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2. Why did President Truman create the Fair Deal? A.He wanted to build highways. B.He thought people should help themselves. C.He wanted the government to help veterans find jobs and buy homes. D.He didn’t think new laws could help people.

3. c. He wanted the government to help veterans find jobs and buy homes.

4. What happened to the economy when veterans returned from the war? a.The economy shrank because veterans didn’t have jobs or houses. b.The economy grew because veterans began working & buying houses for their families. c.The economy stayed the same. d.The economy grew because Jonas Salk invented a vaccine for polio.

5. b. The economy grew because veterans began working & buying houses for their families.

6. How did prosperity change people’s lives? A.More people had money to spend on new products and inventions. B.Fewer people could buy houses or have families. C.Businesses could not make enough products. D.Modern highways made it easier to protect the country.

7. a. More people had money to spend on new products and inventions.

8. Which happened first? A.Eisenhower was elected president. B.Jonas Salk invented the polio vaccine. C.The Federal-Aid Highway Act gave money to build new roads. D.President Truman created the Fair Deal. 1945 195019551960 Truman’s Fair Deal Eisenhower elected Federal-Aid Highway Act, Salk invents polio vaccine.

9. d. President Truman created the Fair Deal.

10. President Eisenhower helped create the Federal-Aid Highway Act in 1956. What other event also happened in the same year? A.Jonas Salk invented the polio vaccine. B.The Fair Deal was passed. C.The Korean War began. D.The Korean War ended. 1945 195019551960 Truman’s Fair Deal Eisenhower elected Federal-Aid Highway Act, Salk invents polio vaccine.

11. a. Jonas Salk invented the polio vaccine.

12. Which of the following was not a form of protest used by the civil rights movement? a.The Montgomery Bus Boycott b.The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. c.“sit-ins” d.The Freedom Riders

13. b. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

14. What decision did the Supreme Court make in 1954? A.All public places had to be segregated. B.Desegregation of public schools was unwise. C.Sit-ins at restaurants were illegal. D.Segregation of schools was illegal.

15. d. Segregation of schools was illegal.

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17. How did police respond to the children’s protest in Birmingham? A.They attacked the protestors violently. B.They invited them home to stay. C.They staged nonviolent protests. D.They brought in federal troops to protect them.

18. a. They attacked the protestors violently.

19. Which of the following did Martin Luther King Jr. not help organize? a.March and speech in Washington, D.C. b.Children’s march c.Nonviolent protests for desegregation on buses. d.Leading farm workers for better work conditions.

21. Which of these happened after the Civil Rights Act of 1964? a.The Supreme Court said segregation in schools was illegal. b.Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. c.Freedom Riders tested desegregation. d.Rosa Parks helped start the protest against segregation on buses.

22. b. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

23. Why did President Kennedy start the Peace Corps? A.to create new styles of art and music B.to give food and housing to poor people C.to help people in other countries D.to land a human on the moon

24. c. to help people in other countries

25. President Johnson’s Great Society program A.started the Peace Corps. B.made fun of America’s interest in advertising and television. C.sent the first rocket into space. D.helped give food, housing, medical care, and education to people who needed them.

26. d. helped give food, housing, medical care, and education to people who needed them.

27. Which of these happened last? a.Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. b.President John F. Kennedy was elected president. c.The Soviet Union sent Sputnik I around the Earth. d.President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

28. a. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon.

29. In the 1960s pop art was created by artists like a.John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. b.Buzz Aldrin. c.Andy Warhol. d.Yuri Gagarin.

30. c. Andy Warhol.

31. The United States sent military advisers and supplies to help South Vietnam fight a.Cambodia. b.the Vietcong. c.the French. d.South Korea.

32. b. the Vietcong.

33. The Vietcong fought a.with better technology and weapons. b.by bombing Cambodia. c.using jet bombers, tanks and helicopters. d.in small groups that hid and moved quickly in and out of the jungle.

35. Some people thought the U.S. should fight in Vietnam because a.the U.S. spent billions of dollars on the war. b.many American soldiers were dying. c.the United States had to stop communism. d.of the results of U.S. bombing raids on Vietnamese civilians.

36. c. the United States had to stop communism.

37. The greatest number of U.S. soldiers were in Vietnam in a.1965. b.1968. c.1972. d.1975.

38. b. 1968.

39. The number of U.S. soldiers who were in Vietnam in 1971 was Graph pg. a.More than 50,000 b.Less than 100,000 c.Less than 1,000 d.More than 1,000,000

40. a. More than 50,000

41. Name a significant contribution of Eisenhower.

42. Helped end Korean War Worked to pass Federal-Aid Highway Act Improved US economy

43. Name a significant contribution of Kennedy.

44. *Encouraged American to do great things. “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” -JFK * Peace Corps * Supported US space program

45. Name a significant contribution of L.B. Johnson.

46. *worked to pass Civil Rights Act of 1964 * worked to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965 *started Great Society program

47. Why was it an important goal for the US to try to be first to the moon?

48. Soviet’s Sputnik I was first manufactured object to circle the earth. President Kennedy promised that the US would be the first to the moon.

49. Name a social change of the 50s & 60s. Name an economic change of the 50s & 60s. Name a political change of the 50s & 60s.

50. Social: “people” Segregation Laws & civil rights Economic: “money” Federal-Aid Highway Act Political: “ideas/views related to government” Voting Rights Act of 1965

51. What does the Peace Corps do?

52. They work to teach children, help grow food, and develop businesses.