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cold war and civil rights

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
McCarthyism was based on people's ________ of communism
a)
Support
b)
Fear
c)
Use
Love
d)
Practice
2.
According to the document, McCarthy had a list of names of communists in...
a)
Hollywood
b)
Government
c)
Military
d)
the President's family
3.
I the 1950's Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he...
a)
Was convicted as a spy.
b)
Claimed hundreds of government employees were communists.
c)
Helped Eisenhower become president.
d)
Went to Korea and said atomic weapons should be used to break the stalemate.
4.
What was the "Iron Curtain"? 
a)
The Berlin Wall
b)
Boundary to block off Soviet contact to other nations
c)
A military defense system
d)
The imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas
5.
The dividing line between the Non-Communist in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?
a)
The line of demarkation
b)
The DeMilitarized Zone
c)
The Iron Curtain
d)
The 38th Parallel
6.
Rachel Carson took a stand and spoke out about the use of____? 
a)
Littering 
b)
Pollution 
c)
Chemical Pesticides 
d)
Recycling 
7.
The dangerous pesticide that was used to kill mosquitoes but ended up killing many birds was called  _____?
a)
ABT
b)
DDT
c)
CCT
d)
DDC
8.
What did Silent Spring say would happen if people continued to use man-made pesticides?
a)
Man- made pesticides would poison the planet. 
b)
Man- made pesticides would increase farming 
c)
Man- made pesticides would kill the livestock 
9.

What book did Rachael Carson publish in 1962 leading to the creation of the EPA?

a)

Windy Fall

b)

Loud Waves

c)

Silent Spring

d)

Under the Sea Wind

10.
What building was broken into during the Watergate Break-in?
a)
The Capitol Building
b)
The White House
c)
Republican Headquarters
d)
Democratic Headquarters
11.
EPA stands for ____ Protection Agency.
a)
Ethical 
b)
Education
c)
Environmental 
d)
Entertainment
12.
Which word means, "easing/lessening of tension?"
a)
Inflation
b)
Detente
c)
Stagflation
d)
Constipation 
13.
Which is an example of detente'?
a)
building the Berlin Wall
b)
blockade of Cuba by the US
c)
Soviet invasion of Afganistan
d)
Nixon's visit to the Soviet Union
14.
Plessy and those who worked with him were trying to challenge
a)
the Brown v. Board of Education case
b)
Segregation and the Jim Crow laws
c)
Reconstruction
d)
equal pay for equal work
15.
What was the result of the case?
a)
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
b)
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
c)
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
d)
Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.
16.
Which of the following statements would have been a result of Jim Crow laws?
a)
All men regardless of race were allowed to vote
b)
Anyone born in the United States was a citizen of the United States.
c)
Hiram Revels was the first black person elected to the United States Senate.
d)
Separate schools were established for white children and black children.
17.
Determined that keeping people separate based on the color of their skin was acceptable. (It was not discrimination.)
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Tinker v. Des Moines
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
In re Gault
18.
Brown v. Board specifically ordered the integration of
a)
Public schools
b)
Buses
c)
The military
d)
Fire departments
19.
Supreme Court case where the court ruled that racial segregation of schools violated the Constitution, segregated schools were unequal.
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Desegregation
c)
Lau v. Nichols
d)
Civil Rights Act
20.
____________ started the Korean War by invading ________________.
a)
N Korea/S Korea
b)
USA/N Korea
c)
China/USA
d)
China/S Korea
21.
North Korea was supported by ________________, which has a _________________ government.
a)
U.S.S.R./communist
b)
U.S.S.R./democratic
c)
U.S.A./communist
d)
U.S.A./democratic
22.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Help north Korea
d)
Provide collective security
23.
In 1946, the British Prime Minister said in a speech that an "Iron Curtain" had fallen across the European continent. This "Iron Curtain" was ______________.
a)
a wall built between countries controlled by Nazi Germany and ones that weren't.
b)
another name for the Alps, which protected it from the USSR during the Cold War. 
c)
an imaginary line separating Europe's communist and non-communist countries.
d)
a divider between the good and the evil.
24.
Which statement describes the Marshall Plan?
a)
An alliance designed to combine the forces of all democratic nations in Western Europe
b)
An economic plan to spend 14 billion dollars on reconstructing Western Europe
c)
A failed military plan to cripple communist influence in Western Europe
d)
A peace treaty with the Soviet Union that was ultimately rejected
25.
What bill was passed to help soldiers readjust to life after the war?
a)
GI Bill
b)
Sherman Anti Trust Act
c)
23rd Amendment
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
26.
What major move does Truman make for civil rights using an executive order?
a)
Integrates the military
b)
Invades North Korea
c)
Sends troops to USSR
d)
Authorizes test of the H-Bomb
27.
What did Rosa Parks do on December 1, 1955?
a)
She applied to nursing school
b)
She got married
c)
She made her famous stand and refused to give up her seat on the bus
28.
Why did the police arrest Rosa Parks?
a)
She was speeding.
b)
She stole bread from the grocery store.
c)
She refused to give up her seat to a white person.
29.

