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A Cold War Quiz based off the notes I took in my American History class.
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1
What was the boundary dividing Europe?
Containment
Berlin Blockade
Iron Curtain
The European Division
2
Which of these American Civil Rights leaders used non-violence to protest?
Cesar Chavez
Ghandi
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
3
Which was included in Kennedy's New Frontier?
Food Stamps
Medicaid
Medicare
Peace Corps
4
What made is possible to live outside the city and commute quickly to work?
The Highways
The Train
The Suburbs
The Automobile
5
What was the term called where people accused other people for possibly being communists?
Social Communism
Communism
McCarthyism
Redism
6
What was the War Powers Act of 1973?
Congress and the President have the power to send troops
The President's dog can send troops
The Supreme Court can send troops
President cannot send troops, only Congress can do that
7
What was the
purpose
of the Peace Corps?
To have citizens help fight off the war on poverty
To send troops to help fight off communism
To send missionaries to assist countries that are in need
To send aid to people in underdeveloped countries
8
What was the
Tet Offensive
?
A surprise attack the American forces did on the Vietcong
The NLF's symbolic famous attack on the Vietcong
A surprise attack the Vietcong did on the American forces
Johnson's strategic attack for the American forces
9
What was the intergovernmental military alliance with the United States?
ECO
NATO
EU
UN
10
Who were the NLF?
An organization created to end Minh's rule
Organization created to end Diem's rule
Communist guerilla forces in S. Vietnam
The group that secretly spread communism in other countries
11
What book attack the notion of a specific gender having to be domesticated?
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Group
I Know WHy the Caged Bird Sings
The Feminine Mystique
12
What city was the center of the civil rights struggle for African-Americans?
Birmingham
Selma
Washington
Memphis
13
What was the purpose of
SALT
?
To be friends with pepper
to limit the amount of Atoms a countries has
limit the amount of nukes countrie have in possession
To limit the amount of assault a country is doing
14
Who created NASA?
Reagan
Truman
Kennedy
Eisenhower
15
What was Eisenhower's Doctrine?
Give financial aid to European countries to rebuild
A peace treaty between two rivaling nations
Threatening use of atomic weapons in Korea
Help foreign countries fight communism
16
What was the idea if one country fell to communism, then its neighboring countries will follow?
Containment
Domino Theory
Imperialism
Internationalism
17
Which one of these were NOT civil rights laws passed during the Civil Rights Movement?
Equal Rights Amendments
24th Amendment
Voting Act of 1965
25th Amendment
18
What were the original law that enforced segregation?
24th amendement
Jim Crow Laws
13th amendment
15th amendement
19
Who
organized
the Freedom Rides in Jackson, Mississippi?
SNCC
NAACP
CORE
20
What was the
term
used to refusing to hire because a person may be communist?
commulisting
backlisting
blacklisting
inlisting
21
What brought full employment for people to improve life in America?
Employ Deal
Fair Deal
Not Fair Deal
New Deal
22
What was America's battle tactic during the Vietnam War?
Guerilla Warfare
Search and Destroy Missions
Surprise Attacks
Operation Rolling Thunder
23
Which of these were
a type of protest technique during the Civil Rights Movement?
Marchs
Sit-Ins
Freedom Rides
Boycotting
24
What was the HUAC?
Organization that allow to arrest suspected communists
government agency that investigates American people
A organization that rejects a person because their communist
A organization of undercover communist agents
25
What event marked the beginning on desegregation in all schools?
Little Rock
Atlanta
Selma
Birmingham
26
Who were the group called that criticized American life through writing and rebelling?
Counterculturists
Sputniks
Beatniks
Hippies
27
Who was the NAACP attorney in the Brown vs. Board of Education case?
Robert Shapiro
Thurgood Marshall
Abraham Lincoln
Clarence Darrow
28
Why did Johnson create Medicaid?
to help the homeless get back on their feet
To provide aid to abandoned children find a home
To provide medical expenses for elders over 65 years old
to provide health insurance for people with low incomes
29
What was the Truman Doctrine?
US gives money aid to foreign countries to fight communism
The US to have no foreign relations with European countries
Promising aid to Middle Eastern countries 2 resist communism
Give financial aid to European allies to rebuild after WW2
30
What were the Geneva Accords?
Agreement to divide Korea into two.
Agreement of the division of North and South in Civil War
Removed weapons in Ukraine and stopped aiming WMDs at nation
Agreement to temporarily divide Vietnam to two parts.
