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Unit 5 Cold War - Modern Era

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The United States policy was to remain militarily and politically neutral at...

a)

the great depression.

b)

the beginning of WWI.

c)

the end of WWII.

d)

the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

2.

The doctrine of "separate but equal" was allowed to continue by which Supreme Court decision?

a)

Brown v. Board of Ed.

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

United States v. Miller

3.

This Supreme Court decision stated that Segregation in Schools was Unconstitutional?

a)

Brown v. Board of Ed.

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

United States v. Miller

4.

In the Roaring 20's, between World War I and the Great Depression, people began to change buying habits and spend more money on things they wanted. This is referred to as...

a)

Speculation

b)

Consumerism

c)

Big Business

d)

Communism

5.

This was an international peace keeping organization that was supported by President Wilson, but rejected by the Senate.

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

League of Nations

c)

NATO

d)

Central Powers

6.

This period is characterized by increasing the right to vote in the United States.

a)

The Red Scare

b)

Industrialization

c)

Jacksonian Democracy

d)

The New Deal

7.

Women's Suffrage

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

25th Amendment

d)

20th Amendment

8.

Major factor that contributed to the Great Depression in America by causing falling prices on goods.

a)

Black Tuesday

b)

Overproduction and underconsumption

c)

Stock Speculation

d)

Underproduction and Overconsumption

9.

The primary reasons for the United States joining World War I?

a)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

b)

The Zimmerman Telegram

c)

German Atrocities during WWI

d)

All of these

10.

The government took on a greater role in the national economy and created programs to address the nation's unemployment problems using this president's plan?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Woodrow Wilson

11.

The direct election of U.S. Senators...

a)

14th Amendment

b)

16th Amendment

c)

17th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

12.

Slavery was the main issue involving ______ 1859 raid in Harper's Ferry, Virginia?

a)

Nat Turner's

b)

John Brown's

c)

George Washington's

d)

Daniel Shay's

13.

The mass production of automobiles led to the rapid growth of ______ after WWI and before the Great Depression.

a)

Prohibition

b)

Women's Suffrage

c)

American Suburbs

d)

Rural Farms

14.

These were ways more people became directly involved in government during the Progressive Era...

a)

initiatives

b)

referendums

c)

tariffs

d)

all of these

15.

The era gave rise to Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and "The Cotton Club".

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Civil War

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Revolutionary War

16.

Why would President Lincoln say that taking Vicksburg is the key to winning the Civil War?

a)

It would divide the Union in two and cut off a vital supply route.

b)

Vicksburg had no significant impact on the war.

c)

It would split the Confederacy in two and cut off a vital supply route.

d)

It would end Slavery.

17.

This group supported immigrant works?

a)

United Farm Workers union

b)

Soviet Union

c)

American Steel Workers Union

d)

Black Panthers

18.

Wrote the book Silent Spring which played an important role in the environmental movement?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Nate Turner

c)

Rachel Carson

d)

Betty Friedan

19.

The US allowed England to borrow weapons in the early 1940's at the beginning of WWII.

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Marshall Plan

20.

This led to the Soviet Union installing nuclear missiles in Cuba.

a)

Gulf of Tokin Resolution

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Bay of Pigs

d)

Marshall Plan

21.

He was similar to Martin Luther King, Jr. in using non-violent civil disobedience in the struggle for increased civil rights for minorities.

a)

Robert F. Kennedy

b)

Malcolm X

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Cesar Chavez

22.

Prussian military expert that trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge.

a)

Red Baron

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Baron von Steuben

d)

Cesar Chavez

23.

The September 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S. was the "spark" that started...

a)

WWII

b)

War on Terrorism

c)

Cold War

d)

Vietnam War

24.

Japanese-Americans in the United States during World War II were...

a)

placed in internment camps.

b)

exacuted.

c)

deported.

d)

allowed to live like other Americans.

25.

This illustrated the power of television’s influence in American politics.

a)

The Andy Griffith Show

b)

1960 presidential debate

c)

1945 presidential debate

d)

1960 Olympic Games

26.

Who warned the country to "to steer clear of permanent Alliances" with foreign countries after the French Revolution had begun in 18th Century?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

27.

American imperialism created an American empire from 1798 to 1898 by acquiring the following territories...

a)

Hawaii

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Guam

d)

All of these

28.

This was specifically designed to aid countries trying to resist the spread of Communism.

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

The New Deal

c)

The Great Society

d)

Monroe Doctrine

29.

