apush period 8

U.S. anti-Communist allies in Latin American often failed to achieve success during the Cold War because:

a. Warsaw Pact threats require U.S. policymakers to focus on Europe at the expense of Latin America.

b. U.S. budget deficits and fiscal concerns cut critical funding for Latin American allies

c. U.S. backed non-Communist regimes often lacked a broad base of local popular support

d. the Central Intelligence Agency was not allowed to meddle in Latin American politics

c. U.S. backed non-Communist regimes often lacked a broad base of local popular support.

In the 1950s and 1960s, which region's nationalist movements presented the greatest challenge to U.S. Cold War goals?

a. The Middle East

b. Asia

c. The South Pacific

d. Africa

b. Asia

Which pairing below best fits the pattern of [1] Cold War confrontation and [2] Cold War coexistence?

a. [1] North Atlantic Treaty Organization, [2] Truman Doctrine

b. [1] Marshall Plan, [2] Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II

c. [1] Development of the hydrogen bomb, [2] the space race

d. [1] Cuban Missile Crisis, [2] Strategic Arms Limitation Treat I

d. [1] Cuban Missile Crisis, [2] Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I

Which of the following was the greatest setback to the U.S. policy of containment?

a. The rise of Communist China under Mao Zedong

b. The formation of the Warsaw Pact, a multilateral Communist alliance

c. The Berlin Crisis during the reign of Nikita Khrushchev

d. Communism entering Latin America with Castro's Cuban Revolution

a. the rise of Communist China under Mao Zedong

Which of the following represented the largest post-World War II effort to bolster the economies of non-Communist nations?

a. The League of Nations

b. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

c. The Marshall Plan

d. The Truman Doctrine

c. The Marshall Plan

All of the following were attempts to address the prevalence and persistence of poverty in the United States EXCEPT:

a. Medicare and Medicaid

b. The Southern Strategy

c. The Head Start Program

d. the Department of Housing and Urban Development

b. the Southern Strategy

In the 1960s and 1970s, both the United Farm Workers and the American Indian Movement

a. followed Thordeau's model of civil disobedience and nonviolent protests

b. greatly benefited from the economic initiatives of the Great Society

c. vigorously attacked the policies of legal segregation

d. demanded social and economic justice and a redress of past injustices

d. demanded social and economic justice and a redress of past injustices

Who was a prominent feminist in the 1970s?

a. Betty Ford

b. Phyllis Schlafly

c. Gloria Steinem

d. Phyllis Diller

c. Gloria Steinem

In the 1960s and 1970s, gender equity was most effectively advanced by

a. educational gains resulting from passage of Title IX

b. allowing women to assume combat roles in the military

c. successfully closing the income gap with equal pay laws in most states

d. the successful ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

a. educational gains resulting from passage of Title IX.

Malcolm X, an African American civil rights leaders who embraced confrontational tactics against white resistance to desegregation and civil rights, was affiliated with which group?

a. the Congress of Racial Equality

b. the Black Muslims

c. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

d. The Black Panthers

b. the Black Muslims

Match the proper branch of the federal government with the effort it led to create greater racial justice after World War II

1. executive a. Civil rights Act of 1964

2. legislative b. Brown v. Board of Education

3. judicial c. Desegregation of the military

d. Affirmative action

a. 2 & C, 2 &A, 3 & B, 2 & D

b. 1 & C, 2 & A, 3 & B, 2 & D

c. 1 & A, 2 & C, 3 & B, 1 & D

d. 1 & C, 2 & A, 3 & B, 1 & D

d. 1 & C, 2 & A, 3 & B, 1 & D

What NAACP attorney successfully argued the case that overturned school segregation and later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

a. Thurgood Marshall

b. Rosa Parks

c. Stokely Carmichael

d. John Lewis

a. Thurgood Marshall

Which of the following antiwar movements was most influential in organizing large scale protests?

a. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

b. The Black Panthers

c. Students for a Democratic Society

d. The Free Speech Movement

c. Students for a Democratic Society

Congressional passage of the 1973 War Powers Act to limit executive authority was in part a response to

a. Eisenhower's policy of brinkmanship and his role in the military-industrial complex.

b. Kennedy's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which almost led to nuclear war.

c. Johnson's unchecked escalation in Vietnam using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

d. NIxon's policies of "Vietnamization" and secret negotiations with the Viet Cong

c. Johnson's unchecked escalation in Vietnam using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

