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CSA #2 Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which President is responsible for handling the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Richard Nixon

2.

Which President coined the term "domino theory?"

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Richard Nixon

3.

Which President used the United Nations to approve military action in Korea?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Richard Nixon

4.

Who was the general in command of U.S. forces in the Korean War?

a)

George Patton

b)

William Westmoreland

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Douglas MacArthur

5.

What was the result of the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

a)

It was a success; Fidel Castro was overthrown

b)

It was a failure; Fidel Castro was overthrown

c)

It was a success; Fidel Castro was not overthrown

d)

It was a failure; Fidel Castro was not overthrown

6.

What happened in September of 1949 that caused a change in U.S.-Soviet relations and started the Arms Race?

a)

North Korea invaded South Korea

b)

The military alliance known as SEATO was formed

c)

The Soviet Union set off a successful atomic bomb

d)

The Soviet Union launched a satellite into space

7.

What option did President Kennedy choose during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Immediately begin negotiating with the Soviets

b)

Use the Navy to quarantine the island of Cuba

c)

Bomb the missile sites in Cuba

d)

Launch a military invasion of Cuba

8.

Who was the Soviet Premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Boris Yeltsin

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Leonid Brezhnev

d)

Joseph Stalin

9.

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

The Soviets removed their missiles from Cuba and we removed our missiles from Turkey

b)

John F. Kennedy lost respect from the American people

c)

A nuclear "hotline" was established between Washington D.C. and Moscow

d)

The U.S. and USSR agreed to no longer test nuclear weapons above ground

10.

What is the FCC?

a)

A government agency that regulates medicine

b)

A government agency that regulates telecommunications

c)

A government agency that regulates space exploration

d)

A government agency that regulates city planning

11.

In what area did Jonas Salk work in?

a)

Medicine

b)

Computers

c)

Automobiles

d)

Space Travel

12.

What was the original purpose of the Interstate and Defense Highway Act?

a)

To mobilize our military to the borders

b)

To increase car production

c)

To evacuate cities in the case of atomic threat

d)

To consolidate populations into major cities

13.

How did the improvement of vehicles and the encouragement for Americans to travel contribute to the invention of credit cards?

a)

Americans needed an easier way to buy cars

b)

Car companies wanted to increase interest rates

c)

Americans were uneasy about carrying cash while traveling

d)

Gas companies wanted to make it easier to buy gas.

14.

Televangelism, changes to U.S. coins, and changes to the Pledge of Allegiance all demonstrate the importance of __________ during the postwar years.

a)

Christianity

b)

Counterculture

c)

Capitalism

d)

Communism

15.

What was the significance of the televised debate between Kennedy and Nixon in 1960?

a)

It was the first presidential debate to be televised

b)

Most people who watched on TV thought Nixon won

c)

Most people who listened on the radio thought Kennedy won

d)

It was not as successful as ABC had hoped

16.

What did JFK challenge the U.S. to do by the end of the decade?

a)

Go to the moon

b)

Put a man into orbit

c)

Defeat the Soviet Union in a nuclear war

d)

Add Cuba as a state

17.

In the U.S., what was television instrumental in doing?

a)

Promoting understanding between Americans and the Vietnamese

b)

Developing enthusiasm for the American war effort in Vietnam

c)

Bringing the brutality of the war into people's living rooms

d)

Revealing the contents of classified military documents

18.

What caused the growth of suburbs in the post war years?

a)

The severe housing shortage combined with the baby boom

b)

The interstate highway system combined with job growth

c)

The increasing number of white collar jobs compared to blue collar jobs

d)

The amount of women joining the workforce in cities

19.

Which of the following Civil Rights groups was founded by ministers and protested against restrictive racial policies nonviolently?

a)

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

c)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

d)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

20.

Which of the following Civil Rights group was dedicated to bringing about change through peaceful confrontation?

a)

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

c)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

d)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

21.

Which of the following Civil Rights group was founded for students to actively become involved in the Civil Rights movement through protest?

a)

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

c)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

d)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

22.

Which of the following Civil Rights group was focused on challenging the laws that prevented African Americans from exercising their full rights as citizens?

a)

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

c)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

d)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

23.

