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End of Cold War

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the economic term that refers to the double problems of rising inflation and unemployment?
a)
depression
b)
recession
c)
stagflation
d)
capitalism
2.
EPA stands for ____ Protection Agency.
a)
Ethical 
b)
Education
c)
Environmental 
d)
Entertainment
3.
Salt stands for 
a)
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks 
b)
Secondary Army Life Treaty 
c)
Selective Army Limitation Treaty
d)
Strategic Allied Limitation Treaty
4.
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
5.
What communist nations did president Nixon extend relations to during his Administration?
a)
Cuba
b)
China
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Both China and Soviet Union
6.
Which word means, "easing/lessening of tension?"
a)
Inflation
b)
Detente
c)
Stagflation
d)
Constipation 
7.
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
8.
PEACE TALKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND EGYPT
a)
CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
b)
OPEC
c)
IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS
d)
IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR
9.
What was the purpose of SALT 1?
a)
To increase the production of nuclear weapons
b)
To decrease production of nuclear weapons
c)
To limit peace talks between the United States and China
d)
To end the Vietnam War
10.
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
11.
Which communist country is Nixon successful in opening diplomatic ties with?
a)
Vietnam
b)
North Korea
c)
China
d)
Soviet Union
12.
Which war did Nixon's foreign policies help to end?
a)
Korean War
b)
Gulf War
c)
Chinese Revolution
d)
Vietnam War
13.
At which University did the National Guard open fire upon protestors? 
a)
K-State 
b)
Kansas 
c)
Kennesaw 
d)
Kent State
14.
President __________ came up with Vietnamization
a)
Ford
b)
Reagan 
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon 
15.
Vietnamization was the plan to...
a)
promote Vietnamese culture in the United States
b)
Slowly withdraw from Vietnam 
c)
Let the Vietnamese citizens in the United States have a tax break  
16.
What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam? 
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
My Lai 
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 
17.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
b)
The Geneva Accords 
c)
The Tet Offensive 
d)
Operation Rolling Thunder 
18.
The Vietnam war prevented LBJ from focusing on what agenda?
a)
The Great Society 
b)
The Fair Deal 
c)
The New Frontier 
d)
The Square Deal 
19.
The foreign policy that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam was
a)
isolationism 
b)
communism 
c)
ism 
d)
containment 
20.
Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson & integrated public schools
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Sweatt v. Painter
c)
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
d)
Hernandez v. Texas
21.
What immediately followed Rosa Parks's arrest?
a)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
b)
Greensboro Sitins
c)
March on Washington
d)
Freedom Rides
22.
Where did President Eisenhower send the 101st Airborne to enforce integration of a public high school?
a)
Little Rock, Arkansas
b)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
c)
Birmingham, Alabama
d)
Jackson, Mississippi
23.
The March on Washington led to what landmark congressional law that banned discrimination based on race, religion, sex, or national origin?
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1957
d)
Civil Rights Act of 1968
24.
What was the goal of the Black Panthers?
a)
to turn American citizens against democracy
b)
to end the Vietnam War
c)
to convince African Americans to support "black power"
d)
to gain equal pay for black Americans
25.
What state laws created separate public facilities for African Americans in the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
affirmative action
c)
Civil Rights Acts
d)
Force Acts
26.
Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?
a)
on busses
b)
in schools
c)
at polling places
d)
at lunch counters
27.
Literacy tests & poll taxes were used in the South to keep African Americans from doing what?
a)
voting
b)
serving in the military
c)
moving north
d)
getting an education
28.
Amendment that abolished the poll tax
a)
23rd
b)
24th
c)
22nd
d)
26th
29.
Who boosted Black nationalism first urging blacks to use armed self-defense and later changing to peaceful means?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King Jr.
c)
Medgar Evers
d)
Thurgood Marshall
30.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 bans the use of __________ by states.
a)
literacy tests
b)
poll taxes
c)
lynchings
d)
Photo ID requirements
31.
He ordered the Arkansas National Guard to stop black students from entering Central H.S. in Little Rock
a)
Orval Faubus
b)
Lester Maddox
c)
Huey Long
d)
Medgar Evars
32.
"Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"; he attempted to keep black students from integrating U of Alabama.
a)
George Wallace
b)
Lester Maddox
c)
Orval Faubus
d)
Jim Clark
33.
Began in the 1960's; artists used walls of buildings to depict Mexican-American culture
a)
Chicano Mural Movement
b)
Counterculture Movement
c)
Free Speech Movement
d)
Temperance Movement
34.
Who wrote the book, The Feminine Mystique, which coined the term feminism?
a)
Betty Friedan
b)
Hillary Clinton
c)
Dolores Huerta
d)
Condolezza Rice
35.

Which best describes the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

a)

an influential Civil Rights leader; wrote "I Have a Dream"

b)

a Civil Rights leader who called for violent action

c)

a televangelist

d)

first black justice on the Supreme Court

36.

Which best describes the significance of Cesar Chavez?

a)

first Hispanic to win the Congressional Medal of Honor

b)

first Hispanic billionaire

c)

organized migrant farm workers and an agricultural boycott

d)

owner of a monopolistic corporation in the Gilded Age

37.

