1. Which of the following was true of Nixon's presidency?
A.It oversaw the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.
B. It tried to overthrow Johnson's Great Society agenda.
C. It shifted responsibility for welfare programs from the states to the federal government.
D. It resisted affirmative-action legislation.
2. At the Yalta Conference of 1945, the military situation favored
A. Stalin. B. Eisenhower. C. Roosevelt. D. Churchill.
3.The political purpose of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 was to
A. strengthen the Wagner Act.
B. implement NSC-68.
C. roll back the provisions of the Wagner Act.
D. impose regulations on the steel industry.
4. In a free election in 1989, Lech Walesa came to power in
A. East Germany. B. Hungary. C. Romania. D. Poland.
5. Following on the successful activism of Cesar Chavez, Mexican American youths began to refer to themselves as A. Chicanos. B. Los Barrios. C. Mexicans. D. Los Hombres.
6. At the beginning of World War II, Roosevelt dealt with France
A. by joining with the British in an assault on North Africa.
B. by seeking an alliance with French Algeria.
C. through negotiations with the Vichy Government.
D. by supporting the Free French under Charles de Gaulle.
7. Which of the following statements is true regarding the Korean War?
A. The Chinese armed and trained the North Korean army.
B. Both Stalin and Mao expected the American response to the invasion.
C. Stalin approved the North Korean attack in advance.
D. Stalin was outraged by the North Korean attack on South Korea.
8. Which of the following statements about Truman's Fair Deal is true?
A. It was reluctantly passed by Congress.
B. It repealed the New Deal.
C. It was Truman's response to the Soviet's Sputnik.
D. It called for national medical insurance.
9. To establish the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty, Reagan negotiated with
A. Brzezinski. B. Yeltsin. C. Khomeini. D. Gorbachev.
10.After 1965, black civil rights leaders found it difficult to
A. protest the Vietnam War.
B. now support Hispanic rights in the United States.
C. enforce the new laws in the South.
D. achieve economic equality in the North
11.During the 1950s, the advent of___created the largest and fastest-growing impact on American society. A. television. B. educational reform C. suburban communities D. fundamentalist religion.
12.Which of the following is true of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
A. It declared that segregated schools were inherently separate and unequal.
B. It ruled that desegregation was a state issue, but that segregation was a federal issue.
C. It ruled that segregation should proceed with "all deliberate speed."
D. It established that all citizens should have access to public education.
13. The majority of states that did not ratify the Equal Rights Amendment were located in the A. Northeast. B. Southeast. C. West. D. Midwest.
14.Zbigniew Brzezinski, the national security advisor in the 1970s,
A.was against cooperation with China.B.believed replacing the Minute Man missles with MX missiles was wasteful.C.tried to reverse the policy of détente.D.supported the SALT II treaty.
15.During World War II, the tide turned in favor of the United States at the Battle of
A. Leyte Gulf. B. Midway. C. Okinawa. D. the Coral Sea.
16.Which of the following was Eisenhower's most significant legislative achievement?
A. Increasing the minimum wage B. The Highway Act of 1956 C. The extension of Social Security benefits D. The establishment of modern Republicanism
17.John F. Kennedy replaced Eisenhower's concept of massive retaliation with a _______ response strategy. A. flexible B. limited C. massive D. focused
18.After Hitler came to power in 1933, he blamed Germany's defeat in World War I on
A. Communists and American imperialists. B. Communists and Socialists. C. Jews and Gypsies.
D. Jews and Communists.
19.Which of the following is true of President G. W. Bush? A. He rejected unilateralism. B. He vowed to punish all countries sponsoring terrorism. C. He reluctantly endorsed the Kyoto Protocol. D. He accepted the United States' role in the International Criminal Court.
20.Reagan embraced the idea that through tax incentives the private sector would shift its resources from tax shelters to productive investment. This theory is referred to as
A. supply-side economics. B. deficit economics. C. neofederalism. D. supply-and-demand economics.
A.It oversaw the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.
