Name: _______________________________________________
Date: __________
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.
A. Truman Doctrine
B. Marshall Plan
C. iron curtain
D. Warsaw Pact
____ 2. ___ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.
A. The CIA
B. The UN
C. HUAC
D. NATO
____ 3. ___ was the leader of the Communists in China.
A. Chiang Kai-shek
B. Mao Zedong
C. Syngman Rhee
D. Kim Il Sung
____ 4. The ___ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.
A. Communists
B. Nationalists
C. South Koreans
D. North Koreans
____ 5. When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying
efforts to develop ___.
A. NATO
B. an atomic bomb
C. a space satellite
D. a hydrogen bomb
____ 6. President Truman threatened to ___ striking workers to prevent strikes from crippling the nation.
A. arrest
B. Sue
C. draft
D. deport
____ 7. During the 1950s, ___ jobs declined.
A. manufacturing
B. advertising
C. communications
D. service
____ 8. A ___ is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies.
A. franchise
B. monopoly
C. government agency
D. conglomerate
____ 9. With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ___ became an American
way of life.
A. consumerism
B. social conformity
C. planned obsolescence
D. a 40-hour work week
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____ 10. Most Americans in the 1960s relied on ___ as their primary source of entertainment and
information.
A. radio
B. movies
C. telephones
D. television
____ 11. The expression of nonconformity by ___ developed into the beat movement.
A. college students
B. artists and poets
C. teenagers
D. rock 'n' roll performers
____ 12. Most ___ enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period.
A. Latinos
B. African Americans
C. white Americans
D. Mexican Americans
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Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 13. Why are Truman's coat and hat on the ground?
A. Dewey knocked them off.
B. Congress knocked them off.
C. Truman put them there before going after Congress.
D. They fell off by accident.
____ 14. How is Dewey portrayed?
A. as a fighter
B. as a peacemaker
C. as a bystander
D. as a friend
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____ 15. How is Congress portrayed?
A. as a fighter
B. as a peacemaker
C. as a soldier
D. as a friend
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 16. Criticism of television in the 1950s was based on
A. its portrayal of an idealized society.
B. weak transmitters.
C. the size of the screen.
D. its black-and-white images.
____ 17. The Longoria incident prompted Mexican Americans to do all of the following except
A. promote political candidates who represented their interests.
B. organize the G.I. Forum.
C. found the Unity League of California.
D. return to Mexico.
____ 18. The first politician to skillfully use the new medium of television was
A. Harry S. Truman.
B. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
C. Richard M. Nixon.
D. Adlai Stevenson.
____ 19. The factor that most contributed to the upset win of Truman in the 1948 election was
A. his relentless campaign against a "do-nothing" Congress.
B. the healthy state of the nation's economy.
C. his position on civil rights.
D. support from labor unions.
____ 20. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for President in 1960, was a senator from
A. New York.
B. California.
C. Texas.
D. Massachusetts.
____ 21. The hot line established in 1963 did all of the following except
A. link the White House and the Kremlin.
B. make communication in a crisis easier.
C. ease Cold War tensions.
D. barred nuclear testing.
____ 22. The Peace Corps, a program of volunteer assistance to developing nations, was
A. proposed by Kennedy and failed.
B. proposed by Johnson and failed.
C. proposed by Kennedy and succeeded.
D. proposed by Johnson and succeeded.
____ 23. The Economic Opportunity Act did all of the following except
A. offer foreign aid to Latin American countries.
B. give underprivileged preschoolers a head start.
C. encourage poor people to join in public-works programs.
D. create a training program for youth.
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____ 24. Medicare, a federal program established for Americans age 65 and over, was intended to provide
A. housing.
B. transportation.
C. education.
D. health insurance.
____ 25. The Immigration Act of 1965
A. stopped immigration from European countries.
B. stopped immigration from non-European countries.
C. ended quotas based on nationality.
D. began quotas based on nationality.
____ 26. Decisions of the Warren Court were
A. of little importance to the average American.
B. praised by liberals.
C. praised by conservatives.
D. an obstacle to change in election districts.
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 27. According to the map, how many U.S. aircraft carriers were used to reinforce the blockade?
A. three
B. Four
C. five
D. six
____ 28. Approximately how wide was the area of the air patrol at its widest point?
A. 200 miles
B. 400 miles
C. 800 miles
D. 1200 miles
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____ 29. Which country outside the area of air patrol was closest to the westernmost U.S. naval blockade?
