Download Unit 11: The 1920s (2012)

Unit 11: The 1920s (2012)
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1. You should associate the names Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan, and John T. Scopes with which of
the following?
A. Prohibition
C. the Harlem Renaissance
B. Fundamentalism v. modernism
D. Jazz Age arts and entertainment
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2. Which of the following was NOT an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance?
A. Langston Hughes
C. A. Mitchell Palmer
B. Duke Ellington
D. Zora Neale Hurston
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3. With which of the following would rural residents MOST LIKELY give their approval?
A. Prohibition
B. Speakeasies
C. Flappers
D. teaching evolution theory in high schools
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4. Which of the following has been described as, “The Noble Experiment”?
A. giving women the right to vote
C. the “Back to Africa” movement
B. Prohibition
D. teaching evolution theory in high school
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5. Young women who adopted many of the new styles of the 1920’s, including the “Bob”, were called
A. nativists
C. bootleggers
B. “womens’ libbers”
D. flappers
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6. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of the “installment plan”?
A. it encouraged women to rebel
B. it caused farm prices to fall drastically
C. it gave consumers the ability to “buy now, pay later”
D. it gave the federal government the right to deport immigrants
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7. Which of the following pairs identifies the two immigrant anarchists who were executed for a crime in which
their nationality and political views, and NOT solid evidence, were the likely reasons for their convictions?
A. Sacco and Vanzetti
C. Esposito and Orr
B. Palazzola and Carlucci
D. Petrocelli and Yastrzemski
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8. Assume that you are writing a paper on the “clash of cultures” during the 1920’s. Which of the following
would be LEAST relevant to the topic?
A. womens’ changing role in American society
B. new sports stars became national heroes
C. the Scopes Trial
D. public attitudes towards Prohibition
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9. All of the following correctly identify problems facing post-WWI America EXCEPT
A. what to do with all of the left over helmets
B. the cost of living had doubled during the war years while wages remained stagnant
C. lower demand for farm products
D. fear of a Bolshevik-inspired revolution in America
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____ 10. An important reason why people settled on the outskirts of major cities in the 1920’s was
A. passage of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff
B. Prohibition
C. the availability of an affordable automobile
D. growth of organized crime in American cities
____ 11. All of the following are true statements about the 1920s EXCEPT
A. There was a clash between traditional values and new values.
B. Prohibition encouraged the rise of organized crime.
C. It was a period of mass consumerism made possible, in part, by installment buying.
D. The American economy stalled as few new technologies were introduced.
____ 12. Which statement BEST describes the Harlem Renaissance?
A. It was the main reason why black Americans left the cities and settled in rural America
B. It was a clash of traditional values and liberal values.
C. It was a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture.
D. It was the main cause of the movie industry’s rise to prominence in American society.
____ 13. Which of the following was a DIRECT result of the 18th Amendment?
A. Rising prices but stagnant wages
C. Women having a voice in government
B. the Great Migration
D. Bootlegging
____ 14. Which of the following saw a rise in membership as the nation became increasingly urban and ethnically more
diverse?
A. The Ku Klux Klan
C. The Harlem Renaissance
B. The League of Nations
D. The “Lost Generation”
____ 15. Which of the following was most responsible for the rise in organized crime in the 1920s?
A. The Red Scare
C. the 18th Amendment
B. The Harlem Renaissance
D. the 21st Amendment
UNIT 13: Part 1 - The Road to War (2012)
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1. German troops overwhelmed Poland in 1939 by unleashing a blitzkrieg,
A. a propaganda strategy that promised “peace for our time.”
B. a new military strategy known in Britain as a “phony war.”
C. a secret invasion of the Sudetenland region.
D. a new style of warfare that emphasized speed and firepower.
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2. During the mid-1930s, President Roosevelt realized that most Americans
A. opposed U.S. intervention in the problems of Europe.
B. were more concerned with the war than with U.S. domestic affairs.
C. were eager for the United States to solve Europe’s problems.
D. supported the aims of the Axis Powers.
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3. After coming to power in Italy, Benito Mussolini
A. became a communist dictator and ally of Joseph Stalin.
B. banned political parties, took over the press, and suppressed strikes.
C. denounced Italian nationalism as a dangerous threat to peace.
D. built a strong democratic government to lead his country.
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4. What impact did the appeasement policy of Britain and France have on German aggression?
