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WorksheetsCommon Assessment 5 Study Guide (25-26) — Worksheet Questions
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 25mins
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What were the unintended effects of the creation of the Interstate Highway System?
Increased urban density and reduced suburban growth
Suburbanization, growth of roadside businesses, and decline of some urban centers
Mass expansion of passenger rail networks replacing automobiles
Immediate reduction in interstate commerce and tourism
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. How did World War 2 medical advancements impact the US population?
They primarily increased infant mortality rates due to antibiotic overuse
They led to longer life expectancy and improved public health outcomes
They caused a decline in vaccine development and usage
They had little measurable effect on civilian health after the war
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What does the term Baby Boom refer to?
A surge in industrial production during the early Cold War
A dramatic increase in US birth rates following World War 2
A rapid expansion of rock-and-roll music among teenagers
A spike in migration to urban centers during the 1950s
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What was the primary purpose of the Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, and Eisenhower Doctrine?
To promote decolonization in Asia and Africa
To rebuild European economies and contain the spread of Communism
To reduce US military expenditures and focus on domestic programs
To expand United Nations authority over member states
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What was the primary purpose of alliance groups such as NATO and the United Nations after World War 2?
To eliminate all national sovereignty and form a world government
To provide collective security, promote international cooperation, and deter aggression
To enforce colonial rule in newly independent nations
To restrict economic trade among member states
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. In your own words, explain the United States’ policy of containment.
A policy to roll back Communism through direct invasions
A strategy to prevent the expansion of Communism by supporting allies and resisting Soviet influence
A commitment to withdraw from international affairs and focus on isolationism
A plan to replace monarchies with democratic governments worldwide
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. How did the United States respond to the threat of Communism in Korea during the 1950s, and how does it reflect the policy of containment?
By recognizing North Korea’s sovereignty to avoid conflict, showing non-intervention
By supporting South Korea militarily to stop Communist expansion, demonstrating containment
By establishing a permanent US colony in Korea, showing imperial expansion
By refusing to engage and allowing the peninsula to unite under Communist rule, showing isolationism
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What was the Domino Theory?
The idea that democratic nations would automatically ally if one was attacked
The belief that if one nation fell to Communism, neighboring nations were likely to follow
The theory that economic recessions happen in predictable cycles
The concept that colonial empires collapse simultaneously across continents
Instructions: Answer the following questions about the Second Red Scare. What does the Second Red Scare reflect about the United States after World War 2?
Widespread enthusiasm for expanding civil liberties
Heightened fear of Communist infiltration and loyalty investigations
Declining interest in national security and intelligence agencies
Strong bipartisan support for reducing defense spending
Instructions: Answer the following questions about the Second Red Scare. When did it take place?
Late 1910s to early 1920s
Late 1940s through the 1950s
Mid-1960s to early 1970s
Early 1980s
Instructions: Answer the following questions about the Second Red Scare. Who was Joseph McCarthy and why is he tied to the Second Red Scare?
A civil rights leader who opposed segregation
A senator who led aggressive investigations alleging widespread Communist infiltration
A Supreme Court justice who expanded freedom of speech protections
A diplomat who negotiated the Marshall Plan
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What event started the Space Race?
The launch of Apollo 11
The Soviet launch of Sputnik
The signing of the Outer Space Treaty
The first US satellite Explorer 1
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What 2 countries were involved in the Space Race?
United States and Soviet Union
United States and United Kingdom
Soviet Union and China
United States and France
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What Supreme Court case is considered to be the start of the Civil Rights Movement?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Miranda v. Arizona
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What Declaration of Independence idea did the Civil Rights Movement attempt to fulfill?
Popular sovereignty through direct democracy initiatives
Equality and unalienable rights for all people
Right of states to nullify federal laws
Freedom of religion for minority groups only
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What was the main difference between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X?
Their positions on women’s suffrage
MLK’s advocacy for nonviolent integration versus Malcolm X’s emphasis on Black nationalism and self-defense
Their support for US military intervention abroad
Their views on environmental protection
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What was the main similarity between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X?
Both rejected any federal involvement in civil rights
Both sought to advance African American rights and challenge systemic racism
Both advocated violent revolution as the sole strategy
Both prioritized economic policy over social change
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. Which Civil Rights Movement events and organizations reflect Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil disobedience tactics?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Sit-ins and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Freedom Rides
Black Panther Party armed patrols
Instructions: Answer the following questions about the Great Society. Which president passed the Great Society?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Instructions: Answer the following questions about the Great Society. What was the main purpose of this program?
To reduce immigration and strengthen border controls
To combat poverty and expand civil rights, education, and healthcare
To increase US territorial acquisitions
To prioritize space exploration over domestic issues
Instructions: Answer the following questions about the Great Society. How is the Great Society connected to FDR’s New Deal?
It reversed New Deal social programs
It expanded on New Deal social welfare aims with new anti-poverty and rights initiatives
It focused solely on foreign policy unlike the New Deal
It was a judicial reform effort unrelated to economic policy
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. During Richard Nixon’s presidency, one of his major goals was to gain Southern support. How did he plan to achieve this goal, and what was it called?
By promoting immediate civil rights enforcement, called the Progressive Strategy
By appealing to conservative Southern voters on social issues, called the Southern Strategy
By offering statehood to Puerto Rico, called the Territorial Strategy
By cutting defense spending, called the Fiscal Strategy
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What 1970 program was semi-inspired by Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring?
Head Start
Environmental Protection Agency
Medicare
Peace Corps
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What was New Federalism in response to?
