What was significant about the Battle of the Bogside?

The spark that started the Troubles

A Civil Rights activist who refused to give up her seat in a segregated bus

What was the Berlin Blockade?

Soviet blocking of Berlin from Allies. Caused the Berlin Airlift

Who was the main employer in Jarrow?

Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company

What was the Sunningdale Agreement?

Created a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland

Where did the “sit-in” movement begin?

Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina

The practice of making unfair allegations and investigative techniques

Nixon changed American foreign policy in USSR and China by:

engaging in negotiation and communication

What were the Show Trials?

Public trial of high ranking communists

Who are the Apprentice Boys of Derry (ABOD)?

Protestant organisation that commemorates the Siege of Derry

What was Truman Doctrine?

Policy of providing aid to any country threatened by communism

All of the following contributed to the anti-Vietnam War movement EXCEPT:

The resignation of President Nixon.

What was the Red Scare?

The fear of the communist Russians invading the US

What was the Space Race?

A competition of space exploration between the USA and Soviet Union

How did the West respond to the Berlin Blockade?

They airlifted supplies into Berlin

Why did Stalin conduct the show trials?

He wanted to eliminate potential opponents within the communist party

Who are the Apprentice Boys?

Group that commemorates the closing of the gates of Derry

Why did the City of Montgomery sue the Montgomery Improvement Association?

Because it was running a taxi service

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1
What was the main issue Sunningdale opposition had?
Council of Ireland
Involvement of Sinn Fein in negotiations
More nationalists in Stormont than unionists
End of gerrymandering
2
What was significant about the Battle of the Bogside?
Meant the Sunningdale Agreement ended in failure
Ended the Troubles
The spark that started the Troubles
Brought about the Good Friday Agreement
3
When did Rosa Parks get arrested?
March 1986
July 1945
December 1955
November 1966
4
President Reagan argued for the creation of the ______________, later known as 'Star Wars'.
The International Space Station
Strategic Defense Initiative
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Force
5
Who was Rosa Parks?
A Civil Rights activist who refused to give up her seat in a segregated bus
A very rich grandmother who lived in a senior center.
6
US President John Kennedy was assassinated in...
1963
1965
1960
7
When did Hitler invade Poland?
3 September, 1939
3 September, 1940
1 September, 1939
1 September, 1938
8
What was the Berlin Blockade?
Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea
Soviet blocking of Berlin from Allies. Caused the Berlin Airlift
NATO
The official name of democratic West Germany
9
The Precusor to the Korean war was:
Mao Zedong's communist takeover of China
All of the above
The rise of communism (The Russian Revolution)
The Post-WWII divide between North and South Korea
10
Who was the main employer in Jarrow?
Keeling's Fruit and Veg
Denny's Meat Factory
A textile factory
Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company
11
In what year was the draft system changed to a lottery?
1969
1970
1967
1968
12
What was the Sunningdale Agreement?
Dublin now had a say in the ruling of NI
Created a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland
Government in NI suspended
NI was ruled directly from Westminster
13
Where did the “sit-in” movement begin?
Woolworth's store in Charlotte, North Carolina
Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina
Best Buy in Greensboro, North Carolina
Woolworth's store in Montgomery, Alabama
14
When did Neil Armstrong land on the moon
June 16 1955
May 17 1955
September 14 1963
July 20 1969
15
The Jarrow March took place in
1934
1936
1938
1932
16
McCarthyism is...
Loyalty to America and all of their land
giving the rights to specific people in the government
The practice of making unfair allegations and investigative techniques
A campaign to bring all communist into America
17
Nixon changed American foreign policy in USSR and China by:
engaging in criticism and confrontation
engaging in negotiation and communication
engaging in military confrontation
refusing to engage in trade of any kind
18
What were the Show Trials?
Purge of the Communist Party
Forced labour camps
Another name for collectivisation
Public trial of high ranking communists
19
Who are the Apprentice Boys of Derry (ABOD)?
The Social Democratic and Labour Party
Protestant organisation that commemorates the Siege of Derry
Catholic organisation that commemorates the Siege of Derry
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
20
What was Truman Doctrine?
Policy of providing aid to any country threatened by communism
A government controlled by one person or a small group of people
Government ownership of business and industry
Private ownership of property and business
21
All of the following contributed to the anti-Vietnam War movement EXCEPT:
The military draft.
The resignation of President Nixon.
Inequality and other problems at home.
The My Lai Massacre.
22
Which president warned about the military-industrial complex in his farewell address?
JFK
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
FDR
23
________ is just a Sunningdale away...
Westminster
Dublin
Dail
London
24
Was the "Bay of Pigs" an anti-Castro movement?
False
True
25
What was the Red Scare?
The fear of Canadians, eh?
Americans freaking out over the sun looking red due to smoky skies
The fear of an alien invasion from Mars, sparked by 'War of the Worlds'
The fear of the communist Russians invading the US
26
What was the Space Race?
American policy of trying to stop the spread of communism
The assassination of important leaders
A competition of space exploration between the USA and Soviet Union
The separation of people based on their race
27
This Cuban dictator allowed the Soviets to install ICBMs on his island, almost starting a war.
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikael Gorbachev
Fidel Castro
28
The American nuclear bomb program was nicknamed what?
The Philadelphia Project
The Massachusetts Project
The Brooklyn Project
The Manhattan Project
29
The Nuremberg rallies:
all of these
used banners, flags,the military and more to show Nazi power
became a visual spectacle to emphasis German nationalism
were held every year between 1933 and 1938
30
How did the West respond to the Berlin Blockade?
They threatened Stalin
They airlifted supplies into Berlin
They did nothing
31
Which of these was the next step in the Peace Process after Sunningdale?
Dublin Castle Agreement
Good Friday Agreement
Anglo Irish Agreement
Downing Street Declaration
32
How many were killed or sent to the gulags during the show trials?
25 million
20 million
10 million
5,000
33
Why did Stalin conduct the show trials?
He wanted to eliminate potential opponents within the communist party
He wanted to be better than Hitler
He did not have trust issues
He caught people plotting against him
34
Who are the Apprentice Boys?
Group that commemorates the closing of the gates of Derry
Someone who wants complete/partial independence from Britain
Church of England
Gaelic Lords of Ulster who fled Ireland to go to Europe
35
When was the Sunningdale Agreement signed?
December 4th 1973
December 1st 1973
December 1st 1974
December 9th 1973
36
When did Eisenhower become President?
1940
1961
1953
1950
37
When did the University of Coleraine open?
1969
1966
1968
1967
38
Why did the City of Montgomery sue the Montgomery Improvement Association?
Because it was promoting violence
Because it was running a taxi service
Because it was making untrue statements about city officials
Because it was violating segregation laws
39
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A boycott that started in response to Rosa Parks
People in Alabama didn't ride the bus to protest segregation
A boycott led by MLK
All of the above
40
Who was the first president of the Montgomery Improvement Association?
Martin Luther King Jr
Rosa Parks
Jim Crow
Barack Obama

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