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US History Unit 6 Progressing Level Quiz

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Big Stick Policy

3.

What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

a)

It started the space race.

b)

U.S. began to invest more money into math & science education.

c)

The U.S. started NASA.

d)

All of the above

4.

During what event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict?

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War

5.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did JFK do when he heard that the Soviet Union was construction 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.

6.

What did those in the counter-culture do when the government escalated deployment of troops in Vietnam and implemented a draft?

a)

The counter-culture organized protests.

b)

There were mass anti-war demonstrations.

c)

Some individuals burned their draft cards.

d)

All of the above

7.

What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?

a)

Korean & Vietnam War

b)

WWI & WWII

c)

Civil War & Spanish American War

d)

Persian Gulf & War on Terror

8.

What law did Congress pass to limit the military authority of the executive branch in order to avoid another Vietnam?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

New Deal

c)

War Powers Act

d)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

9.

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

a)

Negative press coverage contributed to the public disillusionment with 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.

10.
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
11.
Which 1968 Democratic presidential candidate was assassinated?
a)
Richard M. Nixon
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Robert Kennedy
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
12.
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
13.
The ____ granted the president broad military powers in Vietnam
a)
Geneva Accords
b)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Operation Rolling Thunders
14.
Napalm
a)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
b)
A type of lotion soldiers would use to get rid of the sent on their clothing
c)
Another name for a flamethrower
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
15.
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 agents because they 
c)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
16.
Guerrilla Warfare
a)
Fighting by small groups using tactics such as the ambush
b)
Using gorillas to fight against enemy soldiers
c)
Dressing up as gorillas and fighting while hitting your chest
17.
Fidel Castro was the leader of which country?
a)
Sweden
b)
Hungary
c)
Cuba
d)
Czechoslavakia
18.
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)
Neither
d)
Both
19.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
20.

Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.

a)

Vietnamization

b)

Vietcong

c)

Internationalism

d)

Linkage

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 major NVA & Vietcong offensive in South Vietnam surprised Americans beginning on 1/30/68?
a)
New Year's Offensive
b)
Ho Chi Minh Offensive
c)
Tet Offensive
d)
Saigon Offensive
23.

What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?

a)

US attempt to overthrow Cuba's new Communist government

b)

USSR attempt to overthrow Turkey's new Capitalist system

c)

US attempt to kill Fidel Castro

d)

USSR attempt to stockpile missiles near the US

24.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Leon Trotsky

b)

Vladmir Lenin

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Nikita Khrushchev

25.

Who was the leader of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Robert Kennedy

d)

Harry S. Truman

26.

Why didn't Kennedy want to attack Cuba once the missiles were discovered?

a)

fear of war

b)

fear of communism in the US

c)

fear of putting European allies in danger

d)

fear of losing re-election

27.

What was the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

The ambassadors from both countries came to an agreement to remove missiles from the countries each were concerned about

b)

The President and Soviet Premier decided that they would both agree to disagree without fighting

c)

Kennedy lifted the blockade but Cuba still had missiles on it

d)

Khrushchev decided to remove missiles from Cuba to get the blockade lifted without talking to the US first, as an act of good faith

28.
Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?  
a)
To keep people from escaping to West Germany  
b)
To keep people from West Germany coming into East Germany 
c)
As a fortification to keep enemies out of the city 
d)
All of the above
29.
What country had control over the government of East Germany?      
a)
Soviet Union
b)
China 
c)
Poland 
d)
Hungary
30.
What US President asked Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall?  
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
George Bush
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Ronald Reagan
31.
What caused the Persian Gulf War?
a)
The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia
b)
Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil
c)
The Stock Market crashed
d)
The Japanese bombed North Korea
32.
Who was the Iraqi leader?
a)
Hunter Walker
b)
Saddam Hussein
c)
George H.W. Bush
d)
Adolph Hitler
33.

Two airplanes flew into the Twin Towers in which city?

a)

Delaware

b)

Maine

c)

Florida

d)

New York

34.

Who was the leader of Al-Qaeda?

a)

Osama Bin Laden

b)

Saddam Hussein

c)

Omar Al-Baghdadi

d)

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad

35.

The President of the US on 9/11 was _______________.

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Barack Obama

36.

Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.

a)

35th

b)

36th

c)

37th

d)

38th

37.
Who overthrew China during the Cold War and created a Communist government there?
a)
Miguel Gorbachev
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Ho Chi Minh
38.

What was the name of the bomb that could hit anywhere in the world?

a)

Domestic Missile

b)

Joe-1

c)

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)

d)

Big Bomb

39.

As the democratically elected prime minister of Iran a US and British-backed coup overthrew Mohammad Mossadeq because he made THIS decision that Western nations did not favor:

a)

Joined the CIA

b)

Nationalized electricity

c)

Nationalized oil

d)

Privatized Oil

40.
Why did Iranian students take hostages from the US embassy, starting the hostage crisis?
a)
demand to put the Shah on trial in Iran
b)
demand to put the Shah on trial in USA
c)
send the Shah to the UN
d)
for helping during the Iran/Iraq War
41.
This leader took over Iran after the Shah was removed in 1979 and implemented a theocracy
a)
Ayatollah Khomeini
b)
Shah Pahlevi
c)
Mohammed Mossadeq
d)
Jimmy Carter
42.

Who was the president at the start of the Iranian Hostage Crisis ?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Ronald Reagan

43.
What was the reason for U.S. involvement in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?
a)
Terrorism
b)
Religion
c)
Land
d)
Oil
44.
What was the series of attacks by al Qaeda using hijacked planes?
a)
December 7th
b)
September 11th
c)
August 2nd
d)
August 8th
45.

This department works to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage from potential attacks and natural disasters.

a)

Defense

b)

Homeland Security

c)

Justice

d)

Interior

46.

What US legislation expanded federal powers to investigate and identify terrorist suspects.

a)

Patriot Act

b)

Warrior Act

c)

Prohibition

d)

War Powers Act

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