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History Unit 10 Unit Assessment
Test Description: History
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which statement about the Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision is correct? It had to do with Jim Crow
A
It overturned key provisions of the 14th Amendment
B
It outlawed separate but equal facilities in southern states.
C
It gave legal approval for Jim Crow laws throughout the South.
D
It upheld women's right to vote in federal elections.
2) Which statement about the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision is correct? A law was overturned.
A
It declared that segregated public schools were constitutional.
B
It said that individual states could decide whether to integrate public schools.
C
It overturned separate but equal public education.
D
It upheld the earlier Plessy v. Ferguson ruling on public education.
3) Which statement accurately describes the reaction to the integration of public schools in the 1950s? It had to do with Southern whites.
A
Many northern blacks moved south so their children could attend integrated schools.
B
Northerners and southerners alike accepted it as the law of the land.
C
Many southern whites resisted it by every means possible.
D
Integration was much slower in the North than in the South.
4) Which role did Earl Warren play in the Brown v. Board of Education case? It had to do with a unaminous decision.
A
As Chief Justice, he wrote a dissenting opinion stating that separate but equal public schools were not a violation of blac
B
As the lawyer representing southern schools, he argued that the 14th Amendment allowed segregated education.
C
As Chief Justice, he convinced the other justices to issue a unanimous decision for the sake of national unity.
D
As a lawyer representing the NAACP, he argued that segregated schools violated blacks' constitutional rights.
5) Which is not a reason why the Cold War started? It had to do with weapons.
A
Both sides began stockpiling nuclear weapons.
B
Americans feared the growing power of the Soviet Union and worried that communism might spread.
C
Western democracies could not remain allied with oppressive, totalitarian, communist governments.
D
The U.S. initiated a policy of attacking communism in the Soviet Union.
6) Which country was divided in two by the Iron Curtain? Country begins with the letter G
A
Germany
B
Austria
C
Hungary
D
Poland
7) Which statement about the Korean War is true? It had to do with President Truman
A
The Soviet Union sent troops to fight alongside North Korea's army
B
President Truman never asked Congress for a formal declaration of war
C
South Korea surrendered after communist China's army joined the conflict.
D
The United Nations refused to authorize the use of force to stop North Korea.
8) Which president sent U.S. troops to defend South Korea in 1950? Last name begins with letter T
A
Joe McCarthy
B
Dwight Eisenhower
C
Franklin Roosevelt
D
Harry Truman
9) Which term refers to the policy of containing communism and preventing its spread into more countries? It had to do with President Truman
A
the Iron Curtain
B
the Marshall Plan
C
the Berlin Wall
D
the Truman Doctrine
10) Which statement about financial aid given under the Marshall Plan is true? It had to do with infrastructures.
A
It contained the provision that the money must be repaid within three years.
B
It was granted only to Soviet allies in eastern Europe so they would abandon communism.
C
It was used to rebuild West Germany's armed forces so the country could stand up to the Soviet Union.
D
It offered assistance in rebuilding infrastructure to our former enemies as well as our allies.
11) Which president integrated the U.S. armed forces in 1948? Last name begins with a T
A
Franklin Roosevelt
B
Harry Truman
C
Dwight Eisenhower
D
Thomas Dewey
12) Which statesman and World War II leader warned about the dangers of Stalin and communism in a famous 1946 speech in Fulton, Missouri? Last name begins with a C
A
George Marshall
B
Ralph Bunche
C
Franklin Roosevelt
D
Winston Churchill
13) During the Red Scare of the 1950s, which American politician became famous for his vicious campaign to uncover communists in the U.S. government and military? Last name begins with a M
A
Alger Hiss
B
Harry Truman
C
Joseph McCarthy
D
Dwight Eisenhower
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