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Pre/Post Quiz for all US History

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Cold War ended in 1991, when which country broke apart?
a)
China
b)
Kuwait
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Cuba
2.
Which of the following were significant social issues faced during the 1980s (The Reagan Era)?
a)
Alien landings in Roswell
b)
Crack cocaine
c)
Homosexual Marriage
d)
The gum disease gengivitas 
3.
Who won the presidential election of 1992?
a)
George Bush
b)
Al Gore
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Ronald Reagan
4.
What Bill Clinton personal scandal showed that politicians personal lives were under scrutiny?
a)
Watergate
b)
Enron
c)
Exxon Mobil
d)
Monica Lewinsky Scandal
5.

What event saw the killing of hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in 1989?

a)

Tiananmen Square

b)

Fall of the Berlin Wall

c)

Revolt in Poland

d)

Death of Vaclav Havel

6.

New Orleans is surrounded by bodies of water, and the city city sits in a bowl-like shape. It is also several feet below sea level at its lowest points.


How did these features affect New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina?

a)

Tornadoes gained momentum in open land areas.

b)

Storm surges caused a massive shift in tectonic plates.

c)

mud slides trapped residents in the city.

d)

Storm waters flooded the city after several levees broke.

7.
was created to protect the environment by setting air and water pollution standards
a)
EPA
b)
CCC
c)
FCC
d)
SEC
8.
What is the main reason the U.S. went to war in Afghanistan?
a)
Free the people from the brutal rule of the Taliban
b)
Attacks of September 11, 2001
c)
To help the Afghans fight the Soviets
d)
The U.S. wanted to fight the Taliban
9.
 An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was
a)
Harriet B. Stowe
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Michelle Obama
d)
Coretta King
10.
Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to:
a)
Allow children to work long hours in factories
b)
Segregate schools based on people’s skin color
c)
Pay black people less than white people for similar work
d)
Return an escaped slave to his/her master  
11.
 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
March from  Selma to Montgomery
12.
What are Civil Rights?
a)
Rights that only some citizens get
b)
Rights that all citizens get
c)
 Rights that are civil
d)
Rights that are controlled by the president
13.
The Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote, ratified in 1920.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
15th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
23rd Amendment
14.
Which statement best explains the “glass ceiling”?
a)
there are barriers that prevent women from reaching high paying management jobs
b)
there are laws that prevent companies from paying women equally
c)
programs are created to train women for management careers
d)
None of the above
15.

Members of the counter culture movement were mostly

a)

Young African Americans from lower economic backgrounds

b)

Middle aged white men

c)

Latino youths seeking voting rights

d)

white youths from middle and upper middle class backgrounds

16.
Johnson declared unconditional war on poverty with his program he called the 
a)
New Deal
b)
New Frontier
c)
Great Society
d)
Great Programs
17.
What cut communication between East Germany and West Germany?
a)
Cuban missiles
b)
Berlin Wall
c)
Guerrilla warfare
d)
Bay of Pigs
18.
What happened to end John F. Kennedy's presidency?
a)
He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
b)
He was impeached for improper behavior.
c)
He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
d)
He left office after only four years.
19.

In the 1960s, young people that rebelled against the social expectations of older generations were called

a)

woodstocks.

b)

New Leftists.

c)

hippies.

d)

communes.

20.

Which law required the president to gain congressional approval for long-term troop deployments?

a)

24th Amendment

b)

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

c)

War Powers Act

21.
Networks of jungle paths used by N. Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong?
a)
Saigon Route
b)
Bataan Death March
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
22.
What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?
a)
Domino theory
b)
MAD theory
c)
Containment theory
d)
China Syndrome
23.
How did  the Cold War affect Americans?
a)
Caused Great Depression
b)
Led to nuclear war
c)
Led to a Red Scare
d)
Ended WW2
24.
Which is FALSE about the 1950s?
a)
Babyboom = More people
b)
Sunbelt population increased
c)
More moved to suburbs
d)
All Americans were equal
25.
In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production.
a)
communism
b)
capitalism
c)
socialism
d)
democracy
26.
This "figurative" wall divided communist countries from democratic counties--
a)
Great Wall of China
b)
Berlin Wall
c)
Iron Curtain
d)
Wall of Democracy
27.
Which of the following organizations supports Democratic ideals and self governance?
a)
Warsaw Pact
b)
Satellite Nations
c)
NATO
d)
Domino Theory
28.

The 1896 court case that justified "separate, but equal" education was

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Mendez v. Westminster

d)

Delgado v. Bastrop

29.

Bert the Turtle says

a)

"no need to panic!"

b)

"prepare for the apocalypse!"

c)

"duck and cover!"

d)

"Where's Ernie?"

