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1950's Civil Rights, Culture and Cold War
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1
What event is Rosa Parks associated with?
Little Rock 9
Nuremburg Trials
NASA
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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What was the policy of stopping the spread of communism practiced by the U.S.?
Red Scare
Domino Theory
Containment
Propaganda
3
What type of protests did MLK promote?
Riots
Violent
Arsen
Peaceful
4
Who made the "Iron Curtain" speech?
Eisenhower
Truman
Stalin
Churchill
5
Which of these was NOT a fad from the 1950's?
Elvis Presley
Nintendo
Poodle Skirt
Cat in the Hat
6
What was the heated war of words and build up of arms between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
Vietnam War
Cold War
Korean War
World War II
7
Who was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Thurgood Marshall
MLK
Eisenhower
McCarthy
8
What is the term for buying luxury goods and services to show off?
Conspicuous Consumption
Communism
Containment
Prosperity
9
What was the name of the defensive alliance of the Soviet countries?
Warsaw Pact
Stalingrad
NATO
United Nations
10
What was held to bring the Nazi war criminals to justice?
Warsaw Pact
Lebensraum
Nuremburg Trials
Blitzkrieg
11
What was the U.S. policy of going to the edge of all out war to stop communism?
Red Scare
Brinkmanship
Marshall Plan
Space Race
12
Which country was the first to put a satellite in space?
Britain
USA
Germany
USSR
13
How long did the Cold War last?
10 years
23 years
41 years
5 years
14
Who became the leader of the USSR after Stalin died?
Hitler
Truman
Khrushchev
Lenin
15
What were people in the '50's called who were considered unsatisfied with life?
Beatniks
Yippies
Hippies
Silent Generation
16
Who were the students who were prevented from attending schools by the Governor of Arkansas?
The Little Rock 9
Rosenburgs
Sit ins
The Sputniks
17
Which leader was the only one of the big three to attend both Yalta and Potsdam?
Stalin
George W. Bush
Roosevelt
Churchill
18
Which court case began the idea of separate but equal?
Brown v. Board
Roe v. Wade
13th Amendment
Plessy v. Ferguson
19
What was the fear of communism called in the 1920's and the 1950's?
Containment
McCarthyism
Red Scare
Patriotism
20
What type of music became popular in the 1950's?
Rock & Roll
Classical
Country
R&B
21
Who was the general who wanted to drop 26 nuclear bombs during the Korean War?
Eisenhowr
McCarthy
MacArthur
Truman
22
Which country was split at the 38th Parallel?
Japan
Korea
China
Vietnam