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WorksheetsFinal Exam
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 27mins
the Cuban Missile Crisis. Which was the importance of this event?
During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?
Truman Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory
Open Door Policy
How did the USA get involved in the Korean War?
They dropped nuclear bombs to force North Korea into surrendering.
They saved South Korea after it was invaded, then chased the North Korean forces into China.
They helped to negotiate for South Korea to surrender.
They fought directly with the USSR in Korea.
What happened when China decided to join the Korean War?
They managed to conquer Korea.
They helped North Korea push the USA and South Korean forces back across the 38th parallel.
They could not defeat the USA and South Korea, so North Korean forces remained in China.
They were attacked by the USA with nuclear weapons.
Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.
Baby Boom
Baby Gap
GI Bill
Transistor
Beatnik
an elderly person in the 1920s who suffered financial loss.
the fact or process of converting someone or something back to a former state.
a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation.
This was a type of music which challenged earlier music and was popular to teenagers.
Brown V. Board of Education
Court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional
Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.
All state laws prohibiting abortions were made unconstitutional based on a woman's right to privacy
Ruled that a defendant in a felony trial must be provided a lawyer free of charge if the defendant cannot afford one.
This act made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Law 1975
Civil Rights Law of 1988
Civil Service Act of 1960
When soldiers returned home from World War II, what helped them get lower mortgage rates and paid for their continued education?
The Consitution
Veteran's Fund
G.I. Bill of Rights
Military Service Reimbursement Bill
This planned communities sprang up after WWII. They were usually located outside major market cities; families would commute to work with their new luxury cars and homes were "cookie cutter" and affordable
Suburbs
Inner City
Ultraburbs
Shopping Malls
growth of the suburbs of the southwestern states and showed a population shift away from the Northeast and Midwest
Sunbelt
Interstate Highway System
Great Society
Consumerism
President Truman's program to broaden some New Deal programs such as increasing the minimum wage for interstate businesses
Great Society
Fair Deal
G.I. Bill of Rights
Baby Boomers
held hearings headed by Senator McCarthy to root put possible communists in the government and society
Sunbelt
Conformity
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
Mass Media
government programs proposed that sought to reduce poverty and increase opportunity for poor Americans
Fair Deal
Baby Boomers
G.I. Bill of Rights
Great Society
What did the president do for the Little Rock 9?
He bought all of their textbooks.
He drove them to school each day.
He sent US soldiers to escort them to school each day.
He bought them lunch at a lunch counter.
What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?
Southern Peace Corps
NAACP
SNCC
Black Panthers
What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?
March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott
Black Panthers
Mass Support Demonstrations
Little Rock Nine
What group/individuals sought to improve the treatment of migrant workers through boycotts and strikes?
SNCC, Martin Luther King
Black Panthers, Newton
United Farm Workers Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez
Immigration Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez
What is executive privilege as conceded by the Supreme Court?
the need for protection of communication between high government officials and their advisors
the ability for a president to be able to do what he needs to do to enforce the laws of the land
the right for a president to commit acts that others might consider illegal if done in the name of national security
True or False: Two foreign policy developments in the Nixon administration were his visit to China and the SALT Treaty
True
False
Which are true about "Vietnamization"?
It was led by Lyndon Johnson
It aimed to hand over the fighting in Vietnam to Vietnamese soldiers.
It signaled a renewed American support for the Vietnam war
It led to losing the war due to lack of US military support
Which new federal agency began to exercise growing control over American industry and society in the 1960's and 70's?
Department of Defense (DOD)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Which groups represented the New Rights Movements of the 1970's?
Native Americans
Women
Hispanic farm workers
African Americans
