WorksheetsUS History B Final
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
After China pushed the US/S Koreans back to 100 miles south of the 38th parallel, MacArthur wanted Truman to order a _____________________ against China
a)
nuclear strike
b)
total war
c)
trade embargo
d)
friendly tea party
2.
What best describes the outcome of the Korean War?
a)
South Korea and the U.S. won, unifying a Democratic Korea
b)
North Korea and China won, unifying a Communist Korea
c)
Stalemate, with the boarder remaining at the 38th parallell
d)
The U.S. and China split Korea, each controlling a part
3.
Which side of Berlin was controlled by the Soviet's military aggression?
a)
North Berlin
b)
East Berlin
c)
West Berlin
d)
South Berlin
4.
This was an operation carried out in order to deliver supplies to East Berlin
a)
West Berlin Aid
b)
Cold War
c)
East Berlin Aid
d)
Berlin Airlift
5.
What policy is related to the Korean War?
(¿Qué política está relacionada con la Guerra de Corea?)
(¿Qué política está relacionada con la Guerra de Corea?)
a)
Containment
b)
New Deal
c)
M.A.D.
d)
Lend-Lease
6.
What does N.A.T.O. stand for?
a)
North American Tribal Organization
b)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
c)
North Atlantic Tours Overseas
d)
Northern American Treaty Overseers
7.
What is the purpose of N.A.T.O?
a)
US allied Countries joining together to end democracy
b)
Soviet allied Countries joining together to stop trade between the East and West
c)
US Allied Countries to mutually defend against an attack by communist countries
d)
Soviet allied countries to mutually defend against an American attack
8.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Help north Korea
d)
Provide collective security
9.
Who was the Wisconsin senator who accused many people of communism without any proof?
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Douglas McArthur
10.
The ________________ was the imaginary line that divided Europe between capitalist West and Communist East.
a)
Satellite Nation
b)
Truman Doctrine
c)
Iron Curtain
d)
Arms Race
11.
What bill was passed to help soldiers readjust to life after World War II?
a)
Homebound Act
b)
The GI Bill
c)
Patton's Bill
d)
Executive Order 1065
12.
In the 1950's most homes were built in the
a)
Cities
b)
Rural Areas
c)
Military bases
d)
Suburbs
13.
Why did Sputnik concern Americans?
a)
Sputnik showed that the Soviets had surpassed the United States in technical skill.
b)
Sputnik could spy on the United States.
c)
Sputnik could launch ICBMs.
d)
Sputnik proved that the Soviets had a more powerful hydrogen bomb.
14.
Following WWII, the country of __________ was established to provide a homeland for the Jews.
a)
Egypt
b)
Iraq
c)
Israel
d)
Palestine
15.
Kennedy's solution to the Soviets trying to send missiles into Cuba was:
a)
To send Air Force jets over Cuba
b)
To create a hotline with the Soviets
c)
To lead the Bay of Pigs invasion
d)
To blockade (quarantine) the island
16.
How did the CIA combat communism?
a)
They overthrew the government of Iran and set up a pro-US Government
b)
They overthrew the government of Guatemala and set up a pro-US Government
c)
They assassinated communist leaders in Africa and elsewhere
d)
all of these
17.
What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?
a)
The United States would immediately try to liberate all of the countries behind the iron curtain.
b)
The United States would nationalize the Suez Canal.
c)
The United States would use force to help Middle Eastern nations threatened by communism.
d)
The United States would recognize the People’s Republic of China.
18.
What was the Red Scare?
a)
fear of the spread of wealth
b)
fear of the spread of Communism
c)
fear of the spread of Capitalism
d)
fear of job competition
19.
According to the document...what is the Red Menace.
a)
Nazism
b)
Socialism
c)
Communism
d)
Capitalism
20.
What is the name of the president that was assassinated in 1963 when driving through Dallas, Texas?
a)
George Washington
b)
Abe Lincoln
c)
John F Kennedy
d)
Barrak Obama
21.
Who was president from 1969-1974?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Ronald Reagan
d)
George W. Bush
22.
Who was president from 1945-1953? (After FDR died in office?)
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
John Kennedy
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
23.
What failed invasion of Cuba embarrassed JFK & led to his distrust of the CIA?
a)
Bay of Pigs
b)
D-Day
c)
Operation Havana
d)
Cuban Offensive
24.
The goal of the Bay of Pigs incident was
a)
Overthrow of Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Removal of nuclear missile sites
c)
Protection of communism in Europe
d)
Overthrow of Fidel Castro
25.