A. It restricted aggression to certain regions.
B. It brought peace to Europe.
C. It reduced aggression.
D. It encouraged more aggression.
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5. The disastrous effects of World War I and the Great Depression led
A. totalitarian regimes to die out worldwide.
B. to strong democracies taking shape throughout Europe.
C. people throughout the world to feel more hopeful about the future.
D. to the rise of totalitarian regimes in some countries.
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6. Hitler’s plans to invade Britain depended on
A. the Luftwaffe controlling the skies above the English Channel.
B. German forces taking no more than 35 days to capture Paris.
C. the United States pledging not to declare war on Germany.
D. British forces being unable to penetrate the Maginot Line.
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7. What was Congress’s purpose in passing the Lend-Lease Act?
A. to provide Britain with the aid it needed but could not afford
B. to charge Britain more for U.S. weapons than Britain could afford
C. to provide equal amounts of aid to Britain and Germany
D. to lease U-boats from Germany and then lend them to Britain
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8. Which political party rose to power in Germany during the 1930s?
A. the Nazi Party
C. the Communist Party
B. the Socialist Party
D. the Fascist Party
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9. Interventionists believed that providing aid to Britain would
A. draw the United States into war.
C. provoke attacks on the United States.
B. prompt other countries to expect aid.
D. keep the United States out of war.
____ 10. Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany largely
A. through legitimate means and then working from within the system to gain total control
B. leading a violent overthrow of Kaiser Wilhelm’s government
C. because of the successful 1923 Munich putsch
D. because Benito Mussolini personally selected Hitler to lead the nation
____ 11. Recognizing the threat posed by Hitler, FDR tried to move American public opinion away from isolationism.
In his 1937 “Quarantine Speech”, FDR compared aggressor nations to
A. monsters
C. a disease
B. barbarians
D. slave owners
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____ 12. The Japanese took aggressive, hostile actions in China in 1931 and again in 1937 primarily
A. to get revenge for China’s support of Germany in WWI
B. to secure a source of iron ore and coal
C. to secure a source of good chow mein and orange chicken
D. to practice their tactics for a future attack on Poland
____ 13. The main outcome of the Munich Pact was that
A. the Nazis and Soviets agreed not to attack one another
B. the Sudetenland was handed over to Germany
C. Thousands of Jews were arrested and hundreds of Jewish businesses were destroyed
D. Italy and Germany formed an alliance
UNIT 13 Test:
The Road to War and World War Two
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1. During the mid-1930s, President Roosevelt understood clearly that most Americans
A. opposed U.S. intervention in the problems of Europe.
B. were more concerned with the on-going war in Europe than with U.S. domestic problems.
C. were eager for the United States to help solve Europe’s problems.
D. supported the aims of the Axis Powers.
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2. After coming to power in Italy, Benito Mussolini
A. became a communist dictator and an ally of Joseph Stalin.
B. banned political parties, took over the press, and suppressed labor strikes.
C. criticized Italian nationalism as a dangerous threat to peace.
D. built a strong democratic government to lead his country.
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3. What impact did Britain’s policy of appeasement have on German aggression?
A. It restricted aggression to certain regions.
B. It brought peace to Europe.
C. It reduced aggression.
D. It encouraged more aggression.
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4. The disastrous effects of World War I and the Great Depression were important factors for
A. causing totalitarian regimes to die out worldwide.
B. causing strong democracies to emerge throughout Europe.
C. causing people throughout the world to feel more hopeful about the future.
D. causing the rise of totalitarian regimes in some countries.
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5. The Neutrality Acts allowed nations at war to buy non-military supplies from the United States as
long as those nations
A. agreed to keep the United States out of the conflict.
B. adopted democratic policies in their own countries.
C. paid cash and transported the materials themselves.
D. promised not to use the materials against the United States.
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6. Hitler’s plans to invade Britain depended upon
A. the Luftwaffe controlling the skies above the English Channel.
B. German forces taking no more than 2 months to capture Paris.
C. the United States pledging not to declare war on Germany.
D. Germany’s ability to withdraw from the Munich Conference
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7. What was Congress’ purpose in passing the Lend-Lease Act?
