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AP United States History Quiz - Unit 8
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What was the Truman Doctrine?
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A policy set forth by President Truman to prevent the spread of communism to politically unstable countries
A policy to help communism spread to more countries
American foriegn policy outlining isolationism
A plan to give money to European countries devastated by war
Who helped Berlin during its Blockade?
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The Soviet Union
The United States and Great Britain
Egypt
France and The Netherlands
Why did the US intervene in the Korean Conflict?
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South Korea asked us to come help them fight
North Korea tried to unite with South Korea into one communist state
North Korea asked the United States to help them
Russia was going to make South Korea communist
Which democratic alliance did the United States join after WWII?
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NATO alliance
Warsaw pact
Allied powers
European alliance
Why did McCarthy hold hearings of the US Army?
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To talk about what they did in WWII
To decide who deserved awards for their service
To try and investigate who was a communist in the army
To ask them what they thought about Stalin
Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?
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The Soviet Union was building missiles in Turkey
Cuba was afraid they would get missiles shot at them
Fidel Castro wanted revenge on JFK for the Bay of Pigs
President JFK learned about the missiles in Cuba facing the United States
What group of Americans, by large, fought back against the Vietnam war?
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Elderly People
Infants
Teenagers/Young Adults
Adults
What two scandals did Nixon face during his presidency?
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Watergate and The Pentagon Papers
The first and second Corrupt Bargains
The Whiskey ring and Teapot Dome
The Monica Lewinsky affair and the Iran Contra affair
What was the Great Society focused on improving?
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The economy
Social Welfare, Healthcare, Voting rights, and Education
The Prison system
FDR’s New deal policies
What did Brown v. BOE declare unconstitutional?
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
Roe v. Wade
McCulloch v. Madison
Why was this period of time (1945-1980) marked by the Affluent Society?
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People had little money to spend so they saved it all
Many people took the time to learn how to be better with their money
Most of society had no money
The post-war economic boom led to families having more wealth
Who landed on the moon first?
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The Soviet Union
The United States
China
Great Britain
What did the Immigration Act of 1965 abolish?
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Immigration to the United States
National origins quota system
The testing of immigrants for diseases
A law preventing immigrants from owning property
Why was the Woodstock music festival so popular among young people?
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Woodstock showed all the pretty views of NY
The festival was the first of its kind
It had all of the elements of new youth culture built into it
Only young people like music
What did Roe v. Wade rule?
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That abortions were not legal
That abortions fall under the rights of privacy and that abortion was legal
That rowing is not a team sport
That birth control is illegal
What changes to agriculture were marked by Rachel Carson?
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The pesticide DDT was banned
All pesticides were banned
Farmers started planting more fruits
A new irrigation system was introduced
What did the clean air act of 1970 do?
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Banned the use of Fossil Fuels
Made a board to test the air quality
Implemented environmental protections based on federal air pollution policies
Set up systems to clean the air
What other movement was working alongside the equal rights movement?
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The unequal rights movement
The Gay rights movement
The conservative movement
The animal conservation movement
What was the Black Panther group?
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A black seperatist group formed following the assassination of MLK and Malcolm X
A group formed under the principle of protecting wild black panthers
A church group as they met at night in secrecy
A civil rights group founded on desegregating the United States
What did President Jimmy Carter help to organize?
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The March on washington
The SALT treaties
The Camp David Accords
The Watergate break ins
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