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CLEP U.S. History II
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The supreme court decision establishing a woman's right to an abortion
Open Door Policy
Franchise
Conglomerate
Roe vs. Wade
2. 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
GOP
Deregulation
Watergate
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
3. Using American military power to fortify the diplomatic policies of the United States
Reagan - Ronald
Big stick diplomacy
Black Tuesday
De facto segregation
4. Civil rights leader who fought for the rights of minorities by the use of peaceful civil disobedience
Black Tuesday
Mapp vs. Ohio
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
United States vs. Nixon
5. What pro-inflation forces called the demonetization of silver
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6. Political opposition drawn along party lines
New Deal
Scalawags
Partisan
Original Intent
7. A doctrine of Constitutional interpretation that says Supreme court Justices should base their interpretations of the Constitution in its authors' intent
Muckrakers
United States vs. Nixon
Original Intent
Executive Agreement
8. Supreme court ruling that established the rule of 'separate but equal' as being constitutional
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Franchise
Plessy vs. Ferguson
9. October 29 - 1929 - the day the stock market fell about 40 points with 16.5 million shares traded
Amendment
Watergate
Mapp vs. Ohio
Black Tuesday
10. The act requires Congress to approve stationing American troops overseas fro more than 90 days (so that another Vietnam wouldn't happen)
Symbolic speech
Franchise
Court packing
War Powers Act
11. A lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of persons with a similar legal claim against a party or individual
GOP
Tuman Doctrine
Class action suit
Reagan - Ronald
12. Southerners who supported Reconstruction programs
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
ethnocentrism
Scalawags
Civil rights act of 1964
13. Case decided by the U.S supreme court in 1963 that established the right to legal representation for all defendants in criminal cases
Open Door Policy
Bipartisan
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Gideon vs. Wainwright
14. Southern Democrats who opposed Truman because of his support of civil rights; nominated Strom Thurmond for president in 1948 campaign
Dixiecrats
Caucus
Nixon - Richard M
Referendum
15. A belief that one's ethnic group is superior
Populist
Tuman Doctrine
ethnocentrism
Scalawags
16. 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
Miranda vs. Arizona
Populist
League of Nations
Franchise
17. The first ten amendments to the constitution
Bill of rights
Civil rights act of 1964
Reagan - Ronald
Muckrakers
18. Parliamentary procedure for ending debate and calling for an immediate vote on a pending matter.
Moral Majority
Big stick diplomacy
Cloture
League of Nations
19. Process by which persons acquire citizenship
Naturalization
Court packing
Progressivism
Tuman Doctrine
20. The republican party
Dixiecrats
Black Tuesday
eminent domain
GOP
21. Legislation championed by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the great depression that provided a safety net (Social Security) for all members of society
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Mapp vs. Ohio
eminent domain
New Deal
22. Legally established segregation
War Powers Act
De Jure segregation
Executive Agreement
Reagan - Ronald
23. 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
Caucus
Franchise
Bill of rights
Kennedy - John F.
24. A senator who gains the floor has the right to go in talking until the senator relinquishes the floor to another
Filibuster
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Muckrakers
Amendment
25. 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
Nonproliferation Treaty
Caucus
League of Nations
GOP
26. 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
ABC programs
Moral Majority
Progressivism
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
27. Two-term president during the 1980's whose economic policies follower supply-side theory
Reagan - Ronald
Executive Agreement
Roe vs. Wade
ABC programs
28. Redrawing of congressional districts in order to secure as many representative party voters as possible
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Gerrymander
Amendment
War Powers Act
29. Economic theory that says if government policies leave more money in the hands of people - they will invest it and stimulate the economy
Crime of '73
Supply-side Economics
NATO
Mapp vs. Ohio
30. Segregation that results from nongovernmental action; i.e. -administered by the pubic
War Powers Act
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
De facto segregation
League of Nations
31. The supreme court recognized that evidence seized without a search warrant cannot be used
NATO
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Mapp vs. Ohio
Big Three
32. The Supreme court ruled that material vested with a public interest could not be withheld from evidence under the rule of executive privilege
Civil rights act of 1964
ethnocentrism
Open Door Policy
United States vs. Nixon
33. Radical muslin leader who wanted a total separation of the races
Deregulation
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Moral Majority
Malcom X
34. A closed meeting of Democratic Party leaders to agree on a legislative program
Tuman Doctrine
Class action suit
Caucus
Appeasement
35. An agreement not to distribute nuclear arms to countries that do not have them
Crime of '73
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Dixiecrats
Nonproliferation Treaty
36. 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
War Powers Act
Progressivism
Populist
Original Intent
37. 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)
Roe vs. Wade
Franchise
Court packing
Iran-Contra affair
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
War Powers Act
De facto segregation
Big stick diplomacy
Block grants
39. The power of a government to seize private property for public use - usually with compensation to the owner
Roe vs. Wade
eminent domain
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Amendment
40. The supreme court upheld the right of a slave owner to reclaim his property after the slave had fled into a free state
Symbolic speech
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Affirmative action
Kennedy - John F.
41. The supreme court declared the doctrine of 'separate but equal' constitutional
Scalawags
Original Intent
League of Nations
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
42. Leaders of the three major allied powers ( Roosevelt - Churchill and Stalin)
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Big Three
GOP
Naturalization
43. 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
United States vs. Nixon
Cloture
Big stick diplomacy
44. The right to engage in the electing of public office holders
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Franchise
Class action suit
United States vs. Nixon
45. A corporation that has many businesses in unrelated fields
Contras
Naturalization
Conglomerate
Original Intent
46. The modification of the constitution or a law
Symbolic speech
Amendment
Mapp vs. Ohio
Cloture
47. Declared that trade with China should be open to all nations
Mapp vs. Ohio
Big stick diplomacy
Open Door Policy
Caucus
48. Legislative act that removed racial barriers in all places vested with public interest
Tuman Doctrine
De Jure segregation
Civil rights act of 1964
Deregulation
49. Investigative journalists and authors who exposed corruption in business and government
ABC programs
Muckrakers
Filibuster
Contras
50. President Truman's assertion that the United States must support free peoples who were resisting Communist domination
Civil rights act of 1964
Jim Crow Laws
Conglomerate
Tuman Doctrine
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