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US History Final Review

Total questions: 77

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was the Soviet Union leader until it started to collapse in 1991?

a)

Boris Yeltsin

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Vladimir Putin

d)

Joseph Stalin

2.

Supreme Court case which desegregated schools?

a)

Plessy v Ferguson

b)

Roe. v Wade

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Marbury v Madison

3.

This allowed free trade between the US, Mexico, and Canada?

a)

NATO

b)

NICE

c)

NAFTA

d)

NOW

4.

Most influential Civil Rights leader in America, was killed in Memphis, TN?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Fredrick Douglas

d)

Martin Luther King Jr

5.

American terrorist responsible for blowing up Murrah Federal Building in OKC?

a)

Timothy McVeigh

b)

Terry Nichols

c)

James Williams

d)

James Fields

6.

1960's counterculture group who believed in peace and love?

a)

Yippies

b)

Flippies

c)

Hippies

d)

Dippies

7.

The last department added to the President's cabinet?

a)

Department of Defense

b)

Department of Security

c)

Department of Education

d)

Department of Homeland Security

8.

Only President to serve 4 terms in office?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

John F Kennedy

9.

Leader of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Ngo Dih Diem

c)

Xi Jinping

d)

Kim Jung-un

10.

2008 Republican Presidential candidate?

a)

Al Gore

b)

John Kerry

c)

John McCain

d)

Lee Terry

11.

This allowed business owners to hire non-union workers?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Taft-Hartley Act

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

GI Bill

12.

Failed American invasion of Cuba?

a)

Red Scare

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Bay of Pigs

d)

TET Offensive

13.

Jellied gasoline which was dropped into Vietnam and would explode?

a)

Napalm

b)

Agent Orange

c)

Sky Blue

d)

Vasaline

14.

Date which America was attacked by 4 hijacked planes?

a)

September 11, 2001

b)

December 7, 1941

c)

July 4, 1776

d)

October 31, 1982

15.

WWII General who became the 34th President of the US?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Gerald Ford

16.

Only person to serve as President and Vice President without being elected to either position?

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Lyndon Johnson

17.

Terrorist leader of Iraq?

a)

Anwar Sadat

b)

Saddam Hussein

c)

Osama bin Laden

d)

Muammar al-Gaddafi

18.

Name given to the tensions between the US and the Soviet Union from 1947-1991?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Red Scare

c)

Cold War

d)

Bay of Pigs

19.

This limited the number of terms a President can serve to 2?

a)

20th Amendment

b)

22nd Amendment

c)

24th Amendment

d)

26 Amendment

20.

Name of the computer virus many were afraid of at the turn of the century?

a)

Y2K bug

b)

Norton Virus

c)

H1N1 Bug

d)

B4Z Virus

21.

Democratic candidate in 1968 but was shot and killed while campaigning in California?

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Michael Kennedy

c)

Jacob Kennedy

d)

Robert Kennedy

22.

36th President who took over following JFK's assassination?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Ronald Reagan

23.

First woman to serve on the US Supreme Court?

a)

Hillary Clinton

b)

Sonia Sotomayor

c)

Ruth Ginsburg

d)

Sandra Day O'Connor

24.

Idea of keeping communism where it was and not letting it spread to other countries?

a)

Holding

b)

Containment

c)

Constraint

d)

Confinement

25.

This allowed the President to use all necessary measures when another nation attacks the US?

a)

TET Offensive

b)

Operation Rolling Thunder

c)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

d)

Pentagon Papers

26.

Another name for the War in Iraq from 1990-1991?

a)

Operation Desert Shield

b)

Operation Desert Storm

c)

Operation Desert Fox

d)

Operation Iraqi Freedom

27.

British Prime Minster who coined the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the Soviet Union

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Winston Churchill

28.

Current President of the United States?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Mike Pence

d)

Joe Biden

29.

Group formed by the US and 11 European Nations in the event the Soviet Union attacked one of them?

a)

NAFTA

b)

United Nations

c)

NATO

d)

FEMA

30.

Supreme Court case which legalized abortion in America?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Plessy v Ferguson

c)

Roe v Wade

d)

Marbury v Madison

31.

The scandal in which men broke into the Democratic Party Headquarters?

a)

Whitewater

b)

Watergate

c)

Whitmore

d)

Watchmen

32.

Group who killed Osama bin Laden?

a)

Air Force One

b)

Seal Team 6

c)

Troop 75

d)

Group 82

33.

This allows the government to gain information about possible terrorists?

a)

Gun Law of 2001

b)

Gun Act

c)

Patriot Act

d)

Terrorism Act

34.

35th President, shot and killed in Dallas, TX?

a)

Robert Kennedy

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Gerald Ford

35.

Civil Rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Ella Baker

c)

Daisy Bates

d)

Dorothy Height

36.

Communist leader of Cuba from 1959-2008?

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Vladimir Putin

d)

Fidel Castro

37.

Who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald while in police custody?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Jack Ruby

c)

Mark Chapman

d)

John Hinckley

38.

President who invaded Iraq and started the War in Iraq?

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

George H. Bush

39.

Democratic Presidential candidate in 2000 who won the popular vote?

a)

Al Gore

b)

John McCain

c)

John Kerry

d)

Joe Biden

40.

