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WorksheetsAH2 Comprehensive Review
Total questions: 159
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1.
Which one was NOT an issue that had to be addressed at the end of the Civil War:
a)
how to get Southern Whites to pay their taxes
b)
how to get the 11 Southern states back into the union
c)
how to fix the south's ruined econom
d)
how to promote the rights of the former slaves
2.
The Congressional Plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Ten Percent Plan
b)
Wade-Davis Bill
c)
Reconstruction of America Bill
d)
Freedmen's Bureau Bill
3.
The amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote was the:
a)
12th Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
4.
The laws that were passed in the South to limit the rights of African Americans and keep them as landless workers were known as the:
a)
Black Codes
b)
Slave Codes
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1868
d)
14th amendment
5.
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:
a)
The Civil Rights Committee
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
The Welfare Committee
d)
The Salvation Army
6.
The President that Congress tried to impeach during Reconstruction was:
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Richard Nixon
7.
The Amendment that gave Blacks citizenship and equal protection under the law was the:
a)
16th amendment
b)
13th amendment
c)
14th amendment
d)
15th amendment
8.
The Federal government's plan to reunite the country after the Civil War was called:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Reunification
d)
Rebuking Southern Secession
9.
Which court case required "separate but equal" facilities for African Americans?
a)
Brown vs. Board
b)
Plessy vs Ferguson
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Morrill vs Louisiana
10.
What was NOT a goal of the Populist movement?
a)
Secret Ballot
b)
Graduated Income Tax
c)
Regulation of Banks and Railroads
d)
Stop poor whites from voting
11.
____ is tax someone has to pay to vote.
a)
Poll Tax
b)
income tax
c)
sales tax
d)
property tax
12.
What policy did the government promote to help Native Americans?
a)
Vigilantism
b)
Progressvism
c)
The referendum
d)
Assimilation
13.
Germany employed a tactic that used extremely quick attacks. What was this called
a)
blitzkrieg
b)
lebenbaum
c)
leningrad
d)
Trench warfare
14.
Attack that prompted the United States to join WWII.
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
El-Alamein
c)
D-Day
d)
Invasion of Poland
15.
What was the secret project created to build an atomic bomb called.
a)
Los Alamos
b)
Manhattan Project
c)
Site Y
d)
Nuclear Project
16.
What happened to Japanese Americans during World War II?
a)
They were executed
b)
They were placed in internment camps
c)
They were forced to serve in the military
d)
They were deported from the U.S.
17.
The practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.
a)
Genocide
b)
Mein Kampf
c)
Appeasement
d)
Blitzkrieg
18.
Which issue best characterizes the years leading to the Second World War?
a)
Expansion of the race for space flight
b)
Rise of dictators and totalitarian states
c)
Introduction of new information technology
d)
Concern for climate change and conservation
19.
Who were the Allies?
a)
Switzerland, Belgium, France
b)
Great Britain, UK, England
c)
Soviet Union, Russia, USSR
d)
UK, US, USSR
20.
Who were the Axis Powers?
a)
Germany, Japan, Italy
b)
Jermany, Gapan, Italy
c)
Italy, Switzerland, Vichy France
d)
Germany, The Third Reich, The Motherland
21.
What was Hitler's "Final Solution?"
a)
Hitler's plan to exterminate all US and Soviet Troops.
b)
Hitler's plan to exterminate all Jews living in the Third Reich.
c)
Hitler's plan to win the war.
d)
Hitler's plan to escape out of his bunker.
22.
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?
a)
Giving aid to the Allies without joining the war
b)
Giving aid to the Axis without joining the war
c)
Sending troops to fight in Europe
d)
Helping China fight the Soviets
23.
To kick off WWII, Germany invaded
a)
Holland
b)
Japan
c)
Poland
d)
US
24.
What was the biggest reason for the U.S. not declaring war on Germany, after they invaded Poland?
a)
Many Americans supported Isolationism
b)
Germany and the U.S. had a Non-Aggression Pact
c)
The U.S. feared Hitler's retaliation
d)
The Great Depression prevented the U.S. from doing so
25.
What ended the Great Depression?
a)
The New Deal
b)
Alphabet Agencies
c)
World War II
d)
The Spread of Communism
26.
