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EOC Review Reporting Category 3

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name for the secret project to build an atomic bomb?

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Tuskegee Airben

c)

Secret Boom

d)

Normandy

2.

Which act permitted the US to sell arms to warring countries on a cash & carry basis?

a)

Neutrality Act 1939

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Anschluss

d)

Double V

3.

What is the name of the Allied military strategy in the Pacific Ocean?

a)

firebomb

b)

island hopping

c)

kamikaze

d)

blitzkrieg

4.

At first many Americans were against the war and supported ________________________.

a)

fascism

b)

communism

c)

isolationism

d)

internationalism

5.

The purpose of the Nuremberg Trials was to

a)

test the newly developed atomic bomb.

b)

determine how the holocaust happened.

c)

punish German leaders for war crimes.

d)

remove the emperor of Japan from power.

6.

The turning point in the war against Japan in the Pacific was the

a)

Battle of Midway.

b)

bombing of Pearl Harbor.

c)

internment of Japanese Americans.

d)

Battle of the Bulge.

7.

allowed economic assistance to the Allies

a)

Lend Lease Act

b)

Selective Service Act

c)

Four Freedoms

d)

Executive Order 9066

8.

NOT one of the Four Freedoms

a)

freedom to conquer the world

b)

freedom from want

c)

freedom from fear

d)

freedom of speech

9.
In which WWII event did Japan use the strategy of surprise attack to bomb the United States? 
a)
D-Day on the shores of France
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Invasion of Poland
d)
V-E Day
10.

The law which allowed the US to lend or lease arms to any country deemed necessary to our defense was called

a)

The Neutrality Act 0f 1935

b)

The Lend-Lease Act

c)

The Fair Trade Act

d)

None of these

11.

Which Japanese cities were attacked with the Atomic bomb by the United States?

a)

Tokyo & Osaka

b)

Beijing & Shanghai

c)

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

d)

Seoul & Pyongyang

12.
The need for workers in the Southwest led to the ____________ Program that allowed the recruitment of Mexicans to work in the U.S. during World War II.
a)
Bracero
b)
Navajo
c)
Barrio
d)
None of these are correct
13.

What is the system of rationing ?

a)

the production of war time goods

b)

another way of feeding the country

c)

Families recieved a fixed amount of a certain item to conserve for the war effort

d)

the system that brought the United States into Production of food

14.

What group of people were placed in internment camps inside the United States during World War II

a)

Japanese

b)

Chinese

c)

factory workers

d)

Jews

15.

The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was officially upheld by which government action?

a)

a constitutional amendment

b)

an executive order of the president

c)

a proclamation by the governor of California

d)

a decision of the Supreme Court

16.

Which describes Executive Order 9066?

a)

To create a draft lottery system for military service

b)

It officially brought the U.S. into World War II

c)

It forced Japanese-Americans into internment camps against their will

d)

It forced the repatriation of Mexican Americans to reduce job competition

17.

What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War?

a)

Prohibition, Flappers, Jazz

b)

Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare

c)

Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Pearl Harbor

d)

Poverty, Unemployment, Dust Bowl

18.

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Big Stick Policy

d)

Containment

19.

What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Big Stick Policy

20.

What individual/group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?

a)

Martin Luther King & Black Panthers

b)

Jane Addams & Settlement Houses

c)

Joseph McCarthy & HUAC

d)

Cesar Chavez & United Farmworkers Union

21.

What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

a)

It started the space race.

b)

U.S. began to invest more money into math & science education.

c)

The U.S. started NASA.

d)

All of the above

22.

During what event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict?

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War

23.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did JFK do when he heard that the Soviet Union was construction a missile site in Cuba.

a)

JFK gave into the Soviet demands.

b)

JFK bombed the Soviet Union with an atomic bomb.

c)

JFK ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.

d)

JFK invaded Cuba from Guantanamo Bay.

24.

How did the G.I. Bill contribute to the economic prosperity of the 1950s?

a)

It decreased consumer spending.

b)

It allowed Veterans to get an education and buy homes in suburbs.

c)

It offered incentives under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers.

d)

It created federal domestic programs as part of the Great Society.

25.

After WWII what happened to the population of the U.S?

a)

The population moved westward as a result of the railroad.

b)

African Americans moved north as part of the Great Migration.

c)

The population shifted from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt.

d)

The population grew due to the Baby Boom.

26.

What did those in the counter-culture do when the government escalated deployment of troops in Vietnam and implemented a draft?

a)

The counter-culture organized protests.

b)

There were mass anti-war demonstrations.

c)

Some individuals burned their draft cards.

d)

All of the above

27.

What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?

a)

Korean & Vietnam War

b)

WWI & WWII

c)

Civil War & Spanish American War

d)

Persian Gulf & War on Terror

28.

What law did Congress pass to limit the military authority of the executive branch in order to avoid another Vietnam?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

New Deal

c)

War Powers Act

d)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

29.

What amendment was passed to lower the voting age because it was unfair that 18-20 year olds were fighting in Vietnam but couldn't vote.

a)

18th

b)

22nd

c)

24th

d)

26th

30.

How did the media (television) impact the Vietnam War?

a)

Negative press coverage contributed to the public disillusionment with the war.

b)

The positive press coverage encouraged enlistment in the military.

c)

The impact of the media in Vietnam was rather minimal.

d)

The media showed that the majority of Americans supported the war effort.

31.
Term which refers to the military, political, and ideological barrier established between the Soviet bloc and Western Europe form 1945-1990. 
a)
Berlin Blockade
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Bay of Pigs
d)
Marshall Plan
32.
In 1968 the North Vietnam launched a large offensive battle against the Americans and caught them off guard. Americans realized that the war was not close to being over. 
a)
My Lai Massacre
b)
Tet Offensive
c)
Cambodia
d)
Vietnamization
33.
In 1964, Johnson stated that the North Vietnamese fired upon U.S. boats in international waters. Congress responded by giving Johnson broad powers to wage war. 
a)
Vietnamization 
b)
War Powers Act
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
34.
The CIA trained Cuban refugees to try and overthrow Castor's communist regime. This attempt was unsuccessful because JFK refused to provide support. 
a)
Bay of Pigs
b)
Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
Berlin Airlift
d)
Massive Retaliation 
35.

What is significant about the 38th parallel?

a)

It divides Western and Eastern Europe, this line is also described as the Iron Curtain

b)

The division between North and South Korea

c)

The division between China and North Korea, also known as the Iron Curtain.

d)

The 38th parallel was the location of all communist satellite nations.

36.

What is NATO?

a)

A military alliance between Western European Countries, the U.S. and Canada.

b)

A military alliance between Western European Countries, the Soviet Union and China.

c)

A military alliance between Eastern European Countries, Including the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.

d)

A military alliance between Eastern European Countries.

37.

What theory caused the U.S. to enter the Vietnam War in order to stop the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

38.

What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Open Door Policy

39.

How did the Marshall Plan aim to contain the spread of communism?

a)

It built up the western European armed forces.

b)

It helped rebuild and strengthen European economies.

c)

It forced Americans to take loyalty oaths to avoid losing their jobs.

d)

It created a military alliance among western European and North American nations.

40.

Which choice best describes the Second Red Scare ?

a)

the use of military force to put down civil unrest in American cities

b)

the use of accusations, blacklisting, and investigations against suspected communists

c)

the effort to expand civil rights protections to more groups of Americans

d)

the use of unethical searches and unfounded proclamations of a planned communist revolution in America  by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer

41.

According to the source and using your knowledge of US History, which of the following is most correct regarding the conflict in Korea?

a)

Both sides at one point made strong advances into their opposition at certain points but fought the war to a stalemate.

b)

Neither side was able to advance very much and the war was essentially a stalemate in the end.

c)

North Korea was able to make a strong push far into South Korea early into the war and nearly captured the southern city of Pusan . South Korea with the help of China was able to push them back.

d)

South Korea was able to make a strong push far into North Korea with the help of the Soviet Union.

42.

Growth of suburbs, middle-class, and development of interstate highway system are effects of-

a)

financial decline after WW1

b)

economic success after Spanish American War

c)

financial gain during the Gilded Age

d)

economic prosperity after WW2

43.

The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism, without any proper regard for evidence.

a)

McCarthyism

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Hollywood 10

d)

HUAC Act

44.

It was most frequently used to describe public skepticism about the Lyndon B. Johnson administration's statements and policies on the Vietnam War.

a)

Credibility Gap

b)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

c)

Wars Power Act

d)

Vietnamization

45.

Movie producers, directors, & screenwriters accused of possible communists affiliations

a)

Hollywood Trio

b)

Hollywood 10

c)

Cinema reds

d)

Reds United

46.

Glasnost is best characterized as

a)

a form of re-Stalinization

b)

a restructuring of the economy

c)

a form of central planning

d)

a form of political liberalization

47.

What do Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of Glasnost & Perestroika mean in English?

a)

crash & burn

b)

Tear down this wall

c)

openness & restructuring

d)

democracy & capitalism

48.

OPEC

a)

a foreign policy advocated by Henry Kissinger in the Nixon administration based on consideration of a nation’s power rather than its ideals or moral principles

b)

a five-year agreement b/w the US and the USSR, signed in 1972, that limited the nations’ numbers of ICBMs and submarine-launched missiles

c)

a policy that seeks to correct the effects of past discrimination by favoring the groups who were previously disadvantaged

d)

an economic association of oil-producing nations that can set oil prices

49.

Détente

a)

an economic association of oil-producing nations that can set oil prices

b)

the process of accusing a public official of wrongdoing

c)

the flexible policy, involving a willingness to negotiate and an easing of tensions, that was adopted by Nixon and his adviser, Kissinger, in their dealings with communist nations

d)

a foreign policy advocated by Henry Kissinger in the Nixon administration based on consideration of a nation’s power rather than its ideals or moral principles

50.

SALT I Treaty

a)

the process of accusing a public official of wrongdoing

b)

a five-year agreement b/w the US and the USSR, signed in 1972, that limited the nations’ numbers of ICBMs and submarine-launched missiles

c)

a foreign policy advocated by Henry Kissinger in the Nixon administration based on consideration of a nation’s power rather than its ideals or moral principles

d)

a policy that seeks to correct the effects of past discrimination by favoring the groups who were previously disadvantaged

51.

Camp David Accords

a)

the late-20th-century alliance of conservative special-interest groups concerned with cultural, social and moral issues

b)

a 1993 treaty that lowered tariffs and brought Mexico into the free-trade zone est by the US and Canada

c)

historic agreement b/w Israel and Egypt, reached in negotiations at Camp David in 1978

d)

a name given to the resignation of the US attorney general and the firing of his deputy in Oct of 1973, after they refused to carry out Nixon’s order to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate affair

52.

Affirmative Action

a)

a policy that seeks to correct the effects of past discrimination by favoring the groups who were previously disadvantaged

b)

a 1993 treaty that lowered tariffs and brought Mexico into the free-trade zone est by the US and Canada

c)

historic agreement b/w Israel and Egypt, reached in negotiations at Camp David in 1978

d)

the economic policies focused on budget cuts and granting of large tax cuts in order to increase private investments

53.

Reaganomics

a)

the flexible policy, involving a willingness to negotiate and an easing of tensions, that was adopted by Nixon and his adviser, Kissinger, in their dealings with communist nations

b)

1. a foreign policy advocated by Henry Kissinger in the Nixon administration based on consideration of a nation’s power rather than its ideals or moral principles

c)

the economic policies focused on budget cuts and granting of large tax cuts in order to increase private investments

d)

a 1993 treaty that lowered tariffs and brought Mexico into the free-trade zone est by the US and Canada

54.

NAFTA

a)

the flexible policy, involving a willingness to negotiate and an easing of tensions, that was adopted by Nixon and his adviser, Kissinger, in their dealings with communist nations

b)

historic agreement b/w Israel and Egypt, reached in negotiations at Camp David in 1978

c)

a 1993 treaty that lowered tariffs and brought Mexico into the free-trade zone est by the US and Canada

d)

a foreign policy advocated by Henry Kissinger in the Nixon administration based on consideration of a nation’s power rather than its ideals or moral principles

55.

Which international peacekeeping organization created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

a)

The United Nations

b)

The World Health Organization

c)

NATO

d)

The Organization of American States

56.
What was apartheid? 
a)
equality for all
b)
western-style democracy
c)
constitutional monarcy
d)
segregation of races
57.
Post-Vietnam War President Nixon called for this policy as a way to relax or ease tensions between the United States and Soviet Union.
a)
Brinkmanship
b)
Containment
c)
Detente
d)
Big Stick Policy
58.
This was called the willingness to go the edge of war.
a)
Brinkmanship
b)
Containment
c)
Cold War
d)
Marshall Plan
59.

What civil rights tactic is seen in this newpaper?

a)

Civil disobedience

b)

Militant action

c)

Black separatism

d)

Popular sovereignty

60.

How does the image promote the Black Panthers idea of "Black Power?"

a)

Their actions led to increased cooperation with police

b)

The developed programs to help their communities

c)

They opposed integrated schools

d)

They encouraged outright violence

61.

How did the Black Panthers differ from the NAACP?

a)

Black Panthers were against racial segregation in public

b)

Black Panthers repeatedly filed lawsuits in federal courts

c)

Black Panthers were prepared to use weapons

d)

Black Panthers tried to repeal the 2nd amendment, the right to bear arms

62.

“Well, Mr. Kennedy…........... Hence we settled the idea of a march where we would have thousands and thousands of people who would set their bodies in motion in the interest of the achievement of a great objective such as freedom, human dignity, equality, and jobs…” A. Philip Randolph, 1963 

What Civil Rights Movement event is talked about in the quote?

a)

Greensboro Sit-In

b)

Little Rock Nine

c)

Freedom Summer

d)

March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom

63.

Based on the image what can be inferred about the Freedom Rides?

a)

White college students traveled to southern states to protest integration

b)

Young, white Americans supported equal rights for African Americans

c)

Freedom Riders were prepared to use violence if needed

d)

Americans roade buses into the cities to prevent integration

64.

What was an impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

lowered the voting age to 18

b)

protected African American suffrage

c)

increased women's rights with the Equal Rights Amendment

d)

extended Brown v Board of Education to all public places

65.

Which was a demand for the Chicano Movement

and the American Indian Movement?

a)

passage of the Equal Rights Amendment

b)

protected voting rights

c)

equal rights and more opportunities

d)

recognition as independent nations

66.

The Feminine Mystique can be described as.........

a)

Women were pawns in a male dominated world and had no real power

b)

Life as a wife and mother should be enough

c)

Women's suffrage was enough to satisfy equality

d)

Being a homemaker was not enough the women should pursue a career

67.

What did the outcomes of Roe v. Wade and Brown v. Board of Education

show about the court?

a)

The court took on controversial cases to advance social issues of the time.

b)

The court's ability to promote civil rights was limited because of protests.

c)

The court stressed national security over civil liberties.

d)

The court reaffirmed states rights over controversial issues.

68.

Which best completes the diagram?

a)

made individual rights a priority

b)

protected the right of the accused

c)

supported the rights of minorities

d)

expanded affirmative action programs

69.

Betty Friedan wrote what book in 1963 that became the symbol for the Women's Rights Movement?

a)

The Feminine Mystique

b)

Das Kapital

c)

The Trouble with Women

d)

Walden Pond

70.
The American Indian Movement (AIM) fought for:
a)
An Indian president
b)
Separate but equal rights in the southern states.
c)
Renewed culture, independence, equal education.
d)
The right to work equality and assimilation into U.S. society
71.
Which group worked to fight segregation and other inequalities primarily through the courts?
a)
NAACP
b)
SNCC
c)
SCLC
d)
AIM
72.
Which amendment did the Voting Right Act of 1965 reinforce?
a)
The 15th Amendment protects minorities' right to vote
b)
The 1st Amendment's freedom of speech
c)
The 13th Amendment makes slavery illegal
d)
The 10th Amendment allowing states to make voting laws
73.

How did Cesar Chavez help change the lives of Chicano migrant workers?

a)

He got other people together, gave speeches, and led marches.

b)

He went to court to ask for fair treatment.

c)

Chavez helped his mother work in the fields.

d)

Chavez led a march across a bridge in protest of mistreatment.

74.

What group did Cesar Chavez start?

a)

Migrant Workers in America

b)

Future Farmers of America

c)

Migrant Rights Matter

d)

United Farm Workers

75.

What was the primary goal of the "Great Society" programs of JFK and LBJ? (examples: Food Stamps; HUD; Medicare)

a)

Regulation of cabinet level government agencies

b)

Federal guarantees of income

c)

Limitations on government expenditures

d)

The creation of programs to alleviate poverty

76.

What did the National Organization of Women (NOW) see as its major goal in the 1960's?

a)

obtaining the right for women to vote

b)

laws that would allow women to own property

c)

guaranteeing women equal pay for equal work

d)

enabling women to stay at home and be housewives

77.

The movements led by Dr. King and Cesar Chavez were similar in that both -

a)

used civil disobedience to bring about social change

b)

supported attempts to overthrow the government

c)

boycotted agricultural crops

d)

were elected to national political office

78.

What was the significance of sending federal troops to protect African-American students in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?

a)

It showed that the government would enforce court decisions on integration.

b)

It was the first time martial law had been declared in the united states

c)

It proved that the federal government was weak.

d)

It showed that states' governments had full control over education.

79.

Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

a)

Sweatt V. Painter

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

c)

Plessy V. Ferguson

d)

Hernandez V. Texas

80.

Lyndon B. Johnson's legacy to end poverty, reducing crime, abolishing inequality and improving the environment -

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

The Great Society

c)

Equal Pay Act

d)

Title IX