In ________ the Communists took control of China.
a)
1945
b)
1937
c)
1949
d)
1941
26.
The man who lead the Communist Revolution in China was _____
a)
Kim Jong Il
b)
Kim Il Sung
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Mao Zedong
27.
The Warren Commission determined that
a)
Secret Service agents skillfully saved others in motorcade
b)
Multiple shooters were involved in assassination
c)
Cuban or Soviet agents were likely involved in plot
d)
Oswald acted alone in the plot
28.
Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?
a)
Minorities and the poor
b)
White, middle-class families
c)
Farmers and laborers
d)
Businessmen
29.
What was Kennedy's alternative to Mass Retaliation after the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
NATO
b)
New Frontier
c)
New Deal
d)
Flexible Response
30.
Who assassinated MLK?
a)
Earl Jay James
b)
James Ray Earl
c)
Carl James Ray
d)
James Earl Ray
31.
What said that JFK was assassinated by a lone gunman--Lee Harvey Oswald?
a)
Warren Report
b)
Harvey Document
c)
Oswald Report
d)
That guy from Law and Order: SVU
32.
Where did the bus boycott take place?
a)
Selma, Alabama
b)
Little Rock, Arkansas
c)
Montgomery, Alabama
d)
Jackson, Mississippi
33.
Why were the Little Rock Nine unable to attend Central High School on September 4, 1957?
a)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower had sent U.S. Army troops to the school.
b)
The governor of Arkansas had ordered troops from the state's National Guard to stop them.
c)
An angry mob prevented the students from entering the building
d)
The U.S. Supreme Court had ruled against segregation in Brown v. Board of Education.
34.
Which law ensures no American citizen outlaws the discrimination of based on race, color , religion, sex, or national origin
a)
voting rights act 1964
b)
civil rights act 1957
c)
civil rights act 1964
d)
24th amendment
35.
which lawyer argued against segregation in the Brown V. Board of Education ?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Clarence Thomas
c)
John Roberts
d)
Earl Warren
36.
An organization formed in 1960 to coordinate sit-ins and other protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement.
a)
affirmative action
b)
de facto segregation
c)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
d)
National Organization for Women
37.
Cesar Chavez created the United Farm Workers Organization Committee (UFWOC) in 1966 primarily to
a)
a. secure voting rights for Mexican Americans
b)
a. improve working conditions for migrant laborers
c)
a. provide legal assistance to illegal aliens
d)
a. increase farm income
38.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
39.
In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that
a)
private schools should be controlled by the federal government
b)
issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.
c)
racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional
d)
the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued
40.
What group funded the court challenges to segregation in the 1950s?
a)
ACLU
b)
NAACP
c)
KKK
d)
Congress
41.
The main goal of the freedom riders was to
a)
pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
b)
inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
c)
encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
d)
desegregate urban bus systems in the south
42.
Which of these events did not happen in 1968?
a)
Kent State Shootings
b)
the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
c)
the assassination of Robert Kennedy
d)
the TET Offensive
43.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
44.
What did the United States fear would happen if all of Vietnam became communist?
a)
Domino Theory
b)
Communism would not spread
c)
The Iron Curtain Theory
d)
Soviet Scare
45.
What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?
a)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
b)
Gulf of Maddox Resolution
c)
USS Tonkin Resolution
d)
Gulf of Vietnam Resolution
46.
The Nixon policy of gradually reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam and returning control of the country back to the Vietnamese.
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Vietnamization
47.
Commander of U.S. Troops in Vietnam
a)
William Westmoreland
b)
Dean Rusk
Robert McNamara
Robert McNamara
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Douglas MacArthur
48.
Which factor contributed to the changing attitudes of the American public about U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War?
a)
Reelection of Lyndon Johnson
b)
Passage of the War Powers Act
c)
Graphic coverage by television news; living room war
d)
Propaganda films by antiwar protestors
49.
Napalm
a)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
b)
A type of lotion soldiers would use to get rid of the sent on their clothing
c)
Another name for a flamethrower
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
50.
Vietcong
a)
South Vietnam force
b)
North Vietnam force
c)
North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam
d)
Another name for Communists
51.
What massacre contributed to anti-war sentiment due to U.S. soldiers slaughtering innocent Vietnamese
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
My Lai
c)
Khe Sahn
d)
Ho Chi Minh
52.
Ho Chi Minh is to Ngo Dien Diem; as _____ Vietnam is to ______ Vietnam.
a)
North; South
b)
South; North
c)
China; America
d)
Bottomsies; Topsies
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