#1
Who served as the President of the United States immediately following World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
#2
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War?
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
#3
Who was the Republican presidential candidate who lost to John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Ronald Reagan
#4
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
#5
Who was the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
#6
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
To rebuild Europe after World War II
To contain the spread of communism
To establish economic dominance over Asia
To support colonial expansion
#7
Which legislative act provided financial aid for veterans' education and housing after World War II?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Social Security Act
Servicemen's Readjustment Act
GI Bill of Rights
#8
Who coined the term 'Iron Curtain' to describe the division between Western Europe and the Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe?
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Harry S. Truman
#9
Which event marked the beginning of McCarthyism in the United States?
The Korean War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Watergate scandal
The Second Red Scare
#10
Who was the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
#11
Which landmark Supreme Court case ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Plessy v. Ferguson
Miranda v. Arizona
#12
Who was the leader of the Cuban revolution that resulted in the establishment of a communist government in Cuba?
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
Augusto Pinochet
Hugo Chávez
#13
What was the purpose of the National Security Act of 1947?
To establish the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
To create the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
To initiate the Space Race
To enact civil rights legislation
#14
Which president initiated the policy of 'massive retaliation' as a response to potential communist aggression?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
#15
What was the primary objective of the United States in its involvement in the Korean War?
To reunify Korea under a democratic government
To prevent the spread of communism in Asia
To secure access to oil reserves
To retaliate against North Korean aggression
#16
Which U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
#17
What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961?
To overthrow the government of Fidel Castro in Cuba
To support Cuban independence movements
To establish diplomatic relations with Cuba
To negotiate a peace treaty with Cuba
#18
Who was the Democratic nominee for president in the 1968 election?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
#19
What was the purpose of the War on Poverty initiative launched in the 1960s?
To combat racial discrimination
To reduce poverty and inequality in the United States
To promote economic growth through deregulation
To expand military capabilities