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CLEP U.S. History II
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An agreement not to distribute nuclear arms to countries that do not have them
Nonproliferation Treaty
Progressivism
Supply-side Economics
NATO
2. North Atlantic Treaty Organization; pledged that and attack against one was an attack against all
Open Door Policy
NATO
Symbolic speech
eminent domain
3. Using American military power to fortify the diplomatic policies of the United States
Tuman Doctrine
Big stick diplomacy
Contras
Progressivism
4. Southern Democrats who opposed Truman because of his support of civil rights; nominated Strom Thurmond for president in 1948 campaign
Appeasement
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Dixiecrats
Open Door Policy
5. Legislation championed by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the great depression that provided a safety net (Social Security) for all members of society
Miranda vs. Arizona
Naturalization
New Deal
Watergate
6. The act of making concessions to a political party of military rival
Roe vs. Wade
Populist
De facto segregation
Appeasement
7. President Truman's assertion that the United States must support free peoples who were resisting Communist domination
Cloture
Malcom X
Tuman Doctrine
Bipartisan
8. 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)
Court packing
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Reagan - Ronald
Supply-side Economics
9. October 29 - 1929 - the day the stock market fell about 40 points with 16.5 million shares traded
Black Tuesday
Nonproliferation Treaty
Gerrymander
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
10. Those implemented by Franklin Delanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression to give relief to the unemployed.
ABC programs
United States vs. Nixon
NATO
Block grants
11. The act of reducing or eliminating economic controls
Amendment
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Deregulation
12. Case decided by the U.S supreme court in 1963 that established the right to legal representation for all defendants in criminal cases
Malcom X
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Bipartisan
War Powers Act
13. The process whereby a legislative proposal is vetoed upon by popular vote
ABC programs
ethnocentrism
Referendum
Naturalization
14. Nonverbal communication of a political idea
Symbolic speech
Progressivism
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
15. Radical muslin leader who wanted a total separation of the races
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Malcom X
Muckrakers
Progressivism
16. A doctrine of Constitutional interpretation that says Supreme court Justices should base their interpretations of the Constitution in its authors' intent
Original Intent
Muckrakers
Kennedy - John F.
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
17. Supreme court ruling that established the rule of 'separate but equal' as being constitutional
Watergate
Malcom X
Bipartisan
Plessy vs. Ferguson
18. 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
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Populist
United States vs. Nixon
Big Three
19. 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
Filibuster
United States vs. Nixon
Affirmative action
Caucus
20. Legislative act that removed racial barriers in all places vested with public interest
Deregulation
Class action suit
Civil rights act of 1964
Nixon - Richard M
21. The first ten amendments to the constitution
Bill of rights
Crime of '73
Scalawags
Partisan
22. 1966 case in which the supreme court decided that all persons who are detained or arrested must be informed of their rights
De facto segregation
Miranda vs. Arizona
De Jure segregation
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
23. Declared that trade with China should be open to all nations
Open Door Policy
Cloture
Roe vs. Wade
Gideon vs. Wainwright
24. The modification of the constitution or a law
Deregulation
War Powers Act
Amendment
Miranda vs. Arizona
25. The power of a government to seize private property for public use - usually with compensation to the owner
Supply-side Economics
Bipartisan
eminent domain
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
26. What pro-inflation forces called the demonetization of silver
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27. 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
Miranda vs. Arizona
Block grants
Scalawags
Executive Agreement
28. Politics that emphasizes cooperation between the major parties
Watergate
De Jure segregation
Bipartisan
Gerrymander
29. Political opposition drawn along party lines
Partisan
De Jure segregation
Dixiecrats
Executive Agreement
30. The republican party
Filibuster
Miranda vs. Arizona
Affirmative action
GOP
31. Civil rights leader who fought for the rights of minorities by the use of peaceful civil disobedience
Reagan - Ronald
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Original Intent
Populist
32. The supreme court upheld the right of a slave owner to reclaim his property after the slave had fled into a free state
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Referendum
Tuman Doctrine
Big Three
33. The right to engage in the electing of public office holders
Franchise
Reagan - Ronald
Tuman Doctrine
Supply-side Economics
34. The supreme court decision establishing a woman's right to an abortion
Roe vs. Wade
De facto segregation
War Powers Act
Civil rights act of 1964
35. 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
Executive Agreement
Miranda vs. Arizona
Gideon vs. Wainwright
36. The act requires Congress to approve stationing American troops overseas fro more than 90 days (so that another Vietnam wouldn't happen)
Muckrakers
Referendum
Big stick diplomacy
War Powers Act
37. The illegal entry and phone monitoring in 1972 of Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington by members of the Republican Party
Bill of rights
ethnocentrism
Jim Crow Laws
Watergate
38. 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
Franchise
Jim Crow Laws
Supply-side Economics
39. Two-term president during the 1980's whose economic policies follower supply-side theory
Block grants
Moral Majority
Reagan - Ronald
Franchise
40. A corporation that has many businesses in unrelated fields
Cloture
Conglomerate
Supply-side Economics
Franchise
41. 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
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
ABC programs
Supply-side Economics
Kennedy - John F.
42. Informal agreements made by the executive with a foreign government
Executive Agreement
Original Intent
Malcom X
GOP
43. 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
Naturalization
Appeasement
United States vs. Nixon
Iran-Contra affair
44. Legally established segregation
Mapp vs. Ohio
De Jure segregation
Big stick diplomacy
Jim Crow Laws
45. Investigative journalists and authors who exposed corruption in business and government
Muckrakers
Deregulation
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Jim Crow Laws
46. A closed meeting of Democratic Party leaders to agree on a legislative program
Caucus
Mapp vs. Ohio
Dixiecrats
NATO
47. 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
Moral Majority
Caucus
Court packing
48. The Supreme court ruled that material vested with a public interest could not be withheld from evidence under the rule of executive privilege
Caucus
Affirmative action
United States vs. Nixon
Block grants
49. A belief that one's ethnic group is superior
Filibuster
Partisan
ethnocentrism
Conglomerate
50. Parliamentary procedure for ending debate and calling for an immediate vote on a pending matter.
War Powers Act
eminent domain
Cloture
Progressivism
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