Key People 1950 - 1975/The Cold War

Question 1

Who was an American politician from Massachusetts who served as Senator and was assassinated?

Accepted Answer

Robert F. Kennedy

Question 2

What was a act that prohibited racial discrimination in voting?

Accepted Answer

The Voting Rights Act

Question 3

What was the protest of a public transit system against racial segregation?

Accepted Answer

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Question 4

Who was the first African American Supreme Court justice?

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 5

True/False - The Iron Curtain were the countries allied or connected to the United States.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

True/False - The Vietnam War was fought between Communist South Vietnam and its enemies.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

What event occurred on August 28, 1963 with 200,000 Americans gathering in Washington, DC?

Accepted Answer

The March on Washington

Question 8

What was the act that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, or gender?

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights Act

Question 9

What was the 13 day standoff in October 1962 to get Soviet missiles out of Cuba?

Accepted Answer

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 10

True/False - Martin Luther King, Jr. was a leader in the Asian American Civil Rights.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

What was a landmark S. Court case that declared that segregated schools was unconstitutional?

Accepted Answer

Brown vs. Board of Education

Question 12

Who tried to convince Americans that the government was packed with traitors and spies?

Accepted Answer

Joseph McCarthy

Question 13

What was established in July of 1958 to help the U.S. beat the Soviet Union into space?

Accepted Answer

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Question 14

True/False - The Korean War was fought to protect South Korea from communism.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 16

In the 1950's, what became the largest form of mass media?

Accepted Answer

television

Question 17

What was a treaty to stop aggression from the Soviet Union to keep the N. Atlantic safe?

Accepted Answer

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 18

How did the Allies carry supplies to people in West Berlin who were held captive?

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Airlift

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