Cold War & Civil Rights

Question 1

The tense relationship between the U.S. and Soviet Union between WWII & 1990 was called...

Accepted Answer

The Cold War

Question 2

7,564 Utahns fought in Korea

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

How were African Americans discriminated against in Utah before the Civil Rights Era?

Accepted Answer

They could not use many public and private swimming pools

Question 4

Gail Halvorsen, who dropped parachutes of treats and supplies to Germans as part of the Berlin Airlift, was known as...

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Candy Bomber

Question 5

Which of these statements is correct about Utah&#x27;s participation in the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

Utah&#x27;s defense industry produced missiles & other war equipment

Question 6

Communism is...

Accepted Answer

political system where the government controls every part of the economy

Question 7

A group of people different from, and less powerful than, the largest group in a society are called a...

Accepted Answer

Minority

Question 8

The competition between U.S. and USSR for supremacy in spaceflight abilities was called the

Accepted Answer

Space Race

Question 9

Which Utah town became a "boomtown" for uranium mining in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

Moab

Question 10

A refugee is...

Accepted Answer

Person forced from their home country because of prejudice or war

Question 11

Black and white students were segregated into different schools in Utah

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

How many Utahns died in the Korean War

Accepted Answer

436

Question 13

Which of the following is correct about how Utah was affected by the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

Many refugees from Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam came to Utah

Question 14

Protections against discrimination guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution are called...

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights

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