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Question 1

1. Which of the following was a reason to create the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?

A. If 18-year-olds could fight for our country they should be able to vote.

B. It was unfair to charge a fee for voting.

C. People under the age of 21 couldn’t be trusted with the vote.

D. Women should have the right to vote.

Question 2

2. What was a factor in President Ford’s loss in the election of 1976?

A. Ford engaged in détente with the Soviet Union.

B. Ford didn’t end the Vietnam War quickly.

C. Ford pardoned Nixon.

D. Ford got involved in the Iran-Contra scandal.

Question 3

3. What Supreme Court decision upheld segregation laws in the United States?

A. Brown v. Board of Education

B. Roe v. Wade

C. Plessy v. Ferguson

D. Parks v. Birmingham

Question 4

4. What might the general goal of Johnson’s Great Society have been?

A. Reducing tax rates in the United States

B. Increasing inequality in the United States

C. Reducing the size of government in the United States

D. Reducing poverty and inequality in the United States

Question 5

5. What was the main issue hurting Jimmy Carter’s reelection chances in the presidential election of 1980?

A. Poor economy

B. Failure to end the Vietnam War

C. Losing the Cold War

D. High housing prices

Question 6

6. Which statement best describes the domino theory?

A. Communism must be stopped domestically using pro-democracy propaganda.

B. Wars can be won only with multiple battlefield victories.

C. If the United States spread democracy to one nation it would soon spread to other nations.

D. A communist victory in one country could lead to the spread of communism to other countries

Question 7

7. What term is used to describe a group of people that would reject the social values of the greater society?

A. Traditionalists

B. Counterculture

C. Conformists

D. Conservatives

Question 8

8. What was a result of the publishing of the Pentagon Papers?

A. Richard Nixon resigned in shame.

B. Americans learned that many official statements about the Vietnam War weren’t true.

C. The budget for the Defense Department was dramatically cut.

D. More Americans came to support the Vietnam War.

Question 9

9. What name was given to Americans who opposed the war effort in Vietnam?

A. Pigeons

B. Eagles

C. Hawks

D. Doves

Question 10

10. Which of the following was a difficulty faced by the American military in the Vietnam War?

A. Lack of military technology

B. Problems getting military supplies to Vietnam

C. Lack of military training

D. Problems identifying the enemy

Question 11

11. What was a result of the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?

A. More costs associated with voting

B. Banning of poll taxes

C. Fewer African Americans voting

D. Registration for voting was no longer required.

Question 12

12. Why did US officials decide to leave Saddam Hussein in charge of Iraq after the Persian Gulf War?

A. They had no power to remove Saddam Hussein.

B. Saudi Arabia insisted on keeping Saddam Hussein in place.

C. They feared that chaos would engulf Iraq in the absence of a strong leader.

D. They owed Saddam Hussein favors for his past actions in the Middle East.

Question 13

13. The _______ were the communist guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

A. North Vietnamese Regulars

B. Viet Cong

C. Hi Chi Minh Fighters

D. Contras

Question 14

14. Which of the following could be considered a cause of the 2007–2008 economic crash?

A. Too many people going to college

B. Too many people working high-paying jobs

C. Too many risky loans given out

D. Too many people out of work

Question 15

15. What was the result of the Vietnam War?

A. North Vietnam conquered South Vietnam and the country unified as a communist nation.

B. South Vietnam conquered North Vietnam and the country unified as a democratic nation.

C. North Vietnam conquered South Vietnam but remained separate under a peace treaty.

D. South Vietnam became a protectorate of the United States and remains a democratic country to this day

Question 16

16. What country fell under the control of an Islamic fundamentalist government in 1979?

A. Syria

B. Iran

C. Saudi Arabia

D. Iraq

Question 17

17. Which Civil Rights leader believed that African Americans should set up their own communities without interference or help from white Americans?

A. James Meredith

B. Robert Kennedy

C. Malcolm X

D. Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 18

18. How did President Kennedy respond to the information that the Soviet Union was placing nuclear missiles in Cuba?

A. A naval blockade

B. Placing missiles in Poland

C. An airlift to Cuba

D. Blockading the Soviet Union

Question 19

19. How did President Nixon leave office?

A. He was impeached and removed.

B. He finished out his second term.

C. He died.

D. He resigned.

Question 20

20. George W. Bush made an unpopular proposal to partially privatize what government program?

A. The GI Bill

B. Medicaid

C. Welfare

D. Social Security