final exam tailored facts

Question 1

What years did the Indian Wars take place?

Answer 1

1864-1886

Question 2

What did the Asian Exclusion Act of 1882 prohibit?

Answer 2

Immigration of Chinese laborers

Question 3

What doctrine was in effect during U.S. neutrality from 1914-1916?

Answer 3

Monroe Doctrine

Question 4

What was the Plan de San Diego and its impact in 1915?

Answer 4

It rose tensions along the US-Mexico border

Question 5

What is the Braceros program?

Answer 5

Labor contracting for Mexican migrants to work on farms

Question 6

What did the Good Neighbor Policy define?

Answer 6

The relationship between the US and Latin American countries

Question 7

What was the purpose of the pass system established in 1927?

Answer 7

To move immigrants up north to work on farms

Question 8

What did Agricultural Labor Law No. 45 provide?

Answer 8

Funding to assist in securing a labor supply for agricultural production

Question 9

What does Public Law 78 (1951) allow?

Answer 9

Mexican citizens to come into the US for temporary work

Question 10

When did Europe begin World War II?

Answer 10

September 1939

Question 11

What happened to Japanese Americans after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941?

Answer 11

They were forced into relocation camps

Question 12

What was the economic motivation behind the Cold War?

Answer 12

To prove capitalism was better than socialism/communism

Question 13

What was the Korean War?

Answer 13

A conflict where North Korea tried to invade South Korea

Question 14

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan (1948)?

Answer 14

To rebuild European economies and deter communism

Question 15

What was the Warsaw Pact?

Answer 15

Military alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries

Question 16

What did the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act of 1952 add?

Answer 16

Anti-communist provisions to immigration laws

Question 17

What did the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 restrict?

Answer 17

Workers’ ability to unionize against employers

Question 18

What was the primary purpose of the CIA when it was created in 1947?

Answer 18

To prevent nations from becoming radical Soviet

Question 19

What incident occurred in August 1964 involving the Gulf of Tonkin?

Answer 19

Vietminh attacked US destroyers

Question 20

What was Operation Rolling Thunder?

Answer 20

US bombing campaign against North Vietnam from 1965-1968

Question 21

What was the Tet Offensive?

Answer 21

Surprise attacks by North Vietnam on January 30, 1968

Question 22

What was the My Lai incident?

Answer 22

A massacre of Vietnamese civilians by US troops in 1968

Question 23

What does SALT I stand for?

Answer 23

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Question 24

What was the significance of Nixon’s visit to Beijing in 1972?

Answer 24

To establish relations and hinder communist influence in China

Question 25

What was SALT II signed during Jimmy Carter's presidency?

Answer 25

An agreement to limit nuclear weapons

Question 26

What did the Middle East Peace Treaty of 1979 accomplish?

Answer 26

End state of war between Egypt and Israel

Question 27

What was the Recession of 1973 primarily caused by?

Answer 27

The oil crisis

Question 28

What was the Reagan Doctrine?

Answer 28

To undo communist influence in foreign countries

Question 29

How did 9/11 affect US foreign policy?

Answer 29

Shifted focus to global stability and fight against terrorism

Question 30

What did the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 aim to do?

Answer 30

Reform healthcare to reduce costs

Question 31

What was the purpose of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017?

Answer 31

To reduce corporate tax rates and increase deduction standards