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The Cold War

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who’s was the leader of the communist movement in China?

a)

Gary Powers

b)

Jonas Salk

c)

Storm Thurmond

d)

Mao Zedong

2.

What man created the Dixiecrat party in the 1948 election?

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Gary Powers

d)

J. Storm Thurmond

3.

Term that means to lie under oath?

a)

Perjury

b)

Franchising

c)

Urban renewal

d)

Closed shop

4.

What woman was arrested in Alabama for sitting in the “white” section of the bus?

a)

Linda Brown

b)

Joseph McCarty

c)

Homer Plessy

d)

Rosa Parks

5.

What US pilot ws shot down in a U-2 spy plane by the Soviet Union in 1960?

a)

Alan Freed

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Gary Powers

d)

Henry Ford

6.

What Amendment limited the President to two terms?

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

24th

d)

13th

e)

22nd

7.

How many kids were born from 1945 to 1961?

a)

2 million

b)

10 million

c)

65 million

d)

330 million

8.

Which of the following groups was the poorest minority or ethnic group in the US during the 1950s?

a)

African Americans

b)

Hispanics

c)

Miners from Appalchia

d)

Native Americans

9.

What currency becomes the world’s reserve currency after WWII?

a)

US dollar

b)

Peso

c)

Japanes Yen

d)

Russian ruble

10.

Which of the following leaders stated that an “iron curtain” of Communism is falling on Europe?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

11.

How many TV’s were sold in 1957?

a)

10,000

b)

40 million

c)

100,000

d)

15

12.

What man became the symbol of the black power movement and later became a member of the Nation of Islam?

a)

Gov. Orval Faubus

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Malcolm X

13.

Which of the following musicians listed was NOT part of the growth of Rock-n-Roll of the 1950s?

a)

Elvis

b)

Chuck Berry

c)

Buddy Holly

d)

Rolling Stones

14.

The name of Sheriff Clark’s response to Martin Luther King Jr.’s march for freedom” as protestors crossed the Edmund Petty’s Bridge.

a)

Bloody Sunday

b)

NASA

c)

NATO

d)

NOW

15.

What was the name of the US space program established by Dwight Eisenhower?

a)

NATO

b)

NASA

c)

NOW

d)

SCLC

16.

What was the name of the court case in 1896 which stated that segregation was legal under the concep of “separate but equal?”

a)

Plessy .v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board

c)

Engle v. Vitale

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

17.

The _____ riots broke out in Los Angeles in 1964 as a response to police brutality.

a)

Baltimore

b)

Watts

c)

Chicago

d)

Miami

18.

What is the name of the mutual defense agreement amongst 12 countries that agreed to come to each other’s aid if attacked by the Soviets?

a)

NASA

b)

NAFTA

c)

SCLC

d)

NATO

19.

_____ led the Montgomery bus boycott as a protest to Rosa Parks arrest.

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

20.

What US program served to help rebuild Europe after WWII while continuing communism and opening new markets for trade?

a)

Servicemen’s Readjustment Act

b)

NASA

c)

NATO

d)

Marshall Plan

21.

What court case ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

22.

What President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Donald Trump

23.

What country controlled South Korea after World War II?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

United States

c)

Australia

d)

China

24.

What Amendment was ratified in 1964 to eliminate poll taxes in federal elections?

a)

13th

b)

18th

c)

22nd

d)

24th

25.

____ is the name associated with damaging reputations with vague, unfounded charges of communism.

a)

McCarthyism

b)

Brinksmanship

c)

Massive Retaliation

d)

Armistice

26.

What parallel line divided North and South Korea at the end of World War II that still serves as the Demilitarized Zone between the two nations?

a)

17th

b)

42nd

c)

25th

d)

38th

27.

Act passed in 1956that spent $25 Illinois on the Construction of 40,000miles of road over 10 yers?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Eisenhower Doctrine

c)

Federal Highway Act

d)

22nd Amendment

28.

What man created the name Rock-n-Roll in 1951 while working in downtown Cleveland?

a)

Gary Powers

b)

Alan Freed

c)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Storm Thurmond

29.

Created the vaccine to fight Polio?

a)

Dr. Jonas Salk

b)

Dr. Walter Reed

c)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Dr. Melvin Jones

30.

Young girl from Topeka, Kansas that was denied admission to her neighborhood school because she was African American?

a)

Linda Brown

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Carmen San Diego

31.

What year do the Soviets gets an atomic bomb?

a)

1949

b)

1939

c)

1945

d)

1974

32.

The name given to the location in New York that was an example of a mass produced community of inexpensive homes?

a)

Urban renewal

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Levittown

d)

NATO

33.

The name of the military alliance of SOVIET NATIONS in Eastern Europe that opposed NATO?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

NASA

c)

Soviet Nationals

d)

Super Soviet Pact

34.

