End Of Semester Test: US History B
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How did American leaders think the Marshall Plan would help American businesses?
Correct answer: It would open new markets in Europe for
goods.
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Why was the Atlantic Charter important for independence movements in Africa?
Correct answer: It stated self-determination as a postwar goal.
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Which of the following most influenced American society in the 1950s?
Correct answer: economic prosperity and fear of communism
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Which three of the following showed that US citizens were being denied basic rights in the 1940s and 1950s?
Correct answer: Hollywood 10 imprisoned
Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 Lavender Scare
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menu.Complete the following paragraph about a party that stood for racial segregation and tried to stop the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Dixiecrats were members of the States' Rights _____ Party that supported continued racial segregation in Southern states.A leading Dixiecrat, _____ went to great lengths to stop the Civil Rights Bill from passing.
Correct answer: Democratic, Storm Thurmond
Question : What triggered the civil war in Vietnam?
Correct answer: Ngo Dinh Diem's refusal to hold elections
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menu.Complete the following paragraph about the attack on Black protesters on March 7, 1965, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
Following the attacks on protesters by _____ in Selma, the march was completed under the protection of _____. This route is now a National Historic Trail.
Correct answer: state troopers, the National Guard
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Which three statements describe Supreme Court decisions under Chief Justice Earl Warren?
Correct answer: prepared the way for the legalization of
abortion made interracial marriage legal across the nation banned racial segregation in US public schools
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Which is true regarding youth activists in the 1960s?
Correct answer: They fought for student liberties at
universities.They brought together liberals and leftists.They joined the Civil Rights Movement.
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What was one purpose of the Great Society programs begun under President Johnson?
Correct answer: reduce poverty in the United States
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What was Churchill referring to with the term iron curtain?
Correct answer: the separation of Western Europe and
communist Eastern Europe
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Which statement describes the India-Pakistan War?