EOCA review sem 2 pt 1

Why was Brown v Board of Education important?

• It ended segregation in public schools

• It reinforced “separate but equal”

• It forced the National Guard to protect people of color entering schools

• It ended poll taxes

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on basis of race, ____, religion, sex, or ____

• Age, income

• Color, national origin

• Income, ethnicity

• Education level, nationality

Despite passing the 15th Amendment in 1870, many African-Americans were denied the right to vote until the __ passed in ___.

• 24th Amendment, 1965

• Civil Rights Act, 1964

• Voting Rights Act, 1965

• Poll Tax referendum, 1965

The United States and the Soviet Union refrained from global annihilation through the policy of ____

• Diplomacy

• M.A.D. (mutually assured destruction)

• Negotiations

• Détente

With the Soviet launch of Sputnik, American's were ___

• Inspired

• Frightened

• Jovial

The original goal of the Korean War is to establish the ___ as the border between North and South Korea

• 17th parallel

• 38th parallel

• 64th parallel

• 45th parallel

NATO was created in order to protect America and its allies from the ___.

• Soviet Union

• China

• Yugoslavia

• Albania

President John F. Kennedy was met with criticism with the failed invasion of ___ at the ___.

• Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cuba, Bay of Pigs

• USSR, Cuban Missile Crisis

• Yugoslavia, Bay of Pigs

This is the largest generation of Americans ____.

• Greatest Generation

• Generation Z

• Millennials

• Baby Boomers

___ gained national attention when she refused to give her seat on(in) a public ____

• Harriet Tubman, train

• Rosa Parks, bus

• Ella Baker, library

• Daisy Bates, bus