The successful Allied invasion of France was known as
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of the Bulge
c)
D-Day
d)
Battle of El Alamein
27.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
a)
African Americans who served in the military
b)
Native Americans who served in the military
c)
German Americans who served in the military
d)
Japanese Americans who served in the military
28.
Who began working in the factories when the soldiers went off to war?
a)
The elderly
b)
Children
c)
Japanese Americans
d)
Women
29.
This poster was an icon for
a)
women factory workers during WWII
b)
housewives
c)
transgender soldiers
d)
suffragettes
30.
What president decided to use the atomic bomb
a)
FDR
b)
Wilson
c)
Kennedy
d)
Truman
31.
What city was the 1st atomic bomb dropped on
a)
Tokyo
b)
Nagasaki
c)
Hiroshima
d)
Kawasaki
32.
This word means pride in one's country; it was a cause of WWI.
a)
Militarism
b)
Alliances
c)
Nationalism
d)
Imperialism
33.
This word means strengthening a country's military; it's a cause of World War I.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Militarism
c)
Alliances
d)
Imperialism
34.
This word means seeking other colonies; it was a cause of World War I.
a)
Militarism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Alliances
d)
Nationalism
35.
Who won WWI?
a)
Allied powers
b)
Central Powers
c)
Triple Entente
d)
Triple Alliance
36.
Germany used their U-boats to sink ships of the Allied powers; this British passenger liner was destroyed in 1917.
a)
RMS Lusitania
b)
USS Maine
c)
USS Arizona
d)
RMS Titanic
37.
Germany had to pay $33 billion dollars in _______________.
a)
land
b)
military
c)
reparations
d)
taxes
38.
What was signed in 1919 to create peace after WWI?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of World Wars
d)
Armistice
39.
What was the area between trenches called?
a)
Friendly Fire Zone
b)
No mans land
c)
Grace period
d)
Barren
40.
President Woodrow Wilson wanted peace, but the rest of the "Big Four" wanted to punish
a)
Austria-Hungry
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
The Ottoman Empire
41.
What was not a weapon that was used during WWI?
a)
Tanks
b)
Airplane
c)
Subs
d)
Atomic bomb
42.
Which best describes trench foot?
a)
1. the wearing of combat boots over a long period of time
b)
2. a flesh eating disorder from feet constantly being wet
c)
3. a nickname for young soldiers
d)
4. the infantrymen earned this name for fighting on the front lines
43.
14 points
a)
Wilsons plan for peace
b)
Message from germany
c)
lots of casualties
d)
European war laws
44.
Because of the Treaty of Versailles …
a)
Germany had to give up 1 million square miles of land
b)
Germany had to pay war reparations to the Allies
c)
Germany’s government was reconstructed.
d)
ALL OF THE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
45.
The ________________ were the major mountain range that the railroad had to be built through.
a)
Sierra Nevada
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Cascade Mountains
d)
Appalachian Mountains
46.
Who was the man that came up with the idea to build the transcontinental railroad?
a)
Leland Stanford
b)
Charlie Crocker
c)
George Washington
d)
Theodore Judah
47.
Why did the United States enter World War I?
a)
Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare
b)
Sinking of the Lusitania
c)
The Zimmerman Telegram
d)
All of the above
48.
The ____________________ made it easier to travel, communicate, and trade.
a)
Comstock Lode
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Vigilantes
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
49.
Worldwide reactions to U.S. involvement in Vietnam grew hostile because the U.S. was viewed as an _________________________________ invading an underdeveloped nation.
a)
aggressor
b)
Communist Agression
c)
Marshall Plan
50.
The division of the 38th parallel was a result of negotiations to settle a _____________________________ between North and South Korea.
a)
border dispute
b)
peninsula
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Vietnam War
51.
The Domino Theory, which is the reason for involvement in Vietnam, was based on the belief that it would stop communism from expanding across ___________________________________.
a)
Southeast Asia
b)
Vietnam War
c)
China
d)
Marshall Plan
52.
The Truman Doctrine argues that the U.S. must protect nations from ________________________________________________.
a)
Communist Agression
b)
Communism
c)
Containment
d)
Marshall Plan
53.
Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?
a)
Membership in the US Communist Party increased
b)
US Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
c)
Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed
d)
US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely
54.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Destroy communism
d)
Provide collective security
55.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
56.
