Question

Which role did Earl Warren play in the Brown v. Board of Education case?

Answer 1

chief justice

Answer 2

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Answer 3

A.
As the lawyer representing southern schools, he argued that the 14th Amendment allowed segregated education.

B.
As Chief Justice, he convinced the other justices to issue a unanimous decision for the sake of national unity.

C.
As Chief Justice, he wrote a dissenting opinion stating that "separate but equal" public schools were not a violation of blacks' civil rights.

D.
As a lawyer representing the NAACP, he argued that segregated schools violated blacks' constitutional rights.

Answer 4

sorry i forgot the answers choices

Answer 5

C

Answer 6

thx

Answer 7

Which is not a reason why the Cold War started?

A.
The U.S. initiated a policy of attacking communism in the Soviet Union.

B.
Western democracies could not remain allied with oppressive, totalitarian, communist governments.

C.
Americans feared the growing power of the Soviet Union and worried that communism might spread.

D.
Both sides began stockpiling nuclear weapons.

Answer 8

I think it's A. I don't really know much about the cold war, but that answer makes the most sense to me

Answer 9

Which term describes the division between communist and noncommunist Europe?

A.
the National Guard

B.
the policy of containment

C.
the Iron Curtain

D.
the Cold War

Answer 10

C

Answer 11

Which countries were the major participants in the Korean War?

A.
South Korea, the United States, China, and the Philippines

B.
North Korea, South Korea, the United States, and France

C.
North Korea, the United States, China, and India

D.
North Korea, South Korea, the United States, and China

Answer 12

D

Answer 13

Which term refers to the policy of containing communism and preventing its spread into more countries?

A.
the Iron Curtain

B.
the Berlin Wall

C.
the Marshall Plan

D.
the Truman Doctrine

Answer 14

D

Answer 15

Which statement accurately describes the Marshall Plan?

A.
It was the blueprint for a new headquarters building for the United Nations.

B.
It offered financial aid to rebuild the shattered economies of Europe.

C.
It guaranteed a free college education for American veterans of World War II.

D.
It proposed that Germany be reunited under a communist government.

Answer 16

A

Answer 17

Which president integrated the U.S. armed forces in 1948?

A.
Franklin Roosevelt

B.
Thomas Dewey

C.
Harry Truman

D.
Dwight Eisenhower

Answer 18

C

Answer 19

Which statesman and World War II leader warned about the dangers of Stalin and communism in a famous 1946 speech in Fulton, Missouri?

A.
Franklin Roosevelt

B.
George Marshall

C.
Winston Churchill

D.
Ralph Bunche

Answer 20

C

Answer 21

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?

A.
Harry Truman

B.
Alger Hiss

C.
Dwight Eisenhower

D.
Joseph McCarthy

Answer 22

D

Answer 23

Which description best fits Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh?

A.
fanatical anarchist

B.
independent communist

C.
dedicated imperialist

D.
ardent capitalist

Answer 24

B

Answer 25

n December 1955, who refused to comply with a Jim Crow law in Montgomery, Alabama that forced blacks to stand if there were no seats for whites on buses?

A.
John Lewis

B.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

C.
Rosa Parks

D.
Stokely Carmichael

Answer 26

C. this was an easy one

Answer 27

Which American professional sports league was integrated by Jackie Robinson in 1948?

A.
National Football League

B.
National Basketball Association

C.
Major League Soccer

D.
Major League Baseball

Answer 28

D

Answer 29

Why did President Eisenhower send federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?

A.
to enforce court-ordered integration of the city's public high school

B.
to protect striking black garbage workers from police brutality

C.
to break a boycott of public transportation by the city's black residents

D.
to support Governor Orval Faubus in his efforts to uphold Jim Crow laws

Answer 30

A

Answer 31

Which civil rights leader, the son of a minister, was influenced by the writings of Thoreau and Gandhi, both of whom believed in the power of nonviolence?

A.
George Wallace

B.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

C.
Malcolm X

D.
Stokley Carmichael

Answer 32

B

Answer 33

Who controls the means of production in a communist economic system?

A.
wealthy individuals

B.
public trusts

C.
government agencies

D.
foreign investors

Answer 34

C

Answer 35

Which does not describe a way that a boycott can be a powerful agent for change?

A.
It is non-threatening because it rejects violence.

B.
It shows that many people support the cause.

C.
It can have a serious economic impact on businesses.

D.
It demonstrates the power of the judicial system.

Answer 36

A

Answer 37

Who was by and large left out of the prosperity of the 1950s?

A.
the white middle class

B.
children in new suburban areas

C.
African Americans

D.
veterans of World War II

Answer 38

C