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Name
Class
Date
1.

22nd Amendment

a)

Abolishes Slavery

b)

Allows president to serve 2 terms

c)

Limits a work day to only 8 hours

d)

Grants Women's Suffrage

2.

16th Amendment

a)

Abolished Slavery

b)

Prohibited Alcohol

c)

Grants Citizenship to African Americans

d)

Collecting taxes on income

3.

24th Amendment

a)

Allows for a President to server 2 terms

b)

Abolished slavery

c)

Ended Discrimination against African Americans

d)

Ended Poll Tax

4.

18th Amendment

a)

Prohibits Women's Suffrage

b)

Prohibits Alcohol

c)

Prohibits Child Labor

d)

Prohibits immigrants from entering the country

5.

19th Amendment

a)

Prohibition

b)

Grants Citizenship

c)

Raises Voting Age to 21

d)

Women's Suffrage

6.

21st Amendment

a)

Repeals 19th Amendment

b)

Repeals 18th Amendment

c)

Repeals 15th Amendment

d)

Repeals 17th Amendment

7.

26th Amendment

a)

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 17

b)

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 19

c)

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 20

d)

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18

8.

17th Amendment

a)

Direct Election of Senators

b)

Direct Election of Governors

c)

Direct Election of the US President

d)

Direct Election of Mayors

9.
Lowered voting age from 21 to 18
a)
18th
b)
26th
c)
20th
d)
21st
10.
Amendments that helped African Americans...
a)
13,14,15
b)
12,13,14
c)
13,15,16
d)
13,14,15
11.
Cannot serve more than two terms
a)
12th
b)
2nd
c)
22nd
d)
32nd
12.
President Dies, VP becomes President
a)
24th
b)
23rd
c)
25th
d)
27th
13.

Which supreme court case did the U.S. supreme court rule that recounting ballots in only 4 counties instead of ALL counties in a state violated the 14th amendment?

a)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

b)

Gideon v. Wainwright

c)

US v. Nixon

d)

Bush v. Gore

14.

Which of the following was an outcome of the Brown v. Board decision?

a)

Segregation was deemed legal in the south

b)

Schools that segregate were found to deny equal protection

c)

Jim Crow was no longer allowed to be used as a character

d)

School were allowed to segregate but businesses were not

15.

US v. Nixon is considered a landmark case because it provided what lesson for future leaders?

a)

You must obey a court order

b)

The president is accountable for enforcing the law

c)

The president is not above the law

d)

The president is not allowed to have private meetings

16.

Which of the following ideas BEST describes what protection we have from the case Miranda v. Arizona?

a)

Self- incrimination

b)

Right to counsel

c)

Freedom of speech

d)

Freedom of expression

17.

Students have limited freedom of speech in a school setting. Which of the following cases helped prove that point?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Gideon v. Wainwright

c)

In re Gault

d)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

18.

Which court case established Judicial Review?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

In re Gault

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)

Marbury v. Madison

19.

What is due process?

a)

people who are accused of crimes do not have to testify

b)

people who are accused of crimes must be read their rights

c)

people who are accused of crimes must be treated fairly

d)

people who are accused of crimes deserve to go to jail

20.

This case involved the interpretation of the 2nd amendment.

a)

District of Columbia v. Heller

b)

Bush v. Gore

c)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

21.

Which of the following was the focus of Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

Due process rights

b)

Freedom of speech

c)

Judicial Review

d)

Separate but equal

22.

This case involved students and their 1st amendment rights. The students were protesting the Vietnam War and got into trouble initially for their protest.

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines

b)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

c)

In re Gault

d)

Brown v. Board

23.

This case deals with your right to counsel in a courtroom.

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

District of Columbia v, Heller

c)

Gideon v. Wainwright

d)

In re Gault

24.

Determined the FL Supreme Court could not order a recount of ballots.

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Bush v. Gore

c)

U.S. v. Nixon

d)

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

25.

