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CLEP U.S. History II
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Segregation that results from nongovernmental action; i.e. -administered by the pubic
De facto segregation
Civil rights act of 1964
De Jure segregation
Gerrymander
2. Radical muslin leader who wanted a total separation of the races
Malcom X
Populist
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Filibuster
3. The act of placing members of the same political party on the bench so that opinion of the court will be consistent with the political party's ( seen most dramatically with Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Referendum
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Caucus
Court packing
4. Programs designed to overcome past discriminatory actions such as providing employment opportunities to members of a group that were previously denied employment because of racial barriers
Affirmative action
Big stick diplomacy
Amendment
Populist
5. Process by which persons acquire citizenship
Franchise
Naturalization
Contras
Block grants
6. The process whereby a legislative proposal is vetoed upon by popular vote
Big Three
Referendum
Mapp vs. Ohio
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
7. Nonverbal communication of a political idea
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Open Door Policy
Civil rights act of 1964
Symbolic speech
8. Political opposition drawn along party lines
War Powers Act
Miranda vs. Arizona
Franchise
Partisan
9. A political coalition of agrarians with urban workers and the middle class; goals included monetization of silver - a graduated income tax - public ownership of railroads - telegraph - telephone systems - an eight hour work day - and a ban on private
Progressivism
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Reagan - Ronald
Populist
10. The act of making concessions to a political party of military rival
Filibuster
Naturalization
Appeasement
Gideon vs. Wainwright
11. Im 1960 became youngest man elected president of the united states; established peace corps in 1961; issued challenge to NASA to land a man on the moon; assassinated in 1963
War Powers Act
Kennedy - John F.
Big Three
Watergate
12. What pro-inflation forces called the demonetization of silver
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13. October 29 - 1929 - the day the stock market fell about 40 points with 16.5 million shares traded
League of Nations
ABC programs
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Black Tuesday
14. The supreme court upheld the right of a slave owner to reclaim his property after the slave had fled into a free state
ethnocentrism
Jim Crow Laws
De Jure segregation
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
15. President Truman's assertion that the United States must support free peoples who were resisting Communist domination
Bipartisan
Iran-Contra affair
Big Three
Tuman Doctrine
16. The power of a government to seize private property for public use - usually with compensation to the owner
Court packing
eminent domain
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Open Door Policy
17. Political scandal involving the selling of arms to Iran so that the profits from these sales could be used to fund the contras in Central America
War Powers Act
Iran-Contra affair
Court packing
Reagan - Ronald
18. The first ten amendments to the constitution
Deregulation
Bill of rights
Malcom X
Open Door Policy
19. The republican party
Muckrakers
Dixiecrats
GOP
De Jure segregation
20. The supreme court declared the doctrine of 'separate but equal' constitutional
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Malcom X
Franchise
Civil rights act of 1964
21. The supreme court decision establishing a woman's right to an abortion
Bipartisan
Gerrymander
Affirmative action
Roe vs. Wade
22. Two-term president during the 1980's whose economic policies follower supply-side theory
Nixon - Richard M
Gideon vs. Wainwright
ABC programs
Reagan - Ronald
23. The supreme court recognized that evidence seized without a search warrant cannot be used
Franchise
Mapp vs. Ohio
Scalawags
Gerrymander
24. Legally established segregation
Miranda vs. Arizona
Nixon - Richard M
De Jure segregation
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
25. A closed meeting of Democratic Party leaders to agree on a legislative program
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Caucus
Amendment
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
26. A corporation that has many businesses in unrelated fields
Conglomerate
Dixiecrats
Referendum
New Deal
27. A senator who gains the floor has the right to go in talking until the senator relinquishes the floor to another
GOP
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Filibuster
Black Tuesday
28. Laws designed to promote racial segregation
Miranda vs. Arizona
Jim Crow Laws
War Powers Act
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
29. Politics that emphasizes cooperation between the major parties
Bipartisan
NATO
Roe vs. Wade
Iran-Contra affair
30. Investigative journalists and authors who exposed corruption in business and government
War Powers Act
Open Door Policy
Supply-side Economics
Muckrakers
31. Using American military power to fortify the diplomatic policies of the United States
Big stick diplomacy
Roe vs. Wade
Jim Crow Laws
Original Intent
32. Christian conservatives - led by the Rev. jerry Falwell. who favored prayer and teaching of creationism in public schools - opposed abortion and pornography - and backed a strong national defense
Nixon - Richard M
Malcom X
De facto segregation
Moral Majority
33. The modification of the constitution or a law
Amendment
Progressivism
Crime of '73
Symbolic speech
34. Informal agreements made by the executive with a foreign government
Plessy vs. Ferguson
League of Nations
Executive Agreement
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
35. A lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of persons with a similar legal claim against a party or individual
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Dixiecrats
Class action suit
Nixon - Richard M
36. International organization to promote peaceful resolution of international conflicts; called on all members to protect the territorial integrity and political independence of all nations; replaced by United Nations
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Dixiecrats
Cloture
League of Nations
37. Those implemented by Franklin Delanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression to give relief to the unemployed.
ABC programs
ethnocentrism
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Filibuster
38. The only president of the United States to resign after being confronted with impeachment (because of his alleged actions in the Watergate scandal)
Nixon - Richard M
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Reagan - Ronald
39. Civil rights leader who fought for the rights of minorities by the use of peaceful civil disobedience
Roe vs. Wade
Class action suit
Crime of '73
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
40. President of the united Sates during the Depression and WWII; most noted for his enactment of New Deal programs such as the Social Security Act
Franchise
New Deal
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Affirmative action
41. Southern Democrats who opposed Truman because of his support of civil rights; nominated Strom Thurmond for president in 1948 campaign
Malcom X
Dixiecrats
Appeasement
Scalawags
42. The right to engage in the electing of public office holders
NATO
Jim Crow Laws
Progressivism
Franchise
43. Right wing guerillas who fought the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua
Dixiecrats
Contras
GOP
Filibuster
44. A belief that one's ethnic group is superior
ethnocentrism
Original Intent
Amendment
Civil rights act of 1964
45. An agreement not to distribute nuclear arms to countries that do not have them
Nonproliferation Treaty
Roe vs. Wade
Supply-side Economics
Block grants
46. Leaders of the three major allied powers ( Roosevelt - Churchill and Stalin)
Big Three
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Iran-Contra affair
Partisan
47. Legislation championed by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the great depression that provided a safety net (Social Security) for all members of society
Executive Agreement
Iran-Contra affair
Nixon - Richard M
New Deal
48. Economic theory that says if government policies leave more money in the hands of people - they will invest it and stimulate the economy
Supply-side Economics
Reagan - Ronald
War Powers Act
United States vs. Nixon
49. Parliamentary procedure for ending debate and calling for an immediate vote on a pending matter.
Cloture
Big stick diplomacy
Executive Agreement
Original Intent
50. Federal money provided to a state of local government for a general purpose - such as reducing crime or improving education - with relatively few requirements on how the states can spend the money
Block grants
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Jim Crow Laws
Open Door Policy