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WorksheetsPost Assessment 11th Grade
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 11mins
Use the excerpt below to answer the question. Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. . . . But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. . . . We annually spend on military security more than the net income of all United State corporations. This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. . . . The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. —President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address, January 17, 1961 Which statement best summarizes the excerpt?
The chief executive sought to privatize the military-industrial complex in the United States.
The size of the military-industrial complex needed to be increased during times of conflict.
The United States needed to reduce the military-industrial complex to maintain peace.
The growth of the military-industrial complex threatened democratic institutions.
Which example was made possible by the passage of this act? No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. —Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
guaranteeing medical care for people without health insurance
providing low-interest-rate loans to first-time home buyers
maintaining safe working conditions for employees
ensuring equal access to public education
Use the list below to answer the question. Goals of Freedom Summer • Increase voter registration • Establish relief programs • Challenge the Mississippi delegation at national conventions • Nominate Freedom candidates for Congress Based on this list, which phrase best explains how this program was seeking to influence change?
by challenging cases of discrimination in the federal courts
by increasing enrollment in higher education institutions
by providing economic opportunities in minority communities
by increasing minority participation in political processes
Based on this excerpt, Friedan was speaking out mainly against which American cultural issue of the early 1960s? The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women. It was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a yearning that women suffered in the middle of the twentieth century. . . . Each suburban wife . . . was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question—“Is this all?” —Betty Friedan, 1963
conformity
segregation
poverty
consumerism
Read the excerpt from a 1965 memo to President Johnson. The situation in Vietnam is deteriorating, and without new U.S. action defeat appears inevitable. . . There is still time to turn it around, but not much. What action did the U.S. government take in response to the concern in the excerpt?
Expanded the draft to increase the U.S. military presence
Ordered the removal of U.S. military forces
Asked the United Nations for military support
Began negotiations with the Vietcong to end the war
Read the quote made by a joint resolution between Congress and President Lyndon B. Johnson. The United States regards as vital to its national interest and to world peace the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. Consonant with the Constitution of the United States and the Charter of the United Nations and in accordance with its obligations under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, the United States is, therefore, prepared, as the President determines, to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom This resolution was made in response to —
the Geneva Accords
the bombing of Cambodia
the Gulf of Tonkin incident
the Tet Offensive
Look at the diagram. What was the common goal of the social movements in the diagram?
Eliminating discrimination
Advocating pacifism
Reducing environmental pollution
Unionizing factory labor
Look at the map. Based on the map, from 1940 to 1970, African Americans mainly relocated from —
the East Coast to the West Coast
the United States to Europe
the South to the North
urban areas to rural areas
Read the quote from President Reagan's Farewell Address in 1989. After 200 years, two centuries, [America] still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home. Which group of people was President Reagan discussing in this quote from his address?
Minority groups in America who were seeking equality
Immigrants who came to America for better opportunities
Entrepreneurs who want to find financial success
America's children who need greater economic stability
Look at the map. Based on the map, which area of the United States voted mostly Republican?
Southeast
Northeast
West Coast
Great Lakes
Which outcome was the eventual result of the burglary committed at the Democratic National Headquarters in 1972?
The legislature removed a federal judge.
The legislature impeached the president.
The chief executive resigned from office.
The president vetoed a judicial reform bill.
What was the name of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s domestic program?
The New Frontier
The Great Society
The New Deal
The Fair Deal
What had the biggest effect on the fall of Saigon?
Lack of support from the United Nations
Increasing anti-war beliefs throughout the U.S.
President Richard Nixon's resignation
The outcome of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Explain the controversy surrounding the presidential election of 2000, how it was resolved, and how it impacted people's perception of the government.
Which issues are associated with illegal immigration in the United States?
Increased strain on government services
Increased cultural diversity
Decreased labor in the manufacturing sector
Decreased border security
Identify two Clinton-administration laws that provided tax credits for higher education.
Hope Scholarship
Family and Medical Leave Act
Lifetime Learning credit
Taxpayer Relief Act
Look at the chart. Based on the chart, which of these presidents created more jobs than Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Carter
Clinton
Nixon
Reagan