A. to provide Britain with the aid it needed but could not afford
B. to charge Britain more for U.S. weapons than Britain could afford
C. to prevent weapons from falling into Nazi hands
D. to lease U-boats from Germany and then lend them to Britain
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8. Interventionists argued that the United States could avoid war if it
A. sent aid to Britain.
C. refused aid to Britain.
B. sent aid to all nations at war.
D. refused aid to any nation at war.
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9. Which of the following is the ONLY false statement about Japan?
A. The military directed Japanese foreign policy in the 1930s
B. Japan’s lack of natural resources was a basic reason for her aggressions in
Manchuria.
C. The Treaty of Versailles gave Japan control of Manchuria.
D. Japan intended to exert influence over the Pacific region.
____ 10. A pivotal moment in world history was the signing of the Munich Pact in which
A. Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to an alliance and to divide Poland
B. Nazi Germany added Austria to the Third Reich
C. Hitler demanded and was given the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia
D. Germany and Italy formed a military alliance
____ 11. The war in North Africa was fought primarily
A. to establish air bases from which to attack London and Berlin
B. to liberate the Ethiopians from Italian rule
C. for control of the iron ore deposits in Egypt
D. for control of the Suez Canal
____ 12. What event gave Americans an enormous morale boost in early 1942 but actually had very little
military value?
A. the Doolittle Raid
C. the invasion of Normandy
B. the fire-bombing of Dresden
D. the re-capture of the Philippines
____ 13. What proved to be a decisive turning point in the ETO was
A. the Battle of Stalingrad
B. the Battle of Britain
C. the failed plot by Rommel and others to kill Hitler
D. the Battle of the Coral Sea
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____ 14. The “date that will live in infamy” refers to
A. the day the Allies invaded the beaches of Normandy, France
B. the day Stalingrad surrendered
C. the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
D. the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
____ 15. Following the battle of Stalingrad,
A. the Nazis controlled the Caucasus oil fields.
B. both German and Soviet troops refused to surrender.
C. The Soviets began the long process of driving back the Nazis toward Germany
D. German troops continued their blitzkrieg eastward.
____ 16. The decisive battles that turned the tide of war in the PTO were the battles of
A. Iwo Jima and Okinawa
C. Stalingrad and El Alamein
B. Midway and Iwo Jima
D. the Coral Sea and Midway
____ 17. President Truman’s chief priority in using the atomic bomb against Japan was to
A. become a superpower.
C. protect the lives of Japanese civilians.
B. save American lives.
D. prepare for a U.S. invasion of Japan.
____ 18. President Roosevelt ordered the internment of the Nisei as a direct result of
A. Germany’s surrender in May, 1945
C. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
B. Hitler’s attacks on Great Britain
D. Japan’s invasion of Manchuria
____ 19. Japan’s purpose in attacking Pearl Harbor was to
A. force the U.S. to transfer some of its troops from Europe to the Pacific
B. gain control of Hawaii’s natural resources of oil, tin, and rubber
C. gain a military base from which to attack China
D. destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet
____ 20. Japan sought control of the Dutch East Indies because
A. she needed more deep-harbor ports for her aircraft carriers
B. she needed a staging area from which to launch attacks on the Soviet Union
C. she needed the oil, tin, and rubber found in that region
D. she needed additional troops and planned to draft the local inhabitants into the
Japanese Army
____ 21. What strategy did the American military use to win the war in the Pacific?
A. “island-hopping”
C. “fire-bombing” Japanese-held islands
B. “D-Day”
D. “scorched earth”
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____ 22. Use the timeline below to decide which group of events is placed in the correct sequence:
1920
1930
A. Hitler leads
Beer-hall putsch
1940
Hitler becomes
Chancellor of Germany
B.
