WorksheetsDCUSH 1950's to 1980's
Total questions: 103
Worksheet time: 57mins
What was Title IX?
Federal civil rights law, part of the Education Amendments.
Secret plan against communism, similar to NSC-98
Document of allegations against Nixon.
Confidential name of the Iran-Contra Affair.
What group of laws was Title IX apart of?
Education Amendments
Communism Counteroffensive
USSR Control Standards (UCS)
Knotted Loopholes
What did Title IX do?
No school shall be separated on the basis of gender.
No further benefits within a school shall be denied on the basis of gender.
If the USSR were ever to get remotely close to the US, it would result in massive retaliation.
Sent troops to Lebanon, to rescue hostages, declared war on Lebanon.
Pulled troops out of the Gulf War.
Who was the president during the Watergate Scandal?
George H.W Bush
Richard Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Ronald Reagan
Which president pardoned Richard Nixon for his crimes at Watergate?
Gerald R. Ford
George H.W Bush
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
What did CREEP stand for?
Counter REvolutionary Enforcement Protocol
Committee to REElect the President
Communistic REtaliation Effort Policy
Coalition of Reinstituted Edwardian Economic Policies
What did the burglars at Watergate intended to do?
Plant wiretaps on telephones.
Take pictures of documents.
Get money.
Make a statement out of how easy it was to break in.
Assassinate a democratic representative.
Why was the Watergate Hotel significant?
It was the democratic headquarters.
It was the deathbed of FDR.
It held many Hollywood celebrities.
It was the latest hotel with lots of funding poured into it.
How were the burglars linked back to Nixon?
One of the burglars were a part of CREEP.
The burglars confessed to Reagan's involvement.
This is a hoax, Nixon was not connected to Watergate.
The burglars were CIA agents under Nixon's administration.
What was a nickname of the recording tapes that Nixon handed over?
Smoking Gun Tapes
Elephant Tapes
The Gap
" I am not a crook " tapes
What did Nixon's tapes provide or do?
An accurate representation of Nixon's character, he used lots of foul language.
Auditory evidence that the president was involved in the cover-up.
Auditory evidence that the president ordered Watergate.
Garnered suspicion to the public, who wondered what the 15 minute gap could've had.
Evidence of numerous investigations of those who were at Watergate.
Who was the special investigator who demanded the tapes from Nixon?
Archibald Cox
Henry Gauss
Ethan Remington
Uriel Day
Click on all options that describe the events of the Saturday Night Massacre.
Nixon orders Archibald Cox to be fired after persistent demands for the tapes.
Many refuse to fire Archibald Cox.
Those who refuse to fire Archibald Cox are fired by Nixon.
Many Justice Department officials resign in protest.
Archibald Cox remained in power even after the Saturday Night Massacre.
When Nixon released all the tapes initially, he released all of them.
True
False
Which two factors led to Nixon releasing all of the tapes?
Public outcry pressured Nixon.
Supreme Court orders Nixon to hand them over.
Nixon received a threat of assassination from the CIA.
Nixon's entire administration had turned against him.
Richard Nixon was impeached out of office.
True
False
The Supreme Court drew articles of impeachment against Nixon.
True
False
Click on all offenses that Nixon was charged for.
Obstruction of Justice
Abuse of Power
Criminal Cover-up
Numerous violations of the Constitution
Embezzlement of Federal Funds
Which president passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Select all options that what the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination of.
Race
Color
Religion
Gender
National Origin
Which president initially proposed the Civil Rights Act?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jimmy Carter
Who passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Gerald R. Ford
Richard Nixon
Select all options that described the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Banned literacy tests.
Provided federal oversight of elections.
Authorized investigation of poll taxes.
Authorized investigation of racist politicians.
Overrode Singer v. US
Overall, the Voting Rights Act was successful.
True
False
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is largely considered the most important civil rights legislation in America.
True
False
Who was the president that fostered the Camp David Accords?
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Lyndon B. Johnson
The Camp David Accords was a meeting between what three countries?
US
Israel
Egypt
Iran
USSR
What was trying to be achieved at the Camp David Accords?
A peace treaty between two nations.
A formal declaration of war.
An agreement on nuclear arms deterrence.
International trade agreements.
The UN recognized the peace treaty brokered at the Camp David Accords.
True
False
What does ERA stand for?
Equal Rights Amendment
(past) Error Realignment Accords
Excessive Retaliation Actions
Education Reform Acts
On which basis did the ERA focus on?
Gender
Race/National Origin
Religion
Sexuality
In what year was the ERA approved by the US Senate?
1972
1980
1983
1976
What did the ERA do?
Equality of rights shall not be denied on the basis of sex.
Equality of rights shall not be denied on the basis of race.
Education systems shall no longer have segregation.
Education systems are legally obligated to financial aid to those who need it, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, or religion.
What group opposed the ratification of the ERA in some states?
Conservatives
KKK
Farmer's Alliance
Republicans
Which president oversaw the 'Great Society'?
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What did the Great Society aim to do?
Combat poverty, and increase education.
Create a massive program of social welfare.
Promote civil rights.
Improve the environment.
Invest into the military.
What are social welfare programs?
Government programs designed to protect civilians from economic risks, and the insecurities of life.
Government programs designed to bolster the average person's standard of living via federal checks.
Term used to describe humanitarian aid provided by private companies or groups.
Term used to describe insurance.
Select all programs that originated from the Great Society.
Medicaid
Medicare
Food Stamps
Social Security
FDIC
Although the Great Society did not accomplish all of its goals, it did make a lasting and successful impact.
True
False
What is the significance of Sandra Day O'Conner?
She was the first woman in the Supreme Court.
She actively fought for the ratification of the ERA.
She is the judge who passed CRA of 1964.
She helped expose numerous companies of their discrimination against women.
Which president nominated Sandra Day O'Conner?
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald R. Ford
George H.W Bush
What does OPEC stand for?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Ordnance Precision Experimentation Coalition
Organization of Pakistan, Egypt, and Croatia
Ordinary People's Energy Conservationists
What did OPEC do that led to a major event in the US?
Conducted an oil embargo on the US, leading to an energy crisis.
Made an Alliance with the US, forever securing the oil for the US.
Suddenly traded more oil with the USSR, inflaming tensions in the Cold War.
Who was blamed for the energy crisis of 1973?
Jimmy Carter
OPEC
Ronald Reagan
Barry Freud
Why did OPEC embargo oil to the US?
Because the US supported Israel in the Yom-Kippur War.
The US had sent troops to pursue a member of OPEC.
OPEC aligned more with the USSR.
The US had been paying less and less per oil barrel.
Click on all options that the Reagan Doctrine intended to do.
Fight for freedom around the world.
Weaken communist governments.
Break down the USSR through conflict.
Dissolve the Warsaw Pact.
Where is the Rust Belt?
West Coast (California, Oregon, Washington)
Northeast (Michigan, Indiana spanning to New York)
South (Texas, Louisiana)
East Coast (Vermont to North Carolina)
Central (Kansas, Nebraska)
What decade did the Rust Belt start seeing decline?
1950s
1960s
1970s
1940s
What industry is the Rust Belt known for?
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Business
Technological
Click on all options why industry declined in the Rust Belt.
Cheaper wages could be found elsewhere.
Lack of competitiveness with foreign rivals.
Lack of federal funding.
No longer needed manufacturing.
Where is the Sun Belt?
Literally half of America southward
Under the sun
West Coast
East Coast spanning to the mid-south
Click on all options that describe the major reasons why the Sun Belt was attractive to those who wanted to move.
Expansion of Urban Areas
Better growth compared to other parts of the country
More job opportunities
More military bases and established police force
Better Civil Rights
Which president took US forces out of Lebanon?
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
George H.W Bush
Why were US forces initially sent to Lebanon?
To assist Palestinian refugees fleeing from the country
To combat communism in the country.
To assist Israeli forces in capturing the country.
To rescue hostages.
What killed 241 US soldiers in Lebanon?
A truck armed with explosives; a car bomb, that exploded in a US barracks.
A surprise terrorist ambush on a US barracks.
A Soviet missile launched by terrorist forces.
A suicide bomber found to be disguised as a US soldier.
Reaganomics were supported by what theory?
Trickle-Down Theory
Keynesian Economics
Luong's Conjecture
Supply-Side Economics
What is another name for Reaganomics?
Supply-Side economics
Reagan's Money
Trickle-Down Theory
Priming the pump
Reaganomics was created to combat what issue?
Stagflation
Federal Funding
Lack of social welfare
Lack of military prowess
Click on all options that described what Reagonomics intended to cut down.
Government Spending.
Growth of money supply. (Printing more money)
Regulations on businesses.
Both income taxes and capital tax.
Environmental Regulations.
Reaganomics was successful in combating stagflation.
True
False
This amendment dictated that a voter would cast two votes, one for the president, and one for the vice president.
12th Amendment
11th Amendment
14th Amendment
17th Amendment
This amendment gave voting rights to black males.
15th Amendment
14th Amendment
17th Amendment
19th Amendment
This amendment allowed state populations to directly vote for their senators.
17th Amendment
20th Amendment
26th Amendment
27th Amendment
This amendment dictated that it was unconstitutional to deny a person's right to vote on the basis of sex.
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
18th Amendment
23rd Amendment
This amendment allowed citizens to directly nominate electors in the presidential election. (I am pretty sure electors = members of the electoral college)
23rd Amendment
22nd Amendment
25th Amendment
27th Amendment
This amendment prohibited poll taxes from being enacted before a citizen could participate in a federal election.
24th Amendment
23rd Amendment
20th Amendment
27th Amendment
This amendment lowered the legal voting age to 18.
26th Amendment
27th Amendment
25th Amendment
24th Amendment
When was the 12th Amendment ratified?
1804
1912
1856
1943
When was the 15th Amendment ratified?
1870
1939
1963
1834
When was the 17th Amendment ratified?
1913
1940
1889
1973
When was the 19th Amendment ratified?
1920
1950
1997
1883
When was the 23rd Amendment ratified?
1961
1988
1957`
1937
When was the 24th Amendment ratified?
1964
1980
2000
1971
When was the 26th Amendment ratified?
1971
2004
1988
1997
Who was the president that proposed Vietnamization?
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Gerald R. Ford
Vietnamization was successful.
True
False
What did Vietnamization intend to do?
Strengthen South Vietnamese forces so that they can fend for themselves.
Bolster Vietnam's economy so that they could become a powerful US ally.
Westernize the Vietnamese culture.
Establish a treaty between South and North Vietnam, dividing the two.
Why was Vietnamization proposed?
The US wanted to take their forces out of Vietnam.
The US wanted a new ally to join SEATO.
The US wanted to make a cultural bastion.
The US wanted to have a proxy-country close to China.
What does detente literally mean?
Relaxation
Uneasiness
Hostility
Transformation
Which president enacted the period of detente?
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Gerald R. Ford
John F. Kennedy
What option describes the period of detente?
Political tensions of the Cold War cooled down during this period.
Nuclear arm talks were heightened during this period.
Tensions increased during this period.
USSR was not genuine, sent troops to Syria during this period.
What concept did Tinker v Des Moines argue over?
Free Speech
Civil Rights
Physical Punishment
Child Labor
What demographic did Tinker v Des Moines target?
Students
Seniority
Minorities
Asians
What did Tinker v. Des Moines decide?
Students had both political and free speech rights in school settings.
Students should have limited free speech in school settings.
Seniors were subject to numerous social welfare programs.
Businesses would have to hire a minimum quota of minorities.
What is counterculture?
A culture with values that are very different from the norm.
A culture that intended to clash against the norm.
A culture that broke laws.
A culture that encouraged conformity.
What are participants of counterculture commonly referred to as?
Hippies
The Odd Fellows
Freuds
An offensive mixture of slurs.
Click on all options that described the counterculture movement.
Encouraged sexual promiscuity.
Encouraged use of hallucinogenic drugs.
Values were reflected in rock music.
Participants usually found in an urban environment.
Extremely successful in changing the norm.
The "sit-in" movements support which groups of people?
Women
African-Americans
Other minorities
Whites
Businessmen
How would "sit-ins" work?
People would sit in a public space, not leaving until the that space served them.
A group of mass protesters would sit down near a place of controversy to peacefully protest.
Community driven meetings would garner people all over the country to preach about civil rights.
The sit-in movement saw success.
True
False
What is another name for the Immigration Act of 1965?
Hart-Celler Act
Reform on the Chinese Immigration Act
Teller Clauses
Nationality Act
Which president signed the Immigration Act of 1965?
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Gerald R. Ford
Click on all options that described the Immigration Act of 1965.
Abolished the National Origins Formula(racial quotas).
Formally removed de facto discrimination against Asians, Southern, and Eastern Europeans.
Allowed people to get into the US without a visa.
Introduced special cases for immigration.
Who appointed the Warren Commission?
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
What was the purpose of the Warren Commission?
To investigate the murder of John F. Kennedy
To investigate increased presence of drugs in the US.
To investigate political corruption in the US.
To investigate Richard Nixon's involvement at Watergate.
What three things did the Warren Commission propose?
Strengthening of the Secret Service.
Killing a vice president or president is to be considered a federal offense.
Improvement of presidential protection procedures.
Excessive punishment for those who committed federal offenses.
Aerial reconnaissance to be surveying the area around the president at all times.
Why did Kennedy win against Nixon in the 1960 presidential Nixon?
Kennedy was Hot
Nixon was ugly
Kennedy appeared better on television.
Nixon appeared not so great on television.
Which president enacted flexible response?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What did flexible response entail?
Wide array of options if an enemy ever attacked.
One option, multiple uses.
US Military stationed across the globe for easy access to targets.
Click on all options that describe Medicare.
Federally funded
Consistent throughout the country
Focuses on people aged 65 and older
Grants health benefits
Click on all options that describe Medicaid
Federally and state funded
Coverage varies from state to state
Focuses on pregnant women, disabled, and low income families
Grants health benefits.
Which president created Medicare?
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which president created Medicaid?
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
