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1st Sem Exam Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

a)

to start a Cold War

b)

to punish Germany for building the Berlin Wall

c)

to fund the rebuilding of Europe

d)

to increase support for South Korea

2.

The Allied Power who refused to give up control of its German zone was ________________________.

a)

the United States

b)

Great Britain

c)

France

d)

the Soviet Union

3.

What country put the first human-made space satellite into orbit around Earth?

a)

the United States

b)

Great Britain

c)

the Soviet Union

d)

France

4.

To stem the flow of refugees from East Germany through West Berlin, the leader of the Soviet Union ________________________.

a)

began a war with Korea

b)

sent missiles to Cuba

c)

put down a revolution in Hungary

d)

built a wall in Berlin

5.

What were the sites of the two major hot conflicts of the Cold War?

a)

Korea and Vietnam

b)

Germany and France

c)

Algeria and Morocco

d)

Cuba and Spain

6.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
7.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
8.
What Black Nationalist group was once led by Malcolm X?
a)
Nation of Islam
b)
SNCC
c)
CORE
d)
Black Panthers
9.
Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?
a)
on busses
b)
in schools
c)
at polling places
d)
at lunch counters
10.
What state laws created separate public facilities for African Americans in the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
affirmative action
c)
Civil Rights Acts
d)
Force Acts
11.
In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that
a)
private schools should be controlled by the federal government
b)
issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.
c)
racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional
d)
the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued
12.
Where did President Eisenhower send the 101st Airborne to enforce integration of a public high school?
a)
Little Rock, Arkansas
b)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
c)
Birmingham, Alabama
d)
Jackson, Mississippi
13.
Who did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference elect as its first leader?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Thurgood Marshall
14.
Which 1968 Democratic presidential candidate was assassinated?
a)
Richard M. Nixon
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Robert Kennedy
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
15.
The ____ granted the president broad military powers in Vietnam
a)
Geneva Accords
b)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Operation Rolling Thunders
16.
Vietcong
a)
South Vietnam force
b)
North Vietnam force
c)
North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam
d)
Another name for Communists
17.
Napalm
a)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
b)
A type of lotion soldiers would use to get rid of the sent on their clothing
c)
Another name for a flamethrower
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
18.
Fidel Castro was the leader of which country?
a)
Sweden
b)
Hungary
c)
Cuba
d)
Czechoslavakia
19.

This man was the 3rd party ( not Democrat or Republican) candidate for president in 1992?

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

George HW Bush

c)

Ross Perot

20.

Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky, Kenneth Starr, and perjury are all associated with

a)

the election of Bill Clinton

b)

the impeachment of Bill Clinton

c)

the reelection of Bill Clinton

21.

Which of the following happened in the 1990's

a)

Parkland

b)

Sandy Hook

c)

Columbine

22.

Desert Storm was the military operation used in

a)

Somalia

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Kuwait

23.

When did the Persian Gulf War start and end?

a)

The war started on May 3, 1990, and ended February 16, 1996

b)

The war started on August 2, 1996, and ended February 28, 1997

c)

The war started on August 3,1990 , and ended February 16, 1991

d)

The war started on August 2, 1990, and ended February 28, 1991

24.

Which one of the following was not a Clinton scandal?

a)

Flowers

b)

Whitewater

c)

Watergate

d)

Lewinsky

25.

Who was responsible for the car bomb attack on world trade center #1 in 1993?

a)

Ramzi Yousef

b)

Timothy McVeigh

c)

Terry Nichols

d)

Saddam Hussein

26.

Who sang the biggest hit of the 90's called "Smells like Teen Spirit"

a)

Nirvana

b)

Metallica

c)

Green Day

d)

Smashing Pumpkins

27.

What popular 1990's show is this

a)

The fresh Prince of Bel Air

b)

Boy meets world

c)

Friends

d)

Full house

28.

Who were the presidents in 1990s

a)

George Bush and Bill Clinton

b)

Barack Obama and Donald Trump

c)

Abarham Lincoln and George Bush

29.

In 1972, Nixon's campaign workers broke into the Democratic Party headquarters in what building to steal information.

a)

Versailles

b)

White House

c)

Watergate

d)

Lincoln Memorial

30.

Who was the vice president who took Nixon's place as president

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Robert F Kennedy

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Ronald Reagan

31.

In 1976, who was elected president after Gerald Ford

a)

George Bush

b)

JFK

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Ronald Reagan

32.

In 1980, Carter lost the re-election to

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Jimmy Carter

33.
What new foreign policy did Nixon adopt to ease tensions with the Soviet Union?
a)
Detente
b)
triangulation
c)
brinkmanship
d)
mutually assured destruction
34.

Ronald Reagan was the Governor of which state prior to becoming President?

a)

California

b)

Texas

c)

Florida

d)

New York

35.

In 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in what US state killing 57 people?

a)

Oregon

b)

Washington

c)

Kansas

d)

Montana

36.

What year was this released?

a)

1980

b)

1983

c)

1987

d)

1989

37.
Who became President in 2008?
a)
George W. Bush
b)
Bill Clinton
c)
Barack Obama
d)
Donald Trump
38.

What caused the massive damage and flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina?

a)

The storm's strength broke the levees designed to stop flooding

b)

The city had no flood prevention technology

c)

The government had cut funding for essential infrastructure upgrades

d)

The city had been recently renovated removing flood protection levees

39.

Who was president during 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the War on Terror?

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

George W Bush

c)

Barack Obama

d)

George H.W. Bush

40.

Why did the US and UN invade Iraq in 2003?

a)

The Iraqi government was hiding Osama bin Laden

b)

The Iraqi government masterminded 9/11

c)

Saddam Hussein was allegedly hiding weapons of mass destruction

d)

Iraq has just invaded Kuwait for its oil reserves

41.

Which of these events directly lead to the War on Terror?

a)

Operation Dessert Storm

b)

The passage of the US PATRIOT ACT

c)

The September 11 Attacks

d)

The 1996 Oklahoma City bombings

42.

What was attacked on September 11, 2001?

a)

The World Trade Center

b)

The Pentagon

c)

The White House

d)

The National Treasury

43.

The organization that caused 9/11 is known as the ____.

a)

Taliban

b)

al Qaeda

c)

the Soviets

d)

the Germans

44.

Device that changed homes & workplaces; led to the development of the internet

a)

Cellphone

b)

Electronic typewriter

c)

Personal computer

45.

Invasion of Afghanistan in response to 9/11. The US overthrew the Taliban government & hunted down Al-Qaeda members:

a)

Attacks of 9/11

b)

Operation Enduring Freedom

c)

Dessert Storm

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