Hitler becomes
Chancellor of Germany
Hitler leads
Beer-hall putsch
C.
Hitler becomes
Chancellor of Germany
Hitler signs
Munich Pact
D.
Hitler signs
Munich Pact
Hitler signs
Munich Pact
Hitler orders
invasion of Poland
Hitler orders
invasion of Poland
Hitler becomes
Chancellor of Germany
Hitler leads
Beer-hall putsch
Hitler orders
invasion of Poland
Hitler signs
Munich Pact
Hitler leads
Beer-hall putsch
Hitler orders
invasion of Poland
The Cold War and America in the 1950s
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1. Despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them by the United States, the ________ were defeated in the Chinese
Civil war and fled to the island of Formosa (present-day Taiwan).
A. Communists
C. Soviets
B. Nationalists
D. Peasants
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2. The NATO alliance was created as a result of:
A. the U-2 incident.
C. monetary disputes between the U.S. and
Greece
B. fear of Soviet aggression in Europe
D. the Korean Conflict
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3. This policy was aimed at preventing the extension of Communism to other nations:
A. Containment
C. CIA
B. the Space Race
D. NATO
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4. Ethel and Julius Rosenburg were all of the following except:
A. U.S. Citizens.
C. convicted of espionage.
B. communists
D. deported by the U.S. government
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5. What term refers to the division of Europe?
A. Communist curtain
B. Iron Curtain
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C. Warsaw Pact
D. brinksmanship
6. General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.N. forces in
A. Guatemala
C. Korea
B. Hungary
D. the Middle East
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7. The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between:
A. Korea and China
C. North and South Korea
B. North and South China
D. North and South Vietnam
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8. The main idea of “brinksmanship” as a foreign policy
A. was that the US would provide massive amounts of money to rebuild Europe to discourage
Europeans from seeking aid from the USSR
B. was that the US would be willing to go right to the very edge and risk nuclear holocaust to
deter (discourage) the Soviets from launching an attack on us.
C. the US needed to support Mao Zedong in his struggle for control of China to prevent the
communists from gaining control
D. the US should support Egypt in seizing control of the Suez Canal to guarantee that Middle
East oil continued to flow to the US
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9. What organization was created by the Soviets as a direct result of the creation of NATO?
A. HUAC
C. the Warsaw Pact
B. the National Civil Defense League
D. the Yalta Conference
____ 10. The Truman Doctrine was issued in response to the threat of increasing communist influence in
A. Egypt
C. Vietnam
B. Korea
D. Greece
____ 11. What Asian nation was susceptible to communist take-over after the French withdrew their troops?
A. Korea
C. Vietnam
B. Taiwan
D. China
____ 12. With the signing of a truce,
A. Korea was completely taken over by the communists
B. Korea remained a nation divided at the 38th Parallel
C. Korea became a shining example of much Americans loved to watch TV
D. Korea received enough military supplies to invade China in 1946
____ 13. The policy of containment was the brainchild of
A. George F. Kennan
C. Francis Gary Powers
B. John Foster Dulles
D. Dwight D. Eisenhower
____ 14. The Soviets crushed an uprising in this eastern European nation in 1956:
A. Poland
C. France
B. East Germany
D. Hungary
Unit 16: America in the 1950s (2012)
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1. Accusations that Communists had infiltrated the U.S. government and military were made by:
A. Douglas MacArthur
C. Joseph McCarthy
B. John Foster Dulles
D. Alger Hiss
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2. ___________________ investigated Communist influence in the film industry.
A. Truman
C. HUAC
B. The UN
D. NATO
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3. Being “blacklisted”, an American would most likely
A. find it nearly impossible to get or keep a job
B. be drafted to serve in the US Army.
C. be executed for treason.
D. be deported to the Soviet Union
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4. Who used mass production to create new, affordable homes for the American middle class?
