ID Test

Question 1

USS Maine

Answer 1

1. “Remember the Maine” battle cry of Spanish War
2. mysterious explosion – Havana, Cuba 1898
3. Began U.S. war with Spain

Question 2

Henry Cabot Lodge

Answer 2

1. Massachusetts wealthy political family
2. opposed Wildrow Wilson’s League of Nations
3. Against ratification of the Versailles Treaty

Question 3

General Douglas MacArthur

Answer 3

1. 5 star army general
2. Hero of WWI, WWII, & Korea
3. Military occupation - Gov. of Post-War

Question 4

Yalta Conference

Answer 4

1. atteneded by FDR, Churchill, Stalin
2. decided post-war Europe
3. FDR died shortly after

Question 5

Battle of the Bulge

Answer 5

1. German last desperate attempt not to lose the war
2. Germans ran out of gas
3. Bulge in allied lines

Question 6

Dixie Crats

Answer 6

1. southern political group in 1948
2. against Harry Truman’s Civil Rights Issues
3. Strom Thurmond as Presidential Candidate

Question 7

Earl Warren

Answer 7

1. California Governor
2. appointed by Ike as Chief Justice
3. Brown v. Board of Education 1954

Question 8

Fidel Castro

Answer 8

1. communist Dictator of Cuba
2. Bay of Pigs
3. Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 9

Interstate Highway System

Answer 9

1. Ike program for military transport
2. odd - IE35 North to South
   even - IE20 East to West
3. changed US Interstate Commerce (fewer trains, more trucks)

Question 10

Freedom Riders

Answer 10

1. Civil Rights volunteers
2. rode bus from North to South
3. violence against them but their platform was non-violent

Question 11

Black Power

Answer 11

1. Assertive Rights movemement
2. violence if necessary
3. “Black Pride”

Question 12

Caesar Chavez

Answer 12

1. Mexican farm worker
2. labor union leader
3. honored by schools & roads with his name

Question 13

Malcom X

Answer 13

1. militant black leader
2. converted to Islam
3. assassinated by his inner circle

Question 14

Barry Goldwater

Answer 14

1. “Mr. Conservative”
2. 1964 Presidential Candidate
3. supported by Ronald Reagan

Question 15

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 15

1. Vietnam communist leader
2. fought French, Japanese, & Americans
3. Saigon renamed “Ho Chi Minh City”

Question 16

Tet Offensive

Answer 16

1. 1968 military event by North Vietnam
2. Lunar New Year
3. changed American opinion about the war in Vietnam

Question 17

Gulf of Tonkin Incident/Resolution

Answer 17

1. Naval Incident - US clam Vietnam Navy attack
2. many believed to be false
3. gave President Johnson power to wage undeclared war.

Question 18

Kent State

Answer 18

1. University in Ohio
2. National Guard fired at student protesters
3. changed American opinion about the war

Question 19

Henry Kissinger

Answer 19

1. Secretary of State to Richard Nixon
2. peace talks regarding Vietnam War
3. celebrity status

Question 20

Iranian Hostage Crisis

Answer 20

1. 1979/80 Iranian students held American hostages
2. President Carter seemed helpless
3. prisoners released when Reagan became President

Question 21

Geraldine Ferraro

Answer 21

1. first serious candidate as female for Vice President
2. on ticket with Walter Mondale in 1984
3. not successful

Question 22

Strategic Defense Initiative

Answer 22

1. Reagan plan to deal with Cold War arms race
2. also referred to as “Star Wars”
3. helped end Cold War

Question 23

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 23

1. popular in U.S. as Soviet premier
2. helped end Cold War
3. tore down Berlin Wall

Question 24

Al Gore

Answer 24

1. Democratic VP and Presidential Candidate
2. Bush v Gore - Supreme Court decided Presidency
3. environmentalist

Question 25

Newt Gingrich

Answer 25

1. current Republican politician 2. contract with America as Speaker of the House 3. with Clinton, ended welfare for life