SSUSH20: The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United States.
1. At what conference did the Soviets agree to allow Poland have free elections?
2. At what conference did the U.S. tell the Soviets about the Atomic Bomb?
3. What message had the greatest impact on creating the U.S. Containment Policy?
4. What did the U.S. President create to help oppose the spread of Communism?
5. What did the Secretary of State propose to help European Nations recover?
6. How did the Soviets respond to the Allies unifying their sectors into W. Germany?
7. How did the U.S. allies counter the Soviet response mentioned above?
8. What military alliance was formed by the U.S. and 11 European Nations?
9. What event was the first military response to communist world expansion?
10. President Eisenhower’s preferred foreign policy concerning communism:
11. What was the term described the President willingness to threaten nuclear attack?
12. What term did Eisenhower use to describe the possible spread of communism?
13. What was the communist goal during the above mentioned event?
14. What was the nickname for the panic in America over the spread of communism?
15. Which U.S. Senator led the paranoid investigation for communist subversives?
16. What was the nickname given to the above Senator’s media “witch hunt”
17. What husband and wife team were tried and executed for running a spy ring?
18. What rockets were designed to carry nuclear warheads?
19. What was Kennedy’s use of Conventional Troops & Special Forces known as?
20. What event occurred over U.S /Soviet Missiles and a U.S. Naval Blockade?
21. What CIA sponsored event in Cuba was a total failure?
22. Why might the U.S. be partly to blame for causing the above incident?
23. What was the primary reconnaissance aircraft used by the U.S. during the Cold War?
24. What event convinced the U.S. to send combat troops into Vietnam?
25. What actually gave the President the power to send troops to Vietnam?
26. What was the code name of the Bombing Campaign under LBJ?
27. Why was President L.B.J. hesitant to send troops into North Vietnam?
28. What event is considered the turning point of the conflict (due to the media)?
29. What was created due to negative media coverage during the war?
30. What did Congress do when Nixon sent troops into Cambodia?
SSUSH21: The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States, 1945-1970.
31. What was Eisenhower’s solution to rapidly deploy the military in the future?
32. What were the housing areas called that developed outside cities?
33. What was the most famous housing development (mentioned above) near New York City?
34. What had the greatest impact or influence on the development of these housing areas?
35. What form of media had the greatest impact on changing America in the 1950’s-70’s?
36. How was the above form of media first used in the 1960 Presidential Campaign?
37. Media coverage of controversial political events caused these to occur in America:
38. The new form of media had the greatest impact on what major movement?
39. What technological development allowed the computer age to occur?
40. What company did Bill Gates and Paul Allen develop in the 1970’s and 80’s?
41. What company did Stephen Wozniack and Steve Jobs form in the 1970’s and 80’s?
42. What technological program literally allowed the U.S. to reach “New Frontiers?”
SSUSH21: The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States, 1945-1970.
43. What was the name given the U.S. / Soviet competition to reach the moon first?
44. Which president promoted the development of rocket propulsion for exploration?
SSUSH22: The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.
45. What was President Truman’s greatest Civil Rights accomplishment?
46. What Executive Order did the president issue to accomplish the above answer?
47. Which Civil Rights Leader influenced the president to make the above decision?
48. Who was the former Military Officer who broke the color barrier in Baseball?
49. What landmark case reversed the Plessy vs Ferguson decision?
50. What did the above case declare unconstitutional?
51. What basic phrase had been used to describe the above racial division?
52. How did Southern Politicians respond to the Supreme Court ruling?
53. What event occurred in Arkansas in 1957 after the above Supreme Court Ruling?
54. What organization was formed in 1909 to promote Civil Rights?
55. What organization was formed in the South to promote Peaceful Resistance activities during the Civil
Rights Movement?
56. Who was the key leader of the above named organization?
57. What event occurred in 1955-56 when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus?
58. What organization was created by college students who wanted to make a difference in the Civil Rights
Movement?
59. What was the famous event called when four college students conducted a sit-in?
60. What was the name given to young adults bringing attention to interstate busing?
61. What is considered the most important Civil Rights speech of the 1960’s?
62. During what event was this speech actually given?
63. During what event were MLK’s “Letters from the Birmingham Jail” written?
64. What famous world leader had the greatest impact on MLK’s philosophy?
65. Which Civil Rights Leader promoted a more violent method of gaining rights?
66. What organization was formed to carry on the above leader’s work?
67. What was the philosophy that the above leader and organization promoted?
68. What was the most important legislation designed to reduce discrimination?
69. What was the most important legislation concerning voting rights?
70. What was the above legislation designed to eliminate?
SSUSH23: The Student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.
