Unit 5.12 Test Review: Not So Long Ago

Who was the first U.S. president to travel to communist China and Moscow?

• Jimmy Carter

• Bill Clinton

• George H.W. Bush

• Richard Nixon

Which president granted Richard Nixon an unconditional pardon for any crimes he may have committed while in office?

Responses

• Gerald Ford

• George H.W. Bush

• Ronald Reagan

• Jimmy Carter

Under which president did the federal government run budget deficits that totaled more than deficits under all earlier presidents combined?

Responses

• George H.W. Bush

• Ronald Reagan

• Jimmy Carter

• Richard Nixon

Which foreign leader's occupation of Kuwait was stopped under President George H.W. Bush with Operation Desert Storm?

• Anwar Sadat

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Saddam Hussein

Which statement about immigration to the U.S. in the late twentieth century is correct?

• The Hispanic population of the United States grew only slightly during the 1990s.

• In the 1990s, most immigrants to the United States came from Asia and the Americas.

• Eastern Europeans made up the largest single group of immigrants during the 1990s.

• Restrictive laws prevented large numbers of Asians from immigrating to the United States.

Which statement about Hispanic immigration to the U.S. during the 1990s is true?

• The number of Hispanics in the U.S. remains far lower than the number of African Americans.

• Most Hispanic immigrants don't remain in the U.S. because they can't speak English

• The Hispanic population in the U.S. more than doubled between 1990 and 2000.

• Hispanic immigration has caused the U.S. population center to shift from Missouri to California.

Which statement about American foreign policy in the late twentieth century is true?

• Since 1980, the United States has taken military action in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean.

• Congress has issued a formal declaration of war on three separate occasions since 1975.

• No president since the end of the Vietnam War has sent U.S. forces to fight in a foreign country.

• U.S. military forces invaded the Soviet Union to help bring about the fall of communism in 1989.

Which island in the Caribbean did Ronald Reagan invade in 1983 without a formal declaration of war from Congress?

• Cuba

• Grenada

• Puerto Rico

• Jamaica

Which statement about the counterculture of the 1960s is true?

Responses

• Most young people in the 1960s supported the war in Vietnam.

• Young people of the '60s were more conservative than their parents.

• The counterculture movement was strongest in the South and Midwest.

• Many young people rebelled against their parents' politics and values.

Which describes the events that occurred at Woodstock, New York, in August 1969?

• A festival attracted 500,000 people for three days of "peace and music."

• A civil rights march was broken up by police with dogs and fire hoses.

• More than 10,000 "conscientious objectors" staged a protest against the Vietnam War.

• President Nixon delivered a speech outlining his foreign policy goals.

  President Nixon delivered a speech outlining his foreign policy goals.