1F.1 The changing political environment, 1917–80 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 6

The 20 questions

1. Which Republican president served from 1921 to 1923 and promised a 'return to normalcy' after the First World War?

   • Calvin Coolidge
   • Herbert Hoover
   • Woodrow Wilson
   • Warren G. Harding

2. Which president was in office during the Great Depression's onset in 1929?

   • Dwight D. Eisenhower
   • Herbert Hoover
   • Franklin D. Roosevelt
   • Harry S. Truman

3. Which programme of Franklin D. Roosevelt aimed to tackle the Great Depression through government intervention?

   • The New Frontier
   • The Great Society
   • The Fair Deal
   • The New Deal

4. What drove the mass arrests and deportations in the USA during 1919–20?

   • The New Deal
   • The Red Scare
   • The Great Depression
   • The Watergate scandal

5. Which foreign policy approach did the USA largely pursue during the 1920s and 1930s?

   • Containment
   • Imperialism
   • Isolationism
   • Internationalism

6. Which Japanese attack brought the USA into the Second World War in December 1941?

   • Iwo Jima
   • Hiroshima
   • Midway
   • Pearl Harbor

7. Which US foreign policy principle motivated military intervention in Korea in 1950?

   • Détente
   • Isolationism
   • Appeasement
   • Containment

8. Which president was in office during the Korean War's early years?

   • Dwight D. Eisenhower
   • Lyndon B. Johnson
   • John F. Kennedy
   • Harry S. Truman

9. Which US president took office in 1953 and brought an armistice to the Korean War?

   • Harry S. Truman
   • John F. Kennedy
   • Dwight D. Eisenhower
   • Lyndon B. Johnson

10. Which social movement opposed the Vietnam War and promoted alternative lifestyles in the 1960s?

    • Tea Party
    • America First
    • Moral Majority
    • Counter-culture

11. Which conservative candidate's 1964 presidential campaign sparked the modern American conservative movement?

    • Jimmy Carter
    • George McGovern
    • Hubert Humphrey
    • Barry Goldwater

12. Which president's administration was marked by the Vietnam War escalation and the Great Society programme?

    • Richard Nixon
    • Lyndon B. Johnson
    • Gerald Ford
    • John F. Kennedy

13. Which political scandal forced President Richard Nixon to resign from office in August 1974?

    • Watergate
    • Whitewater
    • Iran-Contra
    • Teapot Dome

14. Which 1973 law limited the president's power to commit US military forces without congressional approval?

    • Neutrality Act
    • Tonkin Gulf Resolution
    • Patriot Act
    • War Powers Act

15. Which US senator led aggressive anti-communist investigations during the Red Scare of the early 1950s?

    • George Wallace
    • Strom Thurmond
    • Joseph McCarthy
    • Huey Long

16. What name was given to Franklin D. Roosevelt's informal radio broadcasts?

    • Fireside chats
    • Cornerstone addresses
    • White House briefings
    • New Deal updates

17. Which international organisation did the US Senate refuse to join after the First World War?

    • League of Nations
    • United Nations
    • NATO
    • World Bank

18. Which crisis and reform period most expanded US presidential authority between 1933 and 1945?

    • The New Deal
    • The Fair Deal
    • Watergate
    • Vietnam War

19. Which decade saw the USA's rise as a Cold War superpower, following its wartime role?

    • The 1940s
    • The 1890s
    • The 1910s
    • The 1970s

20. In which year did Warren Harding launch his presidential campaign promising a 'return to normalcy'?

    • 1916
    • 1924
    • 1928
    • 1920

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