What court case overturned the "separate but equal" precedent established in Plessy v Ferguson?

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

All of the following statements describe the Beat Generation except:

They were conservative idealists

What occured with the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Reosultion?

The president was granted free-reign concerning Vietnam

What concerns in the gay and lesbian community sparked the Stonewall Riot?

Demands to reduce police harassment and legal repression

What did the Freedom Riders do?

Seek to end segregation in facilities serving bus passengers

What was the purpose of Kennedy's promise to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s?

Restore American status in the space race damaged by Sputnik

Which statement best describes the relationship between the US & USSR during the Cold War?

varied btwn periods of indirect conflict & mutual conflict

The passage of the Servicemen's Readjustmen Act (GI Bill of Rights) was partly motivated by:

Fear that the work force couldn't absorb that many veterans

Which of the following topics were NOT discussed at the Yalta Conference?

The acceptance of German reparations from the Soviet zone

What did America's strong support for Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War lead to?

An OPEC oil boycott of the US and subsequent energy crisis

Why did President Truman fire General MacArthur from command of United Nations troops in Korea?

He criticized Truman's decision to negotiate peace

When the Soviet Union denied the US access to Berlin in 1948, President Truman responded by:

Organizing an airlift of supplies to people in Berlin

Which is the most immediate result of the decision made in Brown v. Board of Education?

Schools in South were closed in hopes to resist the decision

Which of the following statements best describes public attitudes towards the Vietnam War?

Americans were supportive but began to oppose in late 1960s

American and world public opinion turned strongly in favor of the civil rights movement when:

MLK's peaceful demonstrators were attacked in Birmingham

Who were the five major allies?

U.S, Britain, France, China, and Soviet Union

When looking at the Containment Strategy, what was an issue that concerned Truman?

All of these issues concerned him

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1
What court case overturned the "separate but equal" precedent established in Plessy v Ferguson?
Williams v. Mississippi
Shelley v. Kraemer
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Roe v. Wade
2
The common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters was outlawed by which of the following?
Twenty-Third Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Voting Rights Act of 1965
3
All of the following statements describe the Beat Generation except:
They embraced sexual liberation
They were conservative idealists
They promoted interest in Eastern religious mysticism
They formed the protest culture of '50s and '60s
4
What occured with the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Reosultion?
The U.S. declared war on Vietnam
The president was granted free-reign concerning Vietnam
Congress maintained its war-declaring power
The goals of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam were clear
5
What concerns in the gay and lesbian community sparked the Stonewall Riot?
Demands for equal marriage
A desire to bring attention to the AIDS epidemic
Demands to reduce police harassment and legal repression
Protests against the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy
6
What did the Freedom Riders do?
Try to integrate public school buses
Seek to end segregation in facilities serving bus passengers
Participate in sit-ins across the South to end segregation
Protest segregation by torching buses on segregated routes
7
In an effort to overturn Jim Crow laws, African Americans used what method?
Legal attacks on the foundation of segregation in the courts
All of these methods were used
Economic boycotts
Mobilization of black churches on behalf of black rights
8
Who was the leader of the Second Red Scare?
Nelson Rockefeller
Harry Dexter White
Joseph McCarthy
Julius Rosenberg
9
What was the most serious blow to Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam policy?
The Tet offensive of 1968
The public hearings on the war, held by Senator Fullbright
The bombing of Cambodia
The resignition of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara
10
What was the purpose of Kennedy's promise to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s?
Provide investments and jobs in key states Florida and Texas
Develop the possibility of deploying weapons into space
Restore American status in the space race damaged by Sputnik
Engage in scientific study of the moon
11
Which statement best describes the relationship between the US & USSR during the Cold War?
varied btwn periods of indirect conflict & mutual conflict
Both were sealed off from each other and had no contact
They were always in a fierce military and politcal rilvary
Kept illusion that upheld the friendship of their allicance
12
The passage of the Servicemen's Readjustmen Act (GI Bill of Rights) was partly motivated by:
Memories of the mistreatment of the veterans' Bonus Army
Fear of postwar veterans' protests
The need of US business for a more highly educated workforce
Fear that the work force couldn't absorb that many veterans
13
Which of the following topics were NOT discussed at the Yalta Conference?
The status of Poland
The creation of the United Nations
The treatment of Germany
The acceptance of German reparations from the Soviet zone
14
What did America's strong support for Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War lead to?
An OPEC oil boycott of the US and subsequent energy crisis
Lower energy price for neutral European countries in the war
A strong effort to end America's reliance on imported oil
America's growing reliance on Iran as a major source of oil
15
What did President Johnson called his package of domestic reform proposals?
Fair Deal
Johnson Revolution
Great Society
New Frontier
16
Why did President Truman fire General MacArthur from command of United Nations troops in Korea?
He was losing crucial battles against China and North Korea
He criticized Truman's decision to negotiate peace
He crossed the 38th parallel and entered North Korea
He lost the trust of U.N. troops under his command in Korea
17
When the Soviet Union denied the US access to Berlin in 1948, President Truman responded by:
Organizing an airlift of supplies to people in Berlin
Denying the Soviets access to West Germany
Asking the United Nations to intervene
Sending an armed convoy to Berlin
18
What statement is true about the My Lai Massacre?
An atrocity that came into American media one year later
Stunned public & helped turn national opinion against war
Execution of nearly 500 men, women, & kids in South Vietnam
All statements are true
19
Which is the most immediate result of the decision made in Brown v. Board of Education?
Radicals critiqued the govs actions on the racial status quo
Ppl raised awareness on the effects of poverty on students
Schools in South were closed in hopes to resist the decision
Civil rights activists became divided over tactical issues
20
Which of the following statements best describes public attitudes towards the Vietnam War?
Americans supported the war until troops were withdrawn
Americans were supportive but began to oppose in late 1960s
Americans opposed the War when advisers were first sent
Americans were largely apathetic about the Vietnam war
21
Which amendment granted the right to vote to any citizen that is at least 18 years old?
The 24th Amendment
The 25th Amendment
The 23rd Amendment
The 26th Amendment
22
American and world public opinion turned strongly in favor of the civil rights movement when:
Senator Barry Goldwater favored the civil rights bill
MLK led a nonviolent march from Selma to Mongomery, Alabama
MLK's peaceful demonstrators were attacked in Birmingham
J. Edgar Hoover's wiretaps on MLK were exposed
23
What was a method used to try and contain communism?
The Marshall Plan
NATO
The Truman Doctrine
All were used
24
Who were the five major allies?
U.S, Britain, France, China, and Soviet Union
U.S, Britain, France, Cuba, China
U.S, India, France, China, Britain
U.S, Philippines, Britain, France, Soviet Union
25
When looking at the Containment Strategy, what was an issue that concerned Truman?
Communist party increase in popularity & Europe econ suffer
The civil war in Greece between monarchists and communists
All of these issues concerned him
Soviet Union pressed Iran for access to oil

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