Juveniles are allowed to have “Due Process” rights. (right to a trial, right to an attorney, right to question witnesses, etc.)

a)

District of Columbia v Heller

b)

Tinker v Des Moines

c)

In Re Gault

d)

Miranda v Arizona

26.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
27.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
28.
The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.
a)
permitted, prohibited
b)
prohibited, permitted or allowed
c)
sometimes prohibited, never allowed
d)
cheap, expensive
29.
Where was the Missouri Compromise line?
a)
36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
b)
46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
c)
56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
d)
66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
30.

Before the Missouri Compromise, what was a major issue in the nation?

a)

Milk production

b)

Cotton supply

c)

Slavery

d)

Car troubles

31.
The Monroe Doctrine said __________________.
a)
no more European colonies could be started in the Americas
b)
Europe must leave the Americas alone
c)
the United States would stay out of Europe's business
d)
all of the above
32.

How did the Soviet Union gain access to nuclear weapons in 1949?

a)

They used kidnapped German scientists to continue Nazi research into atomic weapons.

b)

Soviet scientists figured it out on their own.

c)

Soviet satellites captured images of US nuclear silos

d)

Soviet spies stole US nuclear secrets that the Soviets copied.

33.

In 1952 the US tested "Ivy Mike" a more powerful atomic weapon the Soviets later copied called a-

a)

Megaton Bomb

b)

ICBM- Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

c)

Hydrogen Bomb

d)

Nuclear Defense Grid

34.

Why couldn't the US and Soviet Union get into a major war after the 1950s?

a)

They would have no support from NATO or the Warsaw Pact if they did

b)

The United Nations would kick these founding members out for going to war

c)

It would cause mutually assured destruction (M.A.D.) killing everyone

d)

It would cause the rest of the world to declare war on both sides

35.

How did the Soviets begin the "Space Race" which started in 1957?

a)

They launched the first ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile)

b)

They launched the first artificial satellite named Sputnik into space

c)

They created the first space station

d)

They produced the largest hydrogen bomb ever

36.

Why did the launch of Sputnik frighten many in the United States?

a)

It meant the Soviet Union could stop all nuclear attacks sent their way

b)

It made them feel they fell behind the Soviets in technology and they had more powerful nuclear rockets

c)

They believed the USSR would soon declare war on the US

d)

It made Americans feel an impending invasion of US soil was happening

37.

How did the United States work to challenge the Soviet Union in the "Space Race" after Sputnik?

a)

They sent spies to copy Soviet space secrets

b)

War was declared on the Soviet Union

c)

The US put nuclear missiles closer to the Soviet Union

d)

NASA was created and the US spent more on math and science education to make engineers.

38.

President John F Kennedy set the US goal to win the Space Race by declaring the US would go to-

a)

Mecury

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

The Moon

39.

What happened in 1969 ending the Space Race?

a)

The US sent is own satellites into Space

b)

John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth

c)

The US sent the first robotic rover to Mars

d)

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on The Moon

40.

What did the "Iron Curtain" symbolize?

a)

The best areas for mining iron in Europe

b)

The divide between democracy and communism

c)

The border between North and South Korea

d)

The Ho Chi Minh Trail

41.

Which of the following choices best describes the U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War?

a)

Containment of communism

b)

Whoever smelt it dealt it

c)

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

d)

Whoever supplied it denied it

e)

The War on Terror

42.

Which of these BEST describes the Cold War?

a)

direct warfare between two superpowers

b)

competition for global influence between two superpowers

c)

indirect warfare between three superpowers

d)

nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union

e)

mild disagreement between allies

43.

Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

end of the Vietnam War

c)

collapse of the Soviet Union

d)

fall of the Berlin Wall

44.

What was the purpose of NATO when it was created?

a)

To guard against the Spanish Inquisition

b)

To regulate the price of oil on the world market

c)

To protect its members from the Soviet Union and communism

d)

To remove all trade barriers and increase trade between North American countries

e)

To be the first to put a man on the moon

45.

