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WorksheetsPost WWII to Present
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
Truman's policy of ___________________ became the United State's key foreign policy approach until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
NATO
containment
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.”
Truman Doctrine
Commitment to Europe
policy decisions during the Cold War
Marshall Plan
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.
The Jungle
As the Earth Fades
Silent Spring
Pollution Planet
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.
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Earth Day
community across America
awareness of environmental issues day
• Protest marches
• Sit-ins
• Burning draft cards
• Student free-speech protests at universities
• Teach-ins
These acts were all MAINLY in opposition to:
World War II
the Korean War
the Iraq War
the Vietnam War
Which of these was an impact of new technologies, such as the radio and movies, combined with the growth of cities?
the rise of mass culture
a trend toward mass migration
the efficiency of mass production
a theory of mass demonstrations
What does this political cartoon of President Johnson best represent?
The Medicare program
The anti–Vietnam War movement
"The Great Society" program
The Conservative movement
Deemed “separate but equal” unconstitutional by recognizing that separate facilities could never be equal.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed major forms of discrimination against Blacks and women.
True
False
In 1978, President Carter brokered a deal known as the ______________________ to end the Israeli-Egyptian conflict.
Camp David Accords
embassy staff hostage exchange
Iranian government resolution
War Powers Act
An agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade alliance in North America.
North America Trade Union
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Reaganomics
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.
True
False
