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BIG American History Quiz (American Dream Edexcel A Level)
BIG American History Quiz (American Dream Edexcel A Level)
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1
What does CORE stand for?
Campaign of Racial Equality
Committee for Racial Equity
Congress of Racial Equality
Committee for Racial Equality
2
When was the First Red Scare?
1901-2
1919-20
1917-18
1930-31
3
Who organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
AIM
NAACP
MIA
CORE
4
What was the purpose of the Federal Defence Administration in the 1950s?
Spy on US citizens
Spy on Soviet nuclear weapon development
Develop nuclear weapons
Organise & distibute safety advice related to nuclear attack
5
Identify the famous black American who advocated accepting segregation in the early 20th C
Martin Luther King Jr
Rosa Parks
Booker T Washington
Malcolm X
6
When did Stalin lead the USSR?
1941-68
1919-60
1940-50
1922-53
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Name Hoover's spin on laissez-faire that dwelt less on inaction & more on self-responsibility
Anarchism
Rugged individualism
New Deal
New laissez faire
8
During which years did the Watergate scandal take place?
1970-75
1972-74
1969-70
1974 only
9
What are the separate branches of the US government?
Legislative, Executive, Judiciary
Senate, Congress, House of Representatives
President, State, Federal
President, Congress, State
10
What did Harding promise to people on becoming President in 1921?
A reminder of the 'past'
A rerun of 'Friends'
A return to 'sender'
A return to 'normalcy'
11
Which President first sent troops into Vietnam?
J F Kennedy
Nixon
Reagan
Johnson
12
Which two civil rights groups (still active) were set up in the first decade of the 20th C?
NAACP & SNCC
CORE & SNCC
SCLC & SNCC
NAACP & National Urban League
13
When was the Wall Street Clash
September 1930
October 1933
September 1929
October 1929
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Why was Harvey Milk significant?
1st openly gay person elected to public office in California
He owned a camera shop
He campaigned for Chicano and Native American rights
Martin Luther King's assassin
15
Which President said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'?
Reagan
Harding
JFK
Roosevelt
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What were the 2 major pieces of civil rights legislation between 1955 and 1980?
1974 Civil Rights Act & 1975 Voting Rights Act
1962 Executive Order 1106 & 1958 Civil Rights Act
1964 Civil Rights Act & 1965 Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Acts of 1965 and 1968
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What party did Hoover belong to?
Democrat
Independent
Republican
18
What is an anarchist's beliefs?
Trust the government
Eat, drink and be merry
All government is good
Run your own life without formal government
19
What is the GNP?
Grand National Productivity scale
General National Party
Gross National Product
Gross Notion of Production
20
What was Malcolm X's birth name?
Malcolm Little
Martin Large
Stuart Little
Maurice Micklewhite
21
What does KKK stand for?
Ku Klux Clan
Kentucky Fried Klan
Klu Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
22
Which Senator headed the Second Red Scare?
Joseph McCarthy
Jon Bon Jovi
John McCarthy
Joseph Stalin
23
Where did a famous sit-in by 4 black students take place in 1960?
Greensboro
Little Rock
Memphis
Raleigh
24
Who was President in 1917?
Harding
Wilson
Coolidge
Hoover
25
In what year did King announce his 'Northern Crusade' to improve slums?
1968
1965
1966
1964
26
Hippies and radical student groups would be seen to be part of what in the 1960?
Anarchist movement
Establishment
Furniture
Counter-culture
27
What did liberal politicians promote as a move to support minorities in the 1960s?
Conservative reaction
Positive discrimination
Liberal agenda
Anti-Racist Committe
28
What did some black American athletes use when they won medals at the 1968 Olympics?
Power fist salute
Black power salute
Two finger salute
Nazi salute
29
What year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus?
1955
1965
1956
1954
30
Who were the VVAW?
Vietcong Veteran Army Writers association
Vietnam Vintage Anti War movement
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
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What did Martin Luther King Jr set up in 1957?
CORE
NAACP
SCLC
MIA
32
Which President pardoned Nixon when he took over the Presidency?
Johnson
Nixon himself
Ford
Reagan
33
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for Active Civil Rights
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
National Assembly for Action Civil Rights Party
National Association for Advancing Civil Rights Party
34
Where were 9 black children turned away from a previously all white school by the nat. guard?
Little Rock
Florida
Memphis
Detroit
35
HUAC stands for...
House Un-American Activities Commission
House Underinvestigation American Committee
Head Un-American Communists
House Under Arrest for Communism
36
In 1968, whose support did President Johnson say he had lost for the Vietnam war?
'middle America'
The media as a whole
The working class
Walter Cronkite
37
Which 1896 Supreme Court ruling established 'Separate but equal' ?
Plessy v Fergie
Plessy v Ferguson
Harding v Johnson
King v Malcolm
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Who led a railway workers protest and threatened a 100,000 strong all black march on washington
Marcus Garvey
Roosevelt
A. Philip Randolph
Martin Luther King
39
When was the Second Red Scare?
1919-20
1929-30
1930-31
1947-54
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Who was leader of the SNCC in 1965?
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Marcus Garvey
Stokely Carmichael
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What does 'laissez-faire' mean?
Minimal government interference
Maximum government interference
Strict state control
Bring on the revolution
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was President during which years?
1933-39
1933-45
1929-40
1929-39
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What was the collective name of the laws of segregation across the South in the early 20th C?
Separate but equal
Plessy v Ferguson laws
Jim Crow Laws
Booker T Washington Laws
