WorksheetsUS Unit XIII & Unit XIV Test Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on all of the following EXCEPT:
A. age
B. gender
C. religion
D. race
2. What African American woman was arrested and fined for not giving up here seat on a bus to a white man, leading blacks to boycott the Montgomery bus system?
Mary Jo Robinson
Coretta Scott King
Rosa Parks
Elizabeth Eckford
Who headed the NAACP legal defense team in the Brown case?
Charles Houston
Bull Connor
Jim Lawson
Thurgood Marshall
What term refers to the refusal to follow unjust laws?
Affirmative Action
Civil Disobedience
Black Separatism
Massive Resistance
Which of the following was a direct effect of the March on Washington?
Many civil rights leaders split with the mainstream movement, calling for faster change.
There was a white backlash as many people thought blacks were demanding too much.
Violence against blacks in the South decreased greatly.
There was increased public support for civil rights legislation.
How did President Eisenhower respond when the governor of Arkansas refused to admit nine black students to Central High School in Little Rock?
He stayed out of the conflict, saying that education was a state government issue.
He convinced Congress to pass a bill that established a timetable of integration.
He used the military to force the school to integrate and to protect the black students.
He issued an executive order demanding integration but did not enforce it.
Which of the following helped set the stage for the Civil Rights Movement?
the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
the rise of the Black Power Movement
an increase in the number of African Americans elected to government
new opportunities for African Americans during World War II
What did the Supreme Court say in Plessy v. Ferguson?
The “separate but equal” doctrine did not violate the Constitution.
States had the power to determine if African Americans had citizenship rights.
Literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses did not violate African American’s voting rights.
The federal government has a responsibility to provide certain opportunities to African Americans.
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech during the:
Birmingham Campaign
March on Washington
Selma March
Freedom Summer
What was Freedom Summer?
A program to increase the number of black voters in Mississippi.
A series of rallies emphasizing black culture and pride.
A movement in Northern cities such as Detroit and Chicago to fight black poverty.
An effort to provide equal access to colleges and universities for blacks.
Which of the following urged black pride and called for black separatism?
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Black Power Movement
The New Left
Who headed the NAACP legal defense team in Virginia?
Stokely Carmichael
Oliver Hill
C. Ross Barnett
George Wallace
Which term BEST completes the diagram?
Desegregation
Enrollment
Reconstruction
Disenfranchisement
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?
public accommodations
private universities
housing
religious organizations
What president played a vital role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
What was the name of the event where whites and blacks rode together across the South to protest segregated transportation?
Liberty Tours
The Unity Trail
The Southern Campaign
Freedom Rides
irginia responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling that segregated schools were unconstitutional in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
Some areas of Virginia closed down their schools to prevent integration.
Many areas established private schools that only admitted white students.
Most school districts did not integrate until the late 1970s.
There was a process of white flight from city school systems to the suburbs.
All of the following statements regarding the Voting Rights Act of 1965 are true EXCEPT:
It required each state and local election to have at least one African American candidate.
It led to an increase in African American voting in the South.
It prohibited the use of literacy tests as a requirement for voter registration.
It placed federal registrars in the South to register voters.
In the case of Brown v. Board of Education, why did the Supreme Court say that segregated schools were unconstitutional?
Because many Southern states had not established statewide education programs for black children.
Because segregated schools made black children feel that they were not as capable as white children.
Because it was not cost efficient for states to establish separate schools for white and black children.
Because segregated schools violated the 2nd Amendment rights of black children.
What group focused on using the court system to challenge segregation?
Organization of African American Unity
Congress of Racial Equality
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s strategy during the Civil Rights Movement emphasized
organizing non-violent mass protest
promoting self-help through education
creating a political coalition with organized labor
challenging discrimination through the courts
What was the focus of the Selma March?
segregated transportation
voting rights
segregated schools
black poverty
Who was the governor of Alabama that was a fierce segregationist?
Orval Faubus
Strom Thurmond
George Wallace
Walton Jennings
Which of these events BEST completes the diagram?
Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Brown v. Board of Education Decision
Passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Bakke v. the California Board of Regents Decision
What was the purpose of the SALT Treaty?
To place a limit on the number of nuclear weapons that the U.S. and Soviet Union could produce.
To ban the sale of nuclear weapons by the U.S. or Soviet Union to other countries.
To create regulations for the testing of nuclear weapons.
To eliminate first-strike nuclear weapons, such as submarine based missiles.
What term refers to the “hippies” of the 1960s and early 1970s that opposed mainstream society?