Why was Emmett Till in Mississippi?

a)

To visit his family

b)

To go on vaction

c)

For school

30.

What happened 100 days after Emmett Till died?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr. recognized him.

b)

Rosa Parks did not give up her seat for a white man and was arrested.

c)

Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous ¨I have a Dream¨ speech

31.

What decision did Emmett's mother make that impacted the Civil Rights movement?

a)

Spoke out on the news

b)

Testified in court

c)

Had an open casket funeral

d)

Marched in Mississippi

32.

What happened to the two men that brutally killed Emmett Till?

a)

They received the death penalty

b)

Nothing, they were acquitted

c)

Life in jail, no parole

d)

They were murdered

33.
Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.
a)
Sit-In
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Selma March
34.
Person who supported nonviolent disobedience, desegregation, and civil disobedience. 
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Stokely Carmichael
35.

What was the name of the 14 year old African-American boy who was murdered for whistling at a white women in Money, Mississippi in 1955?

a)

Emmett Till

b)

Eman Till

c)

Elijah Till

d)

Eliot Till

36.

Which action of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., included his “I Have a Dream” speech and led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

The Albany Movement

b)

The Birmingham jail letters

c)

The March on Washington

d)

The March from Selma to Montgomery

37.

Which organization is the following: Student-led civil rights organization known for sit-ins, marches, voter registration drives, and Freedom Riders

a)

SCVC

b)

SCCC

c)

SCNC

d)

SNCC

38.

Which organization was Martin Luther King Jr. the president of?

a)

SCLT

b)

SCCC

c)

SNCC

d)

SCLC

39.

Which of the following events during the Cold War almost led to war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?

a)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

b)

Berlin Crisis

c)

Vietnam War

d)

Cuban Missile Crisis

40.

Which of the following was NOT part of the agreement to end the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

U.S. promised to never invade Cuba

b)

U.S. removes missiles from Turkey

c)

Soviet Union removes missiles from Cuba

d)

U.S. removes missiles from Florida

41.

The book ______ by Rachel Carson caused people to examine the damages of chemicals on the environment

a)

The Jungle

b)

Silent Spring

c)

Silent Night

d)

Pesticide Control

42.
Who was the president at the time of the Watergate Scandal?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Gerald R. Ford
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
43.
When was he impeached?
a)
October 12, 1973
b)
August 8, 1974
c)
March 17, 1974
d)
He was not impeached
44.
Which statement most accurately depicts why president Nixon had to resign from office in 1974?
a)
He had an affair with an intern
b)
He pulled troops out of Vietnam in 1973
c)
He opened relations with China and the Soviet Union
d)
He led a criminal conspiracy from the White House, which mislead the nation
45.
In August 1974, Richard Nixon becomes the first president to do what?
a)
Resign
b)
Die while in office
c)
Flee the country
d)
Own a cat
46.
Where was Korea divided?
a)
18 parallel
b)
34 parallel
c)
38 parallel
d)
15 parallel
47.
What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?
a)
Gagarin
b)
Apollo 11
c)
Sputnik
d)
Apollo 13
48.
Why did Sputnik concern Americans?
a)
Sputnik showed that the Soviets had surpassed the United States in technical skill.
b)
Sputnik could spy on the United States.
c)
Sputnik could launch ICBMs.
d)
Sputnik proved that the Soviets had a more powerful hydrogen bomb.
49.
With the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Congress in effect,
a)
declared war on North Vietnam. 
b)
committed to a limited war only. 
c)
increased aid to South Vietnam. 
d)
handed its war powers over to the President.
50.
The Tet Offensive marked a major turning point in the Vietnam War because 
a)
the Vietcong scored a major military victory.
b)
 the Vietcong scored a major political victory. 
c)
U.S. forces scored a major military victory.
d)
U.S. forces scored a major political victory.
51.
What was the belief that suggested if Vietnam fell to communism so would the rest of the Southeast Asia? 
a)
domino theory
b)
show trial
c)
Vietnamization
d)
credibility gap
52.
division line between North and South Vietnam
a)
17th parallel  
b)
DMZ
c)
Geneva Accords
53.
established more limits on the President’s power to go to war
a)
Pentagon Papers 
b)
War Powers Act
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
Operation Rolling Thunder
54.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
The Geneva Accords
b)
Operation Rolling Thunder
c)
The Tet Offensive
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
55.
What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam? 
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Battle Of Midway
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 
d)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
56.
Civil Rights organization led by MLK Jr. and included pastors throughout the South and organized civil rights protests.
a)
SCLC
b)
NAACP
c)
CORE
d)
SNCC
57.
MLK Jr. was a strong proponent of...
a)
Aggressive armed protests
b)
Nonviolent passive resistance
c)
Neither 
d)
Both
58.
Selma march led directly to the passing of...
a)
Civil Rights Act 1957
b)
Civil Rights Act 1964
c)
Voting Rights Act 1965
d)
Civil Rights Act 1968
59.
Who killed MLK Jr.?
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Jack Ruby
d)
James Earl Ray
60.
This was the time period where countries were building up their nuclear weapons supply out of fear
a)
Cold War
b)
World War I
c)
Heat Wave
d)
Great Depression
61.
Who was the leader of Cuba during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Fulgencio Batista
c)
Francisco Franco
d)
Ho Chi Minh
62.
Which event was a CIA-sponsored invasion to overthrow Fidel Castro that failed miserably?
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Alliance for Progress
c)
Bay of Pigs
d)
Marshall Plan
63.