What person was known for making false allegations about communist being in the State Department and accused Secretary of State Dean Acheson of being sympathetic to the communist?

a)

Adlai Stevenson

b)

Gary Powers

c)

George Wallace

d)

Joseph McCarthy

35.

The _____ was a government organization developed to investigate subversive activities and expose communist throughout the country.

a)

House Un-American Activities Committee

b)

Anti-Red Scare Association

c)

Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity

d)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

36.

Term that mean to tear down slums and building new high-rises for poor residents with cities?

a)

franchising

b)

closed shops

c)

Urban renewal

d)

Warsaw Pact

37.

The name given to those kids born between 1945 to 1961?

a)

Generation X

b)

Baby boomers

c)

Millenials

d)

Lost generation

38.

The legislation establish a demilitarized zone in North and South Korea but never officially ended the conflict?

a)

Armistice

b)

38th Parallel Pact

c)

22nd Amendment

d)

Korean War Peace Treaty

39.

What was the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth?

a)

Sputnik

b)

Explorer I

c)

Mir

d)

International Space Station

40.

T/F - Prices throughout the 1950s & 1960s increased as the demand for goods went up.

a)

False

b)

True

41.

Franklin Roosevelt supported the _____ as an organizaton to promote peace.

a)

Great Society

b)

United Nations

c)

North American Free Trade Association

d)

Federal Highway Act

42.

T/F The Voting Rights Act of 1965 made all literacy test legal.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Select all the following areas where the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans discrimination.

a)

religion

b)

gender

c)

national origin

d)

restaurants

44.

AIR test - How did improved mass production techniques affect the US in the 1920s?

a)

Increased the standard of living

b)

Caused higher unemployment

c)

Lowered the quality of most products produced

d)

Decreased the quantity of products produced

45.

What is a cultural separation between children and their parents?

a)

generation gap

b)

generation lose

c)

closed generation

d)

franchising

46.

A concept that physical self-defense was acceptable while emphasizing racial distinctiveness rather than adapting to the dominant culture.

a)

counterculture revolution

b)

beatnik

c)

juvenile delinquency

d)

black power

47.

AIR Test - A student is researching popular culture in the United States. She has found a book on the subject and will need to determine whether it is a credible source.


Which piece of information should she evaluate to determine the source’s credibility?

a)

the age of the author

b)

the length of the book

c)

the author's qualifications

d)

the city in which the book was published

48.

The practice of forcing business owners to hire only union members. This policy is later outlawed by the Taft-Hartley Act.

a)

Open shops

b)

Closed stores

c)

Closed shops

d)

Wildcat strike

49.

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 is also called the _____.

a)

Veteran's Right to Recovery

b)

GI Bill

c)

Veterans bonus

d)

Bill of Veterans Rights

50.

The _____ industry began to prosper in the 1950s as new types of metal and engine technology made travel more affordable.

a)

Horseback riding

b)

Railroad

c)

Horse and Carriage

d)

Aviation

51.

Select ALL the suggestion made to Harry Truman on how to prevent communism from expanding its power.

a)

Using diplomats

b)

Military actions

c)

The economy

d)

Assassinating any communist leader

52.

A group criticizing America for its sterility, conformity, and emptiness.

a)

isolationists

b)

internationalist

c)

revolutionaries

d)

beatniks

53.

Juvenile delinquency is a name associated with anti-social and criminal behavior of young people.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

Select ALL the countries controlled Germany after WWII?

a)

United States of America

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Australia

d)

Britain

e)

France

55.

Select ALL the items the GI Bill did for veterans:

a)

required veterans to return to active duty in the Peace Corp

b)

Sent veterans back to college

c)

Helped veterans buy homes

d)

Helped veterans establish businesses

56.

Franchising is the tearing down of slums and building new high-rises for the poor residents within cities.

a)

True

b)

False

57.

T/F Satellite nations is a name given to democratic governments installed throughout Eastern Europe after WWII.

a)

True

b)

False

58.

What Act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin when selling or renting a home.

a)

22nd Amendment

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1968

d)

Sherman Anti-trust Act

59.

T/F - The SCLC or Southern Christian Leadership Conference was an organization set out to eliminate segregation and encourage African Americans to vote.

a)

True

b)

False

60.

AIR TEST - What Act made monopolies illegal? The Act gave the government power to bring criminal charges against companies that engaged in anti-competitive practices and illegally restrained interstate trade?

a)

Chines Exclusion Act

b)

Laissez-Faire Economy Act

c)

Fair Labors Standard Act

d)

Sherman Antitrust Act

61.

AIR TEST - Don't trust big government and support smaller states.

a)

Federalist

b)

Anti-Federalist

62.

AIR Test - What is the Declaration of Independence ?

a)

A formal pledge of peace.

b)

A formal pledge of war against Britain.

c)

28 count indictment against the King.

d)

A statement of freedoms given to the British living in the American colonies.