A. Mexico
B. Honduras
C. British Honduras
D. Dominican Republic
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 30. Which was not a factor working against Kennedy in the 1960 election?
A. age
B. religion
C. debate performance
D. serious policy differences with his opponent
____ 31. What was the main purpose of the flexible response military strategy?
A. to enable the United States to fight limited wars around the world
B. to decrease the number of nuclear weapons
C. to prepare for the Bay of Pigs invasion
D. to reduce defense spending
____ 32. What contributed to the end of the Cuban missile crisis?
A. America's secret promise to remove missiles from Turkey
B. the discovery that the missiles had been removed
C. Castro's promise to restore democracy
D. Castro's promise to break with the Soviet Union
____ 33. Which was not a result of Kennedy's New Frontier initiatives?
A. expansion of the military
B. acceleration of the space program
C. the Peace Corps
D. higher taxes
____ 34. What was one result of Johnson's Great Society initiatives?
A. a balanced budget
B. reduction in the power of the federal government
C. a conservative backlash
D. increased taxes
____ 35. What was the major factor in Johnson's landslide victory over Goldwater in 1964?
A. Johnson's domestic agenda
B. Goldwater's liberalism
C. Johnson's determination to fight communism in South Vietnam
D. Goldwater's call for the use of nuclear weapons against Cuba and Vietnam
____ 36. Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?
A. minorities and the poor
B. white, middle-class families
C. farmers and laborers
D. businessmen
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Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 37. Which major port on the map is located farthest west?
A. Seven Islands
B. Thunder Bay
C. Milwaukee
D. Duluth
____ 38. Most of the iron ore deposits shown are located near which lake?
A. Lake Superior
B. Lake Michigan
C. Lake Erie
D. Lake Huron
____ 39. How many major ports are shown on the map?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 40. The Soviet Union did not vote to defend South Korea at the UN Security Council because
A. the Soviets were boycotting the UN over the presence of Taiwan.
B. the Soviets were boycotting the UN over the presence of Chinese Communists.
C. the Soviets had already sent military aid to South Korea.
D. the Soviets had wanted to remain neutral at the time.
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____ 41. The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to
A. the Marshall Plan.
B. the formation of NATO.
C. efforts by Western nations to divide Germany.
D. efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.
____ 42. In a capitalist system,
A. the state controls economic activity.
B. private citizens control economic activity.
C. elected officials control economic activity.
D. the dictator controls economic activity.
____ 43. After the U-2 incident, all of the following events occurred except
A. the Soviet Union rejected Eisenhower's "open skies" proposal at Geneva.
B. Khrushchev called off a summit conference on the arms race.
C. Khrushchev withdrew his invitation for Eisenhower to visit the Soviet Union.
D. Francis Gary Powers was released from prison after 18 months.
____ 44. The Eisenhower Doctrine was a warning to the Soviet Union against military intervention in
A. Latin America.
B. Eastern Europe.
C. Western Europe.
D. the Middle East.
____ 45. The dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to all of the following except
A. noise pollution.
B. the Interstate Highway Act.
C. decreased usage of national parks.
D. the widening gap between the middle class and the poor.
____ 46. All of the following were early effects of the conversion from a wartime to a peacetime economy
except
A. increased unemployment.
B. inflation.
C. the supply of goods exceeding demand.
D. decreased wages.
____ 47. The vast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in the ___ .
A. big cities
B. suburbs
C. small cities
D. rural areas
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Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 48. Why are there two books on the ground?
A. The men were reading but have now lost interest in the books.
B. The men are meeting in a library.
C. The men plan to write down the information they gather.
D. The books have no significance.
____ 49. In which way are the two men most alike?
A. how tall they are
B. what they are doing
C. how they wear their hair
D. what kind of books they like
____ 50. What is suggested by the way the two men are posed?
A. They are afraid of each other.
B. They know each other well enough to stand close together.
C. They are trying to get away from each other.
D. Each one barely notices the other is there.
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1. A. Truman Doctrine
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2. C. HUAC
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3. B. Mao Zedong
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4. C. South Koreans
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5. D. a hydrogen bomb
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6. C. draft
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7. A. manufacturing
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8. D. conglomerate
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9. A. consumerism
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D. television
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11.
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C. white Americans
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B. artists and poets
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C. Truman put them there before going after Congress.
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C. as a bystander
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B. praised by liberals.
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C. ended quotas based on nationality.
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26.
