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60s-80s STAAR Review

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
President Bush and the United Nations sent in troops in January 1991, their goal was the restore peace in Kuwait. What was the name of this conflict, which lasted six weeks?
a)
World War II
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Persian Gulf War
d)
This means war
2.
The Cold War ended in 1991, when which country broke apart?
a)
China
b)
Kuwait
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Cuba
3.

How was the Iranian Hostage Crisis resolved?

a)

the hostages were all killed

b)

the hostages were released as part of the agreement ending the Vietnam War

c)

the hostages were freed upon Reagan's inauguration

d)

the Camp David Accords led Israel to release the hostages

4.
What was the name of Iraq's Dictator, who ordered the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, for which the US forced their withdraw in the 1991 Gulf War?
a)
Anwar Sadat
b)
Osama Bin Laden
c)
Mumamar Quadafi 
d)
Saadam Hussein
5.

What religious group formed to promote family values and support conservative politicians? and helped Reagan get elected

a)

Great Society

b)

New Right

c)

Moral Majority

d)

Social Gospel

6.

What disease saw its first cases during Reagan's presidency?

a)

AIDS

b)

Hepatitis

c)

Cancer

d)

Herpes

7.

Ronald Reagan along with his wife, declared war on what?

a)

Terror

b)

Poverty

c)

Drugs

d)

AIDS

8.

Selling weapons to Iran to free hostages and using the money to fund war in Central America and the low point of Reagan's administration

a)

Iran-Contra Affair

b)

Watergate Affair

c)

Reagonomics

d)

Camp David Accords

9.
Controls supply and price of oil  
a)
OPEC
b)
NATO
c)
UNITED NATIONS
d)
Iran
10.

What was Reagan's strategy to prevent aggression from other countries?

a)

Reduce military spending

b)

Increase military defense spending

c)

Invade before invaded

d)

Drone strikes

11.

Who was the second president to be impeached?

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Barack Obama

12.

First woman named to supreme court?

a)

Sandra Day O'Connor

b)

Oprah Winfrey

c)

Michelle Obama

d)

Natalie Gonzalez

13.
George HW Bush was partially not re-elected due to breaking his promise to the American people for -
a)
No new taxes
b)
No War
c)
No more nuclear weapons
d)
No more communism
14.

Tienanmen Square was a protest in what country?

a)

Japan

b)

N Korea

c)

S Korea

d)

China

15.

Which of the following almost died from an assassination attempt?

a)

Reagan

b)

Clinton

c)

H.W. Bush

d)

W. Bush

16.

Which Soviet leader was crucial in the End of the Cold War happening when it did?

a)

Khruschev

b)

Lenin

c)

Gorbachev

d)

Stalin

17.

Why did Osama bin Laden become our enemy after once being our ally?

a)

The United States invaded Saudi Arabia

b)

Saudi Arabia asked the United States to put troops in its country to protect it from an Iraqi invasion

c)

The United States killed all of Osama bin Laden's children

d)

The Soviet Union offered him money to turn on us

18.

This signed by Clinton gave employees 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth of their children without penalty of losing their job

a)

Affordable Care Act

b)

Brady Bill

c)

No Child Left Behind Act

d)

Family Medical Leave Act

19.
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  
20.
 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
21.
 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
22.
How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?
a)
It gave free transportation to African Americans
b)
It segregated buses in America
c)
 It made Rosa Parks lots of money
d)
It helped de-segregate buses in America
23.
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
24.
This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender,  or religion. 
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
15th  Amendment
d)
Civil Rights Movement
25.

Define segregation

a)

to refuse to buy, use, or go to, in order to make a protest or bring about a change.

b)

the practice of separating people according to groups, especially racial groups.

c)

the process of bringing all parts together into a whole.

d)

an objection or complaint

26.
What previous Supreme Court decision did Brown v. Board overturn?
a)
Worcester v. Georgia
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Roe v. Wade
d)
Marbury v. Madison
27.
Law that eliminated poll taxes and literacy tests in elections
a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
Voting Rights Act
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
28.
What strategy did MLK NOT use when fighting for equal rights?
a)
Sit-ins
b)
Marches
c)
Protests
d)
Violent Riots
29.
What Supreme Court case ended segregation in schools?
a)
Korematsu v US
b)
Brown v Ferguson
c)
Brown v Board of Ed
d)
Plessy v Ferguson
30.
The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution states
a)
all citizens are have the right to vote
b)
ends slavery
c)
separate but equal is unconstitutional
d)
outlaws grandfather clauses
31.
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution states
a)
all citizens have the right to vote
b)
gives the right to vote to women
c)
all people born in the US are US citizens 
d)
overturns Plessy v Ferguson
32.
The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution states
a)
all citizens have the right to vote
b)
slavery is illegal
c)
all people born in the US are US citizens
d)
no other amendments can be added to the Constitution
33.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

34.

Laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.

a)

Racist

b)

Prejudice

c)

Discrimination

d)

Jim Crow

35.
At which University did the National Guard open fire upon protestors? 
a)
K-State 
b)
Kansas 
c)
Kennesaw 
d)
Kent State
36.

President __________ is credited with the plan of Vietnamization

a)

Ford

b)

Reagan

c)

Johnson

d)

Nixon

37.
Vietnamization was the plan to...
a)
promote Vietnamese culture in the United States
b)
Slowly withdraw from Vietnam 
c)
Let the Vietnamese citizens in the United States have a tax break  
38.
Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to the WWII
a)
France 
b)
Great Britain
c)
Portugal 
d)
Spain 
39.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
b)
The Geneva Accords 
c)
The Tet Offensive 
d)
Operation Rolling Thunder 
40.
The government says one thing, and media another, this was known as what? 
a)
Credit Check 
b)
Fake News 
c)
Credibility Gap 
d)
Credibility Old Navy 
41.

What was Henry Kissinger's job?

a)

He operated a very successful kissing booth at a fair.

b)

National Security Advisor to Nixon

c)

Vice President

d)

He was the Iron Fist who protected all humanity from "The Hand"

42.
The Vietnam war prevented LBJ from focusing on what agenda?
a)
The Great Society 
b)
The Fair Deal 
c)
The New Frontier 
d)
The Square Deal 
43.

What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh establish?

a)

Communism

b)

Democracy

c)

Socialism

d)

Monarchy

44.
Most anti-war demonstrations took place where?
a)
large cities
b)
small towns
c)
shopping centers
d)
universities
45.
How was Vietnam covered differently by the media than previous wars?
a)
television
b)
radio
c)
internet
d)
newsreels
46.
South Vietnamese guerilla fighters; opposed Diem & supplied by Ho Chi Minh
a)
Vietcong
b)
Vietminh
c)
Flying Tigers
d)
Indochinese
47.
What effect did the geography of Vietnam have on fighting during the Vietnam War?
a)
Viet Cong forces took the fightinginto the dense jungles where theycould confuse the Americans.
b)
Viet Cong forces preferred to limitmost fighting to cities where theyfought most effectively.
c)
American forces learned to keepthe fighting away from the jungles.
d)
American forces committed tofighting the war only from the air.
48.
Which factor contributed to the changing attitudes of the American public about U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War?
a)
Reelection of Lyndon Johnson
b)
Passage of the War Powers Act
c)
Graphic coverage by television news
d)
Propaganda films by antiwar protestors
49.
What is the main idea of the cartoon?
a)
There was strong disagreement in the US about American involvement in the Vietnam War.
b)
A sizable anti-war movement emerged in the US over the war 
c)
Most Americans feared if Vietnam fell to Communism, neighboring states would be threatened.
d)
Most Americans felt that conflict was a civil war and we should be involved. 
50.
Which action of Congress was a response to the long-term military involvement of the United States in Vietnam?
a)
Congress passed the War Powers Act to limit presidential power.
b)
Congress conducted surveys to measure public response to the war.
c)
Congress passed the Twenty-sixth Amendment to increase the voting age.
d)
Congress reinstated the draft toassure better military preparation in the future.
51.

Vietnamization was a policy advanced by Richard Nixon. What was its purpose?

a)

to increase American forces in Vietnam

b)

to decrease American forces in Vietnam

c)

to increase friendly Chinese forces in Vietnam

d)

