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Question Bank for Grade 11 History

Total questions: 225

Worksheet time: 2hrs 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Ngo Dien Diem

d)

Hideki Tojo

2.

What was the United States' policy towards communism during the early years of the Cold War?

a)

Containment

b)

Extermination

c)

Isolationsim

d)

Elimination

3.

What did the United States fear would happen if all of Vietnam became communist?

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Communism would not spread

c)

The Iron Curtain Theory

d)

Soviet Scare

4.

Who were the communists in South Vietnam?

a)

Vietminh

b)

Vietcong

c)

Ho Chi Minhions

5.

What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?

a)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

b)

Gulf of Maddox Resolution

c)

USS Tonkin Resolution

d)

Gulf of Vietnam Resolution

6.

What style of warfare did the Vietcong use?

a)

Guerilla

b)

Trench

c)

Aerial

d)

Traditional

7.

What was the chemical used to kill the vegetation in Vietnam?

a)

Agent Orange

b)

Agent Yellow

c)

Agent Napalm

d)

Agent Magenta

8.

This was the surprise attack by the Vietcong on US troops in South Vietnam

a)

Tet Offensive

b)

Gulf of Tonkin Offensive

c)

Maddox Offensive

d)

Operation Rolling Thunder

9.

The culture of the young people who rejected mainstream American society in the 1960's seeking to create an alternative society based on peace, love and individual freedom.

a)

Counterculture

b)

Feminism

c)

Woodstock

d)

United Hippie Movement

10.
During the Mid- to Late-60s, what generation was entering their teen and college years?
a)
Baby boomers
b)
Greatest Generation
c)
Millenials
d)
Generation X
11.

Hippie Community that rejected mainstream society by living together with shared property and money with flexible and loose relationships.

a)

Communes

b)

Hippies

c)

The Beatles

d)

Woodstock

12.

Which of the following did "hippies" disagree with most ?

a)

Communism

b)

War

c)

World peace

d)

Marriage

13.

The increased use of ________ was common in this era ?

a)

School grants

b)

Telephones

c)

Computers

d)

Drugs

14.

The Counterculture Movement sparked an increased in :

a)

Teenage rebellion

b)

Recreational Drug Use

c)

Free Love

d)

All of the above

15.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated –

a)

Barriers to voting for women

b)

Proof of residency as a condition for voting

c)

Age discrimination in state voting laws

d)

Literacy tests as prerequisites for voting

16.
Court decision that created “separate but equal”?
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Texas v Hernandez
c)
Brown v Board
d)
Sanford v Dole
17.
What case said when under arrest officers had to read people their rights
a)
Brown v Bard
b)
Miranda v. Arizona
c)
Plessy v Ferguson
d)
Hernandez v Texas
18.
Rights that officers read to you when you are under arrest are called?
a)
Brown Call
b)
Miranda Rights
c)
14th Amendment Rights
d)
EEOC
19.
First black Supreme Court justice who won Brown v. Board of Education?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
MLK
c)
Jackie Robinson
d)
Thurgood Marshall
20.
Separation of schools into white and black?
a)
Division
b)
Isolation
c)
Apartheid
d)
Segregation
21.
Pushed for the creation of the NAACP?
a)
WEB Dubouis
b)
Booker T Washington
22.

There was a growth in political engagement by minorities with the passage of legislation to end-

a)

Literacy tests, voter intimidation, and gerrymandering

b)

Poll taxes, sit-ins, and freedom rides

c)

Labor unions, marches, and protests

d)

Literacy tests, integration, and desegregation

23.

Court case declared that separate black and white public schools to be unconstitutional.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Tinker v. Des Moines

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

24.

Which event marked the beginning of the Civil Rights movement in the United States?

a)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

The March on Washington

25.

Which government poster is directly related to the Civil Rights of 1964?

a)

Letter F: “United States Environmental Protection Agency

b)

Letter G: “Access for All”

c)

Letter H: “Employment Discrimination is Illegal”

d)

Letter J: “U.S. Department of Transportation"

26.

Which governmental action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights?

a)

The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

The Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter

c)

The executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army

d)

The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

27.

How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 most directly affect African Americans?

a)

It granted them the right to vote in all public elections

b)

It removed obstacles that made it difficult for them to vote

c)

It increased their representation in the House of Representatives

d)

It transformed the intent of the Fifteenth Amendment

28.

The federal government responded to which issue by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

Unfair lending practices by banks

b)

Unequal representation in local legislatures

c)

Inadequate medical services in urban areas

d)

Discrimination by employers

29.
Ruled segregation of Mexican-American children illegal in California unless a special state law requires it 
a)
Mendez v. Westminster (1947)
b)
San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez (1973)
c)
Delgado v. Bastrop I.S.D. (1948)
d)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
30.

Hernandez v. Texas determined that...

a)

Mexican Americans had equal protection under the law

b)

Mexican Americans could have a jury of their peers

c)

Schools had to change financing policies.

d)

Segregation was illegal.

31.

The Bracero program

a)

made US companies treat guest workers the same as American workers

b)

allowed small manufacturers and farmers to benefit from the program

c)

was a great program with no problems

d)

was a program put into place in Mexico to help the revolution.

32.

The verdict was that abortion is legal in the first three months.

a)

Roe v. Wade

b)

Miranda v. Arizona

c)

Munn v. Illinois

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

33.

A district court ruled that a Texas school district must stop the segregation of Mexican children in schools.

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Mendez v. Westminster school district

c)

Delgado v. Bastrop ISD

d)

Bush v. Gore

34.

The court's verdict was that a black man must be allowed to go to a law school with white students.

a)

Hernandez v. Texas

b)

Sweatt v. Painter

c)

Munn v. Illinois

d)

Schenck v. United States

35.

Which of the following identifies the central idea of the text?

a)

Chavez was the first one to complain about and draw attention to the unfair labor laws that farm workers were suffering under.

b)

Farm workers followed Chavez because they believed the only way to create change was through nonviolent means

c)

Chavez's personal experiences with unfair labor laws and his desire to better others' lives drove him to improve farm workers' rights.

d)

Agribusinesses nearly silenced Chavez and his cause by constantly targeting them with threats of violence and unemployment.

36.

What did the efforts of Chavez and his association, the United Farm Workers (UFW), accomplish?

a)

a strong union, bargaining power for workers, and safer working conditions for migrant workers

b)

a better economy across the nation that started with the national banks

c)

climate change in California that would extend across the U.S.

d)

lower gas prices for all Americans

37.

Co-founder of the United Farm Workers; he led the grape pickers march in California, organized agricultural boycotts and was inspired by Gandhi

a)

Dr. Hector Garcia

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Ruben Salazar

d)

Reies Lopez Tijerina

38.

She was a co-founder of the United Farm Workers, also led many boycotts and successfully organized strikes and labor so farm workers got better pay

a)

Martha Cotera

b)

Dolores Huerta

c)

Emma Tenayuca

d)

Sandra Cisneros

39.

Organized the American G.I. Forum to advocate for Latino veterans after WWII

a)

Dr. Hector Garcia

b)

Felix Longoria

c)

Jose Angel Gutierrez

d)

Ruben Salazar

40.

Chicano activist from Denver most noted for his epic poem “I am Joaquin”

a)

Cesar Chavez

b)

Ruben Salazar

c)

Sal Castro

d)

"Corky" Gonzales

41.

A migrant farmworker is...

a)

a person who lives on a farm.

b)

a worker who moves around to find work farming different crops.

c)

someone who owns their own farm.

42.

The name of the organization she helped start was...

a)

Sunnyside School

b)

Migrant Farmworkers

c)

YMCA

d)

United Farmworkers of America

43.

What is a boycott? (More than one right answer!)

a)

The opposite of a girlcott

b)

When people stop buying something (like grapes), so that a company changes how it works or treats its workers.

c)

When people stop riding the bus, until the bus company allows anybody of any race to sit wherever they want on the bus.

d)

A kind of apricot

44.

Which African American group had its own newspaper and claimed the right to carry weapons to protect black neighborhoods from the police?

a)

NAACP

b)

The Chicano Movement

c)

Black Panthers

d)

Black Power

45.

What event sparked race riots across the nation?

a)

The assassination of Kennedy

b)

The assassination of MLK

c)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d)

The Soviet's launch of Sputnk

46.

Which movement's main focus was on such issues a farm workers' voting and political rights?

a)

The Chicano Movement

b)

The Black Power Movement

c)

The Civil Liberties Movement

d)

The Great Society

47.

Mexican-American artists began painting murals in barrios throughout the Southwest. This became known as what?

a)

The Chicano Mural Movement

b)

The Hispanic Rights Movement

c)

The American Indian Movement

d)

The Civil Rights Movement

48.

