DE US HISTORY (25-27)

Which book played a role in changing attitudes about traditional gender roles in American society?

The Feminine Mystique

Which of the following was NOT true about the election of 1960?

Kennedy won an overwhelming majority of the votes

The court decisions in Delgado v. Bastrop ISD and Hernandez v. Texas held that

Mexican Americans were entitled to protection from discrimination under the Fourteenth Amendment

Malcolm X:

insisted that blacks have economic and political autonomy

During the Bay of Pigs invasion:

the CIA failed in its mission.

What set President Lyndon B. Johnson apart from his predecessor John F. Kennedy?

He knew the meaning of poverty and racial injustice from his own life experiences.

The anti-war movement:

Challenged the foundation of Cold-War thinking

In the 1960s, Latino rights in particular were the focus of the:

United Farm Workers

By 1968, the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam:

exceeded half a million as the war became more brutal

Which of the following was NOT true of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The crisis was part of a dispute between the United States and the Soviet Union after a U.S. Navy vessel carrying nuclear warheads was intercepted off the coast of Greece.

Governor Orval Faubus responded to the court-ordered desegregation of Central High School:

with defiance, refusing to comply and allowing violence to break out.

During the 1950s, Americans:

on average married younger and had more children than previous generations.

Which statement best describes how the white South reacted to the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

Some states closed the public schools rather than integrate, and offered white children the choice to opt out of integrated schools.

What about the golden age of capitalism between 1946 and 1960 was most beneficial for Americans?

Most monetary gains reached ordinary citizens through rising wages.

What made Elvis such a popular celebrity?

He brought the rhythms and sexually provocative movements of black musicians to white audiences.

Why did auto manufacturers and oil companies vault to the top ranks of corporate America in 1950s?

The consumer demand for the automobile boomed in this decade.

In his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", Dr. King said, "I would agree with Saint Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.'"

This statement was used by Dr. King to show support for

civil disobedience

"We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal..."

-- Chief Justice Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

This quotation illustrates the action of the Supreme Court to

overrule the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

He developed one of the first vaccines for polio.

Jonas Salk

Which Supreme Court case involved the University of Texas Law School?

Sweatt v. Painter

Germany was occupied by which powers after World War 2?

Soviet Union, United States, France, and Great Britain

Kennan's "Long Telegram" was significant because?

It defined the actions of the United States throughout the period

Joseph Stalin's death in 1953 resulted in new leadership in the Soviet Union under:

Khrushchev

The Soviet Union detonated its first Nuclear Weapon in what year?

1949

The Korean War in part started due to what?

North Korea's attempt to unify the country

It was argued that the United States lost which country by 1950?

China

The initial dividing line between North Korea and South Korea was the __ parallel.

38th

Why did the United States adopt the motto In God We Trust in 1956?

To distinguish the nation from countries that restricted religious practices

The defining feature of the Truman Doctrine was?

Containment

Brown vs. Board of Education ruling changed what in the United States?

Desegregated Schools

The Marshall Plan included:

Economic Aid to all European countries

Domino Theory was:

Theory that if one country falls to communism the surrounding countries will as well

The reason... is not because our only powerful potential enemy has sent men to invade our shores... but rather because of the traitorous actions of those who have been treated so well by this Nation. ...

This is glaringly true in the State Department. There the bright young men who are born with silver spoons in their mouths are the ones who have been most traitorous. . . .

-Joseph McCarthy, speech at Wheeling, West Virginia,

February 9, 1950

In this excerpt, McCarthy is attempting to incite fear about

members of the Communist Party in government positions

Between 1950 and 1970, suburbanization:

hardened racial divisions in American life.

All of the following spurred the growth of the suburban middle class EXCEPT:

trains and streetcars.

After World War II, most working women:

were concentrated in low-paying, nonunion jobs.

How did President Dwight D. Eisenhower surpass the New Deal in government involvement in the economy?

He presided over the construction of 41,000 miles of interstate highways.

Which president integrated the American Armed Services?

Harry Truman

Which Civil Rights leader also became the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

Thurgood Marshall

The American Indian Movement:

demanded greater tribal self-government.

The 1963 March on Washington:

was a high point in black and white cooperation.

Why did John F. Kennedy consider civil rights a moral crisis for the nation?

He found racial discrimination incompatible with the United States' claim for leadership of the free world.

Regarding civil rights during his presidency, John F.

Kennedy:

was reluctant to address the movement's demands until 1963.

What did the Women's Liberation Movement see as its major goal in the 1960s?

guaranteeing women equal pay for equal work

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

the U.S.S.R. agree to limit their number of ICBMs

After World War II, the automobile:

altered the American landscape.

Between 1946 and 1960, the American gross national product:

more than doubled, and wages increased.

During the 1950s, television:

became an effective advertising medium.

During the 1950s, Americans:

on average married younger and had more children than previous generations.

"We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal..."

-- Chief Justice Earl

Warren, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

This quotation illustrates the action of the Supreme Court to

overrule the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of his dream that the United States would reach a time "...when all of God's children, black men and white men, ...will be able to join hands..." This speech expressed his desire to

replace racial segregation with an integrated society

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed in 1949 was:

A series of military alliances between the United States and European allies

A "Doctrine" is what?

A foreign policy plan

One of the first policy decisions of Khrushchev

Denounce Stalin

What prompted the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to target the "Hollywood Ten"?

Fear of communist infiltration within the American entertainment industry

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the beginning of the Cold War?

Berlin Airlift

During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans:

were often unable to receive financing for housing.

Why did the United States continue to support South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem's corrupt and weak regime?

Presidents Kennedy and Johnson feared losing

Vietnam to communism.

After the Stonewall riot:

a militant gay liberation movement was born.

The Gulf of Tonkin resolution:

authorized the president to take "all necessary measures to repel armed attack" in Vietnam.

Which Constitutional amendment outlawed poll taxes?

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Germany was occupied by which powers after World War 2

Soviet Union, United States, France, and Great Britain

Sputnik was:

A soviet transmitter orbiting Earth

What U.S. action was the MOST direct and immediate response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?

Airlifting supplies to people in West Berlin

The Korean War was an effort by the United States to

carry out its policy of containing the spread of communism

Why were American suburbs of the 1950s so heavily segregated?

Residents, brokers, and realtors dealt in contracts and mortgages that barred the sale to non-white residents.

"And when this happens, when we allow freedom (to) ring. when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city (Yes), we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last!

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Which statement best summarizes the message of this passage?

Equality and respect for others will benefit all Americans

The Berlin Wall:

was erected in 1961 by the Soviets to stem the rising tide of emigration from East Berlin to West Berlin.

To combat communism, one of John Kennedy's first acts was

establish the Peace Corps.

On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated:

while in Memphis, supporting a garbage workers' strike.

Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik I?

The U.S. government founded a federal agency dedicated to space exploration.

What is the Cold War?

It was a period of indirect conflicts between major Superpowers

The United States became more involved in Vietnam under the idea of:

Domino Theory

The Warren Commission determined that President Kennedy was shot by

Lee Harvey Oswald

The movements led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and

Cesar Chavez were similar in that both

used civil disobedience to bring about social change

To combat communism, one of John Kennedy's first acts was to:

establish the peace corps

Why did the African-American civil rights protesters that marched in June 1963 in more than 186 cities

NOT try more deliberately to avoid arrest?

The very point of the protests was to illustrate the punitive nature of southern Jim Crow justice.