sem 2 exam 4

Question 1

war on poverty

Answer 1

lbj, series of social programs that expanded gov’t assistance and welfare

Question 2

medicare and medicaid (1965)

Answer 2

health insurance for the elderly and low income individuals

Question 3

elementary and secondary education act

Answer 3

provided fed funding for public shcools

Question 4

gulf of tonkin resolution (1964)

Answer 4

gave lbj the authority to escalate the us involvement in vietnam (boat exploded of coast of vietnam or smth)

Question 5

operation rolling thunder (1965-68)

Answer 5

massive bombing campaign against north vietnam

Question 6

tet offensive (1968)

Answer 6

surprise viet cong attack, turning public opinion against the war the lbj

Question 7

student nonviolent coordinate committee (sncc)

Answer 7

founded in 1960 to organize campaigns

Question 8

greensboro sit ins, freedom rides

Answer 8

civil rights protests, faces with violent backlash

Question 9

birmingham campaign (1963)

Answer 9

brutality against peaceful protestors shocks nation

Question 10

malcom x, black panthers

Answer 10

had black militant approaches to civil rights demands

Question 11

march on washington

Answer 11

250k ppl rally in dc, mlk has i have a dream speech

Question 12

civil rights act of 1964

Answer 12

signed by lbj, banning racial segregation

Question 13

bloody sunday (1965)

Answer 13

marches arming to increase black suffrage are met with brutal violence

Question 14

voting rights act of 1965

Answer 14

bans literacy tests, allowed for fed oversight of southern elections

Question 15

vietnamization

Answer 15

nixon’s policy to end us involvement in vietnam by troop withdrawal

Question 16

new economic policy

Answer 16

ends gold standard, price and wage freeze, and 10% protective tariff

Question 17

pentagon papers (1974)

Answer 17

leaking of docs that reveal prior gov’t deception in vietnam

Question 18

detente

Answer 18

nixon’s approach to ease cold war tensions, visited china and ussr

Question 19

watergate

Answer 19

political scandal involving a break-in at the dem nat’l convention hq and a white house cover-up, nixon resigns in 1974 after tapes reveal attempt of obstruction of justice

Question 20

paris peace accords (1973)

Answer 20

ends direct us military involvement in vietnam war (nixon)

Question 21

wars powers act (1973)

Answer 21

passed to limit the president’s ability to sent troop w/out approval

Question 22

oil and energy crisis

Answer 22

opec (middle eastern countries with oil) cuts oil supply to the us bc of us’s support of israel, leading to soaring prices and inflation, 1973 (nixon)

Question 23

camp david accords (1978)

Answer 23

historic peace treaty between egypt and israel brokered by carter

Question 24

iran hostage crisis (1979)

Answer 24

52 americans are taken hostage in tehran and held for 444 days

Question 25

stagflation (70s)

Answer 25

economic hit due to high inflation, high unemployment, and slow growth (nixon-carter)

Question 26

crisis of confidence speech (1979)

Answer 26

carter's failed attempt to inspire the nation, seen as weak

Question 27

supply-side economics

Answer 27

major tax cuts for top earners, argues that wealth "trickles down" to rest of population

Question 28

nat'l debt under reagan

Answer 28

triples, cuts welfare programs to spend more on military, welfare cut causes mini recession but military spending declines unemployment and economy rebounds

Question 29

iran-contra affair

Answer 29

secret arms sales to iran, profits were illegally sent to nicaraguan rebels (reagan)

Question 30

inf treaty

Answer 30

signed in 1987, reagan being more diplomatic with ussr

Question 31

end of cold war

Answer 31

berlin wall falls in 1989, ussr dissolved in 1991

Question 32

persian gulf war (1990)

Answer 32

led by bush sr., expelled iraq from kuwait

Question 33

clinton election

Answer 33

elected in 1992 after independent ross perot takes gop votes away from bush bc he raised taxes (when he said he wouldnt) bc of 1990 recession

Question 34

nafta (1994)

Answer 34

promoted free trade across north america (mexico canada us), globalization

Question 35

internet economy (1990s)

Answer 35

strong gdp growth, low unemployment, budget surplus

Question 36

clinton impeachment

Answer 36

impeached after ppl found out he had an affair with white house intern, senate acquitted him of obstruction of justice (1999) and support for him remained high bc the economy was doing good