WorksheetsCSA #2 Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
Which President is responsible for handling the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Which President coined the term "domino theory?"
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Which President used the United Nations to approve military action in Korea?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Who was the general in command of U.S. forces in the Korean War?
George Patton
William Westmoreland
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
What was the result of the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
It was a success; Fidel Castro was overthrown
It was a failure; Fidel Castro was overthrown
It was a success; Fidel Castro was not overthrown
It was a failure; Fidel Castro was not overthrown
What happened in September of 1949 that caused a change in U.S.-Soviet relations and started the Arms Race?
North Korea invaded South Korea
The military alliance known as SEATO was formed
The Soviet Union set off a successful atomic bomb
The Soviet Union launched a satellite into space
What option did President Kennedy choose during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Immediately begin negotiating with the Soviets
Use the Navy to quarantine the island of Cuba
Bomb the missile sites in Cuba
Launch a military invasion of Cuba
Who was the Soviet Premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Boris Yeltsin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviets removed their missiles from Cuba and we removed our missiles from Turkey
John F. Kennedy lost respect from the American people
A nuclear "hotline" was established between Washington D.C. and Moscow
The U.S. and USSR agreed to no longer test nuclear weapons above ground
What is the FCC?
A government agency that regulates medicine
A government agency that regulates telecommunications
A government agency that regulates space exploration
A government agency that regulates city planning
In what area did Jonas Salk work in?
Medicine
Computers
Automobiles
Space Travel
What was the original purpose of the Interstate and Defense Highway Act?
To mobilize our military to the borders
To increase car production
To evacuate cities in the case of atomic threat
To consolidate populations into major cities
How did the improvement of vehicles and the encouragement for Americans to travel contribute to the invention of credit cards?
Americans needed an easier way to buy cars
Car companies wanted to increase interest rates
Americans were uneasy about carrying cash while traveling
Gas companies wanted to make it easier to buy gas.
Televangelism, changes to U.S. coins, and changes to the Pledge of Allegiance all demonstrate the importance of __________ during the postwar years.
Christianity
Counterculture
Capitalism
Communism
What was the significance of the televised debate between Kennedy and Nixon in 1960?
It was the first presidential debate to be televised
Most people who watched on TV thought Nixon won
Most people who listened on the radio thought Kennedy won
It was not as successful as ABC had hoped
What did JFK challenge the U.S. to do by the end of the decade?
Go to the moon
Put a man into orbit
Defeat the Soviet Union in a nuclear war
Add Cuba as a state
In the U.S., what was television instrumental in doing?
Promoting understanding between Americans and the Vietnamese
Developing enthusiasm for the American war effort in Vietnam
Bringing the brutality of the war into people's living rooms
Revealing the contents of classified military documents
What caused the growth of suburbs in the post war years?
The severe housing shortage combined with the baby boom
The interstate highway system combined with job growth
The increasing number of white collar jobs compared to blue collar jobs
The amount of women joining the workforce in cities
Which of the following Civil Rights groups was founded by ministers and protested against restrictive racial policies nonviolently?
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Which of the following Civil Rights group was dedicated to bringing about change through peaceful confrontation?
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Which of the following Civil Rights group was founded for students to actively become involved in the Civil Rights movement through protest?
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Which of the following Civil Rights group was focused on challenging the laws that prevented African Americans from exercising their full rights as citizens?
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
What was one of the earliest victories for the Civil Rights Movement under President Truman?
The integration of the armed forces
The protection of the rights of labor unions
The integration of the transportation industry
The desegregation of public schools
What was the name of the protest in the nation's capital that worked to bring passage of civil rights legislation?
Selma March
March on Washington
Freedom Rides
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer and the Selma March both called attention to African Americans' lack of which issue?
Employment
Voting Rights
Respect
Food and Water
The conflict at Little Rock's Central High School was a reaction to which event?
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
Brown v. Board of Education
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The March on Washington
Who was the lead lawyer for the NAACP in the Brown case and later would go on to become the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
James Farmer
W.E.B. Du Bois
John Lewis
Thurgood Marshall
What was the name of the large Civil Rights event sparked by Rosa Parks?
Freedom Rides
Selma March
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March on Washington
What rejected the idea of racial integration and suggested that blacks needed to develop a separate identity and racial unity?
Black Nationalism
Civil Rights Movement
de jure Segregation
Southern Strategy
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
The President must get approval from Congress prior to sending the armed forces into combat
Congress authorized the President to take over Southeast Asia for territorial gain
Authorized the President to use military forces in defense of the United States without prior congressional approval
Allowed the President to have a direct line of communication with the North Vietnamese
Who are the "silent majority" that President Nixon referred to?
Students who protested the war in Vietnam
American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War
Americans who were a part of the counterculture
Americans who support the U.S. government
Who does Nixon imply are the people who can "defeat or humiliate the United States?"
Anti-war protesters
The "Silent majority"
North Vietnam
The Vietcong
Which Cold War policy guided American involvement in Vietnam?
Socialism
Containment
Vietnamization
Isolation
What did Walter Cronkite say about the Vietnam War after the Tet Offensive?
Americans should continue to support the Johnson Administration
The war is being won be the U.S.
The war is in a stalemate and is unwinnable
South Vietnam no longer needs our help in the war, therefore we should leave Vietnam
What was the status of the Vietnam War at the end of President Johnson's Presidency?
Violence and Vietcong brutality was declining
Bombing was reduced and calls for peace negotiations began
There was a stalemate with no end in sight
The South Vietnamese were winning and called for the North to surrender
Which of the following reignited student protests in 1970?
The defeat of Eugene McCarthy
Kennedy's escalation of the war
Nixon's bombing and invasion of Cambodia
The surrender of Saigon
Tensions between students who opposed the war and National Guardsmen resulted in four deaths at which college?
Kent State University
University of Mississippi
James Madison University
Ohio State University
Which of the following were conditions of the Paris Peace Talks signed between the U.S. and North Vietnam in January 1973?
The U.S. would remove all troops from Vietnam
All prisoners of war were to stay in Vietnam indefinitely
The North Vietnamese would be given control over all of Vietnam
The U.S. would reestablish bases in South Vietnam
What was the law that kept President Ford from sending troops back to Vietnam because it required him to consult Congress first?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
New York Times v. United States
Pentagon Papers
War Powers Act
Which of the following events best exemplifies the policy of Détente?
President Carter withdrawing his support of SALT II
President Nixon visiting China in the early 70s
President Carter negotiating an agreement between Israel and Egypt
President Nixon being pardoned by President Ford for crimes he may have committed
Which of the following was NOT a cause of stagflation?
Deficit spending to fund the Vietnam War and social programs
Nixon's attempt to raise taxes and cut budgets
The formation of OPEC and the rise of oil prices
Increased competition in international trade
President Carter assumed the role of peacemaker to negotiate what agreement between Israel and Egypt?
Helsinki Accords
The War Powers Act
Camp David Accords
New Federalism
