Unit 6 Chapter Test. The Americans Grade 11 McDougal Littell NAME. Main Ideas Choose the letter of the best answer.

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1 The Americans Grade 11 McDougal Littell NAME Unit 6 Chapter Test Main Ideas Choose the letter of the best answer. 1) What contributed to the end of the Cuban missile crisis? (a) America s secret promise to remove missiles form Turkey (b) the discovery that the missiles had been removed (c) Castro s promise to restore democracy in Cuba (d) Castro s promise to break with the Soviet Union 3) Which of the following reflects the findings of the Warren Commission? (a) Oswald and Ruby were part of a conspiracy. (b) Oswald acted alone. (c) Cuban exiles were involved. (d) The FBI was involved. 2) What was one result of Johnson s Great Society initiatives? (f) a balanced budget (g) reduction in the power of the federal government (h) a conservative backlash (j) increased taxes to fund government programs 4) The main purpose of the flexible response military strategy was to (f) enable the United States to fight limited wars around the world. (g) decrease the number of nuclear weapons. (h) prepare for the invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. (j) reduce defense spending.

2 Map Skills Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 UNITED STATES Cape Canaveral ATLANTIC OCEAN Soviet missile site U.S. air base U.S. aircraft carrier U.S. naval blockade FLORIDA Miami Key West (U.S.) BAHAMAS (BRITISH) Extent of U.S. air patrols enforcing the blockade Havana Gulf of Mexico CUBA MEXICO CAYMAN ISLANDS (BRITISH) Guantanamo HAITI DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PUERTO RICO (U.S.) VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) BRITISH HONDURAS SWAN ISLAND (U.S.) JAMAICA (BRITISH) Miles GUATEMALA HONDURAS 5) Which country outside the area of air patrol was closest to the westernmost U.S. naval blockade? (a) Mexico (b) Honduras (c) British Honduras (d) Dominican Republic 6) Which statement about the U.S. blockade and air patrol is true? (f) The air patrol covered a larger area than the naval blockade. (g) The naval blockade covered a larger area than the air patrol. (h) The air patrol and naval blockade covered the same area. (j) The air patrol and naval blockade covered entirely different areas.

3 Main Ideas Choose the letter of the best answer. 7) Which of the following affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of Jim Crow laws? (a) the Fourteenth Amendment (b) the Civil Rights Act of 1875 (c) the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (d) the decision in Morgan v. Virginia 8) The first organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation was (f) the children s crusade in Birmingham. (g) the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. (h) the mass march on Washington, D.C. (j) the Selma, Alabama, voting rights campaign. 9) Which doctrine relating to public education was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education? (a) due process of law (b) separate but equal (c) all deliberate speed (d) equal protection of the law 10) In the summer of 1964, thousands of white college students took part in (f) riots in Northern cities resulting from racial tensions. (g) a demonstration in support of integrating Southern colleges. (h) a funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr. (j) a campaign to register African-American voters in Mississippi. 11) What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officials to do? (a) register voters (b) oversee the collection of poll taxes (c) oversee programs to test voter literacy (d) recount votes 12) One legacy of the civil rights movement that has been challenged in recent years is (f) equal opportunity in housing. (g) affirmative action programs. (h) black participation in politics.. (j) separate but equal facilities

4 Map Skills Civil Disorders, 1967 MAJOR DISTURBANCES (8): Looting, sniping, fires, and violence lasting several days, and requiring use of state or federal troops as well as local police SERIOUS DISTURBANCES (31) MINOR DISTURBANCES (117): Lasting less than a day and involving only local police Altogether, the 1967 race riots resulted in 83 deaths and 1,897 injuries. 13) How many major race riots occurred in 1967? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 31 (d) ) In which region did the highest concentration of riots occur? (f) Northeast (g) Midwest (h) South (j) West

5 Main Ideas Choose the letter of the best answer. 15) In the early years of the Vietnam War, a young man could automatically be deferred from the draft by (a) getting married. (b) enrolling in college. (c) getting a job. (d) becoming a conscientious objector. 16) The publication of the Pentagon Papers revealed secret plans to enter the Vietnam War that had been made by the administration of (f) Richard Nixon. (g) Lyndon Johnson. (h) John Kennedy. (j) Dwight Eisenhower. 17) Which of the following statements regarding the Democratic candidates for president in the 1968 election is true? (a) Robert Kennedy was assassinated after narrowly losing the party s nomination. (b) Hubert Humphrey was guaranteed the party s nomination before the national convention took place. (c) Eugene McCarthy voluntarily dropped out of the race before the national convention took place. (d) Lyndon Johnson announced at the national convention that he would not seek the party s nomination. 18) The main purpose of introducing the body count during the Vietnam War years was to (f) persuade Americans that a Vietcong surrender was imminent. (g) motivate U.S. soldiers to desire revenge. (h) build antiwar sentiment in the United States. (i) show that the war could not be won without U.S. involvement.

