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What is communism?
A form of government in which the government owns everything
A form of government that allows voting
A form of government ruled by a king
A form of government that focuses on people's rights
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What "race" was America in with the Soviet Union?
Building race
Race for fuel
The Space Race
Technology race
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What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
National Association to Teach Orphans
North Africa Tolerance Organization
Never Ate Toasted Onions
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Soviet leader, famous for threats against the west and for pounding his shoe against the table?
Joseph Stalin
Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler
Nikita Khrushchev
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What was the "Great Society" plan created by President Johnson?
A program to encourage education and helping the poor
A master race of people with blond hair and blue eyes
A government program that encouraged industry
A plan to expand the borders of the United States
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What was Martin Luther King Jr. famous for?
Promote civil rights through non-violent protests
Being the first man to walk on the moon
Encouraging African Americans to rely on themselves
Asked people to protest in violent ways for civil rights
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Why was the invention of television important?
All of these
helped deliver news and messages around the world quickly
allowed people to see and hear things from long distances
inexpensive form of entertainment
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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
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What act protected the rights of ALL Americans to vote?
Article 1 of the Bill of Rights
The 13th Amendment
The 15th Amendment
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
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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
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Name 3 countries that are communist
China, Japan, Switzerland
China, North Korea, Vietnam
Chile, Argentina, Virginia
Cuba, Vietnam, Great Britain
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What agency was created after the Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA
Kennedy Center for Space Exploration, KCSE
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
National Space Race Association, NSRA
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What was the name of the court case from 1954 that led to school desegregation?
Johnson vs. The Education Board
Brown vs. The Board of Education
Linda Brown vs. the Local School Coalition
White vs. the Board of Education
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What event in the 1960's brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war?
The Berlin Airlift
The Sinking of the Lusitania
The release of the two atomic bombs
The Cuban Missile Crisis
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What caused the cold war?
The Soviet Union's quest for more land
Trade agreements between the U.S. and Soviet Union
The fear of the spread of Communism
Soviet Union's dislike for America
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Who won the 1954 Supreme Court case that made segregation in public schools illegal?
Rosa Parks
Samuel Lee Gravely Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Malcolm X
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How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 change American life?
Gave women the right to vote
Continued segregation, but ended it in schools
Ended segregation, gave African Americans the right to vote
Ended segregation, gave ALL citizens access to public places
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Who was the senator that said hundreds of communists were in the U.S.? What was it called?
Jackie Robinson, The Invasion
L. Douglass Wilder, Blue Panic
Joseph McCarthy, Red Scare
Arthur Ashe, pandemonium
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Which U.S. president elected in 1960 helped with the struggle with the Soviet Union?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
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What caused the Berlin Airlift?
A shortage of jet fuel
Berlin stole aircraft from Germany
The Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin to force Communism
An unsuccessful rescue attempt to save the leader of Germany
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What did the U.S. do to help Berlin?
Flew in formation to salute Germany
Dropped water, food, and supplies to aid West Berlin
Flew over East Berlin and dropped bombs
Rescued trapped people
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What are Civil Rights?
Rights guaranteed by the states to the people
Rights given to the government from states
Rights for African Americans
Rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution
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The term "Iron Curtain" describes...
the structure that separated East and West Berlin
a term for an extremely heavy curtain on a theater stage
when the Soviet Union was closed off from the world
when the Lusitania built an iron curtain for protection
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What caused the cold war?
The Space Race
Cold temperatures in Alaska
A shortage of heating fuel
The battle between the idea of democracy or communism
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This person's actions led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott...
Rosa Parks
Ralph Bunche
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
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What was the Vietnam Conflict?
A war between communist East Vietnam and West Vietnam
A war between Vietnam and Turkey
A war between communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam
When Vietnam wanted to expand its borders
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Why did the U.S. send troops into help Vietnam?
To stop the spread of communism
to stop the spread of democracy in Vietnam
The U.S. didn't like Vietnam
To settle the dispute of where the border was located
