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EOC Review #3

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In the 1950's, Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he...
a)
Was convicted as a spy.
b)
Claimed hundreds of government employees were communists.
c)
Helped Eisenhower become president.
d)
Went to Korea and said atomic weapons should be used to break the stalemate.
2.
The policy of containment meant that
a)
The U.S.S.R. would not let democracy spread.
b)
The U.S. would not let Islam spread.
c)
The U.S.S.R. would not let Communism spread.
d)
The U.S. would not let Communism spread.
3.

18th Amendment

a)

Prohibits Women's Suffrage

b)

Prohibits Alcohol

c)

Prohibits Child Labor

d)

Prohibits immigrants from entering the country

4.

Choose the answer that best describes the Dust Bowl.

a)

When people get a lot of dust in their plates and bowls.

b)

A period of time where a large part of the US experienced drought and huge dust storms.

c)

When a dust storm came through Lubbock last year.

d)

A general term for when objects become dirty.

5.

What human activity was a part of the cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

Driving

b)

Building

c)

Baseball

d)

Overplowing

6.
What event valued stocks lower than their worth and caused people to panic, lose their jobs, homes and life savings?
a)
Black Friday
b)
Stock Market Crash
c)
The First Day of School
d)
The Solar Eclipse
7.
People who could no longer afford their homes were forced to live in cardboard shacks that they built in public parks. What were these shacks called?
a)
Shantyshacks
b)
Town Homes
c)
Tenement Housing
d)
Hoovervilles
8.

What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address?

a)

Excessive stock market speculation

b)

High unemploment

c)

Increased use of credit

d)

Overproduction of goods

9.
Which was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?
a)
“Rugged individualism” will end social inequality
b)
Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate
c)
Antitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise system
d)
State governments should have more power over the economy than the national government
10.
What was FDR’s plan to add justices to the Supreme Court called?
a)
The Yes Man Trials
b)
Court Packing Scheme
c)
Operation Puppet
d)
Court Repatriation
11.
How did Eleanor Roosevelt help her husband to continue his career after he became ill with polio?
a)
she was the First Lady
b)
she listened to what he had to say
c)
she stood beside him daily
d)
She traveled around the country giving speeches, making sure everyone knew of his ideas
12.
Allowed FDR to "loan" weapons to the Allies
a)
Neutrality Act
b)
Atlantic Charter
c)
Lend-Lease Act
d)
Yalta Conference
13.

How did President Truman justify using the atomic bomb on Japan?

a)

Ending the war would save lives rather than letting the conflict drag on

b)

The U.S. wanted to avenge Pearl Harbor

c)

It was a show of strength against the Soviet Union

d)

The atomic bomb was only used against military targets

14.
forced Japanese Americans into Internment camps
a)
Executive Order 9066
b)
Holocuast
c)
Manchuria
d)
Women
15.
Why is the D-Day battle significant?
a)
It was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
b)
It was the turning point of the war in Europe.
c)
It liberated Western Europe.
d)
It was the turning point of the war in Africa.
16.

Who is this person in the poster?

a)

Wendy, the symbol of women who joined the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps.

b)

Henrietta, the typical wife of a G.I.

c)

Rosie, the iconic image of women who contributed to the war effort by working in the factories.

d)

Dolly, the Doughnut Girl of WWII.

17.
_______ was the limiting of purchasing many products to make sure there was enough available for military use.
a)
Couponing
b)
Dividing
c)
Reserving
d)
Rationing
18.

Extended educational, housing, and employment benefits to veterans; Which of the following is being described?

a)

Civil Rights legislation

b)

19th Amendment

c)

G.I. Bill

d)

Prohibition

19.

The United States intervened to stop the spread of communism from North Vietnam into South Vietnam as a result of what?

a)

the Domino Theory

b)

the Marshall Plan

c)

United Nations orders

d)

Yellow Journalism

20.

United States President, John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier, Nikita Khrushchev The political cartoon is about which conflict?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Desegregation

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War

21.

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?

a)

Soviets removed the missiles in Cuba in response to a U.S. blockade

b)

United States responded by placing missiles of its own in China

c)

United States declared war on the Soviet Union

d)

Break up of the Soviet Union into independent countries

22.

