Early Cold War Test

The so-called "Truman Doctrine" was specifically designed to aid

• people who were in poverty.

• countries trying to resist the spread of Communism

• states trying to integrate public schools.

• the rebuilding of Japan following the use of atomic

  weapons in 1945.

The original purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was to

• prevent another world war.

• form a 10-year plan for the economic recovery of

  Western Europe.

• create free trade between all nations

• provide for a defense pact against possible Soviet

  aggression.

Which word BEST describes the U.S. policy towards communism in the 1950s and 1960s?

• appeasement

• elimination

• containment

• indifference

The decision in Brown v. Board of Education addressed the issue of

• segregation.

• school funding.

• voting rights

• Affirmative Action

The primary purpose of the Marshall Plan was to

• aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe.

• set up a military alliance of anti communist nations.

• stop the spread of Communism in Southeast

  Asia.

• end the rift between the United States and the Soviet

  Union.

The Civil Rights Act passed by Congress in 1964 sought to end the series of laws in the south known as

• Habeas Corpus.

• the Black Codes.

• Jim Crow laws.

• Affirmative Action.

What law ended the segregation in the United States?

• "Jim Crow" laws.

• the 26th Amendment.

• the 13th Amendment

• the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

In the early 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy earned national attention by

• supporting national desegregation efforts.

• falsely accusing many people of being communists.

• almost winning multiple Presidential

  elections.

• challenging the President’s decision to use atomic

  weapons.

It is widely believed that when President Eisenhower signed a bill to create a national interstate highway system in 1956, he

did it for what primary purpose?f

• to allow people to move to the western U.S.

  more easily

• to force southern states receiving federal funds to end

  segregation

• to allow people in suburban areas to enter big

  cities more quickly

• to provide the means to transport military aid more

  quickly in the event of a national military crisis

Important Events in the Civil Rights Movement

Lunch Counter Sit-Ins

Civil Rights Act of 1964

___?___

Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

According to this timeline, which event below should go in the blank provided?

• Freedom Riders

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Voting Rights Act

• Brown v. Board of Education