US History EOC Review

The Kansas-Nebraska Act concerned which issue?

• the expansions of slavery into new territories

• the sale of federal lands to slave owners

• the right of Northerners to own slaves

• the return of slaves who had escaped from the South

How did the growing use of the automobile in the 1920s and the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 affect the United States? 

• Resurgence in travel by railroads
• Immigration was increasing
• Inner Cities were expanding
• Suburbs were growing

The division between Eastern Europe and Western Europe was called the ____________ by Winston Churchill.

• Iron Curtain
• Berlin Wall
• European Union
• 38th Parallel 

Which event marked the beginning of the space race with the Soviet Union?

• Creation of the space shuttle program
• Launch of Sputnik
• U-2 spy plan incident
• Berlin Airlift

Television shows, advertising, and the methods of mass media suggested that women should fulfill what roles during the 1950s?

• Wife, Mother, and Worker
• Wife and Mother
• Wife and Career Woman
• Single Career Woman

What was the mutual defense alliance of non communist nations?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Truman Doctrine
• Open Skies

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

• They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
• They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
• They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
• They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

What important entertainment industry influenced Americans the most in the 1950's and 1960's?

• Internet
• Newspapers
• Movies
• Television

Images like this one refer to what theory about the spread of Communism?

• The Mar$hall Plan
• The Domino Theory
• Proxy Wars
• Flexible Response

How did the Soviet Union respond to the formation of NATO?

• started the Cold War
• created the Warsaw Pact
• ended the Cold War
• launched Sputnik