71. What was the common name given to the powerful Supreme Court in the 1960’s?
72. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the late 1950’s and 1960’s?
73. What Supreme Court decision desegregated schools in America?
74. What Supreme Court decision protected people’s rights when being arrested?
75. What Supreme Court decision declared Prayer in Schools Unconstitutional?
76. Which Civil Rights Act protects against discrimination based on race, religion, & gender?
77. Which U.S. President recommended the above legislation to Congress?
78. Which U.S. President actually signed the above act into law?
79. Which Civil Rights Act banned the use of Poll Tax & Literacy Tests in the South?
80. Which Civil Rights Act banned discrimination in the housing market?
81. What was the name given to John F. Kennedy’s new Domestic Policies as President?
82. What was the name given to Lyndon B. Johnson’s new Domestic Policies as President?
83. What new legislation was passed to provide health care assistance for the elderly?
84. What new legislation was passed to provide health care assistance to low income families?
85. What four key leaders were assassinated during the 1960’s?
SSUSH24: The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.
86. Who sparked Civil Rights activists to protest segregated busing in Montgomery, AL?
87. What name was given to this protest from 1957-1959?
88. What Civil Rights leader became a prominent leader of this protest?
89. What organization did this Civil Rights Leader help form:
90. James Farmer created what Civil Rights organization in 1957?
91. Ella Baker created what Student Based Civil Rights organization in 1960?
92. What form of peaceful resistance did the two above organizations promote in the 1960’s?
93. What is the most famous example of the above form of peaceful resistance in 1960?
94. How did these organizations protest segregated public busing in the south?
95. Who was the most famous Attorney for the NAACP in the 1960’s?
96. What key Supreme Court Case made him famous?
97. What event in Arkansas tested the decisions in the above Supreme Court case?
98. What was the new name for the Women’s Rights Movement?
99. What book, written by Betty Friedan, helped revive the women’s movement?
100. What organization was formed to promote Women’s Rights?
101. What student organization was the most active against U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
102. Where did a college Anti-War protest result in the death of four College Students?
103. What organization was formed to fight for the rights of migrant farmworkers?
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Who was the key organizer and leader of the above mentioned organization?
What Latin-American organization promoted increased voting rights in the 1970’s?
What is the nickname given to the sudden rise in environmental concerns in America?
What annual event was created in the 1970’s to focus on environmental concerns?
SSUSH25: The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
108. Which U.S. President was the first to actually visit China?
109. The above visit to China resulted in the President being invited to visit what other nation?
110. Who was the key negotiator and Secretary of State under the above President?
111. What term is used to describe the new policy designed to ease Cold War Tensions?
112. The above mentioned President signed numerous laws focusing on what issue?
113. What is the name of the scandal that occurred during the 1972 Presidential Elections?
114. What was Congresses decision concerning the President’s involvement in the scandal?
115. Which Supreme Court Case decision defined abortion rights in the 1970’s?
116. Which Supreme Court Case challenged the constitutionality of Affirmative Action?
117. What was President Gerald Ford’s greatest economic challenge during his presidency?
118. What was President Gerald Ford’s greatest foreign policy success?
119. What event caused President Jimmy Carter to propose a National Energy Department?
120. How did President Carter oppose the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
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What was President Carter’s greatest foreign policy success?
What may be considered President Carter’s greatest foreign policy failure?
What was President Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy called?
What did President Reagan call the Soviet Union during a public speech?
Which of President Reagan’s programs did Congress vote against due to cost?
126. What was the nickname given to the above mentioned program?
127. Which arms-deal scandal was President Ronald Reagan linked to?
128. What term is still used today to describe President Reagan’s economic policies?
SSUSH25: The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
129. What is President Ronald Reagan often credited for concerning U.S./Soviet relations?
130. What major U.S. involved conflict occurred during George Bush’s Presidency?
131. Which U.S. President was the first to promote a major Health Care Reform Bill since F.D.R.?
132. What was the focus of the “Brady Bill” passed by Congress in 1993?
133. What major peace talks did President Bill Clinton negotiate in 1993?
134. Who was President Clinton accused of having an affair with in 1998?
135. What did Congress attempt to do due to his failure to tell the truth about the affair?
136. What Supreme Court Case occurred over the 2000 Voting Scandal in Florida?
137. What major disaster occurred on September 11th, 2001?
138. What Islamic Terrorist Group claimed responsibility for the attacks?
139. What name has been given to the campaign to eliminate global terrorism?
140. What piece of legislation did President G. W. Bush sign into law due to 9/11?
141. What national organization was created to supervise national security due to 9/11?
142. What natural disaster struck the U.S. during G. W. Bush’s Presidency?