How did the Korean War end for the United States?

a)

It was considered a defeat for the United States

b)

It ended in a stalemate (the border did not change; neither side gained any territory)

c)

The Korean War caused the U.S. to win the Cold War

d)

The Korean War ended with all of Korea becoming a democracy.

46.

How did the Vietnam War end for the United States?

a)

It was considered a loss because all of Vietnam became communist

b)

It was a much-needed victory for the U.S. military

c)

It ended in a stalemate, where neither side actually won

d)

All of Vietnam became a democracy

47.

Which U.S. president stood in front of the Brandenburg Gate and said, "Ich bin ein Berliner" to urge the world to support democracy in Berlin?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Chester A. Arthur

d)

George H. W. Bush

e)

Donald Trump

48.

Which Soviet leader oversaw the Space Race and the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Gorbachev

b)

Stalin

c)

Lenin

d)

Khrushchev

e)

Rausky

49.

How was the Soviet Union involved in U.S. wars in Korea and Vietnam?

a)

They sent troops to fight American soldiers

b)

They sent weapons and supplies to help communist forces

c)

The Soviets attacked the U.S. mainland while American soldiers fought in Asia

d)

The Soviets had no involvement in either war

50.

What do Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of Glasnost & Perestroika mean in English?

a)

crash & burn

b)

Tear down this wall

c)

openness & restructuring

d)

I am a jelly donut

e)

democracy & capitalism

51.

Which of these events led to the breakup of the Soviet Union?

a)

The arms race & government overspending

b)

An attempt to overthrow the government by pro-democratic forces

c)

Democratic reforms brought on by Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

