HUS Final Review

Team Quizzo

• Betting Round included• Do not shout out answers• Scoring – the honors system• When we go over answers, lets talk about

them a bit and answer the age old question “why is this important”

• You may take notes by all means• Study over the weekend!

Round 11.Belief that communism would spread to other countries

(particularly in South East Asia) – used to justify our involvement in Vietnam

2. she wrote The Feminine Mystique and later became leader of NOW

3.converted Muslim who aggressively fought for civil rights and was killed in 19654. group of students in Arkansas who integrated Central

High School5. invention that led to the standardization of society in the

1950s6. policy that the US followed to stop the spread of

communism

7. Aura that surrounded the Kennedy family8. amendment that changed the voting age from 21 to 189. separation of the races in S. Africa; US showed

disapproval with sanctions10.Nickname given to Reagan for his ability to speak

informally and down-to-Earth to the American public11. scandal during Nixon’s administration that proved the

president was not above the law12. Offensive during the Vietnam New Year that proved

the Vietnamese were not about to give up; led to credibility gap (major turning point of public opinion during the war)

Round 1

1. Domino Theory2. Betty Freidan3. Malcolm X4. Little Rock 95. TV6. Containment

7. Kennedy Mystique8. 26th Amendment9. Apartheid10. The Great Communicator11. Watergate12. Tet Offensive

Round 2 1. The Interstate Highway Act was passed during his

administration2. This famous Supreme Court case protected the

rights of the accused by saying that a person had to be read their rights prior to arrest

3. LBJ’s domestic program that was undermined by the Vietnam War

4. This man lost the very close 1960 election some say due to a televised presidential debate

5. An extension of the Cold War that included Sputnik and landing on the moon.

6. A general feeling of confusion and hopelessness felt by many towards the end of the 1970s

7. Nixon’s idea of turning the responsibility of fighting the Vietnam War over to the Vietnamese

8. The most glaring physical symbol of the Cold War9. The energy crisis of the 1970s was created in large part

due to…10. The biggest nuclear accident (near-meltdown) in US

history, contributed to lack of faith in using nuclear energy towards the end of the 1970s

11. The discovery of these wound up being the evidence that brought down Nixon during the Watergate Scandal

12. Secret US documents leaked to the NY times in 1971 that revealed instances of government secrecy, lies and incompetence in handling the Vietnam War throughout the 1960s

Rnd 2

1. Eisenhower2. Miranda V. Arizona3. The Great Society4. Nixon5. Space Race6. Malaise

7. Vietnamization8. Berlin Wall9. OPEC crisis (embargo)10.3 Mile Island11.White House Tapes12.Pentagon Papers

Round 31. This brought the US to the brink of Nuclear War during

Kennedy’s administration, involved Castro and Khrushchev

2. Established by Kennedy, this group successfully helps 3rd world countries build all types of infrastructure

3. Government supplied health insurance for the elderly4 Program of Kennedy’s that was designed to improve

relations in Latin America5. discrepancy between what the media reports and what

the government says6. Nixon expanded the Vietnam War into this country to

disrupt the VC’s supply lines

7. A voter registration drive in Mississippi in 1964 that resulted in the murders of 3 civil rights workers

8. Many argue that Nixon’s greatest diplomatic achievements were opening up relations with these two countries

9.This was the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion within the 1st trimester

10. This man won the 1968 presidential election by appealing to the “silent majority”

11. This act was a result of the recognition that the office of the president had too much power when administering/starting a war – it reversed the Tonkin Resolution