to overwhelm the Viet Cong with U.S. forces

52.
Which amendment allowed for voting at age 18?
a)
     18th Amendment
b)
       5th Amendment
c)
      2nd Amendment
d)
      26th Amendment
53.
What did young people burn to protest the Vietnam War?
a)
draft card
b)
drivers' license
c)
American flags
d)
newspapers
54.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese warfare tactics
b)
Minh warfare
c)
hidden warfare
d)
guerrilla warfare
55.
The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?
a)
containment
b)
Good Neighbor policy
c)
isolationism
d)
Roosevelt Corollary
56.
To avoid U.S. soldiers North Vietnam simply used which trail that went through Laos/Cambodia?
a)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
b)
Hmong Trail
c)
Laos Trail
d)
Cambodian Trail
57.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam.
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
58.
Which President was involved in the Watergate scandal?
a)
Johnson
b)
Ford 
c)
Kennedy
d)
Nixon
59.
Stagflation is 
a)
high inflation and economic growth
b)
low inflation and economic growth
c)
high inflation and low economic growth
d)
high inflation and low unemployment
60.
Which president was successful in negotiating a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Gerald Ford
c)
Jimmy Carter
d)
Ronald Reagan
61.
The biggest foreign policy failure during the presidency of Jimmy Carter was...
a)
granting a presidential pardon to Richard Nixon
b)
the fall of China to communism under Mao Zedong
c)
his inability to negotiate the release of US hostages in Iran
d)
the near nuclear war over Soviet missiles in Cuba
62.
In the Camp David Accords (1978), President Jimmy Carter succeeded in...
a)
returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
b)
suspending grain sales to the Soviet Union and China
c)
freeing hostages being held in Iran
d)
providing a foundation for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
63.
Which situation in the 1970s caused the US to reconsider its dependence on foreign energy resources?
a)
meetins with teh Soviet Union to limit nuclear weapons
b)
oil embargo by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
c)
war in Afghanistan
d)
free-trade agreements with Canada and Mexico
64.
One similarity between the 1930s and the 1970s was that both decades were characterized by..
a)
American troops sent to fight in an unpopular war
b)
the massive growth of American suburbs
c)
the acquisition of large overseas territories
d)
weak economies with high unemployment
65.
True or False:
Nixon was impeached from presedency. 
a)
True
b)
False
66.
What office was broken into during the Watergate Break-in?
a)
The Capitol Building
b)
The White House
c)
Republican Headquarters
d)
Democratic Headquarters
67.
OPEC was an organization that exported what?
a)
Weapons
b)
Drugs
c)
Water
d)
Petroleum
68.
What problem did the oil embargo by OPEC cause in the U.S.? 
a)
oil production increased 
b)
war 
c)
fuel shortages in the US and rationing 
d)
idk 
69.
Which President is most closely associated with the idea of DETENTE?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Gerald Ford
c)
Jimmy Carter
d)
Lyndon Johnson
70.
In 1979 a revolution in this nation ended with 53 Americans being held hostage.
a)
Iran
b)
Iraq
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Syria
71.
The Iranian Hostage Crisis end ended 
a)
during Reagan's inauguration
b)
it did not, they are still hostages
c)
during the U.S. invasion of Iran
d)
when OPEC ended the oil embargo
72.

The Cold War was...

a)

Between the U.S. and China

b)

Fought mostly in freezing terrain of Russia

c)

A nuclear arms race

d)

The bloodiest war in human history

73.

The Berlin Wall

a)

Was built to keep the Soviets out of Russia

b)

Separated West Germany (American supported) and East Germany (Soviet supported)

c)

Wasn't an actual wall, just a metaphor

d)

All answers are correct

74.

The belief that women should have economic, political, and social equity with me.

a)

Fascism

b)

Feminism

c)

La Raza Unida

d)

Female Workers Organization

75.

The culture of the young people who rejected mainstream American society in the 1960's seeking to create an alternative society based on peace, love and individual freedom.

a)

Counterculture

b)

Feminism

c)

Woodstock

d)

United Hippie Movement

76.

A free music festival that attracted more that 400,000 young people to a farm in upstate New York in August 1969.

a)

Counterculture

b)

Hippie Parade

c)

Woodstock

d)

La Raza Concerto

77.
During the Mid- to Late-60s, what generation was entering their teen and college years?
a)
Baby boomers
b)
Greatest Generation
c)
Millenials
d)
Generation X
78.
The counter culture movement was an extension of what earlier movement from the 50s?
a)
Beat Movement
b)
Conservative Coalition
c)
Flappers
d)
Lost Generation
79.
What was the most dramatic example of the counterculture movement?
a)
Hippies
b)
Beat Movement
c)
Flappers
d)
Lost Generation
80.

Hippie Community that rejected mainstream society by living together with shared property and money with flexible and loose relationships.

a)

Communes

b)

Hippies

c)

The Beatles

d)

Woodstock

81.

Which of the following did "hippies" disagree with most ?

a)

Communism

b)

War

c)

World peace

d)

Marriage

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