Name: _______________________________________________
Date: __________
Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was ___.
2. President Truman threatened to ___ striking workers to prevent strikes from crippling the nation.
3. With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ___ became an American way of
life.
4. The expression of nonconformity by ___ developed into the beat movement.
5. Most ___ enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period.
6. All of the following were early effects of the conversion from a wartime to a peacetime economy except
7. All of the following contributed to the economic recovery after the war except
8. The factor that most contributed to the upset win of Truman in the 1948 election was
9. Criticism of television in the 1950s was based on
10. In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock 'n' roll were viewed as forms of
11. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for President in 1960, was a senator from
12. Kennedy appointed his brother, Robert, to serve as
13. The Peace Corps, a program of volunteer assistance to developing nations, was
14. After investigating the assassination of JFK, the Warren Commission concluded that
15. Lyndon Baines Johnson, who became president when Kennedy was assassinated, was
16. Medicare, a federal program established for Americans age 65 and over, was intended to provide
17. Decisions of the Warren Court were
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Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
18. Who is the taller man in the cartoon?
19. Who is the shorter man?
20. What does each man have in his hands?
21. What is the expression on the face of each man?
Choose the letter of the best answer.
22. Which was not a factor working against Kennedy in the 1960 election?
23. What was the main purpose of the flexible response military strategy?
24. What contributed to the end of the Cuban missile crisis?
25. What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
26. How did America react to news that the Soviet Union was the first to put a man in space?
27. Which of the following reflects the findings of the Warren Commission?
28. What was one result of Johnson's Great Society initiatives?
29. Which of the following affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of Jim Crow
laws?
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30. Which doctrine relating to public education was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v.
Board of Education?
31. According to the Kerner Commission, what was the main cause of urban violence?
32. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?
33. What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officials to do?
34. Which of the following is not associated with the Black Power movement?
35. What was the main type of pressure exerted by the Montgomery Improvement Association in response to
segregation on buses?
36. Which of the following was not advocated by the Black Panthers?
37. In Brown v. Board of Education, the doctrine of ___ relating to public education was finally overturned.
38. The first organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation was ___.
39. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a founder and the first president of the ___.
40. One accomplishment of the ___ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel
facilities.
41. In the summer of 1964, thousands of white college students took part in ___.
42. Appealing to many African Americans' anger and frustration over a lack of social and economic power,
___ preached a militant approach to civil rights.
43. ___ was the United States' main goal in Vietnam.
44. ___ served as the commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam.
45. ___ set off the first general student strike in U.S. history.
46. After World War II, the United States aided ___ in its efforts to keep control of Vietnam.
47. ___ enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam.
48. The main purpose of the War Powers Act was to ___.
49. ___ was/were most effective in convincing the American public that the war was not winnable.
50. Which of the following did President Nixon say would bring about "peace with honor" in Vietnam?
51. Why did Congress pass the War Powers Act?
52. Which president asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
53. What was the main purpose of introducing the "body count"?
54. Which administration's efforts to mislead the American people were revealed by the publication of the
Pentagon Papers?
55. Which of the following statements best defines the domino theory?
56. Against whom did the ARVN fight?
57. The members of the counterculture movement were mostly
58. Conservatives placed the blame for the increasing permissiveness in society on
59. Whose book The Feminine Mystique inspired women to question their lives?
60. Which group was founded specifically to address the grievances of women that were not adequately
addressed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
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61. Which group played a key role in helping Ronald Reagan become president in 1980?
62. President Nixon adopted a policy known as ___ in order to reduce the size and power of the federal
government.
63. In 1973, the OPEC nations cut off their supply of ___ to the United States.
64. Nixon's visit to ___ in 1972 to begin normalizing relations was a reversal of previous American policy
established in 1949.
65. In the event known as ___, Nixon ordered Attorney General Richardson to fire the special prosecutor
investigating the Watergate break-in.
66. When Nixon resigned, ___ became president.
67. President Carter's foreign policy was marked by a commitment to ___.
68. The Camp David Accords were an agreement between ___ and Israel.
69. The U.S. government established the ___ to set and enforce pollution standards.
70. What was the stated purpose of Nixon's revenue sharing proposal?
71. Which of the following techniques was not used by the Nixon administration against perceived enemies in
the United States?
72. What was the purpose of Nixon's Southern strategy?
73. Under the philosophy of realpolitik, what was the most important consideration in formulating a
relationship with another country?
74. What has been the most lasting effect of Watergate?
75. Why was Ford's "Whip Inflation Now" program unsuccessful?
76. During the early 1980s, conservatives objected to what they believed were excesses in
77. The Strategic Defense Initiative was an extremely costly
78. During Reagan's presidency, federal spending increased most for
79. Fundamentalist Christian leader and televangelist Jerry Falwell formed the organization called
80. People who believe that reverse discrimination is a problem are worried about discrimination against
81. Presidents Reagan and Bush were most successful in meeting their goal of
82. People who support pay equity argue that women should be paid
83. During the 1980s, the conservative coalition tended to support ___.
84. ___ was the goal of the program known as Star Wars.
85. The main purpose of the tax cuts Reagan supported was to ___.
86. According to the theory of supply-side economics, ___ is the first step toward creating a healthy
economy.
87. In an attempt to fill the Supreme Court with conservatives, Reagan nominated ___, the first woman ever
appointed to the Court.
88. In 1987, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev announced his plans for ___, or a restructuring of the Soviet
economy and government.
89. A direct result of the glasnost policy might be ___.
90. One result of the global economy is that
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91. Bill Clinton became the second president in U.S. history to be
92. The aging of America's population will strain the government's ability to
93. President Bill Clinton can best be described as a
94. In his foreign policy, President Clinton emphasized
95. The impeachment of President Clinton, in part, reflected
96. The source of a revolution in technology in the 1990s was the
97. One conclusion that could be drawn from the 2000 presidential election is that
98. In the election of 2000, Al Gore first conceded defeat based on predictions made by
99. Soon after being elected, President George W. Bush pushed for
100. Head of President Clinton's task force on universal health care.
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