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SOL Review: Cold War-Civil Rights-Modern America
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1
Which of the following was a failure to contain communism from spreading during the Cold War?
Vietnam War
Korean Conflict
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
2
How was the NAACP going to challenge segregation?
By marching and protests
With violence
In the courts
By voting for African-American politicians
3
Where was the climax of the Civil Rights movement in 1963?
Washington, DC
Montgomery, AL
Birmingham, AL
Little Rock, AK
4
What was created after World War Two to prevent future wars?
NATO
United Nations
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
5
Which nation became communist soon after the end of World War Two?
China
France
Korea
Japan
6
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaw?
Discrimination based on race
Jim Crow Laws
Literacy Tests
Lynching
7
Who was the first man on the moon? (“That’s one small step for man one giant leap for mankind”)
Neil Armstrong
Bill Lewis
John Glenn
Richard Rhodes
8
Who is this?
Mr. Rhodes in June
Happy Mr. Rhodes
Mr. Rhodes before 7th Period
Mean Mr. Rhodes
9
Which is Not a post Cold War goal of the United States?
Supporting Human Rights
Foreign Aid (Money)
Humanitarian Aid (Food and Medical Supplies)
Containing Communism to the Soviet Union
10
What court case did the NAACP want to overturn?
Johnson vs. Bird
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Dred Scott vs. Stanford
Brown vs. Board of Education
11
Which U.S. President intensified the Vietnam War in 1961 by sending in 16,000?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
12
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit?
Discrimination based on ethnicity.
All of the above
Discrimination based on race.
Discrimination based on religion.
13
What does this map show?
U.S. invasion of Cuba to remove Soviet nuclear missiles
Allied invasion of Western Europe
North Korean invasion of South Korea
Invasion to remove Fidel Castro from power
14
Which is NOT an issue facing America involving immigration to the United States?
Strain on government services
Filling low paying jobs
Cultural Diversity
Bilingual education
15
Which NAACP lawyer fought against segregation?
Thurgood Marshall
Rosa Parks
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr.
16
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Alan Sheppard
Buzz Aldrin
17
Define Soviet Premier Gorbachev's Policy of Perestroika.
Freedom of the Press
End of hard-line Soviet communism
Limited free market capitalism
Threatening the United States with nuclear weapons.
18
NAFTA allowed for free trade between which three countries?
US-Mexico-Britain
Mexico-El Salvador-Honduras
US-Canada-China
US-Mexico-Canada
19
What case declared the Jim Crow laws unconstitutional?
Rowe vs. Wade
Brown vs. Board of Education
Korumatsu vs. US
Plessy vs. Ferguson
20
What is the importance of the Persian Gulf War?
Communism was contained in Iraq
First war where American women fought in combat
The United States removed Saddam Hussein from power
First war in the Middle East
21
Who was the first female Supreme Court Justice?
Sally Ride
Ruth Ginsberg
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sonia Sotomayor
22
Which country was split in two after World War 2 and became a focal point of the Cold War?
Germany
France
Britain
Japan
23
Define: Patriot Act
Americans must take a loyalty oath
Tom Brady is a cheater
Easier for Govt. to gather information on American Citizens
The American flag must be displayed in every classroom
24
How did President Eisenhower deter a nuclear strike from the Soviet Union?
Threaten a land invasion of the Soviet Union
Negotiated with the Soviet Union to destroy nuclear weapons
Massive Retaliation: You hit us - We hit you back
Threaten to leave the United States
25
Which country did Bill Clinton lift economic sanctions against when they ended Apartheid?
Russia
South Africa
Texas
Vietnam
26
What was developed to rebuild war torn Europe after World War Two?
The Marshall Plan
The Truman Plan
The Policy of Containment
Warsaw Pact
27
What did the husband and wife in the picture do that led to their execution?
Passed nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union
Refused to testify at the McCarthy hearings
Failed to the pass their VA/US SOL
Attempted to assassinate President Truman
28
Which President signed major Civil Rights legislation during the 1960's?
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
29
How did President Reagan attempt to bankrupt the Soviet Union during the 1980’s?
By invading Eastern Europe
By increasing taxes on the American people
Increasing military spending
By not trading goods with the Soviet Union
