WorksheetsUS History Final Exam 2
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following actions provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the USSR?
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
Iron Curtain Speech
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Warsaw Airlift
2.
Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. government and military were made by
a)
Douglas MacArthur
b)
Joseph McCarthy
c)
John Foster Dulles
d)
Alger Hiss
3.
What was the significance of U.S. involvement in both China and Korea during the Cold War?
a)
It had significance as the U.S. began to follow isolationist policy
b)
It had significance as the U.S. continued to use nuclear weapons to prevent the spread of Fascism
c)
It had significance as the U.S. made no progress on stopping the spread of Communism
d)
It had significance as the U.S. maintained its mission of containment in East Asia
4.
The introduction of suburbia in the 1950s led to which of the following:
a)
Higher demand for automobiles to commute to work in the city
b)
Higher levels of people living downton
c)
None of the above
5.
In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock ‘n’ roll were viewed as forms of
a)
Harmless entertainment
b)
Rebellion
c)
African-American culture
d)
Mainstream American values
6.
____ was the United States’ main goal in Vietnam.
a)
Reunifying Vietnam
b)
Containing the spread of communism
c)
Upholding the Geneva Accords
d)
Negotiating a cease-fire agreement with North Vietnam
7.
Medicare, a federal program established help for Americans age 65 and over, in what field
a)
Housing
b)
Transportation
c)
Education
d)
Health
8.
One of the things which made JFK an appealing candidate was his ____________
a)
Youth and Vitality
b)
Bad debate skills
c)
Inexperience
9.
What contributed to the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
America’s secret promise to remove missiles from Turkey
b)
The discovery that the missiles had been removed
c)
Castro’s promise to restore democracy
d)
Castro’s promise to break with the Soviet Union
10.
What of the following was NOT an element of the Great Society?
a)
offering aid to Latin American countries
b)
job training for youth
c)
a program to give underprivileged preschoolers a head start
d)
encouraging poor people to join public-works programs
11.
Which of the following affirmed the legality of racial segregation through its “separate but equal is equal” ruling and prompted passage of Jim Crow laws?
a)
the Fourteenth Amendment
b)
the Civil Rights Act of 1875
c)
the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
the decision in Morgan v. Virginia
12.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?
a)
housing
b)
churches
c)
private universities
d)
public accommodations
13.
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 get rid of?
a)
registering voters
b)
local elections
c)
use of literacy tests
d)
recounting votes
14.
President who used the Tonkin Gulf incident as an excuse to deepen U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Lyndon B Johnson
c)
John F Kennedy
d)
Gerald Ford
15.
The main purpose of the War Powers Act was to ____
a)
expand the power of the military
b)
restrict the power of the military
c)
expand the power of the president
d)
restrict the power of the president
16.
Conservatives placed the blame for the increasing permissiveness in society on ____.
a)
women and minorities
b)
campus rebels and the counterculture
c)
Democrats
d)
All of the above
17.
Which administration’s efforts to mislead the American people were revealed by the publication of the Pentagon Papers?
a)
Harry Truman’s
b)
John Kennedy’s
c)
Lyndon Johnson’s
d)
Dwight Eisenhower’s
18.
In the 1970’s, the group known as ____ was most likely to help Latinos win political offices.
a)
Cesar Chavez
b)
La Raza Unida
c)
New Right
d)
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
19.
The slogan “Equal Pay for Equal Work” is likely to be associated with the belief called ___.
a)
La Raza Unida
b)
New Right
c)
Phyllis Schlafly
d)
Feminism
20.
Cesar Chavez used nonviolent means to organize Mexican-American ____.
a)
voters
b)
students
c)
farm workers
d)
factory workers
21.
The conservative reaction to the counterculture ____.
a)
was largely ineffective
b)
helped propel Richard M. Nixon into the White House
c)
set the nation on a more liberal course
d)
posed a danger to traditional values
22.
President Carter’s foreign policy was marked by a commitment to ________.
a)
Détente
b)
Free Trade
c)
Compromise
d)
Human Rights
23.
What has been the most lasting effect of Watergate?
a)
Democratic control of the White House
b)
Democratic control of Congress
c)
An Economic Downturn
d)
Public cynicism of Government
24.
This nation was invaded by the US as the immediate response to 9/11
a)
Afghanistan
b)
Yugoslavia
c)
Iraq
d)
Soviet Union
25.
This nation was invaded by Iraq to claim major oil fields, provoking the United States to declare war which resulted in the Persian Gulf War.
a)
Afghanistan
b)
Iran
c)
Kuwait
d)
Soviet Union
26.
In the early 1990s, this nation dissolved after 74 years as a major world power, officially ending the Cold War.
a)
Kuwait
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Iran
d)
China
27.
This nation’s leaders ordered a brutal crackdown on demonstrators gathered in Tiananmen Square.
a)
Soviet Union
b)
Panama
c)
China
d)
South Korea
28.
This was created after 9/11 in an attempt to stop Terrorism before it happens.
a)
9/11 Act
b)
Nationalism Act
c)
Terrorism Act
d)
Patriot Act
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