Unit 12 Test Review

Which of the following decisions from Eisenhower's presidency provides the best evidence in support of the argument in the excerpt? (Jim Newton, 2011)

• Passage of the Interstate Highway Act

• CIA operations in post-colonial countries to promote stability

• The decision to send in federal troops to protect African-American students attending an all white school in Little Rock, Arkansas stability

• Support of NATO as a bulwark against the threat of Communism

Which of the following events addressed an issue similar to the one discussed in this excerpt? (Jim Newton, 2011)

• Debate over America’s involvement with the League of Nations

• Theodore Roosevelt’s decision to have the U.S. government assume control of the building of the Panama Canal

• James K. Polk’s actions relating to the Mexican War

• The end of Reconstruction and the removal of federal troops from Southern states

The decisions made by Washington and Eisenhower most directly reflect which of the following ongoing debates in the United States? (Jim Newton, 2011)

• domestic vs. foreign

• isolationism vs. intervention

• protectionism vs. free trade

• diplomacy vs. militancy

The pattern of culture division described by Altschuler in the excerpt has the most in common with which of the following eras? (Glenn C. Altschuler, 2003)

• The Progressive Era of the early 1900s

• The “Modern Times” Era of the 1920s

• The Industrial Era of the late 1800s

• The Second Great Awakening Era of the 1830s

Which of the following events best illustrates the appropriation of black culture described by Altschuler in the excerpt? (Glenn C. Altschuler, 2003)

• Demands for peace made by the Students for a Democratic Society

• Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech

• Elvis Presley's performance of “Hound Dog” on the Ed Sullivan Show

• Jack Kerouac's book On the Road

Which of the following was the most immediate result of the decision excerpted? (Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954)

• Radicals critiqued government actions as doing too little to transform the racial status quo.

• Education advocates raised awareness of the effect of poverty on students’ opportunities.

• Civil rights activists became increasingly divided over tactical and philosophical issues.

• Segregationists in southern states temporarily closed many public schools in an effort to resist the decision.

The decision excerpted most directly reflected a growing belief after World War II that the power of the federal government should be used to

• promote greater racial justice

• revitalize cities

• foster economic opportunity

• defend traditional visions of morality

The Brown decision reversed which of the following earlier decisions?(Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954)

• Marbury v. Madison, which established the principle of judicial review

• Worcester v. Georgia, which established that the federal government rather than individual states had authority in American Indian affairs

• Dred Scott v. Sandford, which proclaimed that slaves could not be citizens

• Plessy v. Ferguson, which endorsed racial segregation laws

According to this quotation, President Kennedy wanted to (JFK Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961)

• assert United States leadership in world affairs

• follow a policy of neutrality

• adopt appeasement as a foreign policy

• abandon the policy of containment

Which foreign policy action by President Kennedy was intended to relieve the human suffering described in this quotation? (JFK, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961)

• creating the Peace Corps

• authorizing a naval blockade of Cuba

• meeting with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna

• negotiating the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty