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Post WWII America

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name

Class

Date

During what event did U.S. airplanes drop food and supplies to the people in West Berlin?

Berlin Airlift

World War II

British Air Raid

Soviet Food Drive

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba.

They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.

They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.

They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

What does NATO stand for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

North American Treaty Organization

North American Truce Organization

North Asian Trust Order

What does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize?

The division between East Germany and West Germany

The division between East Berlin and West Berlin

The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe

The division between North Korea and South Korea

Who were the two participants in the Space Race?

The US and Cuba

The USSR and US

China and US

US and North Vietnam

What was the GI Bill?

Helped Veterans afford houses and go to college or trade school

Helped people named Bill buy a house

Discrimination bill against African American veterans of WWII

The birth of the largest generation of Americans born between 1946 & 1964 was called the

Hippie Generation

Gen X

Millennials

Baby Boom

Which of following accurately describes the expected role of women in the 1950s?

Politically Active

Happy Housewife

Majority Income Earner

Single Mothers

President Eisenhower created this to help provide military assistance and quick evacuations from major cities.

Interstate Highways

Airports

Subways

Starbucks

10.

What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?

Segregation in public schools became illegal

African-Americans began playing professional sports

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus

MLK led a March on Washington

11.

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

It made Jim Crow Laws illegal

It allowed African-Americans to run for political office

It ended segregation in school

It made poll taxes illegal

12.

Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Segregation on buses became illegal after a couple of days of boycotting

Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting

African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating

Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat

13.

An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was

Harriet B. Stowe

Rosa Parks

Michelle Obama

Coretta King

14.

Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?

Freedom Rides

Montgomery Bus Boycott

March on Washington

March from Selma to Montgomery

15.

Martin Luther King Jr believed in

Violent protests

Really loud protests

Non-violent protests

Violence when needed protests

16.

Who was the Marshall Plan named for?

Marshall Tucker

President Truman

George C. Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

17.

Which country did NOT take part in the Marshall Plan?

France

Japan

Italy

Germany

18.

What was Marshall's biggest fear?

Communist takeover from Soviet Union

World War 3

Economic ruin for America

Alien encounter

19.

What happened to Germany?

It was divided into quarters

It was divided into thirds

It was divided in half

It joined the USSR

20.

What major Axis Power was not part of the Marshall Plan, but did receive aid from the United States?

Soviet Union

Japan

Germany

Romania

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Post WWII America

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

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