USHB Final

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The Korean War was an effort by the United States to

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carry out its policy of containing the spread of communism

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President Eisenhower exercised his federal authority in an effort to?

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enforcing a ruling to desegregate public schools

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The effect of a vaccine created by Jonas Salk

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decreased the incidence of polio among children in America

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Which sentence best completes this diagram? Options: Great Britain created a policy to allow the spread of xommunosm throughout Europe. The United States Congress approved aid to be sent to Western European countries. The President signed a bill to require reparations to countries destroyed during WWII. The President signed a treaty to prevent further wars in Europe.

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The United States Congress approved aid to be sent to Western European countries.

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What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?

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Segregation of public schools became illegal.

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Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, first became famous for which of the following: Organizing the March on Washington, Not giving us his bus seat, Winning the court case of Brown versus Board of Education, Giving African Americans the right to vote

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Winning the court case of Brown versus Board of Education

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What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Options: It made Jim Crow Laws illegal, It allowed African-Americans to run for political office, It ended segregation in school, It made poll taxes illegal

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It made Jim Crow Laws illegal

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The main goal of the Freedom Riders were to

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pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses

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The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the -

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United States to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

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The Korean War was an effort by the United States to -

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carry out its policy of containing the spread of communism