1950s

1950s

9th - 12th Grade

15 Qs

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1950s

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Assessment

Interactive Video

History

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

James Crockett

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What best describes Eisenhower's political ideology?

radical right

left-liberal

moderate republican

eclectic and inconsistent

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

President Eisenhower was associated with each of the following except

. bringing about the downfall of Joseph McCarthy by publicly denouncing his irresponsible accusations.

appointing Earl Warren as chief justice of the United States.

dispatching federal troops to protect blacks’ rights.

bringing an end to the Korean War with the signing of an armistice in 1953.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was a major Supreme Court civil-rights case of the 1950s?

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

Dylan v. United States

Yates v. United States

Plessy v. Ferguson

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Southern states responded to the Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in schools by

resentfully complying.

refusing to comply

welcomed it as a step forward for social progress

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The "New Look" defense program in the 1950s emphasized

strengthening the army and navy

new methods of guerrilla warfare learned in Vietnam.

nuclear weapons.

control and reduction of strategic weapons.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the importance of the transistor?

. revolutionized computers in industry & radios

led to the invention of the television

limited television to only black and white rather than color

. all of these

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is Dr. Jonas Salk important?

he led a movement in new surgical techniques

invented a polio vaccine

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