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Cold War and Civil Rights
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1
Which president was hugely supportive of the Civil Rights Movement?
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
2
What happened in the Bay of Pigs incident?
Failed attempt to overthrow Castro
Missiles were being sent into Cuba
Attempt to colonize Cuba
Castro and Stalin were getting close to bombing America
3
Which of the following was NOT a cause to the fall of the Soviet Union?
Gorbachev opened up USSR
West Berliners rebelled
USSR allowing their colonies to choose democracy
Glasnost and Perestrioka
4
Who was a founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
Malcolm X
MLK Jr.
Stokely Carmichael
Ella Baker
5
Which president declared the "War on Terrorism?"
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Barack Obama
6
Which of the following areas was not one of the places that was attacked on 9/11?
Pennsylvania
Washington D.C.
New York City
Boston
7
Why was it called a "cold" war?
No actual and official battle was fought with US and USSR
Most of the battles were fought in the winter
Representing the tensions between US and USSR
Most of the battles were fought in USSR
8
What is the name of the plan that America gave Europe money to rebuild after WWII?
Marshall Plan
Roosevelt Corollary
Manifest Destiny
Truman Doctrine
9
What was the culmination of the non-violent Civil Rights protest organizations?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Desire to have all African Americans to be able to vote
March on Washington
Desire to have all public schools
10
Which of the following was considered a huge failure on JFK's part?
Social Security
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Peace Corps
11
Which of the following court cases declared "separate but equal?"
Douglas v. Stanford
Brown v. Board of Education
SCLC v. United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
12
What was the main idea of the Black Power Movement?
That Blacks should be superior above all races
To create an alliance between MLK 's followers and Malcom's
Use of Islamic ideas to support their cause
To allow African Americans to vote without poll taxes
13
Which of the following was NOT used in the Vietnam War?
Biochemicals
Guerrilla Warfare
Planes
Trenches
14
What did Brown v. Board accomplish for the Civil Rights Movement?
Making poll taxes and other restrictions for blacks illegal
Desegregation of public schools
Granting full equality to all races
Desegregation of all public places
15
What was McCarthyism?
Witchhunt for communists in Congress
Belief in McCarthy's claims that communists exist in America
Soviet Union tkaing over America
Fear that there will be a communist take over
16
Why did Stalin build the Berlin Wall?
To prevent the allies to speak with the Soviets
To prevent people from running away
Americans made Stalin mad
To control the west Berliners
17
Korean War and Vietnam War is an example of which of the following?
Isolationism
Containment
Detente
Imperialism
18
Which of the following is a similarity between MLK Jr. and Malcolm X?
Religion
Use of violence
Education
Cause
19
What was the following was NOT the result of the Korean War?
China and North Korea claimed South Korea
Division of North and South Korea
Stalemate and armistice was signed
No treaty was ever signed
20
What is the name of the international peace keeping organization created after WWII?
NATO
United Nations
League of Nations
EU
21
What was the Space Race?
Competition on increasing science and math
Competition between US and USSR to get the first man on moon
Testing of nuclear weapons in space
Use of space shuttles to advance technology
22
Who sparked the Montogomery Bus Boycott?
MLK Jr.
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
Stokely Carmichael
23
How did the allies react to the West Berlin being blocked?
Sold food and supplies to the West Berliners
United Nations met to discuss further action
Forced Soviet Union to go to war if they continue to block
Americans and other allies flew in supplies by plane
24
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
America and USSR agreed to remove their missiles
JFK sent in operatives into Cuba
War broke out between US and USSR
JFK called Krushchev to discuss things
25
What was the name of the domestic policies of Lyndon B. Johnson?
New Deal
Great Deal
Great Society
Fair Deal
26
What was the iron curtain?
The invisible divison between East and West Europe
Truman's on the divison between the former allies of WWII
Creation of a separation between free and communist
Stalin's expansion of the Berlin Wall
27
Which of the following did NOT cause of LBJ's decline in popularity?
Causing America to fight in an "unneccessary" war
Televised images of the Vietnam War
Death of JFK
Protests increasing
28
Which of the following was NOT an example of protests that occurred during the 60s and 70s?
Veteran's Protest
Sit-ins
Bus Boycott
Teach-ins
29
What caused the Persian War (Operation Desert Storm) to start?
Al Qaida taking control over Iraq
Bin Laden's terrorist attacks
Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait
Saddam Hussein's taking control of Saudi Arabia's oil
30
Which of the following statements is NOT true about containment and detente?
Both were theories created by President Truman
Around Reagan's time, both US and USSR started detente
Containment is the idea to prevent communism from spreading
Detente utilizes discussion and compromises over fighting
