Us History

Question 1

The __________ Court’s willingness to break with earlier rulings led to major changes in the United States.

Answer 1

Warren

Question 2

________ is the risky game in which governments push to the edge of nuclear war without actually starting one.

Answer 2

Brinkmanship

Question 3

The Supreme Court ruling in ___ requires police to follow procedures in order to protect rights when making an arrest.

Answer 3

Miranda V. Arizona

Question 4

An escaped convict, ___, pleaded guilty to shooting and killing Martin Luther King, Jr.

Answer 4

James Earl Ray

Question 5

President Eisenhower offered the ______ Effect theory, which stated that the communist takeover of China might result in the toppling of other Asian governments.

Answer 5

Domino

Question 6

Rosa Parks refusing to give her bus seat to a White man was a rallying point for the ______ movement.

Answer 6

Civil Rights

Question 7

Critics claimed that President _______ programs created dependence on the government for basic needs.

Answer 7

Johnsons

Question 8

______ was the first male American astronaut to walk on the moon.

Answer 8

Neil Armstrong

Question 9

A turning point in the history of __________ occurred with the development of new vaccines, procedures, and antibiotics in the 1950s.

Answer 9

Medicine

Question 10

Assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam, ___ had provided leadership for Blacks seeking separation, not integration.

Answer 10

Malcolm X

Question 11

Mutually assured ___________ is the theory that neither side would start a nuclear war because neither would survive.

Answer 11

Destruction

Question 12

______ turned Cuba into a communist state.

Answer 12

Fidel Castro

Question 13

The ___ program successfully landed Americans on the moon.

Answer 13

Apollo

Question 14

The Engel v. Vitale decision ruled the recitation of _______ prepared by government officials for students was unconstitutional because it amounted to establishment of religion by the government.

Answer 14

Prayers

Question 15

___ was shot and killed while standing on the balcony of his hotel in Memphis.

Answer 15

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 16

A new ________ drove the economic expansion of the 1950s.

Answer 16

consumerism

Question 17

This Russian cosmonaut was the first person to orbit the earth.

Answer 17

Yuri Gagarin

Question 18

After the death of Joseph Stalin, he became the premier of Russia.

Answer 18

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 19

The Supreme Court experienced a new era of power and prominence under his leadership as Chief Justice.

Answer 19

Earl Warren

Question 20

Appointed in 1967, he was the first African-American justice to serve on the Supreme Court.

Answer 20

Thurgood Marshall

Question 21

Legislation removed ambiguities in the law concerning rights and empowered the Attorney General and the courts to enforce the measures.

Answer 21

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 22

This legislation abolished literacy tests and poll taxes.

Answer 22

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 23

In what administration was the Federal Aid Highway Act passed, leading to creation of the interstate highway system?

Answer 23

Dwight D Eisenhower Admministration

Question 24

John F. Kennedy was the first _____ elected president.

Answer 24

Catholic

Question 25

Select which events happened during the Kennedy administration.

Answer 25

The Federal Aid Highway Act passed, leading to creation of the interstate highway system. The downing of a U.S. U-2 spy plane increased tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Question 26

Congress adopted the motto ___ to distinguish American culture from Soviet state sponsored atheism.

Answer 26

In God we Trust

Question 27

Select the events that occurred during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration.

Answer 27

The Soviet Union constructs the Berlin Wall, preventing East Berliners from escaping to West Germany. The passing of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution authorized the President to use military force in Vietnam.

Question 28

Frustration over the ________ sanitation worker's strike led to race riots around the country.

Answer 28

Memphis

Question 29

Which statement does NOT describe an aim of the United States during the space race?

Answer 29

claim other planets in hope of future colonization

Question 30

Because of _______, the Supreme Court determined that the Fourteenth Amendment applied to classes of people, not just races.

Answer 30

Pete Hernandez v. Texas

Question 31

As many as 200,000 protestors gathered in ___________, in 1963 to demand new civil rights legislation.

Answer 31

Washington, D.C.

Question 32

The 1960 Presidential election was the first in which ________ played an important role.

Answer 32

Television

Question 33

The Chinese Revolution resulted in ___.

Answer 33

China coming under communist rule

Question 34

Gamal Abdel Nasser created an international crisis by nationalizing the Suez Canal in Egypt.

Question 35

The Korean War ended, and the United States signed a treaty pledging to defend South Korea.

Question 36

The passing of laws to end the separation of people due to class or race is _______.

Answer 36

Desegregation

Question 37

The successful launch of _______ into space shocked and disappointed Americans.

Answer 37

Sputnik 1

Question 38

President Kennedy's New _________ plans included proposals for health insurance for the elderly and federal aid to education.

Answer 38

Frontier

Question 39

Dr. King's ___ speech is considered one of the most influential in American history.

Answer 39

I have a dream

Question 40

President Johnson hoped to improve the life of all Americans with his Great ________ proposals.

Answer 40

Society

Question 41

_______ was President Eisenhower's vice presidential running mate.

Answer 41

Richard M Nixon

Question 42

What was the outcome of the Selma-to-Montgomery march?

Answer 42

Protestors delivered a letter to Governor George Wallace leading to a personal meeting with President Johnson to discuss civil rights.

Question 43

The Supreme Court overturned the segregation of public education in the case of _______.

Answer 43

Brown V. Boar of Education

Question 44

Black _______ was the idea that African Americans should celebrate their African roots and remain separate from White society.

Answer 44

Power

Question 45

White Southerners expressed their desire to continue __________ by issuing the Southern Manifesto.

Answer 45

Segregation

Question 46

The Soviet Union removed nuclear weapons from a country close to the United States in exchange for the removal of U.S. missiles from Turkey.

Answer 46

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 47

concluded that President Kennedy's assassin acted alone

Answer 47

Report of Warren County