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Mod 12, 13, 14 Cold War Era Review

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This was a civil rights group that did not agree with the teachings of Martin Luther King.

a)

CORE

b)

Black Power

c)

Freedom RIders

d)

SNCC

2.
The most significant legal change after the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. the Board of Education was:
a)
Linda Brown was able to go to the University of Alabama.
b)
Membership in the KKK escalated violence in retaliation.
c)
Segregation on public transportation was outlawed.
d)
The end to legal public school segregation based on the principle of separate but equal schools 
3.
What do all of the following have in common:  Martin Luther King, Jr, Jackie Robinson, and Rosa Parks?
a)
They all involve marching.
b)
They all involve not paying for a service.
c)
They all involve the use of non-violence to accomplish a goal.
d)
They all involve public speaking.
4.
All of the following are reasons why groups such as CORE and the SCLC were effective EXCEPT:
a)
They used extreme measures such as forcefully taking over businesses to get on the news regularly.
b)
They had nationally well-known and respected leaders.
c)
They were well organized.
d)
They conducted many non-violent protests.
5.
Which slain civil rights leader said "You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea"?
a)
Medgar Evers
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
6.
After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to
a)
let African Americans ride the bus.
b)
deny someone of a job because of their race.
c)
fire someone for not doing their job.
d)
kick someone out of the military.
7.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
8.
Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.
a)
Sit-In
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Selma March
d)
Filibuster
9.
Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
John F. Kennedy
10.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
11.
_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC. 
a)
Harry Belafonte
b)
Barack Obama
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
d)
Jesse Jackson
12.
Keeping things or people SEparate
a)
prejudice
b)
union
c)
confederate
d)
segregation
13.
A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?
a)
march
b)
boycott
c)
sit in
d)
activist
14.

Who was NOT one the “Big Three” at the Yalta Conference?

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Churchill

c)

Stalin

d)

Truman

15.

At the Nuremberg Trials, what were the high-ranking officials charged with in regards to the Holocaust?

a)

tax evasion

b)

Crimes against humanity

c)

tresspassing

d)

treason

16.

After World War II, Korea was divided at the ___________parallel 

a)

12th

b)

58th

c)

38th

d)

22ND

17.

Why was the United Nations created?

a)

to stop the spread of communism by giving countries money

b)

to punish Hitler

c)

to prevent future wars

d)

to limit the power of the Soviet Union

18.

The United States and United Nations supported ___________ Korea during the Korean War.

a)

South

b)

North

c)

East

d)

West

19.

After the war, the United States committed to _____________ and democracy.  

a)

communism

b)

capitalism

c)

socialism

d)

monarchy

20.

The Soviet Union hoped to spread __________________ around the world.

a)

love

b)

peace

c)

money

d)

communism

21.

Did Senator Joseph McCarthy ever have concrete proof for his accusations?

a)

Yes

b)

No

22.

Soviet Union response; military alliance with its Eastern European satellite countries

a)

HUAC

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

NATO

d)

Marshall Plan

23.

Promised aid to help foreign countries fight communism

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

NATO

c)

HUAC

d)

GI Bill

24.

Economic recovery for Europe 1948-1952

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

NATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

HUAC

25.

Investigates communist influence in United States

a)

HUAC

b)

NATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Truman Doctrine

26.

willing to get close to war to oppose communism

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Brinksmanship

c)

HUAC

d)

GI Bill

27.

Offered veterans money for school

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

NATO

c)

GI Bill

d)

Truman Doctrine

28.

During the Cold War, President Eisenhower dealt with the race to ________

a)

space

b)

Berlin

c)

Moscow

d)

Washington DC

29.

During the Cold War, President Eisenhower also dealt the development of the _________________ with the Soviet Union.

a)

hydrogen bomb

b)

television

c)

lasers

d)

time travel

30.

What event in Cuba caused a great deal of embarrassment to President Kennedy?

a)

Nixon resigning

b)

Bay of Pigs

c)

Korean War

d)

Spanish American War

31.

What did Nixon do in 1970, without Congress approval AND what was he trying to achieve?

a)

bombed Laos and Cambodia to stop supply chain

b)

Dropped an atomic bomb on Saigon

c)

Invaded North Korea to end the war quickly

d)

Started the Peace Corps to negotiate an end to the Vietnam War

32.

Why was the publishing of the Pentagon Papers such an issue for the American people?

a)

It showed Nixon was spying on the Democrats

b)

It proved that the United States did not land on the moon

c)

It showed the government was lying about the war

d)

It showed how many nuclear bombs the US and USSR had

33.

In January of 1973, the United States signed a cease-fire agreement called the

a)

Paris Peace Accords

b)

the Armistince

c)

The South/ North Korea Truce

d)

Treaty of Versailles

34.

The people who fought for North Vietnam were called

a)

Vietcong

b)

North Korean

c)

Bolsheviks

d)

Hawks

35.

Explain the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.

a)

It gave the president more power because a US ship was attacked

b)

It allowed North and South Korea to stay seperate

c)

It allowed for supplies from North Vietnam to be brought in through Laos

d)

I gave Congress the power to impeach Nixon for using too much power

36.

Supporters of the Vietnam War

a)

Hawks

b)

Doves

c)

Eagles

d)

Sparrows

37.

People who opposed the Vietnam War

a)

Hawks

b)

Doves

c)

Eagles

d)

Sparrows

38.

People that agreed with counterculture; individual freedom and nonviolence

a)

Hippies

b)

Doves

c)

Hawks

d)

Communists

39.

Nixon’s plan to pull U.S. troops from Vietnam and have South Vietnamese Army take over

a)

Paris Peace Accords

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Vietnamization

d)

The Cease Fire Agreement

40.

U.S. theory that one country will become communist after the other

a)

Domino

b)

Monopoly

c)

Risk

d)

Candyland

41.

Amendment that lowered voting age from 21 to 18

a)

21st

b)

30th

c)

13th

d)

26th

42.

The North Vietnamese were hard to defeat because they were hard to locate, small scale, quick movement which was called

a)

Guerilla Warfare

b)

Island Hopping

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Steamrolling

43.

The United States used a traditional method of fighting by inserting ground forces, killing the enemy and then withdrawing, this was called

a)

Guerilla Warfare

b)

Trench Warfare

c)

Search and Destroy

d)

Island Hopping

44.

A barrier that divided the capital city of Germany

a)

Berlin Wall

b)

Schnitzel

c)

Iron Curtain

d)

Rainbow Fence

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