1. What did Kerouac opt to abandon “tedium” in his second book?
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  1. In which year did just over 250,000 people receive their Bachelor’s or first professional degree?
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  1. In the 1950s the federal government encouraged Native Americans to…

  1. What contributed to poverty?
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  1. After World War II, many American cities began to decline because of what?
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  1. Rock-and-Roll music…

  1. Television programs in the 1950s often…
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  1. Dr. Benjamin Spock…
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  1. The television…

  1. Congress increased federal funding for education largely because of…
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  1. Which industry grew most rapidly during the 1950s?
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  1. What made the scale of suburban growth possible?

  1. The rise of the car culture led to the…
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  1. President Eisenhower…
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  1. During the postwar period, immigrant groups in America…

  1. The fight of the urban middle class to the Suburbs…
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  1. During the 1950s, American Families…
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  1. The National Defense Education Act allocated federal funds to train…

  1. Many people migrated to the Sunbelt to…
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  1. The Marshall Plan generated economic growth by…
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  1. After World War II, worker productivity improved largely because of…

  1. What was HUAC responsible for?
/ After the war, police arrested thousands of radicals and immigrants and deported them during the / Italian immigrants and anarchists put to death after a controversial court case / Palmer Raids / Contraband
These war aims were outlined in a speech by President Wilson. / Merchant vessels sailing with warships for protection are in a / What committee worked to create support for the war effort? / CPI / Convoy / Fourteen Points
What movement had African Americans leaving the South to move North? / The heir to Austria-Hungry whose death sparked World War I / What was the cause of the most American deaths during World War I / Influenza / Francis Ferdinand / Great Migration
Who was the head of the War Industries Board? / An organization created to bring countries together to resolve their problems. / Forms of government should be chosen by the people according to / Self-Determination / League of Nations / Bernard Baruch
What type of vessel did Germany heavily rely on in sea warfare? / An economic term for a general rise in prices / This pact ended the War, and heavily placed the blame on Germany / Treaty of Versailles / Inflation / U-Boat
Information presented in a way to influence ways of thinking / Led by Henry Cabot Lodge, these senators opposed the treaty and wanted to make changes to it. / Soldiers that were killed, wounded, or missing were referred to as / Casualty / Reservationists / Propaganda
Who was the leader of American forces in Europe? / The widespread fear of communism that swept America after the war was called the / This allowed a military draft via lottery of American men to serve in Europe / Selective Service Act / Red Scare / John. J Pershing
Payments made for war damages are known as / A telegram intercepted by British from the Germans proposing an alliance with Mexico. / A territory that France lost to Germany in 1871. / Alsace-Lorraine / Zimmerman Note / Reparations
What policy created an arms race in competing nations? / Who led the 1917 communist revolution in Russia? / What was another name for the 450 miles of trenches running across France? / Western Front / Vladmir Lenin / Militarism
If a country is owed more money than it owes it is a / What banned treasonous printed materials and newspapers? / A person that opposes fighting in wars for religious or moral reasons. / Conscientious Objector / Espionage Act / Creditor Nation
What vessel was destroyed by Germany, despite being a passenger ship? / This group of senators were isolationists who strongly opposed the League of Nations / Proposed a return to normalcy after the war / Warren G. Harding / Irreconcilables / Lusitania
Great Britain, France, and Russia were all part of this alliance / This alliance was comprised of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy / Germany’s plot to invade France was called the / Schlieffen Plan / Triple Alliance / Triple Entente
America’s policy toward war at the beginning of The Great War was / This association supported the war effort, as well as suffrage. / The type of government that calls for shared societal wealth is / Communism / NAWSA / Neutrality
A formal journalist, this man became the director of the CPI / George Creel
The belief that direct, nonviolent methods could gain civil rights for African Americans was part of which group’s goals? / Which President sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to protect African American students? / After the Voting Rights Act of 1965 what happened in hundreds of cities across America?
The policy that gives special consideration to women and minorities to make up for past discrimination. / Why did some oppose Affirmative Action policies? / Organization of militant African Americans founded in 1966.
Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964? / While in Prison, Malcolm X became a convert to / What did the SNCC claim happened to three civil rights workers who disappeared during Freedom Summer?
“Black Power” was exemplified in what way by the Black Panthers? / Native American Tribes were granted greater control over resources found on reservations through the passage of what Act? / Between 1950-2000 the number of women in the workforce did what?
Protecting reproductive rights was a major goal of this group. / Supreme Court Chief Justice who handed down the decision in Brown vs. Board of Education that ended the policy of separate but equal. / Form of protest where participants sit and refuse to move.
Network of churches and clubs that set up employment agencies and relief efforts to help African Americans get settled and find work in the cities. / A person must pay this before they could vote. / Segregation imposed by law.
Term that refers to northerners who moved south following the Civil War to take advantage of the destroyed south. / White Southerners who supported Radical Republicans during Reconstruction. / 1st women’s rights convention held in the U.S. in 1848.
Labor union of farm workers that used nonviolent tactics, including a workers’ strike and a consumer boycott of table grapes. / Group that focused on helping Indians, including the securing of legal rights, land, and self-government for Native Americans. / Movement in the 1960s that urged African Americans to use their collective political and economic power to gain equality.
Most influential Latino activist in the Latino’s effort for equal rights. / Conservative female opponent of feminism. She openly challenged the women’s movement. / This feminist used mass media and journalism to promote awareness of women’s issues.
Most famous for her book the “Feminist Mystique” / NAACP lawyer who fought against segregation and later became a Supreme Court Justice. / Woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus causing a major bus boycott.
1961 protest by activists who rode buses through southern states to test their compliance with the ban on segregation on interstate buses. / Person who travels from farm to farm to pick fruits and vegetables. / Group set up to investigate the causes of race riots in American cities in the 1960s.
Constitutional amendment that banned the poll tax as a voting requirement. / African American religious organization founded in 1930 that advocated separation of the races. / A group of African American thinkers founded in 1905 that pushed for immediate racial reforms, particularly in education and voting practices.
System which farmer paid rent to a landowner for the use of the land. / Laws that restricted African Americans’ rights and opportunities. / Federal agency designed to aid freed slaves and poor white farmers in the South after the Civil War.
Reading and writing test formerly use in some southern states to prevent African Americans from voting. / Law to disqualify African American voters by allowing the vote only to men whose fathers and grandfathers voted before 1867. / Belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens.
/ Palmer Raids / Contraband
CPI / Convoy / Fourteen Points
Influenza / Francis Ferdinand / Great Migration
Self-Determination / League of Nations / Bernard Baruch
Treaty of Versailles / Inflation / U-Boat
Casualty / Reservationists / Propaganda
Selective Service Act / Red Scare / John. J Pershing
Alsace-Lorraine / Zimmerman Note / Reparations
Western Front / Vladmir Lenin / Militarism
Conscientious Objector / Espionage Act / Creditor Nation
Warren G. Harding / Irreconcilables / Lusitania
Schlieffen Plan / Triple Alliance / Triple Entente
Communism / NAWSA / Neutrality
George Creel
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  1. What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?
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  1. What event in 1956 threatened the flow of Middle Eastern oil to Europe?

  1. Why did the U.S. send several billion dollars to aid the Nationalists in China?
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  1. In response to NATO, with whom did the Soviet Union form the Warsaw Pact?
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  1. What led to Senator McCarthy’s downfall?

  1. Where did Senator McCarthy first announce that the State Department was infested with communists?
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  1. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged, convicted and executed for…
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  1. In 1954, J. Robert Oppenheimer was investigated and denied future access to classified information because?

  1. The CIA participated in the Cold War by…
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  1. How was Khrushchev different from Stalin?
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  1. John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower’s Secretary of state…

  1. How did the American public view General MacArthur after President Truman fired him?
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  1. General MacArthur chose what port city for a counterattack against North Korea?
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  1. In 1950, what even began the conflict on the Korean peninsula?

  1. In China’s civil war, the U.S. backed…
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  1. NATO and the Warsaw Pact were examples of…
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  1. One goal of the Marshall Plan was to…

  1. Who first spoke of the “iron curtain”?
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  1. Which countries remained under Soviet control after the end of World War II?

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