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1. The postwar era from 1945-1960 was characterized by: 0/1 Huge growth of suburbs in the 1950's from the farms. 2. The baby boom. Lots of sales of baby stuff and focus on education. 3. Affluence- Economy boomed, appliances started to sell 4. New consumer products-frozen food, cigarettes 5. Conformity in the suburbs, Same material possessions 2. The Post World War II Boom was caused by: 1/1 American consumers finally had a chance to indulge after the depression - People had a lot of personal savings by the end of the war - The Cold War provided the extra stimulus - The Marshall Plan and foreign aid programs financed a heavy export trade 3. Truman's Fair Deal was successful in passing: 1/1 1. National Medical Insurance. 2. Federal Aid to education. 3. A federal agency to prevent economic discrimination against African Americans. 4. An overhaul of the federal farms subsidy programs. Accomplishments: None of those programs passed, except an increase in minimum wage and increase in Americans covered by social security. 4. Dwight Eisenhower's legislative accomplishments included: 0/1 civils rights act of 1967 5. In the effort to desegregate schools in the US: 0/1 Supreme court used ruled segregate schools 6. John F. Kennedy won the presidential election of 1960 due to all of the following EXCEPT: 1/1 Chose Linden Johnson as VP to blunt the effect of Nixon's southern strategy Mastered television (looked & sounded good) Exploited the nation's frustration over Sputnik (Missile race: MUST BEAT RUSSIANS) Pledged renewed commitment to the Cold War Helped secure the release of MLKJ from jail 7. The Second Berlin Crisis in 1962 ended with: 1/1 Statement between US & Russia; nothing progressed Russia & East Germany constructed the Berlin Wall around west Berlin 8. As a result of the Cuban missile crisis: 0/1 All the above 9. President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society legislative accomplishments included all of the following EXCEPT: 1/1 The war on poverty legislation Medicare and Medicaid (couldn't afford insurance) Huge general aid for education Voting rights act of 1965 Immigration reform legislation (liberalized federal immigration policies) 10. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution led to all of the following EXCEPT: 0/1 Quick peace in south Vietnam 11. The full-scale American involvement in the Vietnam War in 1965 by Lyndon Johnson came about because: 1/1 President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina. 12. The Republicans won the presidential election of 1968 because of all the following EXCEPT: 0/1 Widespread voting fraud in Illinois and Texas 13. The Tet Offensive in January 1968: 1/1 Prolonged attack by North Vietnamese troops (in northern part of South Vietnam) North Vietnamese army and allies launched attacks on South Vietnam Those attacks included: the American Embassy of Saigon American army and soviet army repulsed these attacks a nd defeated North Vietnamese RESULTS • Thought of as a major turning point in the war • Communist failed to win control and suffered heavy losses (North Vietnamese) • US military promptly asked for another 200,000 troops

14. The fundamental change in the civil rights movement in the mid-1960s was from: 0/1 Peaceful integration to black power 15. Richard Nixon's foreign policy adviser was 1/1 Henry Alfred Kissinger 16. President Nixon's plan to end the Vietnam War in 1972 included: 1/1 Gradual withdraw of American troops training SV troops to take over combat roles Renewing bombing of N.V & Cambodia Take hard- line in negotiations RESULTS: • More student protests • Truce was signed, disguised surrender 17. The Watergate Scandal included all of the following EXCEPT: 1/1 18. The causes of the energy crisis in 1973-1974 included: 1/1 refusal of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to sell crude to the U.S 19. Jimmy Carter proved to be a failure as President due to all of the following EXCEPT : 0/ 1Carter was lazy and did not work hard 20. Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy Carter in 1980 due to all of the following EXCEPT : 0/1 21. Ronald Reagan's supply-side economics favored: 0/1 Lower spending lower taxes 22. Ronald Reagan hoped to reduce government spending in all of the following EXCEPT : 1/1 23. In the election of 1988, all of the following occurred EXCEPT : 0/1 24. Most of the immigrants to the US between 1970 and 1999 came from: 1/1 Latin America 25. The largest ethnic minority group in the US in 2010 was: 1/1 Hispanics 26. The second largest ethnic minority group in the US in 2010 was: 1/1 African Americans 27. Hispanic Americans in the US in 2010 had all of the following characteristics EXCEPT : 1/1 28. The fastest growing minority group in 2002 were the: 1/1 Asian Americans 29. In the election of 1992 all of the following occurred EXCEPT : 0/1 30. In his domestic policy, Bill Clinton: 0/1 Pushed 240 4 in taxes despite his promise of a tax

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