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D. health insurance.
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25.
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A. offer foreign aid to Latin American countries.
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C. proposed by Kennedy and succeeded.
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D. barred nuclear testing.
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D. Massachusetts.
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21.
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A. his relentless campaign against a "do-nothing" Congress.
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C. Richard M. Nixon.
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D. return to Mexico.
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18.
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A. its portrayal of an idealized society.
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17.
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A. as a fighter
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16.
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C. five
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C. 800 miles
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C. 12
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40.
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A. Lake Superior
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D. Duluth
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A. minorities and the poor
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37.
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D. Goldwater's call for the use of nuclear weapons against Cuba and Vietnam
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36.
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C. a conservative backlash
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35.
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D. higher taxes
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34.
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A. America's secret promise to remove missiles from Turkey
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A. to enable the United States to fight limited wars around the world
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32.
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C. debate performance
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31.
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A. Mexico
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A. the Soviets were boycotting the UN over the presence of Taiwan.
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D. efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.
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C. the supply of goods exceeding demand.
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C. decreased usage of national parks.
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D. the Middle East.
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45.
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A. the Soviet Union rejected Eisenhower's "open skies" proposal at Geneva.
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44.
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B. private citizens control economic activity.
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43.
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B. suburbs
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C. The men plan to write down the information they gather.
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49.
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B. what they are doing
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50.
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B. They know each other well enough to stand close together.
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Standards Summary
CA 11.11.1
Discuss the reasons for the nation's changing immigration policy, with
emphasis on how the Immigration Act of 1965 and successor acts
have transformed American society
CA 11.11.2
Discuss the significant domestic policy speeches of Truman,
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and
Clinton (e.g., with regard to education, civil rights, economic policy,
environmental policy)
CA 11.11.5
Trace the impact of, need for, and controversies associated with
environmental conservation, expansion of the national park system,
and the development of environmental protection laws, with particular
attention to the interaction between environmental protection
advocates and property rights advocates
CA 11.11.6
Analyze the persistence of poverty and how different analyses of this
issue influence welfare reform, health insurance reform, and other
social policies
CA 11.11
Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy
issues in contemporary American society
CA 11.2.6
Trace the economic development of the United States and its
emergence as a major industrial power, including its gains from trade
and the advantages of its physical geography
CA 11.8.2
Describe the significance of Mexican immigration and its relationship
to the agricultural economy, especially in California
CA 11.8.3
Examine Truman's labor policy and congressional reaction to it
CA 11.8.6
Discuss the diverse environmental regions of North America, their
relationship to local economies, and the origins and prospects of
environmental problems in those regions
CA 11.8.7
Describe the effects on society and the economy of technological
developments since 1945, including the computer revolution,
changes in communication, advances in medicine, and
improvements in agricultural technology
CA 11.8.8
Discuss forms of popular culture, with emphasis on their origins and
geographic diffusion (e.g., jazz and other forms of popular music,
professional sports, architectural and artistic styles)
CA 11.8
Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of
post- World War II America
CA 11.9.3
Trace the origins and geopolitical consequences (foreign and
domestic) of the Cold War and containment policy, including the
following:
CA 11.9.3a
The era of McCarthyism, instances of domestic Communism (e.g.,
Alger Hiss) and blacklisting
CA 11.9.3b
The Truman Doctrine
CA 11.9.3c
The Berlin Blockade
CA 11.9.3e
The Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Atomic testing in the American West, the "mutual assured
destruction" doctrine, and disarmament policies
CA 11.9
Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II
CA 12.4.4
Discuss Article II of the Constitution as it relates to the executive
branch, including eligibility for office and length of term, election to
and removal from office, the oath of office, and the enumerated
executive powers
CA 12.4.5
Discuss Article III of the Constitution as it relates to judicial power,
including the length of terms of judges and the jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court
CA 12.5.2
Analyze judicial activism and judicial restraint and the effects of each
policy over the decades (e.g., the Warren and Rehnquist courts)
CA 12.6.2
Discuss the history of the nomination process for presidential
candidates and the increasing importance of primaries in general
elections
CA 12.8.2
Describe the roles of broadcast, print, and electronic media, including
the Internet, as means of communication in American politics
CA 12.9.1
Explain how the different philosophies and structures of feudalism,
mercantilism, socialism, fascism, communism, monarchies,
parliamentary systems, and constitutional liberal democracies
influence economic policies, social welfare policies, and human
rights practices
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