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Worksheets2nd Semester US History
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 2hrs 47mins
What justification did President Truman give about dropping the atomic bomb?
an invasion would cost more lives
the bomb should be used on a deserted island first
Civilian lives should be considered in dropping the bomb
What was the main goal of the Marshall Plan?
To isolate the United States
To restore the European economy
To expand Soviet influence
To promote communism
What was the strategic objective of the United States in implementing the Marshall Plan?
To contain Soviet influence
To isolate Western Europe
To promote communism
To expand Eastern Europe
How did NATO impact the United States?
It ensured the US was not involved in foreign affairs
It committed the US to alliances with other nations
the US became subordinate to Germany
US established military basis around the world
Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.
35th
36th
37th
38th
What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War?
Prohibition, Flappers, Jazz
Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare
Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Pearl Harbor
Poverty, Unemployment, Dust Bowl
What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Big Stick Policy
Containment
What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
Big Stick Policy
What individual/group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?
Martin Luther King & Black Panthers
Jane Addams & Settlement Houses
Joseph McCarthy & HUAC
Cesar Chavez & United Farmworkers Union
After WWII what happened to the population of the U.S?
The population moved westward as a result of the railroad.
African Americans moved north as part of the Great Migration.
The population shifted from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt.
The population grew due to the Baby Boom.
What did those in the counter-culture do when the government escalated deployment of troops in Vietnam and implemented a draft?
The counter-culture organized protests.
There were mass anti-war demonstrations.
Some individuals burned their draft cards.
All of the above
What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?
Korean & Vietnam War
WWI & WWII
Civil War & Spanish American War
Persian Gulf & War on Terror
What law did Congress pass to limit the military authority of the executive branch in order to avoid another Vietnam?
Marshall Plan
New Deal
War Powers Act
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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.
18th
22nd
24th
26th
How did the media (television) impact the Vietnam War?
Negative press coverage contributed to the public disillusionment with the war.
The positive press coverage encouraged enlistment in the military.
The impact of the media in Vietnam was rather minimal.
The media showed that the majority of Americans supported the war effort.
Why did the US create NASA, the National Defense Education Act and focus on improving funds for schools, especially in areas of math and science?
Due to "Reds" being in the US government
Due to Korea being split in two
Due to the communist revolution in China
The Soviets launched Sputnik
What did the GI Bill of Rights provide for veterans?
Free Healthcare
Access to low-cost mortgages and free college education
Guarantied Employment
Lifetime Finacial support
What were some of the factors that led to the rise of the suburbs?
Rise of automobile culture
Post-WWII economic prosperity
Housing prices decrease
More people
What was Levittown
Suburban housing development.
City
Military base
Shopping mall
Which factor directly contributed to the post–World War II development of the Suburb shown in the picture?
rise in the birth rate
decrease in school construction
decline in the availability of home loans
increase in the number of women in the labor force
buying products, mostly on credit, to improve the standard of living in the United States following World War II
Sunbelt
Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Loans
Great Society
Consumerism
created for defense purposes but eventually connected the U.S. and created the American automobile culture
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
G.I. Bill of Rights
Interstate Highway System
Conformity
What is the main idea of the text "Brown v. Board Of Education"?
(A) The case meant the end of segregation in public schools.
(B) The case required all children in the United States to attend public schools.
(D) The case meant that separate schools could offer equal education.
Why was the NAACP created ?
The government wanted to enforce labor laws
to create full equality among the races
to support hate groups such as the KKK
to help poor white men find jobs
What Supreme Court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
Miranda v. Arizona
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What president sent the U.S. Army to protect the Little Rock Nine?
Richard Nixon
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Why did Eisenhower send troops to protect the Little Rock Nine?
prove the government would uphold its laws
federal takeover of southern public schools
strengthen state control of education
to declare martial law for the first time
What was the result of Rosa Parks getting kicked off the bus
Montgomery bus boycott
riot
Greensboro sit-ins at the lunch counters
Little Rock Nine going to an all white high school
This is a map of the world.
During the Cold War, which numbered area was the location where the United States and the Soviet Union came closest to using nuclear weapons to escalate their conflict?
1
2
3
4
This is an excerpt from a speech given by President John F. Kennedy on October 22, 1962.
Which action did President Kennedy take to address the situation he discussed in this speech?
He sent specially trained military forces to overthrow the Cuban government.
He broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba.
He established a naval blockade around Cuba.
He ordered that Cubans living in the United States be deported.
How did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech affect U.S. politics?
By increasing pressure on political leaders to form a new minority-based political party.
By persuading political leaders to introduce literacy tests for voting.
By persuading political leaders to ratify an amendment that extends voting rights to women.
By increasing pressure on political leaders to pass federal civil rights legislation.
Which voting practice requirement was specifically targeted by this act?
Providing proof of employment.
Proving property ownership.
Passing literacy tests.
Taking religious tests.
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta organized a boycott when the UFW was still new against...
Texas table grapes
Hawaii table grapes
California table grapes
What did the efforts of Chavez and his association, the United Farm Workers (UFW), accomplish?
a strong union, bargaining power for workers, and safer working conditions for migrant workers
a better economy across the nation that started with the national banks
climate change in California that would extend across the U.S.
lower gas prices for all Americans
Wrote “Feminine Mystique”, was one of the founders and first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) that addressed feminist issues and promoted full equality for women (ERA).
Dolores Huera
Betty Friedan
Hector P. Garcia
Cesar Chavez
In response to a claimed attack on two U.S. ships near Vietnam, Congress passed the _____________________, which gave the president power to do whatever was necessary in Vietnam
U.S. Patriot Act
Detente
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Plessy V. Ferguson
Who succeeded Nixon as President after his resignation on August 8, 1974?
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
During the 1970s this hit the U.S. economy when high unemployment and high inflation happened
Great Recession
Great Inflation
Staglfation
Hyper Inflation
This international organization took control of oil prices and oil supply in the 1970s
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
International Petroleum Confederation
What was OPEC's response to the U.S. assisting Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War?
It's member nations declared war on the United States
It imposed economic sanction on the US through the UN
It enacted an oil embargo, cutting off trade to the U.S.
It increased the sales of oil to enemies of the US like Iran
How did the oil embargo effect the U.S. during the 1970s?
The U.S. used its own energy reserves to fight the embargo
Prices of everything increased and gas shortages happened
The U.S. was forced to abandon Israel as prices went down
It caused the stagflation outbreak in the U.S.
What was the impact of Jimmy Carter's work at the Camp David Accords?
It established Israel as the leader of Middle East Nations
It ended of OPEC oil embargo and stopped stagflation
It established the U.S. as a leader of the free world
Egypt recognized Israel and Israel signed a Peace Treaty with Egypt
What was the response in Tehran to the US helping the former Shah of Iran in 1979?
The new government of Iran declared war on the U.S.
The embassy was attacked and 52 people were taken hostage
The Shah of Iran was put back in power
Iran invaded Israel and Iraq who were US allies
Who was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, by President Reagan?
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sonia Sontamayor
Elana Kagen
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Which are the positives of NAFTA?
Increases Trade
Reduces Cost
Raises Economic Growth
Reduce Govt Spending
Creates Jobs
Outsourcing
Environment Damage from Shale Oil
What was NAFTA intended to do?
Increase tariffs on imported goods
Reduce environmental regulations
Promote military alliances
Eliminate trade barriers between the US, Canada, and Mexico
