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Civil Rights & Cold War

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To challenge segregation laws in the South, Martin Luther King Jr. and SCLC practiced

a)

civil disobedience

b)

obedience

c)

direct violence

d)

protests of aggression

2.

Laws that set up segregated facilities for whites and blacks in the South

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

NAACP

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Black Panthers

3.

Supreme Court case that ended segregation in public schools nationwide

a)

Mendez v. Westminster

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Gideon v. Wainwright

4.

Racial segregation imposed by law is called

a)

de jure segregation

b)

de facto segregation

c)

integration

d)

sit-in

5.

Which of these is NOT an example of civil disobedience?

a)

sit-ins

b)

freedom rides

c)

bus boycotts

d)

vandalism

6.

Allowed the US to provide economic aid to Western European nations

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

d)

Potsdam Conference

7.

To prevent the spread of communism, the U.S. pledged economic assistance to Greece & Turkey

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

NATO

d)

Warsaw Pact

8.

Which of these is NOT related to the Red Scare during the Cold War?

a)

iron curtain

b)

HUAC

c)

McCarthyism

d)

Smith Act

9.

Which Cold War event led to the US airlifting supplies into East Germany?

a)

Berlin Blockade

b)

Korean War

c)

CIA in Guatemala

d)

Berlin Wall

10.

After the Korean war, Korea...

a)

was divided along the 38th parallel

b)

was controlled by China

c)

became of satellite nation of the Soviet Union

d)

was overthrown by the CIA

11.

During the Red Scare, a catchword used for extreme and reckless charges by making irresponsible allegations.

a)

McCarthyism

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Hollywood Ten

d)

Rosenbergs

12.

CIA led exiles to attack Cuba in this failed invasion

a)

Bay of Pigs invasion

b)

Cuban Missle Crisis

c)

Korean War

d)

Florida Crisis

13.

Which is NOT a direct result of the Cuban Missile crisis?

a)

war with Cuba

b)

hotline

c)

removal of missiles from Turkey

d)

Test Ban Treaty

14.

In this court case the supreme court ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional or legal.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Mendez v. Westminster

d)

Engel v. Vitale

15.

What started the Korean War?

a)

North Korean invasion of South Korea

b)

South Korean invasion of North Korea

c)

invasion of South Vietnam

d)

U.S. declaration of war