25 questions
How much aid (USD) from the Marshall Plan was given to the Western European Countries?
400 million
6,600 million
13 billion
23 billion
Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.
35th
36th
37th
38th
How did the Korean War impact the world? Select all the right answers.
The USA had to be more involved in Asia.
The USSR placed more nuclear weapons in Asia.
The increased military tensions led to NATO being strengthened further.
The Cold War tensions got worse because of the fighting.
communism spread to Vietnam
McCarthyism is also known as
The Blue Scare
The Second Red Scare
The First Red Scare
The Red Death
Which are TRUE of Joseph McCarthy? Select 3!
member of the House of Representatives
began the Second Red Scare
accused many people of communism without proof
political career was destroyed by false accusations
was a leading candidate for a presidential election in the 1950s
What was the name of the process of questioning the Hollywood elites?
Blacklisting
Magentalisting
Redlisting
Bluelisting
What was a govt. sponsored creation of infrastructure and US military moved more efficiently?
GI Bill of Rights
National Interstate and Defense Highways Act
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Thurgood Marshall took the case "Brown vs. the Board of Education" to the Supreme Court and won. All of the following were results EXCEPT...
It gave Linda Brown the freedom to attend the school close to her home.
It showed that "separate but equal" was not truly equal.
It legally ended segregation in public schools.
Jim Crow Laws ended in the South.
Who was the president at the time that the Little Rock 9 led the integration in Little Rock high schools?
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
The Little Rock 9 media sensation came on the heels of...
Brown v. Board of Education
Ruby Bridges v. Education
Little Rock 9 v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
During which U.S. presidency did the nuclear arms race begin?
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Besides helping the countries of Western Europe rebuild, what was another goal of the Marshall Plan?
preventing the spread of communism
negotiating land rights in Western Europe
preventing the spread of democracy
recovering funds spent during World War II
The original purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was to...
prevent another world war
provide for a defense pact against possible Soviet aggression.
limit pollution and the exploitation of natural resources.
create free trade between all nations.
Which of these was a cause of the Korean War?
North Korea established a blockade to prevent goods reaching South Korea.
South Korea rejected American policies supported by North Korea.
North Korea embraced communism while South Korea chose democracy.
South Korea entered into a treaty with China that endangered North Korea.
The Marshall Plan benefited the United States as well as western Europe because...
the United States took over European territories which increased the natural resources available to American factories.
European economic recovery meant that the sale of U.S. goods to European countries would increase.
American exports would be reduced, while imported goods would increase.
payments were made to American companies as well as European ones.
The Truman Doctrine of the late 1940s was...
the U.S. policy of offering aid to countries threatened by communism
a plan for general disarmament following World War II.
aimed at a peaceful settlement in the Middle East.
a plan for the peaceful use of atomic energy.
Which of these was NOT a component of the Marshall Plan?
providing aid to European economies to prevent the spread of Communism
the creation of a unified European currency to facilitate trade
investment in heavy industry in war damaged countries
reconstruction of war-torn European cities
The growth of suburbs took place in post-World War II America thanks MAINLY to which of these?
more fuel-efficient automobiles
greater shopping opportunities
expansion of the highway system
end of the Cold War
Which of these BEST describes the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education?
Kansas schools were to be desegregated as an experiment for racial integration
ruled that universities must be open to people of all races
declared that "separate but equal" facilities based on race are inherently unconstitutional
it reaffirmed the decision of Plessy vs Ferguson
It is widely believed that when President Eisenhower signed a bill to create a national interstate highway system in 1956, he did it for what primary purpose?
to allow people in suburban areas to enter big cities more quickly
to provide the means to transport military aid more quickly in the event of a national military crisis
to force southern states receiving federal funds to end segregation
to allow people to move to the western U.S. more easily
Which of these was is MOST assocatiated with Truman's presidency?
nuclear disarmament was begun
desegregation of the armed forces
the atomic bomb was invented
NASA was created.
The creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958 was a direct result of...
competition with communist China over the development of long-range nuclear missiles.
the need for high-altitude aircraft capable of spying on the Soviet Union and Cuba.
the successful launch and orbit of Sputnik I by the USSR in 1957.
the Cuban Missile Crisis.