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CLEP U.S. History II
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. President Truman's assertion that the United States must support free peoples who were resisting Communist domination
Amendment
Deregulation
Jim Crow Laws
Tuman Doctrine
2. 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
Deregulation
Amendment
ethnocentrism
Kennedy - John F.
3. Process by which persons acquire citizenship
Naturalization
Block grants
Symbolic speech
Caucus
4. The republican party
GOP
Black Tuesday
Caucus
Court packing
5. Using American military power to fortify the diplomatic policies of the United States
Supply-side Economics
Big stick diplomacy
Moral Majority
ethnocentrism
6. October 29 - 1929 - the day the stock market fell about 40 points with 16.5 million shares traded
Black Tuesday
Big Three
Dixiecrats
Block grants
7. Declared that trade with China should be open to all nations
Gerrymander
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Open Door Policy
8. 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
De Jure segregation
League of Nations
Block grants
War Powers Act
9. The act of making concessions to a political party of military rival
Filibuster
New Deal
Appeasement
Black Tuesday
10. A senator who gains the floor has the right to go in talking until the senator relinquishes the floor to another
Dixiecrats
Amendment
Filibuster
Franchise
11. Radical muslin leader who wanted a total separation of the races
De Jure segregation
Malcom X
Populist
United States vs. Nixon
12. Legislative act that removed racial barriers in all places vested with public interest
Bipartisan
NATO
Mapp vs. Ohio
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
Appeasement
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Populist
League of Nations
14. A doctrine of Constitutional interpretation that says Supreme court Justices should base their interpretations of the Constitution in its authors' intent
ABC programs
Populist
Big stick diplomacy
Original Intent
15. Legislation championed by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the great depression that provided a safety net (Social Security) for all members of society
Executive Agreement
New Deal
Contras
Gideon vs. Wainwright
16. Southern Democrats who opposed Truman because of his support of civil rights; nominated Strom Thurmond for president in 1948 campaign
Dixiecrats
Mapp vs. Ohio
Roe vs. Wade
Open Door Policy
17. The modification of the constitution or a law
Muckrakers
Franchise
Amendment
Symbolic speech
18. Laws designed to promote racial segregation
Supply-side Economics
Cloture
Dixiecrats
Jim Crow Laws
19. 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
Crime of '73
Gerrymander
War Powers Act
20. Economic theory that says if government policies leave more money in the hands of people - they will invest it and stimulate the economy
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Supply-side Economics
Big Three
League of Nations
21. The act of reducing or eliminating economic controls
Deregulation
War Powers Act
Tuman Doctrine
Referendum
22. The supreme court declared the doctrine of 'separate but equal' constitutional
Crime of '73
Partisan
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Mapp vs. Ohio
23. Two-term president during the 1980's whose economic policies follower supply-side theory
Bill of rights
Jim Crow Laws
Reagan - Ronald
Gideon vs. Wainwright
24. Investigative journalists and authors who exposed corruption in business and government
Mapp vs. Ohio
Tuman Doctrine
GOP
Muckrakers
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
Conglomerate
Franchise
Court packing
League of Nations
26. Legally established segregation
Populist
De Jure segregation
Bipartisan
Mapp vs. Ohio
27. 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
ethnocentrism
Block grants
28. Right wing guerillas who fought the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua
Gerrymander
Naturalization
Contras
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
29. Politics that emphasizes cooperation between the major parties
Contras
Reagan - Ronald
Bipartisan
Roe vs. Wade
30. The illegal entry and phone monitoring in 1972 of Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington by members of the Republican Party
Caucus
Watergate
Reagan - Ronald
Big Three
31. Parliamentary procedure for ending debate and calling for an immediate vote on a pending matter.
Tuman Doctrine
Big Three
Cloture
De Jure segregation
32. The supreme court decision establishing a woman's right to an abortion
Roe vs. Wade
Scalawags
Court packing
War Powers Act
33. 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
Contras
Partisan
Bill of rights
34. The right to engage in the electing of public office holders
Gerrymander
Court packing
Franchise
Crime of '73
35. Civil rights leader who fought for the rights of minorities by the use of peaceful civil disobedience
Roe vs. Wade
Muckrakers
Symbolic speech
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
36. The power of a government to seize private property for public use - usually with compensation to the owner
eminent domain
Bipartisan
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Roe vs. Wade
37. 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
United States vs. Nixon
ABC programs
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Populist
38. 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)
Nonproliferation Treaty
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Block grants
Court packing
39. 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
Reagan - Ronald
Naturalization
Open Door Policy
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
Amendment
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Naturalization
United States vs. Nixon
41. Political opposition drawn along party lines
Bipartisan
Gerrymander
Cloture
Partisan
42. 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
New Deal
Referendum
Bipartisan
Iran-Contra affair
43. Supreme court ruling that established the rule of 'separate but equal' as being constitutional
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Black Tuesday
Reagan - Ronald
Watergate
44. A corporation that has many businesses in unrelated fields
Executive Agreement
Referendum
Iran-Contra affair
Conglomerate
45. An agreement not to distribute nuclear arms to countries that do not have them
Miranda vs. Arizona
Nonproliferation Treaty
Bill of rights
Mapp vs. Ohio
46. Informal agreements made by the executive with a foreign government
ethnocentrism
Nonproliferation Treaty
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Executive Agreement
47. Nonverbal communication of a political idea
Symbolic speech
Jim Crow Laws
NATO
Gerrymander
48. The supreme court recognized that evidence seized without a search warrant cannot be used
Populist
Caucus
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Mapp vs. Ohio
49. A lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of persons with a similar legal claim against a party or individual
Class action suit
Contras
Cloture
New Deal
50. The Supreme court ruled that material vested with a public interest could not be withheld from evidence under the rule of executive privilege
Naturalization
Progressivism
United States vs. Nixon
Roosevelt - Franklin D.