Cold War & Civil Rights

Postwar America was marked by:

• a decrease in the size of government.

• a failing economy.

• an increase in racial discrimination.

• an increasing involvement in foreign affairs.

At one time in their history, all the following nations were split into Communist and free divisions except:

• Germany

• Vietnam

• Korea

• Poland

Which event caused Stalin to blockade West Berlin in 1949?

• Allied aid to help Greece fight communism.

• Congress’s passage of the European Recovery Program.

• Truman’s confrontation with Molotov over Poland.

• Allied attempts to unify West Germany.

The first country in the Western Hemisphere to fall to communism was:

• Nicaragua

• Mexico

• Haiti

• Cuba

What was the decision of Brown v. Board of Education?

• Civil disobedience is a legal form of protest.

• Discrimination in school transportation is illegal.

• State governments cannot use the National Guard to resist a federal court order.

• Public schools should not be segregated by race.

Before becoming president, LBJ had spent five years as:

• Ambassador to the UN.

• Governor of Texas.

• Secretary of State.

• Senate Majority Leader.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 included all the following provisions except:

• creating the Equal Opportunity Commission

• forbidding racial discrimination in public buildings

• prompting the desegregation of public schools.

• tax breaks for the poor

What was the main provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Creation of the Equal Opportunity Commision

• Lowering the voting age to 18

• Outlawing poll taxes

• Outlawing literacy tests for voters

All the following were established during the presidency of LBJ except:

• Voting Rights Act

• Civil Rights Act

• Medicare

• New Economic Policy

What was the effect of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?

• Bombing of cities in North Vietnam

• The official declaration of war against Vietnam

• Secrecy of information on the progress of the Vietnam War

• Escalation of the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam