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Post WWII to Present

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Truman's policy of ___________________ became the United State's key foreign policy approach until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

NATO

d)

containment

2.

In 1947, President Harry S. Truman proclaimed the ______________________________. It stated that the United States would supply any nation with economic and military aid to prevent its falling under the Soviet sphere of influence. Truman called upon the United States to “support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.”

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Commitment to Europe

c)

policy decisions during the Cold War

d)

Marshall Plan

3.

Protecting the environment became important to many Americans. ______________________, a 1962 book by Rachel Carson about the impact of pesticides, exposed dangers to the environment. This book led to the Water Quality Act of 1965.

a)

The Jungle

b)

As the Earth Fades

c)

Silent Spring

d)

Pollution Planet

4.

In 1970, President Nixon created ___________________ to set limits on pollution, to conduct environmental research, and to assist state and local governments in the cleanup of polluted sites.

a)

the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

b)

Earth Day

c)

community across America

d)

awareness of environmental issues day

5.

• Protest marches

• Sit-ins

• Burning draft cards

• Student free-speech protests at universities

• Teach-ins


These acts were all MAINLY in opposition to:

a)

World War II

b)

the Korean War

c)

the Iraq War

d)

the Vietnam War

6.

Which of these was an impact of new technologies, such as the radio and movies, combined with the growth of cities?

a)

the rise of mass culture

b)

a trend toward mass migration

c)

the efficiency of mass production

d)

a theory of mass demonstrations

7.

What does this political cartoon of President Johnson best represent?

a)

The Medicare program

b)

The anti–Vietnam War movement

c)

"The Great Society" program

d)

The Conservative movement

8.

Deemed “separate but equal” unconstitutional by recognizing that separate facilities could never be equal.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

9.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed major forms of discrimination against Blacks and women.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

In 1978, President Carter brokered a deal known as the ______________________ to end the Israeli-Egyptian conflict.

a)

Camp David Accords

b)

embassy staff hostage exchange

c)

Iranian government resolution

d)

War Powers Act

11.

An agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade alliance in North America.

a)

North America Trade Union

b)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

c)

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

d)

Reaganomics

12.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the requirement for would-be voters in the United States to take literacy tests to register to vote, because this requirement was judged as unfair to minorities.

a)

True

b)

False