Name ______Date______Score ______Units 24& 23 Quiz
Multiple Choices: After reading each question carefully select the best answer for each [2 points each].
1. How did the G.I. Bill of Rights improve the lives of military veterans in the United States?
A Soldiers were allowed to enlist for additional years.
B Sailors earned lifetime retirement benefits.
C Veterans earned funding for college education.
D Marines were allowed expanded freedom of speech.
2. Why was Levittown was an example of the so-called American Dream?
A Newly arrived immigrants mingled with whites.
B Homeownership of Americans was widely expanded.
C Civil rights considerations were tested increasingly.
D Desegregated communities shrank in size.
3. How did advances in technology increase affluence within the United States?
A Vaccines and electronics improved living standards.
B Space Race achievements increased US prestige.
C Nuclear buildups-ups tested Soviet resolve.
D The Kitchen Debate exposed Soviet tensions.
4. How and why did gender roles transform during the 1950s?
A More women became doctors and lawyers
B Less women fought in world wars
C Men forced women into clerical positions
D Less women were expected to earn wages.
5. How did consumer culture and corporate
America affectthe lives of U.S. citizens during
the 1950s?
A Military-Industrial Complex created tensions
B Higher unemployment levels
C Expanded credit and job opportunities
D Less ability to buy cars for travel
6. What was the purpose of the so-called Marshall Plan?
A Frustrate the NATO alliance within Cold War
B Rebuild devastated Europe, limit Soviet expansion
C Limit ability of Senator McCarthy to spy on Reds
D Rapidly conclude construction of Berlin wall
7. ___Why was the U-2 incident a potentially severe problem for both the U.S. and U.S.S.R.?
A Each side could escalate military aggression
B Russia might consider executing U-2 pilot
C Bay of Pigs invasion was considered
D Nuclear holocaust was inevitable
8. Which conflict between the U.S.S.R. and U.S. is best characterized by the excerpt below?
It is my duty, however, to place before you certain facts about the present position in Europe. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow.
A The Berlin War
B World War 1
C Bolshevik Revolution
D Cold War
9. Why was the U-2 incident of 1960 considered an example of brinkmanship?
A Eisenhower met Khrushev in Brinkski, USSR
B Counteractions could lead to nuclear war
C Nuclear War was hardly avoidable
D Duck and Cover drills prepared citizens for war
10. Why was the C.I.A. created by the United States?
A To broaden relations between foreign alliances
B To ease tensions between NATO and Russia
C To acquire intelligence regarding foreign threats
D To strengthen the Military-Industrial Complex
11. What did the verdict in the Emmett Till case demonstrate about the state of race relations in Mississippi?
A Discrimination and segregation were deeply rooted.
B Brown vs. Board of Ed case was respected.
C Integration was highly favored.
D James Meredith’s acceptance to Ole Miss failed.
12. How did did the Brown vs. Board of Education serve as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement?
A Court’s reversal of separate but equal emboldened activists
B Martin Luther King promoted violent confrontations.
C KKK members began seeking ways to intimidate blacks.
D Black schools began finding ways to improve learning.
13. What was the significance of the Little Rock Nine regarding segregation of public schools in the South?
A Mississippi’s governor did not allow college entrance.
B Eisenhower granted equality to all soldiers.
C President intervened militarily to enforce U.S. law.
D Black students graduated from high school.
14. What does the image below say about some aspects of U.S. society during the 1950s?
A Racism against blacks extended to books
B Suburban white families were indicative of conformity
C KKK forced schools to avoid integration.
D Literacy among whites increased each year.
15. Which of the following tactics carried out by President Truman best demonstrated an example of brinkmanship?
A Korean War
B Bay of Pigs Invasion
C Berlin Airlift
D Vietnam War
16. What conclusion would the typical U.S. citizen, during the 1950s, likely draw from the quote below?
I consider your crime worse than murder. Plain deliberate contemplated murder is dwarfed in magnitude by comparison with the crime you have committed. In committing the act of murder, the criminal kills only his victim. But in your case, I believe your conduct in putting into the hands of the Russians the A-bomb years before our best scientists predicted Russia would perfect the bomb has already caused, in my opinion, the Communist aggression in Korea, with the resultant casualties exceeding 50,000 and who knows but that millions more of innocent people may pay the price of your treason. Indeed, by your betrayal you undoubtedly have altered the course of history to the disadvantage of our country.
A Nuclear war was inevitable because of greed.
B Senator Joseph McCarthy had too much power.
C Threat of communism in the US was serious.
D The NASA program needed more funding.
17. What most likely was the intended purpose of the campaign promoted by the image below?
A Create expanded paranoia among citizens
B Increase the number of domestic spies in the US
C Too much power in the hands of the military
D High awareness of nuclear threats
18. Which of the following men would have most likely used the powers provided by the text of the federal law listed below?
The Smith Act of 1940
§ 2385. Advocating Overthrow of Government.
Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.
A Dwight D. Eisenhower
B John F. Kennedy
C Joseph McCarthy
D Thurgood Marshall
19. Why was outgoing President Dwight Eisenhower so concerned about a so-called Military Industrial Complex?
A Citizens’ civil rights were severely threatened.
B Corruption among religious groups was imminent.
C NASA’s space program threatened to bankrupt U.S.
D Korean War’s growth increased Red Scare.
20. What was the greatest significance of the Kitchen Debate between Nixon and Soviet Premier Khruschev?
A The U.S. proving its superior standard of living
B The USSR demonstrating superior military power
C Khruschev declaring his contempt for America
D Nixon influencing Russia to abandon communism
21. What was the principal purpose for creating the Peace Corps in 1961 according the remarks delivered by President Kennedy below?
…We needed young men and women willing to give up a few years to serve their country in this fashion, the students proposed a new organization to promote such an effort. Others have indicated a similar response, offering a tremendous pool of talent that could work modern miracles for peace in dozens of underdeveloped nations.
I am convinced that our young men and women, dedicated to freedom, are fully capable of overcoming the efforts of Mr. Khrushchev's missionaries who are dedicated to undermining that freedom.
These proposals offer no quick and easy solution to the problems of peace. But they are essential tools. "Give me a fulcrum," Archimedes is reported to have said, "and a place to stand and I will move the world." The tools I have suggested can be our fulcrum - it is here we take our stand - let us move the world down the road to peace.
A Providing clean drinking water for 3rd World nations
B Escalating the Cold war with Russia
C Preventing further influence of Soviet union
D Decreasing the power of Soviet spies overseas
22. Which factor led to less racial diversity in cities?
A The Cold War
B Civil Rights Movement
C White Flight
D School integration
23. What 1950s characteristic is shown in image below?
A Conformity
B McCarthyism
C Brinkmanship
D Non-conformity
24. Which event was sparked by Rosa Parks?
A Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education
B Emmitt Till Murder Trial
C Montgomery Bus Boycott
D Bay of Pigs Invasion
25. What does the chart below say about the role of women without husbands after the 1950s?
A Women increasingly relied on their husbands.
B Women’s financial responsibility increased.
C Secretarial skills were required for most jobs.
D Women were expected to pay higher taxes.