US History
1965 – 2015
Final Review
Mr. Hawkins
Hunt for October (Baseball)
• Class will be divided into two teams.
• Batter will be given question.
• If responded to correctly, batter will pull a card
from a bag. Cards will be designated as single,
double, triple, home run, and out.
• If responded to incorrectly it counts as an out,
and the side is retired.
• Behavior may result in an automatic out as well.
Umpire (Mr. Hawkins) will have ultimate decision.
• Nixon’s southern strategy involved
• criticizing court-ordered busing of school
children.
• Nixon believed that executive privilege
• justified his refusal to turn over his taped
conversations.
• During Gerald Ford’s term as President,
• the nation’s economy worsened.
• Early in his presidency, many of the bills that
Carter submitted to Congress
• passed only with his own party’s major
changes.
• What is one way in which American society
changed during the 1970s?
• The nation’s divorce rate increased
significantly.
• Relations between the United States and
Soviet Union cooled during the late 1970s
because of the
• signing of the SALT II treaty.
• What was the Mariel boatlift?
• a migration of people from Cuba to the United
States
• What did Egypt agree to do in order to achieve
peace with Israel?
• formally recognize the nation of Israel
• Conservatives gained power in the 1970s in
part because
• many white southerners changed party
allegiance.
• To compensate for cutting taxes, President
Reagan convinced Congress to
• cut social spending.
• During his election campaign in 1988, George
H.W. Bush promised not to
• raise taxes.
• The proposed “Star Wars” program involved
• putting weapons in space.
• The modern computer developed from
• enemy rivalries during World War II.
• Globalization has
• led to a rise in multinational corporations.
• William Jefferson Clinton attracted voters in
1992 by
• promoting himself as a centrist.
• One victory of the Clinton administration was
• the passage of the Brady Bill.
• For participating countries, NAFTA called for
• removal of trade restrictions.
• President Clinton sent military troops to
Bosnia to
• stop ethnic cleansing of Muslims and Croats.
• The No Child Left Behind Act
• tied schools’ federal funding to students’
academic success.
• Which person or group was removed from
power as a result of the U.S. invasion of
Afghanistan?
• the Taliban
• From where do most immigrants to the United
States today come?
• Latin America and Asia

Final review

  • 1.
    US History 1965 –2015 Final Review Mr. Hawkins
  • 2.
    Hunt for October(Baseball) • Class will be divided into two teams. • Batter will be given question. • If responded to correctly, batter will pull a card from a bag. Cards will be designated as single, double, triple, home run, and out. • If responded to incorrectly it counts as an out, and the side is retired. • Behavior may result in an automatic out as well. Umpire (Mr. Hawkins) will have ultimate decision.
  • 3.
    • Nixon’s southernstrategy involved • criticizing court-ordered busing of school children.
  • 4.
    • Nixon believedthat executive privilege • justified his refusal to turn over his taped conversations.
  • 5.
    • During GeraldFord’s term as President, • the nation’s economy worsened.
  • 6.
    • Early inhis presidency, many of the bills that Carter submitted to Congress • passed only with his own party’s major changes.
  • 7.
    • What isone way in which American society changed during the 1970s? • The nation’s divorce rate increased significantly.
  • 8.
    • Relations betweenthe United States and Soviet Union cooled during the late 1970s because of the • signing of the SALT II treaty.
  • 9.
    • What wasthe Mariel boatlift? • a migration of people from Cuba to the United States
  • 10.
    • What didEgypt agree to do in order to achieve peace with Israel? • formally recognize the nation of Israel
  • 11.
    • Conservatives gainedpower in the 1970s in part because • many white southerners changed party allegiance.
  • 12.
    • To compensatefor cutting taxes, President Reagan convinced Congress to • cut social spending.
  • 13.
    • During hiselection campaign in 1988, George H.W. Bush promised not to • raise taxes.
  • 14.
    • The proposed“Star Wars” program involved • putting weapons in space.
  • 15.
    • The moderncomputer developed from • enemy rivalries during World War II.
  • 16.
    • Globalization has •led to a rise in multinational corporations.
  • 17.
    • William JeffersonClinton attracted voters in 1992 by • promoting himself as a centrist.
  • 18.
    • One victoryof the Clinton administration was • the passage of the Brady Bill.
  • 19.
    • For participatingcountries, NAFTA called for • removal of trade restrictions.
  • 20.
    • President Clintonsent military troops to Bosnia to • stop ethnic cleansing of Muslims and Croats.
  • 21.
    • The NoChild Left Behind Act • tied schools’ federal funding to students’ academic success.
  • 22.
    • Which personor group was removed from power as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan? • the Taliban
  • 23.
    • From wheredo most immigrants to the United States today come? • Latin America and Asia