What was the Iron Curtain?
a)
the boundary between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
b)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
c)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
d)
the wall dividing East and West Berlin
57.
Sputnik 1 was launched by:
a)
US
b)
USSR
58.
What war ended in a stalemate?
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Korean War
c)
Civil War
d)
World War II
59.
The Cold War was mainly focused on the U.S and their fight against ___.
a)
Socialism
b)
Fascism
c)
Communism
d)
Exorcisms
60.
Linked East coast of United States to West coast
a)
Transcontinental Airline
b)
Transcontinental Road
c)
Transcontinental Bus Route
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
61.
Lead to end of the open range frontier
a)
Barber Wire
b)
Barbed Wire
c)
Bar Wire
d)
Bark Wire
62.
Northern Plains Indian nation fought and lost bitter war against U.S. Army
a)
Creek/Sioux Indians
b)
Lakota/Cherokee Indians
c)
Sioux/Lakota Indians
d)
Apache/Creek Indians
63.
Cattle handlers who drove large herds across the southern Great Plains
a)
Little Big Horn
b)
Angus beef boy
c)
Cowboy
d)
Homestead Act
64.
Grassland owned by government where ranchers graze their herds for free
a)
Open Range
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Open wire
d)
Boom town
65.
Fast-growing town, located near where gold or silver had been discovered
a)
Cowboy town
b)
Barbed town
c)
Boom town
d)
Boom time
66.
Native American region at edge of settled area
a)
Great Plains
b)
Frontier
c)
Transcontinental
d)
Native lands
67.
Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought wars against Indians on Great Plains
a)
Buffalo Soldiers
b)
Buffalo Wings
c)
Buffalo Navy
d)
Buffalo Riders
68.
7th Cavalry surrounded Sioux and 150-300 men, women and children murdered only a baby survived
a)
Wounded Knee
b)
Sand Creek Massacre
c)
Little Big Horn
d)
Big Little Horn
69.
What policy did the government promote to help Native Americans?
a)
Vigilantism
b)
Progressvism
c)
The referendum
d)
Assimilation
70.
Under the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, public land was set aside for which purpose?
a)
to construct railroads
b)
to create colleges
c)
to build national parks
d)
to establish farms
71.
Who were the "Exodusters"?
a)
Mexican Americans who fled after the Mexican-American War
b)
African Americans who fled the South after Reconstruction
c)
Chinese Americans who fled the North after the Gold Rush
d)
Native Americans who fled the East after the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
72.
What amendment launched the era of prohibition?
a)
3rd amendment
b)
10th amendment
c)
18th amendment
d)
6th amendment
73.
What did prohibition ban?
a)
cigars
b)
alcohol
c)
women
d)
african american votes
74.
What is one reason why the Pony Express was important before the transcontinental railroad?
a)
The population out west had grown rapidly in the mid-1800s.
b)
roads weren't good enough for the cars
c)
Horses were necessary for dodging the cattle throughout the great plains
75.
Which method was best for moving mail across the country, quickly?
a)
Running really fast
b)
Stagecoach
c)
Pigeons
d)
Single horse and rider
76.
Which of these was NOT a significant danger for the miners of the Comstock Lode?
a)
Flooding
b)
Fire
c)
Murder
d)
Cave-ins
77.
Who discovered the huge gold and silver deposits in Nevada
a)
Henry Comstock
b)
Wibur and Oville Wright
c)
Evan and Hosea Grosh
d)
John Sutter
78.
Why did the discoverer(s) of the Comstock Lode not cash in on their find?
a)
They died before they could record their find
b)
They were tricked into selling their claim
c)
Someone stole all of their discovery
d)
There really was no gold or silver
79.
What was the preferred breed during the cattle drives?
a)
Black Angus
b)
Red Angus
c)
Longhorn
d)
Cow
80.
What invention led to the end of the major cattle drives?
a)
Trains
b)
Semis
c)
Pigs
d)
Barbed Wire
81.
What region is generally referred to when speaking of cattle kingdom?
a)
Southwest
b)
Great Plains
c)
Great Lakes
d)
Appalachia
82.
What is one reason Longhorns were the preferred breed for cattle drives?
a)
They provided more meat
b)
They were easy to train
c)
They needed less water
d)
They were part buffalo
83.