This was issued by Congress on August 7, 1964, was instrumental in increasing U.S. activity in Vietnam.

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

c)

The Great Society

d)

Monroe Doctrine

30.

This gave Europe the message that the western hemisphere was no longer available for colonization:

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

The War of 1812

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

31.

Illustrate the growing trend to recognize the basic civil liberties of all races in 19th century America.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

All of these

32.

They first arrived in Virginia and as the population increased the colonists began to create stricter codes for them:

a)

Native Americans

b)

Africans

c)

British

d)

Germans

33.

- The 3/5 compromise (Constitutional Convention of 1787)

- The Great Compromise (Constitutional Convention of 1787)

These mainly dealt with:

a)

the representation of states in Congress.

b)

the territorial expansion of slavery.

c)

interstate commerce.

d)

admission of new western states.

34.

This was designed to help strengthen our national defense by creating an easier means of transporting people and goods in an emergency.

a)

FDR's "New Deal" programs

b)

Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” programs

c)

Interstate Highway System

d)

Star Wars

35.

This "Year of Turmoil" in the US that had assassinations, protest violence, and the Tet Offensive.

a)

1967

b)

1968

c)

1969

d)

1970

36.

Jimmy Carter's orchestrated attempt to end the era of hostility between Israel and Egypt.

a)

Camp David Accords

b)

New Deal

c)

Great Society

d)

Iran-Contra Affair

37.

Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe made up the majority of immigrants coming into the United States between...

a)

1920 and 1950

b)

1890 and 1920

c)

1776 and 1779

d)

1787 and 1789

38.

Geographic conditions BEST attributed to the differences in the ________ of the Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Southern colonies.

a)

colonial governments

b)

customs

c)

economic development

d)

level of the education

39.

The primary purpose of the _______ was to aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe.

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Marshall Plan

40.

President Truman decided to use _______ because it would prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths that an invasion of Japan would cause.

a)

Atomic Bomb

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Snipers

d)

Marshall Plan

41.

Manifest destiny is most closely associated with which war?

a)

French & Indian War

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican-American War of 1846

42.

Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" programs included which of these?

a)

Medicaid

b)

Medicare

c)

War on Poverty

d)

National Endowment for the Humanities

e)

All of these

43.

The Internet had the GREATEST impact on increased intellectual achievements and globalization in the twentieth century.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

Wounded Knee Massacre was...

a)

George Custer's loss to the American Indians.

b)

generally considered to be the last major violent Indian conflict in North America.

c)

Chief Standing Cow led the Cheyenne to victory.

d)

All of these

45.

Southern Democrats wanted federal troops withdrawn and voting rights decided by state governments.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1877

c)

Treaty of 1818

d)

Treaty of 1763

46.

Which theory is most prevalent in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Social Contract Theory

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Popular Sovereignty

47.

This dealt with the re-admission of States to the Union after the Civil War

a)

The Missouri Compromise

b)

20% Plan

c)

17th Amendment

d)

10% Plan

48.

A struggle between Congress and President over governmental power (about the Reconstruction of the South) led to...

a)

the second Great Awakening.

b)

the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

c)

the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.

d)

the Progressive movement.

49.

This placed significant limitations of freedom of speech and freedom of the press during WWI.

a)

The New Deal

b)

Espionage & Sedition Acts

c)

The Federalists

d)

Louisiana Purchase

50.

Abraham Lincoln winning the presidential election of 1860 lead to:

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

The Whiskey Rebellion

c)

WWI

d)

South Carolina's Secession

51.

A desire to rebuild the country quickly and without ill feelings following the Civil War describes...

a)

Deconstruction

b)

Presidential Reconstruction

c)

Congressional Reconstruction

d)

All of these

52.

Intervening in Latin American countries that could not pay their debt to European creditors:

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

The Roosevelt Corollary

c)

The War of 1812

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

53.

The Federal government became very active in the national economy during the...

a)

Reconstruction.

b)

Civil War.

c)

Spanish-American War.

d)

New Deal.

54.

_______ is loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Social Contract

55.

This revealed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:

a)

Common Sense

b)

Bacon's Rebellion

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

Shay's Rebellion

56.

___________ helped end the Cold War by pointing out and exacerbating the weaknesses of the USSR’s economy.

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Jimmy Carter

57.

Thomas Paine's Common Sense influenced the writing of?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Monroe Doctrine

c)

The Magna Carta

d)

The Jungle