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Worksheetshistory - Divided union 1-3
Total questions: 135
Worksheet time: 2hrs 13mins
when was klaus fuchs arrested
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how many years was klaus fuchs in prison for?
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when were the rosenburgs killed/executed?
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when was alger hiss sentenced?
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how long was hiss in priosn for?
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why was klaus arrested?
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what were the rosenburgs called?
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who did klaus fuchs name?
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who did david greenglass name?
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When was the Truman doctorine invented
March 1948
March 1947
March 1946
March 1949
When did Stalin reopen the supply lines to Berlin?
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How many government employees were investigated between 1947-51 by the FBI? And how many were fired or forced to resign?
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When was the HUAC created
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How many directors were questioned by the HUAC?
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How many of the directors was named as communists?
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How many directors were put in prison for a year and blacklisted?
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Why were the directors put in prison?
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When was Hiss named a memeber of a communist group?
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Who was alger hiss?
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What did Hiss supposedly do?
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When did hiss go on trial?
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What was Hiss's sentence and for what?
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When was Hiss sentenced?
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When did the soviet union produce the atomic bomb?
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What law did congress pass after the Hiss case and the soviet union producing the first bomb? When was this?
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What did the mccarren act say after being strengthened in 1952?
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what did the mccarrren act mean?
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How many named did Mccarthy say he had on a list of communists?
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When was Ed murrows broadcast on mccarthy?
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What did plessey v ferguson say?
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When did linda brown try to attend school in topeka?
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Who supported Linda browns parents in taking their case to local court and eventually the supreme court?
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When was it decided that a retrial of brown vs topeka would be needed?
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When did the supreme court rule that segregation of schools was unconstitutional?
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What did they say when the supreme court ordered schools to desegragate?
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What was the result of Borwn v Topeka?
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How old was Emmett Till?
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Where did emmett till die? and where was he from?
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What did Emmett till do?
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Who killed Emmett till?
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What happened to emmett till?
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when was emmett till found?
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what happened after emmett till died?
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When did rosa parks sit on the bus?
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When did the bu boycott start?
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what percent of passengers were african american?
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what percent of african americans boycotted the buses in montgomery?
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What was MIA?
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Who was the chairman of MIA?
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when did the bus company refuse MIAs demands?
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How many days did boycotts happened on after the 8th of december?
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When were buses desegragated?
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When did the supreme court rule that the segregation of buses in montgomery was unconstitutional?
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When did truman try to pass the civil rights bill?
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When did Eisenhower sign the civil rights act?
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What showed that congress was willing to do something for civil rights? (1957)
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Because of the ineffective civil right act of 1957, congress did what?
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How may schools in the south were desegregated in 1957?
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How may african american students were selected to join school in arkansas in 1957
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How many students still wanted to join high school in little rock after recieving threats?
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who was against the little rock nine joinging school?
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What day did the little rock nine try to attend the first day of school?
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what day did eisnehower meet with faubus to persuade him to let the little rock nine attend school?
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When were the little rock nine able to get into the school, however there were riots outside so sent home again?
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The mob outside the little rock nine school was broadcasting causing president eisnahower to do what?
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When were the little rock nine finally able to attend class?
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what year did faubus close all high schools in Little rock? and when were schools forced to reopen?
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when was the first sit-in?
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How many students did the first sit-in
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where was the first sit-in?
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how many students joined the four students in the sit-ins on the 2 feb?
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how many more students joined in on the sit-ins on the 3 feb?
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how many students were taking part in the sit-ins on the 4 feb?
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how may people in total took part in sit-ins across the south?
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Who was the leader of sit-ins who used to work for the NAACP and the SCLC?
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WHta grouo was made because of the sit-ins?
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Why were the sit-ins successful?
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what are the significance of the boycotts?
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when did the supreme court confim that interstate transport should be desegregated?
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who organised the freedom rides?
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what does CORE stand for?
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when were the freedom rides orgaised?
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Why were freedom rides organised?
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when did the first freedom riders leave washington?
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when did the first bus arrive at anniston, alabama?
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what happened when the first bus arrived at anniston?
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by the end of 1961 how many freedom riders were there?
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what was the freedom riders aim?
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when did james meridith apply for a place at the university of mississippi but was rejected?
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when did the supreme court order the university to accept him but it still refused?
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what was that mississippi passed to stop james meredith for entering uni?
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what did kennedy do to help james meredith?
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How many civillians died and how many were injured?
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how many federal troops did kennedy send in to stop thr rioting at the university of mississippi?
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What happened on the 1 october 1962?
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What year was the birmingham peace marches?
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what was the birmingham marches called?
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what percentage of protestors were african americans?
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when was the first march on birmigham?
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what was kennedys reaction to the march on birmingham?
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why was there a march on washington?
Wasington wasn't following the law and was still segregating african americans and white people
A sit-in was organised in the city
wanted to show support for the new civil right bill being debated.
Many kkk members were using violence against african americans in washington
when was the march on washington?
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how many people attended the march on washington?
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who spoke last at the washington march?
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what happened as a result of the I have a dream speech in 1963?
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What was the importance of the march on washington?
The huge number of people who supported showed that civil rights was supported by many
brought huge publicity- celebrities supported like Marlon brando
put further pressure on politicians
fixed MLKs place as leader of the civil rights movement
When was kennedy assassinated?
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When was the march on selma?
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Why was there a march on selma?
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what was the march on selma also called?
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What did the march on selma do?
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When was the civil right act passed?
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what did the civil rights act do?
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When was the voting rights act passed?
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who passed the voting rights act and civil rights act?
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What did the Nation of Islam want?
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when did malcom x join the nation of islam?
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When and why did Malcom x leave the nation of islam?
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after going on a pilgrimage what did malcom x do?
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when was malcom x assassinated?
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When did james Meredith lead a march against fear?
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after james meredith was shot who took over his speeches?
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what did stokely carmichael demand of people?
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what did stokely charmichael join in 1966
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Who won gold and bronze medals in the olympics 1968?
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What happened at the olympics in mexico 1968?
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who set up the black panther party?
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when was the black panther party established
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What did the Black panthers often carry?
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What did they call the campaign in which Black Panthers would follow police officers to make sure they didn't abuse african americans?
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Black panther groups were particularly successful in doing what?
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How did black panthers parties improve life in ghettos?
organised medicals clinics to give back people free healthcare
ran breakfast clubs for black childrento attend before school
provided free shoes for poor black families
ran classes on black history
encouraged co-operation between differetn african american gangs to reduce violence
when was the first race riot?
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What did the race riots show?
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Effects of the race riots?
white people were more afriad of african americans.
money was given to the federal government to help ghettos but was spent on weapons to deal with the riots
signified the end of the largely non-violent civil rights campaign up until this point
Rioting helped widen the area of civil rights campaigns before this point most campaigns had focused on the south
