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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. Leaders of the three major allied powers ( Roosevelt - Churchill and Stalin)
Open Door Policy
Big Three
Executive Agreement
League of Nations
2. A senator who gains the floor has the right to go in talking until the senator relinquishes the floor to another
Big stick diplomacy
Conglomerate
Filibuster
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
3. 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
Scalawags
New Deal
Kennedy - John F.
Conglomerate
4. Informal agreements made by the executive with a foreign government
Block grants
Civil rights act of 1964
Executive Agreement
Filibuster
5. The Supreme court ruled that material vested with a public interest could not be withheld from evidence under the rule of executive privilege
United States vs. Nixon
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Cloture
Big stick diplomacy
6. Radical muslin leader who wanted a total separation of the races
Big Three
Affirmative action
Kennedy - John F.
Malcom X
7. Nonverbal communication of a political idea
Symbolic speech
Dixiecrats
ethnocentrism
GOP
8. Redrawing of congressional districts in order to secure as many representative party voters as possible
Gerrymander
Big Three
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Roe vs. Wade
9. Southerners who supported Reconstruction programs
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Open Door Policy
Affirmative action
Scalawags
10. The supreme court recognized that evidence seized without a search warrant cannot be used
Scalawags
Mapp vs. Ohio
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Cloture
11. 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
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Nixon - Richard M
Affirmative action
Black Tuesday
12. Case decided by the U.S supreme court in 1963 that established the right to legal representation for all defendants in criminal cases
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Populist
Watergate
Miranda vs. Arizona
13. Southern Democrats who opposed Truman because of his support of civil rights; nominated Strom Thurmond for president in 1948 campaign
Dixiecrats
Black Tuesday
Nonproliferation Treaty
Supply-side Economics
14. 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
Reagan - Ronald
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Iran-Contra affair
Populist
15. 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
Big stick diplomacy
De Jure segregation
New Deal
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
16. A closed meeting of Democratic Party leaders to agree on a legislative program
Nixon - Richard M
Scalawags
Deregulation
Caucus
17. The act of making concessions to a political party of military rival
Appeasement
Miranda vs. Arizona
NATO
Class action suit
18. The power of a government to seize private property for public use - usually with compensation to the owner
Crime of '73
Black Tuesday
Bipartisan
eminent domain
19. Legally established segregation
Open Door Policy
De Jure segregation
Muckrakers
Conglomerate
20. The modification of the constitution or a law
Conglomerate
De facto segregation
Amendment
Scalawags
21. Using American military power to fortify the diplomatic policies of the United States
Filibuster
Big stick diplomacy
Kennedy - John F.
Supply-side Economics
22. October 29 - 1929 - the day the stock market fell about 40 points with 16.5 million shares traded
Moral Majority
Kennedy - John F.
Nixon - Richard M
Black Tuesday
23. Laws designed to promote racial segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Civil rights act of 1964
Filibuster
League of Nations
24. Politics that emphasizes cooperation between the major parties
Big Three
Dixiecrats
De Jure segregation
Bipartisan
25. The supreme court decision establishing a woman's right to an abortion
Roe vs. Wade
Mapp vs. Ohio
Iran-Contra affair
Conglomerate
26. 1966 case in which the supreme court decided that all persons who are detained or arrested must be informed of their rights
Referendum
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Mapp vs. Ohio
Miranda vs. Arizona
27. Right wing guerillas who fought the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua
Original Intent
Contras
De facto segregation
Symbolic speech
28. An agreement not to distribute nuclear arms to countries that do not have them
Cloture
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Nonproliferation Treaty
Supply-side Economics
29. Process by which persons acquire citizenship
Affirmative action
Jim Crow Laws
Naturalization
Class action suit
30. Segregation that results from nongovernmental action; i.e. -administered by the pubic
Jim Crow Laws
Franchise
De facto segregation
Populist
31. The act of reducing or eliminating economic controls
Naturalization
De Jure segregation
Deregulation
Mapp vs. Ohio
32. 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)
War Powers Act
Franchise
Court packing
Tuman Doctrine
33. The supreme court declared the doctrine of 'separate but equal' constitutional
Caucus
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Open Door Policy
Bipartisan
34. Parliamentary procedure for ending debate and calling for an immediate vote on a pending matter.
Iran-Contra affair
ethnocentrism
Cloture
Crime of '73
35. The republican party
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
GOP
War Powers Act
United States vs. Nixon
36. Political opposition drawn along party lines
Partisan
Jim Crow Laws
Roe vs. Wade
Executive Agreement
37. Two-term president during the 1980's whose economic policies follower supply-side theory
Kennedy - John F.
King -Jr. - Martin Luther
Watergate
Reagan - Ronald
38. Those implemented by Franklin Delanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression to give relief to the unemployed.
Franchise
Watergate
ethnocentrism
ABC programs
39. Supreme court ruling that established the rule of 'separate but equal' as being constitutional
League of Nations
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Executive Agreement
Original Intent
40. The supreme court upheld the right of a slave owner to reclaim his property after the slave had fled into a free state
Dixiecrats
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Iran-Contra affair
War Powers Act
41. A corporation that has many businesses in unrelated fields
Bipartisan
Cloture
Gerrymander
Conglomerate
42. The process whereby a legislative proposal is vetoed upon by popular vote
Franchise
Affirmative action
Referendum
United States vs. Nixon
43. Declared that trade with China should be open to all nations
Bill of rights
Open Door Policy
Affirmative action
Block grants
44. The illegal entry and phone monitoring in 1972 of Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington by members of the Republican Party
Black Tuesday
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Watergate
Scalawags
45. A lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of persons with a similar legal claim against a party or individual
Class action suit
Roe vs. Wade
Supply-side Economics
Iran-Contra affair
46. Legislation championed by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the great depression that provided a safety net (Social Security) for all members of society
Populist
Appeasement
New Deal
Court packing
47. 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
Caucus
ABC programs
Progressivism
48. A doctrine of Constitutional interpretation that says Supreme court Justices should base their interpretations of the Constitution in its authors' intent
Class action suit
Original Intent
Appeasement
ethnocentrism
49. 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
Jim Crow Laws
Bipartisan
Court packing
Progressivism
50. 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
Filibuster
Crime of '73
Malcom X
Block grants