3rd 9 weeks Social Studies Review: WW 2 to the Civil Rights

 1. Which of the following statements about putting money into a bank savings account is NOT true?

•  The money will be safe in a savings account.
•  The money can earn interest in a savings account.
•  The money will less likely be spent if it is in a savings account. 
•   The money will be able to be withdrawn at anytime as a savings bond.

Federal taxes pay for which of the following public goods?

• libraries 
•  firefighting 
•  national defense 
• neighborhood policing

The federal government funds its many agencies with federal taxes. Which agency organizes recovery efforts after natural disasters such as hurricanes occur in the United States?

• A. Department of the Interior 
• B. Federal Emergency Management Agency
•  C. Securities and Exchange Commission 
• D. National Park Service

Look at the outline.
I. __________?_____________
A. Fifteenth Amendment
B. Nineteenth Amendment
C. Twenty-third Amendment
D. Twenty-sixth Amendment 
Which of the following would make the BEST title for this outline?

• A. Voting Rights Amendments
•  B. Due Process Amendments 
• C. Pre-Civil War Amendments 
• D. Civil Liberties Amendments

• A. the Thirteenth Amendment 
• B. the Fifteenth Amendment 
• C. the Nineteenth Amendment 
• D. the Twenty-sixth Amendment

 Why did President John F. Kennedy order the US Navy to blockade Cuba in 1962?

• A. to prevent Cuba from selling uranium to the Soviet Union 
• B. to prevent illegal Cuban immigrants from reaching the United States 
• C. to protest the kidnapping of US citizens from the embassy in Havana 
• D. to prevent Soviet ships from transporting additional weapons to Cuba

Why do cities use tax dollars to fund services such as garbage removal?

• A. because private companies do not want the work 
• B. because the services are necessary for a healthy society 
• C. because the services provide jobs for people in the community 
• D. because tax dollars are limitless and can be used for any community need

The Vietnam War was MAINLY a proxy for the conflict between

• A. the United States and Iran. 
• B. the United States and Cambodia. 
• C. the United States and North Korea. 
• D. the United States and the Soviet Union.

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis begin?

• A. A Cuban plane photographed US destroyers approaching the Cuban coastline. 
• B. A US spy plane photographed secret Soviet nuclear missiles being assembled in Cuba. 
• C. The Soviet Union threatened to put nuclear missiles in Cuba if the US did not pull its troops out of Korea. 
• D. Cuba threatened to launch an attack on the United States if the United States continued its blockade of Cuba.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott can BEST be described as an example of which of the following?

• A. an unplanned act of violent civil disobedience that caused many injuries
• B. a planned act of organized civil disobedience in Montgomery, Alabama 
• C. a citywide boycott of the Montgomery bus system organized by city employees 
• D. a citywide boycott of the Montgomery bus system organized by African Americans