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Generation Date: 04/01/2014
Generated By: Che ryl Shelton
Title: US History Domestic Changes
1. Which person served as president of the United States without having been elected as
president or vice president?
A. Gerald Ford
B. John F. Kennedy
C. Lyndon Johnson
D. Jimmy Carter
2.
• Head Start
• Medicare
• Volunteers in Service to America
The items in the box above are government programs that were started during President Lyndon
Johnson's administration. What was the name given to Preside nt Johnson's domestic programs?
A. the New Deal
B. the Great Society
C. the New Frontier
D. the Square Deal
3.
"That GI Bill was the best piece of legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress, and it
made modern America. The educational establishment boomed. The suburbs, starting with
Levittown and others, were paid by GIs borrowing on their GI Bill at a very low interest rate.
Thousands and thousands of small businesses were started in this country and are still there
thanks to the loans from the GI Bill. It transformed our country."
-By historian Steven Ambrose
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Which of the following happened as a result of the GI Bill?
A. The United States gave aid to Turkey and Greece following World War II.
B. The U.S. created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
C. Many all- male universities began admitting female students.
D. More than 1 million World War II veterans enrolled in college in 1946.
4.
We stand at the edge of a New Frontier—the frontier of unfulfilled hopes and dreams. It
will deal with unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered pockets of ignorance
and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus.
—John F. Kennedy
The quotation above is from John F. Kennedy's acceptance speech to become Democratic
nominee for president in the 1960 election. After Kennedy became pres ident, the term "New
Frontier" was used to describe the domestic and foreign government programs that Kennedy
supported. Which was one of the New Frontier programs that were created during the Kennedy
administration?
A. the Peace Corps
B. the National Park Service
C. the Department of Homeland Security
D. the Social Security Administration
5.
The first Earth Day was held April 22, 1970. Its goal was to
A. raise awareness of property laws.
B. focus on territorial disputes.
C. bring attention to national borders.
D. raise environmental awareness.
6. Senator Joseph McCarthy conducted a Senate investigation regarding communist infiltration
of _______, which went too far and led to the demise of his career.
A. the U.S. Army
B. the F.B.I.
C. the U.S. Supreme Court
D. Ivy League colleges
7. What principle was established by the 1963 Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright?
A.
Executive privilege of the president did not extend to data in files bearing on criminal
prosecution.
B. Those who cannot hire a lawyer shall have counsel provided for them.
C. Those who are clinically insane cannot be brought to trial.
D. Those who are arrested must be read their rights at the time of arrest.
8.
• Provided low-interest home loans
• Provided for college or vocational education
• Provided one year of unemployment compensation
The _______ provided World War II veterans with the items above.
A. Marshall Plan
B. New Deal
C. GI Bill
D. Great Society
9. Which case is correctly matched with the principle it established?
A. Brown v. Board of Education—discrimination in hiring is illegal
B. Miranda v. Arizona—suspected criminals must be read their rights
C. Lochner v. New York—invalidated state statutes prohibiting interracial marriage
D. Griswold v. Connecticut—abortion is legal
10. The U.S.S.R. launched Sputnik I on October 4, 1957. What was the impact of this event?
A. It marked the start of the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
B. It marked the first time that the Soviet Union had successfully created a nuclear weapon.
C. It marked the start of the space race between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
D. It marked the beginning of the friendship period in the Cold War.
You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions. Anything you do or
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say may be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to consult an attorney before
speaking to the police and to have an attorney present during questioning now or in the future. If
you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you before any questioning if yo u wish.
If you decide to answer questions now without an attorney present you will still have the right to
stop answering at any time until you talk to an attorney.
The rights above are read to those who are arrested. Which Supreme Court decision made this
procedure standard?
A. Griswold v. Connecticut
B. Miranda v. Arizona
C. Gideon v. Wainwright
D. Olmstead v. United States
12. Begun in 1965, which government program provides medical insurance to people over the
age of sixty-five?
A. Social Security
B. Medicare
C. the Job Corps
D. Head Start
13. Which U.S. president declared a "war on poverty" and supported many programs to help the
poor of America?
A. Gerald Ford
B. Harry Truman
C. John F. Kennedy
D. Lyndon Johnson
14. Which government agency was formed in 1970 in order to prevent the pollution of America's
water, air, and land?
A. the National Park Service
B. the Department of Health and Human Services
C. the Environmental Protection Agency
D. the Bureau of Land Management
15. Why did Richard Nixon resign from the presidency in 1974?
A. Nixon resigned because of the economic problems that were facing the country.
B. Nixon resigned because he was not pleased with the outcome of the Vietnam War.
C. Nixon resigned because he wanted to pursue other interests.
D. Nixon resigned because of his role in the Watergate scandal.
16. Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are best known for their
investigative reporting on which event?
A. the Kennedy assassination
B. the energy crisis
C. the Vietnam War
D. the Watergate scandal
17. The Watergate scandal involved a burglary at the Democratic National Committee
headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. What was President Richard Nixon's
role in the Watergate scandal?
A. He ordered a cover- up after the break- in.
B. He was one of the burglars at the Watergate Hotel.
C. He had organized the break- in at the Watergate Hotel.
D. He notified police that the burglary had taken place.
18. The principle that abortion is legal under the constitutionally protected right to privacy was
established by
A. Marbury v. Madison.
B. Roe v. Wade.
C. Miranda v. Arizona.
D. Griswold v. Connecticut.
The House of Un-American Activities (HUAC) was an investigative committee in
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the U.S. House of Representatives formed in 1938. In 1947, the committee conducted a
series of hearings over a nine-day period to investigate communist propaganda and
influence in the Hollywood motion picture industry. This ultimately led to the "Hollywood
Blacklist," which consisted of a list of screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and
other U.S. entertainment professionals who were denied employment because of their
real or alleged political beliefs and associations. Over 300 artists found themselves
blacklisted and many were forced to write under pseudonyms or leave the country in
order to find work.
The blacklisted entertainers were victims of _______, a hunt for communists led by a Senator
from Wisconsin.
A. McCarthyism
B. Jim Crow
C. containment
D. Reaganomics
20. What was the goal of the Great Society programs promoted by President Lyndon Johnson?
A. to improve the American space program
B. to end poverty and racial injustice in the U.S.
C. to bring an end to the Vietnam War
D. to spread democracy throughout the world
21. What was the Supreme Court's ruling in the United States v. Nixon case of 1974?
A. The president has the right to privacy because it is protected by the Constitution.
B. The president has the power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.
C.
The president cannot use executive privilege in order to withhold evidence from a criminal
trial.
D.
The president does not have to participate in a criminal trial because he has executive
privilege.
22. Which government program was created in 1965 to help preschool-aged children in lowincome families?
A. the Peace Corps
B. Head Start
C. the Job Corps
D. Medicaid
23. Which act was passed by the federal government in response to the Soviet launch of the
Sputnik satellite in 1957?
A. the Civil Rights Act
B. the Patriot Act
C. the National Defense Education Act
D. the Economic Opportunity Act