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Quiz covering the Cold War and Civil Rights #coldwar #civilrights
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1
What act protected the rights of ALL Americans to vote?
The 15th Amendment
Article 1 of the Bill of Rights
The 13th Amendment
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
2
What caused the cold war?
The fear of the spread of Communism
Trade agreements between the U.S. and Soviet Union
The Soviet Union's quest for more land
Soviet Union's dislike for America
3
What is segregation?
Separation based on race
Separation of people based on money
Separation of people based on wieght
Separation based on hair color
4
What was Martin Luther King Jr. famous for?
Being the first man to walk on the moon
Encouraging African Americans to rely on themselves
Promote civil rights through non-violent protests
Asked people to protest in violent ways for civil rights
5
Why was the invention of television important?
All of these
inexpensive form of entertainment
helped deliver news and messages around the world quickly
allowed people to see and hear things from long distances
6
What event caused Truman to send troops to Korea in 1950?
The invasion of North Vietnam by South Vietnam
The invasion of South Korea by North Korea
The White House ran out of cookies and milk
He was angry that they didn't send their leader to visit
7
What "race" was America in with the Soviet Union?
Technology race
Race for fuel
The Space Race
Building race
8
What caused the Korean War?
North Korea wanted to spread communism to South Korea
North Korea was angry South Korea wouldn't share rice crops
East Korea wanted to spread communism to West Korea
The South Koreans didn't like the way the N. Koreans ate
9
This person's actions led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott...
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ralph Bunche
10
Name 3 countries that are communist
China, Japan, Switzerland
China, North Korea, Vietnam
Chile, Argentina, Virginia
Cuba, Vietnam, Great Britain
11
What caused the cold war?
A shortage of heating fuel
The Space Race
Cold temperatures in Alaska
The battle between the idea of democracy or communism
12
Who won the 1954 Supreme Court case that made segregation in public schools illegal?
Thurgood Marshall
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Samuel Lee Gravely Jr.
13
In what city was JFK assassinated?
San Antonio
Houston
Dallas
Austin
14
Women were not expected to look perfect and presentable while working around the house in 1950s
True
False
15
The United States went to the moon when?
1996
2007
1969
1675
16
Who was JFK's Vice President who became president after he was assassinated?
Jimmy Nixon
Lyndon B Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
Bill Clinton
17
What was the Vietnam Conflict?
A war between Vietnam and Turkey
When Vietnam wanted to expand its borders
A war between communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam
A war between communist East Vietnam and West Vietnam
18
Why did the U.S. send troops into help Vietnam?
To stop the spread of communism
The U.S. didn't like Vietnam
to stop the spread of democracy in Vietnam
To settle the dispute of where the border was located
19
What is communism?
A form of government that focuses on people's rights
A form of government that allows voting
A form of government ruled by a king
A form of government in which the government owns everything
20
The Equal Rights Amendment is the 23rd amendment in the United States Constitution?
True
False
21
What event in the 1960's brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war?
The Berlin Airlift
The release of the two atomic bombs
The Sinking of the Lusitania
The Cuban Missile Crisis
22
Which U.S. president elected in 1960 helped with the struggle with the Soviet Union?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
23
What agency was created after the Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA
National Space Race Association, NSRA
Kennedy Center for Space Exploration, KCSE
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
24
During the 1950s women were expected to do everything except?
cook
clean
work
care for children
25
Why are communist called Reds?
It looked like fire
Has nothing to do with the color.
The Soviet flag was red.
It was their favorite color
26
What are Civil Rights?
Rights guaranteed by the states to the people
Rights for African Americans
Rights given to the government from states
Rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution
27
What was the name of the court case from 1954 that led to school desegregation?
White vs. the Board of Education
Johnson vs. The Education Board
Brown vs. The Board of Education
Linda Brown vs. the Local School Coalition
28
What is a residential community close to a city or town? Mostly seen during the 1950s
Reservoir
Resort
House
Suburb
29
Who was the senator that said hundreds of communists were in the U.S.? What was it called?
Arthur Ashe, pandemonium
Jackie Robinson, The Invasion
Joseph McCarthy, Red Scare
L. Douglass Wilder, Blue Panic
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How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 change American life?
Gave women the right to vote
Ended segregation, gave African Americans the right to vote
Ended segregation, gave ALL citizens access to public places
Continued segregation, but ended it in schools