How did the US discover that nuclear missile sites were being constructed in Cuba?

a)

from American CIA spies in Cuba posing as farmers

b)

from US spy satellites

c)

from listening in on secret Soviet-Cuban radio transmissions

d)

the British intercepted the telegram which outlined the nuclear missile project in Cuba

e)

from photographs taken from an American U-2 spy plane

64.
Who introduced glasnost and freedom for people of Russia?
a)
Gorbachev
b)
Lenin
c)
Putin
d)
Stalin
65.

A Soviet policy permitting open discussion of political and social issues

a)

Glasnost

b)

perestroika

c)

conservative

d)

liberal

66.
The Warren Commission determined that
a)
Secret Service agents skillfully saved others in motorcade
b)
Multiple shooters were involved in assassination
c)
Cuban or Soviet agents were likely involved in plot
d)
Oswald acted alone in the plot
67.
Who assassinated JFK according to police?
a)
The mafia
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Lee Harvey Oswald
d)
Nikita Khrushchev
68.

What was the name of Dr. King's Assassin?

a)

James Earl Ray

b)

Lee Harvey Oswald

c)

Byron de la Beckwith

d)

Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr fired the shot, assisted by Herman Frank Cash, Robert Edward Chambliss, and Bobby Frank Cherry

69.
What was Martin's dream?
a)
That all people would be treated equally, and judged for their insides instead of their skin color
b)
That he would lead a great army into battle
c)
That he would be president
d)
That people all over the world would learn to spell big words
70.

How did the Edmund Pettus Bridge become a symbol of the struggle for Civil Rights in 1965?

a)

On March 7, 1965, today known as "Bloody Sunday," people protesting the murder of Jimmy Lee Jackson tried to march across the bridge. They were met with violence and brutality from the Alabama State troopers and Selma's police force, led by Sheriff, Jim Clark.

b)

On March 24, 2018, today known as "Bloody Saturday," people protesting gun violence in the USA marched across the bridge. They were met with violent and brutality from the Alabama State troopers led by Alabama's governor, George Wallace.

c)

On April 4, 1968, today known as "Bloody Tuesday," people protesting the assassination of Martin Luther King marched across the bridge. They were joined by marchers from all over the nation led by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

d)

On July 7, 1963, today known as "Bloody Sunday," people protesting the murder of Medgar Evers tried to march across the bridge. They were met with violence and brutality from the Mississippi Klu Klux Klan and Nazi Party, led by a local Baptist minister, Edgar Ray Killen.

71.

What happened in Selma after the "Bloody Sunday" March was beaten back by the Alabama State Troopers on March 7, 1965?

a)

The protesters regrouped and despite warnings of more violence from Alabama's Governor George Wallace, on March 25, 1965, Dr. King led thousands of nonviolent protests to the steps of the capitol building in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma.

b)

The protesters regrouped and despite warnings of more violence from Alabama's Governor George Wallace, on March 25, 1965, the protesters were stopped again by mobs of angry white racist thugs. Hundreds were hurt and five protestors, among two white folks were killed.

c)

The protesters regrouped and despite warnings of more violence from President Lyndon B. Johnson, on March 25, 1965, Dr. King led thousands of nonviolent protests to the steps of the US Capitol building in Washington DC, after a 5 week, 824-mile march from Selma.

d)

The protesters regrouped and despite warnings of more violence from Alabama's Governor George Wallace, on February 21, 1965, Dr. King had Jimmy Lee Jackson moved to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC. There, Jackson recovered and his family sued Selma's Sheriff Jim Clark for damages for looking "the other way" when Alabama State Troopers assaulted Jackson on February 18, 1965.

72.

What can you conclude based on this image?

a)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 would change this image

b)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 would promote the actions in this image

c)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was vetoed due to figures in this image

d)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 stopped Hispanics from voting

73.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
74.
 Martin Luther King Jr believed in
a)
Violent protests
b)
Really loud protests
c)
Non-violent protests
d)
Violence  when needed protests
75.
This man was running for president, but was assassinated before he ever got the chance to run. 
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Robert F. Kennedy
c)
MLK
d)
FDR
76.
This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender,  or religion. 
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
15th  Amendment
d)
Civil Rights Movement

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