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Topic 7.5-9.1 The Post-War Boom/New Frontier & the Great Society

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The spread of McDonald's fast food franchises and Holiday Inns during the 1950s contributed most directly to which of these post war trends?

a)

a population shift from small families to large families

b)

a population shift from northern states to southern states

c)

an economic shift from blue-collar jobs to white-collar jobs

d)

an economic shift from producing goods to providing services

2.

Which of the following most accurately describes planned postwar communities like Levittown?

a)

simple, low-cost housing for the working poor in cities

b)

large country homes designed to attract buyers

c)

small suburban homes that middle class families could afford

d)

custom-designed homes built to meet the needs of individual buyers

3.

The map shows population growth in the Sunbelt from the fastest growing states (Big 3) to the slowest growing states (Lagging Four). Which of these statements does the map best support?

a)

Population growth in the Sunbelt has slowed since 2000.

b)

The slowest growing Sunbelt states are in the Southwest.

c)

Population growth in the Sunbelt has been uneven from state to state.

d)

Population growth in the Sunbelt has been slower than in other states.

4.

Read the statement below.

I avoid traditional jobs. I reject all forms of convention. I study Eastern religions. I groove on modern jazz.


Which type of person in the 1950s would have been most likely to say these things?

a)

a beat writer

b)

a "baby boomer"

c)

an "organization man"

d)

an abstract expressionist painter

5.

Examine the cartoon. What aspect of American society in the 1950s was the cartoonist making?

a)

high culture

b)

stay-at-home moms

c)

suburban conformity

d)

planned obsolescence

6.

What new style of music did teenagers popularize during the 1950s?

a)

country 'n' western

b)

blues

c)

jazz

d)

rock 'n' roll

7.

Which of these statements best describes the impact of The Other America when it was published in 1962?

a)

It incited riots among poverty-stricken minorities.

b)

It was ignored by politicians, who blamed the poor for their poverty.

c)

It led to the formation of a new political party for people in a poverty.

d)

It woke up the nation to the reality that poverty still existed in many places.

8.

How did the rise of agribusiness in the 1950s hurt small farmers?

a)

by hiring small farmers to run corporate farms

b)

by buying up land once owned by small farmers

c)

by driving seed and fertilizer prices up for small farmers

d)

by producing crops more efficiently than small farmers could

9.

What impact did the termination policy have on many Indian tribes during the 1950s?

a)

They fell deeper into poverty.

b)

They expanded their reservation lands.

c)

They became economically self reliant.

d)

They lost their chance to relocate to cities.

10.

The maps show Chicago in 1960. Which of these statements best supported by the data on the maps?

a)

The poor were spread evenly throughout Chicago.

b)

Chicago had more poor people than most other cities.

c)

Poverty affected all of Chicago's ethnic groups equally.

d)

Poverty was highest in Chicago's best black neighborhoods.

11.

What contributed to the end of the Cuban missile crisis?

a)

America’s secret promise to remove missiles from Turkey

b)

Castro’s promise to restore democracy

c)

Khrushchev agreeing to remove the missiles from Cuba

d)

Castro’s promise to break with the Soviet Union

12.

Which place outside the area of the air patrol had a U.S. air base?

a)

Miami

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Key West

d)

Guantanamo

13.

In which way are the two men most alike?

a)

How tall they are

b)

How are they wearing their hair

c)

What they are doing

d)

What kind of books they like

14.

What is suggested by the way the two men are posed?

a)

They are afraid of each other

b)

They know each other well enough to stand close together

c)

They are trying to get away from each other

d)

Each one barely notices the other is there

15.
What was the main purpose of the flexible response military strategy? 
a)
To enable the United States to fight limited wars around the world 
b)
 To decrease the number of nuclear weapons 
c)
To prepare for the Bay of Pigs invasion
d)
To reduce defense spending
16.
This was a direct communication link set up with the White House and the Kremlin during Kennedy's presidency
a)
Flexible respone
b)
Hot line 
c)
Mass communication
d)
Red phone
17.
Because Kennedy was elected by such a slim margin, he lacked a popolar ______________
a)
recession
b)
opinion
c)
reapportionment
d)
mandate
18.
The _________________ is a program in which the assistance of U.S. volunteers is offered to the developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
a)
Fair Deal
b)
Economic Opportunity Act
c)
Peace Corp
d)
Great Society
19.
The __________________ of election districts shifted political power from rural to urban areas.
a)
Competition
b)
 Deregulation
c)
Proprietorship
d)
Reapportionment
20.

