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Truman thru Johnson
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1
Who came to power in Cuba after a communist revolution in 1959?
Nikita Khrushchev
Cesar Chavez
Fidel Castro
Raul Castro
2
In the late 1940's and the early 1950's increased birthrates led to
Economic recession
White Flight
Lower taxes
Baby Boom
3
What was the turning point in the Vietnam War?
Battle of Midway
There wasn't one
Tet Offensive
Tonkin Offensive
4
In the early 1950's, Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he:
claimed that hundred of government employees were communists
led the fight in congress to increase the minimum wage
ran for president against Truman
was convicted as a spy
5
Nonviolent protests against unjust laws were called
civil disobedience
literacy tests
Gandhi movement
freedom of petition
6
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited
Segregation in bus stations
African Americans from certain restaurants
segregation in schools
discrimination in employment, voting, and public places
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US and their allies military alliance
NAFTA
UN
NATO
Warsaw Pact
8
Who inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Emmett Till
John Lewis
Medgar Evers
Rosa Parks
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Surprising communist assault campaign on 36 capitals and 5 major cities in South Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Korean Stalemate
Viet Cong
Tet Offensvie
10
Soviet military alliance with satellite states throughout Eastern Europe
Warsaw Pact
UN
NAFTA
NATO
11
Competition between US and Soviet Union for control and influence in the world
Cold War
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Capitalism
12
The Election of 1960 was influenced by what?
the use of the hydrogen bomb
the recession in the US
The debate being televised
dissatisfaction with the Marshall Plan
13
Plessy V. Ferguson established the idea of:
separate but equal
all students going to school no matter their race
blacks and whites living together
national integration
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...
was denied by Congress
ended the Vietnam war
pulled the U.S. out of Vietnam before it ended
allowed the President to exercise war powers
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Who was president during the rebuilding of Europe after WWII
Truman
Johnson
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
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All economic industry is owned by private individuals; free market economy
communism
democracy
capitalism
autocracy
17
This map best portrays...
The policy of containment
The effect of the Tet Offensive
The impact of WWI
The policy of democracy
18
The U.S. agreed to loan money to Europe to help them rebuild after WWII
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Truman Doctrin
Marshall Plan
Tet Offensive
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Which is thought to have caused the baby boom?
all of the above
higher standard of living
low unemployment
affordable housing
20
This US foregin policy promised to aid nations struggling against communist movements
Marshall Plan
Democratic Doctrine
New Deal
Truman Doctrine
21
The buildup of nuclear weapons during the Cold War was described as the
military race
power race
arms race
space race
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Economy is run by the government on behalf of the people; intention is fairness and equality
capitalism
dictatorship
communism
democracy
23
In the 1950's 75% of the new homes construction took place in
suburbs
inner city
small towns
rural areas
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Failed CIA attempt to overthrow Communist Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Tet Offensive
Havana Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
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1st satellite to orbit the earth, by the Soviets
Putin
Sputnik
Khruschev
Apollo
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Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark because it
integrated the armed foces
said any one can make their own school
threw out the doctrine of separate but equal in education
was going to fully segregate all schools and make them equal
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Why did the US establish a naval blockade in the Caribbean?
The Cubans did the same
The Bay of Pigs was successful
Khrushchev wouldn't pick up the hotline telephone
Soviets set up missiles in Cuba
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The period of time the government and the American people feared communists was nicknamed...
the red scare
kamikaze
The iron curtain
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The primary goal of the U.S. space program in the 1960's was to:
launch a satellite before the Soviets
explore the effects of space on the human body
Establish a permanent space station
Land a man on the Moon
