1. American History II NCFE Review
Unit 7 & 8
50’s/60’s & Vietnam/1970’s
Abrams

2. #1
One of the main effect of the passage of the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 was the expansion of:
Ridership on long-distance passenger trains
Immigrant populations
Communities in the suburbs
The airline industry

3. #2 Which title BEST completes the partial outline?
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Brown v Board of Education Decision
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Fair Housing Act of 1986 
Latino Women Gain Equal Pay
Civil Rights movement Achieves Victories
Native American Indians Regain Land Rights
Persons With Disabilities Win Educational Opportunities

4. #3 What was a direct result of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961?
Fidel Castro was removed from power
Cold War tensions increased
The United States announced its Good Neighbor Policy
The communist government in Nicaragua was overthrown

5. #4
Which of the following events during the Civil Rights Movement was a result of the other three?
Sit-ins at white-only lunch counters in Greensboro, North Carolina
Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, D.C.
Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama

6. #5
The program that promotes preference in hiring for African Americans and other minorities to correct past injustices is known as: 
Title IX
Affirmative Action
Open Admission
Head Start

7. #6
During the 1950’s, the main goal of the civil rights movement was to:
Create separate African American economic and social institutions
Eliminate legal segregation from American life
Establish affirmative action programs to compensate for past wrongs
Form a new nation for African Americans

8. #7
The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren ( ) is considered one of the most liberal in United States history because it:
Worked effectively with the lower court system
Gained the overwhelming support of the American people
Favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution
Expanded the civil rights of various groups of people

9. #8
The Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade and the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) were significant movements in the Women’s Liberation Movement because they:
Represent how the Women’s Liberation Movements failed to accomplish its goals
Represent successes of the movement and its ability to achieve its goals
Represent both a success (Roe v. Wade) and a failure (ERA) for the movement
Represent both a success (ERA) and a failure (Roe v. Wade)

10. #9
All of the following were long-term impacts of the Vietnam War EXCEPT which one?
Congress required approval before Presidents were allowed to perform military actions
Americans grew more and more cynical of the American government
The United States was allowed to continue its policy of containment
The United States developed a “Vietnam Syndrome” that discontinued the sending of military forced to foreign countries to stop the spread of communism

11. #10
“We may anticipate a state of affairs in which two Great Powers will each be in a position to put an end to the civilization and life of the other, though not without risking its own. We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of its own life…” --J. Robert Oppenheimer (1953)
In the statement above, what was Robert Oppenheimer referring to?
Benefits of neutrality
Dangers of the nuclear arms race
Failures of appeasement
Positive effect of atomic energy

12. #11
Which statement most accurately explains why the War Powers Act (1973) was passed?
President Lyndon Johnson failed to send enough troops to South Vietnam
President Richard Nixon negotiated a peace treaty with North Vietnam
Congress wanted to reassert its right to authorize military action
Military leaders demanded limits on presidential authority during wartime

13. #12 What was President Kennedy’s policy in Vietnam?
To send 100,000 troops to South Vietnam
Gain the loyalty of the Viet Cong
Increase the number of American military advisors
Support the efforts of Ho Chi Minh

14. #13
Which event led to vast escalation of the U.S. presence in Vietnam? 
The execution of South Vietnamese leader Diem
The attack in the Gulf of Tonkin
The Tet Offensive during the Vietnamese New Year in 1968
The election of Richard Nixon in 1968

15. #14
What congressional action gave President Johnson the authority to escalate the Vietnam War?
The Pentagon Papers
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Geneva Conference decision
A Joint Chiefs of Staff finding

16. #15
The Strategic Arms Limitation Treat (SALT I), signed by President Nixon with the Soviet Union, was an effort to advance the foreign policy of:
Détente
Brinkmanship
Imperialism
Globalization