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US History U8 Cold War and Civil Rights Review
US History U8 Cold War and Civil Rights Review
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1
What factor led to John F. Kennedy’s election being considered historic?
All of the Above
Youngest president elected at the time
First Catholic president
Used television debates to his advantage
2
System in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
Fascism
Communism
Socialism
Capitalism
3
Identify Which Belief system belonged to Malcolm X:
integration and non-violence
separatism and violence if needed
4
What is a Cold War?
A conflict in which there is direct military conflict
occurs in the winter months and causes weapon failure
each country avoids direct military confrontation w/ other
A conflict between exclusively communism and democracy
5
Ruled that “Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
Plessy v. Ferguson
Gideon v. Wainwright
Mapp v. Ohio
Brown v. Board of Education
6
Court ruled that courts must provide legal counsel to the accused if they can’t afford a lawyer
Mapp v. Ohio
Baker v. Carr
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
7
Match the Characteristic with Capitalism or Communism: Freedom of competition
Capitalism
Communism
8
What does the 13th Amendment do?
Made slavery unconstitutional w/ the exception of criminals
Moved the voting age to 18
Protected minorities right to vote
Gave African Americans full rights of Citizenship
9
Match the Characteristic with Capitalism or Communism: Private Ownership of industry
Communism
Capitalism
10
What act was passed in response to the Assassination of MLK?
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Equal Treatment Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
11
What was the main goal of the early civil rights movement (up to 1965)?
End segregation
Protect voting rights
12
Beat Soviets in the ultimate space race achievement
Man on the Moon
Alliance for Progress
Peace Corps
13
Match the Characteristic with Capitalism or Communism: Laissez Faire
Communism
Capitalism
14
If one country fell to communism, then other nations would fall to communism as well…
String Theory
Timber Theory
Chain Reaction theory
Domino Theory
15
Which is not an element of the free enterprise system?
Communal ownership
limited government intervention
All are elements of the free enterprise system
Private property rights
16
What was referred to as the "Berlin Crisis"?
German citizens revolting against communist control
JFK threatened to use nuclear bombs on East Berlin
East Germans fleeing to West Berlin s to escape communism.
Americans troops clashed with Soviet Troops militarily
17
Match the Characteristic with Capitalism or Communism: Social classes
Capitalism
Communism
18
What couple was convicted of espionage and executed for giving nuclear secrets to the USSR?
The Rosenthals
The Kennedys
The Rosenbergs
The Roosevelts
19
What was not one of the reasons for the Marshall Plan?
None of these
Stop the spread of communism
Provide assistance to the USSR
Give cash to help war-torn countries rebuild
20
What court case made it illegal to discriminate in college admissions based only on race?
UC v. Bakke
Miranda v. Arizona
Roe v. Wade
Gideon v. Wainwright
21
Gender roles of men and women in the 1950s, men were expected to work & women were expected to
All of the Above
Be submissive to the will of their husbands
Stay home and care for the children
Be beautiful for their husbands at all times
22
Derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war &a society in which all property is publicly owned
Fascism
Communism
Capitalism
Socialism
23
Who assassinated JFK?
All of the Above
John Wilkes Booth
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
24
Which of the following was a prong of LBJ’s Great Society?
All of the Above
Environment
Urban housing
Poverty
25
Match the Characteristic with Capitalism or Communism: Created as a reaction to capitalism
Capitalism
Communism
26
How was the agreement at the Yalta Conference different from that of Versailles?
Germany was split up and occupied
Germany paid back in goods, not cash
Germany was required to pay back in cash
27
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Protected minorities right to vote
Made slavery unconstitutional w/ the exception of criminals
Moved the voting age to 18
Gave African Americans full rights of Citizenship
28
Name given by Churchill to theideological boundary dividing Europe in separate areas of belief
NATO
Containment
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
29
An international alliance that consists of 29 states Created to combat the spread of communism
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
NOTO
NATO
30
Why did many young people believe the draft was unfair?
You could be drafted at 18 but couldn't vote until 21
Young people did not protest the draft
Because you had to go against your will
Because war was immoral
31
The law passed under Kennedy that says men and women should be paid equally for the same work
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Equal Opportunity Act of 1963
Gender Equality Act of 1963
Pay Equality Act of 1963
32
Political hostility between countries by threats and other measures short of open warfare.
Hot War
Cold War
33
What year would Americans land on the moon?
1964
1969
1975
1963
34
How did the The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, also called the GI Bill, help the economy?
Assistance to veterans in setting up businesses
All of the Above
Provision of loans to buy homes for veterans
By providing loans to veterans to attend college
35
What was constructed by the USSR as a result of the Berlin Crisis?
