US History B End Of Semester Test

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What important demographic shift occurred in the 1950s?
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White families moved out of the cities and into suburbs.
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What piece of legislation helped to expand the middle class?
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Civil Rights Act
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What was a root cause of the Containment Policy?
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Soviet expansionist plans
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Why did the United States and the Soviets end up on opposite sides of the Cold War?
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They had very different political philosophies that lead to a deep mistrust of each other.
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What was the purpose of the Homeland Security Agency?
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It was created as a domestic agency aimed at maintaining order during crises such as the chaos that followed the 9/11 attacks.
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Why did Osama bin Laden declare war on the United States?
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He saw the United States as an oppressive, occupying force that was evil and harmful to Islam.
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What steps did US President Bill Clinton take to attempt to secure Bosnia and keep the peace there?
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He hosted Bosnia's warring leaders at the Dayton Accords in Ohio, where negotiators worked out a peace agreement.
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How did the foreign policy doctrines of the two Bush Presidents differ?
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One relied on multilateralism and the other was unilateral almost to a fault.
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Who was a member of the U.S.-backed Mujahadeen?
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Osama bin Laden
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What was the name given to Gorbechev's policy of political openness?
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glasnost
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Which emerged after deindustrialization?
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stagflation
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Which did Carter establish to clean up polluted areas throughout the United States?
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Superfunds
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What was the purpose of the War Production Board (WPB)?
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to regulate the production and allocation of materials
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What were key factors in creating a strong wartime economy?
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propaganda campaign, WPB, wage freezes, African-American armed forces
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Which description best details a common theme of the Lost Generation writers?
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need to express the African American cultural heritage and voice
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Which woman was a writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance?
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Zora Neale Hurston
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What caused protests in South Vietnam during the presidency of Ngo Dinh Diem?
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Diem enacted policies that were oppressive to Buddhists.
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How did the Vietnam War influence the foreign policy of Richard Nixon?
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He developed a more limited and strategic policy for the use of American troops.
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Populism supports the rights of whom?
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the people
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Why do citizens have a responsibility to participate in matters of the government?
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It is crucial to the success of the democratic process.
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What role did the NAACP play in the early civil rights movement?
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It worked for decades to lay the legal groundwork for desegregation.
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In his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," how did Martin Luther King describe the purpose of nonviolent direct action?
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to create tension to force negotiatio
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Henry Ford improved which of the following concepts?
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assembly-line principles
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Just-in-time management could be best defined in which of the following ways?
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decreasing inventory to lower costs
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Which John Kennedy foreign policy supported peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union?
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détente
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What was NOT true about the Korean War?
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The Soviets provided support to North Korea.
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Imagine you are doing a report on the Nuremberg Trials. Which primary source material would help you analyze the issues that the Nuremberg Trials addressed?
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diary of a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz
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How was the Lend-Lease program a significant departure from the policy of neutrality?
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The program involved the United States in the war by sending munitions and armaments.
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Which event best shows the destruction of the natural landscape due to the settlement of the West?
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Many settlers were unable to farm the Great Plains due to the challenges of working with the land.
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A city planner has announced plans to establish a coastal city that will be the main trading port for a region. Knowing how the geographic location of New Orleans made it more vulnerable to Hurricane Katrina, which of the following factors should the city planner most consider?
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the city's elevation above sea level
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What was the significance of the Clean Air Act of 1970?
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It established federal emissions standards.
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From which region has there been a dramatic increase in immigration to the United States since 1965?
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Latin America
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If you were asked to write a summary of the 1968 presidential election, on whom would you likely focus significant attention?
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Hubert Humphrey
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Which of the following WAS NOT a Great Society program?
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Clean Air Act
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Because the Cold War relied so much on intelligence gathering and covert military actions, leaders often felt the need to conceal information from Congress and the American public. Which historical event best fits this description?
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invasion of the Bay of Pigs
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One US president spoke of forging a society in which poverty and injustice would be fixed, while technological achievement in space exploration would be celebrated. What presidential agenda does this describe?
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Kennedy's New Frontier