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1
In 1950, which Asian country did the U.S. begin to fight a war in to try and contain Communism?
Vietnam
Korea
Hungary
Japan
2
Who is known for his role in the Double V Campaign of WWII AND integrating baseball?
Jackie Robinson
Emmett Till
Stokely Carmichael
Malcolm Little
3
What was the Marshall Plan?
U.S. plan to give resources and aid to war torn countries after WWII
The U.S. plan to use military force to stop communism
The Soviet idea to spread communism
The plan to build the Berlin Wall
4
This attempt by the US to remove Castro was an embarrassment to America.
Bay of Hogs
Bay of Pigs
Sputnik
Cuban Missile Crisis
5
Who was elected to be the new President of the U.S. in 1952?
Nixon
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
6
This event brough the US and USSR close to nuclear war in October of 1962.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Berlin Airlift
Sputnik I
Cuban Missile Crisis
7
What was the purpose of Freedom Summer?
to get African Americans registered to vote in Mississippi
to protect African Americans from the KKK
to enforce integration of Southern schools
to protest Jim Crow laws
8
Which of the following was a reason the U.S. didn't like the Soviets when the Cold War began?
lack of the freedom of open elections for Eastern European countries.
they used the atomic bomb in WWII
9
Four anti-war protesters were killed by National Guardsmen at _____ in May of 1970.
Penn State
Ohio State
Michigan State
Kent State
10
Which country, along with the U.S., was considered to be a "Superpower" at the end of WWII?
France
Soviet Union
Germany
England
11
What kept rights away from African Americans between the years of Reconstruction & the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
New Deal
the 14th Amendment
Labor Unions
Jim Crow laws
12
In which year did the Supreme Court make its famous decision to desegregate the schools?
1952 - when Eisenhower was elected
1964 - Civi Rights Act
1954 - in the Brown v. Board case
1963 - after the March on Washington
13
Which of the following did NOT get passed during the Women's Movement of the 60s-70s?
Equal Rights Amendment
Roe V. Wade
14
What was President Eisenhower's response to the harassment of the Little Rock 9 in Arkansas?
He attempted to stop the desegregation of the school by using the military.
He forced Governor Orval Faubus to resign.
He sent the military to escort the Little Rock 9 into school.
He did not help the students.
15
Leader of the United Farm Workers
Lyndon B. Johnson
Malcolm Little
Cesar Chavez
Jose Sarria
16
Who is this Civil Rights lawyer that was a lawyer for NAACP cases including Brown v. Board?
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcom X
John Lewis
17
This activist provided a voice to women that felt unfulfilled by working at home.
Betty Friedan
Jackie Kennedy
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosa Parks
18
Based on the time period, which form of media had a huge influence on how America viewed current events?
radio
newspapers
internet
TV
19
The NAACP attacked segregation by claiming it violated which amendment?
13th
19th
14th
15th
20
Which of the following was an effect of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
It showed the effectiveness of "black power"
The city bus system continued to segregate black passengers
Nonviolence worked & the "win" further prompted fight for civil rights.
It put pressure on JFK to begin work on a Civil Rights law
21
What was the "
Iron Curtain
"?
The separation of Northern and Southern Europe
Metaphorical border between Communist countries and Democracies in Europe
The rubble that was left behind in Japan after the Atomic Bomb
The physical wall in the middle of Berlin, Germany.
22
He was the dictator of Cuba from 1959-2008?
Fidel Castro
John F. Kennedy
Cesar Chavez
Lee Harvey Oswald
23
Rosa Parks' actions led to which protest?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March on Washington
Selma March
Birmingham Race Riots
24
Which president is responsible for the passing of the Civil Rights Act & the Voting Rights Act?
Ike
JFK
FDR
LBJ
25
For many Americans, the 1950s were Happy Days. Where did a lot of new houses get built?
the big cities
the suburbs
the moon
the rural areas
26
TheVietnam War saw the death of _______American troops
5,800,000
5,800
580,000
58,000
27
This time period can be described as full of unrest, division, and social transformation.
The 1950s
The 1970s
The 1940s
The 1960s
28
It technically ended US involvement in Vietnam, but failed to bring about peace between North and South Vietnam.
Treaty of Paris
Tet Offensive
Paris Peace Accords
Operation Rolling Thunder
29
Which of the following countries was an ALLY of the U.S. during WWII?
Germany
Japan
Italy
Soviet Union
30
Brown v. Board of Education overturned the "separate but equal" precedent of which case?
Roe v Wade
Marbury v Madison
Plessy v Ferguson
Marshall v Arkansas
31
Who became the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thurgood Marshall
Malcom X
32
The launch of this led to America to fund NASA.
Silent Spring
Mystique
Apollo II
Sputnik I
33
Who was the new leader of the Soviet Union beginning in 1953?
Suzanne Susens, because Stalin died
Nikita Kruschev, because Stalin died
Dwight Eisenhower, because Stalin died
Eric Erickson, because Stalin died
34
In which year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus?
1954 - during the same year as the Brown v. Board case
1952 - when Eisenhower was elected
1955 -the year after the Supreme Court desegragated schools
1963 - the same year as the March on Washington
35
How did the successes of the Civil Rights Movement influence later movements like the Grape Boycott, NOW, and the GLF?
It provided a successful model on how a movement should work
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 created universal protection.