How did the conflict in Vietnam end?

a)

Both sides won

b)

Cease-fire agreement in which U.S. troops withdrew

c)

Soviets removed the missiles in Cuba in response to a U.S. blockade

d)

United States occupied Japan

23.

What did the United States institute to help rebuild Europe and Japan and prevent the spread of communism after World War II?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

League of Nations

c)

Cold War

d)

Marshall Plan

24.
First artificial satellite launched into space
a)
Laika
b)
Sergei
c)
Sigmund
d)
Sputnik
25.
What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?
a)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
b)
Gulf of Maddox Resolution
c)
USS Tonkin Resolution
d)
Gulf of Vietnam Resolution
26.
This was the surprise attack by the Vietcong on US troops in South Vietnam
a)
Tet Offensive
b)
Gulf of Tonkin Offensive
c)
Maddox Offensive
d)
Operation Rolling Thunder
27.
Plan to replace US troops with Vietnamese troops to end US involvement in Vietnam
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c)
Maddox Resolution
d)
Agent Orange
28.
What law limits the president's ability to send troops without a declaration of war?
a)
War Powers Act
b)
War Production Act
c)
Military Involvement Act
d)
War Involvement Act
29.
Allowed the public to be negatively influenced concerning the  Vietnam war?
a)
Television and media bias
b)
Radio 
c)
Telegraph
d)
Internet
30.
What was the purpose of LBJ's Great Society?
a)
end poverty
b)
end drug trafficking
c)
end lynching
d)
fix the economy
31.
What failed invasion of Cuba embarrassed JFK & led to his distrust of the CIA?
a)
Bay of Pigs
b)
D-Day
c)
Operation Havana
d)
Cuban Offensive
32.

Sit-ins, freedom rides, & marches were all examples of...

a)

Attempts to expand opportunities for minorities

b)

New forms of exercise in the 60s

c)

Ways to connect the North & South US

d)

Economic growth for minorities

33.
Which Supreme Court case integrated public schools?
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Brown v Board of Education
c)
Schenk v US
d)
Korematsu v US
34.

Atlanta born Civil Rights activist that believed in non-violent protests.; gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Thurgood Marshall

35.

President who was assassinated during a campaign visit in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald for his Civil Rights efforts

a)

Robert Kennedy

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

John F. Kennedy

36.

Enforced racial segregation in the South; all were enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures after the Reconstruction period.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

37.

Leader who worked to improve treatment, pay, and working conditions for farm workers; you should know this one because you have already used three of these!

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Cesar Chavez

38.
Who began working in the factories when the soldiers went off to war?
a)
The elderly
b)
Children
c)
Japanese Americans
d)
Women
39.
This scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon; Former CIA agents were caught breaking into the Democratic Party headquarters in a hotel building.
a)
Watergate
b)
Teapot Dome Scandal
c)
Iran-Contra Affair
d)
Cuban Missile Crisis
40.
The Shah of Iran is overthrown, Iranian students seized the staff of the US Embassy and held them for more than a year.
a)
Iran Hostage Crisis
b)
Iranian-US Standoff Accord
c)
Iran-Contra Affair
d)
Watergate Scandal
41.
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
42.
What happened to Clinton after he lied under oath about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky?
a)
He was fired
b)
He resigned
c)
He was impeached
d)
He was promoted
43.
Which of the following is seen in the picture and was attacked on 9/11?
a)
World Trade Center
b)
Pentagon
c)
White House
d)
Capitol Building
44.

What was the immediate response to 9/11?

a)

Invasion of Iraq

b)

Breaking ties with OPEC

c)

Invasion of Afghanistan for Al Qaeda

d)

Electing a new president

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.
The election of 2008 was historically significant because -
a)
the first African-American was elected President.
b)
the Democrats had won a presidential election for the first time in 16 years.
c)
for the first time in American history there was no third party candidate.
d)
Hillary Clinton won the Democratic party nomination.
47.

Which agency investigates crimes against environmental regulation and whose mission is

to protect human and environmental health?

a)

EPA

b)

Coast Guard

c)

NZPP

d)

IRS