USH Sem 2 Midterm Review

Question 1

Location of MLK Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech

Accepted Answer

Washington, D.C.

Question 2

Senator who went on a witch hunt for Communists but went too far accusing the army

Accepted Answer

Joseph McCarthy

Question 3

President Eisenhower enforced Brown v. Board by sending the army to _____

Accepted Answer

Little Rock, AR

Question 4

This document first outlined the containment policy, which would become the Truman Doctrine.

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the Long Telegram

Question 5

The Kerner Commission was tasked with investigating

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urban riots in the 1960s

Question 6

Which of the following did the GI Bill NOT do?

Accepted Answer

provide benefits to veterans regardless of race

Question 7

The refugees on the St. Louis were denied asylum in the United States. Where were they from?

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Jewish refugees escaping the Holocaust

Question 8

This protest movement was led by student demonstrators; started in Greensboro & Nashville

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sit-ins

Question 9

Which court case established the doctrine of "separate but equal" in 1896?

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Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 10

SNCC was a...

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students civil rights group

Question 11

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did NOT...

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guarantee voting rights for blacks

Question 12

Which of the following was NOT an Axis Power during WW2?

Accepted Answer

Switzerland

Question 13

Best example of appeasement, when B & F gave in to Hitler's demand for the Sudetenland, in the

Accepted Answer

Munich Pact

Question 14

The Truman Doctrine made the policy of _______ the gov'ts official policy.

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containment

Question 15

Largest amphibious invasion ever in history, Allied forces landed in Normandy

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D-Day

Question 16

What is the name of the line that separates North and South Korea today?

Accepted Answer

DMZ

Question 17

Nicknamed the "slave labor bill", this law took away many labor union powers and rights.

Accepted Answer

Taft-Hartley Act

Question 18

The American plan to rebuild Europe and prop up democracies after WW2 was called

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the Marshall Plan

Question 19

Known communists might lose their jobs and friends in the 50s because of

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blacklists

Question 20

This group aimed to end segregation in interstate travel and bus terminals.

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Freedom riders

Question 21

The bloodiest battle in history, turning point of the war in Europe

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Battle of Stalingrad

Question 22

This law allowed the United States to send destroyers and supplies to the British during WW2

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Lend-Lease Act

Question 23

Top secret project to develop the atomic bomb

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Manhattan

Question 24

This direct action was sparked by Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat.

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Montgomery Bus Boycotts

Question 25

He broke the color line as the first African American in major league baseball.

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 26

Which of the following was NOT known to be a supporter of the Black Power movement?

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Jim Clark

Question 27

Jonas Salk is famous for

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developing the polio vaccine

Question 28

This civil rights group focused on legal battles/court cases against lynching and segregation

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NAACP

Question 29

President Eisenhower used the CIA to carry out _________ in Guatemala and Iran.

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covert actions

Question 30

Allied leaders agreed to split Berlin into four zones at

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Potsdam

Question 31

The Rosenbergs were executed for

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passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union

Question 32

Which of the following is NOT a white collar job?

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mechanic, factory worker

Question 33

African Americans during WW2 called for a double victory against racism at home & abroad called

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Double V Campaign

Question 34

Segregation by practice or habit (not by law); like housing covenants in neighborhoods

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de facto segregation

Question 35

Successfully argued Brown v. Board and later became a Supreme Court Justice.

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Thurgood Marshall

Question 36

The termination policy

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forced assimilation on Native Americans

Question 37

Idea that neither superpower would actually use nuclear weapons bc of the potential destruction

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Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 38

What political party did Eisenhower belong to?

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Republican

Question 39

Charged with espionage for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Question 40

The invisible ideological divide between western and eastern Europe, coined by Churchill

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Iron Curtain

Question 41

Korematsu v. United States

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ruled that Japanese internment was constitutional

Question 42

He mass-produced suburban homes in the 1950s.

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William Levitt

Question 43

Purpose of the Freedom Rides?

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integrate bus terminals and interstate buses

Question 44

The Nuremberg Trials were meant to

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hold Axis Powers accountable for war crimes

Question 45

Going right to the edge of nuclear war to get a better negotiating position

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brinkmanship

Question 46

Commander of all Allied forces at D-Day (Operation Overlord)

Accepted Answer

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 47

The lead scientist developing the atomic bomb for the Manhattan Project.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

Question 48

Religious group that Malcolm X joined while in prison as a young man

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Nation of Islam

Question 49

Founder of Black Power movement, leader of SNCC

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Stokely Carmichael

Question 50

Who protected the Little Rock 9 by sending the 101st Airborne to escort them to class?

Accepted Answer

Dwight Eisenhower

USH Sem 2 Midterm Review

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USH Sem 2 Midterm Review

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