1. EOC Review
AP US History

2. 1. The evidence in the Watergate case, based on testimony and on the White House tapes, included that Nixon
Was innocent of any wrong doing
Was involved in the case but was not proven guilty of any crime
Was guilty of some minor crimes but was not proven guilty
Was guilty of a major crime: obstructing justice by covering up evidences of the crimes of the others

3. 2. “Reaganomics”, or “supply-side” economics, operated from the assumption that the woes of the American economy were largely the result of
Interest rests
Foreign causes
Excessive taxation
Inadequate government spending

4. 3. During the Gulf War, the United States and its allies fought the forces of
Iraq
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait

5. 4. Effects of the events on September 11, 2001, include
All of the below
The deaths of about 300 Americans
The recognition the anti-American terrorism was possible within the US
The illustrations of how far militants would go in the name of “jihad”

6. 5. Bill Clinton became the first two-term Democratic president since
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter
Dwight E. Eisenhower

7. 6. In the presidential election of 2000, the vote count in Florida was ultimately decided by
A new round of voting by the citizens
A handshake deal that was struck down between the supporters of Gore and Bush
a vote by the members of the Florida state legislature
The US Supreme Court in a very close decision

8. 7. In the 1990s, a virtual monopoly on computer-operating systems was achieved by
Apple
Compaq
Microsoft
Pentium

9. 8. President Johnson’s Great Society programs included all of the following EXCEPT
A federal aid to poor elementary and high school districts
Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to guarantee equality for women
Federal health insurance for the elderly and medical care for the poor and disabled
Federal funding for self- help programs for the poor

10. 9. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Expressed the power feeling of the majority of Americans
Authorized the president to take all necessary steps to defend US forces and interests in Vietnam
Approved the overthrow of the Diem government in Vietnam
Authorized the use of up to 500,000 US troops in Vietnam

11. 10. The Tet Offensive resulted in all of the following EXCEPT
The military defeat of US forces in South Vietnam
Significant military losses by the Vietcong
Reduced public support for Johnson’s conduct of the war
US diplomats advising Johnson against further escalation of the war

12. 11. “Freedom Riders” in the early 1960s aimed at
The integration of the public schools
The desegregation of bus stations
An end to discrimination in employment
The promotion of voting rights for all

13. 12. “Affirmation action” is best described as the legal requirement that
Employers be forced to obey federal and state laws that protect the civil rights of all
Employers take positive measures to recruit minorities to compensate for past injuries
Employers establish racial quotas for their workforce
Employers hire workers who belong Community Action organizations

14. 13.The massive racial unrest and rioting that erupted in more than sixty American cities in 1968 occurred as a result of the assassination of
Malcolm X
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Medgar Evers

15. 14. In her book The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan argued for the idea that
Women who lived the “ideal life” of the suburban housewife were often not fulfilled individuals
Women who banded together could overcome a male-dominated society
The happiest women were those who led fulfilled lives in purely domestic roles
The women’s political movement was unnecessary

16. 15. President Bush assembled a coalition of nations in 1990 to take military action in the Middle East to
Replace Saddam Hussein as the dictator of Iraq
Block Arab nations from attacking Israel
Force Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait
Assist Kurds and Shiites opposed to Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq

17. 16. Until 1998, the only two presidents of the United States to be subjected to impeachment proceedings by the House of Representatives were
Ulysses S. Grant and Warren G. Harding
Andrew Johnson and Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding and Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon

18. 17. President John F Kennedy’s commitment to space exploration was realized in 1969 when
American astronauts walked on the moon and returned to earth
The United States placed a space platform into orbit around the earth
American astronauts circled Mars and returned to earth
A space ship orbited the earth, landed, and was used for later flights

19. 18. The occupation of Alcatraz in 1969 and of the village Wounded Knee in 1973 symbolized the
Desperation of illegal immigrants who resist deportation
Growing militancy of Native American Indians resentful of treaty violations by the federal government
Power of religious cults ruled by charismatic leaders
Growth of the survivalist movement of right-wing extremist distrustful of the federal government

20. 19. The term “McCarthyism” derives from events in the early 1950s involving
Labor union strikes and unrest
Charges of corruption against government officials
The influence of interest groups in determining government policy
Unsupported charges of treason and subversive activity

21. 20.Which action during the late 1950s and early 1960s is most consistent with the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Black separatists call for a new nation populated only by African Americans
African Americans denied the right to vote refuse to serve on juries
African Americans continue to sit at segregated lunch counters after being refused service
People being arrested for violating segregation laws strike out at the police

22. 21. The United States initiated the Marshall Plan in 1948 to
Weaken the control of eastern Europe by the Soviet Union
Rebuild the war-damaged economies of Western Europe
Overcome the blockade of Berlin by the Soviet Union
Establish a mutual defense alliance in Western Europe

