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Unit 8 US History Exam
Unit 8 US History Exam
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1
King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
defended King's strategy against racism.
All of these.
was written after his arrest for protesting segregation.
responded to the criticism of white clergymen.
2
There was an increase of manufacturing jobs during the 1950s.
True
False
3
Brown v. Board of Education
established "separate but equal".
False
True
4
Who enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period?
Latinos.
African Americas.
Mexican Americans.
White Americans.
5
SNCC was the acronym for the
Southern Negro Committee for Change.
Southern Nonviolent Christian Committee.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Student Nonviolent Conference for Change.
6
The 1st lunch counter sit-in took place in Little Rock, Arkansas.
False
True
7
The beat movement and rock 'n roll were viewed as harmless entertainment.
True
False
8
Coretta Scott King's arrest inspired a 381-day bus boycott in Montgomery Alabama.
False
True
9
Who rode interstate buses to challenge segregation laws in the South?
Rosa Parks
SCLC
Freedom Riders
SNCC
10
The Berlin blockade was set up to hinder efforts to reunify Germany.
True
False
11
Criticism of TV in the 1950s was its portrayal of an idealized American society.
True
False
12
The Longoria incident prompted Mexican Americans to return to Mexico.
False
True
13
Television was the primary source of entertainment and information in the 1960s.
False
True
14
Elected officials control the economic activity in a capitalist society.
False
True
15
After the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the US developed
an atomic bomb.
a space satellite.
NATO.
a hydrogen bomb.
16
Despite US aid the ___ were defeated in the civil war in China.
Korea
Nationalists
Soviets
Communists
17
He was known for his accusations about the presence of communism in the US government.
Alger Hiss.
Joseph McCarthy.
Douglas MacArthur.
Dwight Eisenhower.
18
During the 1950s where were most new homes built?
rural areas
suburbs
big cities
small cities
19
The Eisenhower Doctrine was the US response to Soviet military action in the Middle East.
False
True
20
At the end of the Korean War
The US no longer feared the spread of communism.
North and South Korea remained divided.
South Korea established a communist government.
China gained control of the entire peninsula.
21
The increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to decrease usage of national parks.
False
True
22
Plessy v. Ferguson...
prompted the passage of Jim Crow laws.
All of these.
was overturned by Brown v. the Board of Education.
affirmed the legality of racial segregation.
23
The goal of the Truman Doctrine was to stop the spread of communism.
False
True
24
Emmett Till's murder inspired many activists in the Civil Rights movement.
True
False
25
The South Koreans seemed to be winning the Korean War until the intervention of...
China.
Germany.
the UN.
the US.
26
He was a student activist and founding member of SNCC.
Ralph Abernathy
Andrew Young
Thurgood Marshall
John Lewis
27
Who commanded the US forces in Korea?
Douglas McCarther
None of these.
General Douglas MacArthur
General Dwight Eisenhower
28
McCarthyism was characterized by
historical data.
facts and evidence.
None of these.
unsupported accusations.
29
Standardization in American business
lowered profits.
led to less efficiency.
led to a lower standard of living.
discouraged individuality.
30
With more money to spend and an increase number of products available many Americans engaged in
planned obsolescence.
a 40-hour work week.
social conformity.
consumerism.
