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unit 10 part 1 standard 20

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Using this excustive order by President Truman

by President Harry Truman and answer the

question.

It is hereby declared to be the policy of

the President that there shall be equality

of treatment and opportunity for all

persons in the armed services without

regard to race, color, religion or national

origin.

— Executive Order 9981

Whatdo you feel played an important role in influencing

Truman to issue this order?

a)

The actions of the Flying Tigers, members

of the US military who served in the Chinese

Air Force, were unrelated to the issuing of

this executive order.

b)

Tuskegee Airmen during

World War II

c)

There were high levels of military enlistment

in the United States during the war,

particularly following the attack on Pearl

Harbor.

d)

low levels of public support for the war effort

during World War II

2.

Read the quotation from George C. Marshall and

answer the question.

"Our policy is directed not against any

country or doctrine but against hunger,

poverty, desperation, and chaos. Its

purpose should be the revival of a

working economy in the world so as to

permit the emergence of political and

social conditions in which free

institutions can exist.

— George C. Marshall, June 5, 1947"

In this quotation, Marshall is describing the

reasoing for..?

a)

The expansion of federal power in the New Deal

b)

Rebuilding Western Europe.

c)

Founded the Bracero labour program

d)

stepping in Latin American poltiics.

3.

Why did China engage in the Korean War?

a)

Communist China's leaders supported North Korea's communist government.

b)

China's nationalist leaders wanted to support the South Korea's government.

c)

China's commitment to the United Nations

included supplying combat troops.

d)

China's commitment to the Warsaw Pact

included supplying combat troops.

4.

What motivated Americans to build fallout

shelters such as this during the 1950s?

a)

People built fallout shelters to protect

themselves from nuclear attack during the

Cold War. Many people believed that a

nuclear attack could occur at any moment

due to the conflict between the United

States and the Soviet Union.

b)

desires to live in uncrowded suburban

communities

c)

fears related to the effects of industrial pollution

d)

desires to conserve resources during a

depression

5.

Changes in the 50's contributed to the growth of fast food restaurants, motel, hotel, and stations.

a)

automobile prices were falling with the invention of the assembly line.

b)

The infrastructure expanding creating the interstate Highway System

c)

Government started spending to much under the Marshall Plan

d)

Growing foreign tourism.

6.

Nasa was created in response to

a)

The racheting up of the space race with the USSR

b)

the Viet Cong combat in Guerrilla tactics.

c)

nuclear accidnet at Three Mile Island .

d)

USSR missile silo found in Cuba

7.

Benefits of suburbanization living were generally.

a)

unequally distributed because discriminatory

deeds and loans disadvantaged first-time homebuyers.

b)

unequally distributed because discriminatory

deeds and loans dtargeting minority homebuyers.

c)

equally distributed due to widespread access to

education and mortgages guaranteed through

the GI Bill.

d)

equally distributed due to economic growth and

the rapid increase in the number of white-collar

jobs.

8.

This was the purpose of the MacArthur and marshall plans?

a)

to rebuild European countries and Japan as

strong US allies

b)

to install friendly governments in Eastern and

Western Europe

c)

to open new fronts against the Axis powers in

Europe and Asia

d)

to peacefully decolonize Axis territory in Africa

and Southwest Asia

9.

what was this trend most likely about?

a)

The government did not institute major

environmental Rules during this period.

b)

Exports to Europe increased as Europe

recovered from World War II.

c)

Suburbanization was partly the result of the

economic prosperity illustrated on the graph.

d)

demand for goods and

services.

10.

What spurred on the growth of suburbs post–World War II era?

a)

Urban sprawl and suburbanization

contribute to environmental degradation

b)

overcrowding in rural areas of the country

c)

an increase in car ownership

d)

the decline of major domestic industries

11.

What does the chart show?

a)

The domino theory on the policys of the US

b)

The arms race between the USSR and the US

c)

the effects of isolationism on US policy

d)

The US-Soviet space race during the nuclear agett

12.

This person was the judge who oversaw Brown V Board of education?

a)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Ketanji Brown Jackson

d)

Thurgood Marshall

13.

Which answer bests BEST describes Governor

Orval Faubus's response to the attempt to

integrate Little Rock Central High School?

a)

He ordered the National Guard to turn away the

African American students.

b)

He stood in front of the school to personally

protect the African American students.

c)

He appealed to the federal government for help

in maintaining order.

d)

Faubus is running for reelection and

panders to segregationists, so such an

appeal is unlikely.

14.

what is the BEST reasons

behind the foreign policy decisions of the US to enter into the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Conflict?

a)

The US must prevent the growth of

communism.

b)

The US must stay clear of any

permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

c)

The United States will give economic aid to

needy countries anywhere in the world, but not

military aid.

d)

The United States can take over other countries

to help them become more like us.

15.

Which two

countries did the Truman Doctrine

prevent communism from spreading to?

a)

Vietnam and South Korea

b)

Greece and Turkey

c)

Afghanistan and Cuba

d)

Czechoslovakia and Hungary

16.

Which of the following Supreme Court cases

negated the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

Baker v. Carr

b)

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

c)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

17.

The Cold War was mainly about contaiment which answer best explains this?

a)

using economic incentives to encourage the

Soviets to abandon communism

b)

using diplomacy and other peaceful means to

improve US-Soviet relations

c)

creating alliances to block the spread of USSR

communism

d)

racing the Soviets to build as many nuclear

weapons as possible

18.

What was the main outcome of the Korean War?

a)

The United States unified Korea into one

country.

b)

Korea is divided at the 38th

parallel.

c)

China became a US ally in the fight against

communism

d)

The Soviet Union controlled Korea as a satellite

state.

19.

Sputnik I was the start of what?

a)

the Cold War

b)

the boxer rebellion

c)

the Marshall Plan

d)

the Space Race

20.

Which effect of the Sputnik launch on US

society did the USSR find distasteful?

a)

It caused many Americans to panic over the

possible use of atomic weapons.

b)

It increased the American public’s fear that there

were Soviet spies among them.

c)

It caused many Americans to want an immediate

truce with the USSR

d)

It drove a love of new Technologies in the US