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PART ONE: Multiple Choice – 50 Questions

1. Whose writings and practices inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and other nonviolent civil
rights protesters?
2. Kennedy demonstrated his support for the civil rights movement most clearly when he
3. The Birmingham Campaign was
4. All of the following civil rights organizations employed nonviolent methods of
protest except
5. Which earlier decision did the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka, Kansas, decision reverse?
6. Thurgood Marshall was
7. The Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that
8. Stokley Carmichael was associated with which movement
9. “Revolution is bloody, revolution is hostile, revolution knows no compromise, revolution
overturns and destroys everything that gets in its way. And you, sitting around here like a
fly on the wall, saying, ‘I’m going to love these folks no matter how much they hate me.’”
The “you” in this speech probably refers to....
10. “In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not seek to satisfy our thirst
for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” These words were most
likely spoken by
11. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party was
12. Violence against peaceful civil rights protesters in Selma, Alabama, prompted the
13. Which president supported the civil rights movement the least?
14. What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
15. Malcolm X, before his conversion to Sunni Islam, advocated....
16. The government attempted to stabilize the post-war economy by gradually
introducing veterans into the workforce with:
17. The process of “redlining” in lending and denying mortgages:
18. Jackie Robinson is most known for:
19. The National Organization for Women (NOW) was:
20. The Nixon Doctrine refers to:
21. The policy of détente:
22. The Arab members of OPEC imposed a total embargo on oil shipments to the U.S.
in the wake of:
23. Men working on behalf of Nixon’s re-election campaign bugged the Democratic
National Committee in a scandal referred to as:
24. The first Earth Day was celebrated on:
25. In 1979 Islamic revolutionaries overthrew the government of the shah in Iran. They
were led by:
26. Americans who believed that the U.S. government’s refugee policy should include
people escaping from civil wars were part of:
27. Ronald Reagan’s vice-president was:
28. The Reagan administration cut funding for welfare hugely increased spending in
what area?
29. The Reagan program of “Star Wars” was...
30. The policy of “unshackling” free-enterprise system from government control,
limiting spending on social programs, and limiting taxes was called:
31. The Reagan Doctrine stated that:
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32. Perestroika and Glasnost were:

33. AIDS was first diagnosed in the United States in:
34. In which year did the Soviet Union disintegrate into separate independent states?
35. All of the following are true about the Americans with Disabilities Act EXCEPT:
36. Clarence Thomas was a Supreme Court nominee who was accused of:
37. The web of connections in commerce, communications, and culture that binds the
world together is commonly referred to as:
38. In the 1990s, Democrats that advocated a more centrist – though still socially
progressive – position for their party were called:
39. Some people criticize globalization because they believe it:
40. “Al Qaeda” is Arabic for:
41. Timothy McVeigh is most known for:
42. Which of the following is true regarding the Presidential Election of 2000?
43. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
44. Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism is more commonly known as:
45. In 2000, for the first time, Americans were allowed to identify themselves in what
way on census forms?
46. SARS is:
47. Who invented the internet?
48. The Iran-Contra scandal
49. Roe v. Wade
50. Which of these was NOT TRUE of “Religious Right” and the “Moral Majority”
movements of the late 70s and 80s to
51. President Bill Clinton was
52. NAFTA is
53. The US Presidents since the death of FDR are (in order)
54. Which American President since WWII has assumed office of President without a
vote of the electoral college to either the office of Vice-President or President?
55. The primary reason the US went to the United Nations to seek approval for the
invasion of Iraq in 2003 was
56. The second-largest ethic group in the US in 2009 (after non-Latino whites) is
57. Barak H. Obama's father was from what African country?

Plus five questions over your assigned readings (Oates, chapters 25-32)

PART TWO: Three Essay Questions

Always use specific historical examples to support your arguments.
1. How did Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson affect the civil rights movement? What was
their respective positions on civil rights?Which of these presidents had the most impact
and why?
2. How did the tide of the Vietnam War affect the decision of Lyndon Johnson not to run for
re-election in 1968, and what was Richard Nixon's emphasis in the war?
3. What was Reaganomics, and what major emphases did it have? Was it successful? What
has been its impact through the years to the present?
4. How did the “impeachment crisis” of the Clinton administration affect politics in the
1990s?
5. Compare and contrast the following American military engagements: Operation Desert
Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom