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HoMs US History

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Whose presidential term was coming to an end in 1960?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

2.

Who ran against Kennedy in the 1960 election?

a)

Lady Bird Johnson

b)

Jack Ruby

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Johnson

3.

How old was JFK when he was elected?

a)

28

b)

43

c)

66

d)

46

4.

What was significant about the election of 1960?

a)

Barry Goldwater won

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower lost

c)

The Camelot Years

d)

It was the first televised election

5.

What is called "the window to the world"?

a)

TV

b)

Radio

c)

Glasses

d)

Cell Phones

6.

What was the Kennedy era referred to as?

a)

the Camelot Years

b)

The Kennedy Kingdom

c)

King Arthur's Reign

d)

The Glamorous 60s

7.

What was Kennedy's legislative program called?

a)

The New Frontier

b)

The New Deal

c)

The Camelot Deal

d)

The Great Society

8.

Who killed JFK?

a)

Lee Harvey Oswald

b)

Jack Ruby

c)

Lady Bird Johnson

d)

Lyndon Johnson

9.

Who became president after JFK?

a)

Kennedy

b)

Johnson

c)

Oswald

d)

Harvey

10.

JFK created this program of volunteers to help in Asia, Latin America, and Africa

a)

Social Security

b)

Great Society

c)

New Deal

d)

Peace Corps

11.

What was LBJ's agenda as president?

a)

to alleviate pressure on the working class

b)

to alleviate poverty

c)

to raise taxes

d)

to establish jim crow laws

12.

Who ran against Johnson in the election of 1964?

a)

Barry Goldwater

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

John Stamos

13.

What was the name of Johnson's legislative program?

a)

The Great Society

b)

The Space Race

c)

The Great Deal

d)

The New Frontier

14.

What did the case Miranda v. Arizona result in?

a)

Police are not allowed to arrest without a warrant

b)

people must be read their rights when they are arrested

c)

people are not allowed a lawyer if they cannot afford one

d)

Miranda was freed

15.

Which was NOT a result of the Great Society?

a)

Unemployment rate decreased

b)

poverty increased in America

c)

Great Society spending created a budget deficit

d)

republican leaders gained support

16.

Cuba was taken over by the communist Fidel Castro in 1959.  What did the U.S. do in 1960 to try and solve the problem of a communist nation so close to Florida?

a)

  Use the CIA to train Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and start a revolution to overthrow Castro

b)

  Engage in systematic bombing of key sites in Cuba

c)

  Work with Castro to ensure he would not influence Americans in the south

d)

  Sent messages to the Soviet Union to get them to help us remove Castro

17.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968 attempting to

a)

  make the U.S. and USSR not give nuclear weapons to other nations and make non-nuclear nations promise to not make nuclear weapons

b)

  foce the Soviet Union to stop building nuclear weapons

c)

  increase the number of nuclear weapons for global protection

d)

  encourage the nuclear development of third world nations to improve their economies.

18.

The fear that one country falling to communist influence would lead to other nearby nations also becoming communist was known as

a)

  The Domino Theory

b)

  the communism theory

c)

  the Truman Doctrine

d)

  The New Deal

19.

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 break with the Soviet Union

d)

  Castro's promise to restore democracy

20.

Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the MOST from the Great Society programs?

a)

Minorities and the poor of all races

b)

White, middle-class families

c)

farmers and laborers

d)

Businesses

21.

Which of the following best characterizes the 1960s?

a)

Stock Market crash, unemployment, New Deal job programs

b)

the Harlem Renaissance, jazz, flappers

c)

Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War

22.

Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.

a)

Baby Boom ­

b)

Baby Gap

c)

GI Bill

d)

Transistor

23.

Beatnik

a)

an elderly person in the 1920s who suffered financial loss.

b)

the fact or process of converting someone or something back to a former state.

c)

­ a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation.

d)

This was a type of music which challenged earlier music and was popular to teenagers.

