(optional) U.S. History Spring Final Study Guide

Fill in the blank: The Containment Policy was designed to ________ the spread of communism during the Cold War.

• prevent

• encourage

• ignore

• accelerate

Which of the following was a military alliance during the Cold War?

• NATO

• UN

• NAFTA

Fill in the blank: The Arms Race during the Cold War involved a buildup of ________ weapons.

• nuclear

• chemical

• biological

• conventional

Fill in the blank: The fall of the ________ in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War.

• Berlin Wall

• Great Wall of China

• Eiffel Tower

• Statue of Liberty

Fill in the blank: The collapse of the ________ in 1991 marked the end of the Cold War era.

• USSR

• NATO

• European Union

• United States

Fill in the blank: The Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Supreme Court case led to the ________ of public schools.

• desegregation

• privatization

• segregation

• closure

Fill in the blank: The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–56) was sparked by ________ Parks.

• Rosa

• Claudette

• Harriet

• Sojourner

Fill in the blank: ________ was a nonviolent protest leader known for the 'I Have a Dream' speech during the Civil Rights Movement.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

• Frederick Douglass

The purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was to ______ barriers to voting for African Americans.

• remove

• create

• ignore

• increase

Who advocated Black empowerment and self-defense?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon