US History Final Exam Study Practice 5/31/11 (Part 1)

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US History Final Exam Study Practice 5/31/11 (Part 1)

The "Fighting in the Street" events of 1968 had to do with

___________________ is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.

_______________ was a major economic problem during the 1970's.

________________________guarantees all American women the right to vote.

_______________ was hugely important, but it did not end the Great Depression. WW II did.

1950's___ rejected what they saw as the materialism of American mainstream society. So did the of the 1960's.

By the late 1960's the many people in the African-American civil rights movement had moved away from _________________and adopted a more aggressive attitude.

_______________ became a major influence on American life during the 1920's.

___________________lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 ..

_____________________________________(1973), was a landmark controversial decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. ...

________________ became a major influence on American life during the 1950's.

U.S. involvement in __________________ began in the 1940's, was at its peak in the late 1960's, and ended in the 1970's.

In 1945 ___________________, Communist leader of Vietnam, asked the U.S. for support in establishing an independent country. (The nerve of that guy!!)

In 1965 a new U.S. _________________ removed many of the restrictions that had been in place since the 1920's.

During the Iran / Iraq War of the 1980's, the U.S. gave assistance to Iraq, whose President was ___________________. (What were we thinking?!?)

The __________________ was a major cause of U.S. economic trouble in the 1970's.

During the 1980's the percentage of Americans in the middle class _________________.

During the 1980's the total debt of the U.S. Government rose by over ________________.

Increasing use of computers in the 1980's_________________business productivity.

One of the trends in popular culture since the 1970's has been___________________ into different segments (niches) such as rap, country, rock, disco, etc.

While _________________ was President, U.S. involvement in Vietnam increased significantly.

The trend toward ________________________ in the U.S. began in the 1950's.

When supply-side economic policies were started under President Reagan, income inequality in the U.S. __________________.

_____________________ of the 1930's was the most serious economic trouble in U.S. history.

______________________________ is an intense ongoing debate

____________________ is also called the European Recovery Plan. It was enacted by the US in 1947 as a way to help rebuild Europe after World War II.

One of ____________________ big achievements as president was to reassure the American people that we could get through the Great Depression.

Richard Nixon resigned because of the Watergate scandal.

One of the major goals of the conservative movement that got started in the late 1960's was to reduce the size of_____________.

The period between the end of World War II and the early 1970's was a period of phenomenal, _________________ growth for the U.S. economy.

During World War II the U.S. and the Soviet Union were ________________.

Japanese-Americans were sent to ____________________during World War II.

During the 1970's, a population shift began in the U.S. with moving people moving from the _________________________________________________________________.

Major Cold War events during Kennedy's presidency.

President Carter's biggest problems during the 1980 election campaign was the ________________.

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the U.S. Supreme Court decided that a Louisiana law mandating separate but equal accommodations for blacks and whites on intrastate railroads was constitutional.

__________________the relaxation of strained relations or tensions (as between nations) .

Nixon tried to attract Southern conservative Democrats by appealing to their unhappiness with federal desegregation policies and a liberal Supreme Court.

US History Final Exam Study Practice 5/31/11 (Part 1)

The "Fighting in the Street" events of 1968 had to do with

___________________ is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.

_______________ was a major economic problem during the 1970's.

________________________guarantees all American women the right to vote.

_______________ was hugely important, but it did not end the Great Depression. WW II did.

1950's_________________ rejected what they saw as the materialism of American mainstream society. So did the ______________ of the 1960's.

By the late 1960's the many people in the African-American civil rights movement had moved away from _________________and adopted a more aggressive attitude.

_______________ became a major influence on American life during the 1920's.

___________________lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 ..

_____________________________________(1973), was a landmark controversial decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. ...

________________ became a major influence on American life during the 1950's.

U.S. involvement in __________________ began in the 1940's, was at its peak in the late 1960's, and ended in the 1970's.

In 1945 ___________________, Communist leader of Vietnam, asked the U.S. for support in establishing an independent country. (The nerve of that guy!!)

In 1965 a new U.S. _________________ removed many of the restrictions that had been in place since the 1920's.

During the Iran / Iraq War of the 1980's, the U.S. gave assistance to Iraq, whose President was ___________________. (What were we thinking?!?)

The __________________ was a major cause of U.S. economic trouble in the 1970's.

During the 1980's the percentage of Americans in the middle class _________________.

During the 1980's the total debt of the U.S. Government rose by over ________________.

Increasing use of computers in the 1980's_________________business productivity.

One of the trends in popular culture since the 1970's has been___________________ into different segments (niches) such as rap, country, rock, disco, etc.

While _________________ was President, U.S. involvement in Vietnam increased significantly.

The trend toward ________________________ in the U.S. began in the 1950's.

When supply-side economic policies were started under President Reagan, income inequality in the U.S. __________________.

_____________________ of the 1930's was the most serious economic trouble in U.S. history.

______________________________ is an intense ongoing debate

____________________ is also called the European Recovery Plan. It was enacted by the US in 1947 as a way to help rebuild Europe after World War II.

One of ____________________ big achievements as president was to reassure the American people that we could get through the Great Depression.

Richard Nixon resigned because of the Watergate scandal.

One of the major goals of the conservative movement that got started in the late 1960's was to reduce the size of_____________.

The period between the end of World War II and the early 1970's was a period of phenomenal, _________________ growth for the U.S. economy.

During World War II the U.S. and the Soviet Union were ________________.

Japanese-Americans were sent to ____________________during World War II.

During the 1970's, a population shift began in the U.S. with moving people moving from the _________________________________________________________________.

Major Cold War events during Kennedy's presidency.

President Carter's biggest problems during the 1980 election campaign was the ________________.

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the U.S. Supreme Court decided that a Louisiana law mandating separate but equal accommodations for blacks and whites on intrastate railroads was constitutional.

__________________the relaxation of strained relations or tensions (as between nations) .

Nixon tried to attract Southern conservative Democrats by appealing to their unhappiness with federal desegregation policies and a liberal Supreme Court.

1950's___ rejected what they saw as the materialism of American mainstream society. So did the of the 1960's.