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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?