U.S. History

Unit 9A Test – Mr. Pinnow

True or False:

_____ 1. Events like the Holocaust made many Americans recognize that racism had no place in the

United States.

_____ 2. “Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka” made sure to keep “separate but equal”

schools across the United States.

_____ 3. Two people we first start hearing about in history as a result the Montgomery Bus Boycott

were Rosa Parks and Malcolm X.

_____ 4. The KKK was still using violence and threats against minorities in the 1960’s.

_____ 5. One of the first great victories of the civil rights movement cam when 9 African American

students started going to a public school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

_____ 6. Sit-in were an effective form of civil rights protests.

_____ 7. President Kennedy was totally against African Americans getting civil rights.

_____ 8. People across the nation were horrified when they saw on television how protesters were

treated in Birmingham, Alabama .

_____ 9. Malcolm X made his famous “I have a Dream” speech during the “March on Washington.”

_____ 10. Presidents Kennedy and Johnson helped make segregation illegal in the United States.

_____ 11. One way African Americans wanted to get more power was the best way Americans can

have a voice – by being able to vote.

_____ 12. President Johnson’s “Great Society” was a plan to make white Americans the ideal example

for African Americans to try and be more like.

_____ 13. One person/group who didn’t like the ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr. was Malcolm X and

the Nation of Islam.

_____ 14. Cesar Chavez helped migrant workers get better pay and better working conditions.

_____ 15. Mexican Americans also began to unite a little bit in the 1960’s.

_____ 16. One reason Hispanics have some problems uniting is because they come from many

different cultures – all whom value different issues.

_____ 17. The last bit of Native American culture was finally destroyed in the 1960’s.

_____ 18. Women’s rights programs (NOW / ERA) had no effect on America in the 60’s – they had to

wait until African American first got their civil rights.

_____ 19. Before America got involved, Vietnam was controlled by the French.

_____ 20. From the very beginning, all the United States wanted to do with Vietnam was make it a

U.S. territory.

_____ 21. Vietnam was divided very much like Korea – Communists in the North and an American

supported South.

_____ 22. The Viet Cong were on the side of the North Vietnamese communists.

_____ 23. In the 60’s, Kennedy and the U.S. was afraid communism might even be spreading close to

the United States.

_____ 24. After the Tet Offensive, the United States felt they were now able to send a lot more troops

into Vietnam.

_____ 25. In Vietnam, many American soldiers “never knew who was your friend and who was your

enemy.”

_____ 26. Eating Napalm and Agent Orange helped make the American soldiers into a “superior

fighting force.”

_____ 27. American soldiers in Vietnam often went on “search and destroy” missions.

_____ 28. After the Tet Offensive, President Johnson soon decided to stop sending so many soldiers to

Vietnam.

_____ 29. After a while, Americans began asking themselves why we were fighting a war the

Vietnamese did not want to fight themselves.

_____ 30. Many Vietnam protests and riots were about fairness of which soldiers had to go there.

_____ 31. Vietnam was America’s first “television war.”

_____ 32. President Nixon promised America he would end the Vietnam War.

_____ 33. The Vietnam War was very popular with all Americans – soldiers and civilians.

_____ 34. During and after Vietnam, many Americans began to distrust American leaders.

_____ 35. One positive result of the Vietnam era is that the President now has the total power to send

troops into other countries to fight wars – no matter what Congress and the people want.

Put the following events in order:

1. A. African American students attend school in Little Rock, Arkansas

B. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat ______

C. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated

2. A. President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

B. John F. Kennedy tried to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs ______

C. President Eisenhower helped integrate schools

3. A. Freedom Rides

B. The Montgomery Bus Boycott ______

C. Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus

4. A. The Bay of Pigs invasion

B. The Korean War ______

C. The Vietnam War

5. A. The Gulf of Tonkin Incident

B. The Tet Offensive ______

C. The My Lai Massacre

6. A. The Vietnam War

B. World War I

C. The American Revolution ______

D. The Civil War

E. The War of 1812

F. The Korean Conflict

7. A. The United States develops and uses a nuclear weapon

B. Slavery is abolished in the United States.

C. The United States becomes an independent country ______

D. People in the United States begin settling the west.

E. Native Americans are in control of the entire continent of North America

F. The United States gets involved in 2 major European and world wars

Multiple Choice:

_____ 1. All of the following were attempts of the government to extend civil liberties and

promote equality of economic opportunity EXCEPT:

  1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
  2. An amendment to end poll taxes.
  3. Federally mandated military desegregation.
  4. The passing of the 21st amendment.

_____ 2. Which of the following best summarizes the bulk of legislation passed as part of the

Great Society?

  1. Direct government intervention to combat poverty and improve the well-being of many Americans.
  2. Economic programs to spur the development of the space program.
  3. Political policies aimed at stopping the spread of Communism within the nation.
  4. Social policies designed to appease leaders of rural America.

_____ 3. One lasting effect of the Great Society was this social program…

  1. Drug Abuse Resistance Education.
  2. Medicare and Medicaid.
  3. Social Security.
  4. President’s Council on Physical Fitness.

_____ 4. The landmark 1954 case Brown v. Board led to…

  1. The establishment of judicial review.
  2. Desegregation of US schools.
  3. The decision that African Americans were not citizens.
  4. A women’s right to choose whether to have an abortion.

_____ 5. Participants in the 1963 March on Washington hoped to…

  1. Get “Bull” Connor prosecuted for police brutality.
  2. Convince Congress to pass civil rights legislation.
  3. Prevent the reelection of President Kennedy.
  4. Do battle with the police of WashingtonD.C.

_____ 6. How did the suggested tactics of Malcolm X’s “Black Nationalism” movement differ

from that of Martin Luther King Jr.?

  1. Black Nationalism advocated civil disobedience.
  2. Black Nationalism advocated the use of violence if necessary.
  3. Black Nationalism stressed the involvement of the NAACP.
  4. Black Nationalism encouraged its followers to move to Africa.

_____ 7. The 1960s counterculture / hippie movement was characterized by…

  1. A continuity of styles and actions popular in the 1950s.
  2. The adoption of African American culture and music.
  3. Changing clothing styles, expressive music, and experimentation with drugs.
  4. Religious fundamentalism.

_____ 8. The goal of the feminist movement was…

  1. To highlight women’s unique qualities.
  2. To promote the equality of men and women.
  3. To prove women’s superiority over men.
  4. To make women subservient to men.

_____ 9. The women’s movement of the 1960s grew out of women’s frustration with

a. Declining numbers of women attending college

b. Increasing household responsibilities.

c. Various forms of job discrimination

d. Not being able to own property.

_____ 10. The Berlin Crisis, Bay of Pigs Invasion, and Vietnam are all examples of…

  1. The aggressive actions of the Soviet Union.
  2. President Johnson’s unwillingness to compromise with Soviet leadership.
  3. Failed American economic polices.
  4. The US policy of containment during the Cold War.

_____ 11. How was the Tet Offensive a turning point of the Vietnam War?

  1. Following the NVA and Viet Cong attacks, opinion among the American public began to turn again the war.
  2. Once President Nixon unveiled his plan to invade Cambodia, the need for more draftees increased.
  3. Following the American victory, the ability of the North Vietnamese to fight was greatly diminished.
  4. This attack on American troops forced the President to ask for a formal declaration of war.

_____ 12. Which of the following were justifications used to explain our continued involvement in

southeast Asia?

  1. Presidents “never wanted to be the first to lose a war”
  2. Leaders believed in the Domino theory which meant that if Vietnam fell to communism then other countries in the theater would as well.
  3. Military leaders made it seem we were actually winning the war (body count)
  4. all of the above

_____ 13. Which of the following was a domestic consequence of Vietnam?

  1. African Americans began working in northern factories.
  2. A divided home-front and loss of confidence in the government.
  3. Women gained leadership roles in corporate America.
  4. An outpouring of support for returning veterans.

_____ 14. As a result of the Vietnam War…

  1. Vietnam became a unified democratic country.
  2. Vietnam became a unified communist country.
  3. Vietnam split into two countries, one democratic and one communist.

d. Communism spread into the rest of Southeast