All of these

52.
During what event did U.S. airplanes drop food and supplies to the people in West Berlin?
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
World War II
c)
British Air Raid
d)
Soviet Food Drive
53.
I was a senator in the 1950s.
I wanted to find Communists in the US.
My work was part of the Red Scare.
My ideas became unpopular.
Who am I?
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Joseph McCarthy
d)
General Eisenhower
54.
How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?
a)
They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba.
b)
They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
c)
They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
d)
They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.
55.
Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis one of the MOST important events of John Kennedy’s presidency?
a)
The US almost started a war with Cuba.
b)
The US and the USSR almost started a nuclear war.
c)
The US landed a person on the moon.
d)
The USSR broke apart into nation-states.
56.
What does NATO stand for? 
a)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b)
North American Treaty Organization
c)
North American Truce Organization
d)
North Asian Trust Order
57.
What was the spaceflight in July of 1969 conducted by America that landed Americans on the moon?
a)
Vostok 1
b)
Sputnik
c)
Apollo 13
d)
Apollo 11
58.
The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing:
a)
 funds for economic recovery in war-torn European nations
b)
government housing to refugees
c)
nuclear weapons to NATO members
d)
military assistance to Vietnam
59.
What Cold War policy is depicted in this 1962 cartoon?
a)
Detente
b)
Brinkmanship
c)
Containment
d)
Glasnost
60.
Images like this refer to what belief about the spread of Communism?
a)
The Marshall Plan
b)
Domino Theory
c)
Containment
d)
Flexible Response
61.
What does HUAC stand for?
a)
House Un-American Activities Committee
b)
House Universal Alien Committe
c)
Hatred of Un-American Commies
d)
Helping Universal Anti-Communists 
62.
This was term for replacing American troops with South Vietnamese troops in Vietnam.
a)
Napalm
b)
Deferment
c)
Mandate
d)
Vietnamization
63.
The anti-war movement in the US became more intense and violent when 4 students were killed by the national guardsmen at a protest at:
a)
Kansas State
b)
Kent State
c)
California State
d)
Ohio State
64.
Which describes when agents were caught breaking in to the Democratic Party Headquarters in and lead to the resignation of Richard Nixon?
a)
Iran Hostage Crisis
b)
Watergate Scandal
c)
Star Wars
d)
Camp David Accords
65.
The Camp David Accords were between what two countries?
a)
USA and Vietnam
b)
Isreal and Egypt 
c)
South Vietnam and North Vietnam
d)
USA and Isreal
66.
Perestroika and Glasnost were both policies that influenced _____________________.
a)
The fall of the Soviet Union
b)
The Arab-Israeli conflict
c)
The war on terror
d)
Decolonization in Africa
67.
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
The Atlanta Campaign
c)
Sherman's March to the Sea
d)
Appomattox Court House
68.
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Abe Lincoln
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Andrew Johnson
69.
What year did the Civil War end?
a)
1861
b)
1977
c)
1865
d)
1812
70.
Who was the commanding officer of the Confederation?
a)
General Grant
b)
General Lee
c)
General Sheridan
d)
General Sherman
71.
Where did the South finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomattox
72.
Which Civil War battle lasted three days in Pennsylvania, ended in a cemetery, and was the turning point of the war? 
a)
Bull Run 
b)
Gettysburg 
c)
Antietam   
d)
Vicksburg 
73.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
74.
Allowed the public to be negatively influenced concerning the  Vietnam war?
a)
Television and media bias
b)
Radio 
c)
Telegraph
d)
Internet
75.
What were the problems of fighting in Vietnam?
a)
Identifying the enemy 
b)
Jungle/Location provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies
c)
Weather and climate
d)
all of these
76.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
The Geneva Accords
b)
Operation Rolling Thunder
c)
The Tet Offensive
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
77.
What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam? 
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Battle Of Midway
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 
d)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
78.
How did the US military attempt to take away the Vietcong's ability to hide in the jungle?
a)
They used napalm to burn the jungle down.
b)
They used agent orange to kill the plants in the jungle.
c)
both napalm and agent orange
d)
none of the options
79.
What 1964 event led to a rapid expansion of U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
a)
The French lost control of Vietnam to the Vietcong
b)
A group of South Vietnamese army officers killed Ngo Dinh Diem
c)
U.S. ships off the North Vietnamese coast reported being attacked
d)
Laos and Cambodia fell to Ho Chi Minh’s fascist rule
80.
How did the hippie counterculture express its ideals in the 1960s?
a)
emigrated from the United States
b)
supported individual freedom, nonviolence, and communal sharing
c)
defended government authority
d)
respected the generation that came before it
81.
The Vietcong fought against
a)
North Vietnam
b)
United States
c)
France
d)
Japan
82.
What was one effect of the My Lai massacre?
a)
Americans began to perceive the Johnson Administration as honest
b)
The Johnson Administration lost the support of wealthy Americans
c)
Support for the war among college students nearly doubled.
d)
Many Americans began to question U.S. involvement in the war
83.
The Vietnam War ended when
a)
the United States and North Vietnam signed the Hanoi Accords in 1973.
b)
North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon in 1975.
c)
Communist dictators took over Laos and Cambodia in 1977.
d)
North Vietnam returned all American prisoners of war in 1979.
84.
What did President Nixon do on April 30, 1970 to infuriate many Americans?
a)
began slowly withdrawing U.S. troops  from Vietnam without the knowledge of Congress or the people
b)
announced that he had sent U.S. troops into Cambodia, expanding the war he had promised to end
c)
authorized the use of force by  National Guard troops against students on college campuses
85.
The ________________________ revealed that U.S. officials had been lying to the American people about the progress of the Vietnam War for years.
a)
Pentagon Papers 
b)
War Powers Act
86.
requires the president to get congressional approval before committing U.S. troops to an armed struggle
a)
24th Amendment
b)
Limited Test Ban Treaty
c)
War Powers Act
87.
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
88.
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
89.
What did Reagan do to taxes?
a)
Raise them
b)
Cut them
90.
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
91.
1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act) 
a)
Upton Sinclair 
b)
Lincoln Steffens 
c)
Jacob Riis 
d)
Frank Norris 
92.

