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Ch 36: American Zenith
Ch 36: American Zenith
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1
Who wrote An American Dilemma (1944)?
Ernest Hemingway
Gunnar Myrdal
John Steinbeck
Rosa Parks
2
What was President Eisenhower's plan to deport 1,000,00 illegal immigrants ?
Operation Wetback
The Trump Plan
Operation Deport
Operation Drychest
3
Which nations attacked the Suez Canal, starting the Suez Crisis?
Great Britain and Belgium
USSR and China
France and the U.S
Great Britain and France
4
Which revolutionary rose to power after a coup overthrew the US backed government in Cuba?
Ivan Rakitic
George Lopez
Cesar Chavez
Fidel Castro
5
What communist union was signed to counteract the western backed NATO?
Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact
The Warsaw Pact
The Polish Pact
The USSR
6
Which group did John F. Kennedy NOT gain support from in the election of 1960?
Catholics
Southern Democrats
Workers
African Americans
7
What organization was established by Eisenhower in response to launches of Sputnik I and II?
United States Aeronautics Administration (USAA)
Federal Space Organization (FSO)
National Space Exploration Organization (NSEO)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
8
What plan, supported by Eisenhower, created thousands of miles of federally funded highways?
Interstate Act
Federal Interstate Transportation Act of 1954
The Highway Plan
Federal Highway Act of 1956
9
Who assassinated President John F. Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
10
What was discovery of the installation of Soviet nukes in Cuba called?
Korean War
Bay of Pigs
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Bridge of Spies
11
The election of 1952 was won by _______.
Adlai Stephenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Richard Nixon
12
The leader of early nationalist forces in Vietnam, becoming increasingly communist over time?
Hueng Ming Son
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
Kim Jung Un
13
The majority of clerical and service jobs created after 1950 were filled by _______.
Immigrants
The Lower Class
Men
Women
14
Which prominent court case ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Sweatt v. Painter
15
In which city did Martin Luther King Jr. launch his campaign against discrimination?
New Orleans, Louisiana
Montgomery, Alabama
Atlanta, Georgia
Jefferson City, Missouri
