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US History 2 Unit 3: Chapter 20 Test B
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Choose the statement that best answers the question.
______ 1. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for President in 1960, was a senator from
a. New York.
c. Texas.
b. California.
d. Massachusetts.
______ 2. Kennedy appointed his brother, Robert, to serve as
a. secretary of state.
c. secretary of defense.
b. attorney general.
d. a justice of the Supreme Court.
______ 3. The hot line established in 1963 did all of the following except
a. link the White House and the Kremlin.
c. ease Cold War tensions.
b. make communication in a crisis easier.
d. bar nuclear testing.
______ 4. The Peace Corps, a program of volunteer assistance to developing nations, was
proposed by:
a. Kennedy and failed.
c. Kennedy and succeeded.
b. Johnson and failed.
d. Johnson and succeeded.
______ 5. After investigating the assassination of JFK, the Warren Commission concluded that
a. Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
c. there was evidence of a conspiracy.
b. Jack Ruby acted alone.
d. the CIA was involved.
______ 6. The Economic Opportunity Act did all of the following except
a. offer foreign aid to Latin American c. encourage poor people to join in
countries.
public-works programs.
b. give underprivileged preschoolers a d. create a training program for youth.
head start.
______ 7. Lyndon Baines Johnson, who became president when Kennedy was assassinated, was
a. never elected president by the people.
c. mistrusted because he was a Catholic.
b. an experienced politician.
d. opposed to the Great Society.
______ 8. Medicare, a federal program established for Americans age 65 and over, was intended to
provide
a. housing.
c. education.
b. transportation.
d. health insurance.
______ 9. The Immigration Act of 1965
a. stopped immigration from
European countries.
b. stopped immigration from nonEuropean countries.
c. ended quotas based on nationality.
d. began quotas based on nationality.
______ 10. Decisions of the Warren Court were
a. of little importance to the average c. praised by conservatives.
American.
b. praised by liberals.
d. an obstacle to change in election districts.
Use the map to answer the following questions.
______ 11. How many Soviet missiles sites are shown?
a. four
c. six
b. five
d. seven
12. How many
U.S. air bases are
shown?
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. five
13. Which of the
following locations
in the United
States is closest to
Cuba?
a. Miami
b. Cape
Canaveral
c. Swan Island
______ 14. Which statement about the U.S. blockade is true?
d. Key West
a. The air patrol covered a larger area than c. The air patrol and naval blockade covered
the naval blockade.
the same area.
b. The naval blockade covered a larger area d. There was no naval blockade.
than the air patrol.
______ 15. Which U.S. air base is closest to the Soviet missiles?
a. Puerto Rico
c. Key West
b. Miami
d. Guantanamo
Choose the statement that best answers the question.
______ 16. Which was not a factor working against Kennedy in the 1960 election?
a. age
c. debate performance
b. religion
d. serious policy differences with his opponent
______ 17. What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
a. to embarrass America
c. to reduce Cold War tensions
b. to stop East Germans from fleeing to
d. to demonstrate the success of communism
West Berlin
______ 18. Which was not a result of Kennedy’s New Frontier initiatives?
a. expansion of the military
c. the Peace Corps
b. acceleration of the space program
d. higher taxes
______ 19. How did America react to news that the Soviet Union was the first to put a man in space?
a. indifference
c. determination not to lose the space
race
b. pride in human achievement
d. threats of military action
______ 20. What was the major factor in Johnson’s landslide victory over Goldwater in 1964?
a. Johnson’s domestic agenda
c. Johnson’s determination to fight
communism in South Vietnam
b. Goldwater’s liberalism
d. Goldwater’s call for the use of nuclear
weapons against Cuba and Vietnam
US History 2: Chapter 21 Test B
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Choose the person that best describes the statement.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Meredith
Thurgood Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fannie Lou Hamer
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Stokely Carmichael
Lyndon B. Johnson
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
John F. Kennedy
Write the letter of the person who best matches each description.
______ 1. spokesperson for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the 1964 Democratic
Convention
______ 2. NAACP lawyer who argued the Brown v. Board of Education case before the Supreme Court
______ 3. Black Muslim leader who urged blacks to separate from white society
______ 4. civil rights leader and minister who believed deeply in the power of nonviolent protest
______ 5. president who demanded that Congress pass a sweeping civil rights law but did not live to
see it enacted
______ 6. president who appointed a committee to study the causes of urban violence
______ 7. veteran who became the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi
______ 8. activist whose protest helped spark the Montgomery bus boycott
______ 9. president who ordered soldiers to protect African-American students trying to integrate a
white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
______ 10. civil rights leader who became impatient with nonviolence and called for “Black Power”
This map plots 156 civil disorders, or race riots, that were studied and classified by the Kerner
Commission. Use the map to complete this section. Write the letter of the best answer.
