Cold War to Civil Rights Movement

Question 1

During the early stages of the Cold War, the U.S. provided aid under what strategy?

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan/Truman Doctrine

Question 2

What was the U.S. response to the USSR exploding a nuclear weapon?

Accepted Answer

an increase in defense spending, formation of NATO

Question 3

Malcolm X argued for

Accepted Answer

black separatism or black nationalism

Question 4

During the 1950s women were encouraged to follow which value?

Accepted Answer

cult of domesticity/separate spheres

Question 5

The Red Scare of the 1950s is often compared to which period?

Accepted Answer

1917-1924 Red Scare

Question 6

Defacto segregation refers to

Accepted Answer

Segregation that occurs "by fact," not legally

Question 7

This Supreme Court case struck down segregation.

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education

Question 8

The U.S. strategy during the Cold War was to

Accepted Answer

Contain the spread of communism, help European nations prosper economically under capitalism

Question 9

This amendment made the poll tax illegal.

Accepted Answer

24th

Question 10

A surge in birthrates in the 1950s led to generation known as the

Accepted Answer

baby boomers

Question 11

Which proxy war ended in a stalemate?

Accepted Answer

Korean War

Question 12

To compete with the Soviet Union in the space race Eisenhower passed the following act

Accepted Answer

The Defense Education Act

Question 13

Dr. MLK Jr. had a leadership role in which event?

Accepted Answer

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Question 14

Malcolm X's concept of black nationalism is similar to which earlier black activist

Accepted Answer

Marcus Garvey

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