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Units 10, 11, 12 Assessment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Cold war involved which 2 countries?

a)

China and USA

b)

Soviet Union and USA

c)

China and Soviet Union

d)

Cuba and China

2.

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Big Stick Policy

d)

Containment Policy

3.

What individual and group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?

a)

Martin Luther King & Black Panthers

b)

Jane Addams & Settlement Houses

c)

Joseph McCarthy & HUAC

d)

Cesar Chavez & United Farmworkers Union

4.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did JFK do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing a missile site in Cuba.

a)

JFK gave into the Soviet demands.

b)

JFK bombed the Soviet Union with an atomic bomb.

c)

JFK ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.

d)

JFK invaded Cuba from Guantanamo Bay.

5.

How did the media (television) impact the Vietnam War?

a)

Negative press coverage contributed to the public disapproval of the war.

b)

The positive press coverage encouraged enlistment in the military.

c)

The impact of the media in Vietnam was rather minimal.

d)

The media showed that the majority of Americans supported the war effort.

6.

Period of time where there was hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action was known as ______.

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

Cold War

d)

Brinkmanship

7.

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

a)

To embarrass America

b)

To stop communist East Germans from fleeing to capitalist West Germany

c)

To reduce cold war tensions

d)

To demonstrate the success of Communism

8.

What is Agent Orange?

a)

Nickname of a Soviet agent that would always wear orange while on important missions

b)

Term used to describe the South Vietnamese

c)

A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses

d)

The nickname of a horrible version of athlete's foot some American troops contracted in Vietnam.

9.
Fidel Castro was the leader of which country?
a)
Sweden
b)
Hungary
c)
Cuba
d)
Czechoslavakia
10.

What president inherited the problem of Vietnam from Kennedy?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Ngo Dinh Diem

c)

Lyndon Johnson

d)

Robert McNamara

11.

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow was called…

a)

Vietnamization

b)

Communism

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Imperialism

12.
Who was the leader of the communist government in North Vietnam?
a)
 Mao Zedong
b)
Ho Chi Minh
c)
Le Duan 
d)
Ngo Dinh Diem
13.
When the French pulled out of Southern Vietnam, what country entered to try and help stop communism from spreading? 
a)
United States
b)
Great Britain
c)
Germany
d)
China
14.
Which side ended up winning the Vietnam War and taking control of the country? 
a)
United States
b)
Soviet Union
c)
South Vietnam
d)
North Vietnam
15.

African American Lawyer who won the Brown v. Board of Education court case and later became the first black Supreme Court Justice.

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

MLK

c)

Huey P. Newton

d)

Malcom X

16.

What court case declared that having separate black and white public schools was unconstitutional?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Tinker v. Des Moines

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

17.
These black teenagers were the first to integrate into Little Rock Central High
a)
Elite Eight
b)
Little Rock Nine
c)
Arkansas Seven
d)
Final Four
18.
Literacy tests & poll taxes were used in the South to keep African Americans from doing what?
a)
voting
b)
serving in the military
c)
moving north
d)
getting an education
19.

What happened as a result of the 1956 boycott in Montgomery, Alabama?

a)

Back Americans got equal rights.

b)

Segregation on public transport was ruled to be unconstitutional.

c)

Nothing happened, buses remained segregated.

d)

Black Americans were never allowed on buses again.

20.

How long did the bus boycott last?

a)

1 month

b)

1 week

c)

1 year

d)

6 months