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WorksheetsUnit 8 Review
Total questions: 89
Worksheet time: 53mins
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Class
Date
1.
The Beat Generation began listening to a new popular form of music during the 1950s
a)
jazz
b)
the blues
c)
rap
d)
rock n roll
2.
Truman passed this legislation to help veterans
a)
Civil Rights Bill
b)
GI Bill
c)
Social Security
d)
Raise minimum wage
3.
Due to his popularity, this man became known as the King of Rock n Roll.
a)
Alan Freed
b)
Elvis Presley
c)
Buddy Holly
d)
Little Richard
4.
The Space Race began in 1957 when the USSR launched___________, the first man made satellite.
a)
U2
b)
Challenger
c)
Apollo
d)
Sputnik
5.
The scale of suburban growth would have been impossible without which of the following?
a)
franchise businesses
b)
mass transportation
c)
the Interstate Highway Act
d)
fast-food restaurants
6.
What war ended in a stalemate?
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Korean War
c)
Civil War
d)
World War II
7.
Truman ordered the desegregation of this, known as Executive Order 9981?
a)
armed forces
b)
public schools
c)
public transportation
d)
automobile factories
8.
The traditional role of the housewife called for her to:
a)
Contribute
an income to the family
b)
Home school their children
c)
Attend
a university to get an education to act as a role model for the children
d)
Support
the husband through domestic chores
9.
Buying a product on credit allowed customers to do all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
Buy
something that they might be not be able to normally afford
b)
Get
a product immediately while paying for it later
c)
Get
certain products for free
d)
Pay
for an item in fixed amounts
10.
Television helped bring about economic growth in the 1950s through its:
a)
Financial programs
b)
Children’s programs
c)
Credit cards
d)
Advertisements
11.
A person who was born in the Post-World War II years of 1946-1964. Their generation is associated with the rejection of traditional social values and moving towards a more free spirited (hippy) life style complete with drug experimentation and sexual freedom.
a)
Baby Boomer
b)
Post War Boomer
c)
Boomer
d)
Nazi
12.
He became our 36th President of the USA after JFK was assassinated in 1963. He served as President through most of the 1960’s and is responsible for the “Great Society” laws that supported civil rights, environmental protection, and different forms of welfare.
a)
Joseph McCarthy
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
John F Kennedy
d)
Lyndon Baines Johnson
13.
A nation that was created in 1948 as a home place for the Jews.
a)
Isreal
b)
Korea
c)
Germany
d)
Vietnam
14.
Two national social insurance programs administered by the US Government. They were created in 1965. One guarantees access to health insurance for Americans aged 65 and older and younger people with disabilities. The other is for people and families with low income.
a)
Social Security
b)
Medicaid and Medicare
c)
Obamacare
d)
NATO
15.
As his a communist, he overthrew the previous president. Our government tried several times to assassinate him or overthrow his government. He made an alliance with the Soviet Union and allowed them to put nuclear weapons on his island in 1962.
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Ho Chi Minh
c)
Joseph McCarthy
d)
Lyndon Baines Johnson
16.
Thirteen-day confrontation between the USSR/Cuba and the USA in October 1962. It is the moment generally regarded in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear war.
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
Korean War
d)
Berlin Air Lift
17.
An African American minister and leader of the Civil Rights Movement who is best known for his nonviolent methods. He is famous for his “I Have a Dream” speech.
a)
Martin Luther King Jr
b)
Malcom X
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Lyndon Baines Johnson
18.
An African American civil rights activist that is famous for refusing to give up her seat at the front of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. Her defiance became an important symbol in the modern Civil Rights Movement
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Rosa Parker
c)
Malcom X
d)
Rosa Parks
19.
He was our 35th President and served from 1961 until he was assassinated in 1963. He is our only Catholic president. Famous events during his presidency include the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, the Space Race, and the Civil Rights movement.
a)
John F Kennedy
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
Lyndon Baines Johnson
d)
Ronald Reagan
20.
The most famous military campaign in the Vietnam War. In 1968, there had been an agreement to cease fire during the Tet festivities.