Two of the most prominent leaders of the Chicano Movement whose focus was farm workers and labor issues were _____ and _____.

a)

Hector Perez and Delores Huerta

b)

Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta

c)

Cesar Chavez and Hector Perez

d)

Delores Huerta and Lyndon Johnson

49.
The goal of the Chicano movement was to have _________.
a)
equal education
b)
better working pay
c)
voting rights
d)
all of these
50.
During the America Great Depression, many Mexicans, some of the U.S. citizens were sent back across the border, illegally, to free up jobs for the millions of Americans out of work.  
a)
Pueblo Revolt
b)
The Bracero Program
c)
Mexican Repatriation Act
d)
 Repartimiento System
51.
During World War Two 16 million young Americans went abroad to fight in the two theaters of war.  This "invitation" was given to Mexican nationals to come help fill the labor shortage in America during the war.  
a)
Bracero Program
b)
Mexican Repatriation Act
c)
Repartimiento System
d)
Encomienda System
52.

Which event is NOT a highly publicized protest/demonstration that AIM was involved in?

a)

Occupation of Alcatraz Island

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

The takeover of a site at Wounded Knee

d)

The March on Washington

53.

The Indian Civil Rights Act is often referred to as ________

a)

"The New Bill of Rights"

b)

"The New Deal"

c)

"The Bill of Rights for Native Americans"

d)

"Indian Bill of Rights"

54.

True or False, This button represents the American Indian Movement, its goals, and historical relevance.

a)

True

b)

False

55.
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was an influential book in the 1960s because it
a)
helped strengthen family values
b)
led directly to the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment
c)
energized a new women’s rights movement
d)
reinforced the importance of women’s traditional roles
56.
What rights did the Equal Pay Act provide?
a)
It made it so that the current way that companies paid there employees was fine, but the employees needed an equal understanding of how that worked.
b)
It made it so that companies had to pay their employees of similar jobs and qualifications the same no matter what.
c)
It made it so that employers could not refuse to hire someone because they were a woman.
d)
None of the above.
57.
Which of the following could women not do in the early 1960s?
a)
Get a credit card without their husband.
b)
Go to an Ivy League school.
c)
Serve on a jury.
d)
All of the above.
58.
Which of the following groups was a major group in the fight for Women's Liberation?
a)
AIM
b)
SCLC
c)
NOW
d)
UFW
59.
Title IX affected?
a)
School
b)
Workplace
c)
Sports
d)
All of the above
60.
The Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) was based on the constitutional principle of
a)
freedom of speech
b)
right to privacy
c)
protection of property rights
d)
freedom of religion
61.

Which of the views would accurately reflect the dominant male view of women in the 1950s

a)

A capable individual able to lead companies

b)

Their role was to stay at home and raise the children

c)

Women deserved as as much pay as men in the workplace

d)

They were valued employees and assets to any company

62.
Who did JFK defeat to win the 1960 Election?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Harry Truman
63.
The factor that may have most helped JFK win the Election of 1960 was
a)
He was Catholic
b)
He looked good during the TV debates
c)
He was known to be the most experienced candidate
d)
He was friendly with Fidel Castro
64.
What was one of JFK's plans that failed during his presidency?
a)
Space Program
b)
Cuban missile crisis
c)
Civil Rights movement
d)
Bay of Pigs
65.
What is the line in Kennedy's inaugural address he is famous for?
a)
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country
b)
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward
c)
The only man who makes no mistake is the man who does nothing
d)
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love  with liberty
66.

On what day was President Kennedy assassinated?

a)

November 2, 1963

b)

November 12, 1963

c)

November 22, 1963

d)

November 30, 1963

67.

JFK was assassinated in what US city?

a)

New York

b)

Houston

c)

Dallas

d)

Washington DC

68.
What does the word poverty mean?
a)
separate but equal
b)
people have rights
c)
lack of money
d)
respect for someone's values and beliefs
69.
Johnson's domestic program was called
a)
New Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Awesome Society
d)
Great Society
70.
What was the purpose of LBJ's Great Society?
a)
end poverty
b)
end drug trafficking
c)
end lynching
d)
fix the economy
71.

Medicare & Medicaid were created to provide health care to which groups of people?

a)

black citizens

b)

elderly & poor

c)

returning veterans

d)

school children

72.
Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?
a)
Minorities and the poor
b)
White, middle-class families
c)
Farmers and laborers
d)
Businessmen
73.

Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.

a)

Baby Boom ­

b)

Baby Gap

c)

GI Bill

d)

Transistor

74.

Commission made by LBJ after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.The point was to investigate if someone paid for the assassination of Kennedy. This concluded that Oswald killed Kennedy on his own.

a)

Black Commission

b)

Warren Commission ­

c)

Justice Commission

d)

Johnson Commission

75.

Brown V. Board of Education

a)

Court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional

b)

Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.

c)

All state laws prohibiting abortions were made unconstitutional based on a woman's right to privacy

d)

Ruled that a defendant in a felony trial must be provided a lawyer free of charge if the defendant cannot afford one.

76.

_____________ rode in interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the ruling of unsegregated public places.

a)

Freedom Rides

b)

National Organization for Women

c)

United Farm Workers

d)

Counterculture

77.

What president assured the nation that "we shall overcome" when he signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He also took steps to end discrimination earlier when he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Harry Truman

78.

This act made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Voting Rights Law 1975

c)

Civil Rights Law of 1988

d)

Civil Service Act of 1960

79.

American civil rights lawyer, who became the first black justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Malcom X

c)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Earl Warren

80.
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
81.
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
82.
Act that eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters.
a)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
Brown vs. the Board of Education
d)
Roe Vs. Wade
83.

What Black Nationalist group was once led by Malcolm X?

a)

Nation of Islam

b)

SNCC

c)

CORE

d)

Black Panthers

84.
What state laws created separate public facilities for African Americans in the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
affirmative action
c)
Civil Rights Acts
d)
Force Acts
85.

Which can we infer about the Black Panthers?

a)

They reacted to oppression and racial injustices

b)

They were militant and only sought to cause harm

c)

They only used non-violence

d)

They were created by MLK jr.

86.

What was a main goal of the Black Panthers?

a)

Housing

b)

Challenge police brutality in African American communities

c)

Full employment

d)

All of the above

87.

In a speech in 1963, he defined Black Power as "a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community

a)

Stokley Carmichael

b)

Martin Luther King

c)

John Lewis

d)

Marcus Garvey

88.

He was critical of the nonviolent protests of the Civil Rights Movement. Instead, he believed that African Americans should advance themselves by "any means necessary."

a)

John Lewis

b)

MLK

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Malcolm X

89.
These black teenagers were the first to integrate into Little Rock Central High
a)
Elite Eight
b)
Little Rock Nine
c)
Arkansas Seven
d)
Final Four
90.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
91.
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
92.
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
93.
The main goal of the freedom riders was to 
a)
pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
b)
inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
c)
encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
d)
desegregate urban bus systems in the south
94.
Act that eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters.
a)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
Brown vs. the Board of Education
d)
Roe Vs. Wade
95.
Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?
a)
on busses
b)
in schools
c)
at polling places
d)
at lunch counters
96.
What state laws created separate public facilities for African Americans in the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
affirmative action
c)
Civil Rights Acts
d)
Force Acts
97.
In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that
a)
private schools should be controlled by the federal government
b)
issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.
c)
racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional
d)
the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued
98.
What strategy did the NAACP adopt in its fight for civil rights?
a)
massive resistance
b)
attacking racism in the courts
c)
direct nonviolence
d)
sit-ins
99.
 What was the common goal of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides?
a)
to seek legal remedies to inequality
b)
to end segregation in all public areas
c)
to end segregation in public schools
d)
to force segregation to respond violently
100.
Who did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference elect as its first leader?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Thurgood Marshall
101.
The Selma March is also known as ____. 
a)
Bloody Sunday
b)
Black Sunday
c)
Bloody Tuesday
d)
Black Tuesday
102.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 bans the use of __________ by states.
a)
literacy tests
b)
poll taxes
c)
lynchings
d)
Photo ID requirements
103.
Keeping things or people separate 
a)
integration
b)
discrimination
c)
DISTRACTION!
d)
segregation
104.
Thurgood Marshall was famous for being the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and....
a)
Assassinating JFK
b)
Organizing the March on Washington
c)
Winning the Brown v. the Board of Education case
d)
Giving African-Americans the right to vote
105.

What organization did W.E.B. Du Bois found?

a)

The Back to Africa Movement

b)

Tuskegee Institute

c)

NAACP

d)

Access for all movement

106.
This amendment declared that all persons   born in the United States (except American Indian tribes) were citizens, that   all citizens were entitled to equal rights regardless of their race, and   their rights were protected by due process of the law (1868) (USH.9A)
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
5th
107.
Thurgood Marshall became _______.
a)
a president of the United States.
b)
a principal in a school who fought racism.
c)
the first African American on the Supreme Court.
d)
one of the authors of the constitution.
108.

Jackie Robinson’s success in Major League Baseball encouraged most white Americans to

a)

change their views about minorities.

b)

continue harassing minority players.

c)

pressure Congress to integrate organized sports.

109.

What was the issue at the heart of the case Sweatt v. Painter?

a)

Could an African American be denied admission to a law school?

b)

Did the state of Texas provide a legal education to its African American students?

c)

Was the separate African American law school equal to the white school?

110.

Long after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, some states had not desegregated their schools because

a)

the Supreme Court had not set a deadline for doing so.

b)

they rejected the Supreme Court’s decision by popular vote.

c)

the Supreme Court made desegregation voluntary.

111.

Where did the first sit-in take place?

a)

Montgomery, Alabama

b)

Greensboro, South Carolina

c)

Little Rock, Arkansas

d)

Greensboro, North Carolina

112.

In which shop did the first sit-in take place?

a)

Woolworths

b)

The Warehouse

c)

Walmart

d)

K Mart

113.

Who took part in the first sit-in? *

a)

High school students.

b)

Primary school students.

c)

University students.

d)

Working adults.

114.

Which group was associated with the later sit-ins? *

a)

NAACP

b)

CORE

c)

SNCC

d)

SCLC

115.
The March on Washington is most famous for...
a)
causing race riots in Washington, D.C.
b)
200,000 people worked together to get the right to vote
c)
the KKK became an illegal organization
d)
MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
116.

What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?

a)

Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.

b)

Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism

c)

OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA

d)

Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty

117.

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

a)

Dolores Huerta

b)

Malcom X

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Ceaser Chavez

118.

What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?

a)

WAC

b)

HUAC

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

119.

What movement during the 1920s helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Prohibition

c)

NAACP

d)

Harlem Renaissance

120.

What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

a)

March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Black Panthers

c)

Mass Support Demonstrations

d)

Little Rock Nine

121.

What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?

a)

Sit-in

b)

Boycotts

c)

Freedom Rides

d)

March on Washington

122.
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
123.
Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?
a)
on busses
b)
in schools
c)
at polling places
d)
at lunch counters
124.
What state laws created separate public facilities for African Americans in the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
affirmative action
c)
Civil Rights Acts
d)
Force Acts
125.

Who refused to give up their seat on the bus?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr

b)

Jo Ann Robinson

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

E. D. Nixon

126.

What happened once the boycott came to a conclusion?

a)

Segregation intensified

b)

Segregation on buses remained legal

c)

The boycott never came to an end

d)

Segreagation on buses became illigal

127.

What was an economic effect of the boycott on transportation?

a)

Transportation decline in economic revenue because less people were taking the bus

b)

Transportation economic revenue grew

c)

Economic gain because people stopped taking the bus

d)

Transportation decline in economic revenue because more people were taking the bus

128.

Who emerged as a leader from the Montgomery bus boycott that later became an important figure of the Civil Rights Movement.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Malcom X

d)

E. D. Nixon

129.

Why was Rosa Parks arrested?

a)

arguing with the bus driver

b)

refusing to give up her seat

c)

not paying for her bus ticket

d)

robbery

130.

Who is this?

a)

Jo-Ann Robinson

b)

Claudette Colvin

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

131.

When was she arrested?

a)

December 1, 1955.

b)

December 1, 1956

c)

December 1, 1957

d)

December 1, 1958

132.

In what state did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Georgia

c)

Alabama

d)

Texas

133.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was what kind of protest?

a)

Segregated

b)

Violent

c)

Revolutionary

d)

Peaceful

134.

Who was Martin Luther King inspired by for his non-violent peaceful form of protest?

a)

Mother Theresa

b)

Dalai Lama

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

none of the above

135.

Where was Central High located?

a)

Stonecrest, Georgia

b)

Mobile, Alabama

c)

Little Rock, Arkansas

d)

Anderson, Mississippi

136.

What Supreme Court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections

d)

Marbury v. Madison

137.

He was the governor of Arkansas and was against desegregation.

a)

John Smith

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Richard Davies

d)

Orval Faubus

138.

He was the President who called in a military unit to escort the Little Rock Nine into the building.

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

139.

What happened after the first year that the Little Rock Nine attended high school?

a)

Even more black students attended Central High.

b)

The governor closed all public high schools in Little Rock.

c)

All black students left the school.

d)

The students had made their point and all people got along.

140.

What did the president Eisenhower do for the Little Rock 9?

a)

He bought all of their textbooks.

b)

He drove them to school each day.

c)

He sent US soldiers to escort them to school each day.

d)

He bought them lunch at a lunch counter.

141.
The opposite of integrate is _____.
a)
protest
b)
endure
c)
include
d)
segregate
142.
When did it become legal for there to be "separate but equal" facilities for black and white people?
a)
1892
b)
1896
c)
1898
d)
1889
143.
These black teenagers were the first to integrate into Little Rock Central High
a)
Elite Eight
b)
Little Rock Nine
c)
Arkansas Seven
d)
Final Four
144.

What does this famous photo represent?

a)

Angry, all-white crowd following and shouting at Elizabeth Eckford as she walks alone

b)

White women cheering Elizabeth Eckford on

c)

Happy women supporting Elizabeth Eckford

d)

Upset women who are fighting for Elizabeth Eckford

145.
President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
a)
To expand trade with Europe
b)
To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
c)
To stop the spread of communism
d)
to send financial aid to Europe
146.

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

a)

35th

b)

36th

c)

37th

d)

38th

147.

Who was the Korean War between?

a)

U.S. and South Korea

b)

Russia and North Korea

c)

North Korea and South Korea

d)

North Korea and North Vietnam

148.
When did the Korean War take place?
a)
1960-1967
b)
1939-1945
c)
1914-1918
d)
1950-1953
149.
____________ started the Korean War by invading ________________.
a)
N Korea/S Korea
b)
USA/N Korea
c)
China/USA
d)
China/S Korea
150.

The United States responded to the North Korean attack by

a)

Immediately attacking North Korea

b)

Immediately taking the issue to the UN security Council

c)

Sending an army to attack China

d)

Sending a warning to the Soviet Union

151.

Who was put in charge of the American forces in Korea and even wanted to use the atomic bomb against China?

a)

John Bassilone

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Richard Nixon

152.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Help North Korea
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Provide collective security
d)
Contain communism
153.

Before World War II, Korea was ruled by

a)

Russia

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

USA

154.

Who was the US President at the start of the Korean War?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

155.

What did General MacArthur threaten to do to end the Korean War?

a)

Drop an atomic bomb on the USSR

b)

Drop an atomic bomb on China

c)

Drop an atomic bomb on North Korea and China

d)

Drop an atomic bomb on North Korea and the USSR

156.

How did North Korea and South Korea end the war?

a)

United under China

b)

Almost exactly back where they began

c)

United under communism

d)

Between 3 and 4 million people

157.

The first country in Asia to become communist in 1949 was

a)

Japan

b)

North Korea

c)

South Korea

d)

China

158.
The United States got involved in conflicts like Korea and Vietnam because they were afraid of the domino theory. What is the domino theory?
a)
If one country fell to democracy, others would follow
b)
If one country fell to communism, others would follow
159.

What is the term used to describe the invisible line that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe?

a)

Berlin Wall

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

No Man's Land

d)

Iron Wall

160.

What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Open Door Policy

161.

During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Vietnam War

c)

Watergate Scandal

d)

Bataan Death March

162.

The first country in Asia to become communist in 1949 was

a)

Japan

b)

North Korea

c)

South Korea

d)

China

163.
Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism
a)
Appeasement
b)
Containment
c)
Expansion
d)
Eradication
164.
Which two countries did Truman fear would fall to Communism if the U.S. didn’t give aid?
a)
Greece and Germany
b)
Greece and Poland
c)
Greece and Ukraine
d)
Greece and Turkey
165.
The Marshall Plan was able to invest _______ billion dollars in Europe.
a)
13
b)
15
c)
18
d)
20
166.

What does this map represent

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Containment plan

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

NATO Alliances

167.

Who is this? (leader of US)

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

President Truman

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

President Roosevelt

168.

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

169.

The Truman Doctrine became known as:

a)

The Marshall Plan

b)

The policy of Containment

c)

The Riga Axioms

d)

The Domino Theory

170.

Who was the Marshall Plan named for?

a)

Marshall Tucker

b)

President Truman

c)

George C. Marshall

d)

Thurgood Marshall

171.

What was the Truman Doctrine?

a)

President Truman declared war on the Soviet Union

b)

Truman's oath as President

c)

Truman's declaration to Congress that the US needed to help stop communism

d)

When President Truman nominated George C. Marshall

172.

What does this map display?

a)

The Iron Curtain

b)

Countries in NATO

c)

Countries in Warsaw Pact

d)

Marshall Plan

173.

What does this map represent?

a)

The Iron Curtain

b)

The Marshall Plan

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

NATO and Warsaw Pact Alliances

174.

What was the cause of the Warsaw Pact alliance?

a)

the Cold War

b)

the end of WWII

c)

NATO alliance

d)

difference of opinions

175.