12. This agency was set up during Nixon’s administration and was later important in such places as Love Canal

1. Cuban Missile Crisis2. Peace Corps3. Medicare4. Alliance for Progress5. Credibility Gap6. Cambodia

Round 3Round 3

Round 3

7. Freedom Summer8. Soviet Union and China9. Roe v. Wade (1973)10. Nixon11. War Powers Act 12. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Round 41. Reaganomics can be best describe by one of these two

economic terms2. to “keep up w/ the Joneses” Americans in the 1950s

bought many goods. This is called…3. He was president at the start of the Korean War4. Landmark Supreme Court case that desegregated

schools in 1954, reversed Plessy V. Ferguson 5. segregation by law6. These individuals acted to enforce the integration of

interstate busing in the South in 1961

7. The King of Rock and Roll 8. Jack Kerouac wrote, On the Road, which became the

most famous book of this group of writers9. a child was born every seven seconds at the height of

the __________ _______.10. First use of the phrase “black power” is attributed to him 11. His book The Other America influenced LBJ’s War on

Poverty12. He became a leader of the civil rights movement when

he organized the bus boycott in Montgomery, AL

Round 4

1. Trickle-down/supply-side economics2. Consumerism (or conformity)3. Truman4. Brown v. Board of Ed, Topeka, KS5. De jure6. Freedom Riders

7. Elvis8. Beatnik generation (or beat generation)9. Baby Boom10.Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)11.Michael Harrington 12. Martin Luther King Jr.

1. Group who went after communists in entertainment

industry during the early years of the Cold War2. This failed invasion of Cuba led to an alliance between

Castro and Khrushchev3. This plan promised Europe $13 billion in aid so that

nations devastated by WWII would not fall to communism

4. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed by this president

5. Huey Newton and Bobby Seale are most readily associated w/ this group.

6. Secretary of state who promoted of “massive retaliation” and “brinkmanship”

Round 5

7. MLK promoted this type of civil disobedience 8. Busing was an issue during integration; what president

tried to appease whites by slowing down busing?9. The Interstate Highway Act led to the formation of these;

(which depleted the tax base in urban areas)10. This act, passed under Clinton, allowed moms/dads to

stay home for 12 weeks with new babies without fear of losing jobs

11. Massacre of approx 350 under 2nd Lt William Calley during the Vietnam War

12. This was the education policy of George W. Bush

1. HUAC2. Bay of Pigs3. Marshall Plan4. LBJ5. Black Panthers6. John Foster Dulles

Round 5Round 5

7. Non-violent (example - boycott)8. Nixon9. suburbs10.Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)11.My Lai12.No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

End of part I

• Add up total point so far• Wager• Part I bonus question category: national

landmarks

What and Where is this?

Part II -- Presidents Round – list in order

1. 1945-1953 9. 1989-19932. 1953-1961 10.1993-20013. 1961-1963 11. 2001-20094. 1963-1969 12. 2009-present5. 1969-19746. 1974-19777. 1977-19818. 1981-1989

Which president?

13. Monica Lewinsky scandal14. “Read my lips; no new taxes.”15. promised a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s16. Proposed a Fair Deal during the postwar era of the

early 50s17. Was president when the U-2 spy plane incident

occurred18. He was criticized for not handling Hurricane Katrina well19. Opened up relations w/ China and the Soviet Union w/

the help of Henry Kissinger20. “The Teflon President”

Picture round

If you are studying at home, see me Monday if you have any images you would like me to help explain more

Picture round 1 – year/where?

2-Author of “Silent Spring”

3-where?

4-year?

5-what era?

6 –what Civil Rights group?

7-where?

8-what event?

9-who?

10-what did they remember to do?

11-what decade

12-who?

13-name of show?

14-what two men?

15-Reaction to this young boy’s murder in 1955 galvanized the Civil

Rights movement

16-where was the Democratic National Convention held that

summer?

17-Name of event

18-Who was killed here?

19-When?

20-When?

21-When?

22-When?

23—Term used to describe modern day witch-hunting named for this

Wisconsin Senator from the 1950s

24-where and what year?

25-What is shown in red?

26-Chief Justice

27—where and when?

28-who?

29-who?

30-what decade?

End of Part IIFinal Overall Question

• Add up total points from part II• Add to total points from part I• Wage from total so far• Category: Be True to your Man

The Truman Doctrine stated that the U.S. would support_________  and _________ with economic

and military aid to prevent them from joining

the Soviet sphere

And the winner is…