What was one of the earliest victories for the Civil Rights Movement under President Truman?

a)

The integration of the armed forces

b)

The protection of the rights of labor unions

c)

The integration of the transportation industry

d)

The desegregation of public schools

24.

What was the name of the protest in the nation's capital that worked to bring passage of civil rights legislation?

a)

Selma March

b)

March on Washington

c)

Freedom Rides

d)

Freedom Summer

25.

Freedom Summer and the Selma March both called attention to African Americans' lack of which issue?

a)

Employment

b)

Voting Rights

c)

Respect

d)

Food and Water

26.

The conflict at Little Rock's Central High School was a reaction to which event?

a)

The Civil Rights Act of 1957

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

The March on Washington

27.

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?

a)

James Farmer

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

John Lewis

d)

Thurgood Marshall

28.

What was the name of the large Civil Rights event sparked by Rosa Parks?

a)

Freedom Rides

b)

Selma March

c)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

March on Washington

29.

What rejected the idea of racial integration and suggested that blacks needed to develop a separate identity and racial unity?

a)

Black Nationalism

b)

Civil Rights Movement

c)

de jure Segregation

d)

Southern Strategy

30.

What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

a)

The President must get approval from Congress prior to sending the armed forces into combat

b)

Congress authorized the President to take over Southeast Asia for territorial gain

c)

Authorized the President to use military forces in defense of the United States without prior congressional approval

d)

Allowed the President to have a direct line of communication with the North Vietnamese

31.

Who are the "silent majority" that President Nixon referred to?

a)

Students who protested the war in Vietnam

b)

American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War

c)

Americans who were a part of the counterculture

d)

Americans who support the U.S. government

32.

Who does Nixon imply are the people who can "defeat or humiliate the United States?"

a)

Anti-war protesters

b)

The "Silent majority"

c)

North Vietnam

d)

The Vietcong

33.

Which Cold War policy guided American involvement in Vietnam?

a)

Socialism

b)

Containment

c)

Vietnamization

d)

Isolation

34.

What did Walter Cronkite say about the Vietnam War after the Tet Offensive?

a)

Americans should continue to support the Johnson Administration

b)

The war is being won be the U.S.

c)

The war is in a stalemate and is unwinnable

d)

South Vietnam no longer needs our help in the war, therefore we should leave Vietnam

35.

What was the status of the Vietnam War at the end of President Johnson's Presidency?

a)

Violence and Vietcong brutality was declining

b)

Bombing was reduced and calls for peace negotiations began

c)

There was a stalemate with no end in sight

d)

The South Vietnamese were winning and called for the North to surrender

36.

Which of the following reignited student protests in 1970?

a)

The defeat of Eugene McCarthy

b)

Kennedy's escalation of the war

c)

Nixon's bombing and invasion of Cambodia

d)

The surrender of Saigon

37.

Tensions between students who opposed the war and National Guardsmen resulted in four deaths at which college?

a)

Kent State University

b)

University of Mississippi

c)

James Madison University

d)

Ohio State University

38.

Which of the following were conditions of the Paris Peace Talks signed between the U.S. and North Vietnam in January 1973?

a)

The U.S. would remove all troops from Vietnam

b)

All prisoners of war were to stay in Vietnam indefinitely

c)

The North Vietnamese would be given control over all of Vietnam

d)

The U.S. would reestablish bases in South Vietnam

39.

What was the law that kept President Ford from sending troops back to Vietnam because it required him to consult Congress first?

a)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

b)

New York Times v. United States

c)

Pentagon Papers

d)

War Powers Act

40.

Which of the following events best exemplifies the policy of Détente?

a)

President Carter withdrawing his support of SALT II

b)

President Nixon visiting China in the early 70s

c)

President Carter negotiating an agreement between Israel and Egypt

d)

President Nixon being pardoned by President Ford for crimes he may have committed

41.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of stagflation?

a)

Deficit spending to fund the Vietnam War and social programs

b)

Nixon's attempt to raise taxes and cut budgets

c)

The formation of OPEC and the rise of oil prices

d)

Increased competition in international trade

42.

President Carter assumed the role of peacemaker to negotiate what agreement between Israel and Egypt?

a)

Helsinki Accords

b)

The War Powers Act

c)

Camp David Accords

d)

New Federalism