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U.S. History 2nd Semester Final

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1930s?

a)

Free Trade Policy

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

World Trade Organization

d)

Isolationism

2.

What event started WWII in Europe?

a)

D-day invasion

b)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

The assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand

d)

The Nazi invasion of Poland

3.
Germany used what type of strategy to quickly overwhelm their opponents?
a)
Sitzkrieg
b)
Total War
c)
Blitzkrieg
d)
Appeasement
4.
Which countries made up the Axis Powers in World War II?
a)
U.S., Soviet Union, Great Britain           
b)
France, Great Britain, Soviet Union                   
c)
Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria                     
d)
Germany, Italy, Japan   
5.

Who was President when World War II broke out?

a)

F.D. Roosevelt

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

J.F. Kennedy

6.

What happened on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor?

a)

The Americans launched a failed surprise attack on the Japanese naval fleet.

b)

The Japanese launched a successful surprise attack on the American naval fleet.

c)

The Germans signed an agreement with the Japanese to create the Axis powers.

d)

The Italians signed an agreement with the Japanese to create the Allied powers.

7.

What was the codename for building of the atomic bomb?

a)

Operation Overlord

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

Blair Witch Project

d)

Project 832

8.

This first conference held in February of 1945 showed agreement and compromise with the "Big-Three"

a)

Yalta Conference

b)

Munich Conference

c)

Potsdam Conference

d)

WWII Conference

9.

What happened during the Nuremberg Trials?

a)

Nazi war criminals were tried and convicted

b)

Mussolini and Hitler were sentenced to death

c)

All of the dictators were forced into exile

d)

A document stating the treatment of POWs was created

10.
What were the only two superpowers remaining after World War II?
a)
Germany and Japan
b)
Great Britain and France   
c)
Soviet Union and United States
d)
Italy and Spain
11.
A central purpose of the United Nations is to -
a)
establish democratic governments worldwide.
b)
maintain international peace and security.
c)
decide where national boundaries lie.
d)
bring international criminals to justice.
12.
A form of economy that promotes free trade, reduced government intervention and entrepreneurism is ________
a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
c)
Socialism
d)
Marxism
13.
Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism
a)
Appeasement
b)
Containment
c)
Expansion
d)
Eradication
14.
Which two countries did Truman fear would fall to Communism if the U.S. didn’t give aid?
a)
Greece and Germany
b)
Greece and Poland
c)
Greece and Ukraine
d)
Greece and Turkey
15.

What were the effects of the Marshall Plan?

a)

stop spread of communism

b)

Money for Western Europe to rebuild

c)

Supplies for Western Europe

d)

All of the above

16.
Why were the US and Soviet Union on opposite side of the Cold War?
a)
The US dropped bombs on the Soviet Union
b)
The Soviet Union dropped bombs on the US
c)
The two countries have different viewpoints of government and economy.
17.
What was the Iron Curtain?
a)
an imaginary line dividing communist and non-communist countries 
b)
an imaginary line connecting the major cities of Europe
c)
the border between France and Germany
d)
the border between the United States and Europe.
18.

Why did Western Europe want to contain communism?

a)

They did not want another world war.

b)

They feared communism would destroy democracy.

c)

They wanted to have more control over the land.

d)

They believed people would like communism more than democracy.

19.
Who was the US Senator that led investigations to expose communism in the US?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
Nikita Khrushchev
d)
Douglas MacArthur
20.

Soviet organization created the ______ in response to the creation of NATO.

