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WorksheetsUS History II EOC review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1st major foreign policy disaster of JFK
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
JFK assassination
c)
Bay of Pigs
d)
Dating Marilyn Monroe
2.
The Pendleton Civil Service Act
a)
placed additional regulation on the railroads
b)
end Japanese immigration to the US
c)
end the spoils system
d)
print money backed by Silver rather than gold
3.
The affluent lifestyle developed in America during the 1950s was stimulated by
a)
Rugged individualism
b)
foreign investment in the United States
c)
new technology of television
d)
growth of stock market
4.
Under the Truman Doctrine, the US pledged to
a)
refrain from polarizing the world into pro-Soviet and pro-American camps
b)
maintain prosperity in America after World War II
c)
give very limited assistance to nations fighting communism
d)
support those who were resisting subjugation by Communists
5.
What does the Morrill land Grant Act and the Homestead Act have in common
a)
They provided ways for settlers to acquire western land
b)
forced Native Americans onto reservations
c)
discriminated against African American families
d)
enabled railroad companies to develop the land near tracks
6.
The group that included lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of JFK in 1963 was
a)
H.U.D.
b)
Great Society
c)
Warren Commission
d)
Supreme Court
7.
The largest public works project during Eisenhowers administration presidency was
a)
space program
b)
building of Grand Coulee Dam
c)
offshore oil drilling
d)
construction of the interstate highway
8.
president Trumans Marshall Plan called for
a)
military aid for Europe
b)
Substantial finanacial assistance to rebuild Western Europe
c)
economic aid for Japan
9.
Which of the following was a major part of Johnsons great Society?
a)
tax increase
b)
health care legislation
c)
aid to foreign countries
d)
reductions in anti-poverty programs
10.
What was the MOSt common way for the United States to acquire native American land
a)
buy it with money
b)
Native Americans gave it away
c)
The Us and natives would trade
d)
The US took the land through conquest
11.
television helped spur economic growth through its
a)
financial programs
b)
childrens programs
c)
credit cards
d)
advertisements
12.
in the 1950s, William J. Levitt contributed to the growth of suburbs by
a)
providing low interest mortgage loans
b)
designing interstate highways
c)
mass producing houses
d)
criticizing urban life
13.
main goal of the United States during the Spanish American War
a)
free Cuba from Spanish rule
b)
annex Florida
c)
gain spheres of influence in South America
d)
protect business investments in Spain
14.
What impact did joseph McCarthy have on American society
a)
created opposition to US involvement in Latin American affairs
b)
Encouraged the widespread fear of Communism
c)
strengthened the US Army
d)
encouraged the Americans to stand up for their civil rights
15.
president of 'dollar diplomacy"
a)
FDR
b)
Taft
c)
TR
d)
Woodrow Wilson
16.
What did the UD fear would happen if we did not get involoved in Vietnam
a)
Diem would be assassinated
b)
China would invade Vietnam
c)
the Communists would take over the country
17.
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
a)
korea was unifed under a communist government
b)
North korea surrendered after the threat of atomic warfare
c)
China controlled North korea while South remained independant
d)
korea remained dvidied at the almost exactly the same place before the war
18.
the law that ended Jim Crow laws in the South was the
a)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1968
d)
Affirmative Action of 1964
19.
Nixons plan to build up South Vietnam forces and gradually withdraw US forces was called
a)
great Society
b)
Nixon Doctrine
c)
War powers Act
d)
Vietnamization
20.
What is a satellite nation?
a)
nations dominated by the Soviet Union
b)
nations west of the iron curtain
c)
nations that belonged to NATO
d)
nations in debt to the World Bank
21.
What was the goal of the Selma March
a)
to protest Bull Connors tactics
b)
get voting rights legislation passed
c)
to get more low cost housing built
d)
to integrate bus terminal lunch counters
22.
The 1973 was ____ was enacted to restrict presidential power to send troops anywhere,anytime for any length of time
a)
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
b)
new freedom Act
c)
War Powers Act
d)
Square Deal
23.
in foreign affairs, perhaps Nixons greatest accomplishment
a)
Abandoning realpolitik, or practical politics
b)
eased relations with the Soviet Union and China
c)
Establishing the Peoples Republic of China
d)
Ending the Vietnam War with Americans winning
24.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
a)
desegragation of schools
b)
Great Society
c)
end of discrimination in hiring practices
d)
Sedition Act
25.
