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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. The process whereby a legislative proposal is vetoed upon by popular vote
Brown vs. Board of education of topeka
Referendum
Crime of '73
Watergate
2. Radical muslin leader who wanted a total separation of the races
Malcom X
League of Nations
Big stick diplomacy
Referendum
3. 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
Block grants
Appeasement
De facto segregation
4. An agreement not to distribute nuclear arms to countries that do not have them
Deregulation
Original Intent
Iran-Contra affair
Nonproliferation Treaty
5. Investigative journalists and authors who exposed corruption in business and government
Referendum
Open Door Policy
Civil rights act of 1964
Muckrakers
6. Southerners who supported Reconstruction programs
Bipartisan
Nonproliferation Treaty
Iran-Contra affair
Scalawags
7. October 29 - 1929 - the day the stock market fell about 40 points with 16.5 million shares traded
Dixiecrats
Gerrymander
Muckrakers
Black Tuesday
8. Redrawing of congressional districts in order to secure as many representative party voters as possible
Franchise
Gerrymander
Dixiecrats
Filibuster
9. The act of making concessions to a political party of military rival
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Appeasement
Nonproliferation Treaty
Naturalization
10. Economic theory that says if government policies leave more money in the hands of people - they will invest it and stimulate the economy
Civil rights act of 1964
Supply-side Economics
Court packing
Black Tuesday
11. A corporation that has many businesses in unrelated fields
Conglomerate
Open Door Policy
Contras
Gideon vs. Wainwright
12. Leaders of the three major allied powers ( Roosevelt - Churchill and Stalin)
Big stick diplomacy
War Powers Act
Class action suit
Big Three
13. Politics that emphasizes cooperation between the major parties
Amendment
Naturalization
Bipartisan
Gerrymander
14. The supreme court recognized that evidence seized without a search warrant cannot be used
Executive Agreement
Mapp vs. Ohio
Class action suit
Filibuster
15. A lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of persons with a similar legal claim against a party or individual
League of Nations
Court packing
Class action suit
Referendum
16. North Atlantic Treaty Organization; pledged that and attack against one was an attack against all
NATO
Cloture
Miranda vs. Arizona
Deregulation
17. A doctrine of Constitutional interpretation that says Supreme court Justices should base their interpretations of the Constitution in its authors' intent
Franchise
ABC programs
Original Intent
Civil rights act of 1964
18. What pro-inflation forces called the demonetization of silver
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19. Laws designed to promote racial segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Miranda vs. Arizona
Big Three
20. Declared that trade with China should be open to all nations
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
Open Door Policy
Iran-Contra affair
Plessy vs. Ferguson
21. 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
Executive Agreement
Iran-Contra affair
Progressivism
Dixiecrats
22. Southern Democrats who opposed Truman because of his support of civil rights; nominated Strom Thurmond for president in 1948 campaign
De facto segregation
Dixiecrats
Crime of '73
Malcom X
23. Using American military power to fortify the diplomatic policies of the United States
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Caucus
Tuman Doctrine
Big stick diplomacy
24. 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
Crime of '73
Populist
New Deal
25. The right to engage in the electing of public office holders
Franchise
Executive Agreement
Bipartisan
Plessy vs. Ferguson
26. The act requires Congress to approve stationing American troops overseas fro more than 90 days (so that another Vietnam wouldn't happen)
War Powers Act
Nixon - Richard M
Naturalization
Tuman Doctrine
27. Two-term president during the 1980's whose economic policies follower supply-side theory
Reagan - Ronald
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Deregulation
Partisan
28. 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
Caucus
Bill of rights
Supply-side Economics
Populist
29. The illegal entry and phone monitoring in 1972 of Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington by members of the Republican Party
Miranda vs. Arizona
Naturalization
Watergate
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
30. The Supreme court ruled that material vested with a public interest could not be withheld from evidence under the rule of executive privilege
Supply-side Economics
United States vs. Nixon
Muckrakers
Black Tuesday
31. Political opposition drawn along party lines
De Jure segregation
Partisan
War Powers Act
Referendum
32. Nonverbal communication of a political idea
De Jure segregation
ABC programs
eminent domain
Symbolic speech
33. A closed meeting of Democratic Party leaders to agree on a legislative program
Amendment
Black Tuesday
Caucus
Naturalization
34. A belief that one's ethnic group is superior
Appeasement
Nixon - Richard M
ethnocentrism
eminent domain
35. Segregation that results from nongovernmental action; i.e. -administered by the pubic
De facto segregation
De Jure segregation
Block grants
Caucus
36. The act of reducing or eliminating economic controls
Open Door Policy
Deregulation
Referendum
Roosevelt - Franklin D.
37. Supreme court ruling that established the rule of 'separate but equal' as being constitutional
NATO
Filibuster
Reagan - Ronald
Plessy vs. Ferguson
38. Legislation championed by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the great depression that provided a safety net (Social Security) for all members of society
Malcom X
New Deal
eminent domain
Bipartisan
39. Right wing guerillas who fought the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua
Crime of '73
Contras
Muckrakers
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
40. 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)
Tuman Doctrine
Block grants
ABC programs
Court packing
41. Case decided by the U.S supreme court in 1963 that established the right to legal representation for all defendants in criminal cases
GOP
Amendment
Tuman Doctrine
Gideon vs. Wainwright
42. The power of a government to seize private property for public use - usually with compensation to the owner
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Tuman Doctrine
eminent domain
War Powers Act
43. 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
Civil rights act of 1964
Cloture
Class action suit
44. Those implemented by Franklin Delanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression to give relief to the unemployed.
Caucus
Deregulation
Roe vs. Wade
ABC programs
45. Informal agreements made by the executive with a foreign government
Executive Agreement
Progressivism
Tuman Doctrine
Deregulation
46. 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
War Powers Act
Gerrymander
Kennedy - John F.
eminent domain
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
Big Three
Caucus
Moral Majority
Appeasement
48. Legislative act that removed racial barriers in all places vested with public interest
Big Three
GOP
Civil rights act of 1964
Class action suit
49. Parliamentary procedure for ending debate and calling for an immediate vote on a pending matter.
De facto segregation
Appeasement
Cloture
Big Three
50. The republican party
War Powers Act
Original Intent
Plessy vs. Ferguson
GOP