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Tet Offensive
c)
Berlin Air Lift
d)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
21.
A group of programs passed by President LBJ in the 1960’s. The two main goals were to eliminate racial injustice and to eliminate poverty. Some of the programs include Medicare, Medicaid, and other forms of welfare.
a)
Marshal Plan
b)
NATO
c)
New Deal
d)
Great Society
22.
In 1954, Oliver Brown’s daughter was forced to go to a black school one mile away in Topeka,Kansas when there was white school much closer. The Court ruled that laws creating separate schools for black and white students was unconstitutional.
a)
Brown V Board of Education
b)
Marshal Plan
c)
Truman Doctorine
d)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
23.
The decision overturned the “separate but equal” Plessy v. Ferguson case (1896). It ruled that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” This led to the racial integration of schools and the Civil Rights Movement.
a)
Brown V Board of Education
b)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
c)
NATO
d)
Civil Rights Act of 64/68
24.
This banned the use of literacy tests.
a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
Civil Rights Movement
c)
Voting Rights Act
d)
Jim Crow Law
25.
Which invention had the greatest impact on America in the 1950's?
a)
Radio
b)
Television
c)
Telephone
d)
Cars
26.
Thurgood Marshall became _______.
a)
a president of the United States.
b)
a principal in a school who fought racism.
c)
the first African American on the Supreme Court.
d)
one of the authors of the constitution.
27.
Which method did MLK urge his followers to use to achieve justice?
a)
demanding that Congress pay reparations to African Americans
b)
leaving any community in which racism is practiced
c)
engaging in civil disobedience
d)
using violence to bring about change
28.
Who led the bus boycott in which Rosa Parks was involved?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Emmit Til
c)
Thurgood Marshall
d)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
29.
The program created to lead space exploration and research
a)
Department of Defense
b)
Homeland Security
c)
NASA
d)
STARS Alliance
30.
During the Space Race, Kennedy's goal for America was to be the first to
a)
build a space station
b)
land a man on the moon
c)
put a man into orbit
d)
put a man into space
31.
Which countries competed in the Space and Arms Race?
a)
US & Cuba
b)
Japan & Vietnam
c)
USSR & US
d)
North & South Korea
32.
Images like this one refer to what theory about the spread of Communism?
a)
The Mar$hall Plan
b)
The Domino Theory
c)
Proxy Wars
d)
Flexible Response
33.
Which side of Vietnam and Korea was originally set up to be a Communist country?
a)
North
b)
South
34.
Who was the Communist leader of Vietnam that invaded South Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Bernie Sanders
35.
The Vietnam War was another attempt by the U.S. and Allied troops to ...
a)
stop the spread of communism.
b)
stop the spread of slavery.
c)
spread capitalism and freedom to communist countries.
d)
divide Vietnam into two separate countries.
36.
These were South Vietnamese who supported the communist north
a)
North Vietnamese Army
b)
Deferment
c)
Tet
d)
Viet Cong
37.
What democrat entered the 1968 presidential race, but was shot and killed?
a)
Barry Goldwater
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Lyndon Johnson
38.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
39.
These kept African Americans from voting.
a)
literacy tests and poll taxes
b)
citizenship and writing
c)
having a job and car.
d)
being born in the South.
40.
What do John F.Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert Kennedy all have in common?
a)
they were all assassinated.
b)
All of them went in to space.
c)
They all ran for president.
d)
All spoke at the March on Washington.
41.
Why was Jackie Robinson important to the Civil Right Movement?
a)
He refused to give up his seat to a white person on a bus
b)
He gave his famous speech "I have a Dream"
c)
He was the first African American supreme court justice
d)
He was the first African American to play in major league baseball
42.
College students used ________ to protest against segregation in diners at lunch counters?
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
Death threats
c)
Sit-ins
d)
Speeches
43.
How did Chavez accomplish the change referred to in this excerpt?
a)
By promoting military service as an opportunity for minority youths
b)
By filing legal cases to overturn segregation in public facilities
c)
By organizing an economic boycott to improve working conditions for migrant farmers
d)
By protesting fines imposed on employers for hiring illegal immigrants
44.
