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1
Who appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict?
Nationalists
North Korean
Communists
South Koreans
2
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
Stop the USSR from spreading democracy
Jumpstart Europe's economy
Deliver Poland to the West
Stop the spread of communism
3
What were sit-ins?
Black Americans sat in whites-only areas and would not leave
Black Americans marched through segregated areas to protest
Black Americans refused to give up their seats to whites
Black Americans sat on the White House's lawn in protest
4
The first satellite launched into space was
NCC-1701
Sputnik
Discovery
Apollo II
5
What principle was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) based on?
appeasement
collective security
free trade
isolationism
6
This president sent federal troops to desecrate public high schools in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Johnson
Truman
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General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War
should be extended into a war against China.
should be extended into a war against the Soviet Union.
was not a vital American interest.
should be limited to Korea.
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How did the the Supreme Court ruling on Brown v. Board of Education change education?
It ruled that Plessy v. Ferguson was legal
It ruled that segregation could continue in public school
It ruled that segregation in public schools was legal
It ruled that segregation in public schools was illegal
9
The students who desegregated Central High School in Arkansas were known by what name?
The Fayetteville 5
The Alabama 7
The Jackson 5
The Little Rock 9
10
After World War II, Germany was split in four by the United States, Great Britain, France and
Soviet Union
Italy
Spain
Germany
11
The 38th parellel became an important dividing line between
North and South China.
Korea and China.
North and South Korea.
China and Taiwan(Formosa).
12
Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her seat sparked what early Civil Rights protest?
Selma to Montgomery March
March on Washington
Freedom Rides
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet's first explosion of the atomic bomb?
by firing satellite into space.
by exploding an atomic bomb
By forming NATO
by exploding a hydrogen bomb
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What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?
To support Rosa Parks
To transport protesters to and from the March on Washington
To test desegregation in interestate bus stations
Promote free public transportation
15
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Banned poll tax requirements for voting in elections
Sent federal election officials South for black voters
Was merely a symbolic act of Congress
Outlawed racial discrimination in most public places
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What is a global conflict between the USSR and the U.S., marked by an avoidance of direct war?
Cold War
Space race
Berlin airlift
Truman Doctrine
17
Who was the leader of the Communists in China?
Mao Zedong
Syngman Rhee
Kim Il Sung
Chiang Kai-shek
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What was the Berlin airlift a response to?
German development of the atomic bomb
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
construction of the Berlin wall
reunification of East and West Germany
19
Who was the leader of the communists in China?
Syngman Rhee
Kim II Sung
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
20
Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?
China
the United States
Souht Korea
the United Nations
21
What are border nations between the USSR and the West serving as a buffer zone called?
Stalin’s Wall
Satellite Nations
Iron Curtain
States
22
The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
NATO
League of Nations
23
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of
appeasement.
collective security.
free trade.
isolationism.
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What did the Soviet Union set up in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany?
an embargo on wheat to NATO nations
An atomic bomb
A Soviet blockade of West Berlin
construction of the Berlin Wall