STAAR Review: Cold War and Civil Rights

What was the main goal of the United States containment policy?

• To become more technologically advanced than the Soviet Union

• To prevent the spread of Communism around the world

• To provide more support for science and math education

• To support the establishment of the Warsaw Pact in Eastern

  Europe

What was the primary reason for U.S. involvement in southeast Asia during the early 1950’s?

• North Korean attempts to unify the peninsula challenged the

  U.S. policy of containment

• Communities in Korea needed humanitarian aid due to a

  famine

• International groups needed help investigating North Korean

  officials charged with corruption

• Democratic reformers sought help from the U.S. military to

  overthrow dictatorial regimes in Korea

What did the Red Scare (1920s) and McCarthyism (1950’s) have in common?

• They led to a constitutional amendment to protect individual rights

• Some American officials suspected that Communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department

• They rounded up and deported thousands of suspects without warrants

• They were initiated by fear of the future spread of Communism in the United States

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated –

• Barriers to voting for women

• Proof of residency as a condition for voting

• Age discrimination in state voting laws

• Literacy tests as prerequisites for voting

The federal government responded to which issue by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• Unfair lending practices by banks

• Unequal representation in local legislatures

• Inadequate medical services in urban areas

• Discrimination by employers

What was the significance of sending federal troops to protect African-American students in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?

• It led to a federal takeover of many Southern public schools

• It strengthened control of education by state governments

• It was the first time martial law had been declared in the U.S.

• It showed that the federal government would enforce court decisions on integration

How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 most directly affect African Americans?

• It granted them the right to vote in all public elections

• It removed obstacles that made it difficult for them to vote

• It increased their representation in the House of Representatives

• It transformed the intent of the Fifteenth Amendment

Why did the National Organization for Women (NOW) pledge to support the Equal Rights Amendment?

• To ensure that women have equal representation in Congress

• To end the unfair placement of poll taxes on voters

• To guarantee full equality for women under the Constitution

• To secure a woman’s right to vote in all elections

How did the United States respond to the launch of Sputnik I in 1957 by the Soviet Union?

• By increasing health care benefits and pensions for the military

• By implementing the Marshall Plan

• By increasing funding for math and science education

• By joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Which U.S. action was the most direct and immediate response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?

• Airlifting supplies to people in West Berlin

• Creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Withdrawing military forces from West Berlin

• Providing financial support to help rebuild European nations