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Fourteen Points

d)

Potsdam Pact

21.
How did President Truman respond to the blockade that prevented supplies from getting the West Europe?
a)
He sent troops to attack the Soviet blockade.
b)
He authorized the use of the atomic bomb.
c)
He organized the Berlin Airlift to fly supplies to them.
22.
The Korean War started because...
a)
Communist North Korea attacked South Korea
b)
the United Nations sent troops
c)
China invaded North Korea
d)
the Soviet Union attacked.
23.
What role did the United States play in the Korean War?
a)
The United States and its allies did not join the Korean War.
b)
The US and its allies fought to defend North Korea.
c)
The US joined its allies in the fight against North Korea to keep communism from spreading.
d)
The United States and its allies only sent supplies and weapons to Korea.
24.
What was the arms race?
a)
The US and Soviet Union began to race and see who could conquer more countries.
b)
The US and Soviet Union began building and storing powerful weapons.
c)
The US wanted to have peace with the Soviet Union
d)
The Soviet Union wanted to become allies with the United States
25.

The space race was part of what larger conflict?

a)

Cold War

b)

WWII

c)

Vietnam

d)

Korean War

26.

What is brinkmanship?

a)

U.S. foreign policy of threatening to use all out military aggression against enemy

b)

The purchasing of material goods

c)

Designing of products to wear out or become outdated so consumers need to buy more

d)

U.S. foreign policy of blocking spread of communism to other nations by the Soviets

27.

What is the name for JFK's legislative agenda?

a)

New Deal

b)

New Frontier

c)

Great Society

d)

Fresh Start

28.

What were two significant results of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

There were no significant results.

b)

A direct telephone line was set up between Washington and Moscow to discuss critical problems and the decision was made to limit the testing of nuclear weapons to protect the safety of citizens.

c)

JFK thought about resigning.

29.

The United States wanted to use Cuban exiles to make it look like a Cuban operation not an American

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Which of the following is NOT one of JFK's successes?

a)

War on Poverty

b)

Special Olympics

c)

Equal Pay Act

d)

Space Exploration

31.

The goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to get rid of which communist leader?

a)

Guevara

b)

Batista

c)

Chavez

d)

Castro

32.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
33.
Who were the communists in South Vietnam?
a)
Vietminh
b)
Vietcong
c)
Ho Chi Minhions
34.

One reason the USA was involved in the Vietnam War was to

a)

prevent the spread of communism in Indochina

b)

reduce French influence in Vietnam

c)

stop china from seizing Vietnam

d)

support the government of North Vietnam

35.

Why was the Tet Offensive different?

a)

It was guerilla warfare

b)

It was a coordinated large scale offensive

c)

It used nuclear weapons

36.

What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?

a)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

b)

Ho Chi Minh Trail

c)

US Tonkin Resolution

d)

Gulf of Maddox Resolution

37.

What was the agenda name of LBJ?

a)

The Great Society

b)

The New Deal

c)

The Bonus Army

d)

NAFTA

38.

Which nation launched the first satellite and astronaut into space?

a)

United States

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Great Britain

d)

Germany

39.

People moved out of the city and into ______, or Levittowns, to start families.

a)

suburbs

b)

farms

c)

trailers

d)

ghettos

40.
Which amendment guaranteed the right to vote for black men?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
41.
What stated that separate but equal was constitutional? 
a)
Black Codes
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Plessy vs. Ferguson 
d)
Dred Scott Court Case
42.

Court case that ruled that segregated schools are inherently unequal, ending the "separate but equal" doctrine.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Sweatt v. Painter

d)

Delgado v. Bastrop ISD

43.

What is the name given to laws that supported the idea of "separate but equal"?

a)

Alien and Sedition Acts

b)

The Black Codes

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

The Reconstruction Acts

44.
The civil rights movement began in 1955 with the _________________.
a)
Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education
b)
"I Have a Dream" speech
c)
March on Washington
d)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
45.

Who is the Father of the Civil Rights Movement and gave the "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington?

a)

Lester Maddox

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Andrew Young

d)

Benjamin Mays

46.
Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.
a)
Sit-In
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Selma March
d)
Filibuster
47.

The organization founded by student civil rights activists was...

a)

SNCC.

b)

CORE.

c)

NAACP.

d)

SCLC.

