END OF SEMESTER EXAM ACTUAL
TEST QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
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Why was the Atlantic Charter important for independence movements in
Africa? Answer: It stated self-determination as a postwar goal.
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Which of the following most influenced American society in the 1950s?
Answer: economic prosperity and fear of communism
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Which three of the following showed that US citizens were being denied
basic rights in the 1940s and 1950s? Answer: Hollywood 10 imprisoned
Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
Lavender Scare
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Complete the following paragraph about a party that stood for racial
segregation and tried to stop the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
, Dixiecrats were members of the States' Rights _____ Party that
supported continued racial segregation in Southern states. A leading
Dixiecrat, _____ went to great lengths to stop the Civil Rights Bill from
passing. Answer: Democratic, Storm Thurmond
⩥ What triggered the civil war in Vietnam? Answer: Ngo Dinh Diem's
refusal to hold elections
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Complete the following paragraph about the attack on Black protesters
on March 7, 1965, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
Following the attacks on protesters by _____ in Selma, the march was
completed under the protection of _____. This route is now a National
Historic Trail. Answer: state troopers, the National Guard
⩥ Select all the correct answers.
Which three statements describe Supreme Court decisions under Chief
Justice Earl Warren? Answer: prepared the way for the legalization of
abortion
made interracial marriage legal across the nation
banned racial segregation in US public schools
⩥ Select ALL the correct answers.
TEST QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
⩥ Select the correct answer.
Why was the Atlantic Charter important for independence movements in
Africa? Answer: It stated self-determination as a postwar goal.
⩥ Select the correct answer.
Which of the following most influenced American society in the 1950s?
Answer: economic prosperity and fear of communism
⩥ Select ALL the correct answers.
Which three of the following showed that US citizens were being denied
basic rights in the 1940s and 1950s? Answer: Hollywood 10 imprisoned
Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
Lavender Scare
⩥ Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.
Complete the following paragraph about a party that stood for racial
segregation and tried to stop the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
, Dixiecrats were members of the States' Rights _____ Party that
supported continued racial segregation in Southern states. A leading
Dixiecrat, _____ went to great lengths to stop the Civil Rights Bill from
passing. Answer: Democratic, Storm Thurmond
⩥ What triggered the civil war in Vietnam? Answer: Ngo Dinh Diem's
refusal to hold elections
⩥ Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.
Complete the following paragraph about the attack on Black protesters
on March 7, 1965, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
Following the attacks on protesters by _____ in Selma, the march was
completed under the protection of _____. This route is now a National
Historic Trail. Answer: state troopers, the National Guard
⩥ Select all the correct answers.
Which three statements describe Supreme Court decisions under Chief
Justice Earl Warren? Answer: prepared the way for the legalization of
abortion
made interracial marriage legal across the nation
banned racial segregation in US public schools
⩥ Select ALL the correct answers.
