20-21st History Spring 1-50

During the 1950s, ___ jobs declined.

The hot line established in 1963 did all of the following except

Which court case made legality of racial segregation/prompted the passage of Jim Crow laws?

___ was the United States' main goal in Vietnam.

What was the main purpose of introducing the "body count"?

A success of the ___ was a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.

The factor that most contributed to the upset win of Truman in the 1948 election was

After the U-2 incident, all of the following events occurred except

Most Americans in the 1960s relied on __ as their primary source of entertainment/information

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

Which nation was defeated at the Battle of Midway after its plans of attack were intercepted?

During the war, women in the WAACs served as

___ enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam.

After World War II, the United States aided ___ in its efforts to keep control of Vietnam.

One legacy of the civil rights movement that has been challenged in recent years is ___.

Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. government and military were made by

In Brown v. Board of Education policy of ___ relating to public education was overturned

Labeling someones activities would be to suggest the person is making unsupported accusations

The Peace Corps, a program of volunteer assistance to developing nations, was

In the early years of the war a young man could automatically be deferred from the draft by ___

The Dixiecrats nominated ___ to run for president in 1948.

General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in ___.

With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of ___ for African Americans

All of the following were effects of the conversion from wartime to peacetime economy except

A ___ is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies.

Events such as ___ helped set the stage for the civil rights movement.

___ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.

The first organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation was ___.

The expression of nonconformity by ___ developed into the beat movement.

Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?

What was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

What was the main type of pressure exerted in Montgomery about segregation on buses?

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to

The main purpose of the War Powers Act was to ___.

According to the Kerner Commission, what was the main cause of urban violence?

General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War

The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for

Where did the United States drop the atomic bomb?

Who were the defendants at the Nuremberg trials?

The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the ___.

Medicare, a federal program established for Americans age 65 and over, was intended to provide

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in which activity?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?

Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to ___.

General ___ led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation.

John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for President in 1960, was a senator from

The Longoria incident prompted Mexican Americans to do all of the following except

Between 1944 and 1947, Chinese Nationalists

Against whom did the ARVN fight?

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officials to do?