President Kennedy was able to win the 1960 presidential election because of _____.

a)

age

b)

religion

c)

televised debates and African American support

d)

policy differences with his opponent

21.
What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
a)
To embarrass America
b)
To stop East Germans from fleeing to West Germany
c)
To reduce Cold War tensions
d)
To demonstrate the success of Communism
22.
Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?
a)
Minorities and the poor
b)
White, middle-class families
c)
Farmers and laborers
d)
Businessmen
23.
He was responsible for separating East Germany from West Germany by building the Berlin Wall
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Nikita Khrushchev
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Lyndon B. Johnson
24.
This created the Job Corps, VISTA, and Project Head Start in an effort to fight the “war on poverty”
a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
Economic Opportunity Act 
c)
Pendleton Service Act
d)
Warren Court 
25.
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that all suspects must be “read their rights” before questioning.
a)
Miranda v. Arizona 
b)
Gideon v. Wainwright
c)
Baker v. Carr
d)
Mapp v. Ohio
26.

This provided 1 billion dollars to schools to purchase textbooks and new library materials.

a)

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

b)

Higher Education Act

c)

National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities

d)

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

27.
These provided free or low-cost medical insurance to welfare recipients and most Americans age 65 and over.  
a)
Civil Rights Services
b)
Privatization of Medicine
c)
Medicare and Medicaid
d)
Equal Insurance Policy (EIP)
28.
This provided a new quota system that allowed more people from outside of Europe to settle in the United States  
a)
Appalachian Regional Development Act 
b)
Department of Housing and Urban Development Act
c)
Immigration Act 
d)
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
29.

How many Soviet missiles sites are shown?

a)

Four

b)

Five

c)

Six

d)

Seven

30.

How many U.S. air bases are shown?

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Five

31.
Which of the following location in the United States is closest to Cuba?
a)
Miami
b)
Cape Canaveral 
c)
Swan Island
d)
Key West
32.

Who is the taller man in the cartoon?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

John Kennedy

d)

Robert Kennedy

33.

Who is the shorter man?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

John Kennedy

d)

Robert Kennedy

34.

What is the expression on the face of each man?

a)

Sad

b)

Happy

c)

Truimphant

d)

Serious

35.

Which event is least related to this cartoon?

a)

The Kennedy assassination

b)

The Berlin Crisis

c)

The Cuban missile crisis

d)

The Cold War relationship of the Union

36.
He lost the 1960 presidential election
a)
Lyndon Johnson
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
37.

According to the map, how many U.S. aircraft carriers were used to reinforce the blockade?

a)

Three

b)

Four

c)

Five

d)

Six

38.

Approximately how wide was the area of the air patrol at its widest point?

a)

200 miles

b)

400 miles

c)

800 miles

d)

1200 miles

39.

In which part of Cuba were the Soviet missiles located?

a)

Southwestern

b)

Southeastern

c)

Northwestern

d)

Northeastern

40.

What are Kennedy and Khrushchev doing in this cartoon?

a)

Dancing

b)

Sizing each other up

c)

Threatening each other

d)

Fighting

41.
What Great Society program provided affordable housing?
a)
HUD
b)
HBK
c)
NATO
d)
NAACP
42.
Johnson's domestic program was called
a)
New Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Welfare
d)
Great Society
43.
The civil rights leader who preached that blacks should separate from white society was _____. 
a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
James Meredith
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Fannie Lou Hamer 
44.
The nation experienced the worst rioting in its history after the assassination of _____.
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
45.
This is segregation that exists by law
a)
De jure segregation 
b)
De facto segregation
c)
Due process of law
d)
Equal protection of the law
46.
One accomplishment of the _____ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.
a)
Little Rock Nine
b)
Black Panthers
c)
Montgomery bus boycott
d)
Freedom Riders
47.
This is segregation that exists by people’s attitudes and not by law
a)
De jure segregation 
b)
De facto segregation 
c)
Due process of law
d)
Equal protection of the law
48.

