9.2 - SSUSH20b,c

Which individual shocked Americans by making this claim in a speech in February 1950?

• Mitchell Palmer

• Joseph McCarthy

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard M. Nixon

Outside of the South, what did some public schools do in order to comply with the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

• Support the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.

• Build separate schools for white students and for minority students.

• Bus minority students to predominantly white schools and bus white students to predominantly minority schools.

• Petition to the court to be exempt from the Brown decision.

Which benefits did the G.I. Bill provide to veterans returning from World War II?

(CHOOSE 2 ANSWERS)

• free medical care and a special retirement plan

• Low-interest mortgages to buy homes.

• Low-interest mortgages and payments toward household utilities.

• Low-interest loans so veterans could start businesses

What was an important of these roads on the United States?

• State control of immigration routes has increased

• Travel and commerce between the states became easier and faster than before.

• Towns bypassed by the interstate system grew faster than those on the highways

• Increased traffic made it more difficult to move troops around the country.

What was one reason resident Truman desegregated the armed forces in 1948?

• He wanted the United States to serve as a model of democracy for the postwar world.

• A majority of African American or Black soldiers had fought with distinction in World War II.

• Civil rights leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had successfully lobbied the government.

• The Supreme Court had ordered desegregation in all branches of government.

What concerned American leaders about the launch of Sputnik?

• it demonstrated Soviet missile capabilities

• it showed that the Soviets were winning the space race

• it enabled the Soviets to spy on everyday Americans

• it swiftly followed the establishment of HUAC