TEKS US History High School - Topic: H.7-H.9 History
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- Q 1/79Score 0The demonstration described in this article was most likely prompted by -29renewed diplomatic relations with communist Chinathe formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizationthe signing of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treatyescalated deployment of military forces to Vietnam
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- Q1The demonstration described in this article was most likely prompted by -renewed diplomatic relations with communist Chinathe formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizationthe signing of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treatyescalated deployment of military forces to Vietnam60sH.8.F: Responses To Vietnam War
- Q2Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in -the war effort of the 1940sthe Civil Rights movement of the 1960sthe Red Scare of the 1950sthe political scandals of the 1970s60sH.8.B: Cold War Tensions
- Q3Which government poster is directly related to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?60sH.9.F: Minority Rights
- Q4The primary reason given by U.S. leaders to justify military involvement in Vietnam was that it would -maintain the policy of détentepromote reconstruction after World War IIkeep communism from spreading throughout the regionfulfill prior United Nations obligations60sH.8.D: U.S. Involvement In Foreign Countries
- Q5This is a cross-sectional diagram of a major operation ordered by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. The flight pattern illustrated in the diagram was designed to allow an airplane to land every three minutes. Why was this operation undertaken?To enable a rapid withdrawal of troops from a war-torn cityTo rescue thousands of stranded political refugeesTo deploy substantial invasion forcesTo provide supplies to a blockaded city60sH.8.A: U.S. Responses To Soviet Aggression
- Q6The skill and courage of the Tuskegee Airmen served to -encourage immigrant enlistment in the U.S. Army during World War IIdecrease opposition to integrating the armed forcesincrease the number of women joining the U.S. military during World War IIgive the United States an advantage in military encryption60sH.7.G: Home Front & American Patriotism
- Q7The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated -age discrimination in state voting lawsliteracy tests as prerequisites for votingproof of residency as a condition for votingbarriers to voting for women60sH.9.F: Minority Rights
- Q8The name of which civil rights leader best completes the title of the graphic?Martin Luther King, Jr.Malcolm XStokely CarmichaelBooker T. Washington60sH.9.C: Significant Civil Rights Leaders
- Q9What was the main effect of the event reported in this headline?World War II ended with Japan surrendering to the Allies.Germany surrendered to the Allies and promised to help in the fight against Japan.The United States initiated the Marshall Plan to help with the rebuilding of Japan.The Soviet Union invaded Japan to gain access to natural resources.60sH.7.D: Major Issues Of WWI
- Q10In the late 1800s, the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson -recognized public protests as a legal form of civil disobedienceaffirmed the legality of federal regulation of state electionscreated a legal justification for segregation lawsestablished a legal remedy for victims of discrimination60sH.9.A: Civil Rights Movement
- Q11Many of the U.S. soldiers involved in the event mentioned in this headline -were exchanged for Japanese prisoners of wardied during a forced march to a prison camp in the Philippinesescaped and were redeployed to the European theaterremained in trenches and resisted the Japanese invasion60sH.7.E: Major Military Events Of WWI
- Q12What was the ultimate result of the situation President Roosevelt refers to in this excerpt?The outbreak of World War IIThe overthrow of the monarchy in RussiaA surge of social unrest in South AmericaA shift in favor of the policy of appeasement60sH.7.A: Reasons For U.S. In WWI
- Q13What was a primary purpose of the program being promoted by this poster?To encourage women to join the workforceTo reduce health problems among working womenTo promote the purchase of organically grown produceTo increase the food supply during a farm-labor shortage30sH.7.G: Home Front & American Patriotism
- Q14Which U.S. action is Khrushchev challenging in this excerpt?Preventing Soviet advisors from meeting with revolutionaries in South AmericaEnforcing a ban on military aid to communist forces in North VietnamConducting air shipments of vital supplies to East BerlinEstablishing a naval blockade to stop the shipment of missiles to Cuba30sH.8.A: U.S. Responses To Soviet Aggression
- Q15How did President Harry S. Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb affect international relations?It prompted other nations to begin investigations of war crimes.It initiated the arms race with the Soviet Union.It led to the establishment of the first global peacekeeping force.It enabled the United Nations to administer territory in Japan.30sH.7.B: Leadership During WWI