One of the largest, most passionate, and violent antiwar protests took place at Ken State University after

a. President Nixon announced U.S. military strikes inside of Cambodia

b. the American public was stunned by the success of the Tet Offensive

c. the media reported civilian injuries from napalm and Agent Orange

d. President Johnson announced the Rolling Thunder air campaign

a. President Nixon announced U.S. military strikes inside of Cambodia

Which of the following provoked the greatest fear of internal Communist threats?

a. The influence of Communist actors and directors in the movie industry

b. President Dwight Eisenhower's allegations of Communist subversion

c. the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

d. The arrests and convictions of hundreds of spies in the federal government

c. the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Which of the following was NOT an element of U.S. policy in the Middle East between 1945 and 1980?

a. The Camp David peace accords between Egypt and Israel

b. Consistent U.S. financial and military support for Israel

c. U.S. intervention in the Suez Crisis in Egypt

d. U.S. support for indigenous Arab nationalist movements

d. U.S. support for indigenous Arab nationalist movements

Who mobilized the modern environmental movement with the publication of Silent Spring?

a. Phyllis Schlafly

b. Ralph Nader

c. Rachel Carson

d. Cesar Chavez

c. Rachel Carson

Which of the following represents the zenith of 1960s counterculture?

a. The British Invasion by the Beatles

b. The Woodstock music festival

c. The Miss America Pageant protests

d. The riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention

b. The Woodstock music festival.

Which of the following is NOT a reaction to Watergate and attempts to limit the authority of the president?

a. Presidential term limits

b. Public campaign financing

c. The Freedom of Information Act

d. Campaign Spending Limits

a. Presidential term limits

Which of the following most energized the nascent gay rights movement in the late 1960s?

a. Anti-gay rights riots in Greenwich Village, New York

b. New state laws banning same-sex marriages

c. Homophobic attacks on college campuses

d. The Stonewall riots against police targeting of gays

d. The Stonewall riots against police targeting of gays.

Between 1950 and 1980, working women

a. dramatically declined in numbers as a result of the baby boom

b. received little or no help from the federal government for equal pay

c. were excluded from protection under the Civil Rights Act of 1964

d. increased numerically as many social and cultural attitudes changed

d. increased numerically as many social and cultural attitudes changed.

Which president oversaw passage of the Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act, and Endangered Species Act?

a. John Kennedy

b. Lyndon Johnson

c. Richard Nixon

d. Jimmy Carter

c. Richard Nixon

The passage of the Immigration Act of 1965

a. was a compromise with nativists and led to few gains for Latino and Asian migrants

b. eased restrictions on immigration by ending the previous quota system

c. continued to favor northern Europeans but allowed small increases for U.S. allies

d. led to a tightening of immigration standards to stop Communist infiltration

b. eased restrictions on immigration by ending the precious quota system.

What did Nixon call his supporters who favored traditional family values and an end to liberal politics?

a. Working-Class patriots

b. Dixiecrats

c. The Silent Majority

d. New Republicans

c. The Silent Majority

Which of the following represented the most direct rejection of mainstream 1950s cultural norms?

a. The Beat Movement

b. Middle-class consumerism

c. Liberal curricula in public high schools

d. Television shows depicting family life

a. The Beat Movememnt

Which of the following was most characteristic of the cultural conformity of the 1950s and early 1960s?

a. Middle-class suburbanization

b. Steady domestic migration to rural America

c. Racial integration following the Brown ruling

d. A decline in higher educational opportunities

a. Middle-class suburbanization

All of the following groups assailed liberals for not doing enough to promote social change EXCEPT

a. Students for a Democratic Society

b. The Black Panthers

c. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

d. Young Americans for Freedom

d. Young Americans for Freedom.

Which pair of items best represents the dichotomy of President Lyndon Johnson's attempts to eliminate poverty while attacking communism abroad?

a. The Federal Assistance Plan and detente

b. The Great Society and the policy of escalation

c. Medicare and increased funding for Appalachia

d. The Christmas bombing of Hanoi and "Vietnamization"

b. The Great Society and the policy of escalation.

Which 1960s Supreme Court decision recognized a right to privacy and protected women's access to birth control?

a. Millken v. Bradley

b. Bakke v. University of California

c. Griswold v. Connecticut

d. Roe v. Wade

c. Griswold v. Connecticut