End Of Semester Test US History B
1. What important demographic shift occurred in the 1950s?
ANS White familiesmoved out of the cities and into suburbs.
2. What piece of legislation helped to expand the middle class?
ANS Civil Rights Act
3. What was a root cause of the Containment Policy?
ANS Soviet expansionist plans
4. Why did the United States and the Soviets end up on opposite sides of theColdWar?
ANS They had very different political philosophies that lead to a deep mistrustof each other.
5. What was the purpose of the Homeland Security Agency?
ANS It was created asa domestic agency aimed at maintaining order during crises such as the
chaos thatfollowed the 9/11 attacks.
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6. Why did Osama bin Laden declare war on the United States?
ANS He saw the United States as an oppressive, occupying force that was evil and harmful to
Islam.
7. What steps did US President Bill Clinton take to attempt to secure Bosnia and keep the
peace there?
ANS He hosted Bosnia's warring leaders at the Dayton Accords in Ohio, where negotiators
worked out a peace agreement./ The answer is
A. for Plato(Brainly)
8. How did the foreign policy doctrines of the two Bush Presidents differ?
ANS Onerelied on multilateralism and the other was unilateral almost to a fault.
9. Who was a member of the U.S.-backed Mujahadeen?
ANS Osama bin Laden
10. What was the name given to Gorbechev's policy of political openness?
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