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Cold War and Civil Rights
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1
Which of the following was NOT a cause to the fall of the Soviet Union?
Gorbachev opened up USSR
Glasnost and Perestrioka
West Berliners rebelled
USSR allowing their colonies to choose democracy
2
What was the Space Race?
Testing of nuclear weapons in space
Competition between US and USSR to get the first man on moon
Competition on increasing science and math
Use of space shuttles to advance technology
3
Who sparked the Montogomery Bus Boycott?
MLK Jr.
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Stokely Carmichael
4
What did Brown v. Board accomplish for the Civil Rights Movement?
Desegregation of all public places
Granting full equality to all races
Making poll taxes and other restrictions for blacks illegal
Desegregation of public schools
5
What was McCarthyism?
Witchhunt for communists in Congress
Belief in McCarthy's claims that communists exist in America
Fear that there will be a communist take over
Soviet Union tkaing over America
6
Why did Stalin build the Berlin Wall?
To control the west Berliners
To prevent the allies to speak with the Soviets
Americans made Stalin mad
To prevent people from running away
7
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
JFK sent in operatives into Cuba
JFK called Krushchev to discuss things
America and USSR agreed to remove their missiles
War broke out between US and USSR
8
Which of the following areas was not one of the places that was attacked on 9/11?
Boston
Pennsylvania
New York City
Washington D.C.
9
Korean War and Vietnam War is an example of which of the following?
Imperialism
Detente
Isolationism
Containment
10
What was the main idea of the Black Power Movement?
To allow African Americans to vote without poll taxes
That Blacks should be superior above all races
Use of Islamic ideas to support their cause
To create an alliance between MLK 's followers and Malcom's
11
What is the name of the plan that America gave Europe money to rebuild after WWII?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
Manifest Destiny
12
Which of the following was NOT used in the Vietnam War?
Trenches
Biochemicals
Guerrilla Warfare
Planes
13
Why was it called a "cold" war?
No actual and official battle was fought with US and USSR
Most of the battles were fought in the winter
Representing the tensions between US and USSR
Most of the battles were fought in USSR
14
Which of the following was NOT an example of protests that occurred during the 60s and 70s?
Sit-ins
Bus Boycott
Teach-ins
Veteran's Protest
15
What was the following was NOT the result of the Korean War?
No treaty was ever signed
China and North Korea claimed South Korea
Stalemate and armistice was signed
Division of North and South Korea
16
Which of the following was considered a huge failure on JFK's part?
Peace Corps
Social Security
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
17
Which of the following statements is NOT true about containment and detente?
Detente utilizes discussion and compromises over fighting
Around Reagan's time, both US and USSR started detente
Containment is the idea to prevent communism from spreading
Both were theories created by President Truman
18
Which of the following is a similarity between MLK Jr. and Malcolm X?
Education
Use of violence
Cause
Religion
19
Who was a founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
Stokely Carmichael
Ella Baker
Malcolm X
MLK Jr.
20
Which of the following court cases declared "separate but equal?"
Douglas v. Stanford
SCLC v. United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
21
What is the name of the international peace keeping organization created after WWII?
EU
NATO
United Nations
League of Nations
22
What was the culmination of the non-violent Civil Rights protest organizations?
Desire to have all African Americans to be able to vote
March on Washington
Desire to have all public schools
Civil Rights Act of 1964
23
How did the allies react to the West Berlin being blocked?
Forced Soviet Union to go to war if they continue to block
Americans and other allies flew in supplies by plane
United Nations met to discuss further action
Sold food and supplies to the West Berliners
24
What was the name of the domestic policies of Lyndon B. Johnson?
Great Society
Fair Deal
New Deal
Great Deal
25
What happened in the Bay of Pigs incident?
Castro and Stalin were getting close to bombing America
Attempt to colonize Cuba
Missiles were being sent into Cuba
Failed attempt to overthrow Castro
26
Which president was hugely supportive of the Civil Rights Movement?
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Kennedy
27
What was the iron curtain?
Stalin's expansion of the Berlin Wall
The invisible divison between East and West Europe
Creation of a separation between free and communist
Truman's on the divison between the former allies of WWII
28
Which of the following did NOT cause of LBJ's decline in popularity?
Death of JFK
Televised images of the Vietnam War
Causing America to fight in an "unneccessary" war
Protests increasing
29
What caused the Persian War (Operation Desert Storm) to start?
Al Qaida taking control over Iraq
Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait
Bin Laden's terrorist attacks
Saddam Hussein's taking control of Saudi Arabia's oil
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Which president declared the "War on Terrorism?"
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
