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History exam review
The Cold War
Question: This incident was early in the Cold War, and stopped the spread of communism to half of this city.
Answer: What was the Berlin Airlift?
Question: President Reagan called on him to tear down that wall.
Answer: Who was Gorbachev?
Question: The Cold War turned hot in these two countries.
Answer: What are Korea and Vietnam?
Question: He became the communist leader of China in 1949.
Answer: Who was Mao Zedong?
Question: He was forced to leave mainland China, and thus moved his government to Taiwan.
Answer: Who was Chiang Kai Shek?
Civil Rights
Question: This president desegregated the armed services.
Answer: Who was Harry Truman?
Question: This famous speech was given during the March on Washington by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Answer: What was the "I Have a Dream" speech?
Question: The Children's March happened in this city.
Answer: What is Birmingham, Alabama?
Question: The march between these two cities was for African American voting rights.
Answer: What are Selma and Montgomery?
Question: He tried to stop the 9 students from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Answer: Who was Orval Faubus?
War and Peace
Question: This war began when Ho Chi Minh's army invaded the southern part of this country.
Answer: What is Vietnam?
Question: Nuclear war almost erupted during JFK's presidency because of this.
Answer: What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Question: The Korean War ended with the peace treaty in this city?
Answer: What is Paris?
Question: The Camp David Accords ended war between these two countries.
Answer: What are Egypt and Israel?
Question: LBJ used this as the reason to send troops into Vietnam, although the second attack was never verified.
Answer: What was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
The Presidents
Question: He was known as the Great Communicator.
Answer: Who was Ronald Reagan?
Question: He was never elected President, but served as our President for about two years.
Answer: Who was Gerald Ford?
Question: He promised not to raise taxes, but ended up having to do so.
Answer: Who was George H. W. Bush?
Question: Both the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act were passed during his Presidency.
Answer: Who was Lyndon Baines Johnson?
Question: Al Gore was defeated by this man, after a contested vote in Florida.
Answer: Who was George W. Bush?
People
Question: He accused people of being communists without showing the evidence.
Answer: Who was Joseph McCarthy?
Question: Peaceful Civil Disobedience was the guiding principle for this man.
Answer: Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
Question: This group occupied Alcatraz Island to bring notice to their cause.
Answer: What was AIM - the American Indian Movement, or Native Americans?
Question: He was the first African American Secretary of State.
Answer: Who was Colin Powell?
Question: He was the dictator of the Philippines.
Answer: Who was Ferdinand Marcos?