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US History Module 13
Truman's plan for America is better known as the
Who was the King of Rock and Roll?
US History Module 13
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1
Who was the King of Rock and Roll?
Michael Jackson
Elvis Presley
Jackson 5
Elvis Costello
2
Truman's plan for America is better known as the
Big Deal
No deal
Fair Deal
Square Deal
3
Which amendment gave black males the right to vote
14th
16th
15th
13th
4
areas where the houses were all very similar and close together were called
Slattvilles
Hoovervilles
Ghettos
Levittowns
5
The left-wing of government is the ___________ Party. also known as the ____________
Republican/ liberals
Democratic/ Conservative
Democratic/ liberals
Republican/ Conservative
6
all
but
one of the following was a tier in the California educational system
Community colleges
Junior colleges
state universities
research universities
7
The GI Bill did all of the following
except
Give veterans education assistance to go to college
provide car and boat loans at a lower rate
Allow veterans one year of unemployment
Provide lower interest rates on home and business loans
8
Which amendment freed the slaves
13th
15th
14th
16th
9
the sudden flood of money to buy very few goods caused
prices to decrease
prices to go up
desperation and anger
joy and happiness all around
10
The invention and development of the ____ led to many other roadside changes
automobile
restaurant
billboard
hotel
11
Which of the following was
not
a cold war invention
model T
kidney transplant
wet suit
auto sliding door
12
The man credited with the invention of the TV is
Philo T Farnsorth
Henry Ford
Dolly Madison
Thomas Edison
13
This court case overruled Plessy
Brown V Board of Ed
Young V Board of Ed
Roe V Wade
Miranda V Arizona
14
This evangelist held sermons in stadiums around the world
Billy Holiday
Billy Graham
Jesse Jackson
Franklin Graham
15
When a main company sells small portions to allow products/services to be all over the country
Conglomerate
Trust
Franchise
monopoly
16
Which was the first real credit card?
Diner's Club
Carte Blanc
Visa
Mastercard
17
Truman demobilized much of the military by
1947
1950
1946
1948
18
Which of the following New Deal proposals did congress actually vote for
Minimum wage increase
National Health Care
Civil Rights for the unborn
Jim Crow laws
19
This prevented closed shops and forced union membership
The Marshall PLan
Truman Plan
Taft -Hartley Act
Brentley-Meyers Act
20
Service industries included all of the following except
manufacturing
retail
medicine
law
21
Under the Fair Employment Act, all but which could not be asked an a job application
age
gender
none of them could be asked
race/ ethnicity
22
A 1950s idea of a nuclear family included all of the following except
Dad
Mom
Kids
Grandparents
23
Which amendment gave former slaves their citizenship?
15th
14th
16th
13th
24
What was the Truman Doctrine?
allowed Congress to question loyalty of federal employees
provided aid specifically to East Germany to stop Communism
provided aid to help rebuild war torn countries in Europe
provided aid to countries fighting Communist uprisings
25
Who did the American people believe would win against Truman
Eisenhower
Dewey
decimal
FDR
26
Because Truman wanted Civil Rights for all, who did he anger?
Southern Republicans
Northern Democrats
Southern Democrats
Northern Republicans
27
during the 1950s there was an increase in people choosing to
work in suburban areas
Work on family farms
work in the cities
work in foreign countries
28
The Korean War was fought between
1950-1953
1945-1950
1959-1975
1950-1951
29
After WWII a rise in population was caused by the
migration of immigrants
new advances in technology
Baby boom
return of veterans from war
30
This is the Separate but Equal Supreme Court Case
Plessy V Baltimore
Plessy V Ferguson
Brown V Plessy
Brown V Board of Ed
31
Under the Fair Employment Act, all but which could not be asked an a job application
gender
age
none of them could be asked
Religion
32
California had a _____________ tier higher education system
10
3
4
2
33
Monetary aid to war-torn Europe to help them recover and avoid the influx of communism was from
the Marshall Plan
The Patton plan
The Eisenhower Plan
The Truman Plan
34
What did Dr Spock do to contribute to Cold War culture?
Wrote a parenting book
hosted a weekly music and dance show
Played in Star Trek
Wrote a book about Elvis
35
Newspaper that incorrected stated Dewey defeated Truman
Los Angeles Times
New York Herald
Chicago Tribune
The Muncie Star
36
The right wing of government is the ___________ party also known as the __________
Republican/ Liberal
Democratic/ conservative
Republican/ Conservative
Democratic/ liberal
37
What did the Marshall Plan do?
Built a wall in Berlin
Allowed all refugees to live in America
Provided Billions of Dollars for rebuilding Europe
broke apart Germany
38
Rationing during the war caused all but which of the following
decreased amount of goods available
prevention of hoarding goods
a fairly equitable distribution of goods
the need for food stamps and welfare
39
Eisenhower Doctrine
American law enforcement organization
Policy to protect the Middle East from any communist attack
Act of causing fright, alarm towards a specific topic
Preparing for imminent war
40
who invented the polio vaccine
Jonas Salk
John Stewart
Michael Salk
Nick Jonas
41
The higher education tiers from least to most prestigious were
community college, research universities, state universities
state universities, research universities, community college
community college, state universities, research universities
state universities, community college, research universities
42
Which Cold War president wanted national health care and to raise minimum wage?
Truman
Nixon
Eisenhower
Kennedy
43
Which two countries immigrated most to the US during the Cold War period?
Cuba and Mexico
China and Germany
Mexico and China
Cuba and China
44
Truman was a ____________ and Eisenhower was a ___________
Democrat/ Republican
Democrat/ Democrat
Republican/ Republican
Republican/ Democrat
45
Which president went on the "whistle stop campaign"
Kennedy
Truman
FDR
Eisenhower
46
In the Cold War Era, most educational funding went to the areas of
science and industrial tech
English and math
science and math
math and history