Cold War/Civil Rights/Vietnam

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

How did the Marshall plan try to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe after WWII?

• by providing government housing for refugees
• by providing military assistance to Vietnam
• by providing money to stop poverty

Kennedy’s response to finding missile bases in Cuba was ___________.

• Military invasion in Russia
• Trade boycott
• Diplomatic treaty
• Naval quarantine

Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?

• John F. Kennedy
• Joseph Stalin
• Neil Armstrong
• Joseph McCarthy

The dividing line between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War was called _________________.

• The Iron Curtain
• The Iron Bars
• The Steel Curtain
• The Iron Road

The physical barrier separating Communist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin--

• Berlin Bloackade
• Berlin Base
• Berlin Wall
• Berlin Barrier

What organization was created by Congress to hunt for communist spies?

• Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA)
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• House Un-American Activites Commitee (HUAC)

What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

• The United States would immediately try to liberate all of the countries behind the iron curtain.
• The United States would nationalize the Suez Canal.
• The United States would use force to help Middle Eastern nations threatened by communism.
• The United States would recognize the People’s Republic of China.

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.