Civil Rights & Vietnam

What legislation helped American soldiers get an education and buy homes in the suburbs during the Cold War?

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Federal Housing Authority Act

• Social Security Act

• GI BIll

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 came to an end when (21a)

• the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba.

• CIA-backed rebels were defeated by the Cuban army at the Bay of Pigs.

• the United Nations allowed the US to install nuclear missiles in Key West.

• a nuclear disarmament plan for the US and the Soviet Union was agreed upon.

During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?

• Truman Doctrine

• Open Door Policy

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Domino Theory

• Open Door Policy

Which choice best describes the Second Red Scare ?

• the use of military force to put down civil unrest in American cities

• the use of accusations, blacklisting, and investigations against suspected communists

• the effort to expand civil rights protections to more groups of Americans

• the use of unethical searches and unfounded proclamations of a planned communist revolution in America  by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer

What role did the United States play in the Korean War?

• The United States and its allies did not join the Korean War.
• The US and its allies fought to defend North Korea.
• The US joined its allies in the fight against North Korea to keep communism from spreading.
• The United States and its allies only sent supplies and weapons to Korea.

1896- established “separate but equal” by which segregation became legal as long as the facilities for each race w

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education 

What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?

• African-Americas could play sports
• Segregation of public schools became legal
• Segregation in public schools became illegal
• MLK led the March on Washington

What is Conservatism?

• A person who is in strict observance of traditional or established forms or beliefs.

• A person who is not in strict observance of traditional or established forms or beliefs.

• A deep water well

• People that planted tress in the dust bowl

1. Supreme Court case Sweatt vs Painter

• A bad paint job

• A paint job where the painter dripped sweat on the surface

• A man named Sweatt was denied admission to The University Of Texas law School because of race

• Minorities were a priority