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the period of tension between the USSR and US following WWII
Cold War
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What was the name for institution FDR hoped would promote world peace, which was based on Wilson's League of Nations?
United Nations
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What happened to Germany shortly after WWII?
was divided into 4 occupation zones.
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The Marshall plan was designed to
help European nations recover from the war.
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The main purpose of the security council of the UN is to
prevent member nations from using their veto power.
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What term did Winston Churchill use to describe the separating of the East from West by the Communists?
Iron Curtain
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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark case because it ruled:
that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
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The US became involved in the Korean War in order to
stop the spread of Soviet influence.
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The Communist leader who, in 1949, established the People's Republic of China
Mao ZeDong
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What failed operation into Cuba under Kennedy led directly to the Cuban Missile Crisis?:
Bay of Pigs
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Joseph McCarthy was most famous for
his anti Communism
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Your book calls this president's administration "more symbol than substance."
John F. Kennedy.
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The idea behind the ecumenical movement was
Christians should settle their differences and united.
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What was the name for the scandal which ruined Nixon's presidency?
Watergate Affair
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Richard Nixon's 2nd Vice President, who replaced Agnew, was named:
Gerald Ford
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What description best fits Gerald Ford:
honest and hardworking
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While both the 60's and the 70's featured significant domestic strife, the 70's featured
economic difficulty.
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What caused OPEC to place an oil embargo against the USA in 1973?
The US supported Israel, which Arab countries attacked it.
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By 1978, the number of abortions performed in America each year reached over
1,000,000
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The Republican who seriously challenged Gerald Ford for his party's nomination in 1976 was
Ronald Reagan
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The cornerstone of Jimmy Carter's foreign policy was
Defense of human rights
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Jimmy Carter's greatest foreign policy triumph was
Camp David Accords.
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Reagan asked for increases for
Military spending
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What aspect of Reagan Revolution was the president least successful carrying out?
balancing the budget
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Reagan policy that experienced radical shift during second term
Soviet relations
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2 events in 1986 that limited Reagan's effectiveness
Iran- Contra affair/ loss of Senate majority
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Why did the U.S. supply arms to Iran?
Provide financial support for the Contras, encourage release of American hostages in Iran, encourage a moderate successor of the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran
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who ran against George Bush for Republican presidential nominee in 1988?
Jack Kemp
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Major campaign promise George Bush broke during presidency?
not increase taxes
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Issue that Clinton focused on attacking Bush during 1992 election?
Economy
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Reagan's budget restraints:
increased the burdens of the poor, despite "safety net"
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What cast doubts on Reagan's ability to manage White House?
The Iran-Contra Affair
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most European nations response to Hitler in 1939 was:
appeasement
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Japanese-Americans living on West coast of US in early 1942 were sent to camps because
they were a potential threat to security
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After Germany's attack on Poland:
the Soviet Union divided Poland with Germany and attacked Finland
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Beginning in 1941, the brunt of war for the allies in Europe fell to
the Soviet Union
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"Blitzkrieg" means:
lightning war
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in late 1930's, FDR's reaction to Europe events was:
concerned, he saaw Hitler's threat
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British Prime Minister who returned after meeting Hitler proclaaiming "peace in our time" was:
Neville Chamberlin
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FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech was a response to:
Pearl Harbor
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American forces in far east were led by:
Douglas MacArthur
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Through the war, Stalin's hope concerning the US was:
He hoped US would open a second front in Europe
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The general who planned D-day was:
Eisenhower
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What ended the war with Japan?
the atomic bomb
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Your book portrays Roosevelt's performance at Yalta as:
dissappointing, because of FCR's wishful thinking and declining health
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Who replaced Franklin Roosevelt as president when Roosevelt died in 1945?
Harry Truman
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The allied countries which represented "The Big Three" were:
England, Russia, and USA
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In the Panama Canal Treaty, the US:
promised to give the canal up in 2000
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What was Jimmy Carter's "most damaging defeat?
Iranian hostage situation
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The election of 1980 showed:
Americans responded well to Reagan's optimism
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The man who replaced J. Kennedy after Kennedy's assassination
Johnson.
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The over all name for Lindon Johnson's program to eliminate poverty and to create equality for opprotunity
The Great Society.
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Text book says the Great Society was
"on the whole, a failure."
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The preident. that helped pass the greatest civil rights act and voting rights act was
Johnson.
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The Communists in Vietnam were known as
Viet Cong.
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What gave the president the authority to "take all necessary measures" to prevent future agression in the USA.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Early in the Vietnam conflict, a majority of Americans
supported the war.
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The Tet Offense
showed that the US was not close to winning as Americans had been lead to believe.
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Racial upheaval in the 1960's was most violent when
the civil right movement splintered and radicalized.
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What kept Robert Kennedy from the Democratic nomination?
He was shot and killed
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Nixon was successful in dealing with
issues abroad.
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What occured at Kent State University in 1970?
Riots went on and students were shot.
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What characteristics makes TR him?
agression, righteousness, pride, militarism
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Under TR, what policy was restated?
The Monroe Doctrine
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What are TR's greatest acheivements in foreign policy?
Russian-Japanese War, the Great White Fleet
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TR's accomplishments:
Laid foundation for federal government
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American foreign policy faced two basic tasks:
maintain world peace and stabilize world's economy
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Panic in the US in the 20s:
Red Scare
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What's fundamentalism?
Belief that there are certain fundamental doctrines which no one can deny and be a Christian
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Charlie Chaplin's short film during the WWI
Shoulder Arms
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Under Herbert Hoover in the 30s, the US saw:
the Great Depression
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FDR's answer for the Great Depression that saved the economy:
The New Deal: relief, recovery, reform
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According to Mr. Cook, why did Hitler fail?
Through his own impatience, he sped up history, which triggered his own demise.
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According to Mr. Cook and most historians, who caused the Cold War?
the USSR
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What is Truman's Doctrine of Containment?
policy that incorporated both military and economic action to prevent the spread of communism
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Truman's agenda:
Cold War and peacetime economic recovery
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According to Mr. Cook, why did Americans fear Communists in the 40s?
It was actually a threat!
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How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
Negotiated to pull missles out from Turkey and never to invade Cuba if USSR pulled missiles out of Cuba.
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What changes occured in Liberalism in the 60s?
helping the poor. Motivating factor of Liberalism changes.
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According to Mr. Cook, the 60s changed...
everything but was bad.
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60s was the age of
polarization and fragmentation (traditional vs radical)
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How did the Cold War end?
Soviets couldn't hold themselves up, then came to US to end the war.
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John Winthrop and E Pluribus Unum advised:
community
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