The HUAC Hollywood hearings led to __________. A) the blacklisting of writers, directors, and actors who refused to cooperate B) solid evidence of a widespread Communist conspiracy in the movie business C) the prosecution and conviction of dozens of dangerous subversives D) a realization that there was little real Communist threat against America ANSWER […]
The Korean War began when __________. A) South Korea launched an invasion of China B) Ho Chi Minh rebelled against continued French rule C) South Korea attempted to unify both occupation zones of Korea D) North Korea launched a military attack on South Korea ANSWER Answer: D
What was the consequence of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s nationally televised congressional hearings in 1954? A) McCarthy was disgraced. B) McCarthy grew more popular than ever. C) McCarthy was imprisoned. D) McCarthy decided to run for president. ANSWER Answer: A
The presidential election that first showed the power of television in political life was in the year __________. A) 1948 B) 1952 C) 1956 D) 1960 ANSWER Answer: B
The 1956 Suez Crisis was sparked when Egyptian president Nasser asked __________ for aid in building a Nile River dam. A) the Soviet Union B) the United States C) Israel D) Saudi Arabia ANSWER Answer: A
By the 1950s, __________ out of eight teenagers was/were in school. A) one B) six C) three D) seven ANSWER Answer: B
In 1946, the NAACP obtained the Morgan v. Virginia ruling, which declared that segregation was illegal on/in __________. A) national housing projects B) defense industry jobs C) colleges D) interstate buses ANSWER Answer: D
In the late 1940s, the Supreme Court ruled in the Mendez and Delgado cases that __________. A) language was not a barrier to citizenship B) the separate but equal doctrine applied to Mexican Americans C) Mexican Americans could not be excluded from jury lists D) segregation of Mexican Americans was unconstitutional ANSWER Answer: D
Where did the prehistoric Paleo-Indians, who first migrated to the Americas, come from? A) Scandinavia B) Eastern Siberia C) the Mediterranean Basin D) Polynesia ANSWER B
The Iroquois nation’s tribal organization could be described as A) autocratic. B) patrilineal. C) democratic. D) matrilineal. ANSWER D