This political Party was formed in Oakland, California to fight against police brutality in urban neighborhoods

a)

Black Panthers

b)

Freedom Riders

c)

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

d)

Southern Christian Leadership Committee

49.
Civil rights leader who became impatient with nonviolence and called for “Black Power.”
a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
James Merideth
c)
Thurgood Marshall
d)
Stokely Carmichael
50.
One legacy of the civil rights movement that has been challenged in recent years is _____.
a)
Equal opportunity in housing
b)
Affirmative action programs
c)
Black participation in politics
d)
Separate but equal facilities
51.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?
a)
housing
b)
churches 
c)
private universities 
d)
public accommodations
52.
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officials to do? 
a)
register voters 
b)
oversee the collection of poll taxes
c)
oversee programs to test voter literacy
d)
recount votes 
53.
The first organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation _____.
a)
the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham
b)
the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott
c)
the March on Washington
d)
the Selma, Alabama, voting rights campaign
54.
Martin Luther King Jr., was the founder and president of the _____.
a)
Nation of Islam
b)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
c)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
d)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
55.
NAACP lawyer who argued the Brown v. Board of Education case before the Supreme Court
a)
Stokely Carmichael
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
James Merideth 
d)
Elijah Muhammad
56.
Activist whose protests helped spark the Montgomery bus boycott
a)
Fannie Lou Hamer
b)
Stokely Carmichael
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Shirley Chisolm
57.
Civil Rights leader and minister who believed deeply in the power of nonviolent protest 
a)
Thurgood Marshall 
b)
Stokely Carmichael 
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
d)
Malcolm X
58.
Appealing to many African Americans' anger and frustration over a lack of social and economic power, ___ preached a militant approach to civil rights.
a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Medgar Evars
d)
Fannie Lou Hamer
59.
President who demanded that congress pass a sweeping civil rights law but did not live to see it enacted.
a)
Thurgood Marshall 
b)
Dwight D Eisenhower 
c)
Lyndon B. Johnson
d)
John F. Kennedy
60.
President who ordered soldiers to protect African American students trying to integrate a white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Lyndon B. Johnson
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
John F. Kennedy
61.
The ____ granted the president broad military powers in Vietnam
a)
Geneva Accords
b)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Operation Rolling Thunders
62.
______ was the leader of the Communist Party in North Vietnam who fought the French, Japanese, and U.S. forces
a)
Ngo Dinh Diem
b)
Ho Chi Minh
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Yao Ming
63.
Which 1968 Democratic presidential candidate was assassinated?
a)
Richard M. Nixon
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Robert Kennedy
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
64.
This allowed Communists in North Vietnam to supply weapons to the Vietcong in South Vietnam.  
a)
Geneva Accords
b)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
c)
 Ho Chi Minh Trail 
d)
Operation Rolling Thunder
65.

_____ was the United States’ main goal in Vietnam.

a)

Reunifying Vietnam

b)

Containing the spread of Communism

c)

Upholding the Geneva Accords

d)

Negotiating a cease-fire agreement with North Vietnam

66.
President who used the Tonkin Gulf incident as an excuse to deepen U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War? 
a)
Robert McNamara 
b)
Robert Kennedy 
c)
 Richard Nixon
d)
Lyndon Johnson
67.

Vietnamese rebels who fought against the South Vietnamese and American forces?

a)

Hawks

b)

Vietcong

c)

Ho Chi Ming

d)

Vietminh

68.
Which of the following statements best defines the domino theory?  
a)
If one country falls to communism, others in the region will fall too
b)
Communism will topple the global economy 
c)
Communism will cause the fall of the United States 
d)
Socialist governments are a threat to freedom
69.
The Vietnam war prevented LBJ from focusing on what agenda?
a)
The Great Society
b)
The New Deal
c)
The New Frontier
d)
The Square Deal
70.

This organization was formed to fight against police brutality and urged violent resistance against whites.

a)

Black Panthers

b)

Freedom Riders

c)

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

d)

Southern Christian Leadership Committee

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