Who were the "Exodusters"?
a)
Mexican Americans who fled after the Mexican-American War
b)
African Americans who fled the South after Reconstruction
c)
Chinese Americans who fled the North after the Gold Rush
d)
Native Americans who fled the East after the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
84.
The discovery of the Comstock Lode in Nevada in 1859, public land was set aside f or which purpose?
a)
ranching
b)
mining
c)
fishing
d)
railroads
85.
What term describes the thought that Americans had the right to expand our influence from the Atlantic to the Pacific due to our advanced culture?
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Gilded Age
c)
Progressivism
d)
Reconstruction
86.
What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
b)
Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
c)
Polluted the air and the natural environment
d)
All of the above
87.
How are women impacted by moving west?
a)
They are able to buy and own land for the first time.
b)
With land ownership, women can vote.
c)
Women made millions in the gold mining.
d)
The west was too frightening a place, so women stayed on the east coast.
88.
What's the vocab word for: Postive factors that bring people to a new area?
a)
Push factors
b)
Pull factors
c)
Coincidences
d)
Block factors
89.
What's the vocab word for: Negative factors that drive people out of their homes for better options?
a)
Push factors
b)
Pull factors
c)
Coincidences
d)
Block factors
90.
How did Congress support construction of the transcontinental railroad?
a)
By providing vigilantes
b)
By promoting an open-range system
c)
By providing land grants
d)
By passing the Homestead Act
91.
I had a monopoly on the steel industry. I am ______________
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
Andrew Carnegie
92.
I invented the telephone. I am ______________
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
John D. Rockefeller
93.
Who is responsible for the flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
Andrew arnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
94.
I helped to light up the world. Who am I?
a)
Tinker Bell
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
95.
I am the founder of the Standard Oil Company. I am ___________
a)
John D. Rockefeller
b)
Andrew Carnegie
c)
Wright Brothers
d)
Thomas Edison
96.
What was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?
a)
credit mobilier
b)
political machine
c)
corrected democracy
d)
electoral politics
97.
What was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and Kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?
a)
credit mobilier
b)
political machine
c)
corrected democracy
d)
electoral politics
98.
Technological development most revolutionized US steel industry?
a)
Electrification
b)
Vulcanization
c)
Steam power
d)
Bessemer Process
99.
The innovation of this transportation help open up the national market?
a)
boats
b)
railroads
c)
autombils
d)
horse drawn carriages
100.
During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....
a)
Philanthropy
b)
Labor Unions
c)
Political Bosses
d)
Credit Unions
101.
Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:
a)
The Baby Boom
b)
Immigration
c)
The Homestead Act
d)
Better Healthcare
102.
What is a Laissez-Faire economy?
a)
An economy that is completely controlled by the U.S. government
b)
An economy that is partially controlled by the U.S. government
c)
An economy that works best when there is very little involvement by the U.S. government
d)
An economy that is controlled by another country
103.
The Populist Party supported which goals?
a)
Immigration reform and gold standard
b)
Coinage of silver and government ownership of railroads
c)
Lower crop prices and higher tariffs
d)
Unregulated banks and higher grain storage fees
104.
The doctrine that a country should stay out of foreign affairs.
a)
Imperialism
b)
Isolationism
c)
Nationalism
d)
Militarism
105.
A sensationalist reporting in which writers often exaggerated stories to attract readers.
a)
De Lome Letter
b)
Journalism
c)
Yellow Journalism
d)
Isolationism
106.
Economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations. Called for the U.S. to annex these islands as new overseas colonies.
a)
Isolationism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Anti-Imperialism
d)
Nationalism
107.
Control of Hawaii contributed to the power of the US because the islands
a)
allowed the US to have access to China
b)
acted as a mediator between the US and Japan
c)
supplied strategic supplies of oil and steel in he Pacific
d)
served as a military base for the US in the Pacific
108.
What document demanded that European countries stay out of affairs of Latin American?
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Roosevelt Doctrine
c)
Dollar Doctrine
109.
What product did Great Britain use the open up trade with China?
a)
Opium
b)
Gold
c)
Spices
d)
Silk
110.
The goal of the Boxer Rebellion was to
a)
drive all foreign influences from China
b)
to defeat Japan and control Korea
c)
to stop buying Opium
d)
colonize Japan
111.
