HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED,
ALREADY GRADED A+
NATO
Military alliance between the US and Western Europe. Soviet union counter acted with the Warsaw Pact
which created a rival alliance between Eastern Bloc countries.
Nashville
Nashville is the Epicenter of Modern Country Music. During the 70s and 80s it experienced economic
decline and elements of urban crisis. In the 90s public sector investments helped to bring new civil
furniture to stadiums museums and libraries. Nashville would become one of the nations fastest
growing cities during the 2000s and attract national attention as a tourist hub and cultural focal point.
Great Migration
Both de jure and de facto segregation persisted in the North, and the Great Migration exposed deep
inequality around housing and policing. This mass movement shifted Black America's center of gravity
from the rural south to the urban north
Ford Mustang
Ford's "pony car" that was introduced at the 1964 World's Fair. Fancy Car that people wanted to show
off. Helped consumer culture to grow and created the idea of consumer status and how people wanted
to show off their products.
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Ella Baker left the SCLC to help found the SNCC
Younger and more radical SNCC led a series of "Sit-Ins" during the early 1960s
SNCC would also become successful in recruiting young white northerners and college students to the
civil rights movement
Lehman Brothers
In September 2008, this large Wall Street investment bank declared bankruptcy, which led to a panic in
the financial industry.
Iran-Contra Scandal
Between 1981 and 1986, senior officials in the Reagon Administration secretly facilitated the illegal sales
of arms to Iran.
The proceeds of these sales illegally support the right-wing Contras in the Nicaraguan Civil War.
Platt Amendment
ALREADY GRADED A+
NATO
Military alliance between the US and Western Europe. Soviet union counter acted with the Warsaw Pact
which created a rival alliance between Eastern Bloc countries.
Nashville
Nashville is the Epicenter of Modern Country Music. During the 70s and 80s it experienced economic
decline and elements of urban crisis. In the 90s public sector investments helped to bring new civil
furniture to stadiums museums and libraries. Nashville would become one of the nations fastest
growing cities during the 2000s and attract national attention as a tourist hub and cultural focal point.
Great Migration
Both de jure and de facto segregation persisted in the North, and the Great Migration exposed deep
inequality around housing and policing. This mass movement shifted Black America's center of gravity
from the rural south to the urban north
Ford Mustang
Ford's "pony car" that was introduced at the 1964 World's Fair. Fancy Car that people wanted to show
off. Helped consumer culture to grow and created the idea of consumer status and how people wanted
to show off their products.
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Ella Baker left the SCLC to help found the SNCC
Younger and more radical SNCC led a series of "Sit-Ins" during the early 1960s
SNCC would also become successful in recruiting young white northerners and college students to the
civil rights movement
Lehman Brothers
In September 2008, this large Wall Street investment bank declared bankruptcy, which led to a panic in
the financial industry.
Iran-Contra Scandal
Between 1981 and 1986, senior officials in the Reagon Administration secretly facilitated the illegal sales
of arms to Iran.
The proceeds of these sales illegally support the right-wing Contras in the Nicaraguan Civil War.
Platt Amendment