A military and defense alliance formed by 12 countries in Western Europe and North America. And the first peace time alliance in US History and the most important for the past 60 years.

a)

NATO

b)

WARSAW

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Truman Doctrine

176.
This economic system America uses today.
a)
Socialism
b)
Communism
c)
Capitalism
177.
What is Capitalism?
a)
A system where the government controls business
b)
Capitalism is an economic system where the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit! 
c)
A economic system in which the people have limited rights
d)
An economic system in which most property and resources, such as factories or farms, are publicly owned or controlled.
178.

What war did the Cold War follow?

a)

World War 1

b)

World War 2

c)

Spanish-American War

d)

Civil War

179.

A system where the government is run by a dictator with complete control of everything in the country.

a)

democracy

b)

totalitarian

c)

command economy

180.

The Berlin Blockade was a naval blockade of the Turkish Straights.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

181.

What is Tuesday October 29th 1929, referred to as?

a)

Red Tuesday

b)

Blue Tuesday

c)

Black Tuesday

d)

Bankrupt Tuesday

182.

Which of the following events was NOT a causation of the Great Depression?

a)

The Stock Market Crash of 1929

b)

Bank Failures (closings) of the early 1930's

c)

The Dust Bowl

d)

Dropping of the Atomic Bomb

183.

What 2 events led to the Great Dust Bowl?

a)

Rise of Hitler

b)

Long Drought

c)

Over farming the land

d)

Election of Roosevelt

184.
What was a guiding principle of the New Deal economic policies?
a)
Pro-business tax breaks would solve the problems associated with urban poverty.
b)
Antitrust legislation would destroy the free market economy of the United States.
c)
Rugged individualism must be allowed to solve social inequality.
d)
Government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor.
185.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem of
a)
excessive stock market speculation
b)
high unemployment
c)
increased use of credit
d)
limited income of senior citizens
186.
What was/ is the purpose of the Securities and Exchange Commission?
a)
Regulate the Stock Market and protect investors from dishonest trading practices
b)
Founded projects in arts, literature, music and theatre
c)
allowed students to work and remain in school
d)
provided money for local and state welfare agencies
187.
Hoover's philosophy on the start of the Great Depression was that
a)
government intervention was absolutely necessary
b)
the Stock Market will make people enough money to get by
c)
the economy will eventually repair itself
d)
the problems of the Depression would destroy the economy
188.
Which President created the New Deal, a plan to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt 
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Harry Truman
d)
Woodrow Wilson 
189.

At first, European leaders gave into Hitler's demands using what type of policy?

a)

aggression

b)

advancement

c)

internment

d)

appeasement

190.

What country did Germany invade to start WWII?

a)

Poland

b)

France

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Britain

191.

Who was the dictator of Italy during WWII?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Josef Stalin

d)

George Patton

192.

This cause of the Stock Market Crash involved investors paying down ten-percent of the value of a stock and using borrowed money to pay for the remainder of the price.

a)

Bear Market

b)

Bull Market

c)

Speculation

d)

Buying on Margin

193.
What did the FDIC do?
a)
secure deposits
b)
help the unemployed
c)
plant trees
d)
build bridges
194.

How did FDR respond to the Supreme Court overturning multiple New Deal Programs?

a)

He ratified legislation authorizing an age requirement for the Supreme Court Justices

b)

He passed an executive order to recall Supreme Court Justices

c)

He proposed an increase in the number of Supreme Court Justices

d)

He appealed to Congress for a constitutional amendment involving the Supreme Court

195.

What led to the Mexican repatriation?

a)

overpopulation

b)

The US decided to be scandalous

c)

Claimed Mexican people were taking American jobs

d)

the great depression needed to be more depressing

196.

What were war bonds used for?

a)

certificates sold by the US government to pay for the war

b)

pictures of soldiers preparing for war

c)

documents that displayed guns

d)

funds used by the government to provide financial assistance to the poor

197.

Battle of Midway

a)

Organization established near the end of the WW2 to guarantee international peace and security through permanent diplomacy.

b)

Two Japanese cities devastated by atomic bombs dropped by the US in an attempt to end the Second World War.

c)

It was the decisive turning point in the Pacific War as the Allies won basically all of the battles in the Pacific after it.

d)

June 6, 1944, the day on which Allied forces landed in Normandy, France to begin a massive offensive against the Germans and the occupied territory of Europe.

198.

Anti-Semitism

a)

Views or actions that protect Jews

b)

Policies, views, or actions that harm or discriminate against Jews

c)

Actions that discriminated against Xenophobics

d)

Policies that protect racists

199.

