US History EOC
Review
Turbulent 60’s
and 70’s
1) The primary reason given by US leaders
to justify military involvement in Vietnam
was that it would
a)
b)
c)
d)
promote reconstruction after WWII
maintain the policy of détente
fulfill prior United Nations obligations
keep communism from spreading
throughout the region
2) The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)
provided congressional support for
a)
b)
c)
d)
Withdrawing from the United Nations
Expanding the Alliance for Progress
Escalating military action in Vietnam
Reestablishing trade with Cuba
3) The policy of détente was used by
President Richard Nixon in an effort to
a) decrease tensions between the Soviet
Union and the United States
b) improve relations with Latin America
c) promote democratic government in
China
d) create stronger ties with Western
Europe
4) Why did the Bay of Pigs invasion fail?
a) American Military did not have the
correct facts about Castro and his
army.
b) Castro received a warning before the
invasion and had soviet weapons.
c) Kennedy did not supply the
combatants with weapons.
d) Khrushchev sent the Soviet Red Army
to stop the combatants.
5) What was the significance of President
Nixon’s visit to Communist China in 1972?
a) It led to the reunification of Taiwan with
Communist China
b) It persuaded Chinese leaders to
introduce capitalism into the marketplace
c) It showed that the Cold War between the
“Free World” and Communism was over
d) It opened the way for China’s entry into
the United Nations and trade with the
United States
6) What does this picture
indicate about the United
States in the 1950s?
a) extraordinary steps
were taken to hide
atomic weapons.
b) the nation had become
the only nuclear
superpower.
c) much fear was created
by the Cold War.
d) only government
officials would be safe
in a nuclear attack.
7) Which statement BEST describes an
impact of the Watergate scandal on
American society?
a) the modern women’s right’s
movement began
b) public trust in government declined
c) voter turnout in elections increased
d) an economic recession ended
8) Which of the following was the first
American Spacecraft into space?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Lunar 1
Explorer 1
Sputnik 2
Sputnik 1
9) In response to the launching of Sputnik by
the Soviet Union in 1957
a) Harry Truman condemned the Republicans for
allowing a scientific gap to occur
b) the federal government began spending
millions of dollars to improve American
science and language education
c) the Republican Party took responsibility for the
fact that the United States had fallen behind
the Soviets in this area of scientific discovery
d) scientists blamed America’s slowness on poor
math and science education in the schools
10) What is the Main goal of Affirmative
Action program?
a) Enforce racial segregation
b) Promote economic & political gains
for minorities and women
c) Boycott all Lain American farmers
d) Secure voting rights for African
Americans
11) President Lyndon Johnson’s Civil Rights
act:
a) Opened all public facilities to all
races
b) Protected all American voters
c) Created a commission to protect
equal job opportunities
d) All of the above
12) Who was the only person to serve as
Vice President and President, but never
was voted in?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
13) Who assassinated Martin Luther King
jr.?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
Sirhan B. Sirhan
James Earl Ray
14) Who assassinated Robert Kennedy?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Lee Harvey Oswald
James Earl Ray
Jack Ruby
15) Which event led to the investigations
that resulted in the resignation of
President Richard Nixon?
a) a decision to escalate the war in Vietnam
b) a presidential decision to freeze wages
and prices
c) a break-in at the headquarters of the
Democratic National Committee
d) an oil embargo by the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
16) The United States began a trade
embargo against Cuba in the 1960s to
a) encourage political change in Cuba
b) promote domestic industries in Cuba
c) motivate Cubans to immigrate to the
United States
d) end the domination of the Cigar
industry by Cuba
17) What was the result of the Supreme
Court case Roe v. Wade?
a) Ruled Abortions are illegal
b) Ruled anyone accused of a crime must
have a lawyer
c) Ruled that Abortions are legal
d) Ruled anyone accused of a crime
doesn’t necessarily need a lawyer
18) One goal of President Lyndon Johnson’s
Great Society was to:
a) improve the quality of life for the
poor
b) privatize many government programs
c) send additional troops to Vietnam
d) reduce the number of nuclear
weapons
19) The war in Vietnam led Congress to pass
the War Powers Act of 1973 in order to
a) affirm United States support for the
United Nations
b) strengthen the policy of détente
c) increase United States participation in
international peacekeeping operations
d) assert the role of Congress in the
commitment of troops overseas
20) The incident illustrated by
this cartoon increased
cynicism toward the US
government because:
a) the press secretary failed to
keep the public informed of
national policy changes
b) the president directed a
conspiracy to mislead the
nation
c) the Supreme Court ruled for
federal statutes that defined
confidentiality
d) Congress failed to pass
legislation enforcing protection
of privacy rights
21) Title IX was passed by Congress in 1972
a) To prohibit gender discrimination in
any federally funded education
program or activity
b) To guarantee women equal pay for
equal work
c) To establish quotas for women in
government positions
d) To protect women’s access to family
planning centers
22) President Kennedy’s alleged assassin
was
a) Jack Ruby
b) Lee Harvey Oswald
c) Medgar Evers
d) James Earl Ray
23) The ratification of the 26th Amendment,
which lowered the voting age to 18, was
a result of the
a) participation of the United States in the
Vietnam War
b) fear of McCarthyism
c) reaction to the launching of Sputnik by
the Soviet Union
d) reporting of the Watergate scandal
24) The Watergate scandal is appropriately
described by which statement?
a) it concerned the Nixon administration’s
attempt to cover up a burglary at the
Democratic National Committee
headquarters
b) it involved the illegal establishment of
government agencies to set and enforce
campaign standards
c) it involved the choice of the Reagan
administration to secretly supply aid to the
Contra rebels in Nicaragua
d) it concerned the secret leasing of federallyowned oil rigs to western ranchers
25) What was one outcome of the Cuban
missile crisis in 1962?
a) Cuba became a communist nation
b) The United States seized military
control of Cuba
c) The Soviet Union withdrew its nuclear
missiles from Cuba
d) Fidel Castro met with President John
F. Kennedy
26) How did the war in Vietnam hinder
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s effort to
create the Great Society?
a) most of his top advisors resigned because
of the escalation of US forces in Southeast
Asia
b) the war in Vietnam prevented the passage of
the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965
c) the war in Vietnam forced the United States
to divert critical funds away from domestic
issues
d) the war in Vietnam destroyed President
Johnson’s election hopes in 1964
27) What was the primary reason Richard
Nixon resigned his presidency?
a) he was convicted of several serious
crimes
b) he was facing impeachment by the
House of Representatives
c) his reelection was declared invalid by
the Supreme Court
d) his actions in Cambodia and Laos
were exposed in the Pentagon Papers
28) Which Presidential actions, best
represents the policy of a Clandestine
Operation?
a) Kennedy’s order for the Bay of Pigs
invasion
b) Johnson’s orders more troops to
Vietnam
c) Nixon’s Détente with communist
countries
d) Ford pardoning of the previous
president
29) How successful were the domestic
policies of Presidents Kennedy and
Johnson?
a) they failed to pass through Congress
and left no lasting impact.
b) they led to a credibility gap and growing
distrust in government
c) they promoted greater social equality
but failed to eliminate poverty
d) they prevented the United States from
making overseas commitments
30) How did the Cold War most affect
Florida?
a) Nuclear missiles installed in Cuba
threatened the survival of Florida
b) People in Florida could no longer sell
their products to Eastern Europe
c) Hundreds of thousands of refugees
fled Castro’s Communist dictatorship
for Florida
d) Senator Joseph McCarthy accused a
large number of people in Florida of
being Communists