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Dieguez US History 3rd 9 Weeks Exam Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a thermonuclear weapon that gets its power from splitting a hydrogen atom
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
Sputnik
c)
38th Parallel
d)
Hydrogen Bomb
2.
the Cold War foreign policy designed to “get to the verge without getting into the war”
a)
Baby Boom
b)
Brinkmanship
c)
Arms Race
d)
Urban Renewal
3.
a law that offered veterans money for school, houses, farms, and businesses
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Brinkmanship
c)
GI Bill of Rights
d)
Fair Deal
4.

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

5.

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

6.

Why did the USSR want to put missiles on Cuba?

a)

To have more missiles because they couldn't match the nuclear power of the US

b)

To counter the Warsaw Pact countries that were overthrowing communism

c)

To counter the US missiles in Italy and Turkey

d)

To counter the power of NATO

7.

What did Kennedy's "Quarantine" of Cuba actually do?

a)

ally

b)

shun

c)

blockade

d)

attack

8.

What years was World War II fought?

a)

1898-1898

b)

1914-1919

c)

1939-1945

d)

1963-1975

9.
Ruled segregation of Mexican-American children illegal in California unless a special state law requires it 
a)
Mendez v. Westminster (1947)
b)
San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez (1973)
c)
Delgado v. Bastrop I.S.D. (1948)
d)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
10.

Which court case determined that segregation of Mexican American students in TEXAS was illegal?

a)

Mendez v. Westminster

b)

Delgado v. Bastrop

c)

Edgewood v. Kirby

d)

White v. Regester

11.

Which court case extended protection against discrimination to Hispanics

a)

Hernandez v. Texas

b)

Lopez v. Texas

c)

Miranda v. Texas

d)

None of the above

12.
What Supreme Court case created single-member congressional districts?
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
White v. Regester
c)
Hernandez v. Texas
d)
Tinker v. Des Moines
13.

Also known as the Robin Hood plan, this legislation enacted by the U.S. state of Texas in 1993 provides court-mandated equitable school financing for all school districts in the state. The law "recaptures" property tax revenue from wealthy school districts and distributes the money to those in property-poor districts.

a)

White v. Regester

b)

Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

c)

Wisconsin v. Yoder

d)

Hernandez v. Texas

14.
Which amendment freed African slaves?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
15.
Which amendment gave African Americans citizenship?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
16.
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
17.

What was the idea called, that said if one Asian country fell to communism, their neighbor would also fall to communism?

a)

The Iron Curtain

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Marshall Plan

18.

Changed the voting age from 21 to 18 years of age as a response to the Vietnam War Draft

a)

15th Amendment

b)

26th Amendment

c)

23rd Amendment

d)

24th Amendment

19.

Shutting off of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.

a)

blockade

b)

containment

c)

perestroika

d)

satellites

20.
During the Berlin Blockade, the U.S. flew supplies to west Berlin. This was called the __________________________.
a)
Berlin Rescue Mission
b)
NATO
c)
Berlin Airlift
d)
United Nations
21.

What policy allowed the US to get involved with the North and South Korean dispute?

a)

US ignored Korea because of the United Nations Security Council

b)

Because the US was giving money to Europe called the Marshall Plan

c)

The US involvement of sending tanks with the Truman Doctrine

d)

US involvment because of the containment policy

22.

NATO stands for

a)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

North Atlanta Treaty Organization

c)

National Atlantic Thirty Organization

d)

North Atlantic Treaty Organizations

23.

What was created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

Central Powers

d)

The Kremlin

24.
Who was the original "enemy" of NATO?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
Japan
e)
USA
25.

The organization whose members agreed to mutually defend other Communist nations is called--

a)

Korean Pact

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

NATO

d)

Satellite Nations