The policy that the United Sates put into effect that said China was open to all nations
a)
Meiji Restoration
b)
spheres of influence
c)
open door policy
d)
Opium Wars
112.
gave equal trading rights to all countries in China
a)
Big Stick Diplomacy
b)
Open Door Policy
c)
Roosevelt Corollary
d)
Imperialism
113.
Who wrote "The Jungle" which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Frank Norris
114.
Who photographed conditions of the urban poor in “How the Other Half Lives" which resulted in people examining the conditions of the poor in America’s cities?
a)
Upton Sinclair
b)
Lincoln Steffens
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Frank Norris
115.
Journalists who exposed corruption and problems in society are called--
a)
Gump Mushers
b)
Muckrakers
c)
Scalawags
d)
Dirt Diggers
116.
Which committee investigated communist actions and ties to the Soviet Union
a)
House of Un-American Activities (HUAC)
b)
Truman Council
c)
Eisenhower Doctrine
d)
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
117.
The "Red Scare" means
a)
People were afraid of the color red.
b)
People thought Red's were friends.
c)
People were afraid of Communists.
d)
People were afraid of Democrats.
118.
All of the following were reasons for America’s “Race to the Moon” EXCEPT:
a)
national pride
b)
national
defense
c)
Cold
War technology
d)
oil
prices
119.
The most important agreement between President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev was:
a)
Cooperation
in exploration of space
b)
A
limit to offensive nuclear weapons
c)
German
re-unification
d)
Lessening
trade limits
120.
Who was the president at the time of the Watergate Scandal?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Gerald R. Ford
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
121.
The Dust Bowl devastated what part of the U.S. during the Great Depression?
a)
West Coast
b)
New England
c)
Deep South
d)
Great Plains
122.
What New Deal program gives you a monthly pension when you turn 65?
a)
Social Security
b)
TVA
c)
Medicare
d)
FDIC
123.
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
a)
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
b)
Easy Credit
c)
Mistakes of the Federal Reserve
d)
high farm prices
124.
The Supreme Court ruled in the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision that "separate, but equal" laws in public education were unequal. The courts decision overturned the 1896 ruling of
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
c)
Marbury v. Maryland
d)
McCulloch v. Mayland
125.
Oliver Hill and Thurgood Marshall worked for the ___________ and used the court system to bring an end to "separate, but equal" laws.
a)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
b)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP_
c)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
d)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
126.
What permanently ended these types of signs as well as all types of Jim Crow laws?
a)
1958 Sit In Act
b)
1960 Bay of Pigs Act
c)
1964 Civil Rights Act
d)
1965 Voting Rights Act
127.
What is the economic term that refers to the double problems of rising inflation and unemployment?
a)
depression
b)
recession
c)
stagflation
d)
capitalism
128.
What building was broken into during the Watergate Break-in?
a)
The Capitol Building
b)
The White House
c)
Republican Headquarters
d)
Democratic Headquarters
129.
EPA stands for ____ Protection Agency.
a)
Ethical
b)
Education
c)
Environmental
d)
Entertainment
130.
Salt stands for
a)
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
b)
Secondary Army Life Treaty
c)
Selective Army Limitation Treaty
d)
Strategic Allied Limitation Treaty
131.
The Camp David accords were between what two countries?
a)
USA and Vietnam
b)
Isreal and Egypt
c)
South Vietnam and North Vietnam
d)
USA and Isreal
132.
Which word means, "easing/lessening of tension?"
a)
Inflation
b)
Detente
c)
Stagflation
d)
Constipation
133.
Which of the following presidents improved relations with the Soviet Union by visiting and signing arms limitations agreements?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Nixon
c)
Kennedy
d)
Carter
134.
Which president was successful in negotiating a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Gerald Ford
c)
Jimmy Carter
d)
Ronald Reagan
135.
CONTROL OIL PRICES AROUND THE WORLD
a)
OPEC
b)
NATO
c)
UNITED NATIONS
d)
IRAN
136.
PEACE TALKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND EGYPT
a)
CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
b)
OPEC
c)
IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS
d)
IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR
137.
