20-21st History Spring 1-50

Which nation was defeated at the Battle of Midway after its plans of attack were intercepted?

General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War

What was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

___ was the United States' main goal in Vietnam.

The hot line established in 1963 did all of the following except

Which court case made legality of racial segregation/prompted the passage of Jim Crow laws?

The factor that most contributed to the upset win of Truman in the 1948 election was

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to

After the U-2 incident, all of the following events occurred except

The Peace Corps, a program of volunteer assistance to developing nations, was

Medicare, a federal program established for Americans age 65 and over, was intended to provide

John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for President in 1960, was a senator from

Between 1944 and 1947, Chinese Nationalists

A ___ is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies.

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in which activity?

General ___ led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation.

Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?

Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. government and military were made by

Events such as ___ helped set the stage for the civil rights movement.

Labeling someones activities would be to suggest the person is making unsupported accusations

___ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.

Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to ___.

___ enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam.

During the 1950s, ___ jobs declined.

The Longoria incident prompted Mexican Americans to do all of the following except

Where did the United States drop the atomic bomb?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?

The main purpose of the War Powers Act was to ___.

What was the main purpose of introducing the "body count"?

The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for

During the war, women in the WAACs served as

General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in ___.

After World War II, the United States aided ___ in its efforts to keep control of Vietnam.

Against whom did the ARVN fight?

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officials to do?

With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of ___ for African Americans

All of the following were effects of the conversion from wartime to peacetime economy except

According to the Kerner Commission, what was the main cause of urban violence?

A success of the ___ was a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.

Most Americans in the 1960s relied on __ as their primary source of entertainment/information

The expression of nonconformity by ___ developed into the beat movement.

The Dixiecrats nominated ___ to run for president in 1948.

In Brown v. Board of Education policy of ___ relating to public education was overturned

The first organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation was ___.

In the early years of the war a young man could automatically be deferred from the draft by ___

The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the ___.

Who were the defendants at the Nuremberg trials?

One legacy of the civil rights movement that has been challenged in recent years is ___.

Which of the following is not associated with the Black Power movement?

What was the main type of pressure exerted in Montgomery about segregation on buses?