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All of the following statements about the Great Depression are true EXCEPT-
a) The Depression did not affect most people, only a small number
b) Over 25% of working-age Americans were unemployed
c)
d)

In its decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court upheld 
a) the right of the Federal government to invalidate state laws that deprived former slaves of the right to vote
b) separate but equal
c)
d)

Marcus Garvey urged African Americans to 
a) return to the continent of Africa
b) accept Jim Crow laws but work to achieve economic success
c)
d)

Jackie Robinson was famous as 
a) the first African American to play Major League Baseball
b) an attorney who fought many cases against segregation
c)
d)

Bus boycotts, lunch counter sit-ins, freedom rides were all attempts to promote
a) racial integration
b) black separatism
c)
d)

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech as part of 
a) a march on Washington in 1963
b) the Little Rock school crisis of 1957
c)
d)

In 1954, the Supreme Court case known as Brown v Board of Education
a) found that segregation in bus stations was unlawful
b) found that separate but equal was unconstitution
c)
d)

During the Bay of Pigs invasion 
a) the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) failed to topple Fidel Castro's regime
b)
c) the CIA restored Fulgenio Batista to power
d)

The Cuban Missile Crisis
a) brought the United States the Soviets to the brink of nuclear war
b) brought the United States into Vietnam
c)
d)

The 1964 Civil Rights Act did not
a) prohibit racial discrimination in institutions like hospitals
b) prohibit racial discrimination in privately owned public accommodations
c)
d)

The competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for power and influence in the world was known as which of the following?
a) the Cold War
b) authorized the president to take all necessary measures to repel armed attacked in Cuba.
c)
d)

The legacies of the 1960s include:
a) a transformation in the status of women
b) the return of school prayer
c)
d)

The Iran-Contra affair:
a) was the greatest scandal of the Reagan administration
b) was the greatest achievement of the Reagan administration
c)
d)

Ronald Reagan's economic policy focused on:
a) high tariffs
b) tax breaks for the wealthy
c)
d)

In a historic move, in 1972 President Nixon opened diplomatic relations with:
a) The Soviet Union
b) China
c)
d)

After Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, George H.W. Bush immediately sent American troops to 
a) Kuwait
b) Egypt
c)
d)

During World War II, many Japanese Americans
a) were interned in camps in isolated areas.
b) moved to the Northeast
c)
d)

What are the three (3) “R’s” of the New Deal?
a) Relief, Recovery, Reform
b) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
c)
d)

What was the outcome of the Korean War?
a) Korea remained divided at almost exactly the same place as before the war.
b) China controlled North Korea while South Korea remained in
c)
d)

The Berlin airlift was President Truman’s response to the
a) German development of the atomic bomb.
b) Soviet blockade of West Berlin
c)
d)

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