When they were arrested, the Watergate burglars were breaking into
a)
the republican office.
b)
the Democratic Party HQ.
c)
The Embassy.
d)
the congress headquarters.
138.
What 3 things did Carter want all people to have?
a)
books, a goat, a farm
b)
a job, peanuts, a pool
c)
equal rights, an education, a job
139.
In August 1974, Richard Nixon becomes the first president to do what?
a)
Resign
b)
Die while in office
c)
Flee the country
d)
Own a cat
140.
Who is the only person to be vice-president and president of the United States without ever being elected to either?
a)
Ford
b)
Carter
c)
Nixon
d)
Eisenhower
141.
What caused the Persian Gulf War?
a)
The US wanted control of Iraq
b)
Iraq invaded Kuwait to control its oil fields
c)
Weapons of mass destruction were located in Iraq
d)
The UN wanted to stop terrorism
142.
What caused the Persian Gulf War?
a)
The US wanted control of Iraq
b)
Iraq invaded Kuwait to control its oil fields
c)
Weapons of mass destruction were located in Iraq
d)
The UN wanted to stop terrorism
143.
What was one effect of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the US?
a)
The US economy received an immediate boost
b)
Transportation security became less strict
c)
The US invaded Afghanistan
d)
Congress issued a declaration of war against Saudi Arabia
144.
Who is the United States' closest ally in the Middle East today?
a)
Syria
b)
Saudi Arabia
c)
Israel
d)
Pakistan
145.
What is the United States' main economic interest in Southwest Asia?
a)
oil
b)
tourism
c)
trade routes
d)
selling American-made products
146.
In November 1979, revolutionaries stormed the American embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage. The Carter administration tried unsuccessfully to negotiate for the hostages release. On January 20, 1981, the day Carter left office, Iran released the Americans, ending their 444 days in captivity.
a)
Iran Contra Affair
b)
OPEC Hostage Crisis
c)
Iran Hostage Crisis
d)
Tehran Hostage Crisis
147.
How was the Iran Hostage Crisis resolved?
a)
the hostages were all killed
b)
the hostages were released as part of the agreement ending the Vietnam War
c)
the hostages were freed upon Reagan's inauguration
d)
the Camp David Accords led Israel to release the hostages
148.
Which of the following actions occurred during the Iran-Contra affair?
a)
The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras.
b)
The Reagan administration secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the contras.
c)
The Reagan administration paid the contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran.
d)
The Reagan administration hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the contras.
149.
What was the policy of relaxing tensions between the Soviet Union and US?
a)
perestroika
b)
democritization
c)
glasnost
d)
detente
150.
What has led to increased globalization?
a)
Free trade, the development of the Internet, and the use of technology
b)
The spread of communism
c)
The spread of democracy
d)
The decreased use of social media and the Internet
151.
When countries are reliant on each other for goods, services, ideas, etc., it is called _.
a)
Interdependence
b)
Globalization
c)
Overpopulation
d)
International organizations
152.
Which term describes the migration from the countryside to the city usually for economic opportunity?
a)
Urbanization
b)
Outsourcing
c)
Globalization
d)
Ethnic Cleansing
153.
For participating countries, what did NAFTA call for?
a)
a challenge to U.S. economic leadership
b)
the development of a single currency
c)
removal of environmental controls
d)
the removal of trade restrictions in North America
154.
Which term describes the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political or religious purposes i.e Al-Qaeda and ISIS?
a)
Environmentalism
b)
Urbanization
c)
Outsourcing
d)
Terrorism
155.
The United Nations created what country for the Jewish people?
a)
Iran
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Iraq
d)
Isreal
156.
Which term refers to the deliberate mass killing of an ethnic group, religious group, or cultural group?
a)
Homicide
b)
Suicide
c)
Genocide
d)
Insecticide
157.
What is the name of the agency responsible for border and domestic protection?
a)
Department of the Interior
b)
Homeland Security
c)
FEMA
d)
FBI
158.
The generation born after World War II was called ��
a)
the draftees
b)
the utopians
c)
the traditionalists
d)
the baby boomers
159.
Which event symbolized the end of communism in Europe?
a)
The fall of the Berlin Wall
b)
The first Reagan-Gorbachev summit
c)
The introduction of perestroika in the Soviet Union
d)
The introduction of glasnost in the Soviet Union
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