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EARLY COLD WAR THROUGH VIETNAM REVIEW
EARLY COLD WAR THROUGH VIETNAM REVIEW
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1
This group was known for their militant posturing and use of violence to fight for equality
Christian Leadership Conference
The Black Panthers
The Nation of Islam
The Haarlem Globetrotters
2
What did Kennedy decide to do in response to the Soviets placing nuclear missiles in Cuba?
All out invasion of Cuba
Sent the Navy to blockade Cuba
Diplomatic pressure
Strategic air strike of the missile sites
3
What was Senator Joe McCarthy most known for?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Red Scare
Kennedy Assassination
4
Martin Luther King, Jr. promoted
violent revolution
civil disobedience
segregation
"any means necessary"
5
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 help make illegal?
sharecropping
Jim Crow Laws
Literacy Tests
Poll Tax
6
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped eliminate this
literacy tests
the poll tax
vagrancy laws
Jim Crow Laws
7
What impact did the launch of Sputnik have on the United States?
lead to the US attacking the USSR
led to the US eventually creating NASA
led to the US intensifying the Arms Race
led to the US airlifting supplies to Berlin
8
What event does the following image match with?
boycott
draft dodging
sit-ins
strike
9
Which of the following DOES NOT describe what activity the Freedom Riders were engaged in?
non-violent protest
civil disobedience
violent uprising
exposing immoral laws in the South
10
Which of the following events does not belong with the others?
Korean War
Space Race
Cuban Missile Crisis
Montgomery Bus Boycott
11
The court case that overturned the Plessy vs Ferguson ruling of "Separate but equal"-
Sweatt vs Painter
Hidalgo vs Bastrop
Hernandez vs Texas
Brown vs Board of Education
12
This law helped veterans by paying their way through college
GI Forum
GI Bill
24th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
13
Why did the United States become involved militarily in Vietnam?
to expand their colonial possissions
to help enforce the Marshall Plan
to support the Viet Cong
to contain Communism
14
What was the first war the US fought enforcing the policy of containment?
The Korean War
Spanish American War
World War II
The Vietnam War
15
This musician introduced a new form of controversial music to the world
BB King
Buddy Holly
Elvis Presley
Jerry Jeff Walker
