| Question | Answer |
| 1. Who was the first African American to play for a Major League baseball team? | Jackie Robinson played with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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2. What political system was used in the Soviet Union after Lenin's revolution? | Dictatorship or totalitarianism
| 3. What economic system did Lenin establish? | Communism
| 4. What was the name of the plan for rebuilding Western Europe after the destruction of WWII? | Marshall Plan
| 5. What country was instrumental in creating the nation of Israel? | Great Britain (see #6)
| 6. Who was the senator who led the misguided search for enemies inside this country, a search which destroyed the lives of many innocent people? | Senator Joseph McCarthy (see #8)
| 7. In our first attempt to prevent the spread of communism, what country did the U.S. army fight from 1950-1953? | North Korea (see #8)
| 8. According to the textbook, describe the governing style of FDR and Harry S. Truman. | Active leaders that passed many laws attempting to affect people's lives.
| 9. According to the textbook, describe the governing style of Dwight D. Eisenhower. | Hands-off approach. He did not feel he should take an active part in society.
| 10. Name two ways that people lived, ate, traveled and spent their after WWII. | college thru GI bills, families moved to suburbs, large cars were popular, drive-ins, interstate system, family motels (Holiday Inn, Howard Johnson's), fast food restaurants (McDonald's), Baby Boom, most families have TVs.
| 11. What country asked for our help to regain control of Indochina? | France
| 12. What was our purpose in Vietnam? | The US wanted to protect South Vietnam from falling to the communists.
| 13. What Supreme Court decision of 1954 was meant to put an end to "separate but equal" segregation? | Brown vs. Board of Education
| 14. What happened at the Bay of Pigs? | It was the site of an attach by Cubans and the CIA attempting to overthrow Fidel Castro.
| 15. What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? | The USSR tried to put missiles in Cuba. JFK forced the Soviets to remove those missiles. For almost two weeks, it was not known whether the US and USSR would fight a nuclear war.
| 16. Between which two Alabama cities did marchers walk in order to protest the difficulties African Americans were having voting in that state? | Selma to Montgomery
| 17. Who was the leader of the USSR in the 1960? | Nikita Krushchev
| 18. Who was the Police of Birmingham, Alabama, who resisted desegregation violently? | Eugene "Bull" Connor
| 19. What three national figures were assassinated during the 1960s? | JFK, Robert Kennedy & MLK Jr.
| 20. Was President Nixon impeached as a result of the Watergate scandal? | No, he resigned before being impeached.
| 21. Name two major protest movements. | Civil Rights Movement (focusing on African Americans), against the Vietnam War, women's rights and equality, better conditions for migrant workers.
| 22. Which president opened up US communications with Communist China? | Nixon
| 23. Which president arranged peace talks between Egypt and Israel? | Carter
| 24. Which president organized peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians? | Clinton |
