This quiz helps prepare students for the California U. S. History STAR test. It covers the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
Create a greater balance of power in government by expanding the powers of executive branch
Create a greater balance of power in government by limiting the powers of executive branch
Create a greater balance of power in government by limiting the powers of judiciary branch
Create a greater balance of power in government by dismantling the judiciary branch
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
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Chemical
Timber
Mining
All of the above
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African Americans and voting
Native Americans and land ownership
Asian Americans and citizenship
Mexican Americans and employment
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It sought to ease tensions between Israel and Palestine.
It sought to ease tensions between Israel and Egypt.
It sought to ease tensions between Iran and Iraq.
It sought to ease United States dependence on OPEC oil.
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Drug abuse
Prostitution
Yuppies
AIDS
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UNIVAC computer
Space flight
Polio vaccine
Nuclear power
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The need to move troops efficiently around the country and the rapidly growing tourism industry
The need to move troops efficiently around the country and the rapid increase of private automobile ownership
The need to move troops efficiently around the country and suburban sprawl
The need to move troops efficiently around the country and suburban sprawl
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His backing of coal mine owners against striking miners
His vetoing of the Taft-Hartley Act
His threatening to draft striking railroad workers into the army
All of the above
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Federal spending and public works
State spending and public works
Federal spending and private-sector initiative
An interstate highway system
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It put limits on immigration yet increased immigration from places other than Northern Europe.
It removed limits on immigration yet increased immigration from places other than Northern Europe.
It put limits on immigration yet increased immigration from Northern Europe.
It removed limits on immigration yet increased immigration from Northern Europe.
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