US History Unit 3 (Sem 2) Practice Test

How did the majority of Supreme Court justices in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson interpret the 14th Amendment?

• Blacks are not citizens and therefore have no legal protection.

• All citizens are equal under the law and therefore segregation is illegal.

• Racial segregation is constitutional if the facilities are the same for everyone.

• Separate but equal facilities only apply to white citizens, not blacks.

Which statement about Brown v. Board of Education is true?

• Brown v. Board of Education reversed the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.

• No one had ever tried to challenge school segregation in court before.

• The Supreme Court justices were split five to four in their decision.

• The NAACP refused to participate in the case.

What happened in American public schools because of the decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

• Integration took place in some school districts but was slow to happen in others.

• All southern schools became private so they would not have to integrate.

• School systems across the country quickly integrated.

• No schools integrated. The nation waited for the case to be appealed.

Which is the main job of the Supreme Court?

• to decide if a person is guilty or not guilty of a crime

• to decide if a law is right or wrong

• to decide if a law is constitutional

• to decide if a law is popular or unpopular

Which is not a reason why the Cold War started?

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

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

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

• Both sides began stockpiling nuclear weapons.

Which term describes the division between communist and noncommunist Europe?

• the Cold War

• the Iron Curtain

• the National Guard

• the policy of containment

Which event started the Korean War?

• North Korean forces invaded South Korea.

• Great Britain refused to grant independence to South Korea.

• South Korean forces invaded North Korea.

• Indian forces invaded North Korea.

Which countries were the major participants in the Korean War?

• North Korea, South Korea, the United States, and France

• North Korea, the United States, China, and India

• North Korea, South Korea, the United States, and China

• South Korea, the United States, China, and the Philippines

Which statement is true about the Truman Doctrine?

• It offered financial aid to all the Axis nations to rebuild after World War II.

• It was a policy of helping any nation threatened by communism.

• It was a treaty ending the Korean War.

• It was a law that made it illegal for anyone to criticize the government.

Which statement is true about the Marshall Plan?

• It was a program to aid European nations and to promote prosperity and democracy.

• It was a military plan to defeat the Soviet Union and contain the threat of communism.

• It was an economic system for managing the production of goods and services in democratic nations.

• It was Congress's package of civil-rights legislation designed to end segregation in the United States.