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American History X (1998)
IMDB rating: 8.40
Plot: A Neo Nazi skinhead, named Derek Vineyard (Edward Norton) goes to jail for 3 years after committing a murder of 2 black guys. In the meanwhile, his younger brother, Danny Vineyard (Edward Furlong) goes in the same way and makes the same mistakes (racism and hatred) his eldest brother did (this is the result of the Neo Nazi environment he grows up into, and the influence Derek left behind). While Derek is in jail he realize that he choose the wrong path. after coming back from jail, Derek try to convince his brother not to go in his own way.
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Directors: Kaye Tony
Actors: Norton Edward,Furlong Edward,Brooks Avery,Suplee Ethan,Keach Stacy,Gould Elliott,Torry Guy,Russ William,Cortese Joseph,Smith Jason Bose,Lyons Antonio David,Sol Alex,Crime,Drama,
can anyone help me with these us history questions, you don't have to answer all of them just answer any?
they’re from old exams, but answer key is not online
1. After World War II until 1954, the Vietnamese forces known as the Viet Minh fought a war against
a) the United States
b) the French
c) the Japanese
d) the North Koreans
2. In George Kennan’s famous "Mr. X" article, he called for a US foreign policy of
a) liberation
b) massive retaliation
c) a graduated deterrent
d) containment
3. NSC-68 said that the United States had four options for future policy toward the world. Which one did it recommend?
a) Continuation of current policies, with currently projected programs for carrying out these policies.
b) A rapid build-up of political, economic, and military strength in the free world
c) Isolation
d) Preventive war
4. The event that gave "legitimacy" to the recommendations of NSC-68 was
a) the North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam
b) the coup in Czechoslovakia
c) the start of the Greek Civil War
d) the North Korean invasion of South Korea
5. The first major dispute that surfaced between the United States and the Soviet Union as World War II ended occurred over
a) Greece
b) Iran
c) Poland
d) Germany
6. President Truman received word of the successful atomic bomb test in 1945
a) during the Yalta Conference
b) during the Teheran Conference
c) during the Paris Conference
d) during the Potsdam Conference
7. The Greek Civil War prompted
a) the Truman Doctrine
b) the Marshall Plan
c) NSC-68
d) the formation of NATO
8. At the outset of U.S participation in the Korean War the goal of US policy was to
a) liberate North Korea
b) unify North and South Korea
c) reestablish the security of South Korea up to the 38th parallel
d) all of the above
9. Who warned of the danger of a growing "military-industrial complex" over American life?
a) George Kennan
b) President Eisenhower
c) General Douglas MacArthur
d) Henry Wallace
10. In 1957, Congress passed a resolution that supported what became known as the Eisenhower doctrine. This doctrine identified which area of the globe as vital to U.S. interests which needed to be protected from communism?
a) Latin America
b) Southeast Asia
c) Eastern Europe
d) the Middle East
11. The Eisenhower administration intervened and overthrew the governments of
a) Vietnam and Iran
b) Lebanon and Guatemala
c) Guatemala and Hungary
d) Iran and Guatemala
12. Events in which country showed that the Eisenhower policy of "liberation" was mostly just rhetoric?
a) Guatemala
b) Iran
c) Germany
d) Hungary
13. The Gaither and Rockefeller Reports heavily criticized which Eisenhower policy?
a) Massive retaliation
b) Liberation
c) excessive defense spending
d) all of the above
14. Conflicts between General MacArthur and President Truman became intense leading the president to fire the General. The issue in dispute was
a) the size of defense expenditures
b) whether the U.S. should join the NATO alliance
c) the prosecution of the Korean War
d) whether the U.S. should occupy Japan after World War II
15. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by Congress authorized
a) President Johnson to expand the war in Vietnam
b) President Eisenhower to send troops to the Middle East
c) President Truman to send aid to Greece and Turkey
d) President Kennedy to plan an invasion of Cuba
16. The planning for the Bay of Pigs invasion was initiated in the
a) Truman Administration
b) Eisenhower Administration
c) Kennedy Administration
d) Johnson Administration
17. The Alliance for Progress program was
a) a $20 billion aid program for Latin America
b) a proposal made by Lyndon Johnson to develop Southeast Asia if the Vietnamese communists put down their guns
c) a technical assistance program for Third World countries proposed by President Truman
d) a $20 billion aid program for Latin America proposed by President Eisenhower
18. In April, 1965 President Johnson sent 22,000 U.S. marines to which country to prevent a radical nationalist leader from coming to power?
a) Guatemala
b) Cuba
c) Iran
d) Dominican Republic
19. the ideology that warned of alien, subversive elements in the U.S. that shaped U.S. politics for generations was
a) Puritanism
b) conservatism
c) anti-communism
d) nationalism
20. How should U.S. Cuban relations be characterized from 1898 to 1959.
a) the U.S. controlled the Cuban economy and political system
b) the U.S. controlled the Cuban economy but took a hands-off approach to Cuban politics
c) the U.S. interferred in the Cuban political system but did not have much to do with the Cuban economy
d) the U.S. had few strong ties to Cuba after the Spanish American War created an independent Cuba
21. President Truman responded to the Berlin Blockade by
a)surrendering control of West Berlin to the East German government
b)sending troop caravans through checkpoints dividing East from West Germany
c)bringing the issue to the United Nation
1-b 2-d 3-b 5-a 6-d 7-c 8-c 9-b 10-b 12-d 14-c 15-b 16-c 19-c 20a
JOE | Feb 25, 2010
