EOC Review PART 4 ~ US History Florida

EOC Review PART 4 ~ US History Florida

Please read each slide and answer the questions. Thanks! :)

Multiple Choice

Flexible Response looked at other tools to deal with problems than using _________.

• nuclear weapons

• jail time

Multiple Choice

During the Bay of Pigs Invasion the hope was that Cubans would join the US and rise up against the Castro ________ government.

• communist

• democratic

Multiple Choice

What was Russia building in Cuba?

• nuclear missiles

• boats

Open Ended

Why was building missiles in Cuba a problems for the US?

Open Ended

If you lived in East Berlin could you just leave?

Open Ended

Why do you think France and China refused to sign the treaty?

Multiple Choice

Peace Corp is a _______ assistance program for developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

• mandatory

• volunteer

Multiple Choice

President Lyndon Johnson’s programs aimed at aiding the country’s poor through education, job training, proper health care, and nutrition.

• War on the poor

• war on poverty

Multiple Choice

______ included programs to reduce poverty and racial injustice and to promote a better quality of life in the U.S.

• Great Society

• Perfect Society

Multiple Choice

Why did the US enter the Vietnam War?

• stop the communist North Vietnam from taking over South Vietnam

• stop the communist China from taking over South Vietnam

Multiple Choice

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave the president power to send troops to ______ to protect against further North Vietnamese aggression.

• Vietnam

• China

Multiple Choice

A massive surprise attack during the Vietnam War by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in January 1968.

• Tet Defensive

• Tet Offensive

Multiple Choice

The Nixon Doctrine stated that the U.S. would continue to provide military aid & supplies, but we expected all of our allies to assume responsibility for providing for their own ________.

• military defense

• gold

Multiple Choice

President Nixon’s strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, involving the gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops and their replacement with South Vietnamese forces.

• ending the war

• Vietnamization

Open Ended

How did Saigon fall?

Multiple Choice

Plessy vs. Ferguson established ______.

• Separate but Equal

• Integration

Multiple Choice

What did the 14th Amendment do?

• granted everyone citizenship

• granted everyone a house

Open Ended

Were all the facilities equal? Give at least one example

Multiple Choice

Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 ordered all public school __________.

• desegregated

• segregated

Multiple Choice

____ was the first African-American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Multiple Choice

By enacting a boycott this took away _____ from the bus company - thus changing their minds about where African-Americans could sit.

• $$$

• airplanes

Multiple Choice

In September 1957 this Arkansas public school in Little Rock enrolled nine __________ students in an attempt to gradually desegregate the public school system.

• African-American

• Asian-American

Open Ended

What is a sit-in?

Multiple Choice

One of the civil rights activists who rode buses through the South in the early 1960’s to challenge segregation.

• Freedom Riders

• Bus Riders

Open Ended

Why did people protest James Meredith's entrance to the University of Mississippi?

Multiple Choice

To persuade Congress to pass a civil rights bill, a major march was held in Washington, D.C. Over 250,000 people showed up on the Mall. Dr. King delivered his famous “_______________.

• I Have a DREAM

• I Have a PLAN

Multiple Choice

A 1964 project to register African-American voters in Mississippi.

• Mississippi Freedom Summer

• Mississippi Voters

Multiple Choice

A law that banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, or religion in public places and most workplaces.

• Civil Rights Ticket

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

Multiple Choice

The purpose of the Bloody Sunday march was to get Congress to pass a ________.

• voting rights act

• stimulus check

Open Ended

Do you think that it was fair for African-Americans to have to take a literacy test before voting?

Multiple Choice

Malcolm X preached a message of ______ and self-determination.

• self-reliance

• reliance on government

Open Ended

How do you feel about the Women's Rights Movement?

Multiple Choice

_______ Unionized Mexican-American farmworkers.

• Cesar Chavez

• Betty Friedan

Multiple Choice

What president was involved with the Watergate Scandal.

• Richard Nixon

• Jimmy Carter

Multiple Choice

_________ was the architect of President Nixon’s foreign policy plan called Détente and served as Nixon’s National Security Advisor before he was promoted to Secretary of State.

• Jimmy Carter

• Henry Kissinger

Open Ended

How do you feel about the Detente agreement of disarming missiles to ensure lasting peace between superpowers? Justify your answer

Multiple Choice

What did SALT 1 limit?

• number of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine launched missiles.

• allowed as many intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine launched missiles as a country wants to have.

Multiple Choice

"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

• Title IX, 1972

• Amendment 55

Multiple Choice

The War Powers Act of 1973 allows the president to declare war but requires Congress to approve it within _____ days.

• 0

• 90

Multiple Choice

Egypt and Syria attacked ________ during the Arab-Israeli War of 1973.

• Israel

• Germany

Multiple Choice

The Energy Crisis was created as a result of an oil embargo that was imposed on the U.S. by ________ thus hurting U.S. businesses, industries, homeowners, and motorist.

• OPEC

• NAACP

Open Ended

Why is the book "Silent Spring" is important? Please give at least 2 reasons.

Multiple Choice

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforces _________ standards.

• medical

• pollution

Multiple Choice

Roe vs. Wade was about?

• discrimination

• abortion rights

Multiple Choice

In 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee's executive quarters in the Watergate Hotel. Nixon admitted to complicity in the burglary. In 1974, as Nixon's impeachment began for the Watergate Scandal he decided to ___________.

• go to jail

• resign

Multiple Choice

Agreement made in 1975 when Gerald Ford was President of the U.S. The U.S., Canada, and several European nations, including the Soviet Union agreed to support human rights.

• Helsinki Accords

• Watergate Accords

Open Ended

Why do you think President Carter mediated the peace talks between Egypt and Israel?

Multiple Choice

How many days were the Americans held in Iran? (People in America wore yellow ribbons until they were released to come home).

• 10

• 444

Open Ended

What is your opinion on Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 1978? Justify your answer.

Multiple Choice

What Countries are working together in NAFTA?

• Canada / Mexico / U.S.

• Canada / Germany / U.S.

Multiple Choice

On September 11th, 2001 2, 977 people died and 6000 were injured. Four sites were attacked by Islamic __________.

• extremists

• friends

Open Ended

As you learned about the 2000's what did you find most interesting. Explain your answer.