Progressives focused on three areas of reform:

a)

easing the suffering of the urban ponies, improving unfair and dangerous dragon conditions, and reforming government at the national, snake, and local levels.

b)

easing the suffering of the rural poor, improving unfair and dangerous living conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and international levels.

c)

easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and local levels.

93.
Which of the following characterized the progressive era?
a)
Persistance of social problems
b)
Increase in production
c)
Urban (city) growth
d)
All of the above
94.
In 1950, the United States and other countries from the United Nations became involved in the Korean War. What was the cause of this war?
a)
•North Korea attacked South Korea to spread communism.
b)
•South Korea wanted to drive out troops from Vietnam.
c)
•North Korea attacked China to spread communism.
d)
•South Korea attacked North Korea to spread democracy.
95.
After Joseph Stalin, who became the leader of the Soviet Union?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
Nikita Khrushchev
d)
Douglas MacArthur
96.
Which type of protest did Martin Luther King oppose during the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
Sit-in
b)
Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
Race Riots
97.
What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?
a)
Segregation of public schools became illegal
b)
African Americans began to play professional sports
c)
Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
d)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
98.
Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, first became famous for which of the following:
a)
Organizing the March on Washington
b)
Not giving us his bus seat
c)
Winning the court case of Brown versus Board of Education
d)
Giving African Americans the right to vote
99.
Who was the U.S. Senator who was assassinated while running for president in 1968?
a)
Robert Kennedy
b)
John Kennedy
c)
Martin Luther King
d)
Lee Harvey Oswald
100.
Who was the U.S. Senator who was assassinated while running for president in 1968?
a)
Robert Kennedy
b)
John Kennedy
c)
Martin Luther King
d)
Lee Harvey Oswald
101.
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
It gave black women the right to vote
b)
It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal
c)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
d)
It gave all blacks the right to vote
102.
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
b)
It allowed blacks to run for public office
c)
It ended segregation in schools
d)
It made poll taxes illegal
103.
The March on Washington was most famous because . . .
a)
it caused race riots in the nation's Capital
b)
200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote
c)
the KKK became an illegal organization because of the march
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream: speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement
104.
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Segregation on buses became illegal a few days after Rosa Parks began the protest
b)
Thousands of blacks blocked the streets so that buses could not finish their routes
c)
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person
d)
Segregation of buses became illegal after many months of protesting
105.
How did the assassination of MLK affect the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
It had no effect
b)
The movement continued because he wasn't that important
c)
People were heartbroken and the movement slowed
d)
The movement gained strength because people of all races were outraged
106.
Which president ordered the infantry division to be sent in to protect 9 African American students as they integrated central High school in little rock Arkansas? 
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
John F Kennedy
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Richard Nixon
107.
Who wrote the Feminine  Mystique  ? 
a)
Gloria Steinem
b)
Betty Friedan 
c)
Sylvia Plath 
d)
Simone De Beauvoir
108.

Led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. planned rallies, marches, and boycotts.

a)

Albany Movement

b)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

c)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

d)

Sibley Commission

109.

civil rights organization by college students that urged non-violent protests to gain integration; the group became more militant in the late 1960s.

a)

Sibley Commission

b)

Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee

c)

Albany Movement

d)

March on Washington

110.

Cesar Chávez was a migrant farm worker who wanted to improve the lives of other migrant workers. Which of the following best completes the diagram above?

a)

Cesar Chávez married Helen Fabela and had eight children.

b)

Cesar Chávez was arrested for decreasing production on migrant farms.

c)

Grape growers in California accepted the United Farm Workers union.

d)

Migrant workers ignored Cesar Chávez and his attempts to help.

111.
What was embarrassing about the U2 Spy Plane incident?
a)
up until then, Ike had not admitted they existed
b)
up until then, Ike had said they were not flying over the USSR
c)
up until then, the USSR had superior spy planes
d)
up until then, the US had not been able to fly them