US History Unit 9

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In 1962 _______________ sent missiles to ______________.

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The Soviets, Cuba

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Who was president of the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis? Options: FDR (Franklin Roosevelt), JFK (John F. Kennedy), LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson), RWR (Ronald Reagan)

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JFK (John F. Kennedy)

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The agreement between the US and the Soviet Union was that they would remove the missiles from Cuba if the US did what?

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Promised never to attack Cuba

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What disastrous event preceded (went before) the Cuban Missile crisis and directly influenced it?

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The Bay of Pigs invasion

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The foreign policy idea that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to Communism, others around it would follow - led to Vietnam

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Domino Theory

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This resolution gave President Johnson a "blank check" to do whatever he wanted in Vietnam

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Gulf of Tonkin

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Of the following four historical figures, three were assassinated in the 1960's. Who survived? Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Lyndon B. Johnson

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 launched the

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War on Poverty

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965

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made it illegal for black voters to be disenfranchised through unfair voting registration laws