The 1950s phenomenon known as McCarthyism refers to:
The anti-communist hysteria and witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy
The widespread popularity of fast food restaurants
The rise of the counterculture movement
The spread of suburban development
Correct Answer :
A. The anti-communist hysteria and witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy
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The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision declared that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning which earlier precedent?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
Roe v. Wade
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The 1965 Voting Rights Act aimed to overcome legal barriers preventing African Americans from:
Exercising their right to vote
Owning property
Serving in the military
Attending integrated schools
The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on which two Japanese cities to end World War II?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Osaka
Kyoto and Yokohama
Nagoya and Fukuoka
The 1898 Spanish-American War was fought over issues related to which country's independence movement?
Cuba
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Mexico
Which of the following was a key provision of the Homestead Act of 1862?
Granting 160 acres of public land to settlers for a small fee, provided they improved the land
Providing financial assistance to World War I veterans
Establishing a system of reservations for Native American tribes
Expanding the rights of workers in industrial factories
The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, aimed to:
Regulate and promote fair business practices during the Great Depression
Provide financial assistance to World War I veterans
Establish a national healthcare system
Strengthen the military during a period of international tension
The 1920 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to:
Vote
Own property
Run for public office
Equal pay in the workplace
The 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand, was a significant victory for which Native American tribe?
Lakota Sioux
Apache
Cherokee
Nez Perce
The 1933 New Deal program known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) aimed to address unemployment by:
Employing young men in conservation and public works projects
Providing financial assistance to struggling industries
Offering loans to small businesses
Subsidizing agricultural production
The 1969 Apollo 11 mission achieved what significant milestone in human history?
The first successful transatlantic flight
The first manned moon landing
The first successful nuclear test
The first human cloning experiment
The 1869 completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad was symbolized by the driving of a golden spike at which location?
Promontory Summit, Utah
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
San Francisco, California
Omaha, Nebraska
The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is best known for:
Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech
Demanding an end to the Vietnam War
Advocating for women's suffrage
Calling for increased military spending
The 1935 Social Security Act established a system of:
Old-age pensions and unemployment insurance
Universal healthcare
College scholarships for low-income students
Veterans' benefits for World War II veterans
The 1944 Bretton Woods Conference established a new international monetary system that:
Fixed exchange rates to the U.S. dollar and established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank
Abandoned all forms of international monetary regulation
Led to the formation of the European Union
Created the gold standard for global trade
The U.S. policy of Vietnamization during the Vietnam War aimed to:
Gradually transfer responsibility for the war to South Vietnamese forces
Seek a diplomatic resolution with North Vietnam
Escalate military operations in North Vietnam
Promote anti-communist revolutions in neighboring countries
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense standoff between the United States and which other nation?
Soviet Union
China
Cuba
North Korea
The 1869 completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad was symbolized by the driving of a golden spike at which location?
Promontory Summit, Utah
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
San Francisco, California
Omaha, Nebraska
The 1947 Truman Doctrine was aimed at providing financial and military assistance to countries threatened by:
Communism
Fascism
Imperialism
Nationalism
The 1803 Louisiana Purchase was made from which country?
France
Spain
Mexico
Britain
The 1964 Civil Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to:
Prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
Provide financial assistance to veterans
Establish a national healthcare system
Regulate the stock market
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was later repealed by the 21st Amendment, established:
Prohibition of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
Women's suffrage
The right to bear arms
The direct election of senators
The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is best known for:
Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech
Demanding an end to the Vietnam War
Advocating for women's suffrage
Calling for increased military spending
The 1969 Woodstock Music Festival is often associated with which countercultural movement?
The hippie movement
The civil rights movement
The feminist movement
The labor movement
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a cultural movement primarily focused on:
Celebrating African American art, literature, and music
Promoting European art styles in the United States
Advocating for women's suffrage
Opposing Prohibition laws
The New Deal, implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, aimed to address the economic challenges of the Great Depression through:
Government intervention and social programs
Deregulation and laissez-faire policies
Military expansion and arms production
Tax cuts for the wealthy
The Great Society programs initiated by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s aimed to:
Address poverty and promote social welfare through government intervention
Promote deregulation and free market policies
Increase military spending and intervention in foreign affairs
Expand the nuclear arsenal of the United States
The Progressive Movement advocated for various reforms, including:
Regulation of big businesses and monopolies
The expansion of territorial acquisitions
A return to laissez-faire economic policies
The elimination of the federal income tax
The 1965 Voting Rights Act aimed to:
Eliminate barriers that prevented African Americans from voting
Establish a national identification system for voters
Enforce stricter residency requirements for voting
Limit the voting rights of women
The term Manifest Destiny referred to the belief that:
The United States was destined to expand across the entire continent
The U.S. should remain isolated from international affairs
Slavery was morally wrong and should be abolished
Native American tribes should be granted sovereignty
Which U.S. president signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830, leading to the forced relocation of Native American tribes in the southeastern U.S.?
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Madison