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Cold War, Civil Rights, and Modern Presidents Test Review 2nd period
Who was Jackie Robinson?
Who wrote the Iron Curtain speech?
Cold War, Civil Rights, and Modern Presidents Test Review 2nd period
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Who wrote the Iron Curtain speech?
Lincoln
Garfield
J.F.K
Winston Churchill
2
Who was Jackie Robinson?
Civil Rights activist
First African American MLB player
A great speaker
First African American pesident
3
What did Winston Churchill say had descended across the European continent?
Churchill curtain
Brass curtain
The Communist curtain
Iron curtain
4
The goal of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's was to...
Establish a separate political state for African Americans
Permit unlimited immigration to the U.S.
End segregation and mistreatment based on race
Gain passage of an amendment
5
NATO formed for the purpose of....
Settling international desputes
Spread democracy
Mutual defense against Communism
Promoting free trade among members
6
The Bay of Pigs was successful.
False
True
7
The 38th Parallel is the border for what two countries?
Scotland and England
North Carolina and Virginia
East and West Germany
North and South Korea
8
Gerald Ford is associated with...
Nixon pardon
Gulf of Tokin
Peace Corps
Stagflation
9
Why did the USA get involved in Vietnam?
Yalta Conference
Bay of Pigs
Domino Theory
Tet Offensive
10
Who won the first televised presidential debates? (mostly because the people could see him)
Richard Nixon
JFK
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
11
What where the 13 days?
Attempt by U.S. to overthrow Castro
Standoff period of Cuban Missile Crisis
Spread of Communism
War between U.S. and Cuba
12
Which couple was arrested for giving secret information to the USSR about the nuclear bomb?
Bonnie and Clyde
Julius and Ethel RosenBurg
Sheherazed and Shahryar
Jackal and Hyde Smith
13
Which of the following Civil Rights organizations was student led?
SCLC
NAACP
CORE
SNCC
14
Who became the leader of Russia after Joseph Stalin died?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Valdimir Lenin
15
Which country had control of Korea before the Korean war?
USA
China
France
Japan
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Who wrote "Silent Spring"?
Jackie Robinson
Rachel Carson
Jimmy Carter
Earl Warren
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Lyndon B. Johnson is associated with....
Cuban Missile Crisis
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Earth Day
Watergate
18
Who gave the "I Have a Dream Speech"?
Rachel Carson
MLK Jr.
Earl Warren
Harriett Tubman
19
What were the 4 quadrants Germany was divided into after WWII?
Japan, Russia, Britain, and France
Russia, Canada, USA, and Brtain
France, Britain, USA, and Russia
China, USA, Russia, Britain
20
What changed because of the Civil Rights act of 1964?
Slavery was allowed in certain states
Outlawed discrimination in housing, public, and Jobs
increased fed power to the prosecute civil rights abusers
both B and C
21
The Cold War was between which two nations?
United States and Italy
United States and Korea
United States and China
United States and Soviet Union
22
Who was Nikita Krushchev?
Leader of Soviet Union
Dictator of Cuba
President of USA
Soviet Ambassador for U.S.
23
Who overthrew the dictator of Cuba and had an alliance with the Soviet Union?
Fidel Castro
Fulgenclo Batista
Joseph Stallin
Nikita Krushchev
24
What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
Nationalization of Corporations
U.S. concern over Cuba having missiles
Blockade on Cuba
America's failed attempt to overthrow Castro
25
The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan attempted to deal with...
National Debt
Spread of Communism
Space Race
Arms Race
26
How did the USSR react to NATO?
Ended Berlin Airlift
Joined the Marshall Plan
Left the UN
Created the Warsaw Pact
27
Which president successfully ended the war in Vietnam?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
28
The Cold War lasted from _____ to ________.
1945-1990
1900-1920
1892-1930
1920-1945
29
During which president's presidency did the Cold War end?
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
George H.W. Bush
30
Brown V. Board of Education did which of the following?
Segregated public schools
Prohibited racial segregation in public schools
Established separate but equal
prohibited segregation in the army
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What was Sputnik?
Covert operation
Soviet Satellite (first satellite)
Ballistic missle
U-2 spy plane
