Practice Test 1, Part 3

Why did the Soviets build the Berlin Wall?

• to keep East Germans from escaping to the West.

• to keep out West German spies.

• to keep East Germans safe from the West.

• to keep out cheaper Western goods to protect Soviet merchants.

What title best completes the chart?

• Results of the Vietnam War

• Reasons for the Berlin Blockade

• Causes of Tension between the United States and the Soviet Union

• Factors for Determining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

What were the "disturbances" that concerned Marshall and the Truman administration?

• a rise of communism in Eastern nations

• the widespread proliferation of nuclear weapons

• mass starvation due to economic hardship

• a breakdown in international trade

What effect did the Korean War have on the Cold War?

• China lost influence as a communist nation

• With no clear winner, it increased tension between the East and the West

• The United States gained a clear victory for the democratic West

• With a UN cease-fire, it eased tensions between the superpowers

President Eisenhower signed the National Defense Education Act into law in 1958. The purpose of this law was to strengthen the U.S. education system by improving instruction in math, science, and foreign language. Which event had the most influence in prompting this legislation?

• Kennedy's announcement to put a man on the moon

• a Supreme Court decision that ruled segregation in schools was unconstitutional

• the formation of the Warsaw Pact

• the Soviet's launches of Sputnik satellites

Which of the following could be added to this list?

• a withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Vietnam and en end to the Vietnam War

• an expansion of welfare benefits to include food stamps for Americans in poverty

• the creation of Medicare and Medicaid as an extension of Social Security

• an increase in funding for NASA to meet the goal of putting an American on the moon

Which even took place in July 1974?

• Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned

• The Senate found Nixon guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors

• The Supreme Court issued a ruling in United States v. Nixon

• Congress appointed Gerald Ford as acting president

These two events led to which of the following in the early 1970s?

• a strengthening of the Women's Liberation Movement

• the passage of environmental protection laws

• the create of a federal workplace safety agency

• an emphasis on deregulating manufacturing standards

What do these groups have in common?

• The were protest groups that fought for minority rights

• They were political group that supported the Republican Party

• They were special interest groups that promoted morals and ethics in government

• They were religious groups that promoted morals and ethics in government

Which of the following are TWO factors that led to a migration from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt starting in the 1950s?

• Drought and wind storms drove farmers out of the Midwest in search of job opportunities elsewhere

• New industries, such as aerospace and defense, were located in Sun Belt states

• Factories began relocating to areas of the country where labor unions had less power

• Racial segregation in the South contributed to a Great Migration of African Americans to Northern Cities

• A change in immigration policy brought more immigrants across the Southern border