B. It tried to overthrow Johnson's Great Society agenda.
C. It shifted responsibility for welfare programs from the states to the federal government.
D. It resisted affirmative-action legislation.
2. At the Yalta Conference of 1945, the military situation favored
A. Stalin. B. Eisenhower. C. Roosevelt. D. Churchill.
3.The political purpose of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 was to
A. strengthen the Wagner Act.
B. implement NSC-68.
C. roll back the provisions of the Wagner Act.
D. impose regulations on the steel industry.
4. In a free election in 1989, Lech Walesa came to power in
A. East Germany. B. Hungary. C. Romania. D. Poland.
5. Following on the successful activism of Cesar Chavez, Mexican American youths began to refer to themselves as A. Chicanos. B. Los Barrios. C. Mexicans. D. Los Hombres.
6. At the beginning of World War II, Roosevelt dealt with France
A. by joining with the British in an assault on North Africa.
B. by seeking an alliance with French Algeria.
C. through negotiations with the Vichy Government.
D. by supporting the Free French under Charles de Gaulle.
7. Which of the following statements is true regarding the Korean War?
A. The Chinese armed and trained the North Korean army.
B. Both Stalin and Mao expected the American response to the invasion.
C. Stalin approved the North Korean attack in advance.
D. Stalin was outraged by the North Korean attack on South Korea.
8. Which of the following statements about Truman's Fair Deal is true?
A. It was reluctantly passed by Congress.
B. It repealed the New Deal.
C. It was Truman's response to the Soviet's Sputnik.
D. It called for national medical insurance.
9. To establish the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty, Reagan negotiated with
A. Brzezinski. B. Yeltsin. C. Khomeini. D. Gorbachev.
10.After 1965, black civil rights leaders found it difficult to
A. protest the Vietnam War.
B. now support Hispanic rights in the United States.
C. enforce the new laws in the South.
D. achieve economic equality in the North
11.During the 1950s, the advent of___created the largest and fastest-growing impact on American society. A. television. B. educational reform C. suburban communities D. fundamentalist religion.
12.Which of the following is true of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
A. It declared that segregated schools were inherently separate and unequal.
B. It ruled that desegregation was a state issue, but that segregation was a federal issue.
C. It ruled that segregation should proceed with "all deliberate speed."
D. It established that all citizens should have access to public education.
13. The majority of states that did not ratify the Equal Rights Amendment were located in the A. Northeast. B. Southeast. C. West. D. Midwest.
14.Zbigniew Brzezinski, the national security advisor in the 1970s,
A.was against cooperation with China.B.believed replacing the Minute Man missles with MX missiles was wasteful.C.tried to reverse the policy of détente.D.supported the SALT II treaty.
15.During World War II, the tide turned in favor of the United States at the Battle of
A. Leyte Gulf. B. Midway. C. Okinawa. D. the Coral Sea.
16.Which of the following was Eisenhower's most significant legislative achievement?
A. Increasing the minimum wage B. The Highway Act of 1956 C. The extension of Social Security benefits D. The establishment of modern Republicanism
17.John F. Kennedy replaced Eisenhower's concept of massive retaliation with a _______ response strategy. A. flexible B. limited C. massive D. focused
18.After Hitler came to power in 1933, he blamed Germany's defeat in World War I on
A. Communists and American imperialists. B. Communists and Socialists. C. Jews and Gypsies.
D. Jews and Communists.
19.Which of the following is true of President G. W. Bush? A. He rejected unilateralism. B. He vowed to punish all countries sponsoring terrorism. C. He reluctantly endorsed the Kyoto Protocol. D. He accepted the United States' role in the International Criminal Court.
20.Reagan embraced the idea that through tax incentives the private sector would shift its resources from tax shelters to productive investment. This theory is referred to as
A. supply-side economics. B. deficit economics. C. neofederalism. D. supply-and-demand economics.
