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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. 1966 case in which the supreme court decided that all persons who are detained or arrested must be informed of their rights
Conglomerate
Reagan - Ronald
Miranda vs. Arizona
Referendum
2. A corporation that has many businesses in unrelated fields
Muckrakers
Conglomerate
Original Intent
Caucus
3. Parliamentary procedure for ending debate and calling for an immediate vote on a pending matter.
Cloture
Plessy vs. Ferguson
War Powers Act
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
4. Process by which persons acquire citizenship
Amendment
NATO
Filibuster
Naturalization
5. 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
Moral Majority
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Gerrymander
Malcom X
6. A lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of persons with a similar legal claim against a party or individual
eminent domain
Class action suit
Supply-side Economics
NATO
7. Legislative act that removed racial barriers in all places vested with public interest
Cloture
Symbolic speech
Civil rights act of 1964
Kennedy - John F.
8. A doctrine of Constitutional interpretation that says Supreme court Justices should base their interpretations of the Constitution in its authors' intent
Original Intent
Caucus
Bipartisan
Miranda vs. Arizona
9. Legally established segregation
War Powers Act
De Jure segregation
GOP
ethnocentrism
10. A belief that one's ethnic group is superior
ethnocentrism
Conglomerate
ABC programs
Original Intent
11. Those implemented by Franklin Delanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression to give relief to the unemployed.
ABC programs
Nonproliferation Treaty
Symbolic speech
Affirmative action
12. 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
Iran-Contra affair
Executive Agreement
Big Three
Partisan
13. The illegal entry and phone monitoring in 1972 of Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington by members of the Republican Party
Contras
Watergate
eminent domain
Bipartisan
14. October 29 - 1929 - the day the stock market fell about 40 points with 16.5 million shares traded
Open Door Policy
Tuman Doctrine
Appeasement
Black Tuesday
15. 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
Moral Majority
De Jure segregation
Referendum
Gideon vs. Wainwright
16. Civil rights leader who fought for the rights of minorities by the use of peaceful civil disobedience
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Mapp vs. Ohio
Civil rights act of 1964
Reagan - Ronald
17. 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
Kennedy - John F.
Big Three
Conglomerate
Affirmative action
18. Two-term president during the 1980's whose economic policies follower supply-side theory
Appeasement
Reagan - Ronald
Open Door Policy
Supply-side Economics
19. The republican party
GOP
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Executive Agreement
Civil rights act of 1964
20. North Atlantic Treaty Organization; pledged that and attack against one was an attack against all
Mapp vs. Ohio
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
ABC programs
NATO
21. 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
League of Nations
ABC programs
Open Door Policy
Gerrymander
22. The first ten amendments to the constitution
Amendment
Nixon - Richard M
Affirmative action
Bill of rights
23. The process whereby a legislative proposal is vetoed upon by popular vote
eminent domain
Conglomerate
Referendum
War Powers Act
24. Supreme court ruling that established the rule of 'separate but equal' as being constitutional
ethnocentrism
Progressivism
Crime of '73
Plessy vs. Ferguson
25. The supreme court recognized that evidence seized without a search warrant cannot be used
Mapp vs. Ohio
Iran-Contra affair
Black Tuesday
Miranda vs. Arizona
26. Case decided by the U.S supreme court in 1963 that established the right to legal representation for all defendants in criminal cases
Populist
Jim Crow Laws
Gideon vs. Wainwright
ABC programs
27. What pro-inflation forces called the demonetization of silver
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28. Nonverbal communication of a political idea
Cloture
Symbolic speech
Class action suit
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
29. An agreement not to distribute nuclear arms to countries that do not have them
Executive Agreement
Court packing
New Deal
Nonproliferation Treaty
30. Legislation championed by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the great depression that provided a safety net (Social Security) for all members of society
Nonproliferation Treaty
ABC programs
Conglomerate
New Deal
31. The act of reducing or eliminating economic controls
Tuman Doctrine
Kennedy - John F.
Deregulation
Conglomerate
32. A closed meeting of Democratic Party leaders to agree on a legislative program
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
GOP
Caucus
Plessy vs. Ferguson
33. Redrawing of congressional districts in order to secure as many representative party voters as possible
Gideon vs. Wainwright
eminent domain
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Gerrymander
34. Political opposition drawn along party lines
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Partisan
Court packing
Caucus
35. Using American military power to fortify the diplomatic policies of the United States
Filibuster
Block grants
Naturalization
Big stick diplomacy
36. Southern Democrats who opposed Truman because of his support of civil rights; nominated Strom Thurmond for president in 1948 campaign
Civil rights act of 1964
Big Three
Miranda vs. Arizona
Dixiecrats
37. Political movement calling for rejuvenation of free enterprise capitalism and the destruction of illegal monopolies; also called for civil service reform and honest and efficient government
Gerrymander
Progressivism
Deregulation
Populist
38. 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
Court packing
Partisan
Naturalization
Block grants
39. The power of a government to seize private property for public use - usually with compensation to the owner
Franchise
eminent domain
Jim Crow Laws
Filibuster
40. Declared that trade with China should be open to all nations
Open Door Policy
Nonproliferation Treaty
Scalawags
Gideon vs. Wainwright
41. 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
Miranda vs. Arizona
Big Three
Affirmative action
Reagan - Ronald
42. The supreme court declared the doctrine of 'separate but equal' constitutional
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Deregulation
Roe vs. Wade
Jim Crow Laws
43. The right to engage in the electing of public office holders
Big stick diplomacy
Naturalization
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Franchise
44. Informal agreements made by the executive with a foreign government
Malcom X
Executive Agreement
Deregulation
Symbolic speech
45. The supreme court upheld the right of a slave owner to reclaim his property after the slave had fled into a free state
De facto segregation
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Big stick diplomacy
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
46. The only president of the United States to resign after being confronted with impeachment (because of his alleged actions in the Watergate scandal)
ABC programs
ethnocentrism
Nixon - Richard M
Cloture
47. Investigative journalists and authors who exposed corruption in business and government
Referendum
Affirmative action
Symbolic speech
Muckrakers
48. The modification of the constitution or a law
Conglomerate
Amendment
Supply-side Economics
Referendum
49. President Truman's assertion that the United States must support free peoples who were resisting Communist domination
Affirmative action
ethnocentrism
Roe vs. Wade
Tuman Doctrine
50. The supreme court decision establishing a woman's right to an abortion
Roe vs. Wade
Class action suit
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Appeasement