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WorksheetsCold War Tensions & A Nation in Crisis Study Guide
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
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He was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1960.
John F. Kennedy
Mao Zedong
Harry Truman
Nikita Khrushchev
Chiang Kai-shek
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He led the Communist forces in China.
John F. Kennedy
Mao Zedong
Harry Truman
Nikita Khrushchev
Chiang Kai-shek
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Many thought Dewey would defeat him in 1948.
John F. Kennedy
Mao Zedong
Harry Truman
Nikita Khrushchev
Chiang Kai-shek
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He was Stalin’s successor.
John F. Kennedy
Mao Zedong
Harry Truman
Nikita Khrushchev
Chiang Kai-shek
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He led the Nationalists in China.
John F. Kennedy
Mao Zedong
Harry Truman
Nikita Khrushchev
Chiang Kai-shek
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a group pardon for Vietnam-era draft dodgers
Amnesty
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Great Society
New Left
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prohibited racial segregation and discrimination in schools and public places
Amnesty
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Great Society
New Left
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ended the use of literacy tests and harassment of voters in federal elections
Amnesty
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Great Society
New Left
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Johnson’s program for defeating poverty and racial injustice
Amnesty
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Great Society
New Left
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movement that protested American involvement in Vietnam
Amnesty
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Great Society
New Left
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U.S. effort to scale down activity in Vietnam
Vietnamization
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
War Powers Act
Détente
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
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legal justification for military action in Vietnam
Vietnamization
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
War Powers Act
Détente
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
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limited the president’s power in future wars
Vietnamization
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
War Powers Act
Détente
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
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an easing of tensions
Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
War Powers Act
Détente
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
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gave eighteen-year-olds the right to vote
Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Twentieth Amendment
Twenty-First Amendment
Twenty-Third Amendment
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
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became president after John F. Kennedy’s death
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Russell Means
William Rehnquist
Warren Burger
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opened diplomatic relations with Communist China
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Russell Means
William Rehnquist
Warren Burger
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national director of the American Indian Movement
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Russell Means
William Rehnquist
Warren Burger
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Supreme Court justice who proved to be conservative
César Chávez
Richard Nixon
Russell Means
William Rehnquist
Warren Burger
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chief justice appointed by Nixon
César Chávez
Richard Nixon
Russell Means
William Rehnquist
Warren Burger
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formed the National Farm Workers Association
César Chávez
Richard Nixon
Russell Means
William Rehnquist
Warren Burger
The “green revolution” refers to . . .
the rise of communism in Southeast Asia.
the movement of Americans to the West and South.
Truman’s social programs.
agricultural improvements.
All of the following conditions occurred in America following World War II except . . .
a baby boom.
a depression
urban growth.
housing shortages.
Part of President Truman’s Fair Deal was the . . .
GI Bill.
Security Council.
Marshall Plan
Taft-Hartley Act.
All of the following were the Big Three countries that called for the formation of another world peacekeeping organization except . . .
Britain.
Germany.
the Soviet Union.
the United States.
The United Nations organization includes all of the following parts except the . . .
General Assembly.
Secretariat.
Security Council.
Works Progress Administration.
Each of the following was created to defend the free world against Communist advances except the . . .
Marshall Plan.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Truman Doctrine.
Which amendment gave the residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in national elections?
Twentieth Amendment
Twenty-Third Amendment
Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Twenty-Seventh Amendment
Who popularized the phrase “iron curtain,” referring to the division of the free countries of Europe from the Communist-controlled lands?
Winston Churchill
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Harry Truman
The Truman Doctrine reflected the president’s policies regarding . . .
appeasement.
civil rights.
containment
injunctions.
Which power began denying all road, rail, and river access across Germany to West Berlin in 1948?
Britain
France
the Soviet Union
the United States
In 1950, a conflict between United Nations peacekeeping forces and Communists began in . . .
Afghanistan.
Cuba.
Korea.
Vietnam.
The Korean War ended with . . .
Communists in control of the entire nation
the UN in control of the entire nation.
a divided Korea.
Korean independence.
All of the following could be described as incidents of the Cold War except the . . .
Berlin airlift.
Korean War.
formation of NATO.
building of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
The Republican candidate for president in 1952 was . . .
Dwight Eisenhower.
Douglas MacArthur.
Adlai Stevenson.
Harry Truman.
Ho Chi Minh was the Communist leader in . . .
China.
Cuba.
Korea.
Vietnam.
Which program was created to counter the growth of communism in Latin America?
New Frontier
Alliance for Progress
Truman Doctrine
. Marshall Plan
All of the following were Communist leaders except . . .
Chiang Kai-shek.
Ho Chi Minh.
