New Deal quiz . . .

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1. Which article of the League of Nations covenant dealt with collective security?

2. In the League of Nations covenant, the location for the organization was established at:

1.) New York 2.) Paris 3.) London 4.) Geneva

3. The following was not an IMMEDIATE concern of FDR’s in 1933:

1.) banks 2.) relief 3.) unemployment 4.) World War II

4. FDR’s first congressional session was called:

1.) 100 Days 2.) New Deal liberals 3.) Democratic Congress 4.) TVA

5. The organization founded to regulate the Stock Market was the:

1. TVA 2. SEC 3.) CCC 4.) WPA

6. Huey Long’s political program was

1. New Deal 2. Share Our Wealth 3. Liberty League 4. Civil rights

7. During the early 1930s, rural America was termed:

1. the Heartland 2. The Dust Bowl 3. The Rust Bowl 4. The Midwest

8. According to FDR, what did Americans have to fear?

1.) Nazis 2.) unemployment 3.) fear itself 4.) the Depression

Time for an exciting quiz.

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1. In the Arsenal for Democracy speech, FDR argues that what will no longer provide protection for the US?

1. Bombs 2. Oceans 3. the army 4. Democracy

2.) Which of the following countries was NOT invaded by Germany?

1. Holland 2. Sweden 3. Belgium 4. Norway

3.) The Soviets invaded what neutral country in 1939?

1. Rumania 2. China 3. Finland 4. Germany

4.) Hitler invaded Russia in what year?

1. 1940 2. 1941 3. 1942 4. 1943

5.) The German invasion of what country led to the start of World War II?

1. Hungary 2. Czechoslovakia 3. Poland 4. USSR

6.) Which of the following countries did Germany NOT attack in 1941?

1. USSR 2. Yugoslavia 3. Greece 4. Hungary

7.) Which came last?

1. German invasion of Czechoslovakia
2. Soviet invasion of Finland
3. Start of World War II
4. German invasion of Poland

8. The turning point battle in the African campaign was:

1. El Alamein 2. Cairo 3. Algiers 4. Libya

9. The Munich Conference led to the partition of what country?

1. Hungary 2. Czechoslovakia 3. Poland 4. Germany

10. Which was the first point of the Atlantic Charter?

1. "a peace should enable all men to traverse the high seas and oceans without hindrance"
2. "respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live"

3. "no territorial changes that do not accord with the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned

4. "countries seek no aggrandizement, territorial or other"

The always enjoyable . . . CS4 quiz!!

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1. Flatbush congressman Manny Celler opposed which part of the Civil Rights Act?

   1.) gender equality (ERA) 2.) Title VI 3.) no parts 4.) open housing

2. The chief counsel of the NAACP was:

   1.) Hugo Black 2.) Thurgood Marshall 3.) William Brennan 4.) Earl Warren

3. The Brown decision called for desegregation of public schools:

1. "immediately"
2. "within one year"
3. "with all deliberate speed"
4. "when Congress passes appropriate enabling legislation"

1. The Chief Justice who delivered the Brown decision was:

   1.) Hugo Black 2.) Thurgood Marshall 3.) William Brennan 4.) Earl Warren

2. The Brown decision overturned what previous Court decision?

   1.) Dred Scott 2.) Loving v. VA 3.) Plessy v. Ferguson 4.) McLaurin v. Oklahoma

3. Martin Luther King’s "March on Washington" speech ended with what famous line?

1. "Let freedom ring"
2. "I have a dream today"
3. "We shall overcome"
4. "Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

1. Which group played the key attorney’s role in the Brown decision?

   1.) SCLC 2.) NAACP 3.) ACLU 4.) CORE

2. In opposing civil rights bills, Southern senators usually engaged in a:

   1.) protest 2.) filibuster 3.) veto 4.) committee vote

3. At the start of his "I Have a Dream" address, Martin Luther King referred to which past US President?

   1.) George Washington 2.) Abraham Lincoln 3.) Woodrow Wilson 4.) FDR

4. The Brown case arose from segregation in what state:

And, everyone’s favorite . . . a QUIZ.

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1. Which of the following countries did not provide SOME support to North Vietnam?

   1.) USSR 2.) China 3.) North Korea 4.) Japan

2. Robert McNamara occupied what cabinet position?

1. Secretary of defense
2. Secretary of state
3. Secretary of commerce
4. Attorney general

1. The leader of South Vietnam when the US Americanized the war in 1964-1965 was:

   1.) Diem 2.) Thieu 3.) Khanh 4.) Ho

2. The former colonial power in Vietnam was:

   1.) England 2.) France 3.) Holland 4.) US

3. In his remarks to McNamara, Lyndon Johnson worried about what Cold War theory?

   1.) domino 2.) Red-baiting 3.) MAD 4.) containment

4. The Republican US ambassador to Vietnam was:

   1.) Lodge 2.) McArthur 3.) Bundy 4.) McNamara

5. The majority of people in South Vietnam were of what religion?

   1.) Catholics 2.) Daoist 3.) Buddhist 4.) Confucian

6. Which of the following countries did NOT border Vietnam, and thus have some role in the war?

   1.) Cambodia 2.) Laos 3.) China 4.) Burma

7. The key opposition group in South Vietnam was the:

   1.) ARVN 2.) CCP 3.) NLF 4.) Falun Gung

8. Which country backed a "neutralization" plan for Vietnam?

A Gulf War quiz . . .

