CFA #6

____1.The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education ended

a. / the “separate but equal” doctrine.
b. / Jackie Robinson’s career in baseball.
c. / Eisenhower’s support of civil rights.
d. / discrimination in the hiring of federal employees.

____2.The successes of the civil rights movement of the 1950s largely bypassed

a. / African Americans.
b. / Native Americans.
c. / Mexican Americans.
d. / all of the above

____3.All of the following resulted from the civil rights movement except

a. / making segregation illegal.
b. / opening the political process to more African Americans.
c. / eliminating poverty in the United States.
d. / giving African Americans a new sense of ethnic pride.

____4.Which of the following best describes Kennedy’s domestic policy success?

a. / Congress supported nearly all his programs, but most were failures.
b. / He had won a popular mandate that made passage of his programs easy.
c. / He rarely succeeded in pushing legislation through Congress.
d. / He launched a remarkable reform program that altered American society.

____5.Which of the following best describes the Great Society?

a. / It won passage of several New Frontier goals and added to them.
b. / It threw out New Frontier measures and replaced them all.
c. / It lacked any support in Congress.
d. / It cut back considerably on federal government spending.

____6.Which of the following best describes the major guiding principle behind the foreign policies of Kennedy and Johnson?

a. / to keep European nations out of Latin American
b. / to stifle Asian trade to benefit European trade
c. / to make peace with the Soviet Union
d. / to stop the spread of communism

____7.The New Frontier proposals addressed all of the following except

a. / the environment.
b. / the economy.
c. / poverty.
d. / the space program.

____8.The term feminism describes the theory of

a. / women’s special nature.
b. / the equality of men and women.
c. / women’s superiority over men.
d. / women’s role of serving men.

____9.The goal of the American Indian Movement was

a. / restoration of lands illegally taken.
b. / autonomy.
c. / control of natural resources.
d. / all of the above.

____10.The “baby boom” that followed World War II contributed to

a. / the cult of classical music in the 1960s.
b. / the increase in the student population of the 1960s.
c. / traditional restrictions of behavior during the 1960s.
d. / none of the above

____11.The theory that men and women are politically, socially, and economically equal is called

a. / the feminine mystique.
b. / feminism.
c. / equal rights.
d. / women’s rights.

____12.Why did the Watergate break-in occur?

a. / The Nixon White House wanted to get Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatric records.
b. / The Committee to Reelect the President wanted to wiretap the Democratic National Committee.
c. / The Committee to Reelect the President needed money to carry on its work.
d. / The FBI and the CIA wanted information about the Democratic presidential campaign.

____13.Why did Nixon resign?

a. / to avoid impeachment
b. / to prove his innocence
c. / to avoid turning over his tapes
d. / to prove his loyalty to his staff

____14.Conservatives criticized the New Deal and the Great Society for having

a. / succeeded in ending poverty in the United States.
b. / expanded the size of the federal government.
c. / put too much power into the hands of state governments.
d. / encouraged the growth of big business.

____15.Critics charged that President Reagan’s conservative policies led to

a. / a larger gap between rich and poor.
b. / the advancement of homosexual rights.
c. / an expansion of government regulations.
d. / a liberal Supreme Court.

____16.What cause was promoted by some groups within the New Right?

a. / women’s rights
b. / homosexual rights
c. / Christian values
d. / federal regulation

____17.The federal government continued to grow under the leadership of

a. / Lyndon Johnson.
b. / Dwight Eisenhower.
c. / Richard Nixon.
d. / all of the above.

____18.The Moral Majority wanted to restore to society what they saw as

a. / blue-collar customs.
b. / vital social programs.
c. / Christian values.
d. / traditional property rights.

____19.In the 1980s, the gap between rich and poor Americans

a. / widened considerably.
b. / remained about the same.
c. / closed somewhat.
d. / disappeared.

____20.In the 1980s, the campaign for homosexual rights

a. / finally triumphed.
b. / made steady progress.
c. / faced growing resistance.
d. / received government support.

____21.In the late 1980s, a series of anti-Communist revolts broke out in

a. / Eastern Europe.
b. / West Germany.
c. / the Persian Gulf.
d. / the Commonwealth of Independent States.

____22.The signing of arms-control treaties between the United States and the Soviet Union signaled the end of

a. / Russia.
b. / the Bush presidency.
c. / the Cold War.
d. / German reunification.

____23.The Persian Gulf War began when Saddam Hussein

a. / launched a nuclear warhead.
b. / invaded Iraq.
c. / invaded Kuwait.
d. / was assassinated.

____24.In 1969, Neil Armstrong and “Buzz” Aldrin were the first two people to

a. / assist President Nixon as new staff members.
b. / be named by President Nixon as Supreme Court Justices.
c. / walk on the moon.
d. / be named to the Nixon Cabinet.

____25.Nixon’s greatest achievement in foreign affairs is considered to be

a. / ending the Vietnam War.
b. / establishing détente with China and the Soviet Union.
c. / negotiating open trade policies with the Soviet Union.
d. / containing communism in Asia.

Constructed Response Question:

“How did perceptions differ about the economy, politics and cultural developments in America after WWII?”

Scoring:

4 Advanced-

  • Wrote at least three paragraphs
  • Addressed differing perceptions of economic, political and cultural developments after WWII
  • Provided at least two impacts or examples for each category: social, economic and political

3 Proficient-

  • Wrote at least two paragraphs
  • Addressed differing perceptions of economic, political and cultural developments after WWII
  • Provided one impact or example for each category: social, economic, or political

2 Progressing-

  • Wrote at least one paragraph
  • Addressed differing perceptions of economic, political and cultural developments in a vague manner
  • Provided two of the three expected impact examples: social, economic or political

1 Beginning-

  • Did not write at least one paragraph but made bullets or diagrams
  • Addressed differing perceptions of economic, political and cultural developments in an incomplete manner
  • Provided one of the three expected impact examples: social, economic or political