut farmer

The economic policies that were key to Reagan's success were known as ____.

Reaganomics

Gorbachev and Bush signed the ______, which committed their countries to reducing their nuclear arsenals by 25 percent.

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

Prior to running for president, Nixon ran for the governorship of ___.

California

The ______ had lent considerable support and encouragement to the conservative dialogues that helped carry Ronald Reagan into office in 1980.

Heritage Foundation

One of the reasons President Carter's reelection campaigns was hurt was his inability to ____.

secure the release of hostages in Iran

Reagans presidential victory was the result of dissatisfaction with the presidential leadership of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in the 1970s and the growth of the ____.

New Right

The Bush administration announced a bold military intervention in _______ in December 1989, claiming to act on behalf of human rights.

Panama

Despite his promise to end the 50-year ban on homosexuals serving in the military, Clinton amended his promise in order to appease conservatives by instituting a policy of ____.

don't ask, don't tell

How did hip-hop and rap culture change in the 1990s?

They expanded beyond urban black centers into suburban America

Why was 1992 considered the Year of the Woman?

a record number of women were elected or appointed to political offices

Labor unions feared _________ as a result of globalization.

the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs overseas

Regarding the 9/11 terrorist attacks, why did the fourth aircraft crash in rural Pennsylvania?

the passengers stormed the cockpit

How had George H W Bush seemingly alienated conservatives?

he raised taxes

What bill did President Bill Clinton pass in 1993 to create the largest free trade zone in the world?

North America Free Trade Agreement

In which city did the Million Man March take place?

Washington, D.C.

What benefit did globalization bring to developing nations?

higher literacy rates

Osama bin Laden originally learned to fight as an insurgent against what nation?

The Soviet Union

President Clinton strongly supported ratification of the _______, a treaty that eliminated tariffs and trade restrictions among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

North American Free Trade

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Internet access in the country increased from _______ to _______ between 1998 and 2000?

18% to 41%

What requirement did the immigration Reform Act of 1990 remove from the naturalization process?

passing an English language test

How did the protests against globalization end in the 1990s?

protesters turned to violence

Who became the primary villains in action movies in the 2000s?

Arab terrorists

The belief that the United States has the right to protect itself from terrorist acts by engaging in preemptive wars or ousting governments deemed hostile to the United States in favor of more supportive, preferably democratic, regimes is referred to as ___.

The Bush Doctrine

How did the U.K. respond to the Great Recession?

with austerity measures

Before the 2012 election, at a fundraising event, Mitt Romney said that he would not attempt to reach what percentage of the population?

the lower 47%

In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the Court ruled that "closely held" for-profit corporations could be exempt on religious grounds under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from regulations adopted under the Affordable Care Act that would have required them to pay for insurance that covered ______.

contraceptives

Based on current trends, it is estimated that the current white majority will _____.

eventually become a minority

The United States invaded ______ soon after 9/11 in order to find the terrorists responsible.

Afghanistan

How high was total credit card debt by 2008?

$1 trillion

Who ran against Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election?

John McCain

How much was President Obamas original plan going to invest over 10 years to create a competing healthcare option to private insurance?

$900 billion

Which country did Osama bin Laden escape to?

Pakistan

In 2007, which executives Ponzi scheme was uncovered?

Bernard Madoff

In the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama received what percentage of the African American vote?

95%

During the George W. Bush Administration, social security was under threat of derailment by _____.

privatization