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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. Southern Democrats who opposed Truman because of his support of civil rights; nominated Strom Thurmond for president in 1948 campaign
Bipartisan
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Dixiecrats
Big stick diplomacy
2. Politics that emphasizes cooperation between the major parties
Bipartisan
Scalawags
Reagan - Ronald
Amendment
3. Informal agreements made by the executive with a foreign government
De Jure segregation
Big Three
Executive Agreement
Bill of rights
4. A senator who gains the floor has the right to go in talking until the senator relinquishes the floor to another
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Black Tuesday
De facto segregation
Filibuster
5. A belief that one's ethnic group is superior
Mapp vs. Ohio
Nonproliferation Treaty
ethnocentrism
Muckrakers
6. Two-term president during the 1980's whose economic policies follower supply-side theory
Moral Majority
Appeasement
Malcom X
Reagan - Ronald
7. Legislation championed by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the great depression that provided a safety net (Social Security) for all members of society
Jim Crow Laws
Iran-Contra affair
New Deal
Crime of '73
8. Legally established segregation
NATO
Block grants
Civil rights act of 1964
De Jure segregation
9. The act requires Congress to approve stationing American troops overseas fro more than 90 days (so that another Vietnam wouldn't happen)
Bipartisan
Deregulation
War Powers Act
Gerrymander
10. Supreme court ruling that established the rule of 'separate but equal' as being constitutional
eminent domain
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Appeasement
Roe vs. Wade
11. The right to engage in the electing of public office holders
ethnocentrism
Progressivism
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Franchise
12. Civil rights leader who fought for the rights of minorities by the use of peaceful civil disobedience
Miranda vs. Arizona
Original Intent
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Appeasement
13. 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
Contras
Open Door Policy
Iran-Contra affair
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
14. President Truman's assertion that the United States must support free peoples who were resisting Communist domination
Watergate
Gerrymander
Tuman Doctrine
Mapp vs. Ohio
15. The only president of the United States to resign after being confronted with impeachment (because of his alleged actions in the Watergate scandal)
Supply-side Economics
Nixon - Richard M
Muckrakers
Plessy vs. Ferguson
16. 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
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Miranda vs. Arizona
Symbolic speech
Court packing
17. North Atlantic Treaty Organization; pledged that and attack against one was an attack against all
Block grants
Muckrakers
NATO
Dixiecrats
18. The first ten amendments to the constitution
Bill of rights
Franchise
Iran-Contra affair
Deregulation
19. 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)
Miranda vs. Arizona
Court packing
Filibuster
Affirmative action
20. 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
Dixiecrats
Gerrymander
Populist
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
21. Laws designed to promote racial segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Miranda vs. Arizona
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
eminent domain
22. The Supreme court ruled that material vested with a public interest could not be withheld from evidence under the rule of executive privilege
Tuman Doctrine
United States vs. Nixon
Appeasement
ethnocentrism
23. Southerners who supported Reconstruction programs
Scalawags
Moral Majority
Conglomerate
Plessy vs. Ferguson
24. A doctrine of Constitutional interpretation that says Supreme court Justices should base their interpretations of the Constitution in its authors' intent
Amendment
Original Intent
ethnocentrism
Kennedy - John F.
25. Using American military power to fortify the diplomatic policies of the United States
De facto segregation
Reagan - Ronald
Block grants
Big stick diplomacy
26. Redrawing of congressional districts in order to secure as many representative party voters as possible
Miranda vs. Arizona
Deregulation
Gerrymander
Class action suit
27. Declared that trade with China should be open to all nations
Amendment
ABC programs
Referendum
Open Door Policy
28. The process whereby a legislative proposal is vetoed upon by popular vote
Referendum
Jim Crow Laws
Crime of '73
Reagan - Ronald
29. Political opposition drawn along party lines
Court packing
Dixiecrats
Partisan
Appeasement
30. The modification of the constitution or a law
Moral Majority
Muckrakers
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Amendment
31. Right wing guerillas who fought the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua
Contras
Caucus
Bipartisan
Watergate
32. October 29 - 1929 - the day the stock market fell about 40 points with 16.5 million shares traded
Partisan
Black Tuesday
Watergate
Amendment
33. The supreme court upheld the right of a slave owner to reclaim his property after the slave had fled into a free state
Original Intent
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Scalawags
Crime of '73
34. An agreement not to distribute nuclear arms to countries that do not have them
ABC programs
United States vs. Nixon
Nonproliferation Treaty
New Deal
35. Case decided by the U.S supreme court in 1963 that established the right to legal representation for all defendants in criminal cases
Iran-Contra affair
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
United States vs. Nixon
Gideon vs. Wainwright
36. The illegal entry and phone monitoring in 1972 of Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington by members of the Republican Party
Affirmative action
Watergate
Class action suit
Mapp vs. Ohio
37. 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
Contras
League of Nations
Open Door Policy
Symbolic speech
38. A closed meeting of Democratic Party leaders to agree on a legislative program
Watergate
Caucus
Malcom X
Filibuster
39. Leaders of the three major allied powers ( Roosevelt - Churchill and Stalin)
Amendment
De Jure segregation
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Big Three
40. 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
NATO
Cloture
Block grants
Bill of rights
41. A lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of persons with a similar legal claim against a party or individual
Class action suit
Scalawags
Big stick diplomacy
Appeasement
42. What pro-inflation forces called the demonetization of silver
43. Radical muslin leader who wanted a total separation of the races
Contras
Malcom X
Big stick diplomacy
New Deal
44. The supreme court declared the doctrine of 'separate but equal' constitutional
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Crime of '73
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Big stick diplomacy
45. Process by which persons acquire citizenship
eminent domain
Cloture
De Jure segregation
Naturalization
46. The act of making concessions to a political party of military rival
Referendum
Appeasement
Muckrakers
Dixiecrats
47. The power of a government to seize private property for public use - usually with compensation to the owner
Progressivism
eminent domain
De facto segregation
ABC programs
48. Investigative journalists and authors who exposed corruption in business and government
Muckrakers
Caucus
De Jure segregation
Original Intent
49. A corporation that has many businesses in unrelated fields
Moral Majority
Conglomerate
Court packing
Original Intent
50. The republican party
Kennedy - John F.
Black Tuesday
GOP
Progressivism