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1. What was the purpose of the Double V campaign?
To encourage African Americans to support the war effort while also fighting for victory over fascism abroad and racism at home.
2. How did the death of Emmett Till lead to growing support for the Civil Rights Movement, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
His brutal murder and open-casket funeral shocked the nation, exposed the horrors of racism, and inspired many to join the fight for civil rights, including sparking momentum for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
3. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in 1941?
Japan attacked to cripple the U.S. Pacific Fleet, hoping to expand its empire in Asia without American interference.
4. Which of the following is true about the internment of Japanese living in the U.S. during World War II?
They were forcibly relocated and imprisoned in internment camps based on their race, without evidence of disloyalty.
5. Based on the excerpt, the internment of Japanese-Americans during WW2 resulted from what?
Fear, racism, and wartime hysteria, not proven threats or evidence of disloyalty.
6. What compromise did Khrushchev propose to solve the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The USSR would remove its missiles from Cuba if the U.S. promised not to invade Cuba and later secretly agreed to remove missiles from Turkey.
7. How did WWII help the US get out of the Great Depression?
It boosted industrial production, created millions of jobs, and revived the economy through massive wartime spending.
8. Who were the Cuban Missile Crisis leaders?
John F. Kennedy (U.S.)
Nikita Khrushchev (USSR)
Fidel Castro (Cuba)
9. What does communism believe in?
Government ownership of property and production, with the goal of eliminating social classes and promoting equality.
10. What were the opposing forms of government during the Cold War?
Capitalism/democracy (U.S. and allies)
Communism (Soviet Union and allies)
11. What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?
Korean War
Vietnam War
12. What were Kamikaze attacks, and how did they affect the U.S. in the Pacific?
They were suicide attacks by Japanese pilots, causing heavy damage and fear among U.S. forces in the Pacific.
13. What was the alliance between the United States and nations of Western Europe that opposed the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
14. How were the Korean War and Vietnam War similar?
Both were wars between communist North and capitalist South, and both were proxy wars during the Cold War.
15. Which of the following statements supports the author's central argument in the excerpt from the “Truman Doctrine”?
(The specific excerpt isn’t shown, but the Truman Doctrine supported helping countries resist communism.)
16. Korea was divided along which parallel after World War II by the Conference at Potsdam?
The 38th parallel.
17. Why did many Americans begin to oppose the Vietnam War in the late 1960s?
Because it was costly, violent, and seemed unwinnable, and many felt U.S. involvement was unjustified.
18. What was the effect of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?
It upheld racial segregation laws and established the doctrine of “separate but equal.”
19. What did the John Kerry document highlight in the Anti-Vietnam War RLAH lesson?
That soldiers were being sent to fight in an unjust war, and many were disillusioned and angry.
20. What did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. highlight about Black and white soldiers fighting in Vietnam?
That Black and white soldiers fought together abroad, but faced discrimination at home, showing the hypocrisy of American democracy.
21. Why did the Vietnam War show more images of war than any other US war before?
Because of television, which brought graphic war footage into American homes.
22. According to Dr. King, what effect did the Vietnam War have on the U.S. poverty program?
It drained funding and attention away from social programs that could help fight poverty.
23. What is a refusal to work organized by employees as a form of protest called?
A strike.
24. Cesar Chavez, Malcolm X, and the Little Rock 9 are examples of what?
Civil rights leaders and activists who fought against inequality and injustice.
25. Which landmark Supreme Court case declared separate public schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
26. What was the main goal of the Freedom Riders?
To desegregate interstate buses and bus stations in the South.
27. Why is Claudette Colvin less well-known than Rosa Parks, even though she acted first?
Because Colvin was a teenager, and civil rights leaders chose Rosa Parks—an older, respected figure—as a better symbol for the movement.
28. What is the term for breaking the law non-violently to protest injustice?
Civil disobedience
29. What was the result of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954?
It declared school segregation unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.
30. What is a valid conclusion about the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s?
It used nonviolent protest and legal action to fight segregation and racial injustice.
31. In which areas did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 make segregation illegal?
In public places, schools, employment, and voting.
32. Who refused to give up her bus seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
33. What law extended voting rights and outlawed racial discrimination in schools and workplaces?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
34. What is the refusal to obey certain laws non-violently to influence policy called?
Civil disobedience
35. How did the relationship between the U.S. and Soviet Union change after WWII?
They became rivals due to ideological differences—capitalism vs. communism—leading to the Cold War.
36. What impact did Emmett Till’s death have on the Civil Rights Movement?
It raised national awareness of racial violence and motivated many to join the civil rights struggle.
37. What was the New Deal?
A set of programs and reforms by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help the U.S. recover from the Great Depression.
38. Why did the Cold War break out between the U.S. and Soviet Union?
Because of mutual distrust and fear of each other's political and economic influence around the world.
39. What technology allowed the public to view different perspectives on the Vietnam War?
Television
40. What laws enforced racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction?
Jim Crow laws
41. Who were the Little Rock Nine?
Nine African American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.
42. Which amendment guaranteed citizenship and basic rights to all citizens?
The 14th Amendment
43. What is civil disobedience?
Peacefully refusing to obey certain laws as a form of protest against injustice.
44. How did the Montgomery Bus Boycott impact segregation?
It challenged segregation laws, inspired other civil rights actions, and helped launch Martin Luther King Jr. as a leader.
45. How did the Selma to Montgomery march demonstrate nonviolent protest?
Marchers remained peaceful despite police violence, drawing national support for voting rights.
46. Who became a prominent leader during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King Jr.
47. What event was Minnijean Brown discussing at the 40th anniversary press conference?
The 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
48. According to Minnijean Brown, why was she really expelled from Central High School?
Because she was proud, confident, and defied the racist expectations people had of Black students.
49. What type of source is Minnijean Brown’s 1997 quote?
A primary source
50. What were the conditions like in the trenches and no man’s land during WWI?
They were unsanitary, muddy, disease-ridden, and extremely dangerous.
51. Who gave the radio speech known as the “fireside chat” in 1933?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
52. Why did some American leaders believe using the atomic bomb would save lives?
They believed it would end WWII quickly and avoid a costly invasion of Japan, saving both American and Japanese lives.