2Q.1.1 Prosperity, inequality and Superpower status, 1945–1963 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 27

The 20 questions

1. Which policy announced by President Truman in 1947 committed the USA to supporting free peoples against communist pressure?

   • The Fair Deal
   • The Truman Doctrine
   • The Marshall Plan
   • The Eisenhower Doctrine

2. Which 1948 programme provided American economic aid to rebuild Western Europe?

   • The Dulles Plan
   • The Young Plan
   • The Dawes Plan
   • The Marshall Plan

3. Which 1944 American law provided returning military veterans with education and home loan benefits?

   • Marshall Plan
   • Social Security Act
   • GI Bill
   • Taft-Hartley Act

4. Which Senator led a campaign in the early 1950s alleging communist infiltration of US government and institutions?

   • Robert Taft
   • Richard Nixon
   • Estes Kefauver
   • Joseph McCarthy

5. Which 1950 document, produced in the USA, called for a large military build-up to contain the USSR?

   • The Kennan Telegram
   • NSC-68
   • The Atlantic Charter
   • The Yalta Agreement

6. Which landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling declared racial segregation in US public schools unconstitutional?

   • Brown v. Board
   • Roe v. Wade
   • Dred Scott case
   • Plessy v. Ferguson

7. Which 1955–1956 Alabama protest against transport segregation launched Martin Luther King Jr. nationally?

   • Greensboro sit-ins
   • Selma march
   • Freedom Rides
   • Montgomery bus boycott

8. Where were federal troops deployed in 1957 to enforce the integration of nine Black students?

   • Montgomery
   • Little Rock
   • Greensboro
   • Birmingham

9. Which failed 1961 CIA-backed invasion attempt aimed to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba?

   • Operation Mongoose
   • Cuban Missile Crisis
   • Guantanamo crisis
   • Bay of Pigs

10. Which 1960 presidential candidate was the Democrat who campaigned on the 'New Frontier'?

    • Richard Nixon
    • John F. Kennedy
    • Dwight Eisenhower
    • Adlai Stevenson

11. Which 1962 standoff brought the USA and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?

    • Cuban Missile Crisis
    • Korean War
    • Suez Crisis
    • Berlin Crisis

12. What major symbol of Cold War division in Berlin was built in August 1961?

    • Checkpoint Charlie
    • The Berlin Wall
    • The Berlin Airlift
    • The Iron Curtain

13. Which 1954 televised hearings directly led to the downfall and censure of Joseph McCarthy?

    • Alger Hiss hearings
    • Hollywood Ten hearings
    • Watergate hearings
    • Army-McCarthy hearings

14. Which phrase best describes Eisenhower's domestic approach as president from 1953?

    • Dynamic conservatism
    • Fair Deal socialism
    • Great Society
    • New Deal liberalism

15. Which 1956 law funded the construction of the US interstate highway system?

    • National Infrastructure Act
    • Federal Aid Highway Act
    • Interstate Transport Act
    • Highway Development Act

16. Which group benefited most from the expansion of suburban housing and consumerism in 1950s America?

    • African-American sharecroppers
    • Hispanic farmworkers
    • White middle class
    • Urban working class

17. Which October 1957 event demonstrated Soviet space technology leadership and shocked the US public?

    • Soviet Satellite
    • Vostok Flight
    • Launch of Sputnik
    • Luna Impact

18. What legal system enforced racial segregation against African-Americans in the Southern states during the 1950s?

    • Fair Deal
    • Black Codes
    • Jim Crow laws
    • GI Bill

19. Which western military alliance was created in 1949 to secure US superpower influence in Europe?

    • SEATO
    • United Nations
    • NATO
    • Warsaw Pact

20. Which term described the ideal of US post-war prosperity, consumerism, and suburban home ownership?

    • The New Frontier
    • The Great Society
    • The Fair Deal
    • The American Dream

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