Which best describes the significance of Rosa Parks?

a)

led the fight to ratify the 19th Amendment

b)

her refusal to give up a seat launched a bus boycott

c)

campaigned to stop the Equal Rights Amendment

d)

spearheaded the "Just Say No" campaign

38.
Who gave his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech at the March on Washington?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
c)
Medgar Evars
d)
Robert F. Kennedy
39.

Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in Eastern Europe.

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Oliver North

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

40.

President Reagan authorized the off-the-books sale of stolen weapons from the Pentagon to Iran in order to fund the Nicaraguan Contras; have Iran help with hostage negotiations in Lebanon; Congress had forbidden him to use government funds to support the Contras.

a)

Iran-Hostage Crisis

b)

Lebanon-Contra Affair

c)

Iran-Sandinista Affair

d)

Iran-Contra Affair

41.

An economic condition marked by both inflation and high unemployment.

a)

inflation

b)

reunification

c)

malaise

d)

stagflation

42.

A proposed defense system-popularly known as Star Wars and lauded by Reagan-intended to protect the U.S. against missile attacks.

a)

Strategic Missile Weaponry

b)

Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces

c)

Strategic Waring System

d)

Strategic Defense Initiative

43.
To resist the spread of Communism in Latin America and liberate American hostages, the several US officials became involved in what scandal?
a)
Watergate
b)
Whitewater
c)
Iran-Contra
d)
Benghazi 
44.
Which of the following terms describe  Reagan's plan  remove government  interference  in the airline and banking industries? 
a)
Regulation 
b)
Deregulation 
c)
Strategic Defense Initiative 
d)
Reaganomics
45.
Which of the following best summarizes the camp David Accords  ?  
a)
a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
b)
A peace treaty between Israel and the United States
c)
A peace treaty between Israel and Syria
d)
A peace treaty between Egypt and the United States
46.
Which of the following president's pardoned Nixon ?  
a)
President Ford 
b)
President Carter 
c)
President Reagan
d)
President Bush
47.
PEACE TALKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND EGYPT
a)
CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
b)
OPEC
c)
IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS
d)
IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR
48.
SELLING WEAPONS TO IRAN TO FREE HOSTAGES. USING MONEY TO FUND WAR IN S. AMERICA
a)
IRAN CONTRA SCANDAL
b)
IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS
c)
REAGANOMICS
d)
CONTRACT WITH AMERICA
49.
Pres. Nixon attempted to cover up the investigation on the grounds that it involved national security.
a)
Watergate Scandal
b)
Iran-Contra Affair
c)
Teapot Dome Scandal
d)
The Petticoat Affair
50.
Relaxing of tensions with the USSR.Nixon and Soviet leaders signed an agreement (SALT) limiting development of defensive missile systems.
a)
Domino Theory
b)
Truman Doctrine
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Detente 
51.
Nixon's new policy of __________ with the Soviet Union is meant to ease tensions.
a)
detente
b)
gelatin
c)
hotline bling
d)
Moxley
52.
What was LBJ’s program to help end poverty called?
a)
New Frontier
b)
New Deal
c)
Great Society
d)
Square Deal
53.
Vietnamization was a policy advanced by Richard Nixon. What was its purpose?
a)
to increase American forces in Vietnam
b)
to decrease American forces in Vietnam
c)
to increase friendly Chinese forces in Vietnam
d)
to overwhelm the Viet Cong with U.S. forces
54.

The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:

a)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)

d)

Inchon Invasion

e)

Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)

55.

Shutting off of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.

a)

blockade

b)

containment

c)

perestroika

d)

satellites

56.

An attempt by the Soviet Union in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba directed toward the United States.

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

Berlin Airlift

d)

Detente

57.

A competition between superpowers to develop new, more deadly nuclear and controversial weapons.

a)

Arms Race

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Glasnost

d)

Warsaw Pact

58.

What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.

b)

The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba

c)

Cuba forfiets

d)

JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty

59.

What was the failed attempt by the CIA to invade Cuba and remove Castro from power?

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

DMZ

c)

Cuban Revolution

d)

Brinkmanship

60.
Broad tax cuts, and financial deregulation, which would promote economic expansion, are examples of what policy's objective:
a)
Reaganomics
b)
Trade Imbalance
c)
Iran-Contra Affair
d)
Heritage Foundation
61.
The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on the theory that —
a)
borrowing from foreign countries would help cover the costs of domestic programs
b)
significant increases in government spending would help reduce unemployment
c)
broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion
d)
reducing trade barriers would result in a budget surplus
62.

What are results of Reagan's economic beliefs?

a)

Lower taxes and government spending less

b)

Raised taxes and growth in real estate

c)

Lower taxes and use of the internet for healthcare

d)

Raised taxes and increased government spending

63.

What was Reagan's strategy to prevent aggression from other countries?

a)

Reduce military spending

b)

Increase military defense spending

c)

Invade before invaded

d)

Drone strikes

64.

The fall of the Berlin Wall marked...

a)

End of the Cold War

b)

Start of the Soviet Union

c)

End of the Great Depression

d)

End of the Gulf War

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