A push to centralize power in the federal government
The desire to shift certain powers and responsibilities back to states and localities
A movement to abolish state governments
A plan to merge executive and judicial branches
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The US invaded Cuba and removed all missiles by force
A tense standoff over Soviet missiles in Cuba ended with a negotiated removal and US concessions
Cuba joined NATO
The Soviet Union launched missiles at the United States
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. Which movement did Phyllis Schlafly actively protest during the 1960s/70s?
Environmental movement
Equal Rights Amendment movement
Civil Rights Movement
Anti-war movement
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. Which Supreme Court case was overturned by Brown v Board of Education?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Korematsu v. United States
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. Which Constitutional Amendment is supported by the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
First Amendment
Tenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Twenty-Second Amendment
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What role did the television play in the outcome of support for the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement?
It reduced public awareness by limiting news coverage
It increased public scrutiny and shaped opinion by broadcasting graphic and immediate images
It was banned during protests and conflicts
It only aired government-approved messages without dissent
Instructions: Answer the following questions about the Warren Court. Please list at least three Supreme Court cases associated with the Warren Court.
Brown v. Board of Education
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
Plessy v. Ferguson
Instructions: Answer the following questions about the Warren Court. What was the primary purpose of the Warren Court cases decisions?
To limit civil liberties and expand police power
To expand individual rights, due process, and civil liberties
To abolish judicial review
To increase federal control over foreign policy
Instructions: Answer the following question using your notes and class resources. What was the major impact of the Pentagon Papers, My Lai Massacre, and Watergate Scandal?
Restored full public trust in government institutions
Demonstrated the effectiveness of secrecy in governance
Increased public skepticism and distrust toward government and official narratives
Led to immediate end of the Cold War
What was the result of the Watergate Scandal?
President Nixon resigned from office
President Nixon was impeached and removed from office
President Nixon won reelection in 1976
Vice President Spiro Agnew became president
Which goals best describe the “wants” of the New Right? Select all that apply.
Reduce taxes and federal regulation
Expand social welfare programs and the federal bureaucracy
Strengthen national defense and confront the USSR
Promote traditional social and religious values
Pursue détente and arms reduction at any cost
Which goals best describe the “wants” of the New Left? Select all that apply.
End U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
Increase corporate deregulation and tax cuts
Expand participatory democracy and student activism
Advance civil rights and social equality
Emphasize law-and-order and traditional morality
What short-term and long-term consequences did the Oil Crisis have on the United States?
Temporary gas shortages and price spikes; long-term push for fuel efficiency and energy independence
Immediate economic boom; long-term decline in oil prices
Short-term military conflict in the Middle East; long-term U.S. isolationism
No notable short-term effects; long-term creation of the euro
What was the decision of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Authorized the president to use military force in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war
Formally declared war on North Vietnam
Ended all military operations in Southeast Asia
Required congressional approval for every troop deployment
What piece of legislation reversed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
War Powers Act of 1973
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
USA PATRIOT Act of 2001
Why did Jimmy Carter have low approval ratings during his presidency? Select all that apply.
Stagflation and energy shortages
The Iran hostage crisis
Successful resolution of the Camp David Accords
Surging economic growth and low inflation
A popular landslide reelection
How did Ronald Reagan change American foreign policy toward the Soviet Union?
Shifted from détente to a hardline stance, increased defense spending, and later negotiated arms reductions with Gorbachev
Immediately dissolved NATO and recognized Soviet control over Eastern Europe
Adopted strict isolationism and withdrew from global affairs
Launched a full-scale war against the Soviet Union
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
To prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin
To protect West Berlin from invasion
To divide Berlin’s resources evenly
To commemorate the end of World War II
What contributing factor led to the Persian Gulf War?
Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990
Iran’s capture of the U.S. embassy
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Israel’s annexation of the West Bank
Who was president during the Persian Gulf War?
George H. W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
What was the outcome of the Presidential election of 2000?
George W. Bush won after a disputed Florida recount, despite losing the popular vote
Al Gore won decisively in both the popular and electoral votes
The election was postponed due to a Supreme Court injunction
Congress appointed a caretaker president until a new election
What Supreme Court case is associated with the election of 2000?
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Summarize the role of these minority groups during the civil rights/counterculture movements of the 1960s/70s/80s/90s by matching each group to the description of its activism.
African Americans
Civil rights movement pressing for desegregation and voting rights through groups such as the NAACP and SCLC
Women
Feminist movement advocating equal rights, workplace equality, and educational opportunities (e.g., Title IX)
Latin Americans
Chicano movement and United Farm Workers organizing for labor rights, political representation, and cultural empowerment
Native Americans
American Indian Movement seeking sovereignty, treaty enforcement, and protection of tribal lands
What was one major criticism of the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1992?
It encouraged outsourcing and loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to lower-wage countries
It required all tariffs to increase on North American goods
It eliminated trade among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
It created a single North American currency
What was the immediate outcome of the 9/11 attacks?
The U.S. launched the War on Terror and invaded Afghanistan to target al-Qaeda and the Taliban
The U.S. immediately invaded Iraq and captured Saddam Hussein
NATO dissolved and withdrew from global operations
The United Nations expelled the United States
Define the War on Drugs.
A government campaign beginning in the 1970s to reduce illegal drug use and trafficking through law enforcement, interdiction, and tough sentencing
A diplomatic pact to legalize all drugs worldwide
A private charity focused on addiction treatment only
A program to subsidize pharmaceutical companies
