Cold War/Civil Rights

Question 1

What President desegregated the US military in 1948?

Answer 1

Truman

Question 2

The Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court ruling stated that schools could be
segregated if they were “separate but ___________.”

Answer 2

equal

Question 3

The 1954 Supreme Court case which led to the desegregation of schools
the _____________v._______________case.

Answer 3

Brown v. Board

Question 4

________________refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white
man in Montgomery Alabama in 1955 leading to her arrest.

Answer 4

Rosa Parks

Question 5

Rosa Parks’ arrest led to a protest known as the ______________
__________________________________________.

Answer 5

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Question 6

_________________________was an African American
teenager who was tortured and murdered after being falsely accused of
making lewd comments to a white woman in Mississippi in 1955.

Answer 6

Emmett Till

Question 7

The all white jury in the Emmett Till murder trial found the accused to be
guilty/not guilty.

Answer 7

not guilty

Question 8

Leader of the Civil Rights Movement who preached non-violent protest
was______________________________.

Answer 8

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 9

Leader of the Civil Rights movement who promoted Black Nationalism
and Empowerment was_________________________.

Answer 9

Malcolm X

Question 10

Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech was delivered at
the Lincoln Memorial during the ____________________.

Answer 10

March on Washington

Question 11

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplished these things:
a. Outlawed ______________in public places
b. Under Title VII, discrimination was banned in
the_________________________

Answer 11

segregation; workplace

Question 12

The first attempted march from Selma to Montgomery became known as
_____________________because of the brutalities committed by
Alabama State Troopers against the marchers.

Answer 12

Bloody Sunday

Question 13

The second march from Selma to Montgomery ended when Martin Luther
King Jr.________________________________________.

Answer 13

turned around and walked away.

Question 14

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned ________________ and
________________________ which were previously used to
suppress African American Voters in southern states.

Answer 14

voting literacy tests; poll taxes

Question 15

The ____________________Nine were a group of students who
were the first to desegregate schools in _________________Arkansas.

Answer 15

Little Rock; Little Rock

Question 16

The Cold War was a decades-long period of ______________ between the U.S. and the Soviet
Union after World War II, without actual fighting directly between these two superpowers.

Answer 16

tension

Question 17

When World War II ended in 1945, the Soviet Union’s army occupied most of
Central and Eastern Europe, including the ________________ part of Germany.

Answer 17

Eastern

Question 18

Germany was partitioned (divided) into East and West Germany. East Germany
remained under control of the ____________________________, which did not
allow that part of Germany to become a free or independent country.

Answer 18

Soviet Union

Question 19

West Germany was under U.S., British, and French
control. After a few years, West Germany was allowed to become an
independent nation with a __________________ form of government.

Answer 19

democratic

Question 20

To help European countries rebuild after World War II, the U.S. gave
them 13 billion dollars worth of food, farm equipment, clothing, shoes, and
other material. This was called the _________________ Plan.

Answer 20

Marshall

Question 21

Besides helping the European people directly, America hoped the
Marshall Plan would help prevent the spread of ____________________
in the countries of Europe.

Answer 21

communism

Question 22

At the end of World War II, Japan was __________________ by
American forces. The U.S. helped Japan rebuild and create a modern,
democratic system of self-government.

Answer 22

occupied

Question 23

After World War II, Japan became a strong _____________ of the United States, and it remains so
today.

Answer 23

ally

Question 24

The United Nations was formed as an international peacekeeping organization at the end of World
War II. The U.N. was intended to be a place where the nations of the world could meet together, talk,
and _______________ future wars.

Answer 24

prevent

Question 25

The U.N. headquarters building is located in __________________________ .

Answer 25

NYC

Question 26

The United States is a democracy, and has a business / economic system called capitalism. The
Soviet Union had a dictator, and its system was called _______________________.

Answer 26

fascism

Question 27

The Soviet Union forced many of the countries of Central and _______________ Europe to form
communist governments in the years just after World war II.

Answer 27

Eastern

Question 28

The U.S. policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism was called __________________.

Answer 28

containment

Question 29

The U.S., Great Britain, and many other free countries of Europe formed a military alliance called
____________, which stands for “North Atlantic Treaty Organization.”

Answer 29

NATO

Question 30

The Soviet Union and the communist nations in Europe that it controlled organized a military
alliance called the ______________ Pact. “Pact” means “agreement” or “treaty.”

Answer 30

Warsaw

Question 31

Communist North Korea, with the help of communist China, attacked non-communist South Korea
in 1950. The U.S. sent its military forces to help South Korea. The war ended in a ______________,
which means neither side won.

Answer 31

stalemate

Question 32

The Cuban missile crisis occurred in 1962. The Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba that could hit
targets in the United States with nuclear (atomic) bombs. The Soviet Union agreed to remove the
missiles after President Kennedy ordered the U.S. Navy to put a _________________ around Cuba.

Answer 32

blockade

Question 33

The U.S. went to the aid of South Vietnam in the 1960s
because it was being _______________ by communist North
Vietnam.

Answer 33

attacked

Question 34

The “Domino Theory” was an idea held by many American
leaders during the Vietnam War. The theory was that if South
Vietnam was taken over by communists, the other countries in
Asia would all _________ to communism one after another.

Answer 34

fall

Question 35

The Vietnam War deeply divided Americans over the question of whether the U.S. should be
involved. American troops _____________________ from the conflict in 1973. That ended our role
in the war after more than ten years of fighting. North Vietnam took over South Vietnam in 1975.

Answer 35

withdrew