Nikita Khrushchev.
Mao Zedong.
Which was the first African American to play major-league baseball?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Edward Dudley
Rosa Parks
Jackie Robinson
Which of the following was not a part of Kennedy’s administration?
New Frontier
Bay of Pigs
Fair Deal
NASA
What defined the circumstances necessary before a president could go to war?
Twenty-Fourth Amendment.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Camp David Accords.
War Powers Act.
Martin Luther King Jr.
believed racism would not be solved.
was assassinated on a hotel balcony.
said that violence was most important for change.
was a candidate for the presidency in 1968.
Lyndon B. Johnson called his domestic policy program the . . .
Fair Deal.
Great Society.
New Deal.
New Frontier
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was an act that was probably favored most by . . .
doves.
hawks.
the NAACP.
the Viet Cong.
All of the following could be classified as foreign policy failures of President Carter except . . .
the meeting of Sadat and Begin at Camp David.
the fate of SALT II.
his response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
his dealing with the Iranian hostage crisis.
The president responsible for sending large numbers of American soldiers to Vietnam in combat roles was . . .
Dwight Eisenhower.
Lyndon B. Johnson.
John F. Kennedy.
Richard Nixon.
American efforts in Vietnam were hindered by all of the following except the . . .
corruption of the South Vietnamese anti-Communist government.
inability to distinguish loyal South Vietnamese from the Viet Cong.
antiwar activism in America.
lack of sophisticated weapons.
As president, Gerald Ford did all of the following except . . .
engineer a major peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.
pardon his predecessor for any crimes he might have committed while president.
institute a “Whip Inflation Now” plan for controlling inflation.
veto sixty-six bills passed by the Democrats, who controlled Congress.
The person most responsible for the Iranian hostage crisis was
Mikhail Gorbachev.
Ayatollah Khomeini.
Henry Kissinger.
Muammar al-Qaddafi
Which president was responsible for bringing an era of détente in Soviet-American relations?
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Shuttle diplomacy was instrumental in settling the . . .
Berlin Wall crisis.
Cuban missile crisis.
Vietnam War.
Yom Kippur War.
The president who ordered wage-and-price controls to curb inflation was . . .
Dwight Eisenhower.
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Robert Kennedy.
Richard Nixon.
The most important lesson learned from Watergate was that . . .
presidents are criminals.
presidents should not trust their subordinates.
campaign committees should be abolished for presidential races.
the Constitution’s system of checks and balances works.
The first president to resign his office was . . .
Dwight Eisenhower.
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Robert Kennedy.
Richard Nixon.
Which of the following does not relate to the Nixon administration?
recession
Ping-Pong diplomacy
energy crisis
Iranian hostage crisis
What term describes the movement of large numbers of the American population to areas of the country with warmer climates?
(a)
What did President Truman call his domestic program for the nation?
(a)
What legislation did Congress pass over Truman’s veto in an attempt to limit the power of labor unions?
(a)
What kind of legislation was used in the South to keep blacks segregated from whites?
(a)
What program did the United States institute to send billions of dollars of aid for the recovery of Europe after World War II?
(a)
What did Churchill call the line separating the free countries of Western Europe from the Communist countries in Eastern Europe?
(a)
What was the policy that described America’s intent to stop the Soviets from overtaking more governments in the late 1940s and the 1950s?
(a)
Who was the first supreme commander of NATO forces?
(a)
Who was the officer chosen as commander of the United Nations forces in Korea?
(a)
What were the names of the husband and wife who were convicted and executed for giving atomic secrets to the Soviets?
(a)
Who won the 1952 presidential election, and of which party was he a candidate?
(a)
Ho Chi Minh was a Communist leader in what land?
(a)
The policy that tried to ease tensions and create goodwill between the United States and the Soviet Union in the late 1950s was called what?
(a)
What president gained the power to send a large number of combat troops to Vietnam without actually declaring war?
(a)
By what route did the Communists move soldiers and supplies into South Vietnam?
(a)
What former governor of Georgia won the presidency in 1976?
(a)
What issue did President Carter promise would be central in his foreign policy decisions?
(a)
What term describes the method used by Henry Kissinger to help negotiate a peace settlement between Israel and Egypt?
(a)
How did Arab nations retaliate against America in 1973 for its support of Israel?
(a)
Who was the chief justice of the Supreme Court-appointed by President Nixon?
(a)
What Supreme Court case legalized abortion in 1973?
(a)
Who became the leading spokesperson for women’s rights?
(a)
What is the name of the proposed amendment that would have guaranteed that “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied . . . on account of sex”?
(a)
What vice president resigned from office because of criminal charges?
(a)
What president resigned his office?
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