Truman, Eisenhower & Kennedy Test Review

Which case ruled that an African American could attend UT Law?

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Sweatt v. Painter
• Hernandez v. Texas
• Plessy v. Ferguson

Creation of NASA and increased emphasis on math/science education are results of

• Chinese Revolution
• McCarthy Hearings
• Launch of Sputnik by Soviet Union
• Korean War

Post WWII, which group initiated a series of court cases to overturn "separate but equal"?

• NAACP 
• SNCC
• NOW
• AIM

Which leader was NOT pro-segregation?

• George Wallace
• Orval Faubus
• Lester Maddox
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Peace Corps was started by which President to further the ideals in his Inaugural Address?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Harry S. Truman
• John F. Kennedy 
• Lyndon B. Johnson

 Rachel Carson's Silent Spring exposed the

• effects of segregation on minority children.
• subjugation of women in the home.
• dominance of the Soviet Union's military capacity.
• effects of pesticides and chemical pollution.

The Korean conflict, the Arms Race, and the Space Race with the Soviet Union 

• led to increased defense spending.
• decrease tensions with communist nations.
• sparked revolution in Cuba.
• infuriated the American people.

Used to prevent the spread of communism and restore economic stability to Western Europe post WWII

• Berlin Airlift
• Washington Plan
• Marshall Plan
• Eisenhower Doctrine

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

• Korea remained a divided nation. 
• Korea united as a nation.
• China annexed North Korea.
• U.S. occupied Japan.

Which president desegregated the armed services?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Harry S. Truman
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• John F. Kennedy