Group working for Civil Rights that promoted "Black Power"
a)
NAACP
b)
SNCC
c)
Black Panthers
d)
Southern Democrats
45.
Why was the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was formed in 1947?
a)
negotiate with Warsaw Pact nations
b)
push back communism.
c)
gather information and spy on foreign governments
d)
manage the nation’s space programs
46.
Which two forms of government were competing during the Cold War?
a)
communism and socialism
b)
democracy and capitalism
c)
democracy and communism
d)
socialism and capitalism
47.
Who was the President in office during the Bay of Pigs invasion?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Harry S. Truman
48.
The election of 1960s was between
a)
Kennedy & Johnson
b)
Kennedy & Goldwater
c)
Nixon & Johnson
d)
Kennedy & Nixon
49.
__________ refers to term made famous in Eisenhower’s farewell speech, that states fear that military industries and the rich men who owned them would get too much power.
a)
ICBMs
b)
Laika Theory
c)
Limited Test Ban Treaty
d)
Military-Industrial Complex
50.
What was the purpose of LBJ's Great Society?
a)
end poverty
b)
end drug trafficking
c)
end lynching
d)
fix the economy
51.
This is a pre-school program for low-income children
a)
Medicaid
b)
Junior Kindergarten
c)
Head Start
d)
Medicare
52.
Why is the election of 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon so monumental?
a)
The first TV debate
b)
The Berlin Crisis
c)
Watergate
d)
Kennedy's Age
53.
Who wrote the book "Silent Spring"
a)
Rachel Carson
b)
Roe V. Wade
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Lyndon B. Johnson
54.
What religion was President John F. Kennedy, it caused Americans to worry
a)
Roman Catholic
b)
Jew
c)
Protestant
d)
Hindu
55.
The best way to describe the outcome of the Bay of Pigs Invasion is
a)
It was successful
b)
It was a disaster
c)
It was never attempted
d)
It proved to be a success years later
56.
This was created by President Kennedy for young people to provide assistance to developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
a)
Peace Corp
b)
Alliance for Progress
c)
Pencils of Promise
d)
American Peace Association
57.
Nikita Khrushchev had this built to keep Eastern Germans from fleeing to the democratic West Germany
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
Bay of Pigs
c)
Berlin Wall
d)
Great Wall of China
58.
Who won the 1960 presidential election?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Gerald Ford
d)
Jimmy Carter
59.
What was the Berlin Wall a symbol of?
a)
Communism
b)
Democracy
c)
Neither
d)
Both
60.
Berlin is a city in ____.
a)
Italy
b)
Soviet Union
c)
United States
d)
Germany
61.
Who owned everything under communism?
a)
Wealthy people
b)
The secret police
c)
The government
d)
The poor people
62.
Part of the agreement that came at the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis was:
a)
The U.S. limiting our number of a-bombs
b)
The U.S. paying for the Berlin Wall
c)
The U.S. removing missiles from Turkey
d)
The U.S. paying 53 million dollars to Cuba
63.
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Le Duc Tho
b)
Ngo Deinh Diem
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Vo Nguyen Giap
64.
What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?
a)
Domino theory
b)
MAD theory
c)
Containment theory
d)
China Syndrome
65.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
a)
Was the result of U.S. ships accidentally firing against each other
b)
Gave President Johnson broad authority to use American forces
c)
Led to the United States leaving Vietnam
66.
All of the following are true about the counterculture movement except:
a)
Males in the movement had long hair and wore torn blue jeans
b)
Popular music was used to communicate their ideas
c)
They aimed to reject aspects of American society such as the competition for material goods and personal success
d)
Hippies were strictly against the use of drugs
67.
Which of the following would qualify you for a deferment during the Vietnam War
a)
Being a full-time student in college
b)
Refusing to report to duty after being drafted
c)
Burning your draft card
68.
True or False: The Tet Offensive had very little effect on the Vietnam War
a)
True
b)
False
69.
Which of the following was most influential in turning American public opinion against the Vietnam War?
a)
protests organized by Students for a Democratic Society
b)
military defeats
c)
police response to antiwar protests
d)
media coverage of the war
70.
