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WorksheetsUnit 5 Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
Date
1.
Name given to the series of programs launched by Prez. Johnson designed to eliminate poverty and racial discrimination
a)
Great Society
b)
New Deal
c)
Next Deal
d)
Upward Society
2.
This law, passed in 1965, gave the federal government the power to oversee elections.
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
Fair Housing Act
d)
Upward Bound Act
3.
Before two Great Society programs were enacted in 1965, schools were funded entirely by
a)
State Governments
b)
Federal Government
c)
Donations
d)
Poll Taxes
4.
What does Medicare provide to people 65 and older?
a)
Health Insurance
b)
Housing
c)
Food
d)
Pension
5.
According to the "feminine mystique", due to biology most women were expected to be
a)
Wives
b)
Mothers
c)
Doctors
d)
Nurses
6.
The National Organization for Women (NOW) fought for…
a)
full legal equality for women
b)
women's right to vote
c)
an end to the ERA
d)
an end to the Vietnam War
7.
This was the name of the failed constitutional amendment that would have made discrimination based on gender illegal
a)
Equal Rights Amendment
b)
Betsy Ross Amendment
c)
Women First Amendment
d)
Feminist Declaration Amendment
8.
This Supreme Court case legalized abortion, and has divided the country since 1973
a)
Roe v. Wade
b)
Brown v. Board
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
9.
This plan is the first example of the federal government enforcing affirmative action
a)
Philadelphia Plan
b)
Pittsburgh Plan
c)
Nixon Plan
d)
Kent Plan
10.
This government organization was created by President Nixon and could enforce laws related to pollution
a)
Environmental Protection Agency
b)
Wastewater Monitoring Bureau
c)
Pollution Reduction Administration
d)
Air Restoration Committee
11.
When his administration was investigated for the Watergate break-in, Nixon ordered his staff to cooperate fully
a)
false
b)
true
12.
Richard Nixon is the only U.S. president that has done this:
a)
Resign
b)
Be Impeached
c)
Go to China
d)
Negotiate the end to a war
13.
Which slogan best summarized Nixon's campaign promise regarding the Vietnam War?
a)
“Peace with Honor”
b)
“Total Victory”
c)
“Respectful Surrender”
d)
“Never Forget”
14.
In a shocking development, President Nixon expanded the Vietnam War by launching bombings in…
a)
Cambodia
b)
Thailand
c)
Vietnam
d)
Korea
15.
During a Vietnam War protest at ______ four students were shot and killed by National Guard troops.
a)
Kent State University
b)
The Lincoln Memorial
c)
Ohio State University
d)
The White House
16.
The Vietnam War ultimately ended in victory for North Vietnam after they…
a)
Captured the S. Vietnamese capital of Saigon
b)
Joined forces with Cambodian freedom fighters
c)
Signed an alliance with the United States
d)
Assassinated Ho Chi Minh
17.
This policy stated that the United States would help any nation or group who was resisting communism.
a)
Regan Doctrine
b)
Containment
c)
Gorbachev Decree
d)
Nixon Proclamation
18.
The United States supported this group in their fight against Vietnamese communist forces in Cambodia
a)
Khmer Rouge
b)
Viet Cong
c)
Contras
d)
Ba'ath Party
19.
The United States invaded this country in 1983 as a display of the Reagan Doctrine
a)
Grenada
b)
Iran
c)
El Salvador
d)
Cuba
20.
Which side did the United States openly support in the Iran-Iraq War?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Neither
21.
Which of these changes in the Soviet Union related to glasnost or perestroika?
a)
Soviet citizens could open shops
b)
Multiple candidates could run in local elections
c)
Newspapers were allowed to criticize the government
d)
The US and Soviet Union agreed to cut their number of weapons
22.
This was the nickname given to the Strategic Defense Initiative program proposed by President Reagan
a)
Star Wars
b)
Harry Potter
c)
The Avengers
d)
Frozen II
23.
This Soviet Union nation was the first to hold free elections and form a democracy
a)
Poland
b)
France
c)
Russia
d)
Italy
24.
How did the Cold War end?
a)
The Soviet Union dissolved peacefully
b)
The Soviet Union broke up in a civil war
c)
The United States launched a nuclear strike on Soviet capitals
d)
It never ended
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