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  • When did the U.S. send direct aid to the South Vietnam?
    1960
    1954
    1955
  • After WW2, who established the U.N. (the United Nations) to solve problems among nations and keep the peace?
    The Allied countries (the U.S. was one of the original members)
  • When did Vietnam split into North and South?
    1960
    1945
    1954
  • On July 20, 1969, _______________ stepped outside and became the first man to walk on the Moon.
    Neil Armstrong
    Alan Shepherd
    Yuri Gagarin
  • Between ________________, as a result of the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King, Jr., new laws helped blacks and other minorities to achieve equality
    1960 and 1970
    1957 and 1970
    1950 and 1970
  • Which Amendment that many citizens have tried to add to the U.S. Constitution but many people fear that the amendment could take away some women's special protections?
    Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
    National Women's Party
    All US female citizens have the right to vote.
  • When did the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe allied in the NATO?
    1955
    1945
    1960
    1949
  • In ____ under the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. government gave $400 million in economic and military aid to keep __________ and _________ free of Soviet control.
    1947 - Turkey - Japan
    1947 - Greece - Turkey
    1950 - Germany - Italy
  • The U.S. established the __________ to rebuild the countries of Western Europe, incluing its former enemies.
    The League of Nations
    The United Nations
    The Truman Doctrine
    Marshall Plan
  • When did the United Nations establish?
    1945
  • When did the U.S. send their first satellite into space?
    1969
    1958
    1960
  • What is NATO stand of?
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • When did the Vietnam War take place?
    1960 - 1975
    1950 - 1975
    1954 - 1975
  • Who allied with the U.S. in the NATO?
    Easten Europe
    the U.S.S.R
    Western Europe
  • What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
    an effort to stop the spread of communism
  • When did the Korean War take place?
    June 25, 1950 - July 27,1958
    June 25, 1950 - July 27,1953
  • Who was the first American in space?
    Alan Shepherd
    Neil Armstrong
    Yuri Gagarin
  • Presidents John F.Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson used King's ideas in their New Frotier and Great Society programs to_________________
    help blacks and other minorities to achieve equality
    to make plans for U.S. and Soviet shuttle space stations
  • What was the reason for the competition between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R?
    They had opposite economic and political systems
    One of them wanted to rule the whole world
  • Who allied with the U.S.S.R. in the Warsaw Pact?
    Canada
    Eastern Europe
    Western Europe
    the U.S.
  • When did the last American troops withdraw from the Vietnam War?
    1975
    1973
  • When did the U.S.S.R. and the nations of Eastern Europe allied in the Warsaw Pact??
    1945
    1949
    1960
    1955
  • When did the U.S. intervened in the conflict on the side of the South Vietnam?
    1961 - 1975
    1954 - 1975
  • On ______________ the 19th Amendment was signed into law.
    August 26, 1918
    August 26, 1920
    August 26, 1922
  • In _______, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent U.S. troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to force the all-white university there to accept black students.
    1950
    1960
    1957
  • The Age of Technology began around the time of ____________
    discovery the moon
    invention of the atomic bomb
  • What was the period after WWII?
    the Cold War
  • Why did the U.S. get involved in the Vietnam War?
    to prevent Communist takeover in the South
    to prevent Commnuist takeover in the North
  • Who did the U.S. support in the Korean War?
    communist North Korea
    South Korea
  • The Montgomery bus boycott, in __________, was an important event in blacks’ struggle for equal treatment
    1957
    1955
    1960
  • What is another name for the Vietnam War?
    the Second Indochina War
    the First Indochina War
  • In ___________, women leaders Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Women's Suffrage Association
    1896
    1880
    1869
  • When did the Cold War take place?
    1947 - 1990
    1948 - 1988
    1945 - 1991
    1948 - 1990
  • Which Amendment gave all US female citizens the right to vote
    Amendment 19th
    Amendment 20th
    Amendment 22nd
    Amendment 16th
  • _____________- a black seamstress refused to give up her seat, then was arrested and fined.
    Rosa Parks