The 1st man to walk on the moon was ? in ?
a)
John Glenn, 1969
b)
John Glenn, 1962
c)
neil Armstrong, 1969
d)
Dean Rusk, 1962
26.
Court Case that enables suspects the right to a lawyer if they cant afford one
a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Escobedo v. Illinois
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright
d)
brown v. BOE
27.
How did the Vietnam War end?
a)
with control of all of Vietnam returned to France
b)
with North Vietnamese gaining control of all of Vietnam
c)
with the South Vietnam takeover of Hanoi
d)
defeat of North Vietnam
28.
Court Case that overturned the 1896 Separate but Equal case was
a)
Brown v. BOE ,1954
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1964
29.
the Policy of "reverse discrimination" to make up for the past discrimination of minorities is called
a)
affirmative action
b)
separation
c)
integration
d)
desgragation
30.
The patriotic saving of wheat, meat, gas ,etc during World War I was called
a)
Depression
b)
Hooverizing
c)
Sedition
d)
New Deal
31.
The 2nd new deal was responsible for
a)
The FHA
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Social Security Act
d)
creation of the TVA
32.
The disabled, the aged and those laid off from work received protection in 1935 from
a)
the American Liberty league
b)
national Labor Relations act
c)
National Recovery Administraion
d)
Scoial Security Act
33.
What weakened the economy during the 1920s
a)
too much foreign trade
b)
overproduction
c)
an unwillingness to buy on credit
d)
sharp increases in the national debt
34.
Chief goal of the New Deal was to counteract the Depression by
a)
removing all regulations from business
b)
adhering to laissez faire economics
c)
nationalizing banks
d)
Starting programs that would lead to relief, recovery and reform
35.
What was Bataan?
a)
65 mile death march of US prisoners during World War II in the phillipines
b)
What is used in band performances
c)
German invasion of France
d)
Japanese suicide pilots
36.
Invasion of France by Allied troops in June 1944
a)
Normandy
b)
Omaha invaion
c)
Operation Torch
d)
Operation Overlord
37.
During WW II, the atomic bomb building effort in the US was named
a)
The Manhattan Project
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Kamikaze
d)
Nisei
38.
carnegies Gospel of Wealth asserted that the rich were
a)
more pious than the poor
b)
more competent than the poor
c)
obliged to help the poor
d)
supposed to live lavishly
39.
After the Stock Market
Crash in 1929, thousands of American banks closed, because they
a)
charged too high of an interest rate
b)
had invested in European banks
c)
could not return peoples money
d)
had to print new money
40.
The period in the United States when Americans feared communism
a)
Red Dawn
b)
Red Menace
c)
Red Scare
d)
Red Hysteria
41.
The ______ was an African American literary and artistic movement centered in new York City
a)
Cultrual Revival
b)
Harlem renaissance
c)
Jazz Age
d)
Great Society
42.
what was the Great Migration?
a)
African Americans from the South to the northern cities
b)
African Americans from the US to Africa
c)
people from rural areas to towns to large cities
43.
the Gilded Age was characterized by a booming economy and
a)
Political corruption
b)
sweeping political reforms
c)
great social equality
d)
prosperity for everyone
44.
TR policy of upholding the best interest of consumers and workers
a)
Square Deal
b)
New Deal
c)
new Freedom
d)
Roosevelt corollary
45.
theory that states that the most competent people make up the upper class
a)
Social Democracy
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Socialism
d)
Popular Sovereignity
46.
Yellow Journalism
a)
More advertising than news
b)
lower import taxes
c)
use sensationalism to attract readers
d)
appeal to upper class
47.
nativists saw immigrants as
a)
threat to their jobs
b)
good source of votes
c)
supporters of reform
48.
The incident causing Martin Luther King to rise
as a leader in the Civil Rights movement was
a)
Brown vs. BOE
b)
Montgomery Bus boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
Watts riots
49.
To achieve victory in the struggle for civil rights, Martin Luther
King, Jr., and other members of the SCLC encouraged a policy of
a)
national strikes
b)
armed confrontation
c)
lawsuits
d)
nonviolent protest
50.
Medical Insurance for those over 65 is provided
by
a)
Medicare
b)
Medicaid
c)
Blue Cross
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