The Cuban Missile Bay
Sputnik
The Berlin Wall
The Iron Curtain
36
The court ruled that the accused must be read their rights before being questioned
Baker v. Carr
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
Mapp v. Ohio
37
The court ruled that evidence seized illegally by police couldn’t be used in court
Mapp v. Ohio
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
Baker v. Carr
38
What is a proxy war?
All wars fought between the United States and other nations
Indirect conflict fought through other parties
Conflict fought from long distances
A war fought directly between opposing parties
39
Ruled that states must reapportion their congressional districts to represent population
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
Mapp v. Ohio
Baker v. Carr
40
What did/does the Universal Declaration of Human rights promote?
Committing to end discrimination
Inherent dignity of every human being
41
Who was Fidel Castro?
None of the Above
Cuban revolutionary: communist leader of the Cuba
Mexican revolutionary who went to Cuba: communist revolution
Mercenary sent to collapse the Cuban communist government
42
The US policy of preventing the expansion of communism throughout the world.
Containment
NATO
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
43
In the 1960s a "dove" was...
anti-war
pro-war
44
Volunteers sent to developing regions as teachers, developers, doctors, builders, etc
Man on the Moon
Alliance for Progress
Peace Corps
45
What was the intention behind termination policy?
To end redlining policies
Assimilation of Native Americans
Evict African American residents from inner cities
All of the above
46
In the 1950s Dr Salk was instrumental in eradicating what disease?
Measles
Polio
Rubella
Influenza
47
In the 1960s a "hawk" was...
anti-war
pro-war
48
Match the Characteristic with Capitalism or Communism: Gov. ownership of industry
Capitalism
Communism
49
Equal access for all citizens to public places without segregation was part what Act?
Equal Treatment Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Voting Rights Act of 1965
50
Match the Characteristic with Capitalism or Communism: Goal to bring economic equality
Communism
Capitalism
51
Identify Which Belief system belonged to Martin Luther King Jr.:
integration and non-violence
separatism and violence if needed
52
What constitutional amendment banned poll taxes?
22nd
14th
21st
24th
53
What does the 14th Amendment do?
Protected minorities right to vote
Gave African Americans full rights of Citizenship
Made slavery unconstitutional w/ the exception of criminals
Moved the voting age to 18
54
What were key characteristics of the McCarthy Era?
Cooperation and progress
Anti-communist paranoia and suspicion
55
Match the Characteristic with Capitalism or Communism: Classless society
Capitalism
Communism
56
Fight Latin American poverty with American economic might
Peace Corps
Alliance for Progress
Man on the Moon
57
What did the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case decide?
African Americans cannot be Citizens
Gave African Americans the right to vote
Segregation legal as long as facilities were equal.
58
What style of music was popular with young people in the 1950s?
Rock and Roll
Jazz
Disco
Rhythm and Blues
59
What percentage of the American population was middle class in the 1960s?
60%
80 %
50%
25%
60
What was the name of one of the country’s earliest suburbs spearheaded by Bill Levitt?
Suburbia
Pleasanton
Levittown
Whitenessville
61
What happened on May 1, 1960?
All of the Above
The Berlin Wall was constructed
U-2 spy plane shot down over Russia, the pilot was captured
Cuban Missile Crisis
62
How would Germany pay their war reparations back to the Allies from WWII?
With cash payments over 75 years
With trade goods and products
By extracting resources and leaving Germany with nothing
Germany was not expected to pay war reparations
63
What promise did Stalin break in appointing Communist leadership in Eastern Europe?
He promised to protect Russia from another western invasion
He promised to play nice with the USA
to return the governments to their original, pre-war form
He promised to hold free, democratic elections
64
Which was NOT one of the reasons there so many babies during the baby boom?
Husbands returning from war
Death in childbirth had been eradicated
Advancements in medicine
Lack of legal birth control
65
What led to the decline of the inner city?
White flight
White flight and the Suburbs
Bomb threats on large cities
Suburbs
66
In what two regions was poverty the most prevalent in the 1950s?
Inner City and Appalachia
Rural South and Appalachia
Inner City and Rural South
Midwestern Reservations and Inner City
67
The phrase “Tune in , Turn on, Drop out” was promoting what?
Becoming a Hippie
LSD use
None of the Above
Adoption of the Commune Lifestyle
68
What was Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s goal in promoting the creation of the United Nations?
Create a new system that could help prevent another war
To create alliances with Japan, Germany, and Russia
Roosevelt was not a supporter of the United Nations
new global military to prevent the Nazis from coming back
69
Economic relief program offered to Europe by the US to make communism less attractive.
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
Containment
NATO
70
Who were/are the five permanent members of the 11 member UN Security Council?
Mexico, China, Uganda, Russia, and the United States
France, Japan, Russia, Russia, and the United States
Germany, Canada, Russia, China, and the United States
Britain, France, China, the Soviet Union & the United States
71
What act made it illegal to prevent people of any race from voting?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Equal Treatment Act of 1964
