11TH GRADE US HISTORY FINAL
EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
partnership - ANSWER-a business organization owned by two or more persons who
agree on a specific division of responsibilities and profits
Glastnost - ANSWER-the Soviet Union's plan to allow more political freedom in the
1980's--Gorbechev was the leader "Openness"
Gerald Ford - ANSWER-president 1974-77, Nixon's Vice president, only person not
voted into the White House, appointed vice president by Nixon: became president
after Nixon resigned
Miranda v Arizona - ANSWER-Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be
informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-
incrimination prior to questioning by police.
Domino Theory - ANSWER-the political theory that if one nation comes under
Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control
Tet Offensive - ANSWER-1968, during Tet, the Vietnam lunar new year - Viet Cong
and North Vietnamese Army raiding forces attacked provincial capitals throughout
Vietnam, even seizing the U.S. embassy for a time. U.S. opinion began turning
against the war.
Bay of Pigs - ANSWER-In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and
supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of
Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster,
President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.
Cuban Missle Crisis - ANSWER-The Soviet Union was secretly building nuclear
missile launch sites in Cuba, which could have been used for a sneak-attack on the
U.S. The U.S. blockaded Cuba until the U.S.S.R. agreed to dismantle the missile
silos.
containment - ANSWER-a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the
expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate pecefully
Nagasaki - ANSWER-Japanese city in which the second atomic bomb was dropped
(August 9, 1945).
genocide - ANSWER-systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
propaganda - ANSWER-information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to
help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
, Francisco Franco - ANSWER-Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in
1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
NATO - ANSWER-North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend
one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France,
Canada, Western European countries
Herbert Hoover - ANSWER-Republican candidate who assumed the presidency in
March 1929 promising the American people prosperity and attempted to first deal
with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the community.
Prohibition - ANSWER-a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
Red Scare - ANSWER-Intense fear of communism and other politically radical ideas
New Deal - ANSWER-The name of President Roosevelt's program for getting the
United States out of the depression
Roosevelt Corrolary - ANSWER-was developed in 1904 to the Monroe Doctrine, in
which the U.S. declared it had the power to supervise the internal affairs of Latin
American countries to ensure U.S. national security. Designed to justify activities and
interventions in the region like the Monroe Doctrine.
Brown v. Board of Education - ANSWER-1954 - The Supreme Court overruled
Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal
and ordered all public schools desegregated.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - ANSWER-1964 Congressional resolution that authorized
President Johnson to commit US troops to south Vietnam and fight a war against
north Vietnam
Medicare/Medicaid - ANSWER-Great Society programs to have the government
provide medical aid to the elderly (Medicare) and the poor (Medicaid).
Roe v Wade - ANSWER-The 1973 Supreme Court decision holding that a state ban
on all abortions was unconstitutional. The decision forbade state control over
abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy, permitted states to limit abortions to
protect the mother's health in the second trimester, and permitted states to protect
the fetus during the third trimester.
Middle East Peace Talks - ANSWER-After the first Gulf War, in 1991, a new peace
process was begun, with Israel and the Palestinians discussing a five-year period of
interim self-rule leading to a final settlement
Jimmy Carter - ANSWER-President who stressed human rights. Because of the
Soviet war in Afghanistan, he enacted an embargo on grain shipments to USSR and
boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
Progressivism - ANSWER-The movement in the late 1800's to increase democracy
in America by curbing the power of the corporation. It fought to end corruption in
EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
partnership - ANSWER-a business organization owned by two or more persons who
agree on a specific division of responsibilities and profits
Glastnost - ANSWER-the Soviet Union's plan to allow more political freedom in the
1980's--Gorbechev was the leader "Openness"
Gerald Ford - ANSWER-president 1974-77, Nixon's Vice president, only person not
voted into the White House, appointed vice president by Nixon: became president
after Nixon resigned
Miranda v Arizona - ANSWER-Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be
informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-
incrimination prior to questioning by police.
Domino Theory - ANSWER-the political theory that if one nation comes under
Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control
Tet Offensive - ANSWER-1968, during Tet, the Vietnam lunar new year - Viet Cong
and North Vietnamese Army raiding forces attacked provincial capitals throughout
Vietnam, even seizing the U.S. embassy for a time. U.S. opinion began turning
against the war.
Bay of Pigs - ANSWER-In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and
supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of
Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster,
President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.
Cuban Missle Crisis - ANSWER-The Soviet Union was secretly building nuclear
missile launch sites in Cuba, which could have been used for a sneak-attack on the
U.S. The U.S. blockaded Cuba until the U.S.S.R. agreed to dismantle the missile
silos.
containment - ANSWER-a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the
expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate pecefully
Nagasaki - ANSWER-Japanese city in which the second atomic bomb was dropped
(August 9, 1945).
genocide - ANSWER-systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
propaganda - ANSWER-information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to
help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
, Francisco Franco - ANSWER-Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in
1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
NATO - ANSWER-North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend
one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France,
Canada, Western European countries
Herbert Hoover - ANSWER-Republican candidate who assumed the presidency in
March 1929 promising the American people prosperity and attempted to first deal
with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the community.
Prohibition - ANSWER-a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
Red Scare - ANSWER-Intense fear of communism and other politically radical ideas
New Deal - ANSWER-The name of President Roosevelt's program for getting the
United States out of the depression
Roosevelt Corrolary - ANSWER-was developed in 1904 to the Monroe Doctrine, in
which the U.S. declared it had the power to supervise the internal affairs of Latin
American countries to ensure U.S. national security. Designed to justify activities and
interventions in the region like the Monroe Doctrine.
Brown v. Board of Education - ANSWER-1954 - The Supreme Court overruled
Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal
and ordered all public schools desegregated.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - ANSWER-1964 Congressional resolution that authorized
President Johnson to commit US troops to south Vietnam and fight a war against
north Vietnam
Medicare/Medicaid - ANSWER-Great Society programs to have the government
provide medical aid to the elderly (Medicare) and the poor (Medicaid).
Roe v Wade - ANSWER-The 1973 Supreme Court decision holding that a state ban
on all abortions was unconstitutional. The decision forbade state control over
abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy, permitted states to limit abortions to
protect the mother's health in the second trimester, and permitted states to protect
the fetus during the third trimester.
Middle East Peace Talks - ANSWER-After the first Gulf War, in 1991, a new peace
process was begun, with Israel and the Palestinians discussing a five-year period of
interim self-rule leading to a final settlement
Jimmy Carter - ANSWER-President who stressed human rights. Because of the
Soviet war in Afghanistan, he enacted an embargo on grain shipments to USSR and
boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
Progressivism - ANSWER-The movement in the late 1800's to increase democracy
in America by curbing the power of the corporation. It fought to end corruption in
