WorksheetsUS History Sem 2 Review
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A _______________ is a small community close to a large city.
a)
suburb
b)
satellite
c)
censure
d)
espionage
2.
Which U.S. government action provided funding for veterans of the Second World War in order to create a better educated and more productive workforce?
a)
Passage of the G.I. Bill
b)
Establishment of the Peace Corps
c)
Passage of the National Defense Education Act
d)
Establishment of the Department of Veterans Affairs
3.
In the 1950s, more people moved to the southern and the sunbelt states because of
a)
defense industry spending.
b)
the national highway system.
c)
suburban housing developments.
d)
air conditioning
4.
An impact of the Space Race on American education priorities was a shift in the school curriculum to a concentration on learning
a)
math and science
b)
social skills
c)
patriotism
d)
physical education
5.
How did the end of the Second World War influence the pattern of population growth in the United States?
a)
The movement of women to the workforce reduced birth rates.
b)
The sudden influx of returning soldiers caused a boom in birth rates.
c)
The high casualty rate from the war contributed to reduced birth rates.
d)
The renewed availability of rationed foods increased individual life spans.
6.
Invented a vaccine that prevented Polio.
a)
Jonas Salk
b)
Milton Freidman
c)
Alexander Fleming
d)
Leonid Brezhnev
7.
Supreme Court case where the court ruled, "separate but equal is inherently unequal."
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Desegregation
c)
Lau v. Nichols
d)
Civil Rights Act
8.
Eisenhower created this to help provide military assistance and quick evacuations from major cities.
a)
Interstate Highways
b)
Airports
c)
Subways
d)
Starbucks
9.
What was the significance of Levittown?
a)
It showed the need for a working GI Bill
b)
It sparked the growth of the American suburbs
c)
It was the center of the American industry
d)
It was the site of the Kennedy-Nixon debates
10.
Technology that expoloded in popularity in the 1950's, eventually becoming a staple in the American home
a)
Phone
b)
Radio
c)
Home Computer
d)
Television
11.
How did the GI Bill affect suburbs?
a)
Gave veterans low interest home loans
b)
Made veterans move to cities
c)
It slowed the rise in suburbs
d)
None of the above
12.
In the 1950's most homes were built in the
a)
Cities
b)
Rural Areas
c)
Military bases
d)
Suburbs
13.
Which of the following is NOT an effect of the Space Race?
a)
More focus on math and science
b)
NASA founded
c)
increased military spending
d)
Soviet Union and America become allies
14.
Housing boom, more spending, TVs in every home, these all describe the 1950's era known as...
a)
Depression
b)
Imperialism
c)
Isolationism
d)
Prosperity
15.
Rock and roll affected society in the United States by contributing to a _____________________________ between generations.
a)
cultural divide
b)
Soviet Union
c)
suburban
d)
communists
16.
Trends of the 1950's (middle class, highway system, suburbs) were a result of economic prosperity following ______.
a)
WW2
b)
GI Bill
c)
arms race
d)
suburban
17.
12.Who runs for president in 1952?
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
John F Kennedy
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Richard Nixon
18.
Which lawyer argued against segregation in the Brown V. Board of Education?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Clarence Thomas
c)
John Roberts
d)
Earl Warren
19.
Which civil rights leader advocated separation for African Americans and was opposed to integration?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Medgar Evers
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Eldrige Cleaver
20.
Who wrote the Feminine Mystique and helped to found NOW?
a)
Gloria Steinem
b)
Betty Friedan
c)
Sylvia Plath
d)
Simone De Beauvoir
21.
Which proposed amendment that was designed to ensure equal rights for women, failed to receive enough support for ratification?
a)
Equal Rights amendment
b)
13th amendment
c)
Women's Rights amendment
d)
18th amendment
22.
Who led the March on Selma?
a)
Martin L. King Jr
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
John F. Kennedy
23.
What allowed Lyndon B Johnson Ultimate power in Southeast Asia?
a)
War Powers Act
b)
Patriot Act
c)
New Year's Resolution
d)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
24.
Going to College was one way to avoid what?
a)
Adulthood
b)
The War-time Draft
c)
Protests
d)
Mother in Law
25.
Who took over the presidency after JFK was assassinated?
a)
Lyndon B Johnson
b)
Leonard Neemoy
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
John F Kennedy
26.
What University saw National Guard members kill 4 students?
a)
Kent State University
b)
Michigan University
c)
Ohio State University
d)
Kentucky University
27.
This was the name of the NVA and Vietcong surprise attack in 1968:
a)
Ted 2
b)
Tet Offensive
c)
Offensive Ted
d)
Operation Rolling Thunder
28.
This is the Texas City where JFK was assassinated:
a)
Houston
b)
San Antonio
c)
Plano
d)
Dallas
29.
The chemical defoliant used to expose the Ho Chi Minh Trail:
a)
Agent 007
b)
Change Agent
c)
Agent Orange
d)
Orange Crush
30.
After the U.S. got out of Vietnam in 1973, what happened to the country two years later?
a)
The South Vietnamese won thanks to Nixon's bombing of Cambodia
b)
The country remained divided at the 17th parallel and still remains divided today
c)
The North Vietnamese won and made the entire country communist
d)
The U.S. re-entered the war and helped the South Vietnamese defeat the north
31.
How did U.S. involvement in Vietnam change America's involvement in future conflicts? It has led to __________
a)
short times of involvement, fewer troops on the ground, and more air strikes
b)
lengthy ground campaigns
c)
isolationism that has lasted the past 43 years
d)
robot soldiers that fight instead of troops
32.
What was the period of cooling off between the Soviet Union and China - and the U.S. - during the early 1970s know as?
a)
the big thaw
b)
the cool-down
c)
detente
d)
melt-away
33.