24.
A marked increase in the birthrate, especially in the US following WWII
a)
Baby Boom
b)
Summit
c)
Perjury
d)
Arms Race
25.
William J. Levitt contributed to the growth of the suburbs by
a)
Mass-producing houses
b)
Criticizing urban life
c)
Designing interstate highways   
d)
Providing low-interest mortgage loans
26.

When soldiers returned home from World War II, what helped them get lower mortgage rates and paid for their continued education?

a)

The Consitution

b)

Veteran's Fund

c)

G.I. Bill of Rights

d)

Military Service Reimbursement Bill

27.
How did Baby Boom change life in the United States? 
a)
child labor increased
b)
population grew quickly
c)
fewer new homes were built
d)
more people moved into larger cities
28.

These "super" structures connected multiple states across the country. Built during the Cold War in case of a nuclear attack

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Amtrak Rail System

c)

Federal Highway System

d)

Old Town Road

29.

This planned communities sprang up after WWII. They were usually located outside major market cities; families would commute to work with their new luxury cars and homes were "cookie cutter" and affordable

a)

Suburbs

b)

Inner City

c)

Ultraburbs

d)

Shopping Malls

30.
The Increased demand in housing after WWII was due to the ...
a)
WWII baby boom and GI Bill
b)
Fear of communist influences inside the city
c)
Increased immigration
d)
Increased demand for automobiles
31.

Read the statement below.

I avoid traditional jobs. I reject all forms of convention. I study Eastern religions. I groove on modern jazz.


Which type of person in the 1950s would have been most likely to say these things?

a)

a beat writer

b)

a "baby boomer"

c)

an "organization man"

d)

an abstract expressionist painter

32.

Examine the cartoon. What aspect of American society in the 1950s was the cartoonist making?

a)

high culture

b)

stay-at-home moms

c)

suburban conformity

d)

planned obsolescence

33.

What new style of music did teenagers popularize during the 1950s?

a)

country 'n' western

b)

blues

c)

jazz

d)

rock 'n' roll

34.

Which of these statements best describes the impact of The Other America when it was published in 1962?

a)

It incited riots among poverty-stricken minorities.

b)

It was ignored by politicians, who blamed the poor for their poverty.

c)

It led to the formation of a new political party for people in a poverty.

d)

It woke up the nation to the reality that poverty still existed in many places.

35.

What impact did the termination policy have on many Indian tribes during the 1950s?

a)

They fell deeper into poverty.

b)

They expanded their reservation lands.

c)

They became economically self reliant.

d)

They lost their chance to relocate to cities.

36.

Singer from Memphis, Tennessee whose music awoke of generation of young people to the sounds of rock n' roll

a)

Elvis Presley

b)

Little Richard

c)

Bill Haley and the Comets

d)

James Dean

37.

After the war, the ___?___ replaced radio and movies as the main entertainment for American families.

a)

television

b)

YouTube

c)

internet

d)

community swimming pool

38.

Suburbia as the "American Dream" represented

a)

conformity.

b)

stability.

c)

happiness.

d)

All of the above

39.
Which of following accurately describes the expected role of women in the 1950s?
a)
Politically Active 
b)
Happy Housewife
c)
Majority Income Earner
d)
Single Mothers
40.
Eisenhower created this to help provide military assistance and quick evacuations from major cities.
a)
Interstate Highways
b)
Airports
c)
Subways
d)
Starbucks
41.

Which of the following vocabulary words are NOUNS? (you need to choose 2 options)

a)

Sassy

b)

Threshold

c)

Intern

d)

Wedged

42.

Which word meanis to walk with a proud and lofty gait

a)

sassy

b)

trudged

c)

strut

d)

crumple

43.

Which word means lacking in strength or firmness or resilience

a)

Crumple

b)

Limp

c)

Swell

d)

Totter

44.

Which word will best describe this image?

a)

anemic

b)

limp

c)

crumple

d)

sassy

45.

Which sentence is applying the vocabulary word trudged correctly? (language usage)

a)

The girls trudged the skating rink.

b)

You need to trudged up the mountains to hike it.

c)

We trudged up the muddy path to reach the top of the mountain.

d)

Today we truged through the woods.

46.