48.
Which Amendment prohibits charging a person a poll tax before they vote?
a)
Amendment 24
b)
Amendment 4
c)
Amendment 10
d)
Amendment 1
49.
Thurgood Marshall was famous for being the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and....
a)
Assassinating JFK
b)
Organizing the March on Washington
c)
Winning the Brown v. the Board of Education case
d)
Giving African-Americans the right to vote
50.

Why did Cesar Chavez start a union?

a)

to help migrant farm workers

b)

to finish school

c)

to learn how to farm

51.

A Mexican-American farm worker who's goal was to organize a union in California for Spanish speaking people.

a)

Betty Freidan

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Jimi Hendrix

d)

Janis Joplin

52.
Which amendment guarantees women the right to vote?
a)
1st Amendment
b)
4th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
12th Amendment
53.

The belief that women should have economic, political, and social equality with men

a)

Fascism

b)

Feminism

c)

La Raza Unida

d)

Female Workers Organization

54.

What is Title IX?

a)

A law allowing males to have the same opportunities as females

b)

A law allowing women to have the same opportunities as males

c)

A law

d)

Title IX doesn't exist

55.

A proposed and failed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would have prohibited any government discrimination on the basis of Sex.

a)

Feminism

b)

Civil Rights Movement

c)

AIM

d)

Equal Rights Amendment

56.

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

57.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Watergate scandal?

a)

Watergate resulted in the resignation of Nixon in 1974.

b)

Watergate resulted in the impeachment of Nixon in 1974.

c)

Watergate was a cover-up of a break-in to the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in 1972.

d)

Watergate resulted in increased distrust of government and elected officials.

58.

What court case allowed legal abortions in the first trimester and allowed states to impose stricter restrictions

a)

Regents of California v. Bakke,

b)

Roe v. Wade, 1973

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 1969

d)

Texas v. Johnson, 1991

59.
What 3 things did Carter want all people to have?
a)
books, a goat, a farm
b)
a job, peanuts, a pool
c)
equal rights, an education, a job
60.

The Camp David Accords was-

a)

peace treaty to end the Cold war

b)

agreement between the U.S and Middle eastern nations to lift the oil embargo by OPEC.

c)

peace agreement negotiated by Carter between Israel & Egypt

d)

agreement to protect Middle Eastern countries from Soviet rule

61.

Which political leader introduced programs that moved the USSR away from totalitarianism, and increased economic freedom and political rights?

a)

Mikhail Gorbechev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Boris Yeltsin

d)

Vladimir Putin

62.
Broad tax cuts, and financial deregulation, which would promote economic expansion, are examples of what policy's objective:
a)
Reaganomics
b)
Trade Imbalance
c)
Iran-Contra Affair
d)
Heritage Foundation
63.
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
64.

The United States went to war to help liberate Kuwait

a)

True

b)

False

65.
How did the US carry out Operation desert Storm?
a)
With the help of a United Nations coalition the US defeated the enemy.
b)
The US used nuclear weapons to clear out Saudi Arabian forces.
c)
With the best equipment money can buy the US defeated the enemy.
d)
Saudi Arabia convinced Iraq and Iran to leave Kuwait.
66.
What happened to Clinton after he lied under oath about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky?
a)
He was fired
b)
He resigned
c)
He was impeached
d)
He was promoted
67.

What was the September attack on the United States all about?

a)

Civil war attack

b)

A takeover

c)

A terrorist attack

68.

Who was the US president at the time of the attack?

a)

President George W. Bush

b)

President Bill Clinton

c)

President George H. Bush

69.
Freedom of religion (establishment & free exercise clauses), speech, press, assembly, and petition.
a)
1st Amendment
b)
5th Amendment
c)
8th Amendment
d)
12th Amendment
70.
Which amendment gave people 18+ the right to vote? 
a)
Amendment 1
b)
Amendment 26
c)
Amendment 5
d)
Amendment 9

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