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1. Iraq’s invasion of this country set the stage for the Gulf War:

   1.) Saudi Arabia 2.) Iran 3.) Kuwait 4.) Jordan

2. Which of the following countries did NOT participate militarily in the Gulf War?

   1.) Saudi Arabia 2.) Israel 3.) Great Britain 4.) Bahrain

3. The commander of the coalition forces in the war was:

   1.) James Baker 2.) Colin Powell 3.) Norman Schwarzkopf 4.) Tariq Aziz

4. The "Powell Doctrine" addressed what issue?

   1.) limited war 2.) decisive use of force 3.) need for allies 4.) isolationism

5. The prewar US ambassador to Iraq was:

   1.) Tariq Aziz 2.) James Baker 3.) April Glaspie 4.) Larry Eagleberger

6. The prewar US secretary of state was:

   1.) Tariq Aziz 2.) James Baker 3.) April Glaspie 4.) Larry Eagleberger

7. The following type of missile was NOT used in the Gulf War:

   1.) cruise 2.) scud 3.) anti-ballistic 4.) tomahawk

8. Before 1990, the US was more concerned with which Middle East state other than Iraq?

   1.) Kuwait 2.) Jordan 3.) Iran 4.) Oman

9. Which event came last?

1. UN authorization to use force
2. Dispatch of US troops to Saudi Arabia
3. Congressional authorization to use force
4. Baker-Aziz meeting

Time for a highly entertaining quiz on the Cold War . . .

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1. The first clear sign of US-Soviet tensions came over the fate of what Eastern European country?

   1.) Latvia 2.) Czechoslovakia 3.) Hungary 4.) Poland

2. The author of the "Long Telegram" was:

   1.) Paul Nitze 2.) Walter Lippmann 3.) Dean Acheson 4.) George Kennan

3. The last country in Eastern Europe to fall to communism was:

   1.) Latvia 2.) Czechoslovakia 3.) Hungary 4.) Poland

4. The communists came to power in China in what year?

   1.) 1946 2.) 1947 3.) 1948 4.) 1949

5. Which of the following countries did NOT involve a US-Soviet confrontation between 1945 and 1950?

   1.) Greece 2.) Turkey 3.) Iran 4.) Hungary

6. The package of UC economic aid to Western Europe was named after whom?

   1.) Dean Acheson 2.) George Kennan 3.) Harry Truman 4.) George Marshall

7. How did Winston Churchill describe Europe after World War II?

   1.) Eastern Bloc 2.) Modus Vivendi 3.) Red Triumph 4.) Iron Curtain

8. The former vice president who spoke out against Harry Truman’s foreign policy was:

   1.) George Marshall 2.) James Byrnes 3.) Henry Wallace 4.) Herbert Hoover

9. The Soviets exploded their first atomic bomb in what year?

   1.) 1946 2.) 1947 3.) 1948 4.) 1949

10. Aside from neutral Switzerland, what was the only non-communist country in Europe NOT to receive Marshall Plan aid, according to the map?

Internationalism quiz . . .

1.) The FIRST of Wilson’s 14 points called for:

1. League of Nations
2. Open covenants
3. Free trade
4. Naval disarmament

2.) In the 14 points, Wilson advocated a withdrawal of all foreign forces from all countries EXCEPT which of the following?

1.) Belgium 2.) Poland 3.) Russia 4.) Germany

3.) Which country appeared on the 1914 European map but was no longer present on the 1924 map?

1.) Poland 2.) Bulgaria 3.) Serbia 4.) Greece

4.) Based on the maps, which of the countries below did NOT lose territory to create an independent Poland?

1.) Austria 2.) Czechoslovakia 3.) Germany 4.) Russia

5.) The senator who led the Republican opposition to Woodrow Wilson was:

1.) William Borah 2.) Henry Cabot Lodge 3.) Hiram Johnson 4.) James Kem

6.) According to the 14 Points, which country was assured "a free and secure access to the sea"?

1.) Russia 2.) France 3.) Germany 4.) Poland

7.) According to the maps, which country carved out of the former Russian Empire did NOT survive into 1924?

1.) Latvia 2.) Lithuania 3.) Estonia 4.) Ukraine

8.) Which country was NEW to Europe after World War I?

1.) Sweden 2.) Czechoslovakia 3.) Norway 4.) Switzerland

9.) In his speech against the League, Henry Cabot Lodge argued that which country led the way in "liberty, in peace, and in the largest freedom"?

1.) France 2.) United States 3.) England 4.) Russia

Last exciting, thrilling, mystifying QUIZ:

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1. Bosnia was formerly a part of what country?

   1.) Greece 2.) Czechoslovakia 3.) Soviet Union 4.) Yugoslavia

2. The Kosovo conflict matched the Serbs against which ethnic group?

   1.) Greeks 2.) Croats 3.) Bulgarians 4.) Albanians

3. The accords in what Ohio city ended the Bosnian wars?

   1.) Cincinnati 2.) Cleveland 3.) Columbus 4.) Dayton

4. In his address, Anthony Lake worried about what kind of states?

   1.) communist 2.) dictatorships 3.) Middle Eastern 4.) backlash

5. When did Yugoslavia become a unified nation?

1. 1945, after World war II
2. 1878, Congress of Berlin
3. 1911, 1^st Balkan War
4. 1918, end of World War I

1. Which former Yugoslav republic did NOT declare independence?

   1.) Croatia 2.) Slovenia 3.) Bosnia 4.) Montenegro

2. The Bosnian Serbs attempted a siege of this Balkan city:

   1.) Zagreb 2.) Belgrade 3.) Cetinje 4.) Sarajevo

3. Anthony Lake spoke of containment being replaced by what principle in US foreign policy?

   1.) militarism 2.) preemption 3.) isolationism 4.) enlargement

4. Bosnia was ultimately divided into how many zones?