US History 5th Six Week Assessment

Which government action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights?

• The Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter

• The executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army

• The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

During Reconstruction the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were ratified. Which issue did these amendments address?

• Rights for women

• Readmission of states to the Union

• Rights for former slaves

• Presidential impeachment proceedings

Which headline can be most directly attributed to the efforts of the Civil Rights movement?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What was one significant impact of the opening of the Panama Canal?

• It helped reduce the spread of communism and socialism in Latin American countries.

• It resulted in the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

• It increased trade by reducing travel times between the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.

• It created tension between the United States and Latin American countries over immigration policy.

Which option completes this diagram?

• President Richard Nixon’s involvement in Watergate

• The proposed ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

• President Jimmy Carter’s negotiation of the Camp David Accords

• The introduction of the Marshall Plan as official foreign policy

Which action is prohibited under provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972?

• A principal refuses to organize athletic events and programs for female sports teams.

• The funding for a music program is cut because of declining tax revenues.

• A teacher attempts to organize a charity basketball game for faculty and students.

• The staffing for a foreign language class is reduced due to lack of interest.

What is the significance of this 1978 mural?

• It is representative of artistic expressions of the Beat Generation.

• It was commissioned by the federal government through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

• It is an example of cultural pride among Mexican Americans.

• It was painted by artists employed under the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

How did this Supreme Court decision affect judicial interpretations of the Constitution?

• By expanding equal protection rights

• By eliminating due process protections

• By limiting free expression

• By expanding the right of religious freedom

How did Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique affect the lives of everyday Americans?

• By inspiring women in the 1960s to question their traditional social roles

• By focusing attention on a widespread environmental problem

• By advocating for passage of consumer safety laws during the 1970s

• By bringing attention to racial discrimination in government hiring practices

The name of which Middle Eastern country correctly completes the excerpt?

• Egypt

• Israel

• Kuwait

• Saudi Arabia