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WorksheetsCold War-Civil Rights Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What was the goal of the Soviet Union after World War II?
to ally with the United States
to spread communism
to give help and aid to all countries suffering from WWII
to build their military
What was the U.S. policy known as to stop the spread of communism?
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
Containment Policy
United Nations
The Red Scare in the United States was fueled by the announcements of hundreds of communists working for the government with the intent to overturn it. What senator made these accusations?
Joseph McCarthy
George Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
What was the result of the Korean War?
South Korea won the war and made the entire country democratic.
North Korea won the war and made the entire country communist.
The war ended in a stalemate; the country remained divided.
China helped North Korea therefore making Korea part of China
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
To separate East and West Germany
To separate the 38th parallel
To separate democratic and communist controlled Berlin
To separate Vietnam at the 17th parallel
What was the name of the first artificially launched satellite in space, and who launched it?
Sputnik, USA
Sputnik, Soviet Union
Explorer I, Soviet Union
Explorer I, USA
Who was the first man to walk on the moon, and what country was he from?
Yuri Gargarin, Soviet Union
John Glenn, USA
Neil Armstrong, USA
Neil Armstrong, Soviet Union
What event marked the closest the USA and Soviet Union ever came to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race
Vietnam War
Red Scare
What was a major problem for American soldiers fighting in Vietnam?
They were not used to the jungle-like atmosphere.
They couldn't tell the difference between North and South Vietnamese.
They had little support from people watching at home.
All of these answers.
How did the Vietnam War end?
North Vietnam won and turned the entire country into a democratic nation.
South Vietnam won and turned the entire country into a democratic nation.
Americans withdrew soldiers; South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam.
South Vietnam won and turned the entire country into a communist nation.
What is being described here? Large tracts of land, divided into individual plots, developers built homes similar to each other, on the outskirts of the city.
Tenements
Suburbs
Apartments
Rural Homes
What are some examples of pop culture in the 1950s?
Hip Hop music, laptops, Xbox
Ipods, country music, American Bandstand
Television, Rock & Roll, hula hoops
Basketball, VCRs, Chuck Taylors
As consumerism increased, the automobile industry increased. Motels and restaurants were built along this new system of linking states together with roads.
Buses
Interstate Highways
Airports
Train Stations
What is an example of war-time technology used for peaceful purposes?
Computers
Nuclear Energy
Air Travel
All of these answers
What was the period characterized by panic and fear that communism was spreading?
Red Scare
Cuban Missile Crisis
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
What was decided in the Supreme Court Case of Brown v. The Board of Education?
Public school segregation was unconstitutional.
Public places were to be desegregated.
All American citizens should have the right to vote.
It is legal to keep public places "separate" as long as they were "equal."
In 1964 Congress passed the ______________ which prohibited discrimination in all public places.
Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Act
Jim Crow Laws
Martin Luther King Jr. Act
To find peaceful solutions to international issues was the goal of this new organization.
NATO
League of Nations
Congress
United Nations
What was the purpose of NATO?
An alliance to defend each other in case of a USA attack
An alliance to defend each other in case of a Soviet Union attack
An alliance of countries during WWII
An organization to find peaceful solutions to international issues
What event marked the end of the Cold War?
The end of the Vietnam War
The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The death of Joseph Stalin
Who refused to move from the bus seat; led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
John F. Kennedy
Jackie Robinson
Who proposed the Civil Rights Act; was assassinated?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
John F. Kennedy
Jackie Robinson
Who believed African Americans should rely on themselves?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
John F. Kennedy
Jackie Robinson
Who broke the color-barrier in Major League Baseball?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
John F. Kennedy
Jackie Robinson
Who believed in peaceful protest; persuaded Americans with the "I Have A Dream" Speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
John F. Kennedy
Jackie Robinson
