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SSUSH 20 & 21

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the court case that created the "separate but equal" doctrine?

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Plessy v. Fergusen

2.

What was being violated when blacks wanted to attend white schools?

a)

2nd Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

3.
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
4.
Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism
a)
Appeasement
b)
Containment
c)
Expansion
d)
Eradication
5.

What were the effects of the Marshall Plan?

a)

stop spread of communism

b)

Money for Western Europe to rebuild

c)

Supplies for Western Europe

d)

all of the above

6.

The Truman Doctrine became known as:

a)

The Marshall Plan

b)

The policy of Containment

c)

The Riga Axioms

d)

The Domino Theory

7.

What is the Truman doctrine?

a)

United States would provide assistance to democratic nations that pledge allegiance with them

b)

United States would not provide any assistance to democratic nations under threat of communism

c)

United States would provide cultural, religious and spiritual assistance to all democratic nations under threat of communism

d)

United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat of communism

8.

2) What did the Marshall Plan do?

a)

Punished war criminals

b)

Divided Germany into East and West Germany

c)

Provided aid to countries recovering from World War II

d)

Divided Korea into North and South Korea

e)

Built up nuclear weapons for the Cold War

9.

12.) True or False: One of the goals of the Marshall Plan was to stop the spread of communism in Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What did the G.I. Bill of 1944 provide?

a)

lifelong careers in the military

b)

women and minorities with factory jobs

c)

low-income families with housing

d)

soldiers with money for housing or education

11.

People moved out of the city and into ______, or Levittowns, to start families.

a)

suburbs

b)

farms

c)

trailers

d)

ghettos

12.

What did Eisenhower implement in America's infrastructure to promote auto travel?

a)

river dams

b)

interstate highways

c)

paved roads

d)

complex bridges

13.

What form of entertainment took over the 1950's?

a)

music

b)

radio

c)

movies

d)

television

14.

What did Congress pass to increase educational, economic, and political opportunities for women and minorities?

a)

Fair Labor Standards

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Selective Training and Service Act

d)

Civil Rights Legislation

15.

Who ordered the national guard to stop the Little Rock Nine on their first day of school?

a)

The president

b)

A senator

c)

The principal

d)

The major

e)

The governor

16.

What president sent the U.S. Army to protect the Little Rock Nine?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

e)

John F. Kennedy

17.

Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.

a)

35th

b)

36th

c)

37th

d)

38th

18.
____________ started the Korean War by invading ________________.
a)
N Korea/S Korea
b)
USA/N Korea
c)
China/USA
d)
China/S Korea
19.

North Korea was supported by ________________, which has a _________________ government.

a)

Soviet Union/communist

b)

Soviet Union/democratic

c)

U.S.A./communist

d)

U.S.A./democratic

20.

When soldiers returned home from World War II, what helped them get lower mortgage rates and paid for their continued education?

a)

The Consitution

b)

Veteran's Fund

c)

G.I. Bill of Rights

d)

Military Service Reimbursement Bill

21.

United States involvement in the Vietnam War was based in part on a desire to

a)

prevent renewed Japanese expansionism in the Pacific

b)

assure access to an adequate supply of oil from the Middle East

c)

contain communism in Southeast Asia

d)

protect American business interests in China.

22.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution increased the power of the president by -

a)

allowing the president to use military force without a declaration of war by Congress

b)

authorizing the president to choose the Senate Majority Leader

c)

allowing the president to introduce bills to Congress

d)

expanding the president's right to executive privilage

23.

Who was in charge of the building of Levittown

a)

Mr.Cox

b)

Adam Wantagh

c)

Joe Levitt

d)

William Levitt

24.

What was the purpose of building Levittown?

a)

To make a home for the veterans and baby boomers

b)

To make a town named after himself

c)

To make money

25.

The purpose of Medicaid was to provide health care to which group of Americans?

a)

The elderly

b)

Low-income individuals and families

26.

The purpose of Medicare was to provide health care to which group of Americans?

a)

The elderly

b)

Low-income individuals and families

27.

Which was the primary focus of President Johnson's Great Society?

a)

To increase middle class wealth and prosperity

b)

To reduce government spending and debt

c)

To reduce poverty and help disadvantaged people

d)

To increase economic output and reduce military spending

28.

Which Great Society program(s) still exist today? Select all that apply.

a)

Medicare & Medicaid

b)

Project Head Start

c)

Departments of Transportation, Housing & Urban Development

d)

Demonstration Cities & Metropolitan Development act

29.

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Voting Rights Act of 1964

30.

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Kneily Stewart

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Lester Maddox

31.

This act ended voter suppression tactics like literacy tests and grandfather clauses

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

32.
While campaigning for President, Nixon claimed that he was the spokesperson for "Middle Americans", who he called the
a)
Middle Class
b)
Loud Crowd
c)
Silent Majority
d)
Factory Workers
33.

Which organization created by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was designed to hold sit-ins, marches and boycotts?

a)

SNCC ( Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee)

b)

SCLC ( Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

c)

AM ( Albany Movement)

d)

NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

34.
The organization founded by student civil rights activists was...
a)
SNCC.
b)
CORE.
c)
NAACP.
d)
SCLC.