What were the so-called "SALT 1" talks about?
a)
increasing mineral trade between the U.S. and Soviet Union
b)
reducing nuclear weapons
c)
improving the taste of bland foods
d)
learning how to store nuclear waste in salt domes
34.
When the U.S. supported Israel and gave them arms during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, how did neighboring Arab nations (OPEC members) react?
a)
refused to sell the U.S. oil
b)
sent terrorists to bomb U.S. buildings
c)
all 20 OPEC members attacked Israel
d)
helped the U.S. supply weapons
35.
What was the target of President Nixon's re-election committee when they wiretapped the Watergate Complex?
a)
Democratic National Committee
b)
Republican National Committee
c)
People who worked for the Pentagon
d)
The FBI
36.
With Watergate, Nixon was the first and only president to
a)
be impeached
b)
be impeached and be convicted of impeachment
c)
resign the presidency
37.
What did President Ford do that upset many Americans?
a)
Pardoned Nixon after he was convicted of impeachment
b)
Pardoned Nixon before he was ever charged with a crime
c)
Pardoned Nixon after he was convicted of crimes in court
38.
What type of government did the Soviet Union have?
a)
communist
b)
capitalist
c)
mercantile
d)
feudal
39.
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
40.
Is inflation but with high unemployment.
a)
Stagflation
b)
Trickle-down economics
c)
Reaganomics
d)
Bull Market
41.
Used oil as a political weapon by placing an oil embargo on the USA & Western Europe for supporting Israel in a Middle East war. Overnight the price of gas shot up!
a)
OPEC
b)
FDIC
c)
CCC
d)
NAFTA
42.
Pres. Carter signed a deal returning control of the _____________ in the year 2000.
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Panama Canal
d)
Suez Canal
43.
Face to face negotiations produced the ending 30 years of war between Israel and Egypt.
a)
Camp David Accords
b)
Camp Fun Accords
c)
Detente
d)
Arms Race
44.
Iranian students seized 66 people at the American Embassy in Tehran.
a)
Iran Hostage Crisis
b)
Afghanistan Hostage Crisis
c)
Iran-Contra Affair
d)
Camp David Accords
45.
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
46.
Who was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court by President Reagan?
a)
Sonia Sontamayor
b)
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
c)
Elana Kagen
d)
Sandra Day O'Connor
47.
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
48.
How many terms did Ronald Reagan Serve as president?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
3
49.
The Cold War ended in 1991 when which country broke apart?
a)
China
b)
Kuwait
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Cuba
50.
What caused the Persian Gulf War?
a)
The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia
b)
Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil
c)
The Stock Market crashed
d)
The Japanese bombed North Korea
51.
Who was the Iraqi leader during the early 90s?
a)
Colin Powell
b)
Saddam Hussein
c)
George H.W. Bush
d)
Yasir Arafat
52.
Who was President of the United States during Operation Desert Storm?
a)
Bill Clinton
b)
Jimmy Carter
c)
George Bush Sr.
d)
Ronald Reagan
53.
How did the US carry out Operation Desert Storm?
a)
With the help of a United Nations coalition, the US defeated the enemy.
b)
The US used nuclear weapons to clear out Saudi Arabian forces.
c)
With the best equipment money can buy, the US defeated the enemy.
d)
Saudi Arabia convinced Iraq and Iran to leave Kuwait.
54.
Incident in which American troops killed from 175 to 400 Vietnamese villagers
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Vietnamization
c)
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
d)
My Lai massacre
55.
College professors held these in which they expressed opinions about the Vietnam War
a)
conscientious objectors
b)
deferment
c)
counterculture
d)
teach-ins
56.
Secret information regarding the situation in Vietnam, released to the public in 1971
a)
Pentagon Papers
b)
Geneva Conference
c)
Tet Offensive
d)
Watergate papers
57.
American soldiers fighting in Vietnam had to cope with
a)
having too few soldiers
b)
tropical infections, guerilla warfare, and booby traps
c)
lack of sophisticated equipment
d)
working with the Communists
58.
This man investigated the Whitewater and Lewinsky scandals.
a)
Kenneth Starr
b)
Walter Mondale
c)
Newt Gingrich
d)
Ross Perot
59.
This leader of the Soviet Union proposed the ideas of détente and perestroika
a)
Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Boris Yeltsin
60.
The most successful third party candidate in recent history
a)
Ross Perot
b)
Geraldine Ferraro
c)
Ralph Nader
d)
Jill Stein
61.
This SCOTUS case determined that keeping people separate based on the color of their skin was not acceptable.
a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Bush v. Gore
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
62.
This SCOTUS case determined that individuals must be told of their rights. Confessions can be thrown out if not.
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Gideon v. Wainwright
c)
Miranda v. Arizona
d)
D. C. v. Heller
63.
What is the United States' main economic interest in Southwest Asia?
a)
oil
b)
tourism
c)
trade routes
d)
selling American-made products
64.
The nation of Israel was created soon after....
a)
World War I
b)
World War II
c)
The Persian Gulf War
d)
The Korean War
65.
The Camp David Accords was one of President Jimmy Carter's greatest accomplishments in office. The Camp David Accords -
a)
Negotiated a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
b)
Negotiated the release of US hostages held by Iran
c)
Negotiated with OPEC to lower oil prices
d)
Helped organized a group of countries to fight against communism
66.
What did Iranian student activists do when the Shah of Iran was treated in an American hospital?
a)
they terrorized American travelers in Europe
b)
they forced an attack on Iraq
c)
they seized the American embassy and took hostages
d)
they staged an overthrow of the government
67.
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.
68.
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
69.
Select the item that is FALSE about SDI.
a)
It stands for Strategic Defense Initiative
b)
Involves Jedi knights
c)
Supported by Ronald Reagan
d)
Too expensive & never happens
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