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What is the cause of the COLD WAR ?
The plan by the SOVIET UNION to SPREAD COMMUNISM throughout Europe after World War Two. The US promised to CONFRONT the SOVIET UNION where ever this might happen
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There were two groups based in Europe after World War Two. The NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) countries were DEMOCRATIC. Name the COMMUNIST countries of Europe ....
WARSAW PACT were the Communist countries of Europe
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Name the INCREASE in the birth rate after World War Two when soldiers wanted to start families. This was part of the AMERICAN DREAM
BABY BOOM, there was an increase in spending for education once the "boomers" were ready to start elementary school
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What were the GOALS of the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ???
to end DISCRIMINATION (unfair treatment of certain groups) and SEGREGATION (separation of the races)
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Name the laws that were passed to help handicapped people live more normal lives. It included ramps into buildings and at corners, also lifts to get onto buses...
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, wheelchair access was made easier for people to help themselves
200
What was the goal of CONTAINMENT, the US foreign policy after World War Two ?
to stop the spread of COMMUNISM to NEW countries throughout the world after World War Two
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Name the permission given to President Lyndon Johnson to ESCALATE the war in Vietnam WITHOUT Congress passing a declaration of war against Vietnam
GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION, the US sent more than 500,000 new soldiers to Vietnam
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Name the LAW that was offered to veteran soldiers after World War Two to help them attend college, start businesses or buy a house ??
THE G.I.BILL
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What war the goal of the VOTING RIGHTS LAWS that were passed during the 1960s
to register more MINORITY VOTERS, especially in southern states
200
Why do many LATIN AMERICANS illegally enter the United States ???
they hope for a BETTER LIFE and JOBS. People have different opinions about whether illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in the United States. They are often DEPORTED out of the country.
300
Name a country that was involved with the DOMINO THEORY in ASIA during the 1950s ? (a) England (b) Brazil (c) Vietnam (d) Kuwait
(C) Vietnam, the US was afraid communism would spread to nearby countries like Laos, Cambodia if Vietnam became communist
300
What was the goal of the BAY OF PIGS INVASION on CUBA during the 1960s ?
to remove the communist dictator FIDEL CASTRO from power in CUBA. It failed when planes could not land on Cuba
300
What were goals of President Lyndon Johnson's GREAT SOCIETY plan for government...
to end POVERTY, provide health care for the elderly (MEDICARE) and to spend more money on school programs
300
Who refused to give up her seat on the Montgomery Alabama bus, this started a year long BOYCOTT of buses by minority riders and started the civil rights career of Martin Luther King Jr.
ROSA PARKS
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Where was President John Kennedy assassinated in 1963 ?
DALLAS TEXAS
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Which US Senator accused some Americans of being communist during the 1950s. The period was known as the RED SCARE. (a) Franklin Roosevelt (b) Joseph McCarthy (c) Nelson Rockefeller
(B) Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a list of DISLOYAL AMERICANS working for the government
400
Name one event that is considered the END OF THE COLD WAR ....
The collapse of the Soviet Union and communism OR the destruction of the BERLIN WAR and re-unification of Berlin into one city again
400
What would be the RESULT if the SUPERPOWERS attacked each other using nuclear weapons ?
GLOBAL DESTRUCTION and complete OBLITERATION.
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Name the most prominent LATINO leader of the CIVIL RIGHTS era. He organized farm workers into unions and started a grape and lettuce boycott
CESAR CHAVEZ
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Which barrier became a SYMBOL of the COLD WAR in GERMANY ?
the BERLIN WALL. It was destroyed by the end of the 1980s
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What was DRAWN on the European map after World War Two to separate it into democratic and communist countries?
the IRON CURTAIN
500
The EASING of tensions between the SUPERPOWERS was known as ....
DETENTE, the US and Soviet Union made attempts to get along and limit the increase of NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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What social movement was the MONTGOMERY ALABAMA BUS BOYCOTT, MARCH ON WASHINGTON and SIT-INS associated with ???
CIVIL RIGHTS
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Name the government program that gave PREFERENCE to minorities and women in hiring for jobs and entrance into medical and law schools classes....
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
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According to the WARREN COMMISSION, who was the ASSASSIN of President John Kennedy.....
LEE HARVEY OSWALD, many believe there was a CONSPIRACY and Oswald did not act alone