APUSH Grade:«grade» Subject: Unit 8 Date: «date»
1Eisenhower's greatest contribution as president was his committment to civil rights. True False
2NATO included the USSR and Hungary. True False
3Joe McCarthy was the nation's leading crusader against communism. True False
4The Marshall Plan was eagerly adopted by the USSR. True False
5The Korean War started when the USSR invaded South Korea. True False
6The U.S. supported Mao Zedong in China hoping he would not align with the USSR. True False
7Republican businessmen of the 1950's rejected the Keynesian welfare state as too socialist. True False
8During the Suez Canal Crisis, the U.S. promised France and England to help them invade Egypt if necessary. True False
9The poorest group in the U.S. in the 1950's was the Native-Americans. True False
10When Sputnik was launched the U.S. wanted more money for science in schools. True False
11In the 1950s, more women worked outside the home because the divorce rate skyrocketed. True False
12Martin Luther King, Jr's philosophy on protests was massive resistance. True False
13The standard of living in the U.S. from 1945 to 1960 increased slightly. True False
14The Warren Commission said Oswald killed Kennedy alone. True False
15Major race riots in the U.S. in the 1960s occurred in Harlem, Chicago and Kansas City. True False
16Employers taking positive measures to recruit minorities is affirmative action. True False
17The Selma March was the high water mark of peaceful civil rights protests. True False
18JFK believed industrialized countries would be the focus in the future struggle over communism. True False
19The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution greatly increased U.S. involvement in Vietnam. True False
20Martin Luther King, Jr. was the leading Black Power advocate. True False
21The Counterculture believed people should adhere to the standing authorities' rules. True False
22Cesar Chavez led the UFW in a successful protest which helped get a contract with California grape growers. True False
23In Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court invalidated states' laws prohibing "first trimester" abortions. True False
24At Kent State, 4 students were killed protesting the Jim Crow laws in the South. True False
25By 1973, the U.S. had enough oil reserves to last the remainder of the century. True False
26Title VII of the Civil Rights Act helped attack sexual discrimination. True False
27The invasion of Cambodia was cheered by most Americans. True False
28Ecology taught that the world's environment depended on relationships with all parts. True False
29The Nixon Administration established formal diplomatic relations with Communist China. True False
30A major cause of the 1970s inflation was the price of oil. True False
31Short Answer Topics Vietnam Sputnik Selma March
32Free Response Question Compare and contrast the 1920's to the 1960's - include arts and literature, social issues, economics, and politics and foreign policy. True False
33DBQ Topic - Civil Rights True False