GCSE USA Booklet 3

Question 1

What policy did JFK announce in 1960 to improve the lives of ordinary Americans?

Answer 1

Great Society

Question 2

What was the name of the plan set up in 1947 to help European countries rebuild after WW2?

Answer 2

Marshall Plan

Question 3

Which race riots took place in 1965 and 1967?

Answer 3

Watts riot and Detroit riots

Question 4

Who had 170 hit singles from the 1950s?

Answer 4

Elvis Presley

Question 5

What does the CORE stand for?

Answer 5

Congress of Racial Equality

Question 6

What did the House Committee of Un-American Activities do?

Answer 6

Investigated communist sympathisers in the government, education and film industry

Question 7

Where did Martin Luther King organise a march to encourage blacks to register to vote in 1965?

Answer 7

Selma

Question 8

What % of its income did bus companies lose as a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?

Answer 8

65%

Question 9

During the 1950s, what percentage of the world’s goods did the USA produce?

Answer 9

50%

Question 10

What does the SNCC stand for?

Answer 10

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

Question 11

How did President Eisenhower solve the problem in Little Rock?

Answer 11

Sent in state troopers to protect the students for 6 weeks.

Question 12

How many US soldiers were there by 1950?

Answer 12

600,000

Question 13

Which famous boxer joined the Nation of Islam?

Answer 13

Cassius Clay/ Muhammed Ali

Question 14

Who was the anti-Communist director of the FBI in the 1950s?

Answer 14

J. Edgar Hoover

Question 15

Which act of government from 1964 wanted to replace inner-city slums?

Answer 15

The Development Act

Question 16

By how much was the US standard of living higher than people in Britain?

Answer 16

Three times

Question 17

What was the act of government from 1965 which banned literacy tests when registering to vote?

Answer 17

Voting Rights Act

Question 18

How many blacks and whites were involved in the March on Washington in 1963?

Answer 18

200,000 blacks and 50,000 whites

Question 19

How much money did the GI Bill of Rights set aside to help veteran soldiers with education and medical expenses etc.?

Answer 19

$13 billion

Question 20

What organisation did Betty Friedan set up in 1966?

Answer 20

National Organisation for Women (NOW)

Question 21

What did the 1954 Brown vs Board of Education Topeka Act introduce?

Answer 21

Segregated schools had to allow black children in ‘with all deliberate speed’

Question 22

How many new homes were built in 1965?

Answer 22

240,000

Question 23

During the 1950s what happened to the USA’s GNP?

Answer 23

It doubled

Question 24

What was Malcolm Little better known as?

Answer 24

Malcolm X

Question 25

What common effect did the Berlin Blockade, Korean War and China becoming communist have on the USA?

Answer 25

Made them scared of communism

Question 26

What did the Supreme Court make available to unmarried couples for the first time in 1972?

Answer 26

Contraception

Question 27

Which black woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955?

Answer 27

Rosa Parks

Question 28

What % of households had a TV by 1958?

Answer 28

83.20%

Question 29

Which group had 2000 members and were effectively a private, black army?

Answer 29

Black Panthers

Question 30

Who was the famous spy who served in Truman’s government?

Answer 30

Alger Hiss

Question 31

How many cities had desegregated lunch counters following the Greenboro sit-ins?

Answer 31

126

Question 32

What did the Roe vs Wade case allow and when was this?

Answer 32

Abortion, 1973

Question 33

Name a teenage rebel

Answer 33

Marlon Brando and James Dean

Question 34

How much did President Johnson spend on education?

Answer 34

$1.5 billion

Question 35

How many Hollywood actors were on the blacklist for being communist sympathisers?

Answer 35

150

Question 36

What was the name of the town in Arkansas which failed to allow 9 black students to attend?

Answer 36

Little Rock

Question 37

What was the name of the senator who started the 1950s Red Scare?

Answer 37

Joe McCarthy

Question 38

What group did the civil rights movement help set up in the Montgomery bus boycotts?

Answer 38

Montgomery Improvements Association

Question 39

What percentages of blacks were registered to vote in Mississippi in the 1950s?

Answer 39

5%

Question 40

Who headed the Nation of Islam?

Answer 40

Elijah Muhammad

Question 41

What was the post-war generation known as in the USA?

Answer 41

The baby-boomers

Question 42

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964?

Answer 42

President Johnson

Question 43

What was the famous anti-Communist slogan in the 1950s?

Answer 43

There’s a Red under every bed.

Question 44

Which two organisations provided medical care for over-65s?

Answer 44

Medicare and Medicaid

Question 45

What does the SCLC stand for?

Answer 45

Southern Christian Leadership Conference