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