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MegaQuiz - A Level History Edexcel The American Dream 1917-80
MegaQuiz - A Level History Edexcel The American Dream 1917-80
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1
What does CORE stand for?
Committee for Racial Equality
Committee for Racial Equity
Congress of Racial Equality
Campaign of Racial Equality
2
What party did Hoover belong to?
Independent
Republican
Democrat
3
What does KKK stand for?
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Clan
Klu Klux Klan
Kentucky Fried Klan
4
What was the purpose of the Federal Defence Administration in the 1950s?
Develop nuclear weapons
Spy on US citizens
Spy on Soviet nuclear weapon development
Organise & distibute safety advice related to nuclear attack
5
What was Malcolm X's birth name?
Stuart Little
Maurice Micklewhite
Malcolm Little
Martin Large
6
HUAC stands for...
House Under Arrest for Communism
House Un-American Activities Commission
House Underinvestigation American Committee
Head Un-American Communists
7
Which President said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'?
Roosevelt
Harding
Reagan
JFK
8
Who led a railway workers protest and threatened a 100,000 strong all black march on washington
A. Philip Randolph
Marcus Garvey
Martin Luther King
Roosevelt
9
Hippies and radical student groups would be seen to be part of what in the 1960?
Establishment
Counter-culture
Furniture
Anarchist movement
10
Which Senator headed the Second Red Scare?
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Stalin
Jon Bon Jovi
John McCarthy
11
What does 'laissez-faire' mean?
Bring on the revolution
Maximum government interference
Minimal government interference
Strict state control
12
Where did a famous sit-in by 4 black students take place in 1960?
Greensboro
Little Rock
Raleigh
Memphis
13
When was the Second Red Scare?
1929-30
1947-54
1930-31
1919-20
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What did Martin Luther King Jr set up in 1957?
MIA
CORE
NAACP
SCLC
15
When was the First Red Scare?
1917-18
1901-2
1930-31
1919-20
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What did Harding promise to people on becoming President in 1921?
A rerun of 'Friends'
A reminder of the 'past'
A return to 'sender'
A return to 'normalcy'
17
In what year did King announce his 'Northern Crusade' to improve slums?
1966
1968
1964
1965
18
Which President pardoned Nixon when he took over the Presidency?
Johnson
Reagan
Ford
Nixon himself
19
Identify the famous black American who advocated accepting segregation in the early 20th C
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Booker T Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
20
Name Hoover's spin on laissez-faire that dwelt less on inaction & more on self-responsibility
New laissez faire
Rugged individualism
New Deal
Anarchism
21
What did some black American athletes use when they won medals at the 1968 Olympics?
Black power salute
Nazi salute
Power fist salute
Two finger salute
22
Who was leader of the SNCC in 1965?
Stokely Carmichael
Malcolm X
Marcus Garvey
Martin Luther King
23
What was the collective name of the laws of segregation across the South in the early 20th C?
Jim Crow Laws
Separate but equal
Booker T Washington Laws
Plessy v Ferguson laws
24
Who organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
CORE
NAACP
MIA
AIM
25
Where were 9 black children turned away from a previously all white school by the nat. guard?
Florida
Detroit
Memphis
Little Rock
26
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
National Association for Active Civil Rights
National Association for Advancing Civil Rights Party
National Assembly for Action Civil Rights Party
27
What did liberal politicians promote as a move to support minorities in the 1960s?
Anti-Racist Committe
Liberal agenda
Positive discrimination
Conservative reaction
28
What are the separate branches of the US government?
President, State, Federal
President, Congress, State
Senate, Congress, House of Representatives
Legislative, Executive, Judiciary
29
In 1968, whose support did President Johnson say he had lost for the Vietnam war?
The working class
'middle America'
The media as a whole
Walter Cronkite
30
During which years did the Watergate scandal take place?
1972-74
1969-70
1970-75
1974 only
31
Who were the VVAW?
Vietcong Veteran Army Writers association
Vietnam Vintage Anti War movement
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
32
Who was President in 1917?
Coolidge
Wilson
Hoover
Harding
33
Which President first sent troops into Vietnam?
Reagan
Nixon
Johnson
J F Kennedy
34
When was the Wall Street Clash
September 1929
October 1929
October 1933
September 1930
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was President during which years?
1929-39
1933-39
1929-40
1933-45
36
What year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus?
1955
1954
1956
1965
37
What is the GNP?
General National Party
Grand National Productivity scale
Gross National Product
Gross Notion of Production
38
What were the 2 major pieces of civil rights legislation between 1955 and 1980?
1974 Civil Rights Act & 1975 Voting Rights Act
1964 Civil Rights Act & 1965 Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Acts of 1965 and 1968
1962 Executive Order 1106 & 1958 Civil Rights Act
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What is an anarchist's beliefs?
Run your own life without formal government
All government is good
Trust the government
Eat, drink and be merry
40
Which 1896 Supreme Court ruling established 'Separate but equal' ?
Plessy v Fergie
King v Malcolm
Plessy v Ferguson
Harding v Johnson
41
When did Stalin lead the USSR?
1919-60
1941-68
1940-50
1922-53
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Which two civil rights groups (still active) were set up in the first decade of the 20th C?
CORE & SNCC
NAACP & National Urban League
NAACP & SNCC
SCLC & SNCC
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Why was Harvey Milk significant?
1st openly gay person elected to public office in California
Martin Luther King's assassin
He campaigned for Chicano and Native American rights
He owned a camera shop