30.

What state is to the east of Nebraska?

a)

Iowa

b)

Colorado

c)

Kansas

d)

Montana

31.
This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest 
a)
Tornados
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Black Tuesday 
d)
Hurricanes
32.
The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform. 
a)
Stock Market 
b)
Great Depression
c)
Margin 
d)
New Deal 
33.
When the stock market crashed in 1929, Herbert Hoover was president of the United States. The president who followed President Hoover began the New Deal, a program to help people during the Great Depression. This president was
a)
Warren Harding
b)
Calvin Coolidge
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Herbert Hoover
34.

What does the term appeasement mean?

a)

refusal to get involved in any foreign affairs

b)

eating peas for dinner

c)

appealing to a certain status group

d)

•giving in to demands of an aggressor to keep the peace

35.
To limit the buying of goods is to 
a)
spare
b)
ration 
c)
barter  
d)
discount 
36.
To pay for the War the federal government sold? 
a)
Stocks 
b)
War bonds 
c)
Land 
d)
Silver/Gold 
37.
Isolationism
a)
The act of staying neutral to avoid conflict.
b)
The act of getting involved in a war to fight.
38.
name of the genocide against the Jews by the Nazis
a)
Holocaust
b)
Night of Broken Glass
c)
Great Purge
d)
Great Leap Forward
39.

If you use untrue statements or try to distort information to make people believe a certain way, it is called:

a)

propagation

b)

propaganda

c)

probation

40.

Fascism

a)

a person who supports or believes in the principles of communism

b)

a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution

c)

a form of government with a monarch at the head

d)

a rule of a people by a dictator that is nationalistic and imperialistic

41.
internment
a)
release of prisoners after a war campaign has ended
b)
confinement of a people to a secure location during war time
c)
confiscation of weapons and other war supplies in order to aid the soldiers on the front lines
d)
practice of giving out limited amounts of food and supplies, generally given to soldiers or civilians during war time
42.
What was Prohibition?
a)
A complete ban on the sale of food
b)
A complete ban on the sale of clothes
c)
A complete ban on the sale of alcohol
d)
A complete ban on the sale of cars
43.
Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?
a)
Harlem, New York
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Detroit, Michigan 
44.
What name was given to the great achievements in art and learning by African Americans during the 1920s?
a)
The Roaring 20s
b)
The Best of Times
c)
Harlem Renaissance
45.
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of Fundamentalism and ______.
a)
school
b)
Evolution
c)
life
d)
religion
46.
Nativists are against _______?
a)
Corruption
b)
African Americans
c)
Railroads
d)
Immigrants
47.
Which of the following is a pull factor of the Great Migration? 
a)
racical discrimination
b)
lynching in southern cities
c)
new opportunity and chance of equality in northern cities
d)
mass poverty in northern cities
48.
Henry Ford is credited with mastering 
a)
Modern day filming.
b)
Use of the Assembly Line.
c)
Flying aeroplanes.
d)
Radio Broadcasting.
49.
This word means pride in one's country; it was a cause of WWI.
a)
Militarism
b)
Alliances
c)
Nationalism
d)
Imperialism
50.
This word means strengthening a country's military; it's a cause of World War I.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Militarism
c)
Alliances
d)
Imperialism
51.
What was signed in 1919 to end WWI?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)

Treaty of Paris

c)
Treaty of World Wars
52.
Germany had to pay $33 billion dollars in _______________.
a)
land
b)
military
c)
reparations
53.
At the beginning of WWI, President Woodrow Wilson believed that the United States should...
a)
send troops to Europe
b)
support Germany
c)
support Great Britain
d)
remain neutral
54.
What type of warfare was used in WWI?
a)
bench
b)
trench
c)
French
d)
wrench
55.
WWI took place mainly in
a)
South America
b)
Europe
c)
Asia
d)
The United States
56.
During the war, women took jobs in
a)
factories
b)
victory gardens
c)
combat
d)
none of the above
57.
What message is this poster trying to communicate?
a)
Women should come into the factories to see how weapons are being made.
b)
Women should work in the factories to make weapons.
c)
Women should fly aircraft to help the war effort.
d)
Women should use factories for shelter during an attack.
58.
Types of weapons used in WW1
a)
Poison Gas 
b)
machine guns
c)
airplanes
d)
all of the above
59.

What is it called when neither side can win a battle?

a)

Stalebread

b)

Stalewar

c)

Stalemate

d)

Stalebattle

60.
The Great Migration was the mass movement of _______________ from the South to Northern cities.
a)
African Americans
b)
Germans
c)
Women
d)
Mexicans

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