US History II - Benchmark 2 Review

Which famous leader of Great Britain said “an iron curtain has descended across the continent”?

The new Federal Agency created in response to the terrorist attacks is the

After his pilgrimage to Makkah (Mecca), Malcolm X concluded that

The new form of entertainment in the 1950s was

Who was the leader of Iraq who invaded Kuwait in 1990?

What were the Jim Crow Laws?

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., drew on the philosophy and techniques of?

Which presidential candidate was shot and killed during the 1968 campaign?

Senator Joseph McCarthy

Americans feared communism because

When and where was John F. Kennedy shot and killed?

The Freedom Riders intended to draw attention to

In what year was Bill Clinton FIRST elected president?

The Fourteenth Amendment requires

Sputnik was a

The four countries that occupied Germany at the end of World War II were

What happened in the Watergate Scandal?

During the Cold War, Truman’s official policy was one of

In what year was the Berlin Wall torn down?

Which president met with Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and urged him to “tear down this wall”?

What were the Pentagon Papers?

What happened at the Bay of Pigs?

Who was president during the first Persian Gulf War?

Who was the first person to set foot on the moon, and when?

Who became leader of Cuba in 1959 after overthrowing the previous dictator?

The baby boom after World War II describes a time when

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Which president sent troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to control protesters at Central High?

Military alliance in Eastern Europe

Who was the first woman Supreme Court Justice?