Quiz on APUSH Unit 8 (1945-1980)

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water

EPA GI Bill Decolonization Watts Riots of 1965

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act

Great society Marshall plan Southern resistance to integration Counter culture

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Prohibited prayers in school

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger Southern resistance to integration Marshall plan Engel vs. Vitale

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights

Containment Self-determination Act of 1975 March on Washington Roe v. Wade

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Decolonization

Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights After WWII there was a massive movement of decolonization throughout the world. Many of these new nations were unstable and needed aid, creating perfect conditions for proxy wars Thousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power

#6 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Baker vs. Carr

Mandated fair congressional districts

True

False

#7 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Self-determination Act of 1975

Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement

True

False

#8 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Phyllis Schlafly

Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment

True

False

#9 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Counter culture

Prohibited prayers in school

True

False

#10 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Cesar Chavez

Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat. Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water

An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act

Prohibited prayers in school

Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights

Decolonization

Section 2: True/false questions

Baker vs. Carr

Mandated fair congressional districts

Self-determination Act of 1975

Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement

Phyllis Schlafly

Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment

Counter culture

Prohibited prayers in school

Cesar Chavez

Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat. Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused

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