On November 4, 1947 anti-American Muslim militants went to the United States' embassy in Teheran and took everyone inside hostage. They demanded the exiled shah be reinstated.
Iranian hostage crisis (1979-1980)
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Cambodian bombings (1973)
Used continuing despite the fact that Nixon stated that Cambodian Neutrality was being respected. The secret combings in Cambodia were to help a rightist Cambodian Government. The secret bombings won the disapproval of the people. Nixon agreed to a compromise to stop the bombings in six weeks and get congressional approval for any future action in Cambodia.
Mississippi "freedom summer" (1964)
This took place in the summer of 1964 when thousands of black and white students went into the South to register voters. Three of these people, Chaney, Schwerner, and Goodman, disappeared.
Civil Rights Act (1964)
This act made employer led racial, religious, and gender discrimination illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.
What event caused the US to enter WW2?
What event caused the US to enter WW2?
Answer: Pearl Harbor
What is one aspect of American foreign policy during the Roosevelt era?
What is one aspect of American foreign policy during the Roosevelt era?
Answer: Isolationism
Which of the following did not help to cause the Depression?
Which of the following did not help to cause the Depression?
A. Overproduction and income disparities
B. Overexpansion of credit
C. Expansion of union organization for unskilled workers
D. Economic problems abroad
Answer: C (union organization describes AF of L, created by FDR)
Which of the following helped the rise of Hitler?
Which of the following helped the rise of Hitler?
A. Hoover's move to help farm corporatives with the Hadley-Smoot Tariff bill
B. The stock market crash
C. Difficulties of labor unions in the 1920's
D. Growth of big business
Answer: A
What contributed to the onset of the Depression and rise of Hitler?
What contributed to the onset of the Depression and rise of Hitler?
A. Probusiness Republican administrations
B. President Hoover spending government money for funding the Washington Dam and Reconstruction Finance Corporation
C. Postwar debts and reparations
D. B and C
Answer: C (B is false because it happened after the Depression)
In 1922, the US was part of the League of Nations (True/False)
In 1922, the US was part of the League of Nations (True/False)
Answer: F (America was being isolationist)
Which two acts were created during WW1 that suspended civil liberties?
Which two acts were created during WW1 that suspended civil liberties?
A. Volstead and Merchant Marine Act
B. The enforcement and Investigations Acts
C. Sedition and Espionage Act
D. Alien and Seditions Act
Answer: C
In what speech did Wilson propose his idea for a League of Nations?
In what speech did Wilson propose his idea for a League of Nations?
A. The Fourteen Points Address
B. Gettysburg Address
C. Peace without Victory Speech
D. The Memorial Day Address
Answer: A
What was the name of the transmission intercepted by the. United States?
What was the name of the transmission intercepted by the. United States?
A. The Mexican-German Declaration
B. The Unlimited Submarine Warfare Document
c. The Zimmerman Note
D. The Note of Versailles
Answer: C
Which of the following was not an area that experienced significant development during the '50s?
Which of the following was not an area that experienced significant development during the '50s?
A. Music
B. Communication
C. Technology
D. Religion
Answer: D
What was the "cult of domesticity"?
What was the "cult of domesticity"?
A. An all-female cult
B. A conservative female political movement
C. A set of values centered around the housewife
D. The name of a feminist book
Answer: C
Why was the 1960 meeting between Khrushchev and Eisenhower in Paris cancelled?
Why was the 1960 meeting between Khrushchev and Eisenhower in Paris cancelled?
A. Eisenhower
B. An American spy plane was caught over Russia
C. Khrushchev began to meet with Castro
D. Eisenhower threaten to take over East Berlin
Answer: B
In 1957, what began the competition to build more missiles between the U.S. and the USSR?
In 1957, what began the competition to build more missiles between the U.S. and the USSR?
A. The detonation of an atomic bomb off the coast o Siberia
B. The Cuban Missile Crisis
C. Joseph Stalin
D. The launch of the satellite Sputnik
Answer: D
The U.S. financed what country in order to help them regain control of their Vietnamese colony?
The U.S. financed what country in order to help them regain control of their Vietnamese colony?
A. France
B. Germany
C. Britain
D. Spain
Answer: A
What forced Eisenhower to finally act on civil rights issues?
What forced Eisenhower to finally act on civil rights issues?
A. Shoplifting
B. SNCC
C. The Montgomery, AL bus boycott
D. The governor of Arkansas's refusal to let 9 black students enter a high school
Answer: D
Who was responsible for accusing the US army of having communist ties?
Who was responsible for accusing the US army of having communist ties?
A. Richard Nixon
B. Joseph McCarthy
C. Early Warren
D. Adlai E. Stevenson
Answer: B
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