June 6, 1944, the day on which Allied forces landed in Normandy, France to begin a massive offensive against the Germans and the occupied territory of Europe.

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

Holocaust

c)

D-Day

d)

Enola Gay

200.

Japanese forced U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war to undertake a 60 mile march through the jungle. Prisoners faced starvation, disease, and dehydration.

a)

Bootin Din March

b)

Butin Martyrs

c)

Bataan Death March

d)

Boston Death March

201.
What was the purpose of the Lend Lease Act? 
a)
To help German Military  
b)
For the U.S. to officially enter WW2
c)
To let countries borrow or lease weapons to fight the Axis powers  
d)
To get more government funding for the War
202.
Rosie the Riveter encouraged women to...
a)
Stay at home for their children
b)
Work in factories
c)
Protest the war
203.

Regulating the amount of goods a consumer can obtain

a)

Office of War Information

b)

Bataan Death March

c)

rationing

d)

war bonds

204.
Home project raising about one third of the nation’s vegetables during World War II
a)
anti-Semitism
b)
carpet bombing
c)
rationing
d)
victory gardens
205.
Who were forced to leave their homes and move to internment camps? 
a)
African Americans 
b)
Native Americans 
c)
Japanese Americans  
d)
Jews 
206.

What strategy did the United States use that involved attacking only important strategic islands and bypassing others?

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

the Manhattan Project

c)

kamkikaze

d)

island hopping

207.

Who was the Allied commander of Europe?

a)

Eisenhower

b)

Montgomery

c)

Rommel

d)

Goring

208.

What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?

a)

Battle of Okinawa

b)

Battle of Iwo Jima

c)

Battle of the Bulge

d)

Battle of Midway

209.

What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Truman

c)

Eisenhower

d)

Churchill

210.
 In April 1942, he was appointed supreme commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific.
He spent the next two and a half years commanding an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific before famously returning to liberate the Philippines in October 1944.
a)
General Eisenhower
b)
General Marshall
c)
General Tojo
d)
General McArthur
211.

These invdiduals used their language to form secret codes in the Pacific that could not be broken by the Japanese.

a)

Flying Tigers

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Victory Gardens

d)

Navajo Code Talkers

212.

Which statement best defines the concept of communism?

a)

A political and comic system in which the government owns and controls businesses and property

b)

A political system in which the people are in charge of government and individuals can own and run their own business

c)

A political and economic system in which people are in charge of the government and individuals can own and run their own business

d)

None of the above

213.

What is this image trying to do?

a)

get people to fight the Russians

b)

get people to fight the Axis Powers

c)

get people to fight France

d)

get people to fight the Allied Powers

214.

The image shown above was from what World War 2 event?

a)

the Battle of Stalingrad

b)

the Battle of Midway

c)

Hiroshima

d)

the D-Day invasion

215.

Which term best defines "Blitzkrieg"?

a)

Trench warfare

b)

Lightening war

c)

Total War

d)

Urban Warfare

216.

The image shown above was from what World War 2 event?

a)

the Battle of Stalingrad

b)

the Battle of Midway

c)

Hiroshima

d)

D-Day invasion of Normandy

217.

Where on the map did the D-day invastion take place?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

218.

What was the last major German offensive campaign of World War II?

a)

Battle of Moscow

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Battle of the Bulge

d)

Battle of Kharkov

219.

Two nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan in 1945, bringing about the surrender of Japanese forces and the end of the war in the Pacific theater. In which two Japanese cities were they detonated?

a)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

b)

Tokyo and Hiroshima

c)

Tokyo and Nagasaki

d)

Osaka and Kyoto

220.

From the poster above, during the war many woman in America did what?

a)

performed usually done by men

b)

worked as scientists

c)

served as nurses in the field

d)

managed major factories

221.

what was the final country germany invaded before france and the UK declared war on the germany

a)

Czechoslovakia

b)

austria

c)

poland

d)

ussr

222.

How did World War II affect the US homefront?

a)

Citizens were asked to ration resources, grow their own gardens, and buy war bonds.

b)

The number of business closures increased.

c)

The demand for foreign products decreased.

d)

Women were no longer allowed to work.

223.
FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:
a)
FDR Hour
b)
Hangin' With Franklin
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Around the Fire
224.
What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Deal
c)
Social Security
d)
the New Liberalism
225.
What popular southern Governor opposed FDR with a Share or Wealth program proposal that would have provided a guaranteed income to all Americans?
a)
Geroge Wallace
b)
Lester Maddux
c)
Orval Faubus
d)
Huey Long

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