Which vocabulary word can complete the following phrase:

The little wooden door that has _________ shut the dark out of the room.

a)

wedged

b)

trudged

c)

crumpled

d)

swell

47.

To fold or collapse is to ________.

a)

strut

b)

swell

c)

crumple

d)

trudge

48.

In the novel The House on Mango Street, Who crumpled on the bed crying?

a)

Esperanza

b)

Esperanza's dad

c)

Esperanza's mom

d)

Nenny

49.

Which vocabulary word means: expand abnormally

a)

canteen

b)

trudged

c)

wedged

d)

swell

50.

Which of the following are places? (you could check off more than one answer)

a)

canteen

b)

linoleum

c)

tavern

d)

totter

51.

Why were the girls Lucy, Rachel, me tee- tottering like so?

a)

Because they were dancing.

b)

Because they were trying to walk in heels.

c)

Because they were jumping rope.

d)

because they were running on the street.

52.

Which word means a floor covering?

a)

Linoleum

b)

Threshold

c)

Swell

d)

Intern

53.

Usually, about how old would an intern be?

a)

12-15 yrs old

b)

5-6 years old

c)

22-25 years old

d)

80-85 years old

54.

Complete the following phrase:

I’m no Spartan and hold up an____________wrist to prove it.

a)

anemic

b)

swell

c)

intern

d)

wedged

55.

Which is the best way to paraphrrase the following sentence:

It’s Rachel who learns to walk the best all strutted in those magic high heels.

a)

Rachel struts in those magic high heels.

b)

Rachel does not know how to walk in heels

c)

Rachel is the one that learns how to walk all confident in those heels.

d)

Esperanza wants to learn how to walk like Rachel.

56.

My mother says when I get older my dusty hair will settle and my blouse will learn to stay clean, but I have decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain.


What does Threshold represent in this sentence?

a)

university life

b)

married life

c)

prison life

57.

Which place would you find kids and food?

a)

Tavern

b)

Canteen

58.

Who was Esperanza describing here:


But I knew her sick from the disease that would not go, her legs bunched under the yellow sheets, the bones gone limp as worms.

a)

Her mother

b)

Rachel

c)

Her aunt

d)

A nun from school

59.

A Tavern is the same thing as a ..........

a)

school

b)

hospital

c)

cafeteria

d)

bar

60.

Which word means: move without being stable, as if threatening to fall

a)

crumple

b)

totter

c)

strut

d)

trudged

61.
The clouds in the sky are _______; they are puffy and look like cotton. 
a)
cumulous
b)
cumulonimbus 
c)
sirrus
d)
mid-level
62.
Define motif.
a)
the reason someone does something
b)
a recurring object or topic in a story
c)
a type of royalty
d)
an example 
63.
When allowed __________, a government office can make and break their own rules.
a)
autonomy 
b)
relegation 
c)
anemia
d)
resonance
64.
Define resonance.
a)
an echo
b)
a deep reverberating sound 
c)
never giving up
d)
being defiant
65.
The officer's _____ signified his honorary role in the platoon. 
a)
rosette
b)
babushka
c)
anemia 
d)
vignette
66.
When the employee mouthed off to his boss, he was ____________ to cleaning the bathrooms and cleaning the toilets for a week. 
a)
anemic
b)
automatic
c)
resonated
d)
relegated
67.
Define autonomy.
a)
doing something automatically
b)
a school subject
c)
independence
d)
a topic in science
68.
After his sickness, he continued to look rather and act rather ________; he never had any energy!
a)
resonance 
b)
anemic
c)
puny 
d)
hyper
69.
Define naptha.
a)
a headscarf worn by Russian women
b)
an explosive substance
c)
a type of flower
d)
a brief literary description 
70.
The sound of his snoring _________ in the room and woke his wife. 
a)
reverberated 
b)
resonated
c)
relegated 
d)
exploded
71.
One of the ________ in Zeitoun was religion and religious icons. 
a)
examples
b)
rosettes
c)
motifs
d)
themes
72.
Define cumulus.
a)
a flower
b)
a reason for living
c)
an explosive substance
d)
a puffy white cloud
73.
What is this made up of? 
a)
vignettes
b)
poems
c)
essays
d)
conversations
74.
That horse has ________ many valuable foals for the farm. 
a)
motiffed 
b)
relegated
c)
resonated
d)
sired
75.
My grandmother, a lover of flowers, grows many types in her garden like ________________, begonias, petunias, and sunflowers. 
a)
napthas
b)
hollyhocks
c)
motifs
d)
vignettes
76.
Define sire.
a)
a bad example 
b)
a flower type
c)
how you address a princess
d)
the male parent of an animal 
77.
The House on Mango Street is a novella made of a series of short ___________. 
a)
vignettes
b)
essays
c)
motifs
d)
hollyhocks
78.
What are these?
a)
hollyhocks
b)
babushkas
c)
motifs
d)
napthas
79.
Define anemic. 
a)
Lacking vigor or energy
b)
dazed and confused
c)
political independence
d)
a brief literary description
80.
It was very cold out, and many of the women wore their ___________ to stay warm. 
a)
napthas
b)
babushkas
c)
hollyhocks
81.
In science class, we added _______ to water and caused an explosion. 
a)
babushka 
b)
baking soda
c)
naptha
d)
hollyhock
82.
Define rosette.
a)
a pin or ornament resembling a rose meant to honor someone
b)
a headscarf worn by Russian women
c)
a globular cloud
d)
lacking energy
83.
What is this woman wearing? 
a)
a derby hat
b)
a 10 gallon hat
c)
a babushka
d)
a naptha
84.
Define relegate.
a)
an elegant party
b)
to fire
c)
to hand out duties
d)
to assign to a lower job 
85.

