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USH Era 3 - Post WWII-Early 1970s (1945-1970)

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The US and the USSR struggled to compromise in the Cold War mainly over this issue.

a)

M.A.D

b)

Ideological incompatibilities

c)

Missiles in Cuba and Turkey

d)

The Bay of Pigs

2.

This was a nickname for communists in the Cold War

a)

Socialists

b)

Ragnarok's

c)

Reds

d)

McCarthyism

3.

This senator made a name for himself by claiming he had a list of communists at the State Dept.

a)

Joseph McCarthy

b)

Robert M. La Follette Jr.

c)

Alan K. Simpson

d)

William Proxmire

4.

The paranoia after WWII that communism could take over the US was called this

a)

The First Red Scare

b)

M.A.D.

c)

Cardinals Nation

d)

The Second Red Scare

5.

These became popular projects for everyday Americans to protect themselves from nuclear war.

a)

Missile Shelters

b)

Bomb Shelters

c)

Storm Shelters

d)

Shelter Homes

6.

This ill-fated CIA plan was an attempt to remove Castro from power in Cuba.

a)

The Bay of Pigs

b)

Invasion Cuba

c)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

End Game

7.

This volunteer program run by the US govt. provides social and economic development abroad.

a)

The Lions Club

b)

The Peace Corp.

c)

Hands Across America

d)

Live Aid

8.

Emmett Till was tortured and killed over this

a)

Whistling at a white lady

b)

Dancing with a white girl

c)

Sitting in a white section of a restaurant

d)

Attempting to vote

9.

This was the nickname given to the students that desegregated the Little Rock schools

a)

The Freedom Riders

b)

Little Rock Nine

c)

The Jackson Five

d)

The Black Panthers

10.

Young people in the late 1960s were often protesting against this.

a)

The expense of higher education

b)

Global Warming

c)

The Vietnam War

d)

Raising the drinking age to 21

11.

This was one of the key methods the US used after WWII in Europe to stop the spread of communism.

a)

Imperialism

b)

Economic and military aid

c)

Isolationism

d)

Increased tariffs

12.

Plessy v. Ferguson legitimized segregation and was overturned by this SCOTUS case.

a)

Dredd Scott v Sanford

b)

Lochner v. New York

c)

Brown v Board of Education of Topeka

d)

Munn v. Illinois

13.

The Russian launch of Sputnik marked the start of this

a)

The Arms Race

b)

The Space Race

c)

M.A.D

d)

The Cold War

14.

Nonviolent passive resistance was employed by this leader to reach his goals

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Richard M. Nixon

d)

Dr. Martin Luther King

15.

The advent of interstate highway systems and increased auto ownership facilitated this effect on cities

a)

Suburbanization

b)

Neighborhood gentrification

c)

Urbanization

d)

Population Explosion

16.

Betty Friedan's N.O.W.'s support of the E.R.A was attempt to help this group of people

a)

African Americans

b)

Mexican Americans

c)

Children

d)

Women

17.

This social activist was against the idea of peaceful protests because he felt like it didn't work.

a)

Jessie Jackson

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Martin Luther King

d)

Robert F. Kennedy

18.

It can be argued that the war in Vietnam was lost because the US did this

a)

Poorly trained the troops

b)

Lost the war of public opinion

c)

Ended the draft

d)

Used nuclear weapons

19.

This amendment lowered the voting age to 18

a)

21

b)

25

c)

17

d)

27

20.

President Nixon's presidency started to unravel with a break-in at this building.

a)

The C-Complex

b)

Trump Towers

c)

The Watergate

d)

The Washington Hilton

21.

The Great Society was LBJ's vision to solve what national problem

a)

Racism

b)

Poverty

c)

The Vietnam War

d)

Muppet on Muppet Violence