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WorksheetsU.S. B: Final Exam Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The competition for world influence between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1990 is known as
the Venona Project.
World War II.
the Soviet Conflict.
the Cold War.
Which of the following was one of the primary goals of the Marshall Plan?
To encourage the spread of Communism
To help European countries rebuild their economies
To gain access to the oil in Eastern Europe
To defeat Germany in World War II
How did the Korean War begin in 1950?
The Soviet Union attacked North Korea.
The Japanese invaded the Korean peninsula.
The Chinese attacked North Korea.
Communist North Korea attacked South Korea.
In what way did Communist China participate in the Korean War in 1950?
They sent troops to aid North Korea.
They sent troops to aid South Korea.
They sent supplies to South Korea, but no troops.
They invaded Taiwan.
The US-led alliance of Western nations, formed in 1949, to stop Soviet military aggression was the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO).
Warsaw Pact.
Munich Pact.
Cold War tensions began at the Yalta Conference. What was one of the biggest issues debated at Yalta?
the right of countries to choose their own governments.
whether or not Russia should control France as a buffer zone.
whether or not to divide Turkey into four zones.
the right of Germany to rebuild its military forces.
What is a “Red Scare”?
A postwar economic boom
The buildup of military forces
Fear of increased violence
Fear of the spread of communism
President Truman promoted civil rights by issuing an executive order to integrate
the military.
neighborhoods in big cities.
baseball.
hotels and restaurants.
Which of the following was a lawyer for the NAACP and the first black Supreme Court Justice?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
John Lewis
James Meredith
What prompted the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott?
the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision
the arrest of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
the beating of the Freedom Riders
the arrest of Rosa Parks
In the early 1960s members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) refused to leave lunch counters until they were served. What is this type of protest called?
a sit-in
a freedom ride
a service drive
a voter registration drive
What music style shocked and dismayed parents of the 1950’s?
Jazz
Spirituals
Rock and Roll
Rap
The GI Bill and The Federal Highway Act of 1956 contributed to
the relocation of businesses to Mexico.
a decrease in automobile use.
an increase in farm production.
the growth of suburbs.
What was one important result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
it stated that segregation was legal in any privately owned business
it stated that segregation was illegal in restaurants, parks, libraries and theaters
it banned literacy tests for voting
it stated that the law supported “separate but equal”
What was the primary goal of the CORE Freedom Riders?
to demand equal voting rights in the South
to violently protest the unfair treatment of blacks in the South
to promote membership in CORE and SNCC
to stop segregation in Southern bus travel and terminals
The Kerner Commission concluded that urban race riots of the 1960s were caused primarily by
Black Nationalists organizing riots in major cities.
the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision.
lack of economic opportunity and racism.
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What was one of the core values of Malcolm X in the 1960s?
nonviolent resistance to injustice
retaliate against racism using any means including violence
cooperate with white politicians to promote civil rights
racial injustices will be corrected through education
What person’s life greatly influenced the thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Elijah Muhammad
Thurgood Marshall
John F. Kennedy
Mohandas Gandhi
Who started the United Farm Workers to organize nonviolent protests against working conditions of migrant farm laborers?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cesar Chavez
Malcolm X
Bobby Seale
Which federal law requires public schools to fund and treat female and male sports programs equally in order to receive federal funding?
The Equal Pay Act
Title IX
The Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Education Act
What was one U.S. response to the missile situation in Cuba?
The Bay of Pigs invasion
A blockade of Cuba by the U.S. Navy
U.S. air strikes of Cuba
Invasion of the Soviet Union
During the Vietnam War, what was a “student deferment’?
college students were prevented from protesting the war
college students were encouraged to protest the war
men enrolled in college were drafted first
men enrolled in college were not drafted
What prompted the United States to oppose the Vietminh in the early 1950’s?
The U.S. had big business interests in Vietnam
The U.S. wanted to colonize Vietnam
The Vietminh were allied with France
The Vietminh were thought to be communists
What kind of support did Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy send to Vietnam in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s?
Ground troops
Military advisors
Naval forces
Foreign forces
What incident in 1964 provided President Johnson with the authority from Congress to send U.S. combat troops to Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin attack
The Tet Offensive
The invasion of Cambodia
The Battle of Hue
What was negotiated at the Geneva Conference concerning Vietnam?
Permanently divided Vietnam into two countries
Temporarily divided Vietnam and scheduled a national election
Gave France permanent control of South Vietnam
Gave China permanent control of North Vietnam
What impact did the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive have on the American public in 1968?
It encouraged the public to support the invasion of Cambodia
it shocked the nation and increased the anti-war movement
it had little effect because the U.S. defeated the Vietcong
it led to an increase in enlistments in the armed forces
The assassination of which anti-war candidate influenced the Presidential election of 1968?
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Malcolm X
Hubert Humphrey
Which U.S. leader worked under President Nixon and made important progress in ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam, and easing the Cold War relationship with both China and the Soviet Union?
Henry Kissinger
Robert McNamara
Spiro Agnew
Gerald Ford
The Pentagon Papers were published by the New York Times in 1971. Why were they controversial?
They showed that four presidents had deceived the public about Vietnam
They showed that the United States had actually won the Tet Offensive
They showed that Henry Kissinger had stolen secret documents
They showed that the credibility gap did not actually exist
President Nixon tried to get the U.S. out of Vietnam by replacing American soldiers with Vietnamese soldiers. What was this strategy called?
Agent Orange
Vietnamization
The fall of Saigon
The invasion of Cambodia
Which of the following is a long-term impact of the Vietnam War?
Americans gave up on the Cold War.
Americans warmly welcomed back veterans of the Vietnam War.
Americans were eager to invade the Soviet Union and put an end to the Cold War.
Americans became distrustful of the government and reluctant to intervene in the affairs of other countries.
Presidents Kennedy and Johnson both prioritized government programs to
wage a “War on Poverty.”
create a cabinet department for education.
create Social Security.
create the Warren Commission.
What did the U.S. Congress create in response to Sputnik (1957)?
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
The Air Force
In what way did Neil Armstrong make history in 1969?
He became the first American to go into outer space.
He became the first American to orbit the Earth.
He died in a tragic accident in the Apollo program.
He became the first person to walk on the Moon.
The publication of the book, The Other America, in 1962 brought attention to what issue?
poverty
prostitution
drugs
white-collar crime
In the early 1970s, President Nixon proclaimed a foreign policy of détente, which meant
a policy of no communication with communist countries.
a policy of using biological weapons as needed.
a policy of opposing the admission of China to the United Nations.
a policy of relaxation of tensions between the U.S. and communist countries.
What scandal was brought to the public’s attention when the Nixon administration attempted to cover up its involvement in the break-in at the Democratic Committee headquarters?
Southern Strategy
The Iran-Contra Affair
Watergate
Woodward-Bernstein
In the 1970s, the American economy fell into a recession, partly as a result of an oil embargo imposed by
NATO
OPEC
NAFTA
The Warsaw Pact
President Johnson’s Great Society social programs
were meant to slow down immigration to the U.S.
were meant to replace Medicare
were supported by Congress, but never implemented.
were meant to eliminate poverty, but required large sums of tax money.
Major national problems that occurred during President Carter’s presidency included
the fuel shortage and high interest rates.
the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis
the Watergate scandal and the Pentagon Papers
the Vietnam War and urban race riots
What were the political views of large groups of voters in the Sunbelt (South and West) in the 1970s and 1980s?
they opposed high taxes and federal regulations
they opposed conservative ideas
they supported high taxes and environmental regulations
they supported large federal government programs to help solve problems
Liberals believe that the federal government should play an active role in
helping disadvantaged people.
regulating social behavior.
promoting religious values in society.
drilling for oil and other fossil fuels.
President Reagan’s economic policy of cutting taxes, raising interest rates, and cutting government spending became known as
Reaganomics
The New Deal
The Great Society
Stagflation
In the late 1980s, Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev announced a program called perestroika which meant that
they would build more nuclear weapons.
they would put a man on the moon.
some private businesses could operate for profit.
the Berlin Wall would be built.
In the 1990s, President Clinton signed NAFTA. What did the NAFTA treaty do?
created an air safety program for U.S. pilots
controlled prices for all foreign imports to the U.S.
joined the United States and Europe in a free-trade zone
joined the United States, Canada, and Mexico in a free-trade zone
What was the end result of the Persian Gulf War in 1991?
UN and US troops couldn’t agree on what action to take.
UN and US troops forced Iraq out of Kuwait.
Soviet troops intervened before UN troops could arrive.
Soviet troops defeated Iraq and occupied the country for years.
In the year 2000, the presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore came down to the vote in which state?
Texas
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
What is al-Qaeda?
An Israeli resistance movement to drive out the Palestinians
Another name for the Kuwait royal family
A Muslim terrorist network led by Osama Bin Laden
A house of worship in the Middle East
What was the first U.S. military action taken in response to the September 11 attacks?
Troops were sent to Great Britain as peacekeepers
Troops were sent to the Middle East as peacekeepers
Afghanistan was invaded to defeat the Taliban and find Osama Bin Laden
Iraq was invaded to defeat the Taliban and find Saddam Hussein