Why was the war in Vietnam so hard to fight?
a)
there were insufficient numbers of ground troops in Vietnam
b)
Civilians often joined the Vietcong and US soldiers often could not identify the enemy
c)
American troops refused to follow orders
d)
thew Vietcong posessed superior military technology
71.
After the U.S. got out of Vietnam in 1973, what happened to the country two years later?
a)
The South Vietnamese won thanks to Nixon's bombing of Cambodia
b)
The country remained divided at the 17th parallel and still remains divided today
c)
The North Vietnamese won and made the entire country communist
d)
The U.S. re-entered the war and helped the South Vietnamese defeat the north
72.
What is the legacy of the Vietnam War for the U.S.?
a)
It was the longest and least successful war in American history
b)
It was long and hard, but did contain communism
c)
our soldiers were welcomed home as heroes
d)
The Soviets slowed their efforts to spread communism
73.
What was Vietnamization?
a)
a buildup of US forces in Vietnam
b)
a gradual changeover of responsibility from US troops to French troops
c)
a gradual changeover of responsibility from US troops to South Vietnamese troop
d)
a build up of French forces in Vietnam
74.
What was the American reaction to the invasion of the war into Cambodia?
a)
Citizens got behind the war for the first time
b)
there was a new storm of protest
c)
there was an increase in military enlistments
d)
nothing changed
75.
What did the 1973 War Powers Act State?
a)
The President could not send troops into battle for more than 60 days without Congressional approval
b)
Congress has sole authority of wartime finances
c)
The President must get the Commanding Generals written plans before sending troops into battle
76.
How many students were killed at Kent State University on May 4, 1970 which later prompted Neil Young to pen the song, "Ohio"?
a)
1
b)
4
c)
9
d)
13
77.
At which parallel was Vietnam divided at? (DMZ)
a)
17th
b)
23rd
c)
38th
d)
12th
78.
Unlike previous wars where the objective was often land acquisition, Vietnam had what objective?
a)
Divide and Conquer
b)
Search and Destroy
c)
Hit and Run
79.
Allowed the public to be negatively influenced concerning the Vietnam war?
a)
Television and media bias
b)
Radio
c)
Telegraph
d)
Internet
80.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
81.
What was Betty Friedan's role in the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1960s?
a)
She wrote a book called the Feminine Mystique that helped launch the movement.
b)
She helped found the National Organization of Women which fought for women's liberation.
c)
She led protests against the current status of women in the United States.
d)
All of the above.
82.
Caesar Chavez became the leader of what organization that led a national boycott of grapes and lettuce?
a)
Hispanic Americans
b)
Latinos Labor Movement
c)
United Farm Workers
d)
California Labor Union
83.
This current Arizona US Senator was once a P.O.W. in Vietnam for five years.
a)
John Kerry
b)
John McCain
c)
Michael Kelly
d)
Daniel Ellsberg
84.
This image is taken from what event that marked the "celebration of an era"?
a)
Boricua
b)
Woodstock
c)
Alcatraz
d)
La Raza Unida
85.
Which of the following basically allows girls to have high school sports?
a)
Title IX
b)
ERA Amendment
c)
AIM
d)
EPA
86.
What university was there a massive student demonstration in which the ROTC building is burned and National Guard called out?
a)
Harvard
b)
Ohio
c)
Texas
d)
Kent State
87.
Why was the Vietnam War called the "living room war"?
a)
For the first time people fought out of their living room
b)
The nightly news showed what was happening with live footage
c)
Soldier's battle positions were called living rooms
d)
President gave daily briefings on what was happening and actions taken in the war
88.
Which of the following was a La Raza Unida Party goal?
a)
improved wages for Puerto Rican immigrants
b)
bilingual edcation
c)
the overthrow of Fidel Castro in Cuba
d)
promotion of Latino arts and culture
89.
The goal of most hippies was to
a)
fight for free speech
b)
fight for civil rights
c)
find freedom and spiritual enlightenment
d)
achieve social equality
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