8th Grade FINALS Prep

As part of the New Deal, President Roosevelt created a new law that provided unemployment insurance and old age pensions. What was the name of this new law?

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Works Progress Administration

• Social Security Act

• Agricultural Administration Act

During the Cold War, who threatened to destroy free enterprise around the world?

• North Vietnam

• North Korea

• The Soviet Union

• United States

Who owns businesses in a free enterprise economy?

• private citizens

• banks

• the government

• mafia

What event during the Cold War almost led to a full-scale nuclear war?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Berlin Blockade

• The Korean War

• The Arab Spring

Why did the United States join the World Trade Organization in 1995?

• To end the Cold War

• To try to prevent the 9/11 attacks

• To participate in the global economy

• To avoid globalization

How did conflict with Iran in the 1970s affect the US economy?

• Disrupted energy markets, raising gas prices

• Disrupted energy markets, lowering gas prices

• Led to the end of the housing bubble

• Caused dot-com businesses to fail

Why do investors buy stock in corporations?

• To receive dividends

• To avoid paying tax

• To lose profit

• To avoid financial risk

What three plans were put in place to build a non-Communist Europe after World War II?

• Arab Spring, Civil Rights Movement, Anti-War Movement

• Women's Movement, Conservative Revolution, Marshall Plan

• Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Berlin Airlift

• Berlin Blockade, Warsaw Pact, Invasion of Afghanistan

What was the goal of the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• To segregate schools

• To end segregation in schools

• To fund schools

• To let states decide if they can segregate schools

What event led to the United States taking a more active role in fighting in Vietnam?

• The Tet Offensive

• The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• The Mai Lai Massacre

• The Geneva Accords