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US History EOC Review 2- WWII through 2000
US History EOC Review 2- WWII through 2000
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US History EOC from WWII to present
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1
How was rationing in World War Two different from rationing in World War One?
No goods were rationed during WWII.
In WWII, rationing was mandatory.
In WWII, rationing was voluntary.
In WWII, fewer goods were rationed than were rationed in WWI
2
Efforts to integrate public diners were associated with
sit down strikes
evangelism
sit-ins
freedom marches
3
Which of the following was NOT a group that advocated for civil rights for African Americans?
NAACP
SCLC
CORE
NOW
4
Which of the following was invented as part of the Manhattan Project?
machine guns
the atomic bomb
satellite weapons systems
supersonic jets
5
What happened to President Nixon after he resigned from office?
President Ford pardoned him.
He committed suicide.
He was arrested but not convicted.
He was convicted of his crimes and sent to prison.
6
The Supreme Court Chief Justice oversaw increases in individual rights during the 50s and 60s
Thurgood Marshall
Earl Warren
John Marshall
John Roberts
7
An oil embargo from which group wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy in the 1970s?
NATO
OPEC
FIFA
NOW
8
The first female Supreme Court justice was
Barbara Walters
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Betty Friedan
Sandra Day O'Connor
9
Freedom Summer and the Selma Marches are both concerned with
feminism
jobs
voting rights
segregation
10
Which president sent in the army to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?
Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Truman
11
President Carter's biggest foreign policy failure was
his mishandling of the Cuban Missile Crisis
His failure to end the Vietnam War with honor
his inability to free the American hostages held by Iran
His unpopular war with Iraq
12
The presidential election of 2000 was marred by voting issues in which state?
New York
Ohio
Florida
California
13
President Reagan believed in all of the following EXCEPT
Large military spending
Low taxes
Limited government regulation
detente with the Soviet Union
14
Which of the following provided economic aid to Europe to prevent them from becoming communist?
The Marshall Plan
The New Frontier
The Eisenhower Doctrine
The Great Society
15
The president most associated with passing laws that aid the environment
Kennedy
Carter
Johnson
Nixon
16
The easing of Cold War tensions (detente) occurred when President Nixon visited
Cuba and North Korea
North Korea and the Soviet Union
China and the Soviet Union
China and North Korea
17
Which major internal improvement project was started under President Eisenhower?
The Interstate Highway System
The Information Super Highway
The Canal System
The Transcontinental Railroad
18
The invention of what product did the most to increase the population of Florida?
air conditioning
the automobile
Disney World
DEET
19
Lack of trust Americans have in the government after Vietnam and Watergate
crisis of confidence
credibility gap
television war
stalemate
20
What was the name of the failed attempt to overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro?
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
The U2 Incident
The Marshall Plan
21
The massacre of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in March of 1968
Tet Offensive
My Lai
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Kent State
22
The Gulf War during the presidency of President Bush 1 was fought to
remove Saddam Hussein from power
Rollback Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
Capture Osama bin Laden
Get rid of Al Qaeda
23
The book that sparked the environmental movement
Silent Spring
The Other America
The Feminine Mystique
Earth in the Balance
24
Which court case overturned the doctrine of separate but equal?
Griswold v. Connecticut
Brown v. Board of Education
Bakke v. California
Plessy v. Ferguson
25
Which foreign policy was the foundation for the Cold War?
containment
isolationism
massive retaliation
flexible response