Containment is the strategy the U.S. used to stopthe spread of the Soviet Union’s communism, by providing financial and militaryaid to Eastern Europe.
. The “arms race,” was the race between the USSR and US to:
b) stock up the most nuclear weapons
the government’s advice to school children should anuclear bomb go off
The Buddhist’s method of protesting Diem’s rule was to burnthemselves to death. This is called:
The term Cold War came to be used to describe the:
a) conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors
b) resentment toward Germany that lingered following WWII
c) struggle for global power between the United States andthe Soviet Union
d) campaign to purge the U.S. government of known Communists
The UN forces in Korea were winning until:
a) President Truman fired General MacArthur for disrespectof authority
b) China sent hundreds of troops to join the North Koreanarmy
c) Illness forced General MacArthur to resign his command ofUN forces
d) the Soviet Union sent hundreds of thousands of troops tojoin the North Korean army
The _________________ was nickname for the separation whenJoseph Stalin cut off communist Eastern Europe from the democratic WesternWorld.
“McCarthyism”, or making charges without proof, was namedafter:
Containment worked in Europe but not SE Asia. Why was thisthe case?
-The U.S. feared that communism would spread in the dominotheory
-Countries in SE Asia were less politically stable andeasily conquerable by communist governments than in Europe
-Revolutions, like the ones led by Ho Chi Minh and MaoZedong, were becoming commonplace in SE Asia and people were discontent withthe current governments
Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated the policy of:
The name of the school where 9 African American studentswere integrated and faced extreme persecution was called:
In the case Plessy v.Ferguson, the phrase “separate but equal” referred to…
a) the ruling that state and local governments could allowsegregation if the separate facilities were equal
b) the ruling that eventhough African Americans and whites were separated by segregation, they wereall created equal in God’s imagea) the ruling that state and local governments could allowsegregation if the separate facilities were equal
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
a) banned segregation
b) allowed African Americans to vote
c) prevented integration of schools
d) allowed AfricanAmericans to sit wherever they wantedthe failed mission of the U.S. to try to oust FidelCastro from leadership in Cuba
The ________________ were communists in South Vietnam thatsupported the leader in the North and used guerrilla tactics like diggingtunnels.
1. Which benefits did the G.I. Bill of Rights offer toveterans of WWII?
a) exemption from rationing of food and gasoline
b) money for school, loans for houses, farms and businesses
c) guaranteed acceptance into state universities andcolleges
d) monthly allowances for the unemployed
2. What was the original purpose of the United Nations?
a) hunger prevention
b) conflict resolution
c) terror prevention
d) disaster relief
b) conflict resolution
During the 1950s, musicians such as Elvis Presley helpedwhat type of music become popular?
A new _________________ swept America in the 1940s and1950s, when Americans again became preoccupied with fear of Communists.
The Nuremberg Trials were about: