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WorksheetsUS2 Final Exam
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 8hrs 20mins
One goal of the Berlin Blockade was to
Raise taxes
Promote communism
Save money on resources
Force out the US and allies out of Berlin
What is the term used to describe the invisible line that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe?
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
No Man's Land
Iron Wall
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
A US Congressman from New York
A US Senator from Wisconsin
A US Supreme Court Judge from Minnnesota
A US Governor from Alabama
What is the map associated with?
The US and British response to the Berlin Wall
The US and British response to the Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union building the Iron Curtain
The division on Berlin
According to the source and using your knowledge of US History, which of the following is most correct regarding the conflict in Korea?
Both sides at one point made strong advances into their opposition at certain points but fought the war to a stalemate.
Neither side was able to advance very much and the war was essentially a stalemate in the end.
North Korea was able to make a strong push far into South Korea early into the war and nearly captured the southern city of Pusan . South Korea with the help of China was able to push them back.
South Korea was able to make a strong push far into North Korea with the help of the Soviet Union.
In 1952 the US tested "Ivy Mike" a more powerful atomic weapon the Soviets later copied called a-
Megaton Bomb
ICBM- Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Hydrogen Bomb
Nuclear Defense Grid
Who signed the Federal Highway Act of 1956 into law?
Donald Trump
Michelle Obama
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This was the largest public works program in American history.
Dynamic Conservatiism
Featherbedding
"Do-Nothing, Good for Nothing"
Fair Deal
Federal Highway Act
Historically high birth rates in the US from 1946-1964.
consumerism
baby boom
pop culture
postwar prosperity
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
How is capitalism DIFFERENT from communism?
In capitalism, businesses are owned by people.
In communism, businesses are owned by the government.
In capitalism, prices are high.
In communism, prices are low.
It capitalism, people share.
In communism, there is a big gap between rich and poor.
Which JFK program made up of volunteers included helping people in developing nations?
Public Works Administration
Space Exploration
Peace Corps
Special Olympics
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did President J.F. Kennedy do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
He launched a nuclear missile at the Kremlin in Moscow.
He gave into the demands of the Soviet & Cuban government.
He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing the necessary materials.
He declared war on the Soviet Union & Cuba.
What legislation helped American soldiers get an education and buy homes in the suburbs during the Cold War?
Interstate Commerce Act
Federal Housing Authority Act
Social Security Act
GI BIll
What was one of the results of Plessy v. Ferguson?
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
Who is this picture of?
John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson
Lyndon Johnson and Nikita Khrushchev
John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev
John F. Kennedy and Fidel Castro
What was the major goal of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?
to gain U.S. citizenship and representation in Congress
to relocate American Indians to urban Areas
to obtain greater understanding of the American-Indian point of view
to end segregation American Indians in public places
How did the approach of the Black Panters differ from the methods used by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Black Panthers were willing to use violence, while Dr. King used only non-violence
Black Panters believed in non violence, while Dr. King favored civil disobedience
Black Panthers sought to use the court system, while Fr. King preferred passive resistance
Black Panters employed peaceful demonstrations, while Dr. King favored sit-ins and freedom rides
What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?
France
Germany
Great Britain
Spain
The Vietnamese who fought against the U.S. and South Vietnamese troops
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Cong
Ho Chi Minh
Protests over military missions in Cambodia resulted in confrontation between protestors and police, with four students killed on May 4, 1970
Kent State University
Vietnamization
Domino Theory
Viet Cong
A Labor Union formed in 1966 to seek higher wages and better working conditions for Mexican-American farm workers in California.
La Raza Unida
American Indian Movement
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Equal Rights Amendment
A Mexican-American farm worker who's goal was to organize a union in California for Spanish speaking people.
Betty Freidan
Cesar Chavez
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Conservative who fought against the passage of the ERA.
Phyllis Schlafly
Janis Joplin
Betty Friedan
Gloria Steinem
MLK was the first president of this organization ...
NAACP
SCLC
KKK
SNCC
Nixon visited the Peoples Republic of China to establish __________ relations.
foreign
domestic
diplomatic
allies
What do many find Nixon's greatest accomplishment to be?
opening of relations with Cuba
opening of relations with Communist China
Watergate
ending the Vietnam War
The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on the theory that —
borrowing from foreign countries would help cover the costs of domestic programs
significant increases in government spending would help reduce unemployment
large tax cuts, less government spending and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion
reducing trade barriers would result in a budget surplus
What was the nickname given to Reagan's Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI), which proposed nuclear defence from space?
Space Force
Star Wars
Star Trek
Ender's Game
Gorbachev‘s policy of reforming the economy in the Soviet
Union
INF Treaty
Glasnot
Perestroika
Tianamen Square
Gorbachev‘s policy of openness in discussing problems in
the Soviet Union
glasnot
perestroika
Tiananmen Square
INF Treaty
What was President Reagan referring to when he stated "tear down this wall"?
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
German Border with Soviets
Soviet Bloc Border
What was the main reason for Rachel Carson to write Silent Spring?
To present a thesis.
To call for attention to the villagers of her town.
The massive use of synthetic chemical pesticides after WWII.
To investigate the harms of plastic.
What was Jimmy Carter's foreign policy committed to ?
glasnost
human rights
containment
gradual escalation
In what state did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place?
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