______ 11. How many deaths resulted from the 1967 race riots?
a. 5,002
c. 696
b. 1,897
d. 83
______ 12. What does a small dot on the map stand for?
a. a major disturbance
c. a minor disturbance
b. a serious disturbance
d. no disturbances
______ 13. According to the map key, which of the following is not involved in a “major
disturbance”?
a. looting
c. violence
b. fires
d. picketing
______ 14. Which region had only one major disturbance?
a. Northeast
c. South
b. Midwest
d. West
______ 15. Which region of the country was most affected by civil disorders in 1967?
a. Southwest
c. Northwest
b. Southeast
d. Northeast
Choose the answer that best answers the question.
______ 16. Which doctrine relating to public education was overturned by the Supreme Court
decision in Brown v. Board of Education?
a. due process of law
c. “all deliberate speed”
b. “separate but equal”
d. equal protection of the law
______ 17. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?
a. housing
c. private universities
b. churches
d. public accommodations
______ 18. What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officials to do?
a. register voters
c. oversee programs to test voter
literacy
b. oversee the collection of poll taxes d. recount votes
______ 19. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in which activity?
a. hiring an employee
c. awarding a construction contract
b. selling or renting a home
d. admitting students to state
universities
______ 20. What was the main type of pressure exerted by the Montgomery Improvement
Association in response to segregation on buses?
a. social
c. political
b. economic
d. physical force
United States History 2: Unit 3: Chapter 22 Test
Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. ___ was the United States' main goal in Vietnam.
a. Reunifying Vietnam
c. Upholding the Geneva Accords
b. Containing the spread of communism
d. Negotiating a cease-fire agreement with
North Vietnam
2. ___ served as the commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam.
a. Dean Rusk
c. Robert McNamara
b. Clark Clifford
d. William Westmoreland
3. In the early years of the war, a young man could automatically be deferred from the draft by ___.
a. getting married
c. getting a job
b. enrolling in college
d. becoming a conscientious objector
4. ___ did not occur in 1968.
a. The Tet Offensive
b. The U.S. invasion of Cambodia
c.
d.
The assassination of Robert Kennedy
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
5. ___ set off the first general student strike in U.S. history.
a. The invasion of Cambodia
c. The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
b. The assassination of Robert Kennedy
d. Riots at the 1968 Democratic National
Convention
6. After World War II, the United States aided ___ in its efforts to keep control of Vietnam.
a. Japan
c. France
b. China
d. Britain
7. ___ enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam.
a. The Ho Chi Minh Trail
c. The strategic hamlet program
b. The fall of Dien Bien Phu
d. Operation Rolling Thunder
8. The main purpose of the War Powers Act was to ___.
a. expand the power of the military
c.
b. expand the power of the president
d.
restrict the power of the military
restrict the power of the president
9. ___, founded by Tom Hayden and Al Haber, charged that corporations and large government
institutions had taken over America.
a. Students for a Democratic Society
c. The New Left
b. The Free Speech Movement
d. The Hardhats
10. ___ was/were most effective in convincing the American public that the war was not winnable.
a. Body counts
c. The actions of Students for a Democratic Society
b. The Tet Offensive
d. The invasion of Cambodia
11. In the 1968 presidential campaign, which of the following candidates would a dove most likely
have favored?
a. George Wallace
c. Eugene McCarthy
b. Richard Nixon
d. Hubert Humphrey
12. Which of the following did President Nixon say would bring about "peace with honor" in Vietnam?
a. the Vietnamization of the war
c. the domino theory
b. the Americanization of the war
d. the Geneva Accords
13. Why did Congress pass the War Powers Act?
a. to allow military leaders more independence c.
b. to prevent tragedies like the My Lai massacre d.
to limit the president's authority to wage war
to increase the president's authority to wage
war
14. Which president asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
a. Richard Nixon
c. John Kennedy
b. Lyndon Johnson
d. Dwight Eisenhower
15. What was the main purpose of introducing the "body count"?
a. to persuade Americans that a Vietcong
c. to build antiwar sentiment in the United
surrender was imminent
States
b. to motivate U.S. soldiers to desire revenge
d. to show that the war could not be won
without U.S. involvement
16. Which of the following statements regarding the Democratic candidates for president in the
1968 election is true?
a. Robert Kennedy was assassinated after narrowly losing the party's nomination.
b. Hubert Humphrey was guaranteed the party's nomination before the national convention took
place.
c. Eugene McCarthy voluntarily dropped out of the race before the national convention took place.
d. Lyndon Johnson announced at the national convention that he would not seek the party's
nomination.
