US History Unit 8- Cold War/Civil Rights

Which of the following is true of the Cold War during the 1950s?

• the USSR and USA used atomic weapons to defeat the Nazis during World War II

• the USSR won the arms race by being the first to develop atomic and hydrogen bombs

• the United States maintained a monopoly on atomic weapons throughout the Cold War

• The USA used a policy of massive retaliation and brinkmanship to achieve its goals

McCarthyism in the early 1950s resulted from

• new commitments to civil rights for African Americans

• opposition to the Marshall Plan

• charges that Communists had infiltrated the U.S. government

• increased public support for labor unions

What was one outcome of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962?

• Cuba became a communist nation.

• The United States seized military control of Cuba.

• The Soviet Union withdrew its nuclear missiles from Cuba.

• Fidel Castro met with President John F. Kennedy.

Martin Luther King hoped to confront segregation

* City police used violence against peaceful protestors

* Government leaders called for a Civil Rights Act to end segregation

What title best completes this partial outline?

• Freedom Rides in 1961

• Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955

• March on Birmingham in 1963

• March on Selma in 1965

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Interstate Highway Act of 1956?

• the growth of suburbs

• an increase in interstate trade and vacation travel by families

• a weakened national defense in the event of a nuclear attack on U.S. cities

• increased dependency on the automobile

A goal of the Marshall Plan (1948) was to

• rebuild Japan after World War II

• establish a military alliance for democratic nations in Europe to protect against the USSR

• provide economic aid to European nations to help keep them from turning to communism

• provide military aid to the Warsaw Pact

What was a major outcome of the Korean War (1950–1953)?

• Korea remained divided between democratic and communist nations.

• South Korea lost the war and became a communist nation.

• Control of Korea was turned over to the United Nations.

• North Korea became an ally of the United States.

The immediate impact of the 1957 launch of Sputnik I was that it

• forced the United States to find new sources of fuel

• ended the period of peaceful coexistence between the United States and the Soviet Union

• heightened the space race as a form of Cold War competition

• focused attention on the need to regulate the uses of outer space

“Jackie Robinson Breaks Color Barrier in Major League Baseball”

“President Truman Issues Executive Order Desegregating Armed Forces”

“NAACP Challenges School Segregation”

These headlines are most closely associated with:

• the effects of affirmative action programs

• the beginning of the modern civil rights movement

• Southern resistance to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• a decline in African American participation in political activities

Which of the following was an effect of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956)?

• Martin Luther King formed the SCLC and became the leader of the civil rights movement

• The bus boycott put pressure on President Eisenhower who began work on a Civil Rights law

• By the end of the boycott, the city bus system continued to segregate black passengers

• It showed the effectiveness of "black power" and the use of force to bring about change