6 Map Skills Indochina Dien Bien Phu May Vietminh overrun French outpost, forcing French surrender. Hanoi and Haiphong December U.S. planes drop 100,000 bombs over eleven days. LAOS Dien Bien Phu NORTH VIETNAM Hanoi September Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam an independent nation. Hanoi Haiphong Haiphong March Nixon orders massive bombing campaign and placement of mines in harbor. Vinh Gulf of Tonkin August North Vietnamese fire at U.S.S. Maddox. Gulf of Tonkin CHINA Hainan (China) THAILAND Cambodia April U.S. troops invade Cambodia to clear out North Vietnamese and Vietcong supply centers. CAMBODIA Phnom Penh Mekong R. Ho Chi Minh Trail Demilitarized Zone Quang Tri Hue Da Nang Kontum Pleiku SOUTH VIETNAM 17th Parallel My Lai March U.S. platoon kills over 200 South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai Massacre. My Lai Cam Ranh Qui Nhon South China Sea Saigon April North Vietnamese capture city, causing South Vietnam to surrender. Gulf of Thailand Saigon Ben Tre Ben Tre February Ben Tre is one of many towns leveled by U.S. search-and-destroy missions Miles Kilometers McDFA_R22map Indochina Second Proof SPC ) Approximately how many miles would troops have to travel from Hanoi to Saigon using the Ho Chi Minh Trail? (a) 250 (b) 450 (c) 650 (d) ) Which statement accurately describes the Ho Chi Minh Trail? (f) It was used mainly to move South Vietnamese troops north. (g) It connected key cities and ports within South Vietnam. (h) Most of it was located outside the borders of Vietnam. (i) It connected the capital of North Vietnam to points south. 21) Locate Ben Tre on the map. Why might the United States have conducted a search-and-destroy mission at this location? (a) There may have been Vietminh and Vietcong in Ben Tre. (b) Ben Tre was a key supply center along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. (c) The North Vietnamese fired at the U.S.S. Maddox from Ben Tre. (d) The South Vietnamese had placed many mines in the harbor nearby.

7 Main Ideas Choose the letter of the best answer. 22) Which group played a key role in helping Ronald Reagan become president in 1980? (f) New Right (g) La Raza Unida (h) National Organization for Women (j) American Indian Movement 23) Which of the following describes the actions of César Chávez? (a) He ran for Congress as a liberal democrat. (b) He adopted the tactics of nonviolent protest. (c) He adopted the tactics of militant confrontation. (d) He protested against agricultural unionization. 24) Whom did conservatives blame for the increasing permissiveness in American society? (f) women and minorities (g) Democrats (h) the Beatles (j) campus rebels and the counterculture 25) Which group was founded specifically to address the grievances of women that were not adequately addressed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (a) National Organization for Women (b) New Right (c) New Left (d) Ohio Women s Suffrage Association

8 Ratifying the ERA Map Skills yy;; ;y;y;; yy ;y;y;y;y ;y;y;y ;; yy;y 38 states needed to ratify by June 30, 1982 ;yratified, later rescinded Voted against AK HI CA OR WA NV ID AZ UT MT WY NM CO ND SD NE TX KS OK MN IA MO AR LA WI IL MS IN TN MI AL KY OH WV GA SC FL PA VA NC VT NH NY ME MA RI CT NJ DE MD In 1972, Hawaii was the first state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA); five years later, Indiana was the last. Meanwhile, some states voted to rescind, withdraw, their ratification. This action was judged unconstitutional, and those states were counted as ratifying. 26) Which of the following statements is supported by the map? (f) The western United States supported the ERA, while the eastern part of the country opposed it. (g) Hawaii led both the move to ratify the ERA and the move to rescind that ratification. (h) The central part of the United States was unified in its support of the ERA. (j) The northeastern states largely supported the ERA.

9 Interpreting Charts 27) What happened to the number of women earning doctor s or equivalent degrees between 1960 and 1980? (a) The number doubled. (b) The number tripled. (c) The number decreased slightly. (d) The number increased by a factor of nearly ten. 28) What happened to the number of men earning doctor s or equivalent degrees between 1970 and 1980? (f) The number nearly doubled. (g) The number decreased by half. (h) The number decreased by nearly 3,000. (j) The number increased by about 100.