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US History Post WWII to Today
US History Post WWII to Today
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Use for US History review for semester final.
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1
The Bay of Pigs Invasion happened during which presidential administration?
Kennedy's
Nixon's
Johnson's
Eisenhower's
2
Governor Orval Faubus prevented the entrance of 9 African-American students into a school in__
Little Rock, AR
Oklahoma City, OK
Atlanta, GA
Dallas, TX
3
Which law was passed after the Vietnam War and limited future president's military powers?
Gulf of Tonkin Act
Military Control Act
Anti-Quagmire Act
War Powers Act
4
Because so many people watched the Vietnam War on television daily, it became known as the
Dining Room War
TV Room
Family Room War
Living Room War
5
Operation Desert Storm was the military code name for which war?
Persian Gulf, 1991
Iraq, 2003
Afghanistan, 2001
Grenada, 1983
6
Which word best describe the effect Watergate had on American's views of politicians?
bewildered
optimistic
skeptical
encouraged
7
In 1979 the Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in the country of
Iraq
Iran
Afghanistan
Kuwait
8
What was the goal or aim of the Truman Doctrine?
Support Mao Zedong
Stop the spread of communism in Europe
Support Chiang Kai Shek
Find communists in the US
9
Nixon is credited with improving foreign relations when he visited ____ in 1972
North Korea
East Berlin
Cuba
China
10
Which of these 1968 events happened
last
?
Riots at Democratic Convention
Assassination of Dr. King
Tet Offensive
Assassination of Robert Kennedy
11
The
Brown vs. the Board of Education
decision essentially overturned which legal principle?
The right to remain silent
Clear and present danger
innocent until proven guilty
separate but equal
12
After World War II Korea was divided at which parallel?
17th
38th
22nd
46th
13
Kennedy used a blockade to successfully end which event?
Building of the Berlin Wall
Suez Crisis
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
14
Which of these years falls closest to the
middle
of the Baby Boom?
1945
1975
1955
1965
15
In the Eisenhower Doctrine the US said it would use force to stop the spread of communism into
China
Korea
Germany
the Middle East
16
Being able to fight many little "wars" around the globe was the aim of Kennedy's _____ strategy
Big Stick
Flexible Response
Appeasement
Southern
17
Which theory best explained why the US went to war in Vietnam?
Opposing Forces
Gravity
Relativity
Domino
18
Peace between Israel and Egypt was reached in the Camp _____ Accords.
David
Douglas
Arthur
Steven
19
How does General MacArthur lose command over military forces in Korea?
He is assassinated by the Chinese
He is killed at Inchon
He resigns after an argument with the president
He is fired by Truman
20
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in the city of _____
Tallahassee, FL
Detroit, MI
Oklahoma City, OK
Montgomery, AL
21
Which best describes the decision of the Warren Commission?
women deserve equal pay
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
rioting is the result of racial discrimination
women have the right to an abortion
22
Which person was elected president in 1976 because he seemed honest and was an outsider?
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
23
Who wrote the book
Silent Spring
, which sparked the environmentalism movement?
Betty Friedan
Rachel Carson
Dan Brown
Ralph Nader
24
He was the general in charge of US troops in Vietnam.
Custer
Eisenhower
Westmoreland
MacArthur
25
Vietnamization of the war happened during the presidency of
Ford
Eisenhower
Nixon
Johnson
26
Protesting Nixon's bombing of Cambodia resulted in the death of college students at ___
Toledo State
Shawnee State
Southwest State
Kent State
27
The Great Society was the name of the vision for the country of President ____.
Ford
Kennedy
Johnson
Carter
28
An airlift was used to bring food and supplies to which European city in 1948?
Berlin
London
Moscow
Paris
29
Which of these was an alliance of western nations designed to intimidate the Soviet Union?
United Nations
League of Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
30
The Rosenbergs were convicted and executed for which crime?
spying for the Chinese
Spying for North Koreans
Spying for the Cubans
Spying for the Soviets