The Counterculture
Outcasts
The Beatnik Movement
Flappers
Which of the following raised the price of oil in the 1970s, contributing to the United States economic crisis?
Mid-East Oil Cooperative
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Energy Production Council
Warsaw Pact
What term refers to the temporary thaw in Cold War tensions during the 1970s?
amnesty
détente
reparation
confluence
In addition to the Soviet Union, the countries of ____________ also moved from communism to market economies in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Central America
the Middle East
Southeast Asia
East Europe
What new Soviet leader brought reforms to the Soviet Union in the 1980s?
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Putin
Nikita Khrushchev
Which statement best describes public opinion in America about U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War?
Support for U.S. involvement was low throughout the war.
Support for U.S. involvement was stable until Richard Nixon expanded the war into Cambodia and Laos.
Support for U.S. involvement increased after North Vietnam pushed further into South Vietnam.
Support for U.S. involvement decreased over time while anti-war demonstrations increased.
What U.S. president told the leader of the Soviet Union to “…tear down this wall!” while making a speech at the Berlin Wall?
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon Johnson
What president chose not to seek reelection due to the division in the U.S. over Vietnam?
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Which of the following was NOT an internal problem for the Soviet Union that helped lead to its collapse?
It faced high military expenses because it had to compete with the United States.
There was rising nationalism in the Soviet republics, which wanted independence.
High unemployment levels led to dissatisfaction among the citizens.
The centrally controlled communist economy was inefficient.
Which of the following best describes the end of the Vietnam War?
North Vietnam defeated the South and all of Vietnam became communist.
The war ended in a stalemate and Vietnam remained divided.
South Vietnam remained an independent country but it lost much territory to North Vietnam.
With American military assistance, South Vietnam overtook North Vietnam.
________ were Americans who supported U.S. involvement in Vietnam while __________ were Americans who opposed U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
hawks/doves
eagles/cardinals
tigers/lambs
bulls/bears
Which of the following was NOT a development in the United States after the Vietnam War?
A law was passed that increased the president’s powers in wartime.
Vietnam veterans faced indifference or even hostility upon returning home.
The public was very hesitant to support military and peacekeeping operations in the future.
Americans developed a negative attitude towards the government.
What communist country did Richard Nixon visit, hoping to exploit the rift between that country and the Soviet Union?
China
Poland
North Korea
Czechoslovakia
What was the main goal of the United States in Vietnam?
To reunify Vietnam into one country.
To stop communism from spreading.
To negotiate a peace treaty between North and South Vietnam.
To remove Soviet forces from Vietnam.
What is the name of the Soviet reform that brought economic restructuring, moving their economy of communism to market (capitalistic) economy?
perestroika
realpolitik
amalgamation
certiorari
How did the Watergate scandal end?
After the impeachment process began, Nixon resigned from office.
The House Judiciary Committee was unable to link the White House to the break-in.
Nixon was impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate.
The Senate censored (officially reprimanded) Nixon after he admitted his involvement in the cover-up.
“Vietnamization” refers to United States’ policy of:
decreasing bombing raids and increasing the use of ground forces in Vietnam.
pulling American troops out of Vietnam and replacing them with South Vietnamese troops.
expanding the conflict in Vietnam to include other communist countries in Southeast Asia.
increasing the role of the United Nations in the Vietnam War.
How were the veterans from Vietnam War typically treated when they return home?
They were greeted as heroes and given medal of honor & large grand parades.
They were solemnly received, as the U.S. showed respect for their sacrifice.
The returned often to face indifference or outright hostility from some who opposed the war.
They were not allowed to return.
In the 1980s, which President helped increase military and economic pressure on the Soviet Union, resulting in its eventual collapse?
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
The U.S. military buildup began under _______________ and then greatly increased under _____________.
Carter/Reagan
Johnson/Nixon
Kennedy/Johnson
Nixon/Ford
The 1970s economic problem of “stagflation” is defined as a combination of high inflation and:
increased unemployment
decreased investment
increased debt accumulation
increased interest rates
When the Soviet Union collapsed, it broke into Russia and how many other countries?
8
10
12
14
The Camp David Accords involved peace talks between ____________ and _____________.
Iran and Iraq
the United States and the Soviet Union
Israel and Egypt
Syria and Palestine
The term “Vietcong” refers to:
the American ground troops that were stationed in South Vietnam.
anti-communist forces in South Vietnam that were resisting the invasion by the North.
South Vietnamese guerrilla fighters that wanted to overthrow the South’s government.
North Vietnamese troops that had invaded the South.
What Soviet reform brought “openness” through freedom of speech and press?
stare decisis
glasnost
prezice
koloft
