Unit 8 Quick Check #3 (Interstate, McCarthyism, Brown , Space)

Unit 8 Quick Check #3 (Interstate, McCarthyism, Brown , Space)

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Social Studies

11th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How did the G.I. Bill contribute to the economic prosperity of the 1950s?

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It allowed Veterans to get an education and buy homes in suburbs.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

President Eisenhower believed that if one nation fell to communism, others around it would as well. What was this called?

Back

Domino Theory

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the name of the legislation that was signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower and built a series of highways to connect major cities around the U.S.?

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Back

Interstate Highway Act

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The 2nd Red Scare played on Americans fear of?

Back

Communism

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Who contributed to the Second Red Scare and accused American citizens (including govt officials, military personal, & famous people) of being communists?

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Joseph McCarthy

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which best describes the Second Red Scare? Options: the use of military force to put down civil unrest in American cities, the use of accusations, blacklisting, investigations, & televised Senate/House trials against suspected communists, the use of the FBI to raid immigrants and suspected anarchists homes and offices, the use of local police forces to arrest any black American that tried to end segregation.

Back

the use of accusations, blacklisting, investigations, & televised Senate/House trials against suspected communists

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What court case did the Brown vs Board decision overturn? Options: Plessy vs. Ferguson - "Separate but Equal", Korematsu vs. US - "Limited Civil Rights during wartime", Roe vs. Wade - "Privacy", Scott vs. Sandford - "Africans Americans are not citizens"

Back

Plessy vs. Ferguson - "Separate but Equal"

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