Exit Exam Review Guide
for
Topics in
American History
The following concepts will be used as multiple choice
questions
The intent of the immigration act of 1965
Why American soldiers were confused in Vietnam
What did the Moral Majority want to restore
Issues that divided America during Presidential election of 1968
Reagan’s supply side economics
The Vietnam War – tropical infections and booby traps
How did President Kennedy try to encourage stability in Latin America?
President Johnson’s objective in Vietnam
Reagan’s goal towards Nicaragua
Describe the American economy in the 1960’s
The Warren Commissions decision concerning the Kennedy assassination
Televangelism
The focus of Supreme Court decisions under Earl Warren
Reagan and defense spending
William Calley
Woodstock festival
Why Kennedy had a weak domestic record
Who wanted the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency
The cause of student protests in the early 1970’s
Why the United States imposed economic sanctions on South Africa
Why the U.S. got involved in Vietnam
Task of the Peace Corps
What did NAFTA create
The effect that television had on the Vietnam War
What did the SALT I treaty prove
Why Kennedy asked for huge military spending increases
Reagan and de-regulation
The significance of the election of 1980
The baby boom
Why Clinton wanted to reform health care
Result of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Results of OPEC’s oil embargo in 1973
Kennedy- Nixon television debates of 1960
Why the consumer movement of the 1960’s developed
The breakup of Yugoslavia
What did President Bush do to deal with recession in the early 1990’s
Parts of Johnson’s Great Society
Who did the women’s movement borrow legal tools from
Advantages the Viet Cong guerillas had over U.S. soldiers
Kent State Massacre
Relations with the Soviet Union during Reagan’s second term as President
The domino theory
What distinction did Sandra Day O’Connor have
Winner of the 1968 Presidential election
1994 Contract with America
the main issue in the debate over affirmative action
in 1961 Kennedy committed NASA to what
the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
results after the Vietnam war ended in 1975
why was the Great Society criticized
feminism
who did the United States invade in 1970
why some questioned the fairness of the draft during the Vietnam War
saturation bombing
why the Watergate break-in occurred
concepts of the New Frontier
why some went to Canada during the Vietnam War
what became of the Equal Rights Amendment – 1972
the hostage crisis in Iran
1960 election results
counterculture meant
what happened to the gap between rich and poor under Reagan
who were conscientious objectors
9/11/2001
Asian Americans during the 1960’s and 1970’s
Nixon and détente
Foreign policy under Kennedy and Johnson
Outcomes of the Watergate scandal
Who was Ho Chi Minh
Why the Soviets built the Berlin Wall
The primary focus of the 1960’s protest movement
Nixon’s Southern Strategy
What did Neil Armstrong and “Buzz” Aldrin do
What was the problem with the economy when Ford took office
Why Ford pardoned Nixon
Camp David Accords
Nixon and deficit spending
Carter’s dependence on religious faith
Who Nixon wiretapped
What did Nixon do to halt government spending
Stagflation
America’s mood during bicentennial
What happened when Ford asked for military aid in 1975
The role of Henry Kissinger under Nixon
Why Carter won the 1976 Presidential election
Why Nixon had the special prosecutor fired
Carter and women and minorities
Nixon’s staff was known for
The “plumbers”
The basic issue of the 1976 campaign
How Carter and his staff dealt with congress
The
following events will be used in chronology questions
Clinton elected to second term
Nixon resigns
Kennedy assassinated
Kent State massacre
Reagan elected to first term
