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Cold War and Civil Rights 5th Grade
Cold War and Civil Rights 5th Grade
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5th Grade Quiz covering the Cold War and Civil Rights
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What agency was created after the Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite?
National Space Race Association, NSRA
Kennedy Center for Space Exploration, KCSE
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA
2
What did the U.S. do to help Berlin?
Flew over East Berlin and dropped bombs
Dropped water, food, and supplies to aid West Berlin
Flew in formation to salute Germany
Rescued trapped people
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Name 3 countries that are communist
China, North Korea, Vietnam
Cuba, Vietnam, Great Britain
China, Japan, Switzerland
Chile, Argentina, Virginia
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What are Civil Rights?
Rights given to the government from states
Rights guaranteed by the states to the people
Rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution
Rights for African Americans
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What was Martin Luther King Jr. famous for?
Promote civil rights through non-violent protests
Asked people to protest in violent ways for civil rights
Encouraging African Americans to rely on themselves
Being the first man to walk on the moon
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What caused the cold war?
The Space Race
Cold temperatures in Alaska
The battle between the idea of democracy or communism
A shortage of heating fuel
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This person's actions led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott...
Ralph Bunche
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
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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
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What was the Vietnam Conflict?
When Vietnam wanted to expand its borders
A war between communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam
A war between Vietnam and Turkey
A war between communist East Vietnam and West Vietnam
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Who was the senator that said hundreds of communists were in the U.S.? What was it called?
Joseph McCarthy, Red Scare
Jackie Robinson, The Invasion
L. Douglass Wilder, Blue Panic
Arthur Ashe, pandemonium
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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 caused the Korean War?
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
North Korea wanted to spread communism to South Korea
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What caused the cold war?
The Soviet Union's quest for more land
Soviet Union's dislike for America
The fear of the spread of Communism
Trade agreements between the U.S. and Soviet Union
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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 release of the two atomic bombs
The Sinking of the Lusitania
The Cuban Missile Crisis
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What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
National Association to Teach Orphans
Never Ate Toasted Onions
North Africa Tolerance Organization
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Why did the U.S. send troops into help Vietnam?
The U.S. didn't like Vietnam
To settle the dispute of where the border was located
to stop the spread of democracy in Vietnam
To stop the spread of communism
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The term "Iron Curtain" describes...
the structure that separated East and West Berlin
when the Soviet Union was closed off from the world
when the Lusitania built an iron curtain for protection
a term for an extremely heavy curtain on a theater stage
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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
White vs. the Board of Education
Linda Brown vs. the Local School Coalition
19
Which U.S. president elected in 1960 helped with the struggle with the Soviet Union?
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert Kennedy
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What caused the Berlin Airlift?
An unsuccessful rescue attempt to save the leader of Germany
Berlin stole aircraft from Germany
A shortage of jet fuel
The Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin to force Communism
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How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 change American life?
Ended segregation, gave ALL citizens access to public places
Ended segregation, gave African Americans the right to vote
Continued segregation, but ended it in schools
Gave women the right to vote
22
Who won the 1954 Supreme Court case that made segregation in public schools illegal?
Thurgood Marshall
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Samuel Lee Gravely Jr.
23
What "race" was America in with the Soviet Union?
Race for fuel
The Space Race
Building race
Technology race
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What is communism?
A form of government that focuses on people's rights
A form of government in which the government owns everything
A form of government ruled by a king
A form of government that allows voting
25
What was the "Great Society" plan created by President Johnson?
A master race of people with blond hair and blue eyes
A government program that encouraged industry
A program to encourage education and helping the poor
A plan to expand the borders of the United States
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What event caused Truman to send troops to Korea in 1950?
He was angry that they didn't send their leader to visit
The invasion of South Korea by North Korea
The White House ran out of cookies and milk
The invasion of North Vietnam by South Vietnam
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Soviet leader, famous for threats against the west and for pounding his shoe against the table?
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Barack Obama
Adolf Hitler