Ch 1: Who is The House on Mango Street

Narrator? How does narrator feel about moving?

a)

Narrator: Esperanza. Sick of moving, still waiting to find a true home.

b)

Narrator: Esperanza. Loved moving, she found it exciting.

c)

Narrator: Esperanza cared less about moving around.

86.
"His hair is like a broom" is a...
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
imagery
d)
hyperbole
87.
Why does Cathy tell Esperanza she is moving?
a)
Cathy lost all her cats and needs to find them
b)
her great grand cousin in France is giving them money
c)
her dad got a new job
d)
the neighborhood is getting bad
88.
Esperanza is named after her
a)
mother
b)
aunt
c)
great great grandmother
d)
cousin
89.
Which of the following words means "to assign to a lower position"?
a)
raise
b)
relegate
c)
improve
d)
dismiss
90.
Which of the following words means to dislike, mistrust, or mistreat women?
a)
hater
b)
patriarch
c)
misogynist
d)
savage
91.
The word, "assimilate" means to...
a)
blend in with another group of people
b)
stand out
c)
run away
d)
migrate
92.
If you are bilingual, you...
a)
are from two different cultures
b)
can make two different types of something
c)
can speak only one language
d)
can speak two languages
93.
The word resilience means to...
a)
resist
b)
recover
c)
respond
d)
react
94.
The different "chapters" of The House on Mango Street are called
a)
stanzas
b)
pages
c)
vignettes
d)
memories
95.

Where did the narrator NOT live before she moved to the house on Mango Street?

a)

Loomis

b)

Mexico

c)

Keeler

d)

Paulina

96.
The House on Mango Street
How was the house on Mango Street different from the other houses the family had lived in?
a)
It was the largest house they had ever lived in.
b)
The government was paying for it.
c)
It was their own house.
d)
It was the first two-story house they had lived in.
97.

Esperanza's younger sister is...

a)

Carlos

b)

Kiki

c)

Nenny

d)

Cathy

98.
The House on Mango Street
True or False: The narrator says Nenny is her best friend.
a)
True
b)
False
99.

_____________________________________ was a wild woman who was forced to get married.

a)

Mama

b)

Great-grandmother

c)

Rachel

d)

Lucy

100.

Why does Cathy tell Esperanza she is moving?

a)

Cathy lost all her cats and needs to find them

b)

Her great grand cousin in France is giving them money

c)

Her dad got a new job

d)

The neighborhood is getting bad

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