23. 22. Which entertainment media became popular only after World War II?TV
Motion Pictures
Radio
Phonograph Records

24. Answer key D C A B

25. Cold War Winston Churchill, Iron Curtain speech
UN: Security Council, General Assembly, Secretary- General
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Israel created, 1948
Berlin Blockade
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

26. Cold War Cont. Warsaw Pact Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
Central Treat Organization (CENTO)
Australia, New Zealand, U.S (ANZUS)
Korean War, Limited war
Truman-McArthur controversy
Dien Bien Phu

27. Cold war Cont. Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh
John Foster Dulles “Massive Retaliation”
Eisenhower Doctrine
U-2 Incident
Castro’s revolution
Bays of Pigs
Alliance for Progress
Cuban Missile Crisis
ICBM

28. Domestic, 1940s and 1950s G.I. Bill of Rights, 1944 Baby boom
Taft- Hartley Act
Dixiecrats, J. Strom Thurmond
Fair Deal
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
McCarthyism, Senator Joseph McCarthy
Alger Hiss

29. Domestic, 1940s and 1950s Julius and Ethel Rosenburg
Twenty-second Amendment
Interstate Highway Act
Alaska, Hawaii
Spuntnik
National Defense Education Act (NDEA act)
Military-industrial complex

30. Black History A Phillip Randolph Gunna Mydrial, An American Dilemma
To Secure These Rights
Brown v. Bd. of education of Topeka
Thurgood Marshall
Rosa Parks, Montgomery bus boycott
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Little Rock, Ark. Crisis
Civil Right Act, 1957 and 1960
Literary tests, grandfather clause, poll taxes, white primaries

31. Blacks Montgomery bus boycott Southern Christian Leadership conference
National Association for the Advancement of colored People (NAACP)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Sit-ins, Freedom rides
“I have a dream” speech
Medgar Evans

32. Blacks Adam Clayton Powell Malcolm X Stokely Carmichael Black Panthers
Black Muslims
Block Power
24th Amendment
Watts, Detroit Race Riots
Kerner Commission on civil Disorders

33. Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
Ho chi Minh
Viet Cong
Dien Bien Phu
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964
Demilitarized zone (DMZ)
Domino Theory
Tet Offensive
Kent State incident, Jackson State incident

34. Vietnam Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers My Lai, Lt. Calley
Senator Fullbright
Bombing of Laos and Cambodia
Vietnamization
Paris Accords, 1973

35. 1960s Miranda Decision, Escobedo decision Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
New Frontier
Kennedy and the steel price rollback
Peace Corps, VISTA
Berlin Wall
Lee Harvey Oswald, Warren Commission
Salvador Allendo
Panama Canal Treaties
Students for a Democratic society (SDS)
Charles Reich, The Greening of America
Election of 1964: LBJ, Goldwater

36. 1960s Great Society War on Poverty Medicare Robert Kennedy
Moon race, Neil Armstrong
The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan
National Organization for women (NOW)
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Ralph Nader, Unsafe at Any Speed

37. 1970s Watergate White house “plumbers” Watergate Tapes
Impeachment proceedings
SALT 1 Agreement
Détente
China visit, 1972
Recognition of China
Henry Kissinger, “shuttle diplomacy”
26th amendment
Chicanos
Cesar Chavez
China visit, 1972
Recognition of China
Henry Kissinger, “shuttle diplomacy”

38. 1970s American Indian Movement (AIM), wounded Knee Arab Oil Embargo
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Alaska Pipeline
Gerald Ford
Nixon Pardon
Jimmy Carter
Panama Canal Treaty
Camp David Accords

39. 1980s and 1990s Olympic boycott, 1980 Reganomics Supply side economics
Sandra Day O’Connor
Three Mile Island
“Star Wars”, SDI, Strategic Defense Initiative
Geraldine Ferraro
AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
“Moral Majority”
Rev. Jerry Falwell
Agent Orange
Challenge disaster

40. 1980s and 1990s Marcos, Philippines, Corazon Aquino
Gorbachev, glasnost, perestroika
Col. Qaddafi, Libya
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rainbow Coalition
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Saddam Hussein, Iraq invade Kuwait
UN Security Council Resolution 661 (Trade embargo on Iraq)
Desert sheild, Gen. Colin Powell
UN Security Council Resolution 678 (authorizes use of force, Iraq must withdraw from Kuwait by Jan. 15, 1991

41. 1980s and 1990s Iran-Contra Affair, Irangate
Panama, Gan. Noriega, Drug-trafficking indictment, Conviction
Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Gen. Schwarzkopf
SCUD missiles, Patriot missiles
MTV
Somalia
Whitewater
Clinton’s Health Plan
Oklahoma city Bombing, 1995
Million Man March on Washington D.C., 1995, Louis Farrakhan
911