WorksheetsGSE US23 Modern American Presidents
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This foreign policy statement after WWII said US would help any nation trying to stop communism from spreading to their nation.
a)
Roosevelt Corollary
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Bush Doctrine
2.
This US president said that Civil Rights needs would not really change unless the hearts of people changed but he did send the national guard to Little Rock, AK to protect students integrating Little Rock High School
a)
FDR
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Truman
d)
Kennedy
3.
US President who supported NASA and committed US to a program that would take us to the moon
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
4.
This US President negotiated the removal of missiles from Cuba in the Cuban Missile Crisis
a)
FDR
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Kennedy
d)
Johnson
5.
The Bay of Pigs supported refugee Cubans in an invasion to remove Castro from power. A bad idea of the CIA that was a carry over policy from this president's administration?
a)
FDR
b)
Truman
c)
Eisenhower
d)
Kennedy
6.
This US president had to resign from office when he got involved in a cover up of nasty tricks in his re-election.
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Nixon
d)
Johnson
7.
Johnson's Great Society consisted of
a)
extensive tax cuts and defense spending cuts.
b)
an intensifying of the war effort in Vietnam.
c)
reforms in health care, education, and civil rights.
d)
a conservative support for corporations and wealthy Americans.
8.
The time has come for the Congress of the United States to join with the executive and judicial branches in making it clear to all that race has no place in American life or law." President John F. Kennedy
What was Kennedy's desired outcome from Congress?
What was Kennedy's desired outcome from Congress?
a)
Civil Rights Act 1964
b)
Social Security Act
c)
Peace Corps
d)
Mission to the Moon
9.
After the Tet Offensive in 1968, Americans believed that the government had not been honest about how things were going in Vietnam forcing this president to drop out of the presidential race?
a)
Kennedy
b)
Johnson
c)
Nixon
d)
Ford
10.
The Camp David Accords were agreements brokered by President Carter to
a)
Bring peace between Egypt & Israel in the middle east
b)
End US domination of the Panama Canal
c)
Stop an arms race in the middle east
d)
None apply
11.
This event derailed any chance Jimmy Carter had of winning re-election after a almost 365 days of anxiety over the
a)
Invasion of Iran
b)
Iranian Hostage Crisis
12.
After many years, this US president opened up relations with communist China
a)
Johnson
b)
Kennedy
c)
Nixon
d)
George W Bush
13.
President Clinton was impeached in 1998 because
a)
Adultery and income tax evasion.
b)
Obstruction of justice and perjury.
c)
Violating the War Powers Act and the Voting Rights Act.
d)
Misappropriation of funds and lifting sanctions with South Africa.
14.
In Operation Desert Storm (1991) President George H Bush
a)
Hoped to put an end to the Al Qaeda network
b)
Was able to put together a coalition against Saddam Hussein.
c)
Initiated war with Iraq even though the United Nations condemned such action.
d)
Stated that the main objective of the military action was to remove Saddam Hussein from power.
15.
In 1990, Saddam Hussein sent Iraqi troops to invade and occupy Kuwait, a country with huge oil reserves. Both the United Nations and NATO authorized the use of force against Iraq to free Kuwait. The Persian Gulf War began and ended in 1991. President George H. W. Bush worked hard to create an unusual coalition to fight Iraq which included forces from
a)
China
b)
Iraq
c)
The Middle East
d)
Countries in Africa
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