U.S. History — Semester B Practice

Question 1 of 10

TEKS 15A-16E Medium Word

NAFTA (1994) was:

A a free trade agreement between US, Canada, and Mexico

B a military alliance

C a civil rights law

D an environmental treaty

Explanation

📌 North American Free Trade Agreement. Reduced trade barriers between US, Canada, Mexico. Later replaced by USMCA (2020).

Question 2 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Hard Word

The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was significant because it —

A ended World War II in the Pacific theater

B caused Germany to declare war on Japan

C was the first time a foreign power attacked U.S. soil

D directly led the United States to enter World War II

Explanation

Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor killed over 2,400 Americans and directly led Congress to declare war on Japan the next day, entering WWII.

Question 3 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word

The League of Nations was proposed by:

A Herbert Hoover

B FDR

C Woodrow Wilson

D Theodore Roosevelt

Explanation

📌 Woodrow Wilson (Fourteen Points). US Senate rejected joining. Predecessor to the United Nations.

Question 4 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Medium Word

Détente was:

A a military alliance

B increased hostility

C an economic system

D a period of reduced Cold War tensions

Explanation

📌 Period of relaxed tensions between US and USSR (1970s). Nixon visited China and USSR. Arms control treaties (SALT).

Question 5 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word

Japanese American internment during WWII was:

A only for non-citizens

B voluntary relocation

C forced relocation to internment camps

D a military strategy

Explanation

📌 Executive Order 9066 (1942). ~120,000 Japanese Americans relocated to camps. Later recognized as unjust. Reparations 1988.

Question 6 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word

The Marshall Plan (1948) was designed to:

A end the Korean War

B punish Germany after WWII

C rebuild Western Europe economically

D create NATO

Explanation

📌 Provide economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII. Prevent communism by promoting prosperity. $13 billion.

Question 7 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word

The Freedom Riders were:

A civil rights activists who challenged bus segregation

B union organizers

C politicians

D soldiers in WWII

Explanation

📌 Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses to challenge segregation (1961). Faced violent opposition in the South.

Question 8 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Medium Word

The Truman Doctrine stated that the US would:

A remain isolationist

B join the Soviet Union

C disband the military

D support nations resisting communism

Explanation

📌 Support free peoples resisting communism (containment policy). Response to Soviet expansion. 1947.

Question 9 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word

JFK's New Frontier included:

A ending Social Security

B Prohibition

C isolationism

D space program and Peace Corps

Explanation

📌 Space program (moon landing goal), Peace Corps, civil rights support, tax cuts. Cut short by assassination (1963).

Question 10 of 10

TEKS 1A-6B Easy Word

The U-2 incident (1960):

A a nuclear test

B a submarine attack

C a US spy plane shot down over the USSR

D a space mission

Explanation

📌 US spy plane shot down over USSR. Pilot Gary Powers captured. Embarrassed Eisenhower. Ruined peace summit.

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