A. John Foster Dulles
C. Edward R. Murrow
B. William Levitt
D. Harry S. Truman
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5. All of the following were 1950s TV shows featuring the idealized American family EXCEPT
A. Father Knows Best
C. Ozzie and Harriet
B. Leave it to Beaver
D. American Bandstand
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6. In the 1950s, many Americans shared common core values which included all of the following EXCEPT:
A. home ownership
C. raising a family in the suburbs
B. a good job with room for advancement
D. racial integration
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7. Winner of the 1952 Presidential election, he projected a wise and father-like image:
A. Harry S. Truman
C. Joseph McCarthy
B. Dwight D. Eisenhower
D. William Levitt
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8. One clear trend during the 1950s was the large migration of people to
A. the Sunbelt
C. northern cities
B. New England
D. Europe
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9. Consumerism, another characteristic of the 1950s, was largely the result of
A. effective advertising
C. both “A” and “B”
B. rising family incomes
D. neither “A” nor “B”
____ 10. Which of the following BEST describes “Jim Crow” laws?
A. laws meant to integrate the races
B. laws meant to segregate the races
C. laws meant to root out Communists
D. laws meant to encourage home ownership
____ 11. The 1896 Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson was viewed favorably by
A. those who supported integration
B. those who opposed integration
____ 12. “...in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place” was at the heart of the
Supreme Court’s decision in
A. Brown v. Board of Education
C. Plessy v. Ferguson
B. Parks v. Montgomery
D. McCarthy v. HUAC
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____ 13. Rosa Parks is viewed as an icon of the civil rights movement because her actions led to
A. desegregation of public schools
B. desegregation of public transportation
C. the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education
D. the creation of the NAACP
____ 14. The central issue of the crisis in Little Rock was
A. segregated seating for African-Americans on railroads
B. Communist influence in the film industry
C. the subversive nature of rock and roll lyrics
D. integration of public schools
____ 15. Which of the following was NOT a basic element of the “American Dream” in the 1950s?
A. home ownership
C. a career
B. marriage
D. a life free of committments
UNIT 17: JFK and LBJ (2012)
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1. Which of the following BEST describes the Warren Court?
A. it was liberal and did not favor expanding rights for those accused of crimes
B. it was liberal and did favor expanding rights for those accused of crimes
C. it was quite conservative and favored limiting rights for those accused of crimes
D. it was quite conservative and favored expanding rights for those accused of crimes
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2. When speaking of a “New Frontier”, JFK was referring to
A. outer space
C. finding a cure for cancer
B. the spread of communism in Latin
D. his vision of America’s future
America
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3. Who was the Soviet-supported leader of Cuba after the Cuban Revolution in 1958?
A. Hugo Chavez
C. Fulgencio Batista
B. Fidel Castro
D. Francisco Franco
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4. LBJ managed to get legislation passed in each of the following areas EXCEPT
A. Immigration reform
C. health care insurance
B. Drugs and alcohol abuse
D. Protection of the environment
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5. The opposing candidates in the 1960 election were
A. Johnson and Eisenhower
C. Kennedy and Johnson
B. Kennedy and Nixon
D. Nixon and Johnson
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6. According to the “lone gunman” theory, JFK was assassinated by
A. Jack Ruby
C. Lee Harvey Oswald
B. James Earl Ray
D. Mikey the Situation
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7. To improve the standard of living of many Americans, LBJ did ALL of the following EXCEPT:
A. increased the minimum wage to $5.50/Hour.
B. provided federal money to public education
C. provided better healthcare for those in need
D. created a jobs training program
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8. All of the following are TRUE about the JFK presidency EXCEPT
A. He pledged to put a man on the moon before the decade had ended
B. During the Missile Crisis, his brother Robert was his closest and most trusted advisor.
C. He created the Peace Corps
D. His vision for America was called the Great Society
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9. JFK favored “flexible response” as a key part of his
A. plan for improving public education in the C. plan for national defense
U.S.
B. plan for overthrowing Castro in Cuba
D. plan for winning the 1960 election
____ 10. All of the following are true of the 1960 election EXCEPT:
A. Television played an important role in shaping peoples’ opinions about the candidates
B. The majority of voters chose JFK because of his distinguished service as Eisenhower’s
Vice President.
