EOC REVIEW : Cold War, 1950s, Civil Rights
Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union entered a 45 year period of tension between the two
countries known as the Cold War. The failure of the Soviet Union to allow free elections in Eastern Europe (following the
end of WWII) and the establishment of communist countries prompted the United States to engage in a policy of
containment.
What event occurred in 1957 and how is it associated with the above cartoon?
1. Describe the U.S. responses to Soviet aggression after World War II:
a. Truman Doctrine_____________________________________________
b. Marshall Plan
c. North Atlantic Treaty
d. Organization (NATO)
e. Berlin Airlift
f. John F. Kennedy’s role in the Cuban Missile Crisis
2. Why was the launching of Sputnik a significant event?
3. Why was the United Nations established and why would some be opposed to the U.S. participating in it?
4. What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the United Nations?
5. Identify each of the following and explain how they led to an increase in Cold War
a. tensions?
b. Arms race
c. Space race
d. McCarthyism
e. House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
6. Explain U.S. involvement in the Korean War:
a. Reasons for US Involvement in Korea
b. Outcomes of Korean War
c. leader of UN forces in Korean War who was fired by President Truman
7.How did defense spending impact economics from 1945 into the 1990s?
8. Compare Presidents of the Cold War:
a. Truman
b. Eisenhower
c. Kennedy
d. Johnson
e. Nixon
f.
Ford
g. Carter
h. Reagan
9. How did the Cold War impact education spending from 1945 into the 1990s?
10.Identify the following terms and explain how they relate to the topic of the Cold War:
a. loyalty oaths
b. Venona Papers
c. Alger Hiss
d. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
e. containment
1950s Identify
a.
Consumerism
b. Conformity
c. Rock n’ roll
d. Suburbia and Levittown
e. Federal Highway Act
f.
Truman’s Fair Deal
g. Eisenhower’s Dynamic Conservatism
h. GI Bill
i.
Baby boomers
j.
Beat movement
k. Juvenile delinquents
l.
Mass media
EOC REVIEW: Civil Rights
While the Civil Rights movement began soon after the Civil War with the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th
amendments it would gain momentum in the 1950s with the key decision in Brown v Board of Education overturning
segregation. The civil rights movement would see gains for African Americans, Latinos, American
.
1. Trace the development of the Civil Rights Movement by completing the timeline below:
a. 13th amendment
b. 14th amendment
c. 15th amendment
d. 1896 Plessy v Ferguson
e. 19th Amendment
f. Truman’s desegregation of the armed forces
g. 1954 Brown v Board of Education
h. Civil Rights Act of 1957 and 1964
i. March on Washington
j. Voting Rights Act of 1965
2. Identify the roles each of these leaders played in supporting civil rights.
a. Martin Luther King, Jr
b. Cesar Chavez
c. Rosa Parks
d. Hector P. Garcia
e. Betty Friedan
3. Describe the role of the following individuals that sought to maintain the status quo.
a. George Wallace
b. Orval Faubus
c. Lester Maddox
d. Congressional bloc of southern Democrats
4. Compare and contrast the approach taken by the following Civil Rights groups in the
a. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s approach
b. Black Panther’s approach
c. How were they similar?
5. Describe how each of these cases protected the rights of minorities
a. Mendez v Westminster
b. Hernandez v Texas
c. Delgado v Bastrop I.S. D.
d. Edgewood I.S.D. v Kirby
e. Sweatt v. Painter
6. Identify political organizations that promoted civil rights for the following groups:
a. African American groups
b. Chicano groups
c. American Indian groups
d. Women’s groups
e. Other:
7. Explain how each of the following methods was used in the Civil Rights movement to
a. expand the right to participate in the democratic process:
b. Lobbying
c. Non-violent protesting
d. Litigation
8. How did the following amendments help to achieve equality of political rights?
a. 24th Amendment
b. 26th Amendment
9. What were the contributions of the following individuals?
a. Thurgood Marshall
b. Sandra Day O’Connor
c. Dolores Huerta
d. Sonia Sotomayor
10. Identify the following as they relate to the Civil Rights Movement:
a. Montgomery Bus Boycott
b. Little Rock Crisis
c. Affirmative Action