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Baby Boom Suburbia
Civil Rights 1 Civil Rights 2
U.S./U.S.S.R. Competition
Cold War Policies
The rapid growth in personal income in the decade after World War II contributed to
(1) a decrease in the birthrate
(2) a major economic depression
(3) expansion of the middle class
(4) shortages in the supply of luxury goods
A 100
Population increases that resulted from the baby boom of the 1950s and 1960s
contributed to a
(1) housing surplus
(2) drop in immigration
(3) reduction in government services
(4) rise in demand for consumer goods
A 200
The baby boom primarily resulted from the
(1) economic prosperity of the 1920s
(2) Great Depression of the 1930s
(3) delay in marriages during World War II
(4) counterculture movement of the 1960s
A 300
How did the post-World War II baby boom affect American society between 1945 and
1960?
(1) It decreased the demand for housing.
(2) It bankrupted the Social Security System.
(3) It increased the need for educational resources.
(4) It encouraged people to migrate to the Sun Belt.
A 400
Which development led to the other three?
(1) growth of new home construction
(2) increase in school populations
(3) start of the baby boom
(4) pressure on the Social Security system
A 500
What developments following World War II caused the urban-suburban pattern shown
in the diagram?
B 200
The expansion of highways and automobile ownership due to the economic growth of the baby boom years.
B 200
The Pacific [Transcontinental] Railway Act (1862) and the Interstate Highway Act (1956) are both examples of
(1) federally supported internal improvement projects linking the nation
(2) regional construction projects coordinated by southern and western states
(3) military projects required to meet the needs of the defense industry
(4) transportation legislation designed to encourage foreign trade
B 400
Which sequence shows the correct order of events related to the history of African Americans in
the United States?(1) Radical Reconstruction Emancipation Proclamation Brown
v. Board of Education of Topeka decision Great Migration
(2) Emancipation Proclamation Radical Reconstruction Great Migration Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision
(3) Great Migration Emancipation Proclamation Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision Radical
Reconstruction
(4) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision Great Migration Radical Reconstruction Emancipation
ProclamationC 100
(2) Emancipation Proclamation Radical Reconstruction Great Migration Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision
C 100
“Jackie Robinson Breaks Color Barrier in Major League Baseball”
“President Truman Issues Executive Order Desegregating Armed Forces”
“NAACP Challenges School Segregation”
What are these headlines most closely associated with?
C 200
“President Jackson Signs Force Bill Against South Carolina”
“ Congress Declares Southern States Must Accept 14th Amendment”
“President Eisenhower Sends Federal Troops to Little Rock, Arkansas”
What principle is illustrated by these headlines?
C 300
“We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities
are inherently unequal.”
-Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
What constitutional idea was the basis for this Supreme Court decision?
C 400
In 1954, the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka advanced the civil
rights movement by
(1) guaranteeing equal voting rights to African Americans
(2) banning racial segregation in hotels and restaurants
(3) declaring that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th Amendment
(4) upholding the principle of separate but equal public facilities
C 500
When President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent troops into Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957, he was
fulfilling his presidential role as
(1) chief executive
(2) chief diplomat
(3) head of state
(4) head of his political party
D 100
In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to
(1) protect civil rights marchers
(2) help African Americans register to vote
(3) enforce a Supreme Court decision to desegregate public schools
(4) end race riots resulting from a bus boycott
D 200
“We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal” has no place. Separate
educational facilities are inherently unequal…”
-Chief Justice Earl Warren
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
This quotation illustrates the Supreme Court’s power to
(1) uphold previous decisions
(2) overrule state laws
(3) check the powers of the executive branch
(4) provide for educational funding D 300
What constitutional principle was tested in the cases of Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board
of Education of Topeka?
D 400
“…Whenever normal agencies prove inadequate to the task and it becomes necessary for the Executive Branch of the Federal Government to use its powers and authority to uphold the Federal Courts, the President’s responsibility is inescapable.
In accordance with that responsibility, I have today issued an Executive Order directing the use of troops under federal authority to aid in the execution of Federal law at Little Rock, Arkansas. This became necessary when my Proclamation of yesterday was not observed, and the obstruction of justice still continues…”
-President Dwight D. Eisenhower
September 24, 1957
The situation described in this statement grew out of efforts to
(1) uphold the Voting Rights Act
(2) pass a constitutional amendment ending poll taxes
(3) enforce the decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
(4) extend the Montgomery bus boycott to Little Rock D 500
“Sputnik Launch Propels Soviets Ahead in Space Race”
How did the United States government respond to the event described in this headline
in 1957?
E 100
The immediate impact of the 1957 launch of Sputnik I was that it
(1) forced the United States to find new sources of fuel
(2) focused attention on the need to regulate the uses of outer space
(3) heightened the space race as a form of Cold War competition
(4) ended the period of peaceful coexistence between the United States and the Soviet Union
E 200
Which pair of events shows a correct cause-and-effect relationship?
(1) secession of South Carolina → election of Abraham Lincoln
(2) United States enters the Spanish-American War → sinking of the USS Maine
(3) passage of the Meat Inspection Act → publication of The Jungle
(4) Soviets launch Sputnik → United States lands astronauts on the Moon
E 300
Which development led to the other three?
(1) The United States government increased funding for science and math education.
(2) The Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite.
(3) A joint Soviet-American space mission was announced.
(4) President John F. Kennedy set the goal of landing a man on the Moon.
E 400
F 200
What foreign policy concept influenced the decision of the United States to become
militarily involved in Southeast Asia in the 1950s and 1960s?
In 1957, the Eisenhower Doctrine expanded the
principles of the Truman Doctrine by extending
military assistance to the Middle East in order to
(1) offset communist influence in the region
(2) combat anti-American terrorist threats
(3) force the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC) to end its oil embargo
(4) defend Israel against Arab invasions
F 400
“ U.S. Sponsors Panamanian Revolution” (1903)“U.S. Establishes Military Rule in Dominican Republic” (1916)
“CIA Supports Overthrow of Guatemala Regime” (1954)
What do these headlines suggest about United States foreign policy in Latin America?
F 500
Who was the first man to step foot on the Moon, and what was
the name of his mission?
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Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the Moon, and he
was a part of the Apollo 11 mission.
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