Cold War/Civil Rights Movement Quiz

What was the primary goal of the Chicano Workers Movement?

• To end segregation and require equal treatment of minorities

• To protest government policies

• To improve working conditions for migrant workers

• To promote science and technology

Which event is associated with the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War era?

• Mass demonstrations and violence at Kent State

• The launch of Sputnik by the U.S.S.R.

• The signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The creation of suburbs after WWII

What was the result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• It ended poll taxes and literacy tests

• It led to the investment in space programs

• It provided financial assistance to European countries

• It created a naval blockade of Cuba

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

• To segregate schools

• To arrest people suspected of being communists

• To aid any free people resisting Communism, created to help Greece and Turkey

• To rebuild after WWII and fight communism

Who was a key figure in the civil rights movement known for advocating civil disobedience instead of violence?

• Rosa Parks

• Huey Newton

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

Which countries and regions pledged a common defense against aggression during the Cold War under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

• U.S., Mexico, and South America

• U.S., Canada, and Western Europe

• U.S., Russia, and Eastern Europe

• U.S., Japan, and Southeast Asia

What was the main objective of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• To end racial segregation in public places

• To promote science and technology

• To improve working conditions for migrant workers

• To protest government policies

The March on Washington's impact included

• segregating public schools

• banning poll taxes and literacy tests

• improving working conditions for migrant farmers

• the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1965

What was the main purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• To aid any free people resisting Communism

• To rebuild Europe after WWII and fight communism

• To segregate schools

• To arrest people suspected of being communists

The U.S.S.R satellite Sputnik, led to

• WWII

• the U.S. to invest money in space and creating NASA

• McCarthyism

• the end of segregation