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US History EOC Review Cold War/Civil Rights Movement
US History EOC Review Cold War/Civil Rights Movement
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US History EOC Review #3 (WWII - Civil Rights Movement)
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1
Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice after WWII.
Nazi War Crime Trials
None of these are correct answers
Nuremburg Trials
Nazi War Trials
2
Which wars are results of the U.S. policy of containment
Vietnam & Cuban War
Korean & Cuban War
Vietnam & Russo-Japanese Wars
Vietnam & Korean War
3
Military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe to counteract NATO.
U.S.S.R.
Warsaw Pact
Satellite States
Communist Alliance
4
Identify the major reasons the U.S. became involved in WWII.
Japanese aggression in the Pacific Rim region
Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
German invasion of Poland
Germany breaking the Treaty of Versailles
5
U.S. aid ($400 million) to Greece & Turkey to rebuild & stop communism from taking over.
Truman Doctrine
Containment
Marshall Plan
Monroe Doctrine
6
Military alliance of European & North American democracies to fight communism & Warsaw Pact
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
United Nations (U.N.)
NATO (North Atlantic Trade Organization)
League of Nations
7
Overcome legal barriers that prevented African Americans from voting under the 15th Amendment
Voting Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1865
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
8
_________
was a U.S. policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
All of these answers are excellent
Containment
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
9
Nonviolent means of protesting or of attempting to achieve political goals.
Civil Disobedience
Riots
None of these answers are correct
Strikes
10
Competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the U.S. & U.S.S.R. & their allies
Nuclear Arms Race
Brinksmanship
SALT
Detente
11
U.S. Vs. U.S.S.R. 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; U.S.S.R. withdraws missiles
Bay of Pigs
All of these answers are WRONG
Cuban Revolution
Cuban Missile Crisis
12
Which era is nicknamed "restless?" People move from rural to urban settings & then to suburbs.
1940s
1970s
1960s
1950s
13
Brought food & other needed goods into W. Berlin by air as a result of a blockade.
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Blockade
14
Which three nations are represented at the Yalta Conference
France, U.S., & Great Britain
U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union
Russia, Germany, & Great Britain
U.S., Germany, France
15
Allies retake France & resulted in liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control.
A.) Battle of Normandy
Both A & B are correct
B.) D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
16
Who is "Rosie the Riveter?"
campaign to recruit women for the munitions industry
campaign to show women are now the backbone of US industry
campaign to show women are just as strong as men
None of these answers are any good.
17
_______ was a research & development
project
for the first nuclear weapons during World War II.
Los Alamos
Manhattan Incident
Atomic Bomb
Manhattan Project
18
U.S.CIA try to overthrow Castro with Cuban exiles that fled the country after he came to power.
Cuban Revolution
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Crisis
Operation Castro
19
Japanese-American citizens were not trusted & thought to be spies resulting in _______________.
Japanese Death Camps
Japanese Concentration Camps
None of these answers are correct
Japanese Internment Camps
20
Why many U.S. citizens protested the Vietnam War?
Drafting of citizens
U.S. soldiers killing Vietnamese women & children.
All of these are accurate answers
U.S. gov. not being upfront about causalities & expense
21
Which line of latitude divided N & S. Korea?
48th Parallel
27th Parallel
17th Parallel
38th Parallel
22
Strategy employed by the U.S. to gain military bases and secure the small islands in Pacific.
Battle of Midway
General MacArthur's Plan
Island Hopping
Pacific Campaign
23
This court case ended the idea of segregation in public schools.
Jim Crow Laws
Scopes Trial
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
24
What was the importance of the Civill Rights Act of 1964?
Prohibited discrimination in public places
integrated schools & other public facilities
These are ALL the best answers Ever for this question.
made employment discrimination illegal.
25
What resulted in the surrender of Japan?
A.) Dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Both A & B are correct
B.) Dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
Victory in Japan Day
26
Prominent African American civil rights leader once a spokesperson for the Nation of Islam.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Mohandis Ghandi
Muhammad ALI
27
What event led to the space race between the U.S. & U.S.S.R.
Manhattan Project
STAR WARS
Sputnik
Kosmos
28
U.S. Senator's practice of publicly accusing others of disloyalty or communist ideals.
Palmer Raids
McCarthyism
None of these answers are correct
Red Scare
29
Group of Native Americans used as"Code Talkers" to communicate in the Pacific Theatre of WWII
Blackfoot Code Talkers
Navajo Code Talkers
Apache Code Talkers
Cherokee Code Talkers
30
U.S. gives $13 Billion to help W. European nations rebuild & to halt the spread of communism.
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Containment
Monroe Doctrine
31
What was the end result of the Korean War?
All of these answers are ridiculous and not even close
North = communist gov; South = nationalist, anti-communist
North = nationalist, anti-communist gov; South = communism
North = Chinese communist; South = Fascist
32
Which of the following are causes of the Cold War?
U.S. refusal to share nuclear bomb secrets.
All of these answers are correct.
Distrust between Stalin & FDR
U.S. fear communist attack; U.S.S.R. fear of U.S. attack
33
Who is a major figure in the American Indian Movement (AIM)?
Cesar Chavez
Malcolm X
Muhammad Ali
Russell Means