Terrorist leader of al Qaeda?

a)

Saddam Hussein

b)

Anwar Sadat

c)

Osama bin Laden

d)

Muammar al-Gaddafi

41.

Gave veterans money for school, homes, and businesses following WWII?

a)

GI BIll

b)

Taft-Hartley Act

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Truman Doctrine

42.

This was created to separate the capital of Germany?

a)

Great Wall of China

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

Berlin Blockade

d)

38th Parallel

43.

33rd President, ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Douglas MacArthur

44.

Soviet Union leader during WWII?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Boris Yelsin

c)

Vladimir Putin

d)

Joseph Stalin

45.

Leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Ngo Dinh Diem

c)

XI Jinping

d)

Kim Jong-Un

46.

Current leader of Russia?

a)

Boris Yelsin

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Vladimir Putin

47.

Former first lady and first woman to be a presidential candidate?

a)

Sarah Palin

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Sandra Day O'Connor

d)

Condoleezze Rice

48.

44th President, passed the Affordable Health Care Act?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Barack Obama

d)

George W. Bush

49.

43rd President, was in office during the attacks of 9/11?

a)

George H. Bush

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Bill Clinton

50.

Provided economic aid to Western European countries following WWII?

a)

Taft-Hartley Act

b)

GI Bill

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Truman Doctrine

51.

the US flew supplies into a city because the Soviet Union had blocked all road access?

a)

Red Scare

b)

Berlin Airlift

c)

Cold War

d)

Operation Rolling Thunder

52.

Ended segregation in all public places?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Brown v Board of Education

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

d)

Roe v Wade

53.

These were released in the NY Times showing the US was lying about what was going on in Vietnam?

a)

Watergate Papers

b)

Whitewater Papers

c)

Pentagon Papers

d)

Patriot Act

54.

This changed the voting age from 21 to 18?

a)

20th Amendment

b)

22nd Amendment

c)

24th Amendment

d)

26th Amendment

55.

Rock-n-Roll concert in upstate NY in 1969?

a)

Coachella

b)

Poolooza

c)

Sweatstock

d)

Woodstock

56.

Requires 5 day waiting period prior to purchasing a gun?

a)

Gun Bill

b)

Brady Bill

c)

Patriot Act

d)

Marshall Plan

57.

Pesticide spayed in the Vietnam jungles to make it easier to see the enemy?

a)

Naplam

b)

Agent Orange

c)

White Out

d)

Vasaline

58.

37th President who resigned from office following the Watergate Scandal?

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Gerald Ford

59.

US General in WWII, was fired for asking Congress to attack China?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Harry Truman

60.

He shot and killed JFK in Dallas, TX?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Jack Ruby

c)

Timothy McVeigh

d)

Lee Harvey Oswald

61.

39th President, pardoned all Vietnam draft dodgers?

a)

Gerald Ford

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Lyndon Johnson

62.

1st Russian leader to meet face to face with US President during the Cold War?

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Vladimir Putin

d)

Joseph Stalin

63.

40th President, shot on his 70th day in office?

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

George H. Bush

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Ronald Reagan

64.

Democratic Presidential candidate in 2004?

a)

Bob Dole

b)

John Kerry

c)

Al Gore

d)

John McCain

65.

42nd President, only the 2nd to ever be impeached?

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

George W. Bush

d)

Jimmy Carter

66.

Plan to use containment to fight communism?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Taft-Hartley Act

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

GI Bill

67.

War from 1950-1953 between the North and South, US supported the South to prevent spread of communism?

a)

Korean War

b)

Vietnam War

c)

War in Iraq

d)

WWII

68.

The United State's bombing of North Vietnam?

a)

Operation Rolling Thunder

b)

TET Offensive

c)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

d)

Cuban Missile Crisis

69.

North Vietnam's coordinated attack on major cities and the US Embassy?

a)

Operation Rolling Thunder

b)

TET Offensive

c)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

d)

Iran Hostage Crisis

70.

Civil Rights march when MLK delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech?

a)

March to Selma

b)

March of Dimes

c)

March to Montgomery

d)

March on Washington

71.

This allowed people of different races the right to vote?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

26th Amendment

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

d)

Voting Act

72.

The US sent troops to Saudi Arabia to protect them from Iraq?

a)

Operation Desert Storm

b)

Operation Desert Fox

c)

Operation Rolling Thunder

d)

Operation Desert Shield

73.

Terrorist group which operated out of Afghanistan?

a)

ISIS

b)

Al Qaeda

c)

ICE

d)

KKK

74.

Bombing which occurred at the Murrah Federal Building?

a)

OKC Bombing

b)

NYC Bombing

c)

DC Bombing

d)

LA Bombing

75.

A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of this famous NYC building?

a)

Rockefeller Center

b)

Madison Square Garden

c)

World Trade Center

d)

Empire State Building

76.

Situation between the Soviet Union and the US where nuclear missiles were being moved into place in case of war?

a)

Red Scare

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Cold War

d)

Korean War

77.

Situation where radical students took over the US Embassy and held Americans for 444 days?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Cold War

c)

Iran Hostage Crisis

d)

Red Scare