Cold War & Civil Rights

This refers to a tense situation in 1962 between the U.S., Soviet Union and Cuba that nearly resulted in a nuclear war.

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Space Race

• Communist Manifesto

• Nuclear disarmament

The program under which the U.S. supplied economic/financial aid to European nations to help them rebuild after WWII.

• Marshall Plan

• Monroe Doctrine

• Communist Manifesto

• Containment Policy

The U.S. foreign policy of providing economic and military aid/help to democratic nations threatened by Communism.

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Truman Doctrine

• Monroe Doctrine

• Eisenhower Protocol

What was the purpose of "SNCC" during the early years of the Civil Rights era?

• it replaced the NAACP as the dominant Civil Rights organization

• to provide more militant leadership to combat racism

• it was a “whites only” organization created to keep whites in political power in the South

• it coordinated students around the south in non-violent protests to resist segregation laws

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

• school funding.

• segregation.

• voting rights.

• Affirmative Action.

This law was passed by Congress and prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal.

• Title IX

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Twenty-fourth Amendment

Which event occurred at the 1963 "March on Washington"?

• Congress outlawed segregation in all public places.

• Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.

• The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was created.

• Martin Luther King, Jr., was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was created in 1957 with the PRIMARY purpose of

• urging people to turn in suspected communists.

• coordinating non-violent protests to end segregation and discrimination.

• defeating the Democratic Party in the Presidential election of 1960.

• converting people in the American south to Christianity.

Which statement describes the MAIN impact television had on the Vietnam War?

• It caused many Americans to stop supporting the war in Vietnam.

• It discredited the anti-war protesters by showing American military successes.

• It allowed American soldiers to send messages back home to loved ones.

• It failed to have an impact since the news focused mainly on Civil Rights issues.

What was 'Containment?'

• A disorder in which a person has lingering memories, nightmares, and other symptoms for weeks after a severely threatening, uncontrollable event.

• The downing of a U.S. spy plane and capture of its pilot by the Soviet Union in 1960

• The American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

• The Soviet policy of transforming the government of a country into a democratic one.