17. Which administration's efforts to mislead the American people were revealed by the
publication of the Pentagon Papers?
a. Richard Nixon's
c. John Kennedy's
b. Lyndon Johnson's
d. Dwight Eisenhower's
18. Which of the following statements best defines the domino theory?
a. If one country falls to communism, others in c. Communism will cause the fall of the United
the region will fall, too.
States.
b. Communism will topple the global economy. d. Socialist governments are a threat to
freedom.
19. Against whom did the ARVN fight?
a. France
c. North Vietnam
b. United States
d. South Vietnam
20. Which statement best summarizes the opinion of Martin Luther King, Jr., about AfricanAmerican troops in the Vietnam War?
a. He was happy and proud that these men could serve their country.
b. He believed it was unfair that they were fighting for a country that treated them unfairly at
home.
c. He believed that the number of African Americans fighting was proportionate to the population.
d. He believed that if African Americans displayed courage on the battlefield, they would earn civil
rights at home.
United States History 2: Unit 3: Chapter 23 Test
Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. César Chávez used nonviolent means to organize Mexican-American
a. voters.
c. farm workers.
b. students.
d. factory workers.
2. The event that was most responsible for Chávez's group gaining negotiating power was
a. a strike.
c. an act of Congress.
b. a protest march.
d. a national boycott.
3. In the 1970s, La Raza Unida focused its efforts on
a. educational reform.
c.
b.
electing Latinos to public office.
d.
promoting cooperation between various
Latino groups.
reclaiming land taken from Mexican
landholders in the 19th century.
4. The Indian Education Act gave greater control over the education of Native Americans to
a. state governments.
c. the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
b. Native American tribes.
d. the American Indian Movement.
5. In the 1970s, the American Indian Movement organized all of the following except the
a. occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
c. Trail of Broken Treaties march on
Washington.
b. occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. d. meeting that resulted in the Declaration of
Indian Purpose.
6. The modern feminist movement became more organized and focused after the
a. passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
c. publication of the first issue of Ms. magazine.
b. publication of The Feminine Mystique.
d. founding of the National Women's Political
Caucus.
7. Phyllis Schlafly became well known for her efforts to
a. get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified.
c. organize radical demonstrations for
women's rights.
b. defeat the Equal Rights Amendment.
d. reverse the Supreme Court's decision in Roe
v. Wade.
8. The members of the counterculture movement were mostly
a. entertainers, artists, and musicians.
c. poor urban youths.
b. Latinos and Native Americans.
d. white, middle-class college youths.
9. Conservatives placed the blame for the increasing permissiveness in society on
a. women and minorities.
c. campus rebels and the counterculture.
b. Democrats.
d. the Beatles.
10. The conservative reaction to the counterculture was
a. largely ineffective.
c. set the nation on a more liberal course.
b. helped propel Richard M. Nixon into the
d. posed a danger to traditional values.
White House.
11. Which of the following describes the actions of César Chávez?
a. He ran for Congress as a liberal democrat.
c. He adopted the tactics of militant
confrontation.
b. He adopted the tactics of nonviolent protest. d. He protested against agricultural
unionization.
12. Which of the following was most responsible for the UFWOC earning higher wages and better
benefits for farm workers?
a. a strike
c. a national boycott
b. a protest march D
d. an act of Congress
13. On which right did Native American groups focus in the 1961 Declaration of Indian Purpose?
a. privacy
c. property ownership
b. self-determination
d. religious freedom
14. What were the demonstrations organized by the American Indian Movement designed to do?
a. actively confront the federal government
c. build an alliance with other minority groups
b. passively resist the federal government
d. promote cooperation with the federal
government
15. Whose book The Feminine Mystique inspired women to question their lives?
a. Phyllis Schlafly
c. Robin Morgan
b. Gloria Steinem
d. Betty Friedan
16. Which group was founded specifically to address the grievances of women that were not
adequately addressed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a. National Organization for Women
c. New Left
b. New Right
d. Ohio Women's Suffrage Association
17. Which of the following best describes Phyllis Schlafly's role in the women's movement of the
1960s?
a. She joined the women's movement and fought to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
b. She opposed the women's movement and fought to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment.
c. She helped unite women and form the National Organization for Women.
d. She created a women's magazine, Ms. , that treated issues from a feminist perspective.
18. Which of the following is not considered a force that weakened the counterculture movement?
a. violent incidents
c. transcendental meditation
b. the effects of drug use
d. dependency on mainstream America
19. Which group played a key role in helping Ronald Reagan become president in 1980?
a. New Right
c. National Organization for Women
b. La Raza Unida
d. American Indian Movement
20. Whom did conservatives blame for the increasing permissiveness in American society?
a. women and minorities
c. the Beatles
b. democrats
d. campus rebels and the counterculture