C. The popular vote was extremely close with JFK winning by only about 119,000 votes
D. Both candidates were veterans of WWII and both had served in Congress
____ 11. Which of the following is NOT true of JFK’s visit to Dallas and his assassination?
A. With JFK gone, Vice President Richard Nixon became the nation’s new President
B. Nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot the alleged presidential assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald,
before Oswald could stand trial
C. The Warren Commission later concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone.
D. He had gone to Dallas to mend political fences
____ 12. The most important effect of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was that
A. it desegregated the United States military
B. it gave African-Americans the right to vote
C. it outlawed discrimination in voting, education , and public places
D. it made it mandatory for companies to hire African-American workers
____ 13. JFK’s stance against communism was severely tested 3 times in his first two years in office. Which event
below ended as a total failure and served to embarrass JFK internationally?
A. the construction of the Berlin Wall
C. the capture of Nikita Khrushchev
B. the Cuban Missile Crisis
D. the Bay of Pigs invasion
____ 14. JFK responded to the construction of missile sites in Cuba by
A. instructing Castro to set up a naval blockade of the USSR
B. authorizing an invasion of Cuba by 15,000 U.S. Marines
C. authorizing an American squadron of bombers to attack Moscow
D. instructing the U.S. Navy to intercept Soviet ships bound for Cuba and order them to turn
around
____ 15. Which of the following most accurately describes the 1964 election?
A. Johnson lost to Goldwater by a wide margin
B. Johnson defeated Goldwater by a narrow margin
C. Johnson defeated Goldwater by a wide margin
D. Johnson lost to Goldwater by a narrow margin
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____ 16. What effect did the Johnson presidency have on the role of the federal government?
A. it decreased the role of the federal government
B. it lessened the power of the federal government
C. it had little or no effect on the role of the federal government
D. it increased the role of the federal government
____ 17. What brought an end to the Cuban missile crisis?
A. Castro’s pledge to restore democracy in
C.
Cuba
B. America’s promise to remove missiles
D.
from Turkey
Castro’s pledge to break ties with the
Soviets
the discovery that the missiles had been
removed weeks earlier
UNIT 18 America Coming Apart: 1965-75
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1. All of the following are true statements about the Vietnam era EXCEPT
A. Superior technology was the main reason that the U.S. was able to win a quick and
decisive victory
B. the war was fought essentially by the lower economic classes of American society
C. the war divided public opinion sharply in the late 1960’s
D. American soldiers found it difficult to fight an enemy that employed guerilla tactics
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2. Who was responsible for leaking classified documents about U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War to the New
York Times?
A. Richard Nixon
C. Daniel Ellsberg
B. William Calley
D. Timothy Leary
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3. Chronology: Which one of the 4 groups below has the events listed in the correct chronological order?
A. Operation Rolling Thunder, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Kent State Tragedy
B. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Kent State Tragedy, Tet Offensive
C. Kent State Tragedy, US attacks in Cambodia, Paris Peace Accords
D. US attacks in Cambodia, Kent State Tragedy, Paris Peace Accords
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4. What is the most realistic estimate of the number of people who attended the Woodstock Festival?
A. between forty and fifty thousand
C. Between four and five hundred thousand
B. Between four and five million
D. between four and five thousand
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5. Anti-war protesters clashed with the Chicago Police outside of what event?
A. the Poor Peoples’ March
C. The Woodstock Festival
B. The Democratic National Convention
D. the 1968 Summer Olympics
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6. The Free Speech Movement
A. was born on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley
B. was an important result of the Woodstock Festival
C. ended in violence at the Democratic National Convention
D. launched the musical careers of Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead
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7. The communist leader of North Vietnam was
A. Mao Zedong
B. Ho Chi Minh
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C. Tre Lok Boks
D. Dien Bien Phu
8. Over 100 American cities erupted in violence in 1968 as a result of
A. the Kent State tragedy
C. the assassination of Martin Luther King
B. the Gulf of Tonkin incident
D. the Tet Offensive
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9. During whose presidency did the number of U.S. combat troops in Vietnam increase to approximately
500,000?
A. John F. Kennedy
C. Richard M. Nixon
B. Hubert H. Humphrey
D. Lyndon B. Johnson
____ 10. The main idea behind the policy of Vietnamization was
A. expand the war by getting Cambodia to join South Vietnam as an ally
B. to defeat the North Vietnamese by stepping up the frequency and intensity of high-altitude
bombing of selected targets in the North
C. to shift the responsibility for combat from US troops to the Vietcong
D. to shift the responsibility for combat from US troops to the Army of the Republic of
Vietnam
____ 11. Chronology: Which one of the 4 groups below has the events listed in correct chronological order?
A. Pentagon Papers published in the NY Times, Tet Offensive, Martin Luther King
assassination
B. Robert F. Kennedy assassination, Martin Luther King assassination, Tet Offensive
C. Free Speech Movement, LBJ chooses not to run, violence at the Democratic National
Convention
D. Nixon sworn in as President, violence at the Democratic National Convention, Operation
Rolling Thunder,
____ 12. News of what event sparked a wave of student demonstrations, including the one at Kent State that ended with
the death of four students?
A. the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
B. the invasion of Cambodia by U.S. ground troops
C. the attack on the U.S.S. Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin
D. the attack on the U.S. base at Khe Sanh
____ 13. The significance of the incident in the Gulf of Tonkin involving the USS Maddox was that
A. it left the Democratic Party without a strong candidate in the 1968 presidential race
B. it resulted in Congress giving broad war powers to LBJ
C. it helped bring about an end to America’s long involvement in Vietnam
D. it led to the immediate switch to “Vietnamization” as our policy in Vietnam
____ 14. All of the following occurred in 1968 EXCEPT
A. The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
C. The death of four students at Kent State
University
B. The Tet Offensive
D. The assassination of Martin Luther King
____ 15. Who spoke the following: “ I shall not seek...and I will not accept...the nomination of my party for another
term as your President...”?
A. Robert F. Kennedy
C. Richard M. Nixon
B. John F. Kennedy
D. Lyndon B. Johnson
____ 16. The main goal of the United States in Vietnam was
A. get the French out of Southeast Asia
B. to help Ho Chi Minh establish democracy there
C. have Vietnam as a forward staging area for future attacks on the Soviet Union
D. to contain the spread of communism
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____ 17. Who was in command of all U.S. ground troops in Vietnam?
A. General Eugene McCarthy
C. General William Westmoreland
B. Secretary of War, Cordell Hull
D. Secretary of Defense, Robert S.
McNamara
____ 18. Which of the following did Richard Nixon say would bring about”peace with honor” in Vietnam?
A. the Americanization of the war
C. the Vietnamization of the war
B. the Domino Theory
D. the Geneva Accords
____ 19. What eventually happened to South Vietnam after the U.S. withdrew all of its troops?
A. Cambodian troops invaded Laos and defeated the Vietcong
B. South Vietnam became an independent nation
C. Saigon fell to the communist North Vietnamese in 1975
D. all of the above
____ 20. Which of the following BEST describes the events that eventually led Richard Nixon to resign the presidency?
A. Five “burglars” leaked classified documents to the New York Times which revealed the
truth about America’s involvement in Vietnam.
B. Nixon was nearly impeached for his cover-up of the phony attack on the USS Maddox
which gave him a reason to escalate the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam to nearly
500,000.
C. Nixon was likely involved in the cover-up of illegal activities by the Committee to Reelect the President and was about to be impeached by the U.S. Senate.
D. Nixon ordered Chicago police to use extreme force against anti-war protesters at the
Democratic National Convention in 1968.
Answer Key
Unit 11: The 1920s (2012)
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UNIT 12: No Quiz (we did presentations instead)
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UNIT 13: Part 1 - The Road to War (2012)
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UNIT 13 Test: The Road to War and WWII (2012)
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Unit 16: America in the 1950s (2012)
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UNIT 17: JFK and LBJ (2012)
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UNIT 18 America Coming Apart: 1965-75
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