Cold War, Vietnam and Civil Rights

Question 1

Which of the following is not associated with the Black Panther movement?

Accepted Answer

Supported sit-ins and freedom rides

Question 2

Unlike Great Britain, the United States emerged from World War II

Accepted Answer

Fully prepared to take an expanding role in world affairs.

Question 3

The U.S. policy of brinkmanship and MAD depended, for its success, on Soviet fears of

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nuclear war.

Question 4

The National Organization for Women worked to gain

Accepted Answer

more rights and equal pay for women

Question 5

The U.S. military used planes to spray this leaf-killing toxic chemical that devastated the landscape of Vietnam.

Accepted Answer

Agent Orange

Question 6

This was designed to bring an end to America’s involvement in Vietnam and to bring about “peace with honor” in Vietnam.

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Vietnamization

Question 7

The event that was most responsible for Chavez’s group gaining negotiating power as a recognized union was

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a national boycott.

Question 8

The United States and its allies responded to the Soviet blockade of Berlin by

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airlifting supplies to West Berlin forcing Stalin to make the next move.

Question 9

The Little Rock crisis arose when efforts were made to

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desegregate the public schools.

Question 10

As a result of this, many Hollywood writers, directors and actors were never able to work in Hollywood again.

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House of Un-American Activities Committee

Question 11

In 1954, the Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional.

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education

Question 12

This was a South Vietnamese opposition group who were farmers by day but a US soldier’s enemy by night

Accepted Answer

Vietcong

Question 13

Which of the following was the United States’ main goal in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

the containment of communism

Question 14

One reason many African Americans leaders opposed the Vietnam War was that

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a high percentage of the troops fighting the war were African American.

Question 15

To expose Vietcong tunnels and hideouts, U.S. dropped this gasoline-based bomb that set fire to the jungles of Vietnam.

Accepted Answer

napalm

Question 16

How did the Tet Offensive in 1968 change the course of the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

It turned American public opinion against the war effort.

Question 17

The Marshall Plan (1947) was a successful attempt by the US to do all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

to supply goods and materials to Eastern European communist countries

Question 18

In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana law regarding “separate but equal” was constitutional.

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 19

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 specifically prohibited discrimination in

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public accommodations.

Question 20

Which U.S. President desegregated the military by executive order?

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Harry Truman.

Question 21

What event triggered the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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discovery that the Soviets were building missile-launching site in Cuba.

Question 22

In 1955 the Soviets formed this in response to NATO, which joined Communist countries into a defensive military alliance

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Warsaw Pact

Question 23

This term refers to the indirect but hostile conflict between the U.S. & the Soviet Union.

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Cold War

Question 24

How did the War Powers Act of 1973 affect the President’s ability to conduct military operations?

Accepted Answer

It forced him to notify Congress within 48 hours of a military strike

Question 25

eliminated the literacy test and stated that federal examiners could enroll voters denied suffrage by local officials

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 26

This granted the U.S. president broad military powers in Vietnam.

Accepted Answer

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 27

How did U.S. policy in Vietnam change following the Tet Offensive?

Accepted Answer

Policy makers thought the war unwinnable and began to negotiate for peace.

Question 28

Immediately after WWII Germany was divided into ____ zones occupied by the Allies.

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four

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