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What man was President of the United States from 1950 to 1952?
Harry Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Gerald Ford
John F. Kennedy
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A major element of American political culture during the early 1950s was what trend where people tried to root out potential communists from positions of power within the country?
The Green Wave
The Blue Trials
The White Night
The Red Scare
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What infamous man's name became synonymous with the Red Scare as he tried to launch investigations into the armed forces claiming that American veterans were communists?
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Joe McCarthy
Arnold Foster
Ted Kennedy
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1950 saw the first publication of what famous American comic strip featuring characters like Charlie Brown and Snoopy?
The Peanuts
Calvin and Hobbes
Farside
Odd Ducks
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Alongside the Red Scare of the 1950s came what similarly color-coded event where many people were accused of being homosexual spies for Soviet Russia?
The Lavendar Scare
The Green Wave
The White Night
The Rainbow Trials
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In 1953, the American-backed Operation Ajax restored the political figure known as the Shah to power over what country?
Egypt
Turkiye
Iran
Afghanistan
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In 1950, America and its allies entered what major war?
The Korean War
World War One
The Vietnam War
The Persian Gulf War
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What leader of South Korea called out for foreign aid to begin the wider world's involvement in the Korean War?
Kim Il Sung
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
Syngman Rhee
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What dictator led North Korea in their aggressive invasion of South Korea during the Fifties?
Kim Jong Un
Kim Il Sung
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-Shek
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In 1951, President Harry Truman fired what American general who was largely in charge of the Korean War effort because said general made comments about his desire to use nuclear weapons against China?
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
Eulan Grant
Dwight Eisenhower
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In 1953, the U.S. government executed what couple who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union?
The Swifts
The Cables
The Hunters
The Rosenbergs
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The Armistice of 1953 ended the Korean War and established what borderland between North and South Korea where neither side was allowed to hold military activities?
The Gulch of Pyong
The 39th Parallel
The Demilitarized Zone
Dead Man's Land
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Jonas Salk in 1955 created the first effective vaccine against what debilitating disease?
Polio
Scarlet Fever
Mumps
Shingles
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In 1957, a number of Black students attended the desegregated Little Rock Central High School in spite of widespread protests. What was the collective name for this group of students?
The Arkansas Pioneers
The Bridger Students
The Olive Branch Comission
The Little Rock Nine
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In 1954, what Supreme Court case ended segregation within public schools?
Brown v. Board
Bakke v. California
Plessy v. Ferguson
Loving v. Virginia
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1951 saw the passage of what constitutional amendment that limited all future presidents to only being able to serve two terms in office?
The 22nd Amendment
The 24th Amendment
The 25th Amendment
The 27th Amendment
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What "Love Me Tender," "Suspicious Minds," and "Can't Help Falling in Love" musician sparked a revolution in American culture during the Fifties?
Elvis Presley
Otis Redding
Marvin Gaye
Boz Scaggs
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In 1956, what phrase was adopted as the official motto of the United States of America?
Land of the Free, Home of the Brave
In God We Trust
One Flag, Indivisible.
Live Free or Die
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In 1959, what musical star known for leading the band The Crickets passed away in a tragic plane crash?
Buddy Holly
Jim Croce
Jack White
Bo Diddly
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In 1955, the murder of what young Black man caused a national outrage since his murderers were acquitted in spite of the evidence against them?
Nicholas O'Hara
Michale Titus
Oscar Sullivan
Emmet Till
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What man would ascend to the presidency in 1953 and would go on to lead the country throughout the rest of the Fifties?
Dwight Eisenhower
Jimmy Carter
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Dwight Eisenhower was elected with what other historic American political figure acting as his vice president?
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Bill Clinton
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One of Eisenhower's prevailing philosophies on foreign policy was that, if America allowed countries to fall to communist expansion, the world would have no way of stopping the Red tide. What is the term for this belief?
The Domino Theory
The Taipei Theory
The Morgan Theory
The Steel Ball Theory
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1955 saw the shocking death of what Rebel Without a Cause and East of Eden star?
Al Pacino
James Kaan
Oscar Vento
James Dean
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In 1954, America's Operation PBSuccess overthrew the democratically elected president of what nation to install a military dictatorship?
El Salvador
Venezuela
Brazil
Guatemala
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In 1959, America's relations with Cuba soured as what dictator ascended to power over the country?
Santa Anna
Jair Bolsonaro
Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
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In 1957, the Eisenhower Doctrine was established. What does this piece of policy state?
The U.S. would provide aid to any allied nation that was under military threat.
The U.S. government would not trade with any communist nations.
The U.S. would invade any country practicing slavery.
The U.S. would offer up to 1 billion dollars in aid to any country that transitioned from communism to capitalism.
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What Soviet alliance was established in 1955 as an answer to the creation of N.A.T.O.?
The Red Coalition
The Soviet Chamber
The Warsaw Pact
The Accordance of Budapest
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In 1955, what young woman sparked a massive protest against segregation when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a White passenger?
Coretta Scott King
Rosa Parks
Maribelle Hess
Antonia Gottsborough
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Rosa Parks' arrest caused a mass boycott of the busses in the city where she was apprehended. What American city was that?
Galveston
Minneapolis
Montgomery
Sarasota
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