Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980
US History · Unit 8 · Paper 1

Period 8: 1945–1980 unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 26 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 8, Paper 1” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 33 min 30 points0/17 attempted
1

Stonewall (1969)

2

Watergate

3

Civil Rights Act (1964)

4

Great Society

5

OPEC oil embargo (1973)

6

Voting Rights Act (1965)

7

Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)

8

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

9

Environmental Protection Agency (1970)

10

Containment

11

Korean War (1950–53)

12

Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Stagflation

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Tet Offensive (1968)

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Roe v. Wade (1973)

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: McCarthyism

3 pts

Free response

6 pts

Evaluate the extent to which the Cold War shaped domestic policy in the United States in the period from 1945 to 1980.