OST Review Quiz Unit 7&8

What perspective held by Hispanic-American agricultural workers led to the creation of the United Farm Workers?

• Farm workers wanted to become owners of the farms on which they worked.

• Small family farms need economic assistance from the Federal government.

• Farm workers needed to organize in order to collectively bargain with farm owners.

• Large farms could be made more efficient by using modern agricultural technology.

During the 1950s, increased incomes and easy credit led many Americans to embrace which phenomenon?

• comsumerism

• feminism

• progressivism

• socialism

Before the 1950s, most immigrants to the United States came from Europe.

What change in immigration policy was reflected in the 1965 Immigration Act?

• It set large quotas to encourage European immigration.

• It forced a complete ban on immigration from China.

• It imposed stricter quotas on immigration from every country.

• It allowed more immigrants from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

In the first half of the twentieth century, most immigrants came to the United States from European countries. How did the pattern of migration change between 1950 and 2000?

• Most immigrants came to the United States from Oceania.

• Most immigrants came to the United States from Australia.

• Most immigrants came to the United States from Latin America.

• Most immigrants came to the United States from the Middle East.

After World War II, the United States experienced unprecedented prosperity and economic growth.

Identify two reasons for this economic prosperity. Move the two reasons into the blank boxes under “Reasons for Prosperity after WW II” heading.

Then identify two changes that were created by this prosperity. Move the two changes into the blank boxes under the “Changes in American Life Created by Prosperity” heading.

You do not need to use all the “Reasons” or “Changes.”

Groups:

(a) Reasons for Prosperity after WWII

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(b) Changes in American Life by Prosperity

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(c) Unused Answers

• Demand for housing increased

• Demand for automobiles increased

• Creation of New Deal Programs

• Sunbelt Migration

• Decrease in the birthrate

• Hawaii Statehood

• Suburbanization

• Great Migration

• Demand for government spending

1. Since 1990, the United States has experienced changes to its economy. 

Identify the consequence for each change.

• U.S. economy changes to service focused

• Technologies such as the personal computer, internet, and mobile phones become more common.

• Transitional business org become common

• Producers increasingly import parts form their factories in other countries

• Global communication improves

• Competition from overseas producers leads to increasing trade deficits.

Describe the effect the end of the Cold War had on the amount of military spending by the U.S. government in the 1990s.

Which factor influenced the U.S. government's decision to establish the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970?

• new research on the harmful effects of pesticides

• increased competition in global agricultural markets

• high unemployment rates in the waste disposal industry

• pressure from farmers for increased government regulation

How did U.S. national security policy change at the end of the Cold War?

• The U.S. withdrew from NATO

• The U.S. reduced defense spending

• The U.S. initiated containment policy

• The U.S. eliminated its nuclear program

How did the U.S. respond to the events of September 11, 2001?

• by increasing the size of its nuclear weapons stockpile

• by ending its economic partnerships with former Soviet countries

• by adopting isolationist policies to insulate itself against further aggression

• by pursuing military action in countries that were accused of supporting terrorists