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APUSH - Unit 8 Review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The court case that ended segregation in public schools

a)

Brown v. Board

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Tinker v. DesMoines

2.

LBJ's plan for increased domestic spending on anti-poverty & anti-racism programs

a)

New Frontier

b)

Great Society

c)

Welfare for All

d)

Southern Strategy

3.

Truman wanted to intervene in ________ to avoid what happened in China in 1949.

a)

Vietnam

b)

Korea

c)

Greece

d)

Turkey

4.

Which of the following was NOT a factor in the rise of conservatism before 1980?

a)

Backlash against the counterculture

b)

Backlash against the Civil Rights Movement

c)

Backlash against the Rights Revolution

d)

Backlash against the hawks of the Vietnam era

5.

The overall strategy of the US during the Cold War

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Containment

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Domino Theory

6.

Which mid-20th-century phenomenon helps to explain Vietnam?

a)

Civil Rights Movement

b)

Decolonization

c)

Space Race

d)

Liberalism

7.

Which of the following is NOT true of McCarthyism?

a)

It was a search for Communist infiltrators in the State Department

b)

It mirrored the First Red Scare of the 1920s.

c)

It resulted in the downfall of its namesake Senator.

d)

It prolonged the simultaneous war in Korea.

8.

What organization was formed to pursue world peace in 1945?

a)

United Nations

b)

NATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

League of Nations

9.

Which of the following lead to Carter's downfall as a president?

a)

Stagflation

b)

Watergate

c)

Iran-Contra

d)

Bay of Pigs

10.

Nixon's policy of relaxing tensions with the USSR

a)

Detenté

b)

Containment

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Brinksmanship

11.

The controversial event that led to the US directly intervening in Vietnam.

a)

Gulf of Tonkin

b)

Tet Offensive

c)

Operation Rolling Thunder

d)

My Lai Massacre