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1
When was the Berlin Airlift?
1919-1920
1941-1942
1948-1949
1958-1959
2
What is Tet?
it means birthday in Vietnamese
celebration of the Vietnamese god of war
Vietnamese new year
harvest season in Vietnam
3
Who is the first country to launch an artificial satellite into space?
Canada
United Kingdom
USA
USSR
4
Brown vs. Board of Ed. determined that what could no longer be segregated?
apple orchards
public bathrooms
courtroom seating
schools
5
How many government workers did Truman require to get loyalty checks during the 2nd Red Scare?
333
3 million
3,000,000,000
300,000
6
What defoliant used during Vietnam was toxic and caused birth defects?
Agent Man
Agent Colson
Agent Orange
Agent Archer
7
How did the Korean War end?
cease fire
treaty
demilitarized zone
North Korean victory
8
What was Bakke vs. University of California about?
cross examination
process of elimination
affirmative action
in-discriminant termination
9
Who was Cesar Chavez an advocate for?
animals
the 1%
the physically handicapped
immigrant laborers
10
When was the Tet Offensive?
1963
1967
1964
1966
11
Which President made the first plans for the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
Nixon
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Johnson
12
Leader of the NVA
Hu Yaobang
Tet Gin Tet
Ho Chi Minh
Chang Kai Shrek
13
A borderline under constant guard from north and south as the result of a ceasefire (DMZ)
Trump Wall
Equator
38th parallel
Great Wall of China
14
Which of these subjects was not a focus for the National Defense Education Act?
History
Science
Math
Foreign Languages
15
What was the result of Roe v. Wade?
gave the right to women for a legal abortion
determined that executive orders can relate to social issues
gave women the right to vote in states starting in "A"
determined that the poor should go to college for free
16
What was the name of the first artificial satellite?
Sputnik 1
Space Dart 37
Spudernacht
Mega-Nerf
17
When did North Korea invade South Korea and begin the Korean War conflict?
1950
1951
1949
1952
18
Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Kennedy
Albert
Eisenhower
Truman
19
Who was James Meredith?
first black student at Georgia Tech.
first black student at Ole Miss
first black student at UCLA
first black student at UTC
20
What was the SNCC's primary form of protesting?
marches
sit-ins
rioting
picketting
21
Who survived the Great Depression and WWII to build America into a major superpower?
"Greatest Generation"
Y Generation
X Generation
Happiest Generation
22
What year was Jackie Robinson the Rookie of the Year?
1945
1946
1955
1947
23
What is the metaphorical division of Communist Eastern Europe and Capitalist Western Europe?
Communist Curtain
Eco-divide
Iron Wall
Iron Curtain
24
Helped establish the United Farm Workers (UFW)
Cesar Chavez
Cinco de Mayo
Cesar Milan
Ceasar Augustus
25
What terrible possibility almost occurred as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
aliens
tsunami
nationwide plague
Nuclear War
26
The cookie cutter house and large close neighborhoods were really started with what?
Springfield
Happy Hills
Bloomingdale
Levittowns
27
What happened at Kent State?
underwater basket weaving
student protest turned violent
peaceful prayer circles
flash mob protest
28
Who was NOW?
National Order of Witches
National Organization for Women
North Outcry for Widows
New Old Weird
29
Who was the leader of Communist USSR during the end of the Cold War?
Stalin
Lenin
Marx
Gorbachev
30
What large organized Vietcong attack was a major loss for the US?
Hanoi Counter
Tet Offensive
Ho Chi Minh City Bombings
Saigon Slash
31
What were the two sides of the Cold War?
US. v. Germany
US v. Russia
US v. USSR
US v. Mexico
32
A policy that included the Marshall Plan, intended to prevent the spread of Communism
Pickle Jar
Containment
Red Scare
Berlin Airlift
33
What protest was started because of Rosa Parks' arrest?
"I Have a Dream" speech
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Brooklyn Dodgers 42
freedom rides
34
When did the US first start "advising" on the conflicts in Vietnam?
1959
1965
1963
1955
35
When was the Freedom Summer?
1963
1964
1965
1985
36
Who were the Vietcong?
Former NVA captured by US troops
Chinese immigrants to communist Vietnam
Vietnamese refugees
Southern supporters of northern communist forces
37
A military overthrow of the existing dictatorship by communist nationalist Fidel Castro...
Ecuadorian Revolution
Chile Revolt
Cuba Mania
Cuban Revolution
38
Which one of these did the GI Bill help provide to veterans and servicemen?
Housing loans
$1000 dollars a week
Free car
A job
39
How did TV effect the Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate of 1960?
the broadcast went silent and no one heard what was said
gave Kennedy the advantage from his looks
everyone said Nixon was handsome
fuzzy reception made them both look like aliens
